classifiche settimanali
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The Classics Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here. Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H. Textbooks Math and Science Children’s Books Philosophy and Religion Plays
La classifica di TuttoLibri
Questo sabato i 100 punti toccano alla bambina di Zusak «ladra di libri», con un valore in copie vendute in leggero rialzo, sopra le 7000: continua il viavai al vertice in attesa di un bestseller duraturo. Entra Socci con le sue vite che han visto la morte, ritorna Recalcati, sale finalmente Donna Tartt: per spingerla tra i 10 più venduti non erano bastate le recensioni, al 99% elogiative per non dire entusiaste, ora ha giovato il rilancio mediatico del Pulitzer, vedremo se scatterà il passaparola dei lettori per il cuore a precipizio dell’orfano Theo e le peripezie del «suo» quadro, Il cardellino di Fabritius «anello di congiunzione» tra Rembrandt e Vermeer. C’è poi un segno della messa solenne tra carta e Rete per l’addio a García Márquez, con Cent’anni di solitudine nei tascabili. 1 Zusak Storia di una ladra di libri, Frassinelli 2 Brown Inferno, Mondadori 3 Severgnini La vita è un viaggio, Rizzoli 4 Roth Divergent, De Agostini 5 Wu Ming L’armata dei sonnambuli, Einaudi 6 Camilleri 7 Tartt
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
[Note: This list of Einstein quotes was being forwarded around the Internet in e-mail, so I decided to put it on my web page. I'm afraid I can't vouch for its authenticity, tell you where it came from, who compiled the list, who Kevin Harris is, or anything like that. Still, the quotes are interesting and enlightening.] "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. Copyright: Kevin Harris 1995 (may be freely distributed with this acknowledgement)
commozioni cerebrali
Pubblicare una lista di opere che si ritengono fondamentali è utile e dilettevole, inoltre presenta molteplici vantaggi. Consente di farsi belli e darsi delle arie sciorinando una parata di ottimi lavori altrui (tuttavia la qualità evidenziata non è necessariamente posseduta da chi redige la lista, e la supposta conseguente proprietà transitiva non è garantita). Recintare e fortificare il proprio lavoro, mettendogli a guardia la sicura forza del lavoro altrui (anche per questo caso vale l’obiezione precedente). Condividere e scambiarsi consigli di lettura, ascolto o visione perché non si sa mai: qualcuno, di cui un po’ ci fidiamo, potrebbe aver letto, ascoltato o visto opere che potrebbero interessarci ed entusiasmarci. Per chi non si conosce, come in questo caso, ricavare dalla lista, se compilata con onestà e non per fare il fanatico, delle indicazioni su chi l’ha pensata. Incentiva la competizione a chi la spara più grossa, più originale. L’ordine è alfabetico.
The 50 Books Everyone Needs to Read, 1963-2013
The thing about reading is this: it takes a long time. There are innumerable books in the world, and many more good ones than can be read by any mortal in a lifetime. It’s hard to choose — especially if you’re a slow reader. So, to go along with the list of the best albums from 1963-2013, here you will find a single must-read book from each of the last 50 years. Of course, this is by its very nature an absurd undertaking, and many books have gotten the short end of the stick — there’s no other way to do it. 1963 — The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath’s only novel manages to be both elegant and filled with raw, seething emotion – no small feat, and not the least of the reasons the reading world is still obsessed with her. Also recommended: Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak; The Group, Mary McCarthy; V., Thomas Pynchon; Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut; The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan
Your mega summer reading list: 200 books recommended by TEDsters
A look at the famous TED Bookstore at TED2013. Photo: Michael Brands Books can entertain, sucking you like a tornado into incredible new worlds. Books can teach, giving you a richer understanding of time periods, people and ideas you’ve never been exposed to. Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind In today’s talk, TED’s own Lisa Bu introduces us to the concept of “comparative reading,” the practice of reading books in pairs, to give deeper context and reveal new insights. Every year at TED, we set up a bookstore filled with books recommended by TEDsters of note. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. John Adams by David McCullough. Personal History by Katharine Graham. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell.
3 Mind-Blowing Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal (i.e. average) or somehow different? Here are 3 lateral thinking tests. The answers are published below, but do not go immediately to read them! Think up your own answers first. Tests Here is the story of a young girl. Question: What motive did she have to do it? Take at most 10 seconds to do this test, otherwise it will not work. Find how many ‘f’s there are in the following text: Do the following reasoning exercise, answering the questions one by one, without going to the next question if you have not answered the previous yet. It is not necessary to write your answers. How much is: Yes, these are a bit more difficult but the exercise is really worth doing, so be patient: Now think of a tool and a color! Answers She hoped that the young man would appear again at the funeral. Explanation: If you gave the correct answer, you probably think like a psychopath. If you did not give the correct answer, it is good for you! How many ‘f’s did you find?
