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Many people want we had extra time within the day to take a seat with a ebook: to get caught in place for hours, totally immersed. However studying briefly chunks doesn’t need to imply a shallow expertise: Some works even profit from these constraints. In the present day’s publication rounds up our writers’ solutions for what to learn while you don’t have a lot time—or a lot focus—to spare. I hope you take pleasure in nevertheless many moments of studying you possibly can steal away this weekend.
Books for the Busy Particular person
Seven Books to Learn When You Have No Time to Learn
By Bekah Waalkes
These titles are price choosing up, even in case you have solely a second to spare.
What to Learn When You Have Solely Half an Hour
By Celine Nguyen
A brief story has velocity and verve, and the most effective ones create an instantaneous, instinctual bond between the reader and the characters. (From 2024)
The Books We Learn Too Late—And That You Ought to Learn Now
By The Atlantic Tradition Desk
One of many nice, bittersweet pleasures of life is ending a title and fascinated about the way it might need affected you—if solely you’d discovered it sooner.
Nonetheless Curious?
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PS
I just lately requested readers to share a photograph of one thing that sparks their sense of awe on the earth. William P. shared this photograph of “the rock” at Morro Bay, California, “with night mild illuminating the ice crops overlaying the sand dunes.”
I’ll proceed to function your responses within the coming weeks.
— Isabel
