books
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Meet six wise women who shaped the development of philosophy in the West
Dawn LaValle Norman, The Conversation
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Cat in a spat: Why scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture
Kate Cantrell, The Conversation Sharon Bickle, The Conversation
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How reading books aloud can draw us into intimacies
Kiera Vaclavik, The Conversation
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Why it’s better to start reading James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ from chapter four than from chapter one
John Scholar, The Conversation
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This second-hand bookseller revived his business during the pandemic by selling ‘rare books’ online
Shashikant Sawant
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Here’s what makes Assassin’s Creed one of the world’s best-selling videogame series
Tof Eklund, The Conversation
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Why books by social media influencers about feminism (or self-help?) seem so similar to one another
Rebecca Wray, The Conversation
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A look back at banned Indian political pamphlets – and why Orwell may not have approved of them
Pragya Dhital
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In Goa’s Margao, a book club thriving on physical meetings has shown how to switch to the virtual
Savia Viegas
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How footballer Marcus Rashford’s book club will bring literature to underprivileged children
Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, The Conversation
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Fifteen books with which to travel through nature when journeying out is impossible
Janice Pariat
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Douglas Stuart’s ‘Shuggie Bain’ won in one of the most politically charged Booker Prize shortlists
Stevie Marsden, The Conversation
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How IIT alumni built a book club in Chennai and kept it going through the pandemic
Sukumari Polavaram
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‘Children’s literature is the first portal for humans to the cultural world’: Oliver Jeffers
Bijal Vachharajani
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Sixty years of the ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ trial: A court case that defined free expression
Lois Bibbings, The Conversation
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Here’s why so many people still believe in ghosts
Anna Stone, The Conversation
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Amartya Sen: ‘World is facing pandemic of authoritarianism’
Amartya Sen
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In this graphic novel a schoolgirl becomes an online sensation, but no one knows it’s her
Vibha Batra Kalyani Ganapathy
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What books on the pandemic, published during and after the lockdown, are telling us about Covid-19
Biman Nath
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Dying of Covid-19: What reading Atul Gawande’s ‘Being Mortal’ makes us think about right now
Subuhi Jiwani