The link below is to an article that takes a look at the life of Seamus Heaney, the Nobel laureate who recently died.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2013/aug/30/seamus-heaney-life-pictures-poetry
Tag Archives: life
Article: Book Found in the Wild
The link below is to an article that reports on one real life story of a book found in the wild.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2013/08/29/lost-bound-adventures-found-books/
Article: Modern Life & the British Library
The link below is to an article that takes a look at how the modern world and the old world of the British Library are clashing.
For more visit:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-war-of-words-at-the-british-library-8734405.html
Article: Children & Reading
The link below is to an article that reports on a troubling aspect of modern life – children aren’t reading enough.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/06/children-miss-out-on-reading
Article: Read to Improve Life
The link below is to a very useful article about how reading can improve your life.
For more visit:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/12-scientific-ways-reading-can-actually-improve-your-life
Not My Review: Maggie & Me by Damian Barr
The link below is to a book review (of sorts) of Damian Barr’s ‘Maggie & Me,’ which looks at life under Margaret Thatcher.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/damian-barr/surviving-margaret-thatch_b_3158112.html
Article: The Real William Shakespeare?
The link below is to an article that reports on new research that sheds new light on the life of William Shakespeare.
For more visit:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/9963602/Shakespeare-was-a-tax-evading-food-hoarder-study-claims.html
Tips for Tech: Money Jar
In one of my other Blogs I have an occasional post that I call ‘Tips for Life,’ which means the post is basically a daily life hack type of post which covers something for making life easier. So in this Blog I’m starting an occasional post called ‘Tips for Tech,’ which will basically be a post aimed at making daily practical life a little easier in the area of technology – specifically in the area of books and reading.
Today’s ‘Tips for Tech’ post, the link below is to an article which provides a fairly simple way to save a few dollars here and there to buy what you need – Ebook Reader, a few ebooks, etc.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/joanna/budgeting-for-tech-a-painless-approach/
Article: 72 Hour Shelf Life
The link below is to an interesting article that I think has implications for digital readers and writers.
For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/09/28/content-shelf-life/
Article: Confessions of a Book Reviewer
The link below is to an article about the life of a book reviewer – an interesting read.
For more, visit:
http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/09/confessions-of-another-book-reviewer/
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