IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: From the Hamptons to upstate New York, it’s the criminal life in that state for two of our novels. Then two from London or the nearby outskirts. Set in the streets of New York ‘The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer’ by Joël Dicker If you’re looking for sleepless...
The House Committee on Public Accounts is convinced that ‘nil to zero’ error in textbooks and learning materials given to students can be achieved by putting in place more stringent measures for publication standards, aside from imposing penalties against those who committed mistakes, whether...
Moms have always gone crazy over books for their children—anything to make learning fun for them, right? Education, as they say, is priceless; but it doesn't hurt if we get to save a little. We know everyone misses the annual Big Bad Wolf event, especially since it wasn't able to mount one last...
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have distributed books and pairs of slippers for hundreds of children in Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, June 22, while conducting maritime exercises in the area. Personnel of the PCG’s BRP Tubbataha (MRRV-4401) and Coast Guard Public Affairs, in cooperation with...
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) Center for Continuing Professional Education and Development (CCPED) virtually launched two books via Facebook Live on June 16, 2021. Produced under the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Revised and Expanded Guidelines for Continuing Professional Education...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: The four novels today are a mixed bag of delights. We have the latest from crime fiction luminaries Mick Herron and Chris Brookmyre, a newly hailed author from India, and the new one from the author of “The Martian.” ‘Slough House’ by Mick Herron This is the...
This time, it’s going online As a bookworm, nothing beats a 2 a.m. drive knowing you’ll be in a massive place filled with books at discounted prices. Hosted regularly at the World Trade Center, open for literally 24 hours in a span of 10 days (at least before the pandemic), may it be shopping...
Lawmakers on Monday, June 14 grilled Department of Education officials for their alleged refusal to comply with the law that withdrew from the department the responsibility of procuring and developing books. DepEd has continued to take charge of book procurement even as the agency absorbed public...
Parents, more so children, have read at least one book by the famous children's author Eric Carle. He's even the illustrator behind all the vivid colors that make reading his books such a wonderful experience. GIVING HOPE. Eric Carle has written over 70 books that has inspired many children to...
One hundred years ago, it was Czech playwright and essayist Karel Čapek who first used the word Robot in his play Rossumovi Universal ni Roboti (Rossum’s Universal Robots), popularly known for its acronym as R.U.R. Launch Poster of the R.U.R. book (Embassy of the Czech Republic) R.U.R, a play...
Vice President Leni Robredo had to spend the last two weeks in quarantine after being exposed to a COVID-19 positive close-in security, but she used her time well. If she was not attending to her office’s various projects, Robredo can be found reading books about women leaders such as former...
The four novels today come from all points of the globe. From India to the UK, and from North America to South Korea. What unites these four novels, is the impeccable quality of the writing, no matter how different their genres are. ‘Death in the East’ by Abir Mukherge A double-locked room...
