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1995-2020: The Digital Age

Background

Major events: Introduction of the Internet / the World-Wide Web. Domestic Terrorism in Oklahoma City kills 168 people. Impeachment Trial of President Clinton; Mass Shootings in multiple locations. The first iPhone released. Social media becomes a common feature of the internet. On 9/11/2001 two hijacked jetliners ram twin towers of World Trade Center in the worst terrorist attack against the U.S.; a third hijacked plane flies into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashes in rural Pennsylvania. More than 3,000 people die in the attacks. Remembered as 9/11. War waged by the U.S. and Britain against Afghanistan and Iraq begins. After months of unraveling, the economy finally comes crashing down in 2008 marking the beginning of the Great Recession. Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President. In 2015, the Paris Climate Agreement is signed by 196 countries.  Impeachment Trial of President Donald Trump. There is a growing awareness of police violence against people of color. The worldwide pandemic of Coronavirus COVID -19. 

Mass shootings: 1999: Littleton, CO. 2007: Virginia Tech.  2009: Fort Hood Army post in Texas. Binghampton, NY. 2012: Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, CT. Aurora, CO. 2015: Charleston’s historic Emanuel AME Church. 2016: Orlando, FL. 2017: Las Vegas, NV. Sutherland Springs, TX.  2018:  Parkland, Florida, 

History of e-Books: In 1995 several major print newspapers and magazines create their websites, and Microsoft launches its own web browser, named Internet Explorer. 1995-03: The Internet Public Library (IPL) is the first public digital library to serve the internet community by cataloging websites and web pages (instead of printed documents). Amazon.com is launched as an online bookseller. The National Library of France (Bibliothèque Nationale de France – BNF) launches its digital library Gallica with 3,000 digitized books from the 19th century. The Softbook and Gemstar’s Rocket eBook readers were the first electronic book readers to hit the market in 1998, according to Michael Kozlowski, Editor-in-Chief of Good e-Reader. Rocket can hold 10 books. Stephen King’s novel Bag of Bones is published exclusively on the net, for use with the Glassbook ebook reader. Users could download the book for $2.50 to read on a computer or personal organizer. The ebook sold 500,000 copies in 48 hours. One e-publisher commented, “He’s done for e-publishing in one week what it might have taken us years to accomplish.”

 

Favorite Books:

  • 1995: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire; The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years Book 1) - Kindle edition by Maguire, Gregory. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

  • 1996: A Game of Thrones( A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George RR Martin

A Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire): George R. R. Martin: 8601419915996: Amazon.com: Books

  • 1997: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone(#1) by J.K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) | IndieBound.org

  • 1999: The Bad Beginning(A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) by Lemony Snicket

A Series Of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning Netflix Tie-In - (Unfortunate Events, 1) By Lemony Snicket (Hardcover) : Target

  • 2000:  Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (2003, Hardcover) for sale online | eBay

  • 2002: Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Amazon.com: Life of Pi (9780156027328): Martel, Yann: Books

  • 2007: Amazon launches the Kindle(its own e-reader)
  • 2008: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Amazon.com: The Hunger Games (9780439023481): Collins, Suzanne: Books

  • 2009: The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes

The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science: Holmes, Richard: 9781400031870: Amazon.com: Books

  • 2010: Apple launches its own tablet, the iPad
  • 2011: The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht

Amazon.com: The Tiger's Wife: A Novel (9780385343848): Obreht, Téa: Books

  • 2013: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban: Yousafzai, Malala, Lamb, Christina: 0884340159730: Amazon.com: Books

  • 2014: Bookshare offers a catalog of 280,000 ebooks for 300,000 blind and visually impaired users in 50 countries
  • 2015: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Amazon.com: Go Set a Watchman: A Novel (9780062409867): Lee, Harper: Books

  • 2017: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry: deGrasse Tyson, Neil: 9780393609394: Amazon.com: Books

  • 2018: The Good Neighbor by Fred Rogers

The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers (Thorndike Press Large Print Biographies and Memoirs): King, Maxwell: 9781432855345: Amazon.com: Books

  • 2019: Testaments  by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale: Atwood, Margaret: 9780385543781: Amazon.com: Books

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