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Yes, Audiobooks Are Real Reading. Here Are the Best Ones for Kids. | EdSurge News
Tucked in, snuggled up, I still remember the hours I spent listening to my mother read aloud “The Hobbit.” I must have been about 8-years-old, and ... (2021)
Why Instagram's biggest book accounts aren't your usual influencers | Life and style | The Guardian
They stage backdrops and match book covers to flowers. But they’re also avid readers. Could they actually be living the lives they promote online? ... (2019)
Most book clubs are doing it wrong
The standard way to run a book club is to have everybody finish the book before meeting to talk about it. You have one meeting per book. The discus... (2020)
The Best Travel Books: 13 Books That Will Give You Serious Wanderlust
Are looking some great travel books? These thirteen travel books will make you laugh, cry, learn history, and inspire you to see the world. (2018)
12 Books to Take You Around the World
To help keep your wanderlust stoked as you stay inside during the pandemic, here are 12 amazing travel books that I promise won't disappoint you. (2020)
There's no better time to read War and Peace. Really.
Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, ... (2020)
Thanks to Bookshop, Indies Stand a Chance Against Amazon
Bookshop is a new online bookstore helping independent retailers stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic and fight back against Amazon. (2020)
Machines Beat Humans on a Reading Test. But Do They Understand? | Quanta Magazine
A tool known as BERT can now beat humans on advanced reading-comprehension tests. But it's also revealed how far AI has to go. (2019)
Kevin Kelly's Letter to Children About the Glory of Books and the Superpower of Reading | Brain Pickings
"More and more of our society is centered on pictures and images, which is a beautiful thing. But some of the most important parts of life are not ... (2019)
The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into Wallpaper - The Atlantic
College Students Aren't Checking Out Books University libraries around the world are seeing precipitous declines in the use of the books on thei... (2019)
1984: Nothing but the truth: the legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four | Books | The Guardian
Every generation turns to it in times of political turmoil, and this extract from a new book about the novel examines its relevance in the age of f... (2019)
Adventure Town Bookstores Worth Traveling For | Outside Online
Stop by and find dirtbag literature or the homemade hiking guide you never knew you needed Maybe you’re less nerdy than I am, but one of my abid... (2018)
Why Kids Stop Reading for Fun by Age 9 (and What to Do About It) - Life Hacker
A national reading survey by Scholastic reveals something they’re calling the “decline by nine.” According to the report, the percentage of kids de... (2019)
Outgrowing Advertising: Multimodal Business Models as a Product Strategy – Andreessen Horowitz
Stop and think for a moment about how many ads you saw in the last 24 hours, on Instagram or Facebook or anywhere else. How many did you scroll thr... (2018)
My Father’s Stack of Books
Personal History by Kathryn Schulz: When my father was a child, books were gifts. For his daughters, he made sure they were a given. (2019)
How an ROTR investment changed everything for Caribu: Take the chance and apply - Refresh Miami
All of that changed when we won the 1776 Global Pitch Competition and received the $100K investment from Rise Of The Rest (ROTR). It gave us valida... (2019)
How to read fiction to build a startup – TechCrunch
“The book itself is a curious artefact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, ofte... (2019)
This Edtech Company Just Secured $30 Million In Venture Capital And Gives Its Product Away
The consumer-facing edtech company Epic! has secured $60 million in new venture funding. That's remarkable for a company that gives away its produc... (2019)
The Loveliest Children’s Books of 2018 – Brain Pickings
A "new" Maurice Sendak treasure, James Baldwin's only children's book, a celebration of history's heroic women illustrated by Maira Kalman, a stunn... (2018)
Books for Sharpening Your Strategic Mind – Doug Kleeman – Medium
It’s a surprisingly loaded question. The first thought that popped into my head was an embarrassingly butchered-up version of that Haruki Murakami ... (2018)
'Nothing short of remarkable': Study finds parents' chats with their toddlers pay off 10 years later
Attention exhausted parents: The next time your toddler starts making strange noises or babbling about Paw Patrol, try to strike up a conversation ... (2018)
Are Audiobooks As Good For You As Reading? Here’s What Experts Say | Time
Reading a book is sometimes better for memory and reading comprehension than listening to an audiobook—but not always. (2018)
Reading: The 5-Hour Rule Used by Bill Gates, Jack Ma and Elon Musk
The most successful people on the planet are also the people likeliest to devote an hour a day to reading and learning. (2018)
How To Read 100 Books A Year - Darius Foroux
If you want to get anywhere in this world, you need to educate yourself, and to educate yourself you need to read—a lot.Here's how to read 100 book... (2016)
Nearly 7 in 10 in U.S. feel worn out from too much news | Pew Research Center
If you feel like there is too much news and you can’t keep up, you are not alone. (2018)
How Tolkien created Middle-earth | Books | The Guardian
A rare exhibition of the Hobbit author’s life and art reveals an imaginary realm that continues to inspire new generations (2018)
The 100 stories that shaped the world - BBC - Culture
BBC Culture asked writers around the globe to pick stories that have endured across generations and continents – and changed society. .. (2018)
Here are the winners of the 2018 Nebula Awards - The Verge
The best science fiction and fantasy stories of 2017 (2018)
Finland's cities are havens for library lovers | Cities | The Guardian
Helsinki’s state-of-the-art Oodi library will stand opposite parliament and boast a cinema, recording studio and makerspace. It’s a perfect fit for... (2018)
database: Mathematical Fiction
database: Browse the Mathematical Fiction (2018)
Definitive List of 50 Books to Understand Everything in the Universe
A few weeks ago I put up a note on my LinkedIn (see above) about books that can form the building blocks to our understanding of just about everyth... (2018)
Open Library (books) - Developer Center / APIs
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than ... (2021)
Literati | Book Clubs
Literati is a bestselling book subscription service that offers curated book clubs for all readers. Your next chapter starts here. (2021)
The CEO Library
The books recommended by the CEOs, entrepreneurs, professionals and authors we look up to (2020)
Goodreads | Meet your next favorite book
Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Good... (2021)