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Will Hoyt: Wayfarer in a New World
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (103+ words) Hoyt's latest book is a last shot across the bow of the ship, warning us about the fast approaching and all engrossing technocratic world....
Bruce Feiler's 'A Time to Gather' shares why getting together matters: NPR
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (33+ words) NPR's Michel Martin joined author Bruce Feiler and seniors in Washington, D. C. , who discussed Feiler's new book, "A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World'and How It Can Save Us."...
Bruce Feiler's 'A Time to Gather' shares why getting together matters
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (33+ words) NPR's Michel Martin joined author Bruce Feiler and seniors in Washington, D. C. , who discussed Feiler's new book, "A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World'and How It Can Save Us."...
Country diary: One turn inland, and the valley opens up before me | John Gilbey
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (279+ words) Talybont, Ceredigion: On a crisp, post-rain morning, I take a walk among bright hawthorn blossom and the glittering pools of Cors Fochno On the edge of Talybont, the small cemetery, kempt and cared for, overlooks the coast and the wild…...
The Sacred Submissions
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (561+ words) Note G by Ada Lovelace From the desk of the acquisitions editor: Thank you for the posthumous submission of "Note G" by Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, originally "...
How the 'Project Hail Mary' book walks the line between hard and speculative science fiction" and why the film did not
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (932+ words) Two different ways to tell the same story. Science fiction is not monolithic. There are, in fact, two major sub-genres that divide sci-fi " hard sci-fi and speculative (or soft) sci-fi " and most of the time, the delineation between the two…...
The Bookworm: Nature Books Offer Fun Summertime Reading For Kids
12+ hour, 25+ min ago (285+ words) Books about Nature and Ecology for Kids by various authors and illustrators; " 2026, various publishers; various page counts. No more sitting in a stuffy old building. Nope, once school's out for the summer, you can spend all the time you want…...
Roman Battle Axe Bookmark - 3 D Pewter Charm On Cord, Handmade In Sheffield, Unique Gift For Readers
11+ hour, 23+ min ago (102+ words) For the history buff or fantasy reader in your life, this Roman battle axe bookmark is a cool little accessory. It's a 3 D pewter charm on a cord that slides right between your book pages. Each one has that artisan…...
Finding hope in troubling times with poetry and science | Christensen - AOL
20+ hour, 51+ min ago (291+ words) On the fifth day, the scientists who studied the riverswere forbidden to speakor to study the rivers. The scientists who studied the airwere told not to speak of the air, and the ones who worked for the farmerswere silenced" Last…...
Before 21st century's climate grief. there was Bhibhutibhusan's Aranyak
14+ hour, 29+ min ago (939+ words) Publish: 25 May 2026, 02: 20 AM Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's'Aranyak'is one of those rare books that seems to have arrived from the future while being buried deep in the past.' Published in 1939, set in the forests of India's [modern day] Bihar under colonial rule, the…...