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Five Books To Put You In A Good Mood

Autumn is here. Some people enjoy it, some notice that the lack of sunny days makes them feel tired and a bit depressed. This is common for the majority of people, and it is called seasonal depression. But there is a way to give your mood a boost and feel better! We have prepared a multi-faceted list of five “feel good” books to put a smile on your face. If you have never heard of bibliotherapy - healing through reading – now is the best time to try it.

The Wish To Be Forever Young: Five Books That Deal With Immortality

Fear of death is something that's been ingrained in the human experience since the beginning of time. The fact that we are here one day and gone the next has been a true enigma for every civilization there is (and was). Through different religions and philosophies, people have tried to solve the mysteries about the meaning of life, about death and the afterlife, to give themselves some sort of comfort. The sudden realization that each day we are one step closer to death can even trigger phobias. This unavoidable paradox of life can be overwhelming.

Free Tickets For Books!

The Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania has become the first city in the world to provide free transport to all passengers who are reading books while riding the bus.

Five Children’s Books That Were Actually Written for Adults

There are books that you should definitely read more than once. You can enjoy them all over again, but more importantly – you can find a deeper meaning in them. Words echo differently when you reread them after a few years. We have prepared a list of five books, typically considered children’s books, but actually so layered that they can provide you with universal truths.

Five Books That Are Definitely Better Than the Movies

It is the eternal discussion: was the book better than the movie or the other way around?  There are advantages to both art forms.  Books give you the freedom to create your own images, while movie adaptations grab your attention with visual effects and skillful photography.  Reading implies a certain solitude and has an intimate quality, while going to a motion picture theater is an intrinsically social activity.  All these factors influence our impressions of novels and movies.  Here are five literary works that are definitely better than the movies that were based on them.

The best horror books

Best Horror Books to Give You the Chills

People enjoy scary stories because of the excitement: the adrenaline rush is strong, and nothing makes you feel more peaceful than realizing that you are safe and sound and your fear isn't real, it was just fiction after all.  The final experience of reading a horror story leads to feeling purified: after the terrible adventure comes tranquility, because it's all over.  So, if you are a fan of this kind of fiction, consider these five books.

Five Adventure Books for Summer Reading

Books offer us different worlds and make us engage in alternative realities. If you're not traveling anywhere this year, but you're still longing for adventure, try taking a journey by reading some of these five adventure books, one fiction, four non-fiction. Their worlds will take you miles away, without making you actually move.

Best Books About the Absurdity of the World

Questioning the meaning of life? Feeling like everything is pointless? Look on the bright side, you're not the only one, we're all in the same gutter. Maybe reading these pieces will make you feel a little bit better. Or at least – less lonely.

Books About Time Travelling: Four Most Engaging Novels!

We've probably all seen the epic movie Back to the Future and got dazzled by the adventures of Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown, aka Doc. Oh, and let's not forget TV series (numerous versions) of Dr. Who, characters from Terminator, Austin Powers, and the latest popular movie with the time travelling topic – Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. There are plenty of examples.  But, there are also interesting books about time travelling that can equally occupy your attention. The topic is something that has been in focus since the nineteenth century. So, let's make an overview of interesting books that have time travelling as their central theme.

Metropolitan Museum in NYC Opens Free Access to 422 Art Books

 

You could pay $80 on Amazon for the  “Anatomical Drawings” book which features handmade designs by Leonardo Da Vinci. And now you can get it absolutely free in digital. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York offering “five decades of Met Museum publications on art history available to read, download, and/or search for free.

House of Books: Extraordinary Libraries Worldwide

Libraries are extremely valuable but many times underrated places – not too often do people think of a library when thinking about where to go to sit down, relax and read a book. For many, libraries have become synonyms for boring afternoons with one’s head buried in books, hopelessly trying to memorize an exam material. Something needed to be done to show the world just why libraries should be appreciated.

YT Overview of Books that Will Help to Find Out Interesting Authors and Ideas

Love reading but don’t have the time? Stop making excuses! Why not check out something new? Our rush for instant digital gratification should not stand in the way.

9 Philosophy Books That Will Help to Expand Consciousness

From the first beads of philosophy such as Plato’s The Republic and Machiavelli’s Il Principe, to the finest works of the modern literature in the form of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, these finest pieces of ancient history serve us to this day in the different aspects of life – history, mathematics, medicine, law, and even in art. It is well known that the various of Mozart’s and Beethoven’s symphonies and rhapsodies help patients with all kinds of diseases heal better, not to mention they can significantly reduce stress of everyday life, work, exams, and all of the things that make us so anxious and nervous. But what many of us don’t know, is that philosophy could do just as much for us.

Discover Scandinavian Soul and Mind: 10 Must-Read Books written by Swedish

The editors of Sweden.se, have assembled a list of ten must-read modern fiction books written by Swedish authors. Swedish is one of the world’s ten most translated languages in this genre; and the authors are believed to be continuing the country’s literary tradition of criticizing the contemporary society through sublime methods of fiction. The list goes well beyond the bestseller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and offers an in-depth look at the present-day flourishing fictional literature of Sweden. Take a look!

Four Books Released in 2014 That You Probably Haven’t Read

Is reading more one of your New Year’s resolutions in 2015? Here’s our list of must-read books for this year!

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Dior and Chanel are Changing the Fashion Film Genre

Two huge perfume brands that have become a hallmark of success, but now Dior and Chanel are targeting the fim industry too.
Among flowers Pavlina Kourkova

Pavlina Kourkova: Turning Passion Into a Profession Part Two

How is it to work as a botanical artist, bringing nature’s precision and beauty to life in a different for? In the second part of our interview with Pavlina Kourkova we discuss these questions as well as the different aspects of her work, her experience in Transylvania, her personal life and her message to the youth of today.
Fareedah Shaheed

Fareedah Shaheed: Forbes 30 Under 30 Tech Superhero Taking Cybersecurity To a Whole New...

By combining two passions inherited from her parents, IT and love for online teaching, Fareedah came all the way from a little girl mesmerised with her dad’s CISCO books to an award-winning online safety strategist. Her bubbly nature, curiosity and deep knowledge about the cybersecurity best practices help her in an everyday mission to teach online security to non-tech savvy people and help parents save their kids from online scams and predators.
Pavlina Kourkova

Pavlina Kourkova: Turning Passion Into a Profession

From her childhood in a village, her fine art, her experience as a landscape architect, illustrating children’s books, her exhibitions and the significance of money. In this first part of the interview we discuss all this and more with Pavlina Kourkova.
Resolutions For 2021 - do we dare?

Resolutions For 2021: Do We Dare to Have Them After 2020?

Seeing the news and living in the times we’re living in, seems like everybody is just so eager to kick 2020 goodbye and simply start off to a new, hopefully luckier year. However, with this pandemic still among us, it is only fair that we remain sceptical of 2021, isn’t it?

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