Last year, I realized that I was no longer an avid book reader. I hadn’t picked up many books to read just for the joy of flipping through pages and immersing myself in them. For a literature lover, I felt like I was slowly losing a piece of me. Most of the books I read …
For readers across the globe, Young Adult (YA) books are always a delightful treat. Be it sipping some hot chocolate while flipping the pages through a romantic voyage, or switching on your bedside lamp to finish a fantasy thriller – nobody likes the thought of running out of books to read. To remove any chances …
YA Books: 10 Unmissable Young Adult Books in 2022 Read More »
The earth is more literate than ever before. As little as two-hundred years ago, only around 12% of the global population possessed the ability (or access to education) to read – with the vast majority of that 12% being members of the educated, elite classes. By 1960, a dramatic increase in access to education, schooling …
In May of 2018, New York Times columnist, Bari Weiss, penned an article about the “renegades of the web”, the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW). The term, coined by the mathematician, Eric Weinstein, encompassed the following individuals: psychologist, self-help author, and university celebrity, Jordan Peterson; podcaster, atheist, and neuroscientist, Sam Harris; biologist, a former professor at …
In Britain, neurologist Guy Leschziner runs one of the busiest clinics in the country. While many neurologists see patients with rare disorders of the nervous system, Leschziner frequently receives cases that deal with the still-mysterious world of sleep. While the frequent insomnia patient is always at the doorsteps of the clinic, other cases tend to …
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Judith Grisel was only 13 years old when she got drunk. It was her first time, but the buzz that alcohol produced in her brain was enough to start a series of events that would lead her into the drug world. She started with alcohol; later, with marijuana and cocaine; until she ended up shooting …
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Robert Caro has researched the life of Robert Moses and former President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson. And yet, we know very little about his.
Lawrence Weschler was intended to write a profile piece on Oliver Sacks. Forty years later, an empathic and balanced biography emerges.
While many media traditional outlets want to transition to digital, recent research show that we still prefer the print over the digital screen.
Annaka Harris takes the complex task of giving the public a brief tour about the mystery of consciousness. Her debut book in less than 120 pages tells more about being conscious than many books with over 400+ pages.
