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Lady DaVinci's Salon
Welcome to Lady DaVinci's Salon, a library founded on the idea that a high quality education is available to anyone at any time through the use of free internet sources. Never before in history has a complete education been so readily available to almost anyone who has the passion to pursue it. But today, thanks to the Web and to those who dedicate themselves to scanning and posting cultural works of all kinds, anyone can experience a personal "renaissance" if they have access to a computer with an internet connection.
Every week the Salon features new literary and educational sources on a wide variety of topics. All of these are fully available online at no cost.
Featured Online Book, Fiction:
Les Miserables, (Victor Hugo)
This famous and well-loved novel follows a set of characters who face tremendous life struggles and whose lives intersect at critical junctures. Their interactions as they either show compassion or withhold it from one another become Hugo's platform for insightful social commentary and for his heart-wrenching examination of humanity's use of good and evil, justice and mercy, selfishness and compassion.
The 1980 musical by the same name (composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg with a libretto by Alain Boublil) has been translated into 21 languages and has played in 38 countries around the world. |
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Featured Online Text, Nonfiction:
Mass Graves and Other Atrocities in Bosnia
Hearing before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, December 6, 1995.
This collection of eyewitness statements and personal accounts documents, in the words of Commission Chairman Christopher H. Smith, "the atrocities against children, agaisnt women, and against men. . . . The role [of documentation] is vital, in and of itself. We owe it to the victims, and it is our hope that the attention given to the violations in Bosnia may deter future violations." |
Looking for a particular book or text? Try our favourite sources: the Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library of texts, audio, video and music; and Project Gutenberg, an online book catalog containing free downloadable e-books in the public domain.
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Interviews
Ruth Nemzoff: Parent Talk
Ruth Nemzoff, a mother of four and grandmother of six, is a researcher and resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. Her primary field of interest is interpersonal communication, with her most recent book addressing the role of communication in the relationship between parents and their grown children. (2006).
Deborah Tannen: Communicating With Style
A respected linguistics scholar who has written extensively within the scholarly community, Deborah Tannen is also author of six books for popular audiences, two of which have been on the New York Times best-seller list
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Lady DaVinci's Discussion Salon
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