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The Well of Loneliness — Radclyffe Hall

This story is about a tomboyish girl called Stephen. It traces her life from her birth and upbringing in a wealthy and genteel English family in the late 1800s, through the first world war and on to a successful career. … Continue reading
Why Don’t Students Like School? — Daniel Willingham

The reason children don’t like going to school is that it interrupts their education. — Jay Griffith at the RSA That quote could serve as a summary of this book. It’s a guide for teachers to make their classroom time … Continue reading
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper — John Allen Paulos

A mathematician reads the newspaper and comments on it from a mathematics-oriented point of view. That’s what this book is, and it’s a fun and interesting read thanks to Paulos’s clear writing and understated humour. I have a few of … Continue reading