In this guide, you’ll learn how to search Internet Archive for public domain books. 1. Go to Internet Archive Search 2. In the search field enter the following text and click “Go” licenseurl:*publicdomain* AND Ernest Hemingway The “AND” tells the search engine all the items returned should have that license AND they should contain the … Read more
“By doing just things we become just; moderate things, moderate; and courageous things, courageous,” Aristotle wrote in his meditation on virtues as habits. Revisiting this timeless advice reminded me of an interview Mortimer J. Adler (December 28, 1902–June 28, 2001) gave to Bill Moyers about his groundbreaking book “Aristotle for Everybody.” As the two sat … Read more
“Our new dog, named for the beloved poet, / Ate a book which unfortunately we had / Left unguarded. / Fortunately it was the Bhagavad Gita,” Mary Oliver wrote in a poem about her dog Percy. If Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (September 29, 1934–October 20, 2021) wrote this poem, the book would be “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.” … Read more
I love Nick Cave not for his music but for his writing. While loyal fans go to his concerts to listen to his songs, I go to his blog to read his sentences — beautiful and tender yet powerful and uncompromising sentences. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s called The Red Hand Files. It … Read more