13 Short Stories With Unexpectedly Shocking Twists. There are short stories, and then there are short stories that shake you to the core. It could be the ending, or a twist halfway through, or just the entire story that makes you go "WTF?! " from start to finish. There are last lines that change the meaning of the entire story. There are stories that you don't understand until you read them multiple times.
There are moments that shock you, anger you, unsettle you, freak you out, or make you want to throw the book across the room and scream "WHAT?! ". Above all, these are stories that you won't easily forget. Dive into this list if you want to give your brain (and your pulse) a workout. Show As Gallery Want more great book recommendations from Mashable? BONUS: Authors in Conversation with MashableReads. Books. Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter?
How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. Freakonomics is a ground-breaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives—how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a great deal of complexity and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and—if the right questions are asked—is even more intriguing than we think. First published in the U.S. in 2005, Freakonomics went on to sell more than 4 million copies around the world, in 35 languages.
Books. The secret histories of secondhand books. CDs, DVDS, and e-reads are all well and good when it comes to gift-giving at Christmas, but as far as I'm concerned, for sheer emotional wallop, the old-fashioned physical book is hard to beat. After all, it's the ideal opportunity to foist a well-loved novel onto someone who is now morally obliged to read the thing (and, indeed, profess to like it). Furthermore, there is generous scope / enough rope to let a carefully-chosen book speak volumes about how you feel about the receiver. For this reason, no book-as-gift is complete without a handwritten dedication on its inside cover to further make it clear, just in case there was any doubt, that the recipient absolutely MUST READ THIS BOOK AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL OTHERS!!! All of which raises an ethical question. It was fine when the books were kept for my own private perusal, but I did feel a twinge of conscience when it came to presenting them to the world wide web via my blog and now to (presumably) a slightly larger audience here.
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The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work: 9780609807378. Loading latest prices, please wait Eye-opening, informative, enjoyable. Rating: 100% Ciulla covers a broad range of topics dealing with work -- its meaning throughout history, workplace ideologies/culture (i.e., how to get workers to want to do what they'd ordinarily rather not), the end of workplace loyalty, how we determine what is meaningful work, etc. -- and she does so in a very readable way. This book will likely make you think about the work choices you have made and have yet to make, and although it's not a practical, how-to-get-the-job-you-love type of book (nor is it meant to be), it will give you a broader perspective that will arm you to make wiser decisions.
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Look no further! * Shipping will vary in such stores. . ^ This item is part of an auction and its price might go up at anytime. Supervisor's Survival Kit: 9780132396981. Libri sempre più social. La scorsa settimana, parlando dell'ingresso di Google nel mercato degli ebook, chiudevamo la discussione segnalando un articolo interessante, intitolato Social media invades book world. E accennavamo al fatto che una parte delle nostre abitudini relative al libro, «l'esperienza culturale di lettura», diventa sempre più sociale. É abbastanza evidente che la lettura è un processo individuale e solitario. Fa parte del gioco di immersione che il nostro rapporto con il testo ci regala: mentre leggiamo entriamo compleamente nel mondo che ci sta raccontando l'autore e la nostra immaginazione lo ricrea quasi con pari merito. Poi però, intorno al gesto totalmente personale della lettura, molti di noi costruiscono un livello complementare di esperienza: è quello che accade quando dopo aver letto un libro ne parliamo con gli amici o lo consigliamo a qualcuno.
In questo caso dopo averla vissuta, condividiamo con altri l'esperienza di lettura. Books/Literature/Web Reading. 40 Modern Nonfiction Books Everyone Should Read. IL MIO LIBRO | Homepage. BookCrossing - The World's Biggest Free Book Club - Catch and Release Used Books. aNobii: Create, Share, and Explore booklists.