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'At The Mountains Of Madness,' Spheroid Space Monsters Are Just Like Us

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Gou Tanabe's graphic novel adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's novella makes its monsters both terrifying and weirdly human. Even if space spheres aren't your thing, Tanabe's art still prompts wonder. [ ]

Edelweiss, Edelweiss? Julie Andrews Loves Reading About 18th-Century Plant Hunters

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“I’m fascinated by stories of how the various plant specimens we take for granted today were originally discovered,” says the actor, whose latest book is “Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years.” [ ]

New book claims Albert Camus was murdered by the KGB

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Study expands on archive finds revealed in 2011, and suggests that the French state may have abetted the 1960 car crash that killed him [ ]

Book Review: NBA JAM THE BOOK

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Say Boomshakalaka to anyone between the ages of 25-45 and you may receive a knowing grin and will likely get a response that will lead into a lengthy discussion about NBA Jam. The... [ ]

Donald Rayfield - Pride, Prejudice & Pushkin

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Donald Rayfield: Pride, Prejudice & Pushkin - Think, Write, Speak: Uncollected Essays, Reviews, Interviews and Letters to the Editor by Vladimir Nabokov (Edited by Brian Boyd & Anastasia Tolstoy) [ ]

RIP, science fiction pioneer Dorothy "DC" Fontana

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DC Fontana was a pioneering writer and editor for Star Trek who worked on shows like Babylon Five, the Six Million Dollar Man, He Man, and Buck Rogers, one of the most prominent... [ ]

Taking From The Vulnerable: JPay, States Charge Incarcerated For Free Ebooks

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JPay made ebooks from Project Gutenberg free to incarcerated people who have their tablets last month. But...where did the money they collected for all of those Project Gutenberg books go? [ ]

Download More Than 300 Art Books From the Getty Museum's Virtual Library

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Over the last five years, the Los Angeles-based Getty Museum has developed a program to share more than three hundred books in its Virtual Library. Each unabridged volume, drawn from the Getty Publications... [ ]

If you had to choose just one book written by an author from your country, what would it be?

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It could be a book from the best known author, or maybe the one you like the most, but I think it should be a book that really shows the way you... [ ]

I very recently got over my reader's block after 6 years with a simple technique... Rereading the original source material of my favorite movie adapted from a novel.

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I was your typical bookworm during up till my senior secondary schooling days (equivalent to high school in the American education system). But as... [ ]

What Books Did You Start or Finish Reading This Week? November 04, 2019

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Hi everyone! What are you reading? What have you recently finished reading? What do you think of it? We want to know! We're displaying the books... [ ]

Let Us Now Appraise Famous Writers

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First thing in the morning write down "The." Then follow with another word, then another.... Such advice and more goes out to the would-be author from the Stratford-on-Avon of correspondence schools. A successful... [ ]

[POEM] Am Bogsa-Litrichean / The Pillar-box

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**Am Bogsa-Litrichean / The Pillar-box** *Meg Bateman* Dh’fhan mo litir ris a’ phosta, oidhche Shathairne, oidhche Dhòmhnaich, ràinig i Dùn... [ ]

[POEM] EYES AND TEARS by Andrew Marvell

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HOW wisely Nature did decree, With the same eyes to weep and see ; That, having viewed the object vain, They might be ready to complain ! And,... [ ]

Hows My writing

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Hey guys. Ive been using writing to vent and cure my mental illness. I dont usually share my work but I want to get some opinion about it. ... [ ]

Authors discuss new book, 'The Insider's Guide to Working With Universities'

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Authors discuss their new book explaining higher education to those who work with it but aren't in it. [ ]

Those moments when you read a certain passage or sentence of a book and stop and breathe again and feel so profoundly connected to the words you just read.

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What books have you read that brought about that ***feeling***? The one that you really relate to. There are always wonderful moments that I find... [ ]

Slaughterhouse 5 (banned books) and Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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Fuuuuucccccckkkk yooou! I hate you both, I hate very few things about you both because I cant get through 40 goddam pages. Well here it goes... [ ]

Reading in multiple languages and translations

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Calling on all bilingual readers! How do you pick what language to read in when it comes to translations? Personally, I read in English and... [ ]

[POEM] "The South" by Jorge Luis Borges; my translation

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To have watched from one of your courtyards the ancient stars, from the bench of shadow to have watched those... [ ]

Question regarding 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens

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Before delving myself into a novel, I find myself loading up Spark Notes to read about the themes of the novel first. I really like that, 'Great... [ ]

58 Days left in the Goodreads Challenge

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Over 260 million books pledged. 58 days to go to get them read by the end of the year. I have a little trick. I always pledge a small... [ ]

[POEM] The Racoon by Yuri

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It happened in the dead of night while I was slicing bread for a guilty snack. My attention was caught by the scuttering of a raccoon outside my... [ ]

Mom

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My 5th order from Budbuddies .ca , amazing service beside their Quality products. Twice in row the customer care made sure to process my order... [ ]

Where do you get your book recommendations and how does it affect your reading?

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**I am NOT looking for personal recommendations in this thread.** Recently I had lunch with my aunt, herself a lifelong reader, and asked what... [ ]

Help me find a book please!

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Warning: contains spoilers. This is a very bad book. Need to find. Description: boy attends boarding school. Finds an abandoned fishing... [ ]

What did you wish you knew? What do you wish you could tell the author?

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Hey guys my digital publishing class is writing an ebook on how to write for the digital world (very meta) and I’m writing a chapter on style so... [ ]

Do you know any authors/books/characters that seem to have Borderline Personality Disorder?

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I'm having a research about a psychological disorder named Borderline Personality Disorder, and my goal is to introduce information about BPD to... [ ]

Soft Skills in Fiction (Desert Island Question)

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So let's say there's a person that's been dropped off on a desert island, and beyond learning the basic survival skills, they'll need to also... [ ]

5 Inspiring Business Books That Changed How We Work Forever

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Here, five company founders share the books that had a profound effect on the way they work, lead and grow their businesses. [ ]