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Books don’t just stimulate the mind — they trigger physiological changes throughout the body.
Reading isn’t just writing prep; together, reading and writing help writers think and generate original ideas through extended cognition.
Reading classic books can teach you as much about the present as the past.
Despite the claims of speed reading apps and programs, you actually have to read the book if you want to learn.
The Japanese practice of "tsundoku" bestows joy and lasting benefits to those who make books an important part of their lives.
When you enter someone's home, you learn how life is lived elsewhere.
From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids' reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.
Six authors, six monumental legacies, and a unique thread connecting them: a solitary novel that shines brightly.
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
Bilingualism confers various mental health and social benefits. Perhaps knowing a second alphabet confers even more.
In the age of distraction, don't we all want to read faster and more efficiently?
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According to Zena Hitz, the idea of the intellectual has become distorted. She believes “the real thing is something more extraordinary but also more available to us.”
John Templeton Foundation