I know: you’re on point, on task, and totally focused on achieving your professional goals. So if you’re going to spend time reading you want to read practical, nuts and bolts, how-to business books… ...

Both former President Obama and Mark Zuckerberg have publicly talked about how they like to regularly kick back with a good work of fiction. Are they just letting off steam after a hard day at their ...

Fiction reading can be viewed as a considerable factor in the rehabilitation process for persons on sick leave. This is the conclusion of a new interdisciplinary study on sick-listed women’s ...

December 4, 2014 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Ask a liberal arts major about the benefits of reading fiction and they'll regale you with all kinds of ...

Clients who seek solace by pouring their hearts out in Alison Kerr Courtney’s office don’t get rewarded with a Xanax or Prozac prescription. Instead, they walk away with a reading list. The founder of ...

Even after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published in 2007, Harry Potter's character, as well as Hogwarts and the world of wizardry, have lived on. But this longevity isn't only a result of ...

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As the founding director of the program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas, I, and my colleagues, use the humanities and the social and behavioral sciences to teach ...

In a haunting scene from Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling first novel, The Kite Runner, a young Amir watches helplessly as his best friend Hassan gets assaulted. As Amir stands paralyzed on the sidelines ...

If you are committed to the pleasures of reading you may be pleased to discover that there is evidence to suggest that reading fiction is good for you. In a paper published in Trends in Cognitive ...