Jun
04
Fiction / Science Fiction
First Published in 1966
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Flowers for Algernon won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960
and was joint winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966
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Book Synopsis:
With an IQ of 68, Charlie Gordon works as a sweeper in a bakery. He thinks has friends, but little does he know he is the butt of their jokes, an amusing plaything.
Charlie’s life changes radically when he undergoes an experimental operation that to enhance his intelligence. Charlie becomes a genius.
However, Algernon, the mouse who had been successfully enhanced before Charlie, dies. Charlie has to live with the knowledge that his new life and his insights into the world are only temporary. Read more... (911 words, 7 images, estimated 3:39 mins reading time)
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Dec
02
By Richard Bach
Photographs by Russell Munson
(5/5)
Fiction / Inspirational
First Published in 1970
Publisher: Harper Element
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Book Synopsis:
Seagulls fly to find to food. Seagulls eat. Seagulls survive. This is seagull law. But Jonathan Livingston Seagull has discovered the sheer joy and pleasure of flying and swooping and diving. Because of this, Jonathan is banished by the seagull elders. But Jonathan still continues to fly, expanding his horizons and searching for his higher purpose.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a fable about seizing life by the horns, and following your dreams, even if it means going against the norms of the flock.
A story that will inspire you to follow your dreams, so that you can soar too. Read more... (350 words, 8 images, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)
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Nov
28
by Malcolm Gladwell
(4/5)
Non-Fiction
First Published in 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Book Synopsis:
Why do some people achieve so much more than others?
Can they lie so far out of the ordinary?
In his provocative and inspiring new book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising than we could have ever imagined. He reveals that it’s as much about where we’re from and what we do, as who we are – and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone.
Outliers will change the way you think about your life story, and about what makes us all unique. Read more... (713 words, 7 images, estimated 2:51 mins reading time)
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