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The book that accidentally created monster Alex Jones — and the author's deep regret
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (1367+ words) Jon Ronson’s book Them: Adventures with Extremists launched him to worldwide fame – and more dubiously, launched conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Though Jones has been deplatformed, his influence lingers: just this week, it was reported that Australia’s far-right One Nation senator…...
Gulgee Museum: The Handbook gives readers rare insight into Ismail Gulgee beyond his art
10+ hour, 12+ min ago (643+ words) Every great artist has a story about the moment they chose art over everything else — or perhaps when art chose them. Ismail Gulgee’s story, as I learnt in Gulgee Museum: The Handbook, came with a promise. Somewhere along the way,…...
George Pyle: The fiendish plot to get Utah kids to read books
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (822+ words) Nearly half of Utah’s kindergarten through third grade kids can’t read at grade level, report finds — The Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 5 Utah just banned another Stephen King book from all public schools. Brings total to 36. — Tribune, July 13 These test numbers…...
THE WORLD OF BOOKS - The Oath of the Unhuan - tennews.in: National News Portal
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (87+ words) Having read countless books and interviewed many notable personalities over the years, I’ve developed a sense for what stands out. The Oath of the Unhuan is worth noting for several reasons. Govt resorted to force instead of dialogue with Sonam…...
What could be more serious than Europe?
12+ hour, 21+ min ago (291+ words) ‘Our young man’, who is also the first-person narrator of the story, and who comes to be known by the name ‘Giovedi’ once he arrives at Villa Coco, is a young man whose family expresses ‘heavy sighs at my choice…...
Book review: 'A reminder that King Charles has a wide range of interests"
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (346+ words) Both titles are available in the Bridge Bookshops in Port Erin and Ramsey ‘Harmony – A New Way of Looking at our World’ by HM King Charles III, Tony Juniper & Ian Skelly - Pbk, William Collins, £12.99 In honour of the Lord of…...
This chilling Scottish novel imagines climate change turning England into a wasteland
13+ hour, 13+ min ago (221+ words) Setting her newest novel in rural England and Scotland in the year 2041, Jenni Daiches tackles the twin topics of climate change and migration, from the perspective of a 16-year-old girl who sees her hopes for the future vanish overnight. Their…...
A Review of D. M. Aderibigbe’s “82nd Division”
14+ hour, 14+ min ago (246+ words) With 82nd Division, Aderibigbe brings the reader to poems that are simultaneously historical and modern; adherent to the stipulations of traditional poetry and the radical freedom of the contemporary one. The book’s title, drawn from the 82nd (West African) Division—an army…...
Episode 257: David Hume’s Fatally Flawed Arguments against Miracle Reports
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Program Features Palestinian American Poet
16+ hour, 54+ min ago (186+ words) The Intelligencer Program Features Palestinian American Poet WHEELING - The Ohio County Public Library’s next Lunch With Books program will welcome Zeina Azzam as part of the Wheeling Poetry Series. The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, July 21, at…...