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PLEASE COPY THIS DISK
B&R Samizdat Express
PO Box 161
West Roxbury, MA 02132
samizdat@world.std.com

UPDATE 1/4/94

We have added 22 new disks to our collection of public domain and "freely availa
 ble" books and information on IBM/Macintosh diskettes, bringing out total to 17
 8.  We have also upgraded three earlier ones.

Highlights:
o Library of Congress (4), including Science Tracer Bullets and Resources
   for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
o more ERIC Digests, for administrators, counsellors, librarians,  and
   community colleges (4)
o Minority Colleges & Universities, from Minority On-Line Information
   Service (MOLIS) (3)
o more literature and philosophy

Upgrades:
o new material from the Libellus Project added to Caesar in Latin
   (more Holmes' commentaries) and Cicero, Livy, etc. in Latin
   (Catullus, Prudentius, Tibullus)
o Pudd'nhead Wilson added to Twain #3

Please let us know if you would like information on how to order or
woud like to receive our complete list of 178 disks, or sublists for:
World/Government (51)
Tools for Teachers, Counsellors, School Administrators,
  Librarians, and Researchers (24)
Computers & Networking (3)
Literature (58)
Science Fiction (6)
Children's Lit. (4)
Modern Languages (6)
Classics (including Latin) (5)
Philosophy & Religion (11)
History (5)
Math & Science (5)

The new and upgraded disks are listed below:
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***TOOLS FOR LIBRARIANS & SERIOUS RESEARCHERS

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
  The following four disks consist of information downloaded
  from the Library of Congress ftp server (seq1.loc.gov) in
  December 1993.  Detailed list of contents available by email
  on request.
Disk #1 (800 Kbytes) -- ABOUT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
  Introductions to Library resources for researchers,
  such as American Folklife Center, Center for the Book,
  Copyright, and specialized Reading Rooms.
Disk #2 (1 Mbyte) -- RESEARCH GUIDES
  Research aids, bibliographies, etc. on and from American
  Folklife Center, Southern Asian Section, Copyright,
  Humanities & Social Sciences, Music, Preservation,
  Prints & Photographs, Serials & Government Publications
Disk #3 (900 Kbytes) -- SCIENCE TRACER BULLETS
  Finding aids in areas of current interest having to do with
  science and technologoy
Disk #4 (400 Kbytes) -- RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND &
  PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
  Descriptions of collections & services of the National
  Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handipcapped
  (NLS) including list of regional libraries by state.  Also,
  bibliographies & reference guides on Assistive Technology
  and Disability Awareness, plus a parent's guide to
  development of preschool children with disabilities.

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***TOOLS FOR TEACHERS, COUNSELLORS, &
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

ERIC DIGESTS
The following 4 disks consist of ERIC Digests (from the
Educational Resources Information Center).  Detailed list
of contents available by email on request.

Disk #12 -- Administration -- 78 digests, 1 Mbyte
Disk #13 -- Libraries, Media, & Educational Technology --
  32 digests, 500 Kbytes
Disk #14 -- Counselling -- 87 digests, 1.1 Mbyte
Disk #15 -- Community Colleges -- 23 digests, 400 Kbytes

MINORITY COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
The following three disks consist of lists downloaded from the
Minority On-Line Information Service (MOLIS) in December 1993.

Disk #1 -- Administrators (1.1 Mbytes) list of names, titles,
  addresses, phone and fax numbers of administrators of minority
  colleges and universities.
Disk #2 -- Finances (600 Kbytes) revenues, expenses and other
  financial information of minority colleges and universities
Disk #3 -- Majors (1.3 Mbytes) majors offered by minority
  colleges and universities, with numbers of faculty and students.

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***ENGLISH LITERATURE

CHARLES DICKENS
Disk #2 (900 Kbytes) -- A Tale of Two Cities

JOSEPH CONRAD
Disk #2 (400 Kbytes) -- The Nigger of the Narcissus (SGML)

WILLIAM MORRIS
  one disk, 500 Kbytes, SGML
News from Nowhere or an Epoch of Rest, Being Some
  Chapters from a Utopian Romance

ANTHONY HOPE
  one disk, 400 Kbytes
The Prisoner of Zenda


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*** AMERICAN LITERATURE

MARK TWAIN
Disk #3 (900 Kbytes) -- What Is Man? and Other Essays,
  The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (upgraded Dec. 1993)

WILLA CATHER
Disk #2 (200 Kbytes) -- Alexander's Bridge

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
  one disk, 300 Kbytes
Parnassus on Wheels

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***PHILOSOPHY

PLATO
  one disk, 800 Kbytes
The Republic and  Crito (Jowett trans.)

JOHN STUART MILL
  one disk, 600 Kbytes
On Liberty, The Subjection of Women

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***CLASSICS

CAESAR IN LATIN (upgraded Dec. 1993)
  one disk, over 700 Kbytes
Caesar's Gallic Wars, books I-III; plus Rice Holmes'
commentary.  (This material comes from Libellus, a project
to make public domain Latin texts widely available.)

CICERO, LIVY ET AL. IN LATIN (upgraded Dec. 1993)
  one disk, 900 Kbytes
Selected passages from Apuleius (Cupid), Ausonius
(Mosella), Catullus, Horace, Cicero, Livy, Prudentius,
and Tibullus. (Also from the Libellus Project).

SOPHOCLES IN TRANSLATION
  one disk, 300 Kbytes
The Oedipus Cycle (trans. by F. Storr)

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***CHILDREN'S LIT

RICHARD SELTZER
  one disk, 400 Kbytes
The Lizard of Oz (second edition), Lizard play, and short
stories (including Chiang ti, Now & Then, Tiger in the
Intercom, and Hundreds & Hundreds of Gerbils)

*****************************************
***SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY CLASSICS

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Disk #3 (400 Kbytes) -- The Monster Men


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