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HuffPost Readers Respond: What Book Changed Your Life?

Posted 09.29.2011

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We all have them, those books that you feel changed some aspect of you or shaped you as a person. Lately, we've been curious as to what they are. ...

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Do Books Influence Where You Go On Vacation?

Posted 09.27.2011

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Like movies and TV, books have a way of reaching into our subconcious and taking hold, influencing our decisions on everything from what to wear, what...

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Reading Plato With Columbia Students

Megan Doherty | Posted 05.25.2011

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I faced my first Core Curriculum class at Columbia last week armed with the names of my 20 students and a heavily annotated copy of Plato's Republic.

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Salinger, Huxley, Steinbeck: Great Books Hated During Their Time

Cracked | Jacopo della Quercia | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many, if not most, of the books you were handed in high school as required reading were hated by critics and readers alike when they first hit shelves...

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5 Great Books For Strong, Adventurous, Smart Young Girls

Flashlight Worthy Books | Leah Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are nice stories, but if you want your daughter to dream of more than just kissing the prince, the following books may ...

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Huffington Post Readers' Picks: 13 Great Overlooked Books By Famous Authors (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, we posted a list of 12 great books by famous authors that are often overlooked by popular culture, and we were happy to see that HuffPost r...

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Competition is NOT Healthy

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

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Competition is not health for you or your company and I know you've been told the exact opposite your whole life. But if you look at the most success...

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3 Short Books To Live By (And They're Not On Any Bestseller List)

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are some books that really can change your life. They are not written to the demands of the bestseller list. They are short, borne out of deep experience, and filled with wisdom.

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Read All Day: And I Did

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the past year I have read a book a day. Every day for 365 days. I didn't just read, I also wrote and posted on my website my response to what I'd read, my personal and visceral reaction to the book.

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Does the Ivy League Turn You Into a Moron? Walter Kirn Critiques Princeton in "Lost in the Meritocracy"

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Walter Kirn, author of the novels Up in the Air and Mission to America, has written the most enticing recent indictment of education in this country.

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Education in Chicago: Wringing The Passion Out Of Higher Learning

Bill Sweetland | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here is the unacknowledged truth of undergraduate life in 2009: Everyone, students included, feels alienated and bored by what we have made our universities.

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Dr. Frankenstein, CEO

Tom Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

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We're told from many quarters that the humanities are in serious trouble now because of our tough economic times. But it's precisely a lack of ground...

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