8 Great New Books You Might've Missed This Year. A wealth of exciting titles have been published so far this year, and, thankfully, many by burgeoning lit stars have gotten the attention they deserve.
Leslie Jamison's The Empathy Exams, a collection of deeply personal essays, was a surprise bestseller. Akhil Sharma's deeply affecting Family Life, which took him 13 years to pen and polish, got glowing reviews. And a slew of heavyweights -- Lydia Davis, Karen Russell, Teju Cole, Peter Matthiesen and J.K. Rowling -- have continued to produce fantastic, thoughtful stories. Still, there are those authors whose skills have arguably waned, but whose reputations earn them guaranteed coverage. The following titles were woefully under-hyped when they were released earlier this year. Here are 8 great books you might've missed this year: The Corpse Exhibition: And Other Stories of Iraq by Hassan Blasim Blasim's collection, which was first published in English this winter, might be flawed.
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Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H.
Textbooks Math and Science Children’s Books Philosophy and Religion Plays. 10 Reasons Real Books Are Better Than E-books. 10 Novels That Will Scare The Hell Out Of You. As a kid I was obsessed with an abandoned house in the cow pasture across the street from my friend Anna's house.
We never went inside, but just walking by was enough to freak me out. tThe roof caved in on the stone walls, every window was a punched-out eye, and I knew that if there was a murderer lurking around the woods at night, the murderer lived in that house. The rumors didn't help either. Local legend had it that high school boys used to hang out there until someone fell through the rotted second floor and broke his leg. No town is complete without a haunted house and the lore that comes with it. In honor of that ghoulish and seasonally appropriate fact, here are 10 haunted house novels that will scare you more than the chained-up shed at the edge of your neighbor's property or that condemned mansion behind your elementary school.
"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson The greatest haunted house novel ever written. Still have doubts? "Rustication" by Charles Palliser. Apply for University Housing - University Housing and Food Service. The University Housing Application for the 2014–2015 Academic year, will open on April 8, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
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Your mega summer reading list: 200 books recommended by TEDsters. A look at the famous TED Bookstore at TED2013.
Photo: Michael Brands Books can entertain, sucking you like a tornado into incredible new worlds. Books can teach, giving you a richer understanding of time periods, people and ideas you’ve never been exposed to. But books can do so much more. Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind In today’s talk, TED’s own Lisa Bu introduces us to the concept of “comparative reading,” the practice of reading books in pairs, to give deeper context and reveal new insights.
Our Centennial - Books that Shaped Work in America. In honor of its Centennial in 2013, DOL, in partnership with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, is developing a list of Books that Shaped Work in America.
To get started, we've asked members of the DOL family, as well as many other esteemed individuals, for suggestions. That includes you! Suggest a book to add to the list.