SIR: April 23rd every year is marked around the world as World Book and Copyright Day. Also known as International Day of The Book, it is a day set aside by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote…
Literature
The experts: librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books
Do you love reading – but all too often find yourself just scrolling through your phone or watching TV? Here is how to get lost in literature again. In the age of digital distractions, it is easy to struggle to…
Benin Debuts First-Ever National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Everything Precious Is Fragile is an opportunity to collapse the conventions that define the nation in the global popular imagination. VENICE — Still in 2024, inclusion in La Biennale de Venezia remains an honour. It’s a symbol of recognition, legitimacy even,…
Nobel Prize in Literature Jon Fosse Is the 2023 Laureate
The Norwegian writer was honored “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.” The prize is awarded for a writer’s entire body of work. The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to the Norwegian…
FEELING GOOD BY DAVID D. BURNS
The Book in Three Sentences All your moods are created by your thoughts. When you’re depressed, your thoughts are dominated by a pervasive negativity. The negative thoughts which cause your depression nearly always contain gross, cognitive distortions. The Five Big…
BIGGER LEANER STRONGER BY MICHAEL MATTHEWS
The Book in Three Sentences “Building muscle and getting stronger requires lifting heavy weights, and doing short, intense sets of relatively low reps”. “Eating enough protein every day is rock–bottom fundamental to building muscle and increasing strength”. “Most everything you…
THE CLEAR HABIT JOURNAL
A notebook based on science. You do not rise to the level of your goals—you fall to the level of your systems. The Clear Habit Journal is a combination daily journal, dot grid notebook, and habit tracker. Tiny changes, remarkable…
ESSENTIAL ZEN HABITS BY LEO BABAUTA
The Book in Three Sentences We struggle with habit change because we have unrealistic expectations of how things will turn out, how others should be, and how we should be. When our expectations aren’t met, we feel disappointed, frustrated and…