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POPSThe 10 Greatest Books of All Time Each individual top 10 list is like its own steeplechase through the international canon. List at the end of the clip, though I find Lev Grossman's intro more interesting.
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POPS25 Greatest Science Books of All Time The Origin of Species (1859) Darwin's masterwork is, undeniably, The Origin of Species , in which he introduced his theory of evolution by natural selection. Prior to its publication, the prevailing view was that each species had existed in its current form since the moment of divine creation and that humans were a privileged form of life, above and apart from nature. Darwin's theory knocked us from that pedestal. Wary of a religious backlash, he kept his ideas secret for almost two decades while bolstering them with additional observations and experiments. The result is an avalanche of detail—there seems to be no species he did not contemplate—thankfully delivered in accessible, conversational prose. A century and a half later, Darwin's paean to evolution still begs to be heard: "There is grandeur in this view of life," he wrote, that "from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
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POPSEtymology Dictionary I clipped this some time ago, however it never really took off, so to speak. IMO this is a great resource and one can spend quite a bit of time learning, and even being surprised. So here it is again.
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POPSElves in Chinese folklore They're top 10 widely spreadly elves in Chinese folklore,sorry it's too hard to translate their names to English,but the Chinese names are bellow: 狐仙(Fox spirits),龙女,夜叉(Yaksha),判官,牛头(Ox heads),马面(horse faces ),二郎(Erlang Shen ),七郎,刑天(Xing Tian),辟邪 I hope I can have time and ability to do some short description to each of them.There's already have a detailed list about Chinese mythology on Wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mythology), most of them have well described,but I think have some pictures will make more sense. ;)
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POPSAncient Texts Library You can find the Gilgamesh Epic, Enuma Elish, Sephir Yetzirah, Book of Dead, Celtic texts, Plato's dialogues or Rubaiyat of Omar Hayyam here.
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POPSWhy the Young Men Are So Ugly continued... it is only because of the tractors, the tractors in their blood, revving their engines, chewing up the turf inside their arteries and veins It is the testosterone tractor constantly climbing the mudhill of the world and dragging the young man behind it by a chain around his leg. In the stink and the noise, in the clouds of filthy exhaust is where they live. It is the tractors that make them what they are. While they make being a man look like a disease. I wish I didn't have to cut the poem. Anyway, some women can be so ugly too.
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POPSOn language and power A couple of good quotations on the importance of being able to express yourself clearly and well, to the effect that proper language leads to clear thinking.
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POPSMahfouz’s grave, Arab liberalism’s deathbed The Arab world's passage from progressive secularism to conservative religiosity in the last fifty years is illuminated by the work of Egypt’s greatest writer, says Tarek Osman. More at the source. Tarek Osman gives an interesting reading of culture and the text.
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POPSWhen Life Becomes Scentless The film Perfume portrays the world of a man who has an unparalleled, acute sense of smell. But what is life like for the millions of people who have lost it? The entire article is worth reading, whether you've read the novel or not. (I hope Das Parfum is as good as the novel.)
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POPS"Dick-Lit"? I was reading an interview in which Chick Lit authors were as asked if they thought the term Chick Lit was condescending. Meg Cabot wrote, I don't think the term is as bad as Dick Lit, which is what Nick Hornsby writes. I had never heard the term "Dick Lit" before, so I had to look it up.
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POPSMuslim teaching assistant gets suspended over veil issue Ms Azmi also told Today that her students - who were 11-year-olds and had "very good English" - had "never complained" that they found it difficult when she was wearing a veil. She insisted she could continue to carry out her duties "perfectly well" wearing the garment.
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POPSEerie and Creepy: Horror Comics Revisited I still browse the old issues with a great pleasure. With the legendary "Tales From The Crypt", these are monumental horror classics. You can find some nostalgic material here and a covers gallery.
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POPSMore bookworm sites Five more books sites, all from Britain. First one is a "Women's Site" and my favorite among others. All have RSS feeds to follow the updates via news aggregators.
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