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• Pete Conry

  

  20 hours ago

  Why Americans Care About Work So Much

  The Atlantic - Derek Thompson

  Here is a history of work in six words: from jobs to careers to callings. Until quite recently, we had little concept of “progress” in our labor. Around the world, people hunted or harvested, just as their parents and grandparents had. They hammered nails. They assembled gears and sewed thread and …

• Pete Conry

  

  20 hours ago

  Illuminations by Alan Moore audiobook review – mind-bending tales

  The Guardian - Fiona Sturges

  The Watchmen and V for Vendetta creator Alan Moore’s first collection of short stories spans 40 years of work and veers from playfully mind-bending to downright disturbing. The multicast narration is effective in a work that can sometimes feel overwritten on the page but, with its madcap set pieces …

• Pete Conry

  

  20 hours ago

  Is This Real Life?: 8 of the Most Surreal Books Ever Written

  bookriot.com - Rey Rowland

  I absolutely love reading strange or surreal books that leave me unsettled and with that “what the heck did I just read?” feeling. More often than …

• Pete Conry

  

  1 day ago

  What will English sound like 1,000 years from now — if it even exists?

  bigthink.com - Tim Brinkhof

  Contrary to what your high school teachers would have you believe, the rules of the English language are not set in stone but constantly evolving. …

• Pete Conry

  

  1 day ago

  Are Ancient Phallic Objects ... Exactly What They Look Like?

  The Atlantic - Sarah Sloat

  Just south of Hadrian’s Wall, the ancient stone barrier that cuts across England from coast to coast, is a Roman fort called Vindolanda. Built around 85 A.D. and occupied for more than 300 years, Vindolanda was the tense interstice between empire and unoccupied frontier—a largely self-contained …

• Pete Conry

  

  1 day ago

  9 of the Very Best Alternate History Books

  bookriot.com - Rachel Brittain

  When it comes to alternate history books, I love a story that really turns the past on its head. Give me game changing supernatural characters and …