Tag: books
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One worldwide web, spreading news, messages and information faster and more freely than ever before. Fortunes made in trading start-up company stocks, and lost in the next market crash. A… more ›
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[This web version of “The Decay of Lying” is based on the text from Volume 7 of The Complete Writings of Oscar Wilde (New York: The Nottingham Society, 1909). Wilde’s… more ›
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Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Reddit Share to Tumblr Share to Pinterest Share via email Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! https://archive.org/details/manwhomwomenlove00asch more ›
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The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards—one of science fiction and fantasy’s most prestigious awards, decided by the popular vote of WorldCon members—were presented this weekend at the 81st WorldCon… more ›
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Today’s newsletter has a link to the very first excerpt from Doppelganger out today in Vanity Fair, along with some fearsome photography from the legendary Martin Schoeller. Hope you enjoy… more ›
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In Venezuela, crime victims turn to influencers to find justice To get the authorities’ attention, victims get help from influencers specialized in niches like corruption and pet justice. https://restofworld.org/2023/rest-of-world-international-book-list-2023/ more ›
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Globalization is not the only—or even the real—story of the global economy over the past four decades. In The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter, Shannon K. O’Neil shows that the… more ›
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It’s one of my main splurges. Every time I walk into a bookstore, I come out with an armful. If I hear about an interesting one online, I have my… more ›
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Platforms are hiring gig workers around the world to write steamy romance novels for English-speaking readers. The emerging web novel industry spans the globe, taking a business model from Asia,… more ›
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True randomness is a slippery thing: It is a property not of things in themselves, like individual numbers, but of their relationship to one another. One number is not random;… more ›