#The key to survival: Find five people. Hold them close.

#The key to survival: Find five people. Hold them close.

“#The key to survival: Find five people. Hold them close.” Close relationships—about five of them—are as essential as food and water, according to this author Loneliness kills, and friendship preserves. There’s really nothing else—not exercise or even quitting smoking—that matches the positive effect on mental and physical health of having friends, writes the inventor of…

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#‘The Art of Paper Craft’ book features one-sheet paper creations using different techniques

#‘The Art of Paper Craft’ book features one-sheet paper creations using different techniques

“#‘The Art of Paper Craft’ book features one-sheet paper creations using different techniques” Paper art can be more appealing especially if done right. In a world where almost everything is transitioning to digital and electronic media, paper may be considered obsolete and that’s not what creatives don’t want to happen. Paper creations are beautiful. Paper…

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#Sheila Heti redefines what a novel can be

#Sheila Heti redefines what a novel can be

“#Sheila Heti redefines what a novel can be” It’s one of the last warm nights in October. I meet Sheila Heti at Bar Mordecai in Toronto for a drink before our recorded interview over dinner. She orders a gin and tonic and I have a dirty martini. It’s early, and the bar is empty apart…

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#Meet the ghostwriters who pen bestselling celebrity memoirs

#Meet the ghostwriters who pen bestselling celebrity memoirs

“#Meet the ghostwriters who pen bestselling celebrity memoirs” Don’t believe everything you read. The inspirational bestselling book by your favorite celebrity, sports figure or politician was likely penned by someone else. Even former first lady Michelle Obama, who had a huge 2018 bestseller called “Becoming” and received a whopping $60 million joint advance with her…

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#The search for Anne Frank’s betrayer

#The search for Anne Frank’s betrayer

“#The search for Anne Frank’s betrayer” No individual story of the Holocaust is as famous as that of Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager who hid from the Nazis with her family and friends in an Amsterdam attic for more than two years. The world at large knows her story because of the remarkable diary she…

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