Articles about fiction and non-fiction books and how they can help us live a better life.
“Bitcoin will not discriminate against you, no matter your race, nationality, political beliefs, credit history, or social media history,” Matthew R. Kratter writes in Bitcoin for Beginners, a book that will teach you everything you need to know about this new form of digital money. Invented in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, it was called a … Read more
Almost everything you read here was inspired by my long daily walks. The writing muse, it seems, likes to grace me with her presence only when my feet are in motion — a vital condition for composing my scattered thoughts and jotting them down in the notebook of the mind. And I’m far from alone … Read more
I’m not a very interesting person. That’s why I was excited to read Jessica Hagy‘s altogether indispensable How to Be Interesting, an upbeat guide to injecting more whimsy into your everyday. In a sentence or two, its pithy life lessons manage to paint deceptively simple diagrams and graphs that nudge you out of your comfort … Read more
“A writer must always tell the truth, unless he is a journalist,” Gore Vidal is said to have said. This rather pessimistic sentiment prompted me to read The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosentiel, whose purpose in writing the book was “to identify common principles shared by people who called themselves journalists.” … Read more