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Science Fiction book: The Electric State

Science Fiction book: The Electric State

Neil Gaiman - Author

Neil Gaiman - Author

Science Fiction - predict / prevent the future

Reading Science Fiction can help predict / prevent the future

Book Review: Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

Book Review: Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

Audiobooks, Reading and Parenting

Audiobooks, Reading and Parenting

Book Recommendation and Discovery: Goodreads, BookBub, Google Books, and more

Book recommendation and discovery sites: Goodreads, BookBub, Google Books, and more

Epic - Reading app, EdTech Startup

Epic - Reading app, EdTech Startup

Lord of the Flies - Book, Review and Teaching Notes

Lord of the Flies - Book, Review and Teaching Notes

Best Fantasy Books to Read

Best Fantasy Books to Read

Reading - Book clubs

Reading - Book clubs

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Books, Literature

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Books, Literature

Book review: Man's Search for Meaning - by Viktor Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning - by Viktor Frankl

Science Fiction

a collection of articles about interesting Science Fiction

Caribu

a collection of articles and resources about Caribu, an EdTech Startup in Miami

Really good Children's books

a collection of beautifully designed Kids books

Books to Read - Best books of all time?

essential books with tips and advice for entrepreneurs getting started with your (tech-based) sta...

Science Fiction - Books to Read - Before starting with your (tech) Startup

essential books with tips and advice for entrepreneurs getting started with your (tech-based) sta...

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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)


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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)


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Your Local Bookstore Wants You to Know That It’s Struggling - The New York Times

Independent booksellers are desperate for customers to return, and not just for an online reading. (2020)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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The ‘Lord of the Flies’ Family Book Club

‘Lord of the Flies’ has a very odd power. It’s unnerving how books mutate. You look up from your life—from these weeks of homey terror—and find ... (2020)


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Haven't read War and Peace? Now's the time to join Yiyun Li's free virtual book club

If you're feeling alone and listless, or even if you simply have a few extra hours a week all of a sudden, I've got some good news for you. Startin... (2020)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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How a Canadian Chain Is Reinventing Book Selling - The New York Times

Indigo is expanding to the United States with its new model for how a big bookstore chain can thrive in the era of online retail. (2019)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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Newsela is using journalism to help students improve reading abilities - 2016 - CNN

Newsela is using journalism to help students improve reading abilities. (2019)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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Growing Up Surrounded by Books Could Have Powerful, Lasting Effect on the Mind || Smithsonian

A new study suggests that exposure to large home libraries may have a long-term impact on proficiency in three key areas (2018)


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Exploring the Uncanny, Sci-Fi Dystopias of Simon Stålenhag - Waypoint

To celebrate the release of his third book, 'The Electric State,' we spoke with the Swedish painter about the fear of technology, the rise of fasci... (2018)


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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)


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'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)


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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)


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Twitter: "My favorite kind of books are non-fiction that read like fiction"

What are your top recs that fit that category? - Arianna Simpson on Twitter: (2018)


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Meet the YouTube Stars Turning Viewers Into Readers - The New York Times

Reading and writing are solitary activities; BookTube is changing that. (2018)


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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)


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Literati | Book Clubs

Literati is a bestselling book subscription service that offers curated book clubs for all readers. Your next chapter starts here. (2021)


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The CEO Library

The books recommended by the CEOs, entrepreneurs, professionals and authors we look up to (2020)


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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)


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BookBub: Get ebook deals, handpicked recommendations, and author updates

Get free and bargain bestsellers for Kindle, Nook, and more, as well as updates from your favorite authors. Sign up free today, and start reading ... (2021)


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Alibris - used books

Alibris is your source for new and used books, textbooks, music and movies. Alibris has been selling books, movies and music since 1997. The premi... (2020)


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