Bookshop CEO Andy Hunter’s crusade to save books from Amazon
I’m talking with Andy Hunter, the CEO of Bookshop.org. Bookshop, at its core, is a website that lets local bookshops all over the country — and in a few other countries — sell their books online. If ...
The Last Days of Budapest by Adam LeBor: Examining the destruction in second World War’s final year
Author uses newly discovered documents, diaries and interviews to create a compelling story of one of the least remembered ...
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Rick O’Shea: For anyone who can’t bear the minute-by-minute reports from Gaza, this book will give you the big picture
Rolf Dobelli, in his pocket-sized and influential book Stop Reading the News (translated by Caroline Waight), argued for many ...
4 sites to find thousands of free books for your e-reader
E-books can be expensive, but they don't have to be. Check out our secret stash of free e-books and give your wallet a break ...
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Doomsday Clock Moves Forward – Closer To Midnight Than Ever Before
T he Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced that the Doomsday Clock has been moved forward to 89 seconds to midnight ...
The ‘other Americans’: 20 books that celebrate US literature’s rich diversity
From John O’Hara to Claire Jiménez, via Nabokov and Maya Angelou, these works showcase cultural cross-over in American ...
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IMF chief tells Europe to take page out of US book
With the European economy lagging behind the US, the head of the International Monetary Fund had a piece advice for the ...
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Rick O’Shea: How I fell in love with a land of lava, lagoons and a flood of books
It was only when we checked into our hotel that we realised just how close the lava had come to obliterating it a few weeks ...