After his hilarious chronicle about reading the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z – actually a-ak to zyweic – our fearless author, A.J. Jacobs, tackles a new intellectual adventure – an exploration of the most influential book in the world: the Bible. A.J. determined the best way to explore the Bible was to live it, as literally as possible. For one year.
The Early Starday-King Years: 1958-1961 is a 109-track, four-disc box set that compiles every track the Stanley Brothers cut for Starday and King during that era. At the time, the group were releasing albums both on Starday and King, so there was an immense amount of confusion between the releases; the box set helps clarify the matters, by gathering all of the music together and presenting it in chronological order. This way, it's possible to hear their progression, as well as the differences between the recordings for the two labels; on the King recordings, the Stanley Brothers tended to be more experimental, working in electric instrumentation. Though there is plenty of fine music on the set, The Early Starday-King Years is, overall, too thorough and extensive for anyone but bluegrass historians.
Comment la croyance peut-elle aller à l'encontre de ce que l'on sait ? Derrière cette question, volontairement provocante, Pascal Picq interroge les origines de l'Univers (le Big Bang), de la Vie, et de l'Homme sur la Terre. S'appuyant sur la longue histoire des sciences - une découverte en entraînant une autre -, il montre en creux la résistance de nos esprits modernes à comprendre le monde hors des sentiers sacrés. …