ADVISORY/Beyond Books Sponsors Free Live Pre-election Webcast With Award-winning Author Joseph Ellis.

Business, Education, and Internet Editors

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Nov. 1)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

      WHAT: A free, live Web event at www.beyondbooks.com where
        students, teachers and political buffs across the nation may
        join a rousing question-and-answer session about our third
        president, Thomas Jefferson, and our nation's political
        process with renowned author Professor Joseph Ellis of Mount
        Holyoke College. Ellis, winner of the 1997 National Book Award
        for "American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson," has
        just released "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary
        Generation" (Knopf), a study of the intertwined lives of the
        founders of the American republic. He authored the Aug. 21
        U.S. News & World Report cover story, "The First Democrats,"
        which discussed the development of our nation's two-party
        political system.

      With Election 2000 less than two weeks away, polls show Vice
President Al Gore and Gov. George W. Bush in an almost dead heat, with
each candidate's camp slinging its share of mud at the opponent.
Similarly, the election of 1800, which brought Jefferson to the White
House, was an emotional and hard-fought battle wherein each side
believed victory by the other would destroy our fledgling nation. How
do our current leaders (and candidates) compare?
      Participants may join the video-streamed online chat at no cost,
by visiting www.beyondbooks.com and clicking on "Joseph Ellis" in the
Guest Experts Box on the homepage. The link will take participants to
the Guest Expert page, which includes instructions for logging in to
the chat, viewing the live video or choosing a closed-captioning
option.
      Beyond Books(TM) programs are the creation of New Forum
Publishers, Inc.(TM), a privately-held company based in Conshohocken,
Pa., founded in 1998 as a content originator and aggregator of online
educational information. New Forum Publishers is dedicated to
exploring the full potential of the Internet for educational uses,
providing an advertising-free, content-rich, course-relevant resource
for teachers and students.

      WHERE: www.beyondbooks.com

      WHEN: 1 to 2 p.m. Nov. 1, 2000

      WHO: Students, teachers, history and political buffs. (Editors'
        note: An extensive preparatory lesson plan for teachers also
        is available at www.beyondbooks.com on the Guest Expert
        information page.)