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business
UK Construction Firms Shed Jobs at Pace Last Seen in Pandemic
UK building firms shed jobs at the fastest pace since the height of the pandemic as rising costs and sluggish order books tightened their grip...
bloomberg.com
- 30+ days ago
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writing
17 Captivating WWII Books That Transport You Back in time —Heartache, Bravery and Love Await!
These compelling WWII novels bring epic tales of courage, romance and resilience to life For decades, historical fiction has remained one of the most...
womansworld.com
- 30+ days ago
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writing
None of These Books Exist. An Inventive New Exhibition Asks: What If They Did?
In December 1922, Ernest Hemingway’s wife made a terrible mistake. At the time , the great novelist and short story writer was a 23-year-old cub...
smithsonianmag.com
- 30+ days ago
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writing / books
13 Books for When You Want to Curl Up and Read About Murder
These are the best cozy mysteries worth reading. When you're looking to get lost in a book, some time s you need your reading material...
marieclaire.com
- 30+ days ago
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writing / books
How Mr. Darcy Became One of Jane Austen’s Most Memorable Creations
Begun in the 1790s, Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813. Its context is both Gothic and Romantic.Accepted ‘queen’ of Gothic fiction, in the...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Dispatches from the District Committee
Many of the stories in this explosive and taboo-busting collection from Sorokin (Blue Lard) are set against the backdrop of Soviet-era repression....
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Young Lions Fiction Award Celebrates 25 Years
On June 12, the New York Public Library’s Young Lions converged on the Celeste Bartos Forum of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building to commemorate 25...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Kids Programming: STEAM and EDI Together is important
As a former Children’s Librarian, I worked in a large city system where the population was diverse. It was always necessary to react to...
ala.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
'Read history from books not WhatsApp': Raj Thackeray on row over Aurangazeb's tomb
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday condemned efforts to stir communal tensions over Aurangzeb's tomb and...
- 30+ days ago
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writing / books
The Best Books We’ve Read in 2025 So Far
Land Power In the past few centuries, land has changed hands on major scales: from nobles to commoners during the French Revolution, from Native peoples...
newyorker.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Best history books and biographies of 2025—so far
Readers of nonfiction know that histories and biographies provide plenty of thrills. Reading them can feel like excavating a lost civilization. This...
bookpage.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
214: Embrace your author nature - with Chris Lloyd | The Hobcast Book Show
01:28:38| Monday, March 17, 2025 We'd like to introduce you to two words, if you haven't already discovered them, that will change your life. One is...
acast.com
- 30+ days ago
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auto
Best of 2024: The Real (Disappointing) Reason Why Gen Z Is Getting Fewer Drivers Licenses — Streetsblog USA
Yes, fewer young adults are getting behind the wheel. No, it doesn't mean car culture is doomed. Editor's note: as we close the books on 2024...
streetsblog.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
Biblioracle: The case for giving students large print books
When “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey won this year’s Booker Prize in what I, at least, thought was an upset over “James” by Percival Everett,...
chicagotribune.com
- 30+ days ago
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apps
Hide iPhone Apps From Your Kids With This iOS 18 Trick
Your kids don't need access to your banking apps, so here's how to keep them out. Apple released iOS 18.3 in January, and that update brought...
cnet.com
- 30+ days ago
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food & drink
20 Easy Disney Recipes for Kids That Are Equal Parts Foolproof and Magical
If you have kids who love Frozen, Moana and the like, nothing beats a Disney World vacation. But if you don’t have a trip...
purewow.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Book review: ‘Abundance’ and ‘Raising Hare: A Memoir’
The Democrats have a new idea to rally around, and it might just do the party some good, said Henry Grabar in Slate. With their...
theweek.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
10 Award-Winning Nonfiction Books of 2024
All the winners of the non-fiction book prizes we cover at Five Books have now been announced. These include history, politics, business, science,...
fivebooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Lisa's Mystery Picks
This week, don’t miss an Agatha Christie–meets–P. G. Wodehouse murder mystery, a police procedural by the creator of Broadchurch, and a whodunit...
airmail.news
- 30+ days ago
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books
Exclusive: New Novel About Real Tennis Star Turned WW II Spy
An excerpt from Jenni L. Walsh’s new thriller Ace, Marvel, Spy about real-life legend Alice Marble. Here is an exclusive excerpt from the new...
parade.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Lawsuit says SC library discriminates by removing transgender-related books
A group of parents in the Upstate have filed a lawsuit against their local library, alleging it systemically discriminates against the LGBTQ...
islandpacket.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Briefly Noted
“Toni at Random,” “How Things Are Made,” “The House on Buzzards Bay,” and “Endling.” Toni at Random, by Dana A. Williams (Amistad). This study of...
newyorker.com
- 24 days ago
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writing
10 Hidden Gem Books That Deserve a Spot on Your Reading List
With so many books released every year (almost 3 million by some accounts!) it’s impossible for each to get its due respect and attention, so...
bestlifeonline.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
50 Years Later, Stephen King's Most Iconic Story is Getting A Promising Remake
Because of course he is. Stephen King’s works have long been the hottest properties in Hollywood, but adaptations of the horror titan’s books...
inverse.com
- 30+ days ago
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business
From QuickBooks To ChatGPT: How To Turn Your Software Stack Into A Smart AI Assistant
You run a small business and every tech expert in the universe is telling you to "embrace AI" and warning that if you don't, you're...
forbes.com
- 30+ days ago
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