In this image, the hot dude is readingHyperionby Dan Simmons. This is a Hugo winner from 1989 that has a multiple timeline sci-fi story presented in aCanterbury Talesstructure. It’s some nerd shit. It's good shit, but it's definitely nerd shit. Would it be such a bad thing to sho...
That said,The Author’s Guide to Murderis the work of three authors: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White. The story is about—you’ve guessed it—three authors who are working on a book together when a murder happens at the castle they’re visiting. There’s a blurb on th...
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Translated books from your own culture— You first read a book in your own language, from your own culture. Then you find an English translated version of it, read that through, and carefully compare the two versions. Some examples of books in a language pair are:“Le Comte de Monte-Cris...
One of the best pieces of advice my English teacher ever gave me - one which I would like to share with every teenager in Britain - was never to struggle on with a book that you hate. Life is too short for ironing and bad books, as Schopenhauer nearly said, and the world is not ...
She could ask him why on earth would she leave such a good kindhearted man that has given her and her daughter so much. She could say she would leave Neville at the drop of a hat, ruin lives and throw it all away to be with him, if he asked her, if he meant it. She looked ...
aI enjoy entertaining myself or others with tongue twisters, nonsense rhymes, or puns. 我喜欢招待或其他以绕口令、胡话押韵或者双关语。[translate] afucking perfect 该死完善[translate] a索马里 Somalia[translate] aThe same love that makes me laugh makes 做我笑的同一爱做[translate] ...
and this clever alphabet book (full of puns and tiny details to notice as you read it for the millionth time) has a ladybug on each spread. I have spent approximately a week of my life helping Ella find the ladybug. There’s also a number version too,1-2-3 Peas,and a color versi...
A lecture isn’t a book chapter, but it is a good building block. All of my chapters have been parts of lectures at one time or another, and listening to students interacting with what I was saying was hugely helpful in working out what I wanted to write about and how I thought this...
Narrated with engaging wit, the book brims with brilliant anecdotes. A particular favourite of mine is the account of Shelley’s father opening unlimited credit for his son at a bookseller’s in Oxford when he started there as a student: ‘My son here,’ he said, pointing good-humouredly...