The ‘French Bill Gates,’ tech entrepreneur Alexandre Mars, aims to make giving the norm In tech, it’s rare for someone who’s been successful starting and selling companies to quit that work around the age… Read More
‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ unearths the wacky world of corporate musicals: Where did they go? No fan of Broadway musicals should miss classics like “I Never Enjoyed My Operation More,” “My Insurance Man” and “My… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere dishes leadership advice and recipes in new #SlowCookerSunday cookbook All of those Sundays in front of the slow cooker have paid off for T-Mobile CEO John Legere — and… Read More
Goodreads reveals best books of 2018 with more than 5 million votes across 21 categories It’s that time of the year to check off what to get the readers on your holiday gift list. Good… Read More
Cosmos on your coffee table: These big books make a big impact for holiday giving If you’re going to give somebody a book for the holidays, why not go big? In this age of ebooks,… Read More
Geek of the Week: Yi Yang’s love for video games taught him English, so he wrote a book about it Students in China who wish to study in the U.S. can often find the advanced vocabulary English tests to be… Read More
‘Magic: The Gathering’ returns with a new comic book in celebration of 25th anniversary Wizards of the Coast and IDW Publishing announced this week that, as part of the ongoing festivities surrounding the 25th… Read More
As thousands set out to hack for Microsoft, book chronicles two defining projects for accessibility The idea of a hackathon at any company is to harness the energy and creativity of employees to find new… Read More
‘The Expanse’ co-author Daniel Abraham tells the inside story about sci-fi books, TV … and politics There’s more to Daniel Abraham than “The Expanse.” To be sure, the science-fiction saga about our future fractious solar system… Read More
Google Doodle honors Seattle author Octavia E. Butler, a voice for sci-fi diversity Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler passed away in 2006, but she’s getting timely good wishes today on what would… Read More
Memoirs, thrillers and more page turners: Amazon editors select the 20 best books of the year so far Halfway through 2018, there are plenty of great books which already deserve a spot in your beach bag. Editors with… Read More
It’s a fact: Bill Gates is gifting one of the most important books he’s ever read to U.S. college grads Hey, college grads, Bill Gates wanted to offer his congratulations on your achievement by giving you all a gift. Sorry,… Read More
Bill Gates wrestles with big questions in five books that make up his latest summer reading list It’s a small pile of books that Bill Gates is lifting to show off his 2018 summer reading list. But… Read More
‘Eggs’ for alien Earths? At 94, physicist Freeman Dyson’s brain is still going strong Alien megaspheres … rockets powered by nuclear bombs … freeze-dried life in outer space: These are just some of the… Read More
Will new Amazon service box out another small bookstore? One seller’s take on staying relevant Like many small, independent book sellers, The Reading Bug has done everything in its power to create a space and… Read More
Pluto’s champion recounts first mission to icy world – and gears up for the next one It took nine years for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to get to Pluto, and laying the groundwork for that history-making… Read More
Emily Chang on the ‘Brotopia’ of Silicon Valley, and how companies can tackle a toxic culture Silicon Valley is the birthplace of some of the most innovative companies in the world — Apple, Google and even Facebook… Read More
Bezos, Musk and more: Space billionaires take the spotlight in books and on TV Space is hard: That used to be the excuse for explaining why sending people into space would always be something… Read More
Bill Gates and teen daughter share love for author John Green and pen joint review of his latest book Phoebe Gates, the 15-year-old daughter of Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, has apparently inherited her father’s love of reading. In a… Read More
Portland science-fiction great Ursula K. Le Guin mourned in the Northwest and beyond Science fiction and fantasy writers around the Pacific Northwest and around the world are paying tribute to award-winning author Ursula… Read More
Bill Gates wants you to curl up by the fireplace with these five amazing books he read in 2017 Bill Gates travels the world to all sorts of exotic places and probably gets to meet with pretty much anyone… Read More
Science fiction authors Andy Weir and Neal Stephenson look at life after ‘The Martian’ What could be better than hearing a science fiction writer talk about how to create whole new worlds? How about… Read More
Holiday science book guide for 2017: Give them the cosmos for Christmas When it comes to holiday gifts, books are tricky things: How do you know your gift book will resonate with… Read More
Get a double dose of ‘Year in Space’ lore from astronaut (and author) Scott Kelly Space fans are used to seeing double when they’re keeping track of twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, but this… Read More
Amazon to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ books into new fantasy television series “The Lord of the Rings,” the celebrated fantasy book series by J.R.R. Tolkien that became a worldwide film phenomenon is… Read More
You’ve got a lot of reading to do: Amazon releases Best Books of 2017 across multiple categories It’s almost the end of the year, and if you still haven’t finished that pile of best beach books from… Read More
Audible unveils romance audiobook service — including a feature to jump to ‘the good parts’ For lovers of romance novels, there’s a lot more to love with the release of Audible Romance, a new package… Read More
After years of campaigning, Seattle finally wins UNESCO’s laurel for literature It only makes sense that Seattle is now officially one of UNESCO’s Cities of Literature, considering that it’s home to… Read More
Thousands of trick or treaters converge on epic Harry Potter Diagon Alley in Seattle driveway Jon Chambers was truly blown away. The Seattle dad who wanted to create something cool for his kids for Halloween… Read More
Construction wizard! Seattle man builds a giant Diagon Alley from Harry Potter in his driveway Up and down the streets of every neighborhood in Seattle, new construction is a familiar sight. But in one driveway… Read More
