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Midnight Thoughts
There is something strange about the quiet of midnight. During the day, the world moves too fast to notice the small things. Conversations, responsibilities, noise, and expectations fill every corner of the mind. But when night comes and the lights are off, something different happens. The mind begins to speak.
By storiesa day ago in BookClub
The Spiral That Does Not Close
We began with a will that did not want a sword. We ended with a network that does not extinguish. Between them: a cosmos, a human, a method, a language, a self.
By LUCCIAN LAYTH3 days ago in BookClub
WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE
Wind-up Bird Chronicle is a famous work by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. This novel was published in Japan in 1996 and in Vietnam in 2006 through a translation by Tran Tien Cao Dang.
By HieuDinh5 days ago in BookClub
The Rise of Safety: The Story of Alexander Miles and the Automatic Elevator Door
In the past, riding elevators was complicated and dangerous The Rise of Safety: The Rise of Safety: The Story of and the Automatic Elevator Door
By TREYTON SCOTT6 days ago in BookClub
WHEN ANIMALS REIGN SUPREME
That's the preface to Karel Capek's novel, When Animals Reign Supreme, which perfectly encapsulates his ideas. In his work, Capek writes about a hypothetical scenario: the rise of a new salamander species just a few years after its arrival in the human world. His focus remains on the “reality” of the 1930s, the rise of fascism, the spark that ignited World War II, and the impending extinction of humanity. More than that, it serves as a prophecy for the future of humankind, a future that seems bleak if humanity remains consumed by greed, selfishness, bloodlust, and the illusion that humankind will forever stand at the top of the world.
By HieuDinh9 days ago in BookClub
James Parsons Jr
James Parsons Jr. (1900 -1989) – Iron alloy ORDER HERE In the vast and often overlooked world of industrial innovation, certain individuals shape the future not through fanfare or celebrity, but through the relentless pursuit of improvement. These are the inventors whose hands never rested, whose minds wove new possibilities from raw materials, transforming entire industries in the process. Among them stands James Parsons Jr. (1900–1989), a metallurgist and inventor whose work quietly laid important groundwork for the development of stainless steel—one of the most essential materials in modern technology, construction, and manufacturing.
By TREYTON SCOTT10 days ago in BookClub
From Dust to Destiny. AI-Generated.
The village road was never truly a road—just a stretch of stubborn earth that rose in dusty sighs whenever the wind passed. Every evening, as the sun dipped behind the cracked hills, the ground would glow gold for a few fragile minutes before surrendering to grey.
By Samaan Ahmad12 days ago in BookClub
The Last Memory: Chapter 8
"So, I will need my ID for this new job," Trenton said, taking a bite of her green beans. "Do you know where that is?" Pam looked at her closely before answering. "I know that I have it, but I will have to look to see where I put it."
By Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue14 days ago in BookClub
The Last Memory: Chapter 7
"What about that hardware store over there?" Trenton suggested, looking over at Pam. "I don't see how that could hurt," Pam said, pulling into a parking spot next to the store. "You go in and seeing they are hiring. I'm going to get a coffee from across the street."
By Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue14 days ago in BookClub
Peter Ayolov’s The Shapes of the Self: Identity and Recognition in Visual Space
Peter Ayolov’s The Shapes of the Self: Identity and Recognition in Visual Space (Book review) Peter Ayolov’s The Shapes of the Self: Identity and Recognition in Visual Space arrives not as an isolated philosophical meditation but as the culminating movement of the Mirror Selves Trilogy, following Identity Industrial Complex and Copyrighting the Self. If the first volume mapped the political economy of the human image and the second traced the juridical and proprietary capture of likeness, this final work undertakes the most ontological task of all: to ask what kind of self remains when the world itself has become image.
By Peter Ayolov14 days ago in BookClub
Why Observing Calm Is Being Written Slowly
For several months now, I have been working on a book titled Observing Calm: How a Chef Learned to Navigate Inner Storms, originally conceived in Italian as Osservando la Calma.
By Cristian Marino15 days ago in BookClub
The Last Memory: Chapter Five
Trenton walked down the stairs, feeling the air cool down around her as she got to the bottom. The basement was dark and there was only one light bulb on the ceiling to brighten everything up. Trenton scouted the room for the dryer, finding it in the far corner of the room. She opened the door, pulled the clothes out, and set them on top of the dryer.
By Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue16 days ago in BookClub