Through the lens of the mainstream media we view the refugee crisis in Europe as a battle between clashing cultures. However, we tend to forget that the people involved are simply human beings. Human beings who love the same things we do. We too often forget that they are people just like us who are simply trying to survive. Courtesy of https://bit.ly/1UzHMi1 As many of you already know, reading can be a positive part of an individual’s life. For Syrians escaping their war torn home, being able to sit in a safe space to get lost in a literary world may be …
One of the most common discussions among readers is whether they prefer physical books or ebooks. Book owners tend to enjoy the feel, and even the smell, of books. They also enjoy filling up their bookshelves as an homage to all their favorite authors. Ebook readers on the other hand tend to be the on-the-go reader. With an ebook, you can have all books in one place, making them easily accessible at any time (an obvious advantage to physical books). The argument goes even deeper than that. Reading from different mediums can change how you read and even change how writers write. …
For some reason all dads are connected to a stream of consciousness of which nobody else has access to. Scientists are baffled by the consistent pattern of dad jokes that all dads instinctively know. Some say it is because of our evolution, fathers’ needed a way to annoy their families and friends in order to signal fatherhood. If the man in the family never asked you to “pull his finger” then how could you know he was really your dad? The Very Embarrassing Book of Dad Jokes by Ian Allen Book Buttons Embed ISBN: 9781907554537 One book The Reading Room …
For as long as there have been books, there have been book thieves. What may come as a surprise (or not) is that book theft tends to occur more frequently in certain genres. Vintage/Anchor Books recently set up a whole book-shelf dedicated to their most commonly stolen books. Many of them share a common theme of gritty, counter-cultural behavior. Ironic, no? Courtesy of Vintage/Anchor Books In book stores, the most commonly stolen books are written by Charles Bukowski or William S. Burroughs. On the Road by Jack Kerouac and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald are also high on the list. We can …
The United States Constitution has seen a rise in sales after its recent appearance at the DNC last week. The origin of this phenomenon arose when Khizr Khan used the Constitution to criticize Trump. This has caused some Trump supporters to narrow their vision to only see the controversy that surrounds the Constitution rather than the essential ideas it represents and individuals like Khan want to uphold. At a Donald Trump rally yesterday, a social justice group that goes by the name of “The Maine’s People’s Alliance” stood and held up pocket constitutions during Trump’s speech. The Trump-supporting crowd began to boo, hiss, and even slap …
