A London library of scientific literature is auctioning off one of the most groundbreaking books in human history. The book is De Libris Revolutionum Eruditissimi Viridoctoris, and it was written by a man named Georg Joachim Rheticus, in 1540. You may not have heard of Rheticus, but you’ve probably heard of his mentor and professor: Nicolas Copernicus. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Rheticus was Copernicus’s only student. The revolutionary renaissance mathematician and scientist encouraged Rheticus to publish the then only written work positing his theory of heliocentricity: the idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun, and not vice versa. Image courtesy of …
Dystopian young adult has struck a chord with viewers and readers everywhere. There is an established trend in young adult literature, one that usually pits a rag-tag group of teens against the adults who run their respective dictatorships. A slew of books and movies like The Maze Runner, Divergent, The Fifth Wave, and The Giver, have arrived hot-on-the heels of the smash-hit franchise, The Hunger Games, proving that this trend is here to stay. But is it a welcome development in the YA genre? Book Buttons Embed ISBN: 9780062209276 In a scathing 2011 op-ed, Washington Post writer Meghan Cox Gordon railed against the increasingly dark content of YA, …
It’s settled! Emma Watson and her bi-monthly book club will be reading Hunger Makes me a Modern Girl: the latest memoir from Portlandia star and Sleater Kinney front-woman, Carrie Brownstein. (and another entry to the ‘girl’ title trend) Image courtesy of Amazon The book pulled through with 763 votes, beating out such titles as Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou, and Are you There God? It’s Me, Margaret. That’s some lofty company for the 41 year old powerhouse, but all her stature is well earned. Brownstein became a household name after forging the creative partnership of a lifetime with Portlandia …
In a recent interview with GSN News, director of all things Harry Potter David Yates disclosed that JK Rowling has completed the screenplay for the second installment of the Fantastic Beasts franchise. That’s right, fans can rest assured knowing they won’t have to sit on their hands too long before the next film. In usual Rowling fashion, she has put her nose to the grindstone to ensure we get our fix in a reasonable amount of time. Image courtesy of Barnes and Noble On the script, Yates is quoted as saying: “It’s just pure joy from the first page to the last page”. Well if that …
The Fourth of July is fast approaching! Friends and families across America are eagerly anticipating their Independence Day celebration, sure to be filled with sunshine, fireworks barbecue, and good times. We’ve got a lot to be thankful for, so we do our best to remember the precedents of our freedom once a year. And we aren’t the only ones with a political emancipation to be proud of. Here are some books about history’s most significant revolutions. Collected Poems by William Butler Yeats Book Buttons Embed ISBN: 9780333556917 While not exactly a narrative take on the events that led to Irish independence, this collection …
