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LITERATURE via SparkNotes The most comprehensive, accurate, and useful guides to classic and contemporary lit on the internet. Whether you're studying Hamlet or Hunger Games, Sparknotes Lit makes sure you get the Big Idea. Sometimes you don't understand your teacher, your textbooks make no sense, and you have to read sixteen chapters by tomorrow. Literature The most comprehensive, accurate, and useful guides to classic and contemporary lit on the internet. Whether you're studying Hamlet or Hunger Games, we'll make sure you get the Big Idea. The original text of classic works side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation. No Fear Literature is available online and in book form at barnesandnoble.com. Sparknotes resource, don't be confuzzled . Learn to understand books, write, and study for tests. Sparknotes; clear and concise and never leave out important info. Sparknotes editors, on a mission to help you make sense of confusing schoolwork. Spar...

Simple: Talking about books with other readers. BARNES & NOBLE presents: B&N Book Club A nationwide book club that brings readers together to discuss some of the most compelling books being published. The Barnes & Noble Book Club Don't Miss The B&N Book Club Discussion! Join us at 7:00pm on Wednesday, October 9th, at your local B&N store to meet fellow readers and talk about our September Selection, The Testaments. At BARNES & NOBLE bookstores across the country is where readers can come together to discuss compelling stories. Some readers bring friends and family with them, others make new friends, as they ask: "What would you have done?" Join the conversation !

Do you think you can look someone in the eye and tell if they're lying to you? Malcolm Gladwell talks about how trust, mistrust and myths about both are shaping our society. THE BARNES AND NOBLE REVIEW This episode of B&N Podcast: Talking to Strangers What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know A talk with one of the most influential writers in the world, whose books examine how humans think and behave in ways large and small. REVIEW via B&N: Malcolm Gladwell As a staff writer for the New Yorker and in bestsellers like The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, as well as in his podcast Revisionist History, Gladwell has marshaled the tools of an array of sciences to challenge conventional wisdom about everything from how to spot an art forgery to what makes a basketball team succeed. His new book Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know is his first in six years; its origin, Gladwell writes, was in the author’s confrontati...

At his bookstore in Amman, Hamzeh AlMaaytah administers life-affirming literature. Hamzeh AlMaaytah rarely sleeps, but when he does, it’s usually on the mattress hidden behind a screen in the back of his bookshop. Hamzeh, 36, is one of Amman’s most dedicated bookshop owners, and certainly its most eccentric. He tends to leap instead of walk, is prone to poetic pronouncements, and speaks most often in Fusha, the literary form of Arabic, rather than the Jordanian dialect typically used for daily speech. He reveres the written word. In response to text messages or Facebook posts he will send back a picture of his handwritten answer. “There is so much intimacy and knowledge in the handwriting of a friend,” he says, bemoaning that his practice has yet to catch on. A fourth-generation book owner, Hamzeh describes his work as a calling. “I run an emergency room for the mind,” he explains, while sipping coffee near the entrance of the shop late one morning. He wants to ensure there is always...

20 Books TED Speakers Think Everyone Should Read This Summer Article Attribution: Jessica Stillman via Inc At the start of every summer the organizers of the TED speaking conference take pity on those of us looking for book suggestions to fill up our beach bags or e-readers for the summer, asking some of the smartest people to grace their stage with what book they'd want to take with them to a desert island. Every year's list is a goldmine of eclectic ideas, from business books to page turners to graphic novels, but 2019 is a true bumper crop of great reads. The complete list runs to 151 ideas. Here's a small selection to get you started: 20 Books TED Speakers Think Everyone Should Read This Summer Every year's list is a goldmine of eclectic ideas, from business books to page turners to graphic novels, but 2019 is a true bumper crop of great reads. The complete list runs to 151 ideas. Here's a small selection to get you started. Still haven'...

For many Americans, their fondest memories revolve around a library card. From searching through the stacks, to getting a return date stamped on the back of a new favorite book, libraries are a quintessential part of how Americans learn and engage with their local communities. Since this country’s founding, public libraries have received broad and consistent popular support for their democratic missions and services. Photo Credit: Predrag Kezic via Pixabay The ability to access free information has become a core ideal of what it means to be an American citizen, despite periods of historic inequality. Libraries help make this access possible by placing public benefit at the center of their work and continually adapting their strategies to meet changing public needs over time. This exhibition tells the story of the American public library system, its community impact, and the librarians who made it possible—from the founding of the first US libraries through the first one hundre...

Best Biographies and Memoirs May's round up: May's Best Biographies & Memoirs Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations, by William H. McRaven This retired Navy admiral's earliest memories place him at American Officers' Club in France among Allied officers recounting their adventures in WWII. The son of a career Air Force officer, William McRaven followed his father into t

2017 QUARTZ Article by Oliver Staley LITERARY LIFE LESSONS New graduates may think they’re ready for the world , but even after all that learning, there’s still room in their heads for some wisdom. In 2017 article QUARTZ asked a dozen business leaders—from CEOs of big companies and startups, to deans of leading business schools—what books they would put in the hands of a newly minted graduate. Here’s what they recommended: The books every new graduate should read, according to a dozen business leaders New graduates may think they're ready for the world, but even after all that learning, there's still room in their heads for some wisdom. We asked a dozen business leaders-from CEOs of big companies and startups, to deans of leading business schools-what books they would put in the hands of a newly minted graduate. Read the past to have some knowledge about the future!

The ultimate goal of the Open Library While large in scope and ambition, this goal is within our grasp. Achieving it will require the participation of librarians, authors, government officials and technologists. Imagine what a comprehensive, open library could be! A talented math whiz who lives in a rural community can explore the works of high math. An elderly person can have a large print edition of any book ever published. An innovative young scholar can publish a book directly to this great library on subjects that might not otherwise make it through the long and difficult publication process. How can you help? Improve the records we have for the books you love – every record is fully editable by clicking the “edit” button on the page. If Open Library don't have a record for a book, you can create one where logged users are allowed to add records on Open Library.  If you're a library with digitized resources, tell Open Library where they are and they will point peo...

Reading books can exercise your brain and even boost your emotional intelligence. Despite this, about a quarter of all Americans haven’t read a book in the last year and our overall book-reading time is on the decline. — Article by Dan Seitz via PopSci Photo: The Last Bookstore By Jaredd Craig/Unsplash Science has found that reading is essential for a healthy brain. We already know reading is good for children’s developing noggins: A study of twins at the University of California at Berkeley found that kids who started reading at an earlier age went on to perform better on certain intelligence tests, such as analyses of their vocabulary size. Other studies show that reading continues to develop the brains of adults.  One 2012 Stanford University study, where people read passages of Jane Austen while inside an MRI, indicates that different types of reading exercise different parts of your brain. As you get older, another study suggests, reading might help slow down...