Books never die.They are most important results of human hard work, (5) ___was said and thought still speaks to us from the pages of books.The only influence of time is to choose the bad works because nothing can live forever (6) ___it is really goodBooks introduce us into the ...
The days of snail mail mega-catalogs are long gone, but that doesn’t mean we don’t hope for things … like great books kids will … 1 2 3 ... 112 → cybilsawards Follow the Cybils on Instagram! Let's start the week with the winners in the Nonfi ...
Then I should like you to readSwift’s Gulliver’s Travels. I am going to deal with DoctorJohnsonlater on, but here I must note that, speaking of this book, he said: “When once you have thought of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest.”Doctor Johnson was...
We dive more into the list in a special edition of our podcast. And in case you’d like even more variety, don’t miss our list of 100 Notable Books of 2023, or take a spin through this handy list, which features all the books we’ve christened the best throughout the years. 我们...
Here are some of my favourite things to do during a freak snowstorm, or on a particularly chilly winter day, best enjoyed from your apartment window with a steaming mug of tea or coffee, watching the flakes drift down and gather at the pane, like little Kay in the The Snow Queen. What...
Here are some of my favourite things to do during a freak snowstorm, or on a particularly chilly winter day, best enjoyed from your apartment window with a steaming mug of tea or coffee, watching the flakes drift down and gather at the pane, like little Kay in the The Snow Queen. What...
or other people’s books about fascism, dictatorship, Police State violence, or theocracy. And to see parallels to today presented through very prescientfiction, make sure you’ve read classics like1984, Brave New World, The Handmaid’s Tale, Fahrenheit 451,Parable of the Sower(Butler), andAni...
said Edmund, who was tired and pretending not to be tired, which always made him bad-tempered. "Don't go on talking like that." "Like what?" said Susan; "and anyway, it's time you were in bed." "Trying to talk like Mother," said Edmund. "And who are you to say when I'...
” Even when nerding out in a reading room. Like deep-diving into public libraries, private collections, theOxford Dictionary of the English Language,atlases and maps (thank you, a lifetime ofNational Geographic!), and the etymology of words and root languages. And exploring other authors’ ...
Government agencies and corporations worldwide are pouring a lot of money to achieve AI’s Holy Grail. Scientists say that once AI attains human-level intelligence, it may have survival drives like ours. We might have to compete with a more powerful, cunning, and alien rival than we ever im...