“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
In one of the classics of literature, Jane Austen tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet, and her sisters as they try to live life in the confines of 19th-century English society, with a plot that centers around Elizabeth’s meeting with Mr. Darcy.
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I highly recommend the Audible version by Rosamund Pike which is glorious. For the print version get the Barnes and Noble Collectible edition.
Neo-Darwinist Richard Dawkins, turns the science of biology on its head, by looking at evolution from the “point of view” of a gene in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication.
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“How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends?” These are some of the questions, Stephen Hawking explores in his book, A Brief History of Time, where he gives his opinions on black holes and quarks, antimatter, and “arrows of time,” and the big bang.
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‘Where, you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.’
The story of a young orphan and the adventures that await her when she discovers a hidden door to a secret garden.
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How a criminal’s actions are fundamentally determined by their thoughts.
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