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Troy, by Stephen Fry
The legendary story of Troy, from the gigantic wooden horse to the (almost) invincible Achilles, is a classic case of a well-known story that is actually not well-known at all. We can usually recall the main plot points fine. A young prince from the city of Troy – Paris – takes Menelaus’ wife, the beautiful…
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
By now you’ve figured out that I really enjoy the work of science communicators. The teacher in me appreciates how some experts manage to explain complex subjects in a clear and accessible vocabulary. For a lot of people, the term science communicator is synonymous with Carl Sagan, who delighted the generation before mine with the…
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Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
This book was had been in my bookshelf for over a decade. I bought it in 2012, when it was re-released as a movie tie-in when Lincoln came to theaters, as you can see from the picture above. Yet I’ve never read it before this year. Maybe I was just swept by the marketing behind…
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Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin
On reading forums where I sometimes hang out, this novel by Gabrielle Zevin kept popping up for the past few months as a favourite among users. I was intrigued, so I jumped in completely blind. I didn’t even know what it was about, all I saw was the unusual title and the funky cover design.…
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It’s a Numberful World, by Eddie Woo (fr)
Eddie Woo est un enseignant de mathématiques australien qui s’est fait connaitre il y a quelques années grâce à ses leçons qu’il publie en ligne sur une plateforme bien connue. On n’a qu’à regarder son contenu pendant quelques secondes pour comprendre pourquoi. Sa passion pour le sujet et son talent pour expliquer très simplement plusieurs…
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Existential Physics, by Sabine Hossenfelder
Working with children, I get to hear a lot of questions. More importantly, I get asked a lot of questions I certainly don’t have the answer to, either because I just do not have the required knowledge, or simply because there is actually no answer. A good example I heard this year is “Was there…
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When the Body Says No : The Cost of Hidden Stress, by Gabor Maté
The very first article I wrote here was about Gabor Maté’s “Scattered Minds”, a fantastic book about ADHD. It’s the book that pushed me to go on this little blog project that I had been entertaining for a few months beforehand. Naturally, any other book written by the same author would catch my eye. “When The…
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Sous les Vents de Neptune, par Fred Vargas
C’est le troisième Fred Vargas que j’ai eu l’occasion de lire au cours des derniers mois, grâce aux suggestions judicieuses de mon épouse. Je peux maintenant dire que je comprends mieux ces lecteurs qui dévorent roman policier après roman policier, et surtout la présence des millions de ces livres dans les librairies. “Sous les Vents…
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Smart Brevity, by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz
HOW TO WRITE SO PEOPLE READ. Data shows reading habits have changed, so must the way we write. Axios founders present guidelines to help us write so people will want to read. Office e-mails, newsletters, articles, reports and others have to be more efficient. Here’s a quick look at what I learned from it. WHAT…
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Origin Story : A Big History of Everything, by David Christian
I was introduced to historian David Christian back when I was started my training to become a Montessori teacher, more than seven years ago. We watched his TED talk, as our trainer told us his approach to history was similar to what we promote in the Montessori pedagogy. Indeed, the author is a figurehead of…
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