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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties - Kindle edition by O'Neill, Tom. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Amazon. Amazon. 24 Better Questions to Ask Kids About Their Day. Steven Kotler: Author and Speaker. Kameron Hurley – The Light Brigade. Kevin leman. Barbara coloroso - Buscar con Google. The Internet Archive launched an emergency library amid coronavirus. The Internet Archive is a non-profit library of Internet sites and digital collections of books and other materials.It recently launched the National Emergency Library, a collection of books typically only available in schools and libraries that have been digitized and made available to the public.The National Emergency Library will close on June 30 or at the end of the United States national emergency, whichever falls later.

The Internet Archive launched an emergency library amid coronavirus

Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. The Internet Archive, a non-profit library of Internet sites and other digital, cultural artifacts, has launched the National Emergency Library by suspending waitlists for its full lending library. The move frees up 1.4 million books amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has disrupted learning and library access for students across the United States. 35 Over 35 - <a href=' Editors</a> After reading one too many articles about the next crop of “Best 35 Writers Under 35,” we decided to compile a list of 35 writers who all got their start after the age of 35.

35 Over 35 - <a href=' Editors</a>

In the process, we were surprised (and heartened) to find some of our favorite writers among them. Io9.gizmodo. An Introduction to the Spiritual Disciplines. OODA Loop: A Comprehensive Guide. Steven Pressfield Online. [This excerpt starts at the book's very beginning and continues through the opening few chapters.]

Steven Pressfield Online

I get up, take a shower, have breakfast. I read the paper, brush my teeth. If I have phone calls to make, I make them. How to Be Happy - Well Guides. Women of Speculative Fiction : Fantasy. Book by Angela Duckworth. One of "The Hottest Spring Nonfiction Books"—The Wall Street Journal A "Leadership Book to Watch for in 2016"—The Washington Post A "Must-Read Business Book for 2016"—Forbes One of "The Year's Best Life Hacks"—Glamour "Angela Duckworth [is] the psychologist who has made 'grit' the reigning buzzword in education-policy circles...Duckworth's ideas about the cultivation of tenacity have clearly changed some lives for the better...In this book, Duckworth, whose TED talk has been viewed more than eight million times, brings her lessons to the reading public.

Book by Angela Duckworth

"—Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times Book Review "It really isn't talent but practice—along with passion—that makes perfect, explains psychologist Duckworth in this illuminating book. Plants can count—the mounting evidence that plants are conscious. Neuroscientist Greg Gage performed an experiment showing plants can count and “think” during a TED Talk published this month.

Plants can count—the mounting evidence that plants are conscious

Goodreads' 200 Most Difficult Novels. Emerald. Yale University Press. 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. I know it’s not what the cool kids like to do, but I like to read non-fiction.

Lots of non-fiction. And my favorite moments reading non-fiction are when a book bitchslaps my brain and reconfigures my entire understanding of reality and my place within it. I love that. Chart Every Country's Favorite Book on This Map - Creators. A well-intentioned illustrated map colors the globe with book covers representative of popularitywithin their country of origin.

Chart Every Country's Favorite Book on This Map - Creators

Reddit user Backforward24 respectfully pulls beloved literature and literally puts it on the map—here we see the USA rep to Kill a Mockingbird, Mexico dig Pedro Páramo, and Albert Camus' The Stranger cover Algeria. Academics and other dedicated Reddit users seemed pleased with the project and have given Backforward24 valuable insight and feedback. As with any recommendation, map or list, we must understand that it is necessary to establish a criterion first, and that it is not easy to compile a list that does justice to the entire literary tradition of a country through a single work. Great Literature Is Surprisingly Arithmetic. Bookwitty. 2666 - Wikipedia. Creation of the novel[edit] While Bolaño was writing 2666, he was already sick and on the waiting list for a liver transplant.[1][2] He had never visited Ciudad Juarez but received information and support from friends and colleagues such as Sergio González Rodríguez, author of the essay "Huesos en el desierto", concerning the place and its femicides.[3] He discussed the novel with his friend Jorge Herralde, director of Barcelona-based publisher Anagrama, but he never showed the actual manuscript to anyone until he died: the manuscript is a first copy.

2666 - Wikipedia

[citation needed] Originally planned as a single book, Bolaño then considered publishing it as five volumes to provide more income for his children; however, the heirs decided otherwise and the book was published in one lengthy volume. Bolaño had been well aware of the book's unfinished status, and said a month before his death that over a thousand pages still had to be revised.[2] Title[edit] Plot summary[edit] The Part about the Critics[edit]

The Limits of Interpretation. The Garden of Forking Paths - Wikipedia. "The Garden of Forking Paths" (original Spanish title: "El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan") is a 1941 short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges.

The Garden of Forking Paths - Wikipedia

It is the title story in the collection El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (1941), which was republished in its entirety in Ficciones (Fictions) in 1944. It was the first of Borges's works to be translated into English by Anthony Boucher when it appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in August 1948. Phylogenetic analyses suggests fairy tales are much older than thought. (Phys.org)—A pair of researchers has conducted a phylogenetic analysis on common fairy tales and has found that many of them appear to be much older than has been thought.

Phylogenetic analyses suggests fairy tales are much older than thought

In their paper published in Royal Society Open Science, Sara Graça da Silva, a social scientist/folklorist with New University of Lisbon and Jamshid Tehrani, an anthropologist with Durham University describe the linguistic study they carried out and why they believe at least one fairy tale had its origins in the Bronze Age. How Soon is Now? by Daniel Pinchbeck. “Gives us the context we need to understand the chaos and turbulence of our times.”

How Soon is Now? by Daniel Pinchbeck

—Sting. The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression: Peter Joseph: 9781942952657: Amazon.com: Books. The Man Who Lied to His Laptop: What We Can Learn About Ourselves from Our Machines: Clifford Nass, Corina Yen: 9781617230042: Books - Amazon.ca. A Short Stay in Hell - Steven L. Peck. The Library of Babel - Wikipedia. "The Library of Babel" (Spanish: La biblioteca de Babel) is a short story by Argentine author and librarian Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), conceiving of a universe in the form of a vast library containing all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set. The story was originally published in Spanish in Borges' 1941 collection of stories El Jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (The Garden of Forking Paths). That entire book was, in turn, included within his much-reprinted Ficciones (1944). Two English-language translations appeared approximately simultaneously in 1962, one by James E.

Scientists Trace Society&rsquo;s Myths to Primordial Origins. Boy's Life (novel) The story is set in the early 1960s and makes observations about changes in America at that time, with particular emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement. The Body (novella) In comparison to King's prior works, the narrative of The Body is complicated in that it is told in first person point of view by the now adult Gordon Lachance. Most of the story is a straight retrospective of what happened, but comments, or entire chapters that relate to the present time, are interspersed throughout. Although he is only 12 at the time of the story, Gordie's favorite diversion is writing and storytelling. During the narrative, he tells stories to his friends, and two stories are presented in the text as short stories by Gordon Lachance, complete with attribution to the magazines in which they were published.

Vern Tessio informs his three friends that he has overheard his older brother Billy talking with his friend Charlie Hogan, about the location of the corpse of Ray Brower, a boy from Chamberlain, a town 40 miles or so east of Castle Rock, who has gone missing, while going out to pick blueberries. The four friends decide that they will find it so as to be famous. Magazine – ideas and culture. The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains. Isis Unveiled, by H.B. Blavatsky index. The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Isis Unveiled, by H.B. Blavatsky index. A Roadmap to Manhood in the 21st Century. Christian Transhumanism. Is It Time to Give Up on the Singularity?

I actually like the term "singularity" and think it is pretty specific definition. It is when an intelligence uses that intelligence to further increase its own intelligence. It really should be called the second singularity, though. Thomas Mann - The Magic Mountain. Home - Quora. Ahmad Ali's answer to Productivity: What is the best study method. Studies and Studying: How do top students study. Does anybody read books the right way any more? I'm an audiobook guy myself. Cognitive Neurophysiology Labora. Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic. The Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternity: Fred C. Adams, Greg Laughlin: 9780684865768: Amazon.com. BOOK: we are "Evolution's End," what she was after, her summation. Having read and then re-read this book, I find the insights and awareness Joseph Pearce explores and discusses continuing to resonate deeply within my being.

Starting Over With Education, Joseph Chilton Pearce 1998 Interview. The following conversation took place between Joseph Chilton Pearce and Casey Walker on May 20, 1998 with the production assitance of KVMR, a community-supported radio station in Nevada City. Marcus, G.E.: Ethnography through Thick and Thin (Paper). In the 1980s, George Marcus spearheaded a major critique of cultural anthropology, expressed most clearly in the landmark book Writing Culture, which he coedited with James Clifford. Gregory Stock - Redesigning Humans. The Best "Entry Level" Science Fiction Books to Convert Your Friends. The Physics Of Consciousness: The Quantum Mind And The Meaning Of Life: Evan Harris Walker: Amazon.com.

The changing face of psychology. In 1959, an American researcher named Ted Sterling reported something disturbing. Of 294 articles published across four major psychology journals, 286 had reported positive results – that is, a staggering 97% of published papers were underpinned by statistically significant effects. Clay Shirky. Fifteen years ago, a research group called The Fraunhofer Institute announced a new digital format for compressing movie files. Drugs Hallucinations and the Quest for Reality - Philip k. Dick. What Ockham really said. Contents Page: #119. 10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them to End. Enlightenment: Is Science Ready to Take it Seriously? by Jeff WarrenPsychology Tomorrow Magazine. Psychology studies relevant to everyday life from PsyBlog.

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Erikson. Iris Murdoch on Philosophy and Literature: Section 1. The 10 Books You Absolutely Must Read to Understand the History of Earth.