7 min read ⌚ “There is no story that is not true… The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others,” writes Chinua Achebe in “Things Fall Apart.” And he goes on to retell the true story of Africa – through the eyes of the Africans. Read it […]
4 min read ⌚ Be warned: “Flowers in the Attic” is a disturbing piece of work. But I personally love those kinds of stories, and if you are anything like me, you will hate yourself that you can enjoy such a twisted tale. And yet, you will not be able to stop reading! What is it […]
4 min read ⌚ It cannot get more tragic than this: Antigone, the child of an incestuous marriage of one of the most famous of Sophocles’s heroes Oedipus, suffers after the death of her father-brother, because of the quarrel of her other brothers. Wait, what? Yes, we know that family relations are a bit complicated in […]
5 min read ⌚ How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field The difference between you and the people that have succeeded achieving their dreams is not your IQ, but a simple change in perspective. Who Should Read “Get Smart!”? And Why? “Get Smart!” is a book that will […]
5 min read ⌚ The Book of Going Forth by Day What did Ancient Egyptians believe about death and the underworld? What do the writings on the walls of pyramids and sarcophagi mean? “The Egyptian Book of the Dead” has the answers. Who Should Read “The Egyptian Book of the Dead”? And Why? “The Egyptian Book […]
4 min read ⌚ A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising Twitter, YouTube, and Google have used his campaigns as case studies. AdAge, the New York Times and Fast Company have written about his work. And now, in this book – Growth Hacker Marketing – media strategist Ryan Holiday, puts altogether – experience, […]
5 min read ⌚ This 1949 play is really a life-altering one. It gives an unbiased view of how ambition can sometimes become your biggest enemy. We put the story in a nutshell so that anyone can extract the key takeaways from it. Who Should Read “Death of a Salesman”? And Why? Death of a Salesman […]
10 min read ⌚ There aren’t many plays more performed than Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House.” In fact, quite probably, if there are, they are either by Shakespeare or Chekhov. Unsurprisingly, since “A Doll’s House” is widely considered one of the greatest plays ever written. And it treats problems which are still problems in most of […]
6 min read ⌚ There aren’t many Norwegians more famous than Henrik Ibsen and Hedda Gabler. Interestingly enough, the latter is the maiden name of a girl who never really existed. Read our “Hedda Gabler” summary to find out why she seems more real than some people who have. Who Should Read “Hedda Gabler”? And Why? […]
6 min read ⌚ About two centuries ago, it would have been strange if you considered Shakespeare a better writer than Milton and if you didn’t think of “Paradise Lost” as the greatest book ever written – in the English or any language. Read our summary and find out why. Who Should Read “Paradise Lost”? And […]
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