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| '''Into the Time Machine!''' If you've had a chance to put down the books and get out for a while, you've no doubt noticed that this is the season when everyone goes gift shopping. And what better gift than a nice book? Following the lead of [http://books.google.com/books?q=dickens+christmas+carol&btnG=Search+Books Mr. Dickens], in this assignment you are going to head for Christmas past. Go to Archive.org and load the [http://www.archive.org/details/eatons19131400eatouoft Eaton's Fall and Winter catalogue from 1913-14]. Starting on page "[http://www.archive.org/stream/eatons19131400eatouoft#page/n282/mode/1up n282]" you will find a list of books that Eaton's was selling that season. Your task is to choose 6-8 of the books advertised in the catalogue and find full online digital copies of them. (Some obvious places to search are [http://www.archive.org Archive.org], [http://books.google.com Google Books], and the [http://www.gutenberg.org Gutenberg Project].) Write a blog post about your search, and provide a list of links to the books that you found. You can also write about some of the books that you couldn't find. As you're doing this assignment, try to pay attention to the unexpected. When you are writing your blog post try to reflect on what you found the most surprising about the process. | '''Into the Time Machine!''' If you've had a chance to put down the books and get out for a while, you've no doubt noticed that this is the season when everyone goes gift shopping. And what better gift than a nice book? Following the lead of [http://books.google.com/books?q=dickens+christmas+carol&btnG=Search+Books Mr. Dickens], in this assignment you are going to head for Christmas past. Go to Archive.org and load the [http://www.archive.org/details/eatons19131400eatouoft Eaton's Fall and Winter catalogue from 1913-14]. Starting on page "[http://www.archive.org/stream/eatons19131400eatouoft#page/n282/mode/1up n282]" you will find a list of books that Eaton's was selling that season. Your task is to choose 6-8 of the books advertised in the catalogue and find full online digital copies of them. (Some obvious places to search are [http://www.archive.org Archive.org], [http://books.google.com Google Books], and the [http://www.gutenberg.org Gutenberg Project].) Write a blog post about your search, and provide a list of links to the books that you found. You can also write about some of the books that you couldn't find. As you're doing this assignment, pay attention to the unexpected. When you are writing your blog post try to reflect on what you found the most surprising about the process. |
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Mr. Dickens, in this assignment you are going to head for Christmas past. Go to Archive.org and load the Eaton's Fall and Winter catalogue from 1913-14. Starting on page "n282" you will find a list of books that Eaton's was selling that season. Your task is to choose 6-8 of the books advertised in the catalogue and find full online digital copies of them. (Some obvious places to search are Archive.org, Google Books, and the Gutenberg Project.) Write a blog post about your search, and provide a list of links to the books that you found. You can also write about some of the books that you couldn't find. As you're doing this assignment, pay attention to the unexpected. When you are writing your blog post try to reflect on what you found the most surprising about the process.
