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Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel have a newish book out which is just wonderful from a food perspective. Essentially, they've traveled the world to meet "average" families and report on their dietary habits. Apart from being thematically intriguing from a journalistic point of view, it's also quite awesome from a visual perspective. Basically, Peter has taken photos of the families with their weekly food totals.

United States of America

England..I'm curious to why there is a DOG in this picture.

Mali

China

See if you can find the weirdest thing in any of the pictures, (besides the dog ;-p ) and put your answer in the comments section.

Judge Rules in Favor of 'Da Vinci' Writer

A judge ruled Friday that mega-selling author Dan Brown did not steal ideas for "The Da Vinci Code" from a nonfiction work, ending the suspense about the case with an ultimately unsurprising decision.

High Court judge Peter Smith rejected a copyright-infringement claim by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, authors of "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail," who claimed that Brown's blockbuster "appropriated the architecture" of their 1982 book. In the United States, the book is titled, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail."

The ruling will allow a film based on the book and starring Tom Hanks to open as scheduled on May 19.

Smith said the plaintiffs had based their copying claim on a "selective number of facts and ideas artificially taken out of (the book) for the purpose of the litigation."

"It would be quite wrong if fictional writers were to have their writings pored over in the way DVC (Da Vinci Code) has been pored over in this case by authors of pretend historical books to make an allegation of infringement of copyright," Smith said in his 71-page.

Brown said he was pleased by the ruling "not only from a personal standpoint but also as a novelist."

Read more: Yahoo! Top Stories - Judge Rules in Favor of 'Da Vinci' Writer

Both of these sites have tons of free audiobook downloads! The books offered are now in the public domain. You're not going to find the Da Vinci Code or any other best seller so don't be too disappointed.

manybooks.net - Free eBooks for your PDA

LibriVox

I read tons of books and I have this problem ALL of the time. I'll be laying in bed, trying to hold the book under the light with one hand, (don't even bother commenting about what I'm doing with my other hand), and keep the pages open with my thumb and my thumb will start hurting.....
GOD DAMMIT!!!! WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS???????

Titanic: $29.99
Clinton: $29.99

Titanic: Over 3 hours to read
Clinton: Over 3 hours to read

Titanic: The story of Jack and Rose, their forbidden love, and subsequent catastrophe .
Clinton: The story of Bill and Monica, their forbidden love, and subsequent catastrophe.

Titanic: Jack is a starving artist.
Clinton: Bill is a bullshit artist.

Titanic: In one scene, Jack enjoys a good cigar.
Clinton: Ditto for Bill.

Titanic: During ordeal, Rose's dress gets ruined.
Clinton: Ditto for Monica.

Titanic: Jack teaches Rose to spit.
Clinton: Let's not go there.

Titanic: Rose gets to keep her jewelry.
Clinton: Monica's forced to return her gifts.

Titanic: Rose remembers Jack for the rest of her life.
Clinton: Clinton doesn't remember Jack.

Titanic: Rose goes down on a vessel full of seamen.
Clinton: Monica...ooh, let's not go there, either.

Titanic: Jack surrenders to an icy death.
Clinton: Bill goes home to Hilary...basically the same thing.

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