Libraries/Reference
American
Authors on the Web
Web index of American authors, arranged chronologically from Nathanial
Ward (1578-1652) to the present.
Behind
the Name
"The etymology and history of first names."
British
& Irish Authors on the Web
Web index of British and Irish authors, arranged chronologically
from Beowulf to the present.
British
Library
"The British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries. We receive
a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland. The
collection includes 150 million items, in most known languages."
Internet
Public Library
"The first public library of and for the Internet community."
La
Bibliothèque nationale de France
National library of France.
Library
of Congress
"The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural
institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is
also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million
items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves."
Midwest
Book Review
"The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers
committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press
publishing. We accept no financial donations from authors or publishers
in exchange for our services, in order to avoid any conflict of
interest issues. All of our services and resources are provided
free of charge to writers, publishers, and the general public."
New
York Public Library
"The New York Public Library
comprises simultaneously a set
of scholarly research collections and a network of community libraries,
and its intellectual and cultural range is both global and local,
while singularly attuned to New York City."
Project
Gutenberg
"Is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books
(eBooks or eTexts). Project Gutenberg is the brainchild of Michael
Hart, who in 1971 decided that it would be a really good idea
if lots of famous and important texts were freely available to
everyone in the world. Since then, he has been joined by hundreds
of volunteers who share his vision."
RhymeZone
"Type in a word below to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions,
and more."
TheFreeDictionary
"The world's most comprehensive dictionary: English, Spanish,
German, French, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian,
Greek, Russian, Medical, Legal, and Financial Dictionaries, Thesaurus,
Acronyms and Abbreviations, Idioms, Encyclopedia, a Literature
Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one!"
Victorian
Women Writers Project
An alphabetical listing of Victorian women writers, with access
to all (or most) of their works.
Health
& Nutrition
American
Botanical Pharmacy (Dr. Richard Schulze)
Dr.
Joseph Mercola
Green
Med Info
The world's most widely referenced, evidence-based natural medicine
resource, available to everyone.
Marks
Daily Apple
"Our
ancestors evolved over millions of years under certain environmental
conditions. These conditions (the foods they ate, the amount of
sun they got, the sort of movement that was required of them to
survive, etc.) shaped their genome. While the world has changed
in innumerable ways in the last 10,000 years (for better and worse),
the human genome has changed very little and thus only thrives
under similar conditions. Simply put, if you want a good future
you better listen to the past."
Paleo
Diet
The
Paleolithic Diet Nutrition Page. What Our Hunter/Gatherer Ancestors
Ate.
Eat
Like A Predator, Not Like Prey
The
Paleo Diet In Six Easy Steps, A Motivational Guide
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World
Trade Center
Great
Buildings Online: World Trade Center
Includes architechtural information and many photos of the World
Trade Center, including some taken during its construction.
The
World Trade Center Observatory
"In the wake of this tragic event, it is important to remember
what we lost. I believe it would be foolish to just remove our
PhotoTour of one of our landmarks and pretend it was never there.
We want to let people around this country and around the world
see what it was or remember their visit here."
New
York, New York
Central
Park: The
Official Website
Maintained by the Central Park Conservancy.
Computer
Camaraderie
For New Yorkers: the author unreservedly recommends Matthew
Nadelson of Computer Camaraderie for quick and efficient
solution of IT problems. He really knows his stuff, and will
save your cyber-life!
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
"View more than 3,500 works of art in our online
collection."
New
York Public Library
"The New York Public Library comprises simultaneously a
set of scholarly research collections and a network of community
libraries, and its intellectual and cultural range is both global
and local, while singularly attuned to New York City."
Literature
& History
Cervantes Project
Site dedicated to the author of Don Quixote, just about
the best novel ever written.
Decameron
Web
"A growing hypermedia archive of materials dedicated to
Boccaccio's masterpiece."
Encyclopedia
of Roman Emperors
Even-handed bios of all, with full citation of ancient and modern
references; plus family trees, maps, and imperial battles. Choose
between a chronological and alphabetical index (the latter includes
some empresses).
Lord
Byron
Site contains many letters and journal entries, chock full of
wisdom such as: "And yet a little tumult, now and then,
is an agreeable quickener of sensation; such as a revolution,
a battle, or an adventure of any lively description."
Marie
Antoinette Online
An accurate (unprejudiced) bio, picture gallery, explanation
of the "Diamond Necklace Affair," and selected correspondence
between Marie Antoinette and her mother.
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Writer's
Resources/Guides
Duotrope's
Digest
"A database of over 825 current markets for short fiction
and poetry. We update about once a day, and we check all the listings
at least once a week to ensure the most up-to-date database possible."
NewPages
"News, information and guides to independent bookstores,
independent publishers, literary periodicals, alternative periodicals,
independent record labels, alternative newsweeklies and more."
Poets
& Writers
"Poets & Writers, Inc. is the primary source of information,
support, and guidance for creative writers. Founded in 1970, it
is the nation's largest nonprofit literary organization serving
poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers."
Venues
for Formal Poetry
Collection of links to sites that accept formal poetry.
WebdelSol
"Our content had evolved also,
from a small list of select literary magazines to a constellation
of quality literary publications, both traditional and electronic,
plus a whole host of features and columns."
Writer's
Beat
Forums and extensive market listings.
Art
Erotic
Art of Ancient Rome
Roman painting achieved a level of perfection that wasn't recovered
until centuries later; but, centuries later, the subject matter
wasn't close to being as sexually engaging as that presented by
the funloving Roman artists. Included here are frescoes, sculpture,
and mosaics.
The
Louvre
Take a virtual tour.
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
"View more than 3,500 works of art in our online collection."
The
Munch Museum, Oslo
Dedicated to the work of the Norwegian painter, Edvard Munch.
Roman
Painting: Frescoes From Campania
A fine gallery of Roman paintings, accompanied by explanatory
text.
Vatican
Museums Online
The Sistine Chapel, Raphael's rooms, Gregorian Egyptian and Etruscan
collections, Pinacoteca...
Versailles
Official site of the Chateau de Versailles.
Web
Gallery of Art
Most comprehensive Web gallery of European art in existence: "The
Web Gallery of Art contains over 10,100 digital reproductions
of European paintings and sculptures created between the years
1150 and 1800. A considerable number of the pictures are commented
and biographies of the significant artists are given." Immaculate
reproductions, easy to access A-Z index of artists.
Yoga
Bikram's
Yoga College of India
New
York Yoga
Core
Power Yoga
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