[bksvol-discuss] Re: Best sellers that aren't making it into the collection

There were spies dropped off which Roosevelt killed, too.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Grandma Cindy 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:56 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Best sellers that aren't making it into the 
collection


  That is interesting. 

  Having never read Mein Kampf, I never knew exactly
  what Hitler's plans were, but I think we assumed World
  domination--though I guess it would have had to be
  divided with Japan--unless he turned on Japan as he
  did in Russia. But I do know that we on the East Coast
  were worried. My dad was an Air Raid Warden, and we
  had air raid drills both in school and at home. In
  retrospect, I don't know how we thought Hitler's
  forces would be able to conquer the U.S.,, although
  apparently there were submarine attacks along the
  Atlantic coasts.

  Grandma Cindy

  --- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

  > Actually, I usually chop, scan and OCR in the
  > office, and then take some of the books home so I
  > can validate them early in the morning or late at
  > night or whenever I have a spare moment.  I've spend
  > the past 6 hours at home, finishing up The War,
  > which is now available for everyone to download.  
  > 
  > And since I mentioned The War, this is just a little
  > aside - there's one interesting passage that
  > presents an idea that had never occurred to me
  > either:
  > Leopold went to work, doing his best first to patch
  > up wounded Americans and then the twenty or so
  > wounded Germans they had managed to capture over the
  > course of the day. "As I was doctoring the shoulder
  > wound of a young German approximately twenty-four
  > years of age," he recalled, "he turned to me � and
  > in a voice completely accent-free � said, 'Is it
  > permitted to talk to you?' "
  > I said, "Yes, what's on your mind?" 
  > He said, "Where are you from?" 
  > I said, "I'm from the United States." 
  > "Where in the United States?" 
  > "The Northeast," I said. 
  > "Where in the Northeast?" 
  > I said, "I'm from Connecticut." 
  > "Where in Connecticut?" He was persisting.
  >  I said, "I'm from Waterbury, Connecticut." 
  > "Ah, yes," he said, "Waterbury, at the junction of
  > the Naugatuck and Mad rivers."
  > Now, you have to know a bit about the area. The
  > Naugatuck is a fairly substantial river. But the Mad
  > River is a little stream that you can jump across
  > without any trouble. Anyone who knew this ... I was
  > puzzled.
  > I said, "How did you possibly know that?"
  > He said, "I was in training for the administration."
  > "The administration of what?"
  > He said, "The administration of the Territories."
  > My blood went cold. I couldn't imagine that Hitler,
  > in his wildest imagination, not only had Europe in
  > his grasp, but also figured that he would control
  > America.
  > 
  > Carrie
  > 
  > 
  > ----- Original Message ----
  > From: Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:45:31 PM
  > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Best sellers that
  > aren't making it into the collection
  > 
  > 
  > When I asked a similar question, I was directed to
  > ask Carie.  I was asking out of curiosity and did
  > not want to burden her with trivialities.
  >  
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: Jill O'Connell 
  > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:59 PM
  > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Best sellers that
  > aren't making it into the collection
  > 
  > 
  > Your confusion is probably due to the fact that
  > Carrie oftten scans books that then are put on the
  > step 1 page to be validated. I used to think she did
  > these at home but apparently they are done
  > in-office. However, these are not the N.Y. Times
  > bestsellers. I would be interested to know where
  > others get their information about new books other
  > than the Washington Post Book World. 
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: Jamie Yates, CPhT 
  > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 7:18 PM
  > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Best sellers that
  > aren't making it into the collection
  > 
  > 
  > I do remember, quite a while ago, someone saying
  > that the NY Times Best Sellers needed to be done in
  > house so they would be as close to perfect as
  > possible. I do not remember who it was (Carrie,
  > Lisa, Claire, it may have been long enough ago that
  > it was Gustavo, I don't remember).
  >  
  > I thought they just got scanned in house and went to
  > step 1 for validation by regular volunteers. I
  > didn't know they also got validated in house.
  > 
  > 
  > Jamie in Michigan 
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