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	Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
		In 'Foundation', the early golden days of the Foundation are told, of how the society managed to gain survival and ultimately pre-eminence in it's local sector, not through violence, but through cunning.
		Foundation's Edge is a fair book, but it doesn't contain any of the originality or strength of the original trilogy.
		Prelude to Foundation is set before the first Foundation book, and features the exploits of Hari Seldon, as he is chased across the capital of the Galactic Empire, Trantor, by nasty individuals who want him for his theory of psychohistory.
	www.vavatch.co.uk /books/asimov (1360 words)

	01-6347 -- Michael Foundation Inc. v. Urantia Foundation -- 03/11/2003
		Urantia Foundation argues, as a preliminary matter, that the question of initial classification of works for copyright purposes is a question of law for the court and that the district court therefore erred when it submitted the question to the jury.
		Urantia Foundation does not request reversal; rather, it incorporates its challenge to the jury instruction into its argument that initial classification is a matter of law for the court.
		Michael Foundation insists that this question is logically solved by analogy to the settled distinction between joint and collective works--i.e., that it would be "perverse to allow two authors to decide for themselves whether their separate contributions were merged into a [unified] work.
	www.urantiabook.org /archive/history/appeals_court_decision_031103.htm (5021 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Foundation (The Foundation Series): Books: Isaac Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Foundation is the story of one man's attempt to positively influence human history beyond the grave for centuries to come.
		Foundation was certainly part of this era, defining two major ideas: that the entire galaxy would be populated by humans (no aliens around - an early look at the idea that we might just be unique), and that mass human behavior can be codified in mathematical algorithms and to a certain extent is predictable.
		This book almost cannot be evaluated by itself, isolated from the rest of this set, because the full panorama and scale of the complete story far outweighs the individual contribution of each piece of it.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0586010807 (3014 words)

	The Foundation Incubator
		Although this book is aimed at the philanthropic world, the advice it provides is equally pertinent to all facets of life.
		This book presents typical workplace problems such as the stressed worker and the demanding co-worker, and suggests positive ways to improve performance and the workplace in general.
		This resource book is an introduction to the range of ethical issues in family foundations and approaches to dealing with them.
	www.foundationincubator.org /member_only/bibliography.htm (2994 words)

	Amazon.ca: Foundation's Edge: the Foundation Novels: Books: Isaac Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they retum to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge.
		The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they return to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge.
		Foundations Edge starts off, without revealing too much, introducing a young Foundationer who sets out to discover the location of the Second Foundation and along the way gets introduced to the concept of Earth where all of humanity is supposively originated from.
	www.amazon.ca /Foundations-Edge-Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293389 (2179 words)

	FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE Isaac Asim
		Foundation And Empire, by Isaac Asimov is the second book in the original Foundation trilogy, which won a Hugo Award in 1965 for Best All-Time Series.
		The first book is called The General, first published as the Dead Hand in the April, 1945 edition of Astounding Science Fiction, although it is prefaced by a prologue that recounts Foundation, much in the same manner as the movie serials that dominated in the 1940s, when these tales first saw daylight.
		Yet, much of this book’s action occurs offstage, but this allows for some excellent psychological oneupsmanship between the players in the Foundation, the Empire’s minions, and the Independent Traders who jockey between the two powers, and see themselves as the real force in the Foundation, not the its bureaucratic and dynastic leaders.
	www.yetanotherbookreview.com /foundation_and_empire.htm (1684 words)

	Bookslut - 100 Books Project - The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
		You can weed out all the books with large-chested women who are falling out of their uniforms on the cover (unless it's written by Heinlein), but that can still leave you with entire rooms full of books to wade through.
		Although there are now several Foundation novels, the original trilogy, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation, was written thirty years before pressure from fans and his publisher forced Asimov to return to the series.
		In the second story, the Foundation is menaced by a mutant, the Mule, something unforeseeable by the Seldon plan, which predicts that the Foundation will eventually rule over the entire galaxy.
	www.bookslut.com /features/100books/foundation.htm (766 words)

	Amazon.ca: Foundation: Books: Isaac Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first book details with around the first 200 years of the foundation, as several crises are encountered by individuals as forces of history.
		Edward Gibbon's influence is certainly obvious in "Foundation." A galactic empire, centered in Trantor (a celestial Rome), is on the verge of collapse.
		Each of the five episodes in the book reads like a tautly played game of political chess in which the winner is inevitably the visionary who is not wedded to traditional moves and who is patient enough to wait for his opponent to make the first mistake.
	www.amazon.ca /Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354 (1650 words)

	Amazon.com: Foundation (Foundation Novels (Paperback)): Books: Isaac Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Prelude to Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
		The other concept this book describes is the theory that science and mathematics are capable of predicting the trends in complex systems such as large groups of people.
		Foundation deserves the accolades of the Sci-Fi community and truly should be read by anybody who has any latent interest in science fiction or fantasy.
	www.amazon.com /Foundation-Novels-Paperback-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354 (2877 words)

	The National Book Foundation
		EST, the National Book Foundation will reveal the recipients of its lifetime achievement awards, the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and the Literarian Award For Outstanding Service to the Literary Community on this webpage (www.nationalbook.org).
		Also to be announced: the host and presenters for this year's National Book Award Ceremony and Dinner, and detailed information on the location and time of the National Book Award Finalists Announcement.
		The Foundation is now offering new rates for those who wish to purchase smaller quantities of the National Book Award Gold Winner seals, the Silver Finalist seals, and the seal for authors who have received the Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
	www.nationalbook.org (201 words)

	National Heritage Foundation Home Page
		Foundations at NHF are regarded as “donor advised funds” for purposes of the new law.
		According to this new law, NHF from now on will not be able to make any distributions from funds allocated to any foundation to any donor-founder or any person designated by the donor-founder to have “advisory privileges” with respect to recommending either the “distribution or investment of amounts” allocated to the foundation at NHF.
		A Foundation at NHF is inexpensive to start (only $385 application fee) and inexpensive to operate.
	www.nhf.org (1169 words)

	China Foundation: Book Sales
		To support China Foundation's mission, Dr. Jane Hu has donated three of the several books she wrote to the Foundation.
		This "Book for Sale" is to raise funds for hepatitis B vaccines for newborns in the poorest villages in China.
		You may contribute as much as you wish for her book, the minimum bid price for these books is $15 including mailing cost.
	www.chinafoundation1.org /about/booksale.html (99 words)

	Book Information: Foundation :: Internet Book List :: A database of book information and reviews
		Hari Seldon, creator of the science of psychohistory, knew that it's death would be followed by 30,000 years of brutal barbarism and savage warfare.
		To preserve knowledge and shorten the dark period to a mere thousand years, Hari Seldon set up the Encyclopedia Foundation and staffed it with the best scholars and scientists of the Empire.
		But what could it do, alone and helpless, against the greed of the warlords who were reaching out to conquer and destroy it.
	www.iblist.com /book.php?id=258 (187 words)

	Book Reviews: Foundation's Fear, Otherland, Flowerdust
		In the first Foundation trilogy, Seldon used the theorems of "psychohistory" to predict the inevitable fall of the mighty Galactic Empire.
		To shorten the interval of galactic anarchy, Seldon established the Foundation, a society organized on psychohistorical principles.
		The background itself is not uninteresting, but this actually creates another problem: the story of Derveet's original rebellion, told in bits and pieces through the memories of the characters, sounds so full of action, adventure and emotional interaction, that the passive story at hand begins to pale in comparison.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue41/books.html (1621 words)

	Book Awards, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Resource Guide
		The purpose of the Regional Book Awards is to honor outstanding books which are set in the Mountains & Plains “region”, which includes Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Texas, Montana, Kansas, Arizona, Nebraska and South Dakota.
		The mission of the National Book Foundation is to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America.
		Presented annually by the New England Booksellers Association (NEBA), the New England Book Awards were established in 1990 to call attention to New England authors and publishers who have produced a body of work that stands as a significant contribution to the region's literature.
	www.clpgh.org /subject/books/awards.html (891 words)

	THE URANTIA BOOK
		The Urantia book is regarded as the Fifth Epochal Revelation.
		The book teaches that an a fragment of God's spirit dwells within each person; this is called a "Thought Adjuster." Its role is to guide the individual towards greater spiritual understanding through many lives on other worlds.
		The book corrects the Genesis account of Adam and Eve and the concept of atonement.
	www.religioustolerance.org /urantia.htm (1431 words)

	Amazon.com: Foundation's Edge (Foundation Novels): Books: Isaac Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It's worth reminding yourself before you pick up this book that it was written a looong time after he wrote the original three Foundation books-- thirty years after, to be precise.
		It is also the first of the Foundation books that was written as a single book; the others were originally written and published as a series of short stories.
		If you enjoyed the original Foundation series take a deep breath, realize that it'll be different and try not to concentrate on it corrupting the series but rather that it'll embellish it, and you'll probably enjoy it.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553293389?v=glance (2675 words)

	Book Em - Buy a Book and Stop a Crook!
		Jeff Shaara (whose book Gods and Generals was made into a movie filmed partially in Augusta County, Virginia), Brad Meltzer, David Morrell of Rambo: First Blood fame, and Dave Pelzer donated books.
		The proceeds from the sale of books purchased at Book 'Em go toward increasing literacy rates, decreasing crime rates, helping police solve crimes, and raising public awareness of the link between high illiteracy rates and high crime rates.
		Prior to Book 'Em, it was shown on Friday, October 7 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, October 16 at 2:30 pm in the same location.
	www.bookemfoundation.org (556 words)

	The National Book Foundation
		On March 15, 1950, a consortium of book publishing groups sponsored the first annual National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
		Their goal was to enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by fellow Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general.
		Since then, The National Book Awards have become the nation's preeminent literary prizes, and The National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner the most important event on our literary calendar.
	www.nationalbook.org /nba.html (139 words)

	Glendora Public Library Friends Foundation - Book and Gift Shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Book and Gift Shop is operated by the Friends Foundation and their volunteers.
		Book donations may be left in the lobby of the library from:
		Some titles are added to the book collection of the library, but most titles are priced for sale in the Book and Gift Shop.
	www.ci.glendora.ca.us /library/friends/bookshop.html (185 words)

	Wendy Marx Foundation for Donor Awareness
		The Wendy Marx Foundation for Organ Donor Awareness was established in 1990 with a single purpose: to increase public awareness of the desperate need for organ donations.
		The background of the Wendy Marx Foundation begins with the story of Wendy Marx, a 32-year-old native of Rye Brook, New York, and graduate of Duke University, now residing in San Francisco.
		The Wendy Marx Foundation was formed with the support of Olympic champion Carl Lewis, a family friend who was in the hospital with Wendy before her transplant.
	www.transplantbook.com /foundation.html (400 words)

	The Ryan Newman Foundation Website
		The Ryan Newman Foundation is donating 100% of its proceeds from the book to humane efforts that include the creation of a regional no-kill shelter and low-cost spay/neuter clinic in the heart of NASCAR country.
		Because the foundation is in the early stages of development, a grant cycle has not yet been scheduled.
		The major goal of the foundation in its first year will be to raise funds for an endowment from which annual interest will be used to fund nonprofit agencies through a grant process and students through a scholarship process.
	www.ryannewmanfoundation.org (1029 words)

	Bookreporter.com - Book Awards
		Every July, the James Madison Book Award honors excellence in novels that bring knowledge and understanding of American History to readers ages five to fourteen. This award was created in 2003 by Lynne Cheney, the wife of the Vice President and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
		On November 16, 2005 the National Book Foundation announced the winners of their annual award at a fl tie ceremony and dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel.
		The winners of the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year awards were announced on Friday, June 4, 2004 by the American Booksellers Association during the Celebration of Bookselling at BookExpo America 2004 held in Chicago.
	www.bookreporter.com /features/awards.asp (2203 words)

	Read, Click and Win with BookAdventure!
		Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8.
		Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.
		Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.
	www.bookadventure.org (926 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Foundation and Empire (The Foundation Series): Books: Isaac Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ultimately, the hardest decision about the Foundation books is to decide the order in which to read them.
		I was looking forward to a continuing series of Seldon Crises as the Foundation played out the rise of human civilization, thinking that what we had hear with what Arnold Toynbee had done with his study of ancient civilizations extended into a future that covered an entire galaxy.
		The Foundation trilogy is classic science fiction from the genre's self-proclaimed Golden Age, and even if the writing style seems dated or quaint, it remains a seminal series.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Foundation-Empire-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0586013555 (1164 words)

	The Book Foundation
		It is firmly rooted like a good tree, its branches reaching toward the sky, yielding its fruit at all times by the permission of its Sustainer.
		This beautiful new edition, published by the Book Foundation and designed by Ahmed Moustafa, includes completely new typography, art and a complete transliteration of the Arabic text.
		The Book Foundation is pleased to offer a daily inspiring email (register or update your profile to subscribe).
	www.thebook.org (427 words)

	Sabre Foundation - Home Page
		Ambassador Soemadi D.M. Brotodiningrat saluted Sabre's new book donation program for Indonesian universities at a reception at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Washington, D.C. on November 30.
		Now in its 20th year the Sabre Foundation's Book Donation Program is a highly effective and creative way to assist in areas of the world where access to learning, for one reason or another, has been inhibited.
		Reports of the demise of the book are premature.
	www.sabre.org (677 words)

	Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move! \| Book Details
		In this book Keith Peters guides us through some basic animation theory and then demystifies the math and physics behind creating realistic animation, looking at trigonometry, velocity and acceleration, and bouncing & friction.
		Although the text covers many advanced math and physics concepts, making for very realistic motion, there’s no need to worry, even if you’re a relative newcomer to programming and the last math class you took was in high school (and even if you barely remember that!).
		This book's content provides an introduction to coding with Processing including how to: draw lines, shapes, and add color; to add motion and interactivity; and how to simulate 3D.
	www.friendsofed.com /book.html?isbn=1590595181 (475 words)

	BookWeb: Bookselling This Week: Finalists Announced for National Book Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Two of the nominees for "young people's literature" were published by FSG's Frances Foster Books imprint, launched when the noted children's editor came to the house in 1995 after 20 years at Knopf Books for Young Readers.
		Each of the finalists will receive a $1,000 cash award from the National Book Foundation, and, in addition, the winners in each of the four categories will receive a $10,000 cash award and a crystal sculpture.
		The National Book Foundation also announced last week that John Updike will be the recipient of the 1998 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
	www.ambook.org /news/btw/1416.html (781 words)

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