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A year of reading the world

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25 books every twentysomething should read BEING IN YOUR twenties is brilliant, terrible, exhausting and exhilarating, all at the same time. Here are 25 books that will offer guidance, knowledge, and sometimes most importantly, humour. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Source: Amazon Considered Hemingway’s greatest novel, The Sun Also Rises was inspired by his visit to the running of the bulls at Pamplona. Like much of his work, it focuses on themes of masculinity and nature. Just Kids by Patti Smith Warning: This book will make you a) wish you lived through the 60s and 70s and b) want to move to New York. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche Source: DopeReads Adiche’s novel about a young Nigerian woman’s move to the US will challenge you to think about the implications of race and racism. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Source: CharlieByrne.com Set in a dystopian future, The Handmaid’s Tale explores a world where women are stripped of all their rights and live as ‘handmaids’ for reproductive purposes. Source: Penguin

Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia Oxford Journals | Arts & Humanities | ELT Journal 7 Books That'll Retrain Your Brain and Push You Toward Success The human brain is the most powerful tool you can possibly possess. Are you training and using your brain to its full potential? These seven books will help you achieve the peak performance you’ll need to compete, today and in the future. 1. 5-Second Summary: Harness your natural curiosity to develop the ability to think more broadly and deeply. Best Quote: “Curious learners go deep, and they go wide. Fun Factoid: Your brain stopped growing when you were 18 but continues to make new neurons throughout your life in response to mental activity. 2. 5-Second Summary: Your success in life depends upon mastering your brain’s two systems, one of which is fast, intuitive and emotional, and the other of which is slow, deliberate, and logical. Best Quote: “When confronted with a problem—choosing a chess move or deciding whether to invest in stock–the machinery of intuitive thought does the best it can. 3. Best Quote: “It’s tempting to run with a herd. 4. 5. 6. 7. More From Inc.

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Neuroscientist Sam Harris Selects 12 Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read by Maria Popova From Bertrand Russell to the Buddha, or why you should spend a weekend reading the Qur’an. On an excellent recent episode of The Tim Ferriss Show — one of these nine podcasts for a fuller life — neuroscientist Sam Harris answered a listener’s question inquiring what books everyone should read. As a lover of notable reading lists and an ardent admirer of Harris’s mind and work, I was thrilled to hear his recommendations — but as each one rolled by, it brought with it an ebbing anticipatory anxiety that he too might fall prey to male intellectuals’ tendency to extoll almost exclusively the work of other male intellectuals. I was perplexed, both because references throughout his own excellent books indicate that Harris reads far more widely than this unfortunate lapse of packaging makes it seem, and because he is the loving father of two small female humans who will go through life absorbing our culture’s messages about the value of women’s minds and voices. Share on Tumblr

Interactive ESL | Email Endings There are also other ways to end an email but this depends on the purpose and context of your email. Make sure to use something that will be appropriate for your situation. Don’t use TTYL (Talk to you later) or TGIF (Thank God it's Friday) to your boss or teacher unless you are very very close to them. But sometimes it's nice to end with Happy Holidays if it's around Christmas or New Years time. Good Job! Have a good one! Ten+ sci-fi books that'll knock your socks off - Album on Imgur Végig a sárga köves úton 12 Greatest Apocalyptic Novels Of All Time After scouring book reviews and Wikipedia, a list of the Top 12 Best Apocalyptic Novels was born. The books on this list take you down the darkest paths in uncivilized worlds, from cannibalistic gangs to vampire infected corpses. If this list doesn't get you thinking on the quickest way stock your basement full of water, canned goods and rifles, I don't know what will! Enjoy! World War Z Documenting the war on zombies, "World War Z" takes you through horific times with some of the most vivid writing this genre has ever seen. "World War Z" paints such a realistic picture of a world after Zombies that even skeptics would find themselves engrossed in the novel! Blindness Forget world wide pandemics of flesh eating bacteria or a zombie illness! The family unit escapes and attempts to build a new life in the outside world, just as sight is returned, just as quickly as it was taken away. I don't know who I felt worse for reading this book. The Road The Postman Oryx and Crake A Canticle for Leibowitz

Auto Mechanics Hilariously Recreate Renaissance Paintings US-based photographer Freddy Fabris had always wanted to pay homage to the Renaissance masters with his photos in some way, but he wasn’t sure how until he stumbled upon an auto-mechanic shop in the Midwest. This led to a brilliant series of portraits with auto mechanics reenacting famous Renaissance paintings. Show Full Text “Translating painting into photography was a challenge I looked forward to,” Fabris wrote on Huffpost. Fabris is a professional photographer, so the rest of his work is definitely worth checking out too! More info: fabrisphoto.com (h/t: huffpost) The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo The Anatomy Lesson by Rembrandt A series of Rembrandt-inspired portraits

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