Published on: 2025-06-02 08:40:36
How do we even begin engaging with the vast stores of knowledge and wonder in a library? For many of us, the Dewey Decimal System gives us an entry point, breaking the library catalogue into more manageable groups. However, this system was developed in the 1870s and designed for American libraries. In today’s modern, global society, it can feel a little outdated. This is why one library in Aotearoa/New Zealand is trying something a little different. The team at Te Awe Library in Wellington is t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 12:47:55
Art for The Intrinsic Perspective is by Alexander Naughton Over a year has passed since I began teaching my toddler—then two years old—how to read (a process chronicled here). Now, I’m prepared to answer a burning scientific question that has kept absolutely zero researchers up at night: Can a three-year-old read The Hobbit? Turns out: yeah, pretty much. Here’s Roman reading from Chapter 1: In a hole, in the ground, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 00:40:37
It’s no secret that AI is wrecking America’s educational system. With easy access to apps like ChatGPT—which can answer any question and also write full-fledged essays for you—high school and college students have begun to cheat their way through life, content to let an algorithm do the thinking, and the test-taking, for them. It’s no surprise, then, that some educators have gone analog, in an effort to stem the tide of anti-intellectualism sweeping the nation. The Wall Street Journal recently
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 01:40:37
It’s no secret that AI is wrecking America’s educational system. With easy access to apps like ChatGPT—which can answer any question and also write full-fledged essays for you—high school and college students have begun to cheat their way through life, content to let an algorithm do the thinking, and the test-taking, for them. It’s no surprise, then, that some educators have gone analog, in an effort to stem the tide of anti-intellectualism sweeping the nation. The Wall Street Journal recently
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-17 00:10:00
Are you among the heaps of folks out there set to travel this Memorial Day weekend? Whether it's a long drive or a long flight, audiobooks are a fantastic option to keep yourself occupied and there's one app that'll get you everything you need for free: Libby. Audiobooks are an addiction I picked up straight out of college, with a newfound need to occupy my brain during commutes to work and on lunch breaks. I was pushed to try them after being mightily embarrassed over my inability to make much
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 05:52:35
On Sunday, the Chicago Sun-Times published an advertorial summer reading list containing at least 10 fake books attributed to real authors, according to multiple reports on social media. The newspaper's uncredited "Summer reading list for 2025" supplement recommended titles including "Tidewater Dreams" by Isabel Allende and "The Last Algorithm" by Andy Weir—books that don't exist and were likely created out of thin air by an AI system. A check by Ars Technica shows that only five of the fifteen
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-26 01:03:04
Spotify is continuing to add more ways for listeners to directly make purchases within its iOS app. Following on the streaming service's changes to make purchasing subscriptions easier earlier this month, there's now an an option for users to buy audiobooks in Spotify. "Spotify submitted a new app update that Apple has approved: Spotify users in the United States can now see pricing, buy individual audiobooks and purchase additional 'Top Up' hours for audiobook listening beyond the 15 hours inc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-28 04:39:26
Most popular business books are written for emotional appeal, not intellectual rigor. They turn simplified stories into generic advice, convert rare successes into universal strategies, and replace complex market dynamics with motivational slogans. These books succeed not because they are accurate, but because they are easy to read and make readers feel good. Case Study 1: Zero to One by Peter Thiel Main Idea: Create something entirely new. Avoid competition. Monopolies are better. What’s p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-27 21:00:00
A long holiday like Memorial Day weekend means one thing for a lot of folks: travel. And travel usually means you need ways to keep yourself entertained. If you, like me, turn to audiobooks in times like this, you need to know about Libby. Audiobooks are an addiction I picked up straight out of college, with a newfound need to occupy my brain during commutes to work and on lunch breaks. I was pushed to try them after being mightily embarrassed over my inability to make much progress in Lord of
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 09:00:00
There’s nothing quite like losing yourself in a book. You might not be able to transport your loved ones into their favorite stories, but these gifts for book lovers can help spruce up their cozy reading corner. If there's anything we've learned from #BookTok, it's that there are tons of accessories to upgrade those reading sessions. You’re in luck if someone on your gift list is rather bookish. We’ve put together our favorite gifts for book lovers and tested every one of these gadgets. Be sure
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-30 05:02:00
The new Murderbot series from Apple TV Plus arrives Friday, delivering a tongue-in-cheek look at the far future, where humans have colonized dozens of planets, cyborgs called security, or sec, units protect them, and late-stage capitalism is booming. Murderbot is an on-screen adaptation of the wildly popular Murderbot Diaries book series from author Martha Wells. Its titular narrator is a sec unit who's gained sentience from the governor module that controls it, and who now spends its time help
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-01 13:23:17
For Bob Cox It has to start somewhere, this business of being an intellectual. Chances are, it doesn’t start well. Your early efforts are bound be misdirected, a source of subsequent embarrassment. Maybe Dead Poets Society made you want to be a writer or a professor. Maybe you read Lolita because of the Police song. Maybe you wrote poems about walking alone through dark valleys or drew pictures of your reflection in cracked mirrors. Maybe you quoted T.S. Eliot at Starbucks, hoping to be overhea
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 13:00:44
A confession: This dispatch will not be coming to you from one of the long-devout Martha Wells faithful. I’m a convert, a curious reader who turned to Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series after reading my colleague Meghan Herbst’s fantastic 2024 profile of the author, which left me questioning who would be challenged with taking on the series’ title character in Apple TV+’s adaptation and why it was Alexander Skarsgård. Put differently, I wanted to know if the actor known for playing blood-sucke
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-06 09:46:46
Audible, Amazon’s audiobook service, announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with select publishers to convert print and e-books into AI-narrated audiobooks. This initiative aims to quickly expand its catalog as it competes with Apple, Spotify, and others in the rapidly growing audiobook market. Audible is leveraging Amazon’s AI capabilities to assist publishers in producing audiobooks. Publishers can choose from over 100 AI-generated voices available in English, French, Spanish, and Italian,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-09 04:49:14
Whether you’re after a distraction-free reading experience or a fun way to keep the kids engaged this summer, the latest Kindle Paperwhite Kids is worth considering. And now, thanks to Amazon’s Mother’s Day promo, you can pick it up at either Amazon or Best Buy starting at just $139.99 ($40 off), which matches the e-reader’s best price to date. Although aimed at children, Amazon’s kid-friendly ebook reader is almost identical to the standard Kindle Paperwhite, which is remains our favorite e-re
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-09 01:51:45
Most popular business books are written for emotional appeal, not intellectual rigor. They turn simplified stories into generic advice, convert rare successes into universal strategies, and replace complex market dynamics with motivational slogans. These books succeed not because they are accurate, but because they are easy to read and make readers feel good. Case Study 1: Zero to One by Peter Thiel Main Idea: Create something entirely new. Avoid competition. Monopolies are better. What’s p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-22 05:01:00
MirageC/Getty Images Have you ever wanted a complete list of all the books you bought on Amazon? Do you want to know which are physical books, which are Kindle ebooks, and which are Audible books? Do you want to slice and dice your Amazon book collection by genre, date purchased, or author? My wife did. She has thousands of Kindle books and probably as many Audible books. She has been an avid reader since she was a little girl, and her book collection, both physical and virtual, is a pride and
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-24 13:05:07
MirageC/Getty Images Have you ever wanted a complete list of all the books you bought on Amazon? Do you want to know which are physical books, which are Kindle ebooks, and which are Audible books? Do you want to slice and dice your Amazon book collection by genre, date purchased, or author? My wife did. She has thousands of Kindle books and probably as many Audible books. She has been an avid reader since she was a little girl, and her book collection, both physical and virtual, is a pride and
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-24 17:08:00
ZDNET's key takeaways The Kindle Scribe starts at $399 for the version with 16GB of memory. It combines the familiar features of the Kindle e-reader with a bright display and a suite of premium note-taking features. The aforementioned features have a bit of a learning curve to fully take advantage of. $399.99 at Amazon $399.99 at Target $399.99 at Best Buy more buying choices Amazon's latest Kindle Scribe can be considered a 2-in-1, as it's both a note-taking tablet and a dedicated e-reader.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-25 10:58:00
ZDNET's key takeaways The Kindle Scribe starts at $399 for the version with 16GB of memory. It combines the familiar features of the Kindle e-reader with a bright display and a suite of premium note-taking features. The aforementioned features have a bit of a learning curve to fully take advantage of. $399.99 at Amazon $399.99 at Target $399.99 at Best Buy more buying choices Amazon's latest Kindle Scribe can be considered a 2-in-1, as it's both a note-taking tablet and a dedicated e-reader.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-31 00:50:25
I discovered that they’d published a complete, illustrated version of the Earthsea cycle a couple weeks ago. I’m not overly fond of omnibus editions, but this is illustrated by Charles Vess, and I love his artwork, so I thought that this might be a good time to re-read these books. Because of course I’ve read these books before. I read the first one (in translation) when I was about 10-11 years old, and it had the cover above. I had that book, so I read it several times, but the other two o
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-31 20:04:29
April 26 is Independent Bookstore Day, an annual tradition organized by the American Booksellers Association that is entering its 12th year and has taken place on the final Saturday of April since its conception. And, wouldn’t you know it, Amazon just so happens to be hosting its second annual book sale (two being less than 12, if you’re keeping count) from April 23 through the 28th, encompassing the day that has been claimed by local shop across the country. If you are tempted to give Amazon a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-31 21:15:14
April 26 is Independent Bookstore Day, an annual tradition organized by the American Booksellers Association that is entering its 12th year and has taken place on the final Saturday of April since its conception. And, wouldn’t you know it, Amazon just so happens to be hosting its second annual book sale (two being less than 12, if you’re keeping count) from April 23 through the 28th, encompassing the day that has been claimed by local shop across the country. If you are tempted to give Amazon a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-31 22:27:37
Amazon is raising eyebrows with the timing of its big book sale for 2025, which runs from April 23 to 28 — which means it’s competing directly with Independent Bookstore Day. As writer Maris Kreisman explained in Lit Hub, Independent Bookstore Day is an annual event organized by the American Booksellers Association (ABA), with events, special guests, and exclusive merchandise at 1,600 participating bookstores. And this year, it’s taking place on April 26 (today). “I implore you: if you live ne
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-02 01:58:40
is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Chromebooks on Arm processors are about to get a big boost as developers prepare new versions of ChromeOS with support for Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon chips, reports Chrome Unboxed. According to a new developer commit message posted in the Chromium project Gerrit code review, the SoCID for a Qualcomm X1P42100, aka the Snapdragon X Plus, is n
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-06 17:33:00
Dust off your “to be read” piles and charge up your Kindles, because Amazon is back with another big Book Sale. It officially runs from April 23 to 28, with early deals available now. You can expect savings on hardcover and paperback books, plus ebooks, audiobooks, Kindle devices, and bookish memberships. There are plenty of picks to browse so far, including children’s books, mystery novels, nonfiction and memoirs, and BookTok faves. Now is an especially good time to purchase since you can earn
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-09 04:17:21
The Books My lecture notes are now all grown up and available as a series of books, published by Cambridge University Press. You may wonder why you should buy the books when the lecture notes are freely available. It's a good question. And it has good answers: The books have loads more content. And better explanations. I now spell "Schwarzschild" correctly. I convinced the publisher to sell the paperbacks at half the price of most other textbooks. They smell nice. So far there are four
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-06 16:33:05
Libro 📚 Libro: A simple command-line tool to track your reading history, with your data stored locally in a SQLite database. Usage Add new book: libro add Show books read by year: libro show --year 2024 Show book details by id: libro show 123 Show books read by year: libro report Show books read by author: libro report --author Examples Books Read in Year Books Read in 2025 ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ┃
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-11 06:13:32
As I was whining yesterday, it’s perplexingly difficult to find a (semi-)programmatic way of determining whether an author has written a new book. Or even manually in some cases. The best advice is, like, “Follow them on Goodreads” or something? But I wondered whether I could finally find something useful for an LLM to do? Sure, LLMs are plagiarism machines that use all of the world’s energy, but what can it do for me? So I signed up for the Perplexity AI, and an hour later: Yes, I’m a prompt
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-12 09:35:00
Dust off your “to be read” piles and charge up your Kindles, because Amazon is back with another big Book Sale. It officially runs from April 23 to 28, with early deals available now. You can expect savings on hardcover and paperback books, plus ebooks, audiobooks, Kindle devices, and bookish memberships. There are plenty of picks to browse so far, including children’s books, mystery novels, nonfiction and memoirs, and BookTok faves. You’ll find our favorite early deals below, and we’ll update t
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