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'AITA for secretly writing short stories for my son after my wife forbade me?'
"AITA for writing short stories for my son after my wife said no?"Fabulous-Purple-7214 writes:Our son recently developed a real love for reading....
someecards.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / writing
13 new fantasy and science fiction books to read in January 2025
A new year has begun, and you know what that means: new books! 2024 was an epic year in fantasy and science fiction, with tons of...
winteriscoming.net
- 30+ days ago
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books / cool stuff / education / how-to / learning / science
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine (1983)
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning...
openculture.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Lit Hub Daily: March 31, 2025
TODAY: In 1809, Nikolai Gogol is born. • “Unlike earlier periods of widespread immiseration, such as the recession of 2008, what we’re seeing today is...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
MrBeast co-wrote a book with James Patterson
The world’s most popular YouTuber joined forces with one of the most prolific authors on a Squid Game-like thriller. MrBeast teamed up with Alex...
theverge.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Three debut novels compete among Women’s prize for fiction shortlist
First- time novelists are joined by two former winners on the diverse list, as the six ‘ambitious and hard-hitting’ contenders are revealed...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Shon Faye: ‘I'll Never Write a Memoir Again’
Shon Faye is one of the most celebrated non-fiction authors in the UK, rising to fame for her discerning prose on culture, relationships and class....
frieze.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The allegations against Neil Gaiman
New accusations made against the writer, which he denies, have sent shockwaves through his fanbase. There’s a photo of me with Neil Gaiman. It...
newstatesman.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Library's Blueberry Awards celebrate children's books on the environment - Evanston RoundTable
A little snow didn’t keep away fans of Evanston Public Library’s fourth annual Blueberry Awards on Thursday evening. Families, educators, librarians,...
evanstonroundtable.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
11 fantasy and science fiction books to read in April 2025
Spring is in the air and new books are hitting the shelves. From sweeping epic fantasy to highly-anticipated sequels, historical fiction and more,...
winteriscoming.net
- 30+ days ago
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books
To Battersea Park by Philip Hensher review – a pandemic masterclass
Hensher brilliantly explores the lockdown experience, and how to bear witness to it, in this fluid portrait of south London lives...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
If You Get Less Than 15 Questions Right, You Can’t Claim To Have Good Literature Knowledge
Whether you are or always have been a bookworm or stopped reading books at 16 years old, you should know all these big names in this...
boredpanda.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
How Shirley Jackson Exposed the Darker, Uncanny Side of Everyday Life
In August 1950, a story by Shirley Jackson created a sensation. No, not “The Lottery,” although that one was met with an uproar immediately upon its...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Further Reading Library is a new collection of esoteric art and design books
Lovers of esoterica will rejoice at the arrival of a new imprint. The Further Reading Library releases its first five titles in April 2025, with an...
wallpaper.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Why was Jamie Oliver’s children’s book taken off shelves?
I tracked down and read the offending work, Billy and the Epic Escape, so you don’t have to. Like every other British celebrity, Jamie...
newstatesman.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers review – a polyphonic hymn to the north-east
The novelist’s afterlife of St Cuthbert spans centuries and volumes, making for a vibrant alternative history of the region...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Take your kids to see ‘Wicked,’ but don’t let them read the book by Gregory Maguire
Long before Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were holding space for the lyrics of “Defying Gravity,” there was “Wicked” the Broadway musical. And before that,...
usatoday.com
- 30+ days ago
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writing / books
Best Books of 2024: our experts share their standout reads
It’s that time of year again and we’ve invited 30 of our writers, from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature...
theconversation.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
What happened to the Austrian-Hungarian Empire?
historyskills.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
worldhistory.org
- 30+ days ago
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writing / books
The Best Crime Novels of 2024, recommended by Sophie Roell
From the latest detective novels and cozy crime to unsettling psychological thrillers, Five Books editor Sophie Roell does a round-up of some of her...
fivebooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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celebrity / books
Lynda Carter has Wonder Woman wardrobe malfunction helping Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool save the holidays: 'F---!'
Deadpool concluded instantly who was behind Carter's superhero transformation snafu: "The DC lawyers. I knew it." Now this is a truly wondrous crossover. On Thursday,...
ew.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Californians now have access to 300,000 eBooks through California State Library
This story originally appeared in EdSource.If you’re a Californian with an email address, you now have access to a whole new virtual bookshelf...
lbpost.com
- 30+ days ago
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music / books
Korg multi/poly native: Going Deep
Korg multi/poly native puts the virtual analog hardware synthesizer in your DAW – but is it powerful enough to hold its own in a crowded...
attackmagazine.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Margaret Atwood: ‘It would be fun to talk to Simone de Beauvoir’
The author on being banned in Virginia, communicating with dead writers and her new short story collection, the first since the death of her partner...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Robert Mrazek talks about 'The Harvard Murders,' becoming a publisher, more
Robert J. Mrazek is a master at reinventing himself. He was a Suffolk County legislator in the late 1970s, represented New York's 3rd Congressional...
newsday.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
A national bullying of the poor: the trouble with America’s bootstrapping myth
Centuries of American thought support a hypocritical ideology that can be difficult to escape even when we want to...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
"Russia and Ukraine" by Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel
In February 2022, Russian missiles rained on Ukrainian cities, and tanks rolled towards Kyiv to end Ukrainian independent statehood. What are the...
boisestatepublicradio.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
Girl in a Pink Dress by Kylie Needham review – a tale of two artists
This compelling debut novel follows a young female painter whose ambitions begin to clash with those of her older lover and teacher...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / movie & tv / writing
12 eye-opening reads to kick-start your 2025 reading goals
There are so many great books to look forward to in 2025. But first, you'll want to catch up on these perspective-shifting titles from 2024. Scroll down...
npr.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
Widows by Margaret Atwood – read the exclusive short story
Nell is coming to terms with life after her beloved partner Tig’s death in a story from Atwood’s first collection since The Testaments...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
James Shapiro wins Baillie Gifford anniversary prize with ‘extraordinary’ Shakespeare biography 1599
The English professor’s analysis of a pivotal year in the playwright’s life triumphed over a shortlist that included Craig Brown, Barbara Demick and...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Power of Trees by Peter Wohlleben review – out of the woods
The charismatic forester argues that trees can be a powerful weapon in the fight against climate change – so long as we leave them alone...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Children’s books publisher Peter Usborne dies at 85
Publisher pays tribute to ‘genius’ who was an ‘inspirational leader’...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Lit Hub Daily: March 27, 2025
TODAY: In 1923, Japanese author Shūsaku Endō is born. • Maris Kreizman on Meta’s AI and how one of the richest companies in the world...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
14 books that will change your life
Dozens of posters featuring wisdom from some of literature’s sagest voices were strung up around my former university’s English building, but one of...
dazeddigital.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
5 best kids' movies based on books to stream now
Whether you are young or old, you have kids or not, some of the most memorable movies of our time have been movies made for...
tomsguide.com
- 30+ days ago
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entrepreneurship / books
Inside AI's Brain: New Research Reveals How ChatGPT Really Thinks
Under the hood of large language models like ChatGPT and Claude lives a mysterious world of internal calculations and connections. These invisible workings determine whether...
forbes.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Championship-Worthy Baseball Books
Celebrate the championship games with top baseball books! Perfect for fans of all ages, these picks capture the heart and history of America’s...
hachettebookgroup.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Operation Chiffon by Peter Taylor review – how they talked their way out of the Troubles
In this compelling account, the author and documentary-maker describes how decades of covert communications between the British government and the IRA eased the path to...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Top Comic Book Runs: 6-4
Top Comic Book Runs: 6-4 Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need! You voted and we...
cbr.com
- 30+ days ago
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writing / books
After Hollywood success, actors tell us what’s it like pivoting to novel writing
Krysten Ritter thought she had the perfect pitch: a successful lawyer returning home to a small town scandal. A cold case disappearance. A disturbing ritual....
aol.com
- 30+ days ago
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