Tag: books
Reading: Why you shouldn’t take books with you on vacation
Finally vacation, finally time to read. So as many books as possible in your holiday luggage? Wrong approach, thinks our author. He prefers to read what he finds on site…
Literature: Heaven and Hell in Los Angeles – Travel
American cinema is headquartered in Los Angeles. The film shapes the city: about the many residents who work for this industry or would like to work, and about the cinematic…
King of Pop: Two New Books on Louis Armstrong Culture
There is hardly a swear word that is as bad as “Uncle Tom” for an African American. Louis Armstrong repeatedly insulted her as such a traitor to his own people…
What books are you going to take with you this summer?
Yup, it’s summer. But beware, this year, between the masks, the hydroalcoholic gel and the health pass, you will not have much room in the suitcases. Fortunately, 20 minutes has…
Zadie Smith: “Thanks for not wanting to have fun.” – Society
Zadie Smith believes all writers are control freaks. A conversation about getting older, the question of why she shuns the public and what partner choice has to do with meaning…
New books on the history of slavery culture
Reading this narrow and, due to its sobriety, relentlessly illuminating overview book by Andreas Eckert on the history of slavery leaves bitterness and desolation in the end. Slavery has not…
Harry Potter, great Disney classics… How books are transposed into Braille
A book in Braille, with blank pages and – CTEB Give to touch the books that cannot be seen. This is the mission that a Toulouse association has given itself.…
College or high school student, have you been devouring books since the start of the health crisis? Tell us !
Some young people read a lot more since the health crisis. – Pixabay Do you prefer fantasy, science fiction, heroic-fantasy, detective novels or classics? Are you looking for the latest…
She launches boxes of second-hand books to “give them a second life”
Aurélie Bannwarth and her box. – Aurélie Bannwarth Aurélie Bannwarth had the idea, during the first confinement, to create the “Second Souffle box”. A box with subscription with books… second-hand.…