15 Dystopian Novels for People Who Don’t Read Dystopian Novels. Required reading: the books that students read in 28 countries around the world. iStock In the US, most students are required to read To Kill a Mockingbird during their school years.
This classic novel combines a moving coming-of-age story with big issues like racism and criminal injustice. Reading Mockingbird is such an integral part of the American educational experience that we wondered: What classic books are assigned to students elsewhere? We posed this question to our TED-Ed Innovative Educators and members of the TED-Ed community. People all over the globe responded, and we curated our list to focus on local authors. Afghanistan. Your guide to reading the world. “I’d always thought that I was well-traveled,” says writer Ann Morgan (TED Talk: My year reading a book from every country in the world), but “actually, when I looked at my bookshelves, they told a very different story about me.”
Her shelves were crowded with English-language books, mainly from English-speaking countries. From the rest of the world? Recommend Books: Mahabharata-inspired literature. Since the time my best friend, also my room mate in college, narrated the original 'Yajnaseni' by Pratibha Ray(in Oriya) to me (much before I read the translation), I have been fascinated with Mahabharata.
This beautifully written book from Draupadi's perspective, made me curious about finding out other Mahabharata-inspired literature. And honestly, every time I read a different version, I discover something new. I have almost 20 versions with me and I am always on the look-out for more. Creation. Uk.businessinsider. 53 Books You Won't Be Able To Put Down. 10 Russian Novels to Read Before You Die. His lawyers put up a ferocious fight, but the comedian will be forced to testify Friday about an alleged assault on a 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion four decades ago.
America’s favorite dad will finally be deposed. In a fall from grace of epic proportions, a Los Angeles judge shot down a legal Hail Mary by Bill Cosby’s lawyers, who’d hoped to spare the septuagenarian funny man from being forced to answer questions about allegedly turning a teenager into a sex plaything inside the Playboy Mansion 40 years ago. Judge Craig Karlan ruled that the civil lawsuit filed in L.A. I heart intelligence FREE BOOKS: 100 legal sites to download literature. 12 Great Books (And The Perfect Kind Of Mood To Read Them In) You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
–Paul Sweeney What’s the last book that moved you? That made you laugh or cry or completely reconsider your thoughts on life or love? Those are always the books that stick with me. The 100 Best Science Books of All Time. Image by Biblioteca de la Facultad de Derecho (CC BY 2.0) The 100 Best Science Books of All Time list contains a mixture of classic and popular works, chosen for their accessibility and relevance.
Most of the books selected are suitable for a well educated layman with only a few being for a more serious reader. The list covers the obvious subjects: biology, chemistry, and physics, as well as mathematics, the philosophy of science, and the history of science. It also includes several biographies. The Most Popular Book Set in Each European Country — in One Surprising Map.
We know what the most popular movies, TV shows and books set in each American state are.
But what about in other countries around the world? Using the same methodology as we did in the United States — using Goodreads' ratings for the most popular books set in each region — we determined the top picks for each of over 40 European countries (plus Vatican City). It won't shock you to learn a certain boy wizard came out on top in the United Kingdom. Yes, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the number one book in the U.K. A science fiction and fantasy reading list for teen creativity. Creative writing is part of being a kid.
Writing and reading goofy stories of lost kingdoms and Mars colonies helps the imagination grow strong. But a recent study uncovers an interesting, perhaps even dismaying trend: this generation of kids seems to prefer narrative realism when they write. Stumbleupon. 14 Of The Most Buzzed-About Books Of 2015. Ogden Nash: The Tale of Custard the Dragon. 10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them to End. 7 Books That Will Change How You See The World. If you’re a human and you have a brain, then you probably like using your brain. And if you like using your brain, then you love having those epiphany moments where your hair blows back and you go “Whoa” like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix when he learns Kung Fu from a USB drive in his neck. Johnnylists.
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How to Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff – A mind opening look at how statistics can be manipulated to dazzle and deceive you. 2. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks – Take a look at neurological diseases and how one man could mistake his wife for a hat and not even realize it. 3. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston – Learn about a rare and lethal disease that can start in Africa one afternoon and land in Washington DC the next. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Poetry of Komitas. The Literary Review. The Red and the Black. Le Rouge et le Noir (French pronunciation: [lə ʁuʒ e lə nwaʁ]; French for The Red and the Black) is a historical psychological novel in two volumes by Stendhal, published in 1830.[1] It chronicles the attempts of a provincial young man to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing through a combination of talent, hard work, deception, and hypocrisy—yet who ultimately allows his passions to betray him.
The novel’s full title, Le Rouge et le Noir: Chronique du XIXe siècle (The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the 19th Century),[2] indicates its two-fold literary purpose as both a psychological portrait of the romantic protagonist, Julien Sorel, and an analytic, sociological satire of the French social order under the Bourbon Restoration (1814–30). In English, Le Rouge et le Noir is variously translated as Red and Black, Scarlet and Black, and The Red and the Black, without the sub-title.[3] §Background[edit] §Plot[edit] Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple? Math 101: A reading list for lifelong learners. Ready to level up your working knowledge of math? Here’s what to read now — and next. Math 101, with Jennifer Ouellette First, start with these 5 books… 1.
Number: The Language of Science Tobias Dantzig Plume, 2007. 1book140: Vote for a Nonfiction Book to Read in March. After spending two evenings compiling and researching our many #1book140 nominations for March, I'd like to share a note I made to myself: “Nonfiction” might be an overly broad category for a typical month. Maybe next time, we should limit voting to no more than eight options (and not the fifteen below)?
That said, the occasional free-for-all voting period can be fun, too. Let's see how this goes, and please share your comments below and on Twitter. Final note: Sci-fi is our genre for April. Start thinking up and sharing your nominations now using #1book140. Maxims and mottoes from masters of one-liners: A reading list. “Fiction is a dignified form of lies.” “What’s hard to express is easy to understand.” Books worth reading, recommended by Bill Gates, Susan Cain and more. 10 Essential Books for Book Nerds. What makes a book nerd? Reading a lot of books — and liking to talk about said books — is a major requirement, of course, but there’s often something a little more nebulous involved: book nerds are the kinds of people who get a little thrill when walking into a bookstore, who press volumes into their friends’ hands with serious promises of life changing moments, who are fascinated by following the many tangled threads through authors and literature, happily wandering wherever they might lead.
Robin Sloan’s recently published Mr. 25 Books That Define Cool. Let’s abandon the childish notion that reading isn’t cool. 13 Reasons Why 2014 May Be The Best Year For Fantasy In The 21st Century. POET: LANGSTON HUGHES - ALL POEMS OF LANGSTON HUGHES. 10 Novels That Are Scarier Than Most Horror Movies. What makes a great leader? A recommended reading (and watching) list. “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” 6 thinkers whose depressing ideas will make you feel better. (Re)Making Love: a memoir. Dedication for the memoir: For my mother, my father, and my sister who would have helped if they had known. Chapter I Need to Live Alone I love romantic comedies: weep over them, quote their dialogue without attribution in conversation as when I am with a man who says he wants to be friends with me, “You actually believe that men and women can be friends?”
14 Brilliant Pieces of Literature You Can Read in the Time it Takes to Eat Lunch. Your summer reading list: Picks from the TED community. 32 Books That Will Actually Change Your Life. 26 Reasons Why Parents Shouldn't Be Allowed To Have Phones. How to be Well-read in No Time: 40 Short Novels. Wikiquote. - StumbleUpon. 1. World Scholar's Cup. The official tournament logo. The World Scholar's Cup (occasionally abbreviated as WSC) is an international team academic tournament with students participating from over 40 countries. The competition was founded by DemiDec, in particular by Daniel Berdichevsky, DemiDec's president, in 2006.
10 Amazing Rare Recordings. History. These Amazing Classic Books Are So Short You Have No Excuse Not To Read Them. गुलज़ार - कविता कोश - हिन्दी कविताएँ, ग़ज़ल, नज़्म, शायरी, उर्दु शेर, काव्य, अनुवाद, कविता, लोकगीत, कवि, Kavita Kosh. The 50 Scariest Books of All Time. Poetry of Nazim Hikmet Ran. Author Quote Posters - Design. 40 Belief-Shaking Remarks From a Ruthless Nonconformist. 5 Ways Philip K Dick's Insanity Changed the World of Movies. 5 Things Girls Don't Seem to Understand About 'Nice Guys' The Dark Knight Returns. Cockroach: Amazon.ca: Rawi Hage. List of Nobel laureates in Literature. 136 Creepy Wikipedia Articles.
The Forbidden Island. The meanings and origins of sayings and phrases. Language and Its Structure I: Phonology. Www.timeref.org. Literature Project - Free eBooks Online - StumbleUpon. Top Fantasy Books and Series : Sword Blog. 20 awesomely untranslatable words from around the world. Ellen Meister: The Liveliest Dead Authors Online. 101 Books To Read This Summer Instead of '50 Shades of Grey'. Barsoom. Ten characters of Middle-Earth not shown in movies. Dana Sachs: Who Needs Anne Frank? Free ebooks - Project Gutenberg. 10 Epic Books Every Man Must Read. World Public Library - eBooks.
Ecce Homo (The Autobiography of Friedrich Nietzsche) - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. Fantasy - A Nerd’s Guide to Reading. Iain M. Banks: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle. The Lions of al-Rassan: Guy Gavriel Kay: 9780060733490: Amazon.com. Absurd Drama - Martin Esslin. Martin Esslin. The Theatre of the Absurd: Martin Esslin: 9781400075232: Amazon.com.
The Romance of Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1: Luo Guanzhong, C. H. Brewitt-Taylor: 9781596542785: Amazon.com. The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days: Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes: 9780140442939: Amazon.com. China's Story of the Stone: the best book you’ve never heard of. The Story of the Stone (Barry Hughart)