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Omar Al-shaghry : from death row cells to the pages of the book “one hundred roses” The story of the book “One Hundred Roses” Omar used to use the phrase “one hundred roses,” a phrase his cousin Bashir, who died under torture in Sednaya prison, used to repeat. For them, the phrase represented a hope of…
Bad Art Mother is shortlisted for the Stella Prize for Literature Bad Art Mother by Edwina Preston was rejected 25 times before finding a publisher and is now shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize for Literature, with five books, including only this year’s novel Preston confirmed that the rejection of her novel several times made…
Author: Dr. Ronald S. Glickman With over 30 years’ experience as a senior executive, Dr. Ronald S. Glickman shares techniques to execute change initiatives, develop talent, and motivate teams to deliver breakthrough results on a global scale. A timely and important book for leaders at any stage in their career journey, “Lead for a Change” explains…
Four months after he was badly injured when he was stabbed in New York state, British author Salman Rushdie revealed excerpts from his next novel in The New Yorker magazine on Monday. The magazine, which is beloved by the American cultural elite, published on its website an excerpt entitled ” A Sackful of Seeds ” (“A Sackful…
Who would have thought that an online platform like TikTok could give a boost to literature and affect book sales figures? In a new virtual phenomenon, thousands of young people around the world started sharing their favorite books on the social networking platform “Tik Tok” using the hashtag #BookTok. The hashtag has been widely shared, reaching…
Sri Lankan writer Sheehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker International Prize for Fiction for his novel The Seven Moons of His Excellency Almeida. British news agency BA Media said judges praised the writer for the “scope, skill, daring and joy” of his second novel. The novel is a grim comic murder mystery set in Colombo…
when Nigel Newton was brought in; Founder of Bloomsbury Publishing, brought home a manuscript of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by then unknown J.K. Rowling, described by his daughter Alice as “probably one of the best books an eight- or nine-year-old could read.” .Sorry, the video player could not load the file. Now, twenty-five years…
In this book , Robert Greene have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1:…
Authors: Molly Shannon and Sean Wilsey This is a candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption. Witty, winning, and told with tremendous energy and heart, Hello, Molly! sheds new and revelatory light on the life and work of one of our most talented and free-spirited performers. Filled with behind-the-scenes stories involving everyone from…
“The Science of Meditation: How to Change Your Brain, Mind and ” is a self-help book written by psychologist Daniel Goleman, and professor of psychology and psychiatry Dr. Richard J. Davidson. A practical guide, the book reveals how mind training is imperative to our physical, emotional, and mental well-being. With Goleman being a science journalist and…
