App simplifies vocab of classic books
It’s McLiterature. A newly released artificial intelligence app for iPhone and iPad shortens iconic literary works like “Moby Dick” and “A Tale of Two Cities,” and glosses over classics like “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Magic BookThe website claims that it uses artificial intelligence to simplify the language in books like “The Count of Monte […]
Orlando by Virginia Woolf audiobook review – a superb reading by Juliet Stevenson | Books
vinegarSpanning 350 years, Orlando is a time-travel adventure that tells the story of a seemingly immortal aristocrat and aspiring writer who catches the eye of Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century. Upon his arrival at court, he becomes Elizabeth’s lover, who is upset when she sees him kissing a younger woman, but grants him […]
Are School Libraries Banning Thousands of Books? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Left’s Narrative
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes “What we’re seeing here is a resurgence of widespread censorship in America,” Nadine Farid Johnson recently told The Wall Street Journal. Johnson is the Washington director of PEN America and co-author of its report claiming to identify 2,532 books banned in public schools during the 2021-2022 school year. PEN America […]
‘The greatest thinker you’ve never heard of’: expert who explained Hitler’s rise is finally in the spotlight | Books
IIn 1944, groundbreaking political economist Karl Polanyi published his radical masterpiece, A major transformationIn it, he accused influential liberal economists, including David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus, of commodifying humans and the environment in the name of free markets. Their industrial-era ideas, he argued, led to the barbarism and poverty that accompanied 19th-century globalization and unrestrained […]
Biden Administration Pressured Amazon to Censor ‘Children’s Books, Books for Parents, Books Critical of Big Pharma’
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced on Friday in his “Amazon Files” release that the Biden administration has pressured Amazon to censor “children’s books, books for parents, and books critical of big pharma.” “We knew Amazon censored books under pressure from the Biden White House. We now know which books were censored,” Rep. Jordan said in […]
Rare ancient ‘book’ with earliest known full copies of two books from Bible hits auction block with eye-popping price tag
One of the oldest surviving books is set to go up for auction. The Crosby-Schoyen Codex, a collection of early Christian documents that renowned papyrologist William Willis estimated using carbon dating to date to the third century A.D., is going up for auction on Tuesday. “These pages are in better readable condition than the Dead […]
Texas court rules ‘butts and farts’ books cannot be banned
The ban on this book caused a real uproar. Schools and libraries in one part of Texas can no longer ban a book simply because it’s about “butts and farts,” a court has ruled. The incident came after parents in conservative Llano County complained about books in the public library system. The Houston Chronicle reported.“My […]
5 hot new titles coming out in 2024 that make the perfect beach books
Sunscreen, sunglasses, snacks and drinks are all beach essentials. But a day of sun and sand wouldn’t be complete without a summer-themed book to enjoy as the waves crash on the shore. Books set in the summer often tell of a budding romance between two unlikely single people. Sometimes authors write page-turning mysteries set on […]
‘Irish Gay Rights’ And ‘Trans Reproduction’: Your Tax Dollars Are Funding A Laundry List Of Left-Wing Books
American tax dollars are funding an array of book projects covering topics like “trans reproduction” and the “neglected queer history” of homosexuality in post-colonial Ireland, federal records show. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) spends hundreds of thousands of tax dollars a year funding academics to write full-length books on a variety of subjects, […]
Jill Biden SCARED Trump will end public education; ban pornographic books from schools
While President Joe Biden is having almost as much trouble putting together a coherent sentence in the polls, Jill Biden is trying to make her husband look more favorable. The first lady argued Saturday that the future of public education in America hinges on whether the president is re-elected, telling the crowd, “Donald Trump doesn’t […]