In Our Own Image
Book
Twenty years ago, before the era of digital cameras, cell phones, Photoshop, and the World Wide Web,...

Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail
Book
Day One, and already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished...

Island: World Book Day 2017
Book
A hopeful and moving coming-of-age story set on the island of Lindisfarne, by David Almond, author...

Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
Book
How will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing...

J.K. Simmons recommended To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) in Movies (curated)

The Retreat of Western Liberalism
Book
In his widely acclaimed book Time to Start Thinking, Financial Times columnist and commentator...

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Music and Entertainment
App
Play the craziest instruments with Carl. Now with an crushing percussion instrument! And still...

Moshi Moshi
Banana Yoshimoto and Asa Yoneda
Book
In Moshi-Moshi, Yoshie’s much-loved musician father has died in a suicide pact with an unknown...
Fiction

Things That Happened Before the Earthquake
Book
Welcome to LA? Nineties’ Hollywood gets an Italian makeover in this poignant and ruefully funny...
Fiction

Girl in the Walls
Book
“Those who live in the walls must adjust, must twist themselves around in their home, stretching...
Coming of Age Literary Fiction Gothic