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Virginia Woolf on Self-Knowledge and the Limits of Empathy

no EC Brainpickings | 2026-02-11, 01:26

“We do not know our own souls, let alone the souls of others There is a virgin forest in each.” It is both a terror and a mercy that we know ourselves only incompletely and each other hardly at all — because, somewhere in that lacuna of

Moo-ving Hearts: A Tale of Courage, Family, and a Cow Named Celia

GetNews | 2026-02-11, 00:01

A Heartwarming Story for Young Readers Who Believe in Kindness, Community, and the Magic of New Beginnings When a curious sound echoes through the marsh near the little brown house on the hill, Doug and Gina’s peaceful Sunday turns into an unforgettable

For Human Use Isn't Really About Dating Corpses

Portland Mercury | 2026-02-10, 23:55

For Human Use is about dating, with a side of social norm collapse. by Suzette Smith For Human Use, the debut novel by Sarah G. Pierce, is both about and not about a dating app for dead bodies. The story itself follows the rollout of a new “swiping

Back to the old school

Deccan Herald | 2026-02-10, 23:46

<p>It is amazing that the high school building where I studied several decades ago remains intact even today. It was the tallest school structure in South Chennai in those days. Every time I pass by the school, I proudly point it out to anybody

Kavita Krishnamurti to sing for cancer charity

Deccan Herald | 2026-02-10, 22:52

<p>‘Sur Sandhya’ returns this Saturday in support of a cancer foundation.</p>.<p>Since its inception in 2000, ‘Sur Sandhya’ has been striving to “blend meaningful music with social

DH Popcorn: Ro your boat

Deccan Herald | 2026-02-10, 22:52

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Lead With Audacity: Execute Boldly. Influence Powerfully. Live Unapologetically By Sabrina Scott

GetNews | 2026-02-10, 22:34

Lead with Audacity, a new book by leadership strategist, certified coach, and transformational speaker Sabrina Scott is a blueprint born from lived experience. It is forged in the fires of burnout and imposter syndrome, and

David Keyston Releases “What Did Jesus Say?” – 50 Years of Biblical Scholarship Reveal Biblical ...

GetNews | 2026-02-10, 22:34

""What Did Jesus Say? by David Keyston" After more than 50 years of Biblical scholarship, author and interfaith leader David Keyston announces the release of What Did Jesus Say?, a groundbreaking book presenting comprehensive Biblical evidence for the

New Book Examines the Unfinished Truth Behind Hillsborough’s Tragic Event

GetNews | 2026-02-10, 22:34

by Anthony Marlow is a powerful non fiction work that revisits the Hillsborough disaster through lived experience and long term investigation. Rather than focusing solely on the events of April 15, 1989, the book examines what happened in the years that

The Third State of Love by Maya Christobel Offers a Revolutionary Look at Intelligence, Healing, ...

GetNews | 2026-02-10, 22:34

"The Third State of Love by Maya Christobel" A Therapist and an AI Walk Into a Conversation—And Change Everything In an era dominated by fear-driven headlines about artificial intelligence, a new voice has emerged to offer something radically different:

Breaking Barriers: New Children’s Book Celebrates Kids with Type 1 Diabetes

GetNews | 2026-02-10, 22:34

"Perfect the Way I Am By Michael Belliotti" Perfect the Way I Am by Reader’s Favorite 5-Star Award winner Michael Belliotti is a heartwarming children’s book empowering kids with Type 1 Diabetes to embrace confidence, self-love, and inclusion. Inspired by

The mass market paperback is vanishing

Boing Boing | 2026-02-10, 22:26

In 2007, Americans bought 103 million mass market paperbacks — the

Boss Lincoln

Political Wire | 2026-02-10, 22:22

Just published: Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life

The Great Blue Heron, Signs vs. Omens, and Our Search for Meaning

no EC Brainpickings | 2026-02-10, 22:07

One September dawn on the verge of a significant life change, sitting on my poet friend’s dock, I watched a great blue heron rise slow and prehistoric through the morning mist, carrying the sky on her back. In the years since, the heron has become the

New book reveals Motown songwriter’s untold story, causing family to threaten lawsuit

The Trentonian | 2026-02-10, 21:10

Prior to the pandemic, Margena A. Christian knew next to nothing about Detroit songwriter and producer Sylvia Moy, even after covering Motown matters for publications such as Jet and Ebony. But that changed after 2021, when the Chicago-based writer saw an

US-Apple-Books-Top-10

no EC Citizen Tribune | 2026-02-10, 20:52

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) ...

EPA to roll back finding tying emissions to public health

The Spokesman-Review | 2026-02-10, 20:35

​WASHINGTON — The EPA said Tuesday it would rescind the agency’s 2009 endangerment finding and all regulations based on its determination that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to public health requiring regulation under the Clean Air Act. The final rule

Gabor Boritt, Refugee Who Became Expert on Lincoln, Dies at 86

New York Times | 2026-02-10, 20:27

He survived the Holocaust and Communist rule in Hungary, arrived penniless in New York and made himself into a pre-eminent Civil War scholar. ...

Hudson Talbott Dies at 76; Wrote and Illustrated Wide-Ranging Children’s Books

New York Times | 2026-02-10, 20:27

His book about time-traveling dinosaurs became a movie. He also adapted the Broadway showInto the Woods” for young readers and wrote about his struggles with dyslexia. ...

ON BOOKS | OPINION: What Morrison and Klosterman see when familiar institutions stop looking neutral

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | 2026-02-10, 19:04

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A Testament to the Human Spirit: How One Woman Chose Joy After Unimaginable Pain

GetNews | 2026-02-10, 18:39

Author’s Tranquility Press presents Monya Williams’ “I CAN-CER VIVE: Live Free-Choose Joy,” an unforgettable memoir of surviving childhood trauma and cancer with grace and resilience Some stories don’t just need to be told—they need to be felt.

The Nurse Who Heard Gods Whisper Over the Hospital Din

GetNews | 2026-02-10, 18:39

Author’s Tranquility Press Releases a Memoir That Reads Like a Love Letter to Human Resilience What happens when a child written off by doctors grows up to heal thousands? Author’s Tranquility Press announces the release of , the unforgettable true story

How We Grieve: Meghan O’Rourke on the Messiness of Mourning and Learning to Live with Loss

no EC Brainpickings | 2026-02-10, 18:31

The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created.” John Updike wrote in his memoir, “Each day, we wake slightly altered, and the person we were yesterday is dead. So

Myra MacPherson, who wrote wrenchingly about Vietnam vets, dies at 91

no EC Daily Press | 2026-02-10, 18:30

Myra MacPherson, who set her sights on a journalism career when newsrooms were casually hostile to women and who went on to cover politics for The Washington Post and to write a book about the tenacious grip of the Vietnam War on the American psyche, has died.

CIA World Factbook ends publication after 6 decades

no EC Daily Press | 2026-02-10, 18:30

The CIA’s World Factbook, a repository of facts on nations from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe that for six decades provided detailed figures on birth and death rates and major exports, relied upon first by government agents and eventually researchers, educators,

As ‘Dark Winds’ returns, Zahn McClarnon talks new season’s LA storyline

Press Telegram | 2026-02-10, 18:18

When the fourth season of the AMC series “Dark Winds” begins, Lt. Joe Leaphorn is weary and getting ready to retire from the Navajo Tribal Police. Earlier in the series, which is set in the 1970s, Leaphorn had taken justice into his own hands, and he’d

One for the Money, Two for the Shoah

Truth Dig | 2026-02-10, 18:03

A decade ago, Rolling Stone ranked Keith Moon of The Who as the second-greatest drummer in rock and jazz history, after Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham. Moon’s brilliant drumstick prints are all over the Who classics like “Happy Jack,” “Baba O’Riley” and “Young Man