Written by In recognition of the UN’s “International Literacy Day”, Liz Waid and Bruce Gulland look at how reading can help people understand each other. Can reading make us better people? Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Liz Waid. Voice 2 And I’m Bruce Gulland. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for […]
By Linh N., Grade 10 Reading slumps. These can happen when we get too busy to open up a book during the day, when we are distracted by technology, or when we don’t have enough energy to read. After a while, it gets really hard to rack up the concentration needed, and you simply […]
Happy September, it’s my favorite month! I love this time of year when it’s still warm out but you can feel fall in the air. I ordered an outdoor dining table for our courtyard so we could enjoy meals al fresco for the next few months. I’m setting it up later today with linens and […]
By Linh N., Grade 10 Alzheimer’s Disease affects more than 6 million people in the United States, most of which are in their sixties or seventies. This disease progresses in five stages, and although it depends on the person, the brain deteriorates over a course of about a decade. This is not to be […]
CURT NICKISCH: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Curt Nickisch. You’re a business owner and you’re interested in reaching out to new customers. You know that data is important. I mean, that’s clear, right? So you put out a survey into the field asking what kinds of products your ideal customers […]
Book recommendations in English Here we take a look at some book recommendations that you can read in English. We give a brief summary of each of them and an idea of what it would be like to read them as an English learner. For some tips on reading then check out our blog post […]
A new book? I hear you cry. Yes! And it’s one that you’ve helped me write. Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing is my second non-fiction book and it draws on a new approach to reading that I’ve developed over the twelve years of writing this blog. Among the many challenges I had to face […]
It’s nearly ten years since I started my Book of the month slot on this blog, after having been blown away by an Italian writer who has since taken the English-speaking world by storm. In another six years, I will have featured more Books of the month than the 197 titles that comprised my original […]
Book publicists are a curious breed. Although I rarely accept proofs and buy almost all the books I feature on this blog, I frequently receive emails from people promoting titles that will clearly be of no interest to me. Mainstream books by British and American writers. Business books. Academic books on subjects outside my area […]
Instead of digesting a new book or diving into a novel, something others do often but I do rarely, I spent my holiday break reading a five-year-old book about a trio of intertwined topics I’m particularly fond of: drawings, exhibitions, and New York City. As the book’s subtitle indicates, Drawing Architecture covers a two-decade period — […]