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The Stuff You’ll Never See…

…at least not until someone gets really famous and/or dies. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9830948&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 The Magnum Photo Collection from kirk tuck and will van overbeek on Vimeo. The video is interesting to me as a photography geek,  but it also got me thinking about all the material that creative people and their publishers make in preparation for showing […]Read more "The Stuff You’ll Never See…"
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‘Neath the Warbling of Bluebirds

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB My maternal grandmother (at left, with bow in her hair) was very close to her mother’s cousin, Fern (at far left, wearing hat and gloves). Fern and my grandmother’s mother (Virginia) were raised by Fern’s mother (Virginia’s maternal aunt) after Virginia’s parents died, one right after the other, […]Read more "‘Neath the Warbling of Bluebirds"
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Generation-Defining Books

By Sara HoffmannSenior Editor What are the children’s books of your generation? You know the ones I mean. The ones that lined the display cases in your elementary school’s library. The ones your teachers read to you when you were growing up. Here’s my (partial) list. See if anything on it brings back memories. Alexander […]Read more "Generation-Defining Books"
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This is my brain on TOC

I’ve just returned from The Big Apple and the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference. As I got back and reviewed my notes and twitter stream from the past 3 days (@terrireden), my mind is processing, processing, processing. The conversations were fascinating, eye-opening, and energizing. My role, like almost everyone at TOC, is hybrid–mine […]Read more "This is my brain on TOC"
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U.S. Education

As an educational publisher, we at LPG follow teaching trends and challenges. These days, the challenges involve time, money, quality of teaching, and testing cycles. Except for the last, these challenges are old news. Another radio program from BackStory talks extensively about public education. You can access the podcast here: BackStory with the American History […]Read more "U.S. Education"
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Author Interviews

Interview with Dr. Elizabeth A. Murray, Author of “Death: Corpses, Cadavers, and Other Grave Matters”

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB Twenty-First Century Books has just released Dr. Elizabeth Murray’s fascinating book about the science of death (cover at left). Dr. Murray is a professor of biology at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is also a forensic consultant, working with law enforcement to identify […]Read more "Interview with Dr. Elizabeth A. Murray, Author of “Death: Corpses, Cadavers, and Other Grave Matters”"