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Read Your Way Through São Paulo - The New York Times
Brazil’s ultra urban megacity overwhelms the landscape and the imagination. Paulo Scott recommends books that peel back its layers. (2023)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Newsela is using journalism to help students improve reading abilities - 2016 - CNN
Newsela is using journalism to help students improve reading abilities. (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)
In France, Comic Books Are Serious Business - The New York Times
At the Angoulême International Comics Festival, there was a sense that the best days for comic books may be yet to come — in the French-speaking wo... (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)