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This article contains spoilers for The Long Song. The Long Song is the first miniseries featured in PBS Masterpiece’s 50th Anniversary season, and it’s U.S. arrival nearly three years after airing on BBC One is...

The publishing industry has undergone a massive transformation in the last decade, with mobile and portable devices opening the door to digital content that wasn’t as easily and freely available before. E-books,...

Whether you emerged from it in the red or in the black, 2020 was a difficult year for everyone. Some people are starting the new year hoping to shake things up, while others are just trying to stay afloat. No matter...

When a book lingers with me long after I turn the final page, it’s usually because it surprised me, because the author used a unique story structure, or because the ending came full-circle and left me feeling...

My explanatory and etymological dictionary of English idioms is now in the publisher’s computer, and, most probably, I won’t discuss the material contained there until I find out whether the book has been accepted,...

Image by Eli Digital Creative from PixabayLaying out standards of reading and writing into a new set of artistic principles.Let me say something right up front: I’m not a subscriber to the “no rules” side of...

I had been in the industry for over two decades. I was then a sous-chef for just under four years at a thirty-four-seat restaurant that I loved. I had already been a private chef, server, and line cook, and had washed...

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education. Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research Editors: Mark Murphy, Ciaran Burke, Cristina Costa, Rille Raaper, Bloomsbury Social Theory and the Politics of Higher...

Buy your copy today! Have you ever had a dream come true? Maybe it was a desire to marry or have children; maybe it was to launch a successful business. Maybe your dream was to write a book or take a trip to a distant...

Once developed, a planet is a boost to the whole human economy. More people! More production and consumer demand! More trade! But you have to develop the world first. For example, Mars. It could be terraformed and...

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is offering unlimited free access to myON digital books and news articles from...

I’ve always loved Brad’s Startup Communities – it’s long been my favorite of his books, built upon ideas that are clearly stating the test of time. In it, he talks about the key ingredients to building a startup...

Pagani, Wiegand and Nadarajah wrote a paper past last Spring on the Rosenbrock distribution. Now, I did not know this distribution under that name but as the banana benchmark distribution I met for the first time in the...

The only real magic left in this world is intellectual property and its nigh supernatural ability to print money. With media conglomerates prioritizing their streaming services, beloved IPs have never been more valuable...

I’ve just finished a book that I recommend very highly to anybody interested in freedom of speech and expression. In fact, of all the books I’ve read in the last few years on this topic, this is up there at the top...

A new Star Wars biography-style book is coming with the name Skywalker: A Family At War. This book will be legit canon, official canonical material, meaning it only uses and expands upon Star Wars stories that are...