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President Obama launched a $250 million initiative to provide free e-books to low-income children through major publishers. The program is part of a broader goal to provide high-speed internet to 99% of students by 2018. Critics argue the initiative ignores existing free resources like Project Gutenberg, which offers over 48,000 professionally edited public domain books.
Marxism and Engels, American Civil War History, Elite War-Making
The hosts suggest that listeners read the original works of Marx and Engels, noting that Engels was the true radical behind "Marxism." They specifically recommend their book on the American Civil War, which argues that the war was orchestrated by a small minority of slave owners against the will of the general Southern public.
Audio Book Production, Tom Swift and Dialect
The challenges of recording audiobooks are discussed, including maintaining consistent intonation and dealing with historical texts written in dialect. The hosts explore the political correctness of reading Mark Twain or the Tom Swift series in their original forms and the availability of public domain works on Project Gutenberg.
