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YouTubeTop 10 Underrated Science Fiction Movies
These aren't the droids you're looking for; in fact, you might have completely missed these robots, spaceships and dystopias, but you should definitely give ...
the paris reviewThe Missing Borges
Seven years ago, a stolen first edition of Borges’s early poems was returned to Argentina’s National Library. But was it the right copy?
Buzzfeed28 Favorite Books That Are Huge Red Flags
Worth for the Finnegans Wake one: You’re lying. If you’re not lying, why are you reading No. 25 on a list of jokes on the internet? Cure cancer. // These books are harmless. Until a friend or loved one tells you that one of them is their favorite.
LITHUBWhy Exactly is This Book Obscene?
Plenty of books have been banned or censored over the years—and even more attempts have been made to ban and censor them. But I’ve always wondered exactly what these books were brought to trial for. “Obscenity,” after all, is a pretty wide field. It’s obscene, the number of things I’ve called obscene. So what was it? A certain number of bad words? General sexiness? A queasy feeling in the gut by a well-connected reader? I tracked down a few answers for famous books deemed (by some) obscene. Mostly, it’s about bad words—but sometimes it’s also communism!
tzal.orgBeing Cat
"Milady is a fine representative of catness. She is a dear, affectionate yet demanding. Sometimes she wonders about the façade of it all."
POEMSEmily Wilson: Translator's Note to The Odyssey
When I was eight years old, my primary school put on a production of a (much-shortened) Odyssey, complete with costumes, song, and dance. The play starred the cute troublemaker in my class as Odysseus, the headmaster of the school as Polyphemus (the one-eyed monster outwitted by his tiny opponents),...
lrbThe Left-Handed Kid
Nominally a book that covers the rough century between the invention of the telegraph in the 1840s and that of computing in the 1950s, The Chinese Typewriter is secretly a history of translation and empire, written language and modernity, misguided struggle and brutal intellectual defeat.
Open CultureThe 43 Most Important Philosophy Books Written Between 1950-2000
Wittgenstein, Foucault, Rawls & More
amazon100 Suns
Between July 1945 and November 1962 the United States is known to have conducted 216 atmospheric and underwater nuclear tests.
amazonThe Annotated Lolita
“It has developed out of my own experiences in teaching and writing about Lolita, which have demonstrated that many readers are more troubled by Humbert Humbert’s use of language and lore than by his abuse of Lolita and law.” The Annotated Lolita
guardianA story of survival: New York’s last remaining independent bookshops
With small traders struggling to stay afloat, writer Philippe Ungar and photographer Franck Bohbot travelled across the Big Apple to meet 50 indie booksellers in their habitats.
chronicleThe Books That Wouldn’t Die
They're alive, despite being rebutted, criticized, and cast out of the disciplines from which they came!
lithubWhat Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?
On Neurochemistry, Lucia Berlin, and the Dangers of Empathy Loss
THEBUDDHADHARMAThe Tibetan Leonardo
Review of The Treasury of Knowledge By Jamgön Kongtrul 10 volumes Snow Lion Publications
FLAVORWIREContemporary Pop Art Covers for ‘Lolita,’ ‘Brave New World,’ and Other Classic Novels
Brussels-based artist Levente Szabó has gone ahead and done that thing we all love, designing new book covers for a bunch of iconic titles — and putting his final…
GUARDIANLibraries show empty displays in protest against copyright law
Libraries and museums across the UK show their anger at extended restrictions on public release of documents.
HUFFINGTONPOSTThe Books And Music That Shaped Steve Jobs
I like living at the intersection of the humanities and technology, LSD, Bauhaus and Zen Buddhism shaped Apple's pioneering products as much as anything that took place on the assembly lines. They were among Jobs' greatest influences and they shaped his attitudes toward design, business and innovation. // TL;DR: Jobs read Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
SHAMBHALAMudra: Early Poems and Songs
A mudra is a symbolic gesture or action that gives physical expression to an inner state. This book of poetry and songs of devotion, written by Chögyam Trungpa between 1959 and 1971, is spontaneous and celebratory. This volume also includes the ten traditional Zen oxherding pictures accompanied by a unique commentary that offers an unmistakably Tibetan flavor. Fans of this renowned teacher will enjoy the heartfelt devotional quality of this early work.
theappendixOf Cats and Manuscripts
But why could a simple photo of cat paw prints on a medieval manuscript become so popular on the Internet?
WSJThe Need to Read
Reading books remains one of the best ways to engage with the world, become a better person and understand life’s questions, big and small.
amazonThe Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
From the bestselling author of the acclaimed Chaos and Genius comes a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the big ideas of the modern era: Information, communication, and information theory.
BBCOverdue library book returned to school 120 years late
A book that had been missing from a school library is finally returned - 120 years late.
amazonA Buddhist Response to the The Climate Emergency
With contributions from: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Seventeenth Karmapa, Sakya Trizin, Dudjom Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, Ato Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Robert Aitken, Joanna Macy, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Joseph Goldstein, Taigen Dan Leighton, Susan Murphy, Matthieu Ricard, Hozan Alan Senauke, Lin Jensen, and Thich Nhat Hanh.
amazonPeriphyseon on the Division of Nature
Hints from amazon comments are sometimes exceedingly helpful. // "This book was published in 1976 before the increased attention that Eriugena is receiving today. It is problematical for two reasons. First, Uhfelder and Potter ask the reader to accept the limited selections from the full text which they deem important. And second, it does not use the normal division of text numbers which make citation easy. The complete text in English translation (Sheldon-Williams and Omeara) was published in 1987 by Dumbarton Oaks and is today a very rare book. The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies has been slowly issuing the Periphyseon in five volumes, in both Latin and English four of which are in print and the fifth is in process. Quite inexpensive through them. New and second hand book dealers want up to three times as much."
SFSIGNALJenn Brissett on 'The Bleeding Man and Other Science Fiction Stories' by Craig Strete
A review. // Jorge Luis Borges called the stories of Craig Strete “shattered chains of brilliance.” Salvador Dali said, “like a new dream, his writings seizes the mind.”
YouTubeTop 10 Underrated Science Fiction Movies
These aren't the droids you're looking for; in fact, you might have completely missed these robots, spaceships and dystopias, but you should definitely give ...
the paris reviewThe Missing Borges
Seven years ago, a stolen first edition of Borges’s early poems was returned to Argentina’s National Library. But was it the right copy?
Buzzfeed28 Favorite Books That Are Huge Red Flags
Worth for the Finnegans Wake one: You’re lying. If you’re not lying, why are you reading No. 25 on a list of jokes on the internet? Cure cancer. // These books are harmless. Until a friend or loved one tells you that one of them is their favorite.
LITHUBWhy Exactly is This Book Obscene?
Plenty of books have been banned or censored over the years—and even more attempts have been made to ban and censor them. But I’ve always wondered exactly what these books were brought to trial for. “Obscenity,” after all, is a pretty wide field. It’s obscene, the number of things I’ve called obscene. So what was it? A certain number of bad words? General sexiness? A queasy feeling in the gut by a well-connected reader? I tracked down a few answers for famous books deemed (by some) obscene. Mostly, it’s about bad words—but sometimes it’s also communism!
tzal.orgBeing Cat
"Milady is a fine representative of catness. She is a dear, affectionate yet demanding. Sometimes she wonders about the façade of it all."
POEMSEmily Wilson: Translator's Note to The Odyssey
When I was eight years old, my primary school put on a production of a (much-shortened) Odyssey, complete with costumes, song, and dance. The play starred the cute troublemaker in my class as Odysseus, the headmaster of the school as Polyphemus (the one-eyed monster outwitted by his tiny opponents),...
lrbThe Left-Handed Kid
Nominally a book that covers the rough century between the invention of the telegraph in the 1840s and that of computing in the 1950s, The Chinese Typewriter is secretly a history of translation and empire, written language and modernity, misguided struggle and brutal intellectual defeat.
Open CultureThe 43 Most Important Philosophy Books Written Between 1950-2000
Wittgenstein, Foucault, Rawls & More
amazon100 Suns
Between July 1945 and November 1962 the United States is known to have conducted 216 atmospheric and underwater nuclear tests.
amazonThe Annotated Lolita
“It has developed out of my own experiences in teaching and writing about Lolita, which have demonstrated that many readers are more troubled by Humbert Humbert’s use of language and lore than by his abuse of Lolita and law.” The Annotated Lolita
guardianA story of survival: New York’s last remaining independent bookshops
With small traders struggling to stay afloat, writer Philippe Ungar and photographer Franck Bohbot travelled across the Big Apple to meet 50 indie booksellers in their habitats.
chronicleThe Books That Wouldn’t Die
They're alive, despite being rebutted, criticized, and cast out of the disciplines from which they came!
lithubWhat Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?
On Neurochemistry, Lucia Berlin, and the Dangers of Empathy Loss
THEBUDDHADHARMAThe Tibetan Leonardo
Review of The Treasury of Knowledge By Jamgön Kongtrul 10 volumes Snow Lion Publications
FLAVORWIREContemporary Pop Art Covers for ‘Lolita,’ ‘Brave New World,’ and Other Classic Novels
Brussels-based artist Levente Szabó has gone ahead and done that thing we all love, designing new book covers for a bunch of iconic titles — and putting his final…
GUARDIANLibraries show empty displays in protest against copyright law
Libraries and museums across the UK show their anger at extended restrictions on public release of documents.
HUFFINGTONPOSTThe Books And Music That Shaped Steve Jobs
I like living at the intersection of the humanities and technology, LSD, Bauhaus and Zen Buddhism shaped Apple's pioneering products as much as anything that took place on the assembly lines. They were among Jobs' greatest influences and they shaped his attitudes toward design, business and innovation. // TL;DR: Jobs read Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
SHAMBHALAMudra: Early Poems and Songs
A mudra is a symbolic gesture or action that gives physical expression to an inner state. This book of poetry and songs of devotion, written by Chögyam Trungpa between 1959 and 1971, is spontaneous and celebratory. This volume also includes the ten traditional Zen oxherding pictures accompanied by a unique commentary that offers an unmistakably Tibetan flavor. Fans of this renowned teacher will enjoy the heartfelt devotional quality of this early work.
theappendixOf Cats and Manuscripts
But why could a simple photo of cat paw prints on a medieval manuscript become so popular on the Internet?
WSJThe Need to Read
Reading books remains one of the best ways to engage with the world, become a better person and understand life’s questions, big and small.
amazonThe Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
From the bestselling author of the acclaimed Chaos and Genius comes a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the big ideas of the modern era: Information, communication, and information theory.
BBCOverdue library book returned to school 120 years late
A book that had been missing from a school library is finally returned - 120 years late.
amazonA Buddhist Response to the The Climate Emergency
With contributions from: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Seventeenth Karmapa, Sakya Trizin, Dudjom Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, Ato Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Robert Aitken, Joanna Macy, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Joseph Goldstein, Taigen Dan Leighton, Susan Murphy, Matthieu Ricard, Hozan Alan Senauke, Lin Jensen, and Thich Nhat Hanh.
amazonPeriphyseon on the Division of Nature
Hints from amazon comments are sometimes exceedingly helpful. // "This book was published in 1976 before the increased attention that Eriugena is receiving today. It is problematical for two reasons. First, Uhfelder and Potter ask the reader to accept the limited selections from the full text which they deem important. And second, it does not use the normal division of text numbers which make citation easy. The complete text in English translation (Sheldon-Williams and Omeara) was published in 1987 by Dumbarton Oaks and is today a very rare book. The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies has been slowly issuing the Periphyseon in five volumes, in both Latin and English four of which are in print and the fifth is in process. Quite inexpensive through them. New and second hand book dealers want up to three times as much."
SFSIGNALJenn Brissett on 'The Bleeding Man and Other Science Fiction Stories' by Craig Strete
A review. // Jorge Luis Borges called the stories of Craig Strete “shattered chains of brilliance.” Salvador Dali said, “like a new dream, his writings seizes the mind.”
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