The New Edition of the Classic If Monks Had Macs CD-ROM of Art, ideas and Games Now Works with the Latest Mac & Windows Operating Systems

If Monks had Macs is a legendary new media monastery library of art and ideas. It was first published in 1988. MacWeek magazine praised the 1995 edition as "a seminal work of hypermedia art." In the 2005 edition new explorations with digital images take the artist's passion for art and ideas out of the library and into the streets.

(PRWEB) November 22, 2004 -- "Legendary ... almost defies description" was MacUser magazine's appraisal of the original 1988 If Monks had Macs. The 2005 edition works with the lastest versions of Windows & Mac operating systems.

The 2005 edition of the Monks CD-ROM is a much heartier stew of interactive books, games, art and music that works with the latest Macintosh and Windows operating systems. New explorations in digital photography and film take the artist's passion for art and ideas out of the library and into the streets. If Monks had Macs is available for purchase from rivertext.com for $29.

Monk's provocative text is beautifully illustrated, quick and deep. The volume on The White Rose resistance to the Nazis features the photos and memoirs of one of their surviving members, the music of Beethoven, Schubert and Bach, art of the German Expressionists and a new focus on the relationship between art and resistance.

The new edition of the Monks 24 volume library includes a new game and a new tool. The newest game, Killing Time, is contemplative solitaire for monks. Now everyone can practice "safe-solitaire." The new version of the unique Monks "threaded" journal is a tool for exploring your inner world. Sophie, the new e-book reader, is a tool for exploring the outside world.

The new Mac OS 10.3 compatible version 1.02 of the Sophie e-book reader is available as a free download. It comes with ten free ebooks that range from a guided tour to the testimony of the best witnesses to the assassination of President Kennedy, to a brand new edition of H.G. Wells science fiction classic The War of the Worlds. If Monks had Macs version 5.01 works on Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and Windows 95 through XP.

To download Sophie visit:
http://fourthworld.com/products/sophie/

For more information visit:
http://www.rivertext.com/

or contact:
Brian Thomas
bct@rivertext.com

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