OnlySky, Inc.Most secular reading lists are just 'have you tried Hitchens?' This one actually expands the frame — 10 books that survived the DNF pile.
https://onlys.ky/10-eye-opening-secular-books-for-a-new-perspective/
Noisy Deadlines
This Grandpa BlogsWant to understand how Israel fights terrorism differently? This gripping account reads like a thriller but it's all true.
#Books #Bookreview #TrueStories #IsraeliIntelligence #BookClub #ReadingList
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/israels-financial-warfare-harpoon-review/
#Books #Bookreview #TrueStories #IsraeliIntelligence #BookClub #ReadingList
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/israels-financial-warfare-harpoon-review/
lzon_caI just finished re-reading Understand, by Ted Chiang
It's a short scifi story. It has similar themes to Flowers for Algernon.
Here's the link if you want to read it for yourself:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060101043301/http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/under.htm
I've also added it to my list of curios:
https://lzon.ca/curios
#SciFi #TedChiang #ShortStories #Bibliophile #ReadingList #Curios
Pixar almost failed. Jobs wanted to sell it multiple times. Persistence changed everything. Read about his wilderness years.
#Books #Pixar #NeverGiveUp #BusinessHistory #ReadingList
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/steve-jobs-second-act/
#Books #Pixar #NeverGiveUp #BusinessHistory #ReadingList
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/steve-jobs-second-act/
Humphrey ArcherHi #bookclub people
If you are looking for your next #read or your open #readinglist slots, may I recommend to you my latest volume of #shortstories
"The Machinery of Fate" is stuffed with murder and misadventure in which unwise or uncaring people meet their just rewards in death.
eBook: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-machinery-of-fate
Paperback: ISBN 9798224012893 and available from several catalogs
Boosts very welcome!
The Machinery of Fate ebook by Humphrey Archer - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Machinery of Fate A Further Anthology of Murder and Misadventure" by Humphrey Archer available from Rakuten Kobo. This ninth volume continues a series of short stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey's Paw” (W. W. ...
AndrocatHow many fiction stories do we have where some new magic or drug or technology provides the appearance of utility, but turns out to be a hidden plague, turning its users into zombies/beasts or otherwise impairs them?
Which ones can you recommend?
Finds by David10 Books Under 500 Pages That Actually Deliver
10 books between 400-500 pages that hit the sweet spot, long enough to build real worlds and develop characters, short enough to actually finish. Fantasy, horror, sci-fi, literary fiction, true crime, and more. From Tolkien to Stephen King to Andy Weir, these are the reads that deliver every time.https://findsbydavidblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/10-books-under-500-pages-that-actually-deliver/
Sim Barr📕 Hospital Sketches 📕
Louisa May Alcott served as a Union Army nurse for 6 weeks in Washington DC at the end of 1862. That time, cut short by a case of typhoid pneumonia, inspired her book Hospital Sketches- a short novel both humorous + devastatingly sad.
These are photos of what her world might have looked like during that time
#hospitalsketches #louisamayalcott #civilwar #warwounded #civilwarphotography #americanhistory #books #mybookshelf #booklist #readinglist
📕 Hospital Sketches 📕
Louisa May Alcott served as a Union Army nurse for 6 weeks in Washington DC at the end of 1862. That time, cut short by a case of typhoid pneumonia, inspired her book Hospital Sketches- a short novel both humorous + devastatingly sad.
These are photos of what her world might have looked like during that time
#hospitalsketches #louisamayalcott #civilwar #warwounded #civilwarphotography #americanhistory #books #mybookshelf #booklist #readinglist
