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Posted April 5, 2023 by Bona Puthtann 4500 0 96 89

បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរ គ្រប់ប្រជាជាតិក្នុងលោក សុទ្ធតែមានការចូលឆ្នាំរបស់ខ្លួន គ្រាន់តែប្លែកគ្នាត្រង់ការកំណត់ពេកចូល និងពិធីធ្វើខុសគ្នាប៉ុណ្ណោះ ។ ឯប្រជាជនខ្មែរ ក៏មានការចូលឆ្នាំប្រពៃណីរបស់ខ្លួន តាំងពីបុរាណកាលមកដែរ...

ការគំរាមកំហែងលើបណ្ដាញអ៊ីនធឺណិត

Posted October 17, 2022 by Bona Puthtann 4500 0 96 89

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Three cheers for the dull, factually correct middle

Posted October 17, 2022 by Bona Puthtann 4500 0 96 89

A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors. By Bill Gates I occasionally check the bestseller lists for ideas about what to read next. A few weeks ago I looked at the New York Times’s nonfiction list and got quite a surprise. The latest...

5 great books for the summer

Posted August 3, 2022 by Bona Puthtann 4500 0 96 89

I loved all of them and hope you’ll find something you enjoy too. By Bill Gates As I was putting together my list of suggested reading for the summer, I realized that the topics they cover sound pretty heavy for vacation reading. There are books...

Review: ‘Educated,’ by Tara Westover

Posted January 21, 2022 by Bona Puthtann 1163 0 64.3 3

By The New York Times America has struggled with the urban-rural divide for centuries, stretching all the way back to when Manhattan’s own Alexander Hamilton fixed his sights on backwoods whiskey distilleries as a revenue source for the new...

5 books I loved reading this year

Posted January 21, 2022 by Bona Puthtann 1163 0 64.3 3

By Bill Gates Lately, I’ve found myself drawn to the kinds of books I would’ve liked as a kid. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with science fiction. Paul Allen and I would spend countless hours discussing Isaac Asimov’s original Foundation...

5 Great Books I Read in 2020

Posted December 22, 2020 by Bona Puthtann 4500 0 96 89

It’s been an extraordinary year: a global pandemic, a historic U.S. election, protests against racial injustice, and months-long retreats into our homes and ourselves. Throughout it all, I’ve turned to books. By Melinda Gates Books, at their...

5 good books for a lousy year

Posted December 21, 2020 by Bona Puthtann 4500 0 96 89

In a year like this, sometimes you want to go deep on a tough issue. Other times you need a break. By Bill Gates In tough times—and there’s no doubt that 2020 qualifies as tough times—those of us who love to read turn to all kinds of different...

This book taught me a lot about the Spanish Flu

Posted June 19, 2020 by Bona Puthtann 1163 0 55.3 3

John M. Barry’s 2004 book The Great Influenza has never been more relevant. By Bill Gates My dad’s mom, Lillian Gates, was lucky to have survived the 1918 influenza pandemic. Unlike COVID-19, which is hitting older people the hardest, the...

An Auschwitz survivor’s guide to healing

Posted June 1, 2020 by Bona Puthtann 1163 0 55.3 3

Eger’s life story gives her fascinating insight into how people move on after trauma. By Bill Gates How do you move on after trauma? That’s a question many of us will unfortunately have to grapple with at some point in our lives. It’s certainly...

These two brilliant economists explain hot-button issues

Posted May 26, 2020 by Bona Puthtann 1163 0 55.3 3

Good Economics for Hard Times was written about a pre-COVID world, but it’s still relevant today. By Bill Gates Did you know that there’s no such thing as the Nobel Prize for Economics? The economics award that most people refer to as the Nobel...

Book review: Melinda Gates’ The Moment of Lift

Posted May 24, 2020 by Bona Puthtann 1163 0 55.3 3

There are many books out there on the shelves that explore the causes, systems, and prejudices behind global poverty. Rightfully so, I hasten to add, for what happens globally affects us all, whether we realize it at the time or not. No doubt the...

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