Chelsea House’s “Who Wrote That?” biography series features the lives of authors familiar to young adults. They won’t recognize the name Edward Stratemeyer right off the bat, though. He began as a writer in his own right and gradually became the driving force behind the publication of a myriad of mystery series aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s. Among his most popular character-creations were the Rover Boys, Tom Swift, the Bobbsey Twins, the Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew. While he outlined the plots, a variety of individuals in his “Stratemeyer Snydicate” actually penned the texts.

Not much is known about Stratemeyer’s personal life, so a large portion of this volume is spent in focus on the series books themselves. Lange includes quotes from some of the “real” authors who had initially agreed to Stratemeyer’s silent ghostwriter rule. She also summarizes research about the series’ popularity over the years and how they were the right publications for the right audience at the right time. For example, the fictional depiction of independent young females like Nancy Drew gave credence to the real-life feminism of the day.

Diehard fans of all ages may find it disconcerting to learn that no Carolyn Keene or Franklin W. Dixon exist. While that knowledge might take away some of the magic and appeal of the titles, it also serves as proof of the success of such a publishing endeavor. Equally disturbing may be the fact that our heroes are all pretty old: Frank and Joe Hardy and Read more…

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ELECTRICITY EXPERIMENTS FOR CHILDREN
GABRIEL REUBEN
What better way is there to learn than by doing? This unusual book enables
children to carry out more than 55 different experiments and demonstrations,
carefully planned to illustrate important principles of modern science. C7ear
step-by-step instructions, frequent diagrams, clear statements of conclusions
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supervision, yet full success.
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and electronics. They include making a compass, wiring an electromagnet,
obtaining electricity from a lemon, reactivating a dry cell battery, making a
flashlight, wiring in series and in parallel, constructing a workable telegraph
set, building a functioning microphone, making a Geiger counter, testing
for radioactive fallout, and many other projects. No special equipment is
needed for these experiments; only materials likely to be found at home (or
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Tin Pan Alley was a nickname given to an actual street in Manhattan (West Twenty-eighth Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue) where many of the music publishers had their offices. Eventually, Tin Pan Alley became the generic term for publishers of popular American sheet music. These publishing businesses hired lyricists and composers to create popular songs and promoted these songs in their sheet-music form with attractive covers. Read more…

Songbird is an open-source customizable music player that’s under active development. We’re working on creating a non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible tool that will help enable new ways to playback, manage, and discover music. There are lots of ways to contribute your time to the project. We’d love your help! There are several features we’re proud of, but we’ll be the first to admit that others need ironing out, are experimental, or are just plain missing. There’s still a lot to do. Features: Media Importing Add media to Songbird by importing from your file system or iTunes. Media Playback Songbird supports MP3, FLAC, and Vorbis on all platforms; WMA and WMA DRM on Windows; and AAC and Fairplay on Windows and Mac. GStreamer Songbird uses GStreamer as the main media playback system, across all platforms. Gapless Playback & Replay Gain Skips padding data due to encoding and chains files for gapless playback experience. Adjusts the playback gain appropriately if a track’s metadata contains replay gain information. Album Artwork Display the currently playing track’s album art and write new artwork back to the file. Automatically fetch missing album art from the web. Watch Folders Automatically import media from a defined folder. Smart Playlists Create dynamic playlists that automatically update based on criteria you set. Web Browser Songbird includes an integrated web browser with features like bookmarking, tabbed browsing, and more. Cross Platform Songbird runs on Windows, Linux and Mac. Multi-language Support Over 25 completed, community-contributed localizations and growing! Automatic Updates NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS * Songbird now supports the Philips Muse and CAM devices * Support for removable SD storage in devices * MPEG-4 and WMV encoding support * Video playback support for the Mac Tag:Jukebox free jukebox digital jukebox media player free media player VLC player VLC media player music player free music player media browser web player free web player web browser web search firefox Winamp SQLite cross-platform Web library commandline