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MALA Summer Meeting

MALA Summer Meeting. News and Notices The Da Vinci Code Other Items. News and Notices. Changes to the Patriot Act? GLA’s Hubbard Scholarship Fund – the COMO Raffle How would you change the MALA logo?. Other News and Notes. Georgia Center for the Book

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MALA Summer Meeting

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  1. MALA Summer Meeting News and Notices The Da Vinci Code Other Items

  2. News and Notices • Changes to the Patriot Act? • GLA’s Hubbard Scholarship Fund – the COMO Raffle • How would you change the MALA logo?

  3. Other News and Notes • Georgia Center for the Book • Please return your Membership Feedback Form

  4. The Da Vinci Code Bestselling books are often the product of extreme short term success. • Valley of the Dolls – rated as #9 all time best selling book. Does your library still keep it? • Peyton Place, God’s Little Acre, The Carpetbaggers – all extremely popular

  5. Some bestsellers have a more long lasting effect • The Godfather by Mario Puzo - countless spinoffs, the movie, and now ultimately, The Sopranos • 1984 by George Orwell • Baby and Child Care by Doctor Spock

  6. Why the Da Vinci Code is having such sustained popularity • It is controversial • It’s an exciting story • Several likable characters • Next year’s film maintains interest for those who haven’t read the book • Much historical fact

  7. A few facts about The Da Vinci Code from Doubleday • Almost 10,500,000 copies of the original edition in print • 89 Doubleday printings • 25 million copies in 44 languages sold

  8. Using The History Channel’s Special “Beyond the Da Vinci Code” as a guide

  9. Several commentators and authors offer explanations and opinion. The program emphasizes that The Da Vinci Code is fiction which includes much historical fact.Program segments include:Mary Magdalene and her relationship to Jesus ChristThe Gnostic GospelsThe Holy Grail legendsSara (of Egypt), the daughter of Mary MagdaleneCouncil of NiceaSuppression of the Sacred Feminine

  10. The Merovingian KingsSang Raal – “Holy Blood” – A royal bloodline, and its documentationThe Prieuré (Priory) of Sion and the Knights TemplarThe Cathars and the Albigensian CrusadeLeonardo DaVinci, his art, and his affiliationsKnights Templar move Sang Raal documents out of France to Great Britain

  11. Churches in Great Britain related to the Knights Templar – The Temple Church in London and Roselyn Chapel in Scotland The “Rose Line”, the Louvre, and the Egyptian pyramidsChurch of St. Sulpice in ParisA real story reflected in The Da Vinci Code – Pierre Plantard, the Priory of Scion, and the National Museum in Paris“Holy Blood, Holy Grail”, by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry LincolnOpus Dei

  12. Selecting Keywords Using Books in Print via Galileo to gather some data.

  13. The Keywords da vinci code leonardo da vinci gnostic gospels opus dei sacred feminine mary magdalene holy grail knights templar merovingian cathars

  14. Number of Forthcoming Titles • da vinci code - 6 • gnostic gospels - 1 • sacred feminine - 0 • holy grail - 6 • merovingian - 0 • leonardo da vinci - 19 • opus dei – 2 (one book; in paper and an e-book) • mary magdalene - 8 • knights templar - 1 • cathars - 1

  15. Number of In Print Titles • da vinci code - 52 • gnostic gospels - 9 • sacred feminine - 22 • holy grail - 152 • merovingian - 25 • leonardo da vinci - 350 • opus dei – 27 • mary magdalene - 93 • knights templar - 53 • cathars - 16

  16. Titles Available via GIL Express • da vinci code – 20 • gnosticism as subject –195 • goddess religion as subject – 66 • grail (holy grail) as subject – 64 • merovingians as subject – 43 • leonardo da vinci as subject – 304 • opus dei as subject – 12 • st. mary magdalene as subject – 28 • templars as subject – 32 • albigenses as subject - 95

  17. Titles Available via PINES • da vinci code (all keywords as a subject) - 26 • gnosticism - 40 • sacred feminine - 9 • goddess religion - 52 • grail (holy grail) - 107 • merovingians - 2 • leonardo da vinci - 327 • opus dei - 4 • mary magdalene - 62 • templars – 39 • albigenses – 12

  18. In Project Gutenberg’s rankings, the 2nd most popular ebook download in the last 30 days is:The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

  19. Thanks to • The Tucker Branch - Dekalb County PL • Our Lady of Mercy High School • Barnes & Noble • Fahlgren Entertainment • The MALA Officers

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