Whittingtonpress https://www.whittingtonpress.com Literary blog with the most interesting book selections Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:43:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-logo-32x32.jpg Whittingtonpress https://www.whittingtonpress.com 32 32 From Fitzgerald to Hemingway: what to read during a break at work in scrubs https://www.whittingtonpress.com/from-fitzgerald-to-hemingway-what-to-read-during-a-break-at-work-in-scrubs/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:43:55 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=281 Medical professions require not only physical endurance, but also emotional stability. Each break becomes a precious opportunity to recuperate, and reading is one of the best ways to do this. Especially if the choice falls on the classics of American … Read More

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]]> Ernest Hemingway vs. F. Scott Fitzgerald https://www.whittingtonpress.com/ernest-hemingway-vs-f-scott-fitzgerald/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:27:25 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=268 Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald stand out as two of the most renowned American fiction writers of the 20th century. Though they were contemporaries and friends, they presented different perspectives and styles that came to define the vibrant “Lost … Read More

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]]> The Art of Adaptation: Navigating Challenges in Bringing Books to the Silver Screen https://www.whittingtonpress.com/the-art-of-adaptation-navigating-challenges-in-bringing-books-to-the-silver-screen/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:56:57 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=265 Adaptation, in the realms of literature and cinema, is an art form that requires a delicate balance between staying true to the source material and translating its essence into a visual medium. The process of transforming beloved books into captivating … Read More

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]]> Balancing Books and Words: How Literature Shapes Financial Thinking: https://www.whittingtonpress.com/balancing-books-and-words-how-literature-shapes-financial-thinking/ Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:09:50 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=258 There are many ways to expand your knowledge of finance and accounting. However, one of the most fascinating and little-studied methods is reading good literature. Books, whether classic fiction, mysteries, or nonfiction, can shape your financial thinking and provide unique … Read More

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]]> There are many ways to expand your knowledge of finance and accounting. However, one of the most fascinating and little-studied methods is reading good literature. Books, whether classic fiction, mysteries, or nonfiction, can shape your financial thinking and provide unique … Read More

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]]> Samuel Beckett “Murphy” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/murphy/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/murphy/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:51:23 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=223 The name of Samuel Beckett, one of the founders of the theater of the absurd, a prominent representative of modernism in European literature of the 20th century, is associated by many with his famous play “Waiting for Godot”, which has … Read More

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]]> https://www.whittingtonpress.com/murphy/feed/ 0 Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/a-christmas-carol/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/a-christmas-carol/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:48:17 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=220 On the eve of Catholic Christmas, we suggest reading (or re-reading) the most Christmas book in the history of English literature. It was “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens that made this holiday the way we know it now – … Read More

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]]> https://www.whittingtonpress.com/a-christmas-carol/feed/ 0 Ben McIntyre “Operation Minced” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/operation-minced/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/operation-minced/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:44:37 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=217 Operation Mince is a real-life British intelligence operation during World War II. A wide range of readers could learn about it already in the 1950s, when one of the main participants in the operation, Ewan Montgomery, published the fictional novel … Read More

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]]> Operation Mince is a real-life British intelligence operation during World War II. A wide range of readers could learn about it already in the 1950s, when one of the main participants in the operation, Ewan Montgomery, published the fictional novel … Read More

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]]> https://www.whittingtonpress.com/operation-minced/feed/ 0 Ray Bradbury “Dandelion Wine” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/dandelion-wine/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/dandelion-wine/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:39:44 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=214 All people come from childhood. But sometimes, we forget about it, adult life sucks us into its quagmire, and we stop making discoveries and enjoy the little things. Today we will dive into the world of a 12-year-old boy who … Read More

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]]> All people come from childhood. But sometimes, we forget about it, adult life sucks us into its quagmire, and we stop making discoveries and enjoy the little things. Today we will dive into the world of a 12-year-old boy who … Read More

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]]> https://www.whittingtonpress.com/dandelion-wine/feed/ 0 Saul Bellow “Henderson the Rain King” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/henderson-the-rain-king/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/henderson-the-rain-king/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:33:40 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=211 The novel “Henderson the Rain King” by the American prose writer, Nobel Prize winner in literature in 1976, Saul Bellow, is addressed to everyone who has ever lost interest in life and felt an all-consuming uncertainty. The same feelings overwhelmed … Read More

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]]> https://www.whittingtonpress.com/henderson-the-rain-king/feed/ 0 A book that will not leave you indifferent – “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/uncle-toms-cabin/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/uncle-toms-cabin/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:29:00 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=208 The days of segregation and oppression of the African American people are long gone with apartheid. But the horrors that happened less than a hundred years ago must not be forgotten in order not to make the same mistakes. Today … Read More

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]]> The days of segregation and oppression of the African American people are long gone with apartheid. But the horrors that happened less than a hundred years ago must not be forgotten in order not to make the same mistakes. Today … Read More

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