I n the late summer of 1917, following the first signs of the tuberculosis that would kill him within a decade, Franz Kafka went to stay with his sister in the Bohemian countryside. During this unexpe...
04.24.2024 Theguardian.com and 2 sitesDr (Prof) Sadhana Kala is a USA-trained robotic & laparoscopic surgeon, Uppsala University, Sweden, trained fertility specialist, and ‘National Icon Endoscopic Surgeon' of India. University topper and...
04.21.2024 Indiatimes.comThe Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced its first wave of program details for its upcoming 58th edition, which is set to take place from June 28 through July 6, 2024. The Czech fest...
04.23.2024 Yahoo.comAt the start of 1900, 10 days into the new century, a 17-year-old James Joyce delivered a lecture to the Literary and Historical Society at University College Dublin. His topic: “Drama and Life. ” His...
04.19.2024 Washingtonpost.comEleven years ago, a startup promised to solve the problem of food. Soylent was a venture-capital-funded meal-replacement product composed of such ingredients as soy protein and maltodextrin; it could be consumed as a convenient shake, and it provided a way of getting calories into a body without all the bother of cooking, chewing, or tasting very much. It also inspired a certain amount of skepticism. One could be forgiven for wondering (and many did) whether the new product—a fortified beverage ...
04.24.2024 Newyorker.comThis year’s edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is set to present a retrospective on Franz Kafka and his influence on cinema, dubbed The Wish To Be A Red Indian: Kafka and Cinema ....
04.23.2024 Deadline.com and 1 sitesChrystia Freeland’s recent budget was another assault on investment in Canada, which is the chief engine of economic growth and therefore of per capita income and wealth of Canadians. The budget proje...
04.22.2024 Theepochtimes.com and 1 sitesThis is a guest post by Manuscript Division historian Barbara Bair. In honor of Poetry Month, join professors and coeditors Eric Keenaghan and Rowena Kennedy-Epstein as they discuss their new book The...
04.23.2024 Loc.govIn this news The books represent a great passion for many fans of the subject, each one immerses the reader in a single and complete world. The author’s writing style generates an almost unrepeatable ...
04.23.2024 Euro.eseuro.comInternational Book Day 2024 is a special occasion to celebrate the love of reading, creativity and imagination. April 23 is a date to remember the transformative power of books and how they can take us to unknown places, inspire us and help us learn....
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