Tag: Book of the Day

  • Book of the Day: Brave New World

    Brave New WorldBrave New World by Aldous Huxley

    Over 1,800 5-Star Reviews!

    Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley’s enduring "masterpiece … one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century" (Wall Street Journal) must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit in the face of our "brave new world"

    Aldous Huxley’s profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls.

    “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.

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  • Book of the Day: Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

    Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media ManipulatorTrust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday

    Over 260 5-Star Reviews!

    You’ve seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What you don’t know is that someone is responsible for all this. Usually, someone like me.

    I’m a media manipulator. In a world where blogs control and distort the news, my job is to control blogs-as much as any one person can.

    In today’s culture…
    1) Blogs like Gawker, Buzzfeed and the Huffington Post drive the media agenda.
    2) Bloggers are slaves to money, technology, and deadlines.
    3) Manipulators wield these levers to shape everything you read, see and watch-online and off.

    Why am I giving away these secrets? Because I’m tired of a world where blogs take indirect bribes, marketers help write the news, reckless journalists spread lies, and no one is accountable for any of it. I’m pulling back the curtain because I don’t want anyone else to get blindsided.

    I’m going to explain exactly how the media really works. What you choose to do with this information is up to you.

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  • Book of the Day: The Agatha Christie Book Club

    The Agatha Christie Book ClubThe Agatha Christie Book Club by C.A. Larmer

    A contemporary cozy mystery for those looking for fun and adventure at their next book club!

    When Alicia Finlay walks out on her boring old book club and decides to start a new one – one devoted to her favorite mystery writer Agatha Christie – little does she know her new club is about to stumble into a mystery of their own. It’s a mystery so baffling it would leave even the Queen of Crime scratching her head…

    After gathering seven crime buffs together – including young librarian Missy (as ditzy as Miss Marple and as sharp), fashionista Claire, paleontologist Perry (both stylish and fastidious like Poirot), dashing Dr Anders, a poisons expert, and socialite Barbara Parlour – Alicia grows suspicious when one of them fails to show for the next book club.

    Barbara has disappeared from the face of the earth and her arrogant husband, Arthur, seems coldly unconcerned. The group suspects him of foul play until he suddenly shows up dead. With two baffling mysteries and time fast running out, the book club decides to do as the meddling Miss Marple would do and investigate!

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