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Atlas Shrugged changes lives
editorial posted by 206 days ago in braincrave
Noam Chomsky said Ayn Rand was "... one of the most evil figures of modern intellectual history." Yet I find Atlas Shrugged an amazing book (and so do many others, like the man who recently drove aro...
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Science fiction and politics
editorial posted by 206 days ago in braincrave
Science fiction author Robert Heinlein was known as the "the dean of science fiction writers." According to Wikipedia, "he was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the g...
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Book recommendations
editorial posted by 207 days ago in braincrave
"A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read." - Mark Twain What are your favorite books and why? Which would you refer to others? What kinds of people would...
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Book club - The Fountainhead
editorial posted by 207 days ago in braincrave
BrainCrave.com Book Club starting now. We will attempt to do this in group chat unless there is significant lag. If so, we'll switch to local. Please join us at Within Ten Years http://www.braincr...
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Free books
editorial posted by 207 days ago in braincrave
Some of you like to read but just don't have the time. Have you ever considered books on mp3? There are so many freely available on the web. Here's a place for some good ones: http://www.learnoutloud...
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The Fountainhead Book Club
editorial posted by 208 days ago in braincrave
Who's Ayn Rand? Only one of the most well-known and life-changing philosophers out there. Her philosophy is unlike any most have ever read. It's philosophy mixed in with drama and lots of great sex....
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Why you don't invite Murphy on vacation
valme.io link posted by 297 days ago in Blog
On this Thursday, I might be having the worst vacation. I mean I did not go on vacation. I mean it’s complicated. This has been the week of everything going wrong. It seems as if Murphy was coming...
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Stephen King's Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes
msu.edu link posted by 1050 days ago in writing
Written in 1988, his friendly advice and key points continue to be relevant: Be talented Be neat Be self-critical Remove every extraneous word Never look at a reference book while d...
You Should Date An Illiterate Girl vs. You Should Date A Girl Who Reads
blogs.uoregon.edu link posted by 1236 days ago in dating
“You Should Date An Illiterate Girl,” by Charles Warnke Date a girl who doesn’t read. Find her in the weary squalor of a Midwestern bar. Find her in the smoke, drunken sweat, and...