Modern Books are Trash. Read the Greats!
“The reading public bothers me, though. They don’t want to read about the blood and bones and guts of an issue. They want to read about something they’re not going to have to think about, and if it does hurt...
Why you should read more fiction.
If you take a philosophy class, most of the writing is pretty dense. Most ancient and modern philosophers can be tough to read, even when their ideas are fascinating. I didn’t have that problem with Plato, because he took a...
10 Books From My English Degree I Wish More People Knew About
When considering which books to read in 2022, I started thinking about all the books I’d loved from my English Literature degree. I realised that most of the ones that I’d really enjoyed are not necessarily considered ‘classics’ or part...
Bionic Reading: read faster!
With the advent and diffusion of increasingly sophisticated information technologies, devices and software in recent years, research on dyslexia and the most effective treatment strategies has begun to include increasingly innovative systems and methods to facilitate speed and accuracy of reading: one of the most recent and fascinating is the “Bionic Reading”. Did you read this paragraph faster? Your eyes have done 50% or less of their job, and your subconscious did the rest! What is Bionic Reading Bionic Reading is a particular text display system created by the Swiss typographic...
Books to read at least once in a lifetime.
There are some books, you know, that you can’t help but read. Works that were so important to their generation or influenced their historical period must be read to understand how our society became what it is today. Some stories...