Tag: books
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Bestsellers may be harder to come by as book sellers struggle with supply chain disruptions
Browsing at The Strand. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo Supply chain disruptions are impacting the production of books across the US. A paper shortage combined with an increased demand for lumber is making it difficult to print bestsellers. There has been an 18.7% increase in book sales so far in 2021 compared to 2020. See more stories…
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TED’s holiday book list: 68 reads that will inspire you
For this year’s holiday book list, we asked TED speakers, educators and podcasters: “What books have inspired you?” We hope their recommendations will help you refresh and recharge. You can skim the entire list, or use the links here to jump around to the different categories, which are: Business; Biographies and memoirs; Children’s books; Cookbooks…
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EdTech, Gender, and “Uncanny Valley”
Blog: Learning Innovation Uncanny Valley: A Memoir from Anna Wiener Released in January of 2020. Is sexism that is structural as persuasive in the edtech planet since it is in different areas of the technology ecosystem? Are technology firms that are educational and campus engineering units as hostile to girls as Silicon Valley startups? How would…
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Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, May 3-10
Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna runs through May 26 under their big top tent in front of the USS Iowa on the waterfront in San Pedro. (Photo by Scott Varley/Daily Breeze/SCNG) There’s always something fascinating to perform in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles area. Here’s a sampling of entertainments this week and also…
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You can now buy 3 dyslexia-friendly ‘Harry Potter’ companion books
pottermore/Instagram Bloomsbury Publishing just released a collection of dyslexia-friendly editions of The Hogwarts Library books. Clients with dyslexia can now enjoy”The Tales of Beedle the Bard,””Quidditch Through the Ages” and”Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Bloomsbury has plans to launch dyslexia-friendly variations of every book in the”Harry Potter” series. The new collection is now…
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Why Leftist Activists Should Learn to “Follow the Money”
Cover of Michel Feher’s Rated Agency: Investee Politics in a Speculative Age (Zone Books, 2018) “Follow the cash. ” It’s both genders and dispiriting that those three words would appear to hold the whole promise of the United States’ governmental recuperation. Made famous by William Goldman’s script for All The President’s Men, “follow the money”…