My Favourite Translation Websites

Bookyards Editor: Here are my favourite websites for translation. Click on the link to access the site.

1) Google Translate

2) Free Translation Online

3) Translate.com

4) Collins Free Online Translator

5) Reverso Translation

6) DeepL Translator

7) Free Translation Online

The Top Ten Most Influential Books of All Time

Bookyards Editor: The top ten most influential books comes from this list .... The Top Ten Most Influential Books of All Time (American Spectator).

You can download a free ebook copy of the book by clicking on the bottom links.

1) The Bible

2) The Quran

3) On the Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Darwin

4) Das Kapital (1867) by Karl Marx

5) The Republic (380) by Plato

6) The Prince (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli

7) Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883) by Friedrich Nietzsche

8) On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543) by Nicolaus Copernicus

9) History of the Peloponnesian War (5th century B.C.) by Thucydides

10) The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890) by Alfred Thayer Mahan

Top 5 Free Online Encyclopedias

Bookyards Editor: Here are my top 5 free online encycpedias.

Wikipedia: General interest encyclopedia. Multiple languages.

Encyclopaedia Britannica: The world's oldest continuously published encyclopaedia.

Online Encyclopedia: Search over 200 individual encyclopedias and reference books from the worlds most trusted publishers.

Europeana Collections: Digital collection of scientific and cultural texts, images, videos, and sounds.

Grand Larousse encyclopédique: French language encyclopedia.

Best Places to Listen to Free Music Online

Bookyards editor: For music lovers, here is a list of the best places to listen to free music online.

Best Places to Listen to Free Music Online 

8tracks

What To Like

Lets you browse for music by mood
You can listen free without creating a user account
Apps are available for lots of devices

What To Not Like

Ads are shown
Streaming time is limited

⇢ 8tracks

AccuRadio

What To Like

Streams radio internet
Lets you skip songs an unlimited number of times
Every day, a different genre has commercial-free music
A user account isn't required

What To Not Like

Supported by advertisements

⇢ AccuRadio

Dash Radio

What To Like

Streams radio stations online
Multiple ways to find a new radio station to listen to
Sharing radio stations is easy
Mobile apps let you listen to the radio on the go

What To Not Like

Limited selection of genres
Some genres have just a couple radio stations

⇢ Dash Radio

Deezer

What To Like

Specific and unique genres to choose from
Apps are available for phones, tablets, computers, wearables, and more
Helps you discover new music based on your likes

What To Not Like

Shows ads
Streams at standard quality, not HD

⇢ Deezer

Google Play Music

What To Like

Lots of ways to find specific types of music
Works in several countries
You can stream your own music files
Custom playlists can be built to hold your music
Subscriptions are available for more features

What To Not Like

You have to sign in to your Google account to use it
Can't stream music on multiple devices simultaneously
Doesn't let you play specific music on-demand

⇢ Google Play Music

iHeartRadio

What To Like

Has lots of radio stations
Lets you make your own radio stations
Works without commercials
You don't need to make a user account to listen
You can pay for more features

What To Not Like

You can't play specific songs on-demand
The service contains advertisements
Only a specific number of songs can be skipped per day

⇢ iHeartRadio

IncusTunes

What To Like

Unique genres to help you find new music
Connects you to YouTube videos
Lets you seek forward and backward through songs
Unlimited skips

What To Not Like

Not as visually appealing as most streaming music sites

⇢ IncusTunes

Jango

What To Like

Streams radio stations made by other users
Lots of genres to find new radio stations
It's easy to find trending and popular radio stations
There are mobile apps
You can listen without making a user account

What To Not Like

Can't play specific songs, only premade stations
There's a limit on the number of times non-users can skip songs

⇢ Jango

Mixcloud

What To Like

Lots of ways to find a radio station
All the music is handpicked by real people
Apps let you listen from a phone or tablet
A user account isn't required (it is from the mobile app)

What To Not Like

It's supported by ads
Can't listen to specific songs on demand
You might not be able to seek backwards during a song, only forward
Songs can't be skipped

⇢ Mixcloud

MusixHub

What To Like

Streams video with the songs
You can replay the same songs over and over
Lets you skip to any part during a song

What To Not Like

Sometimes slower than other similar sites because videos are loaded, too
Connects you to premade albums, not individual songs you search for

⇢ MusixHub

Myspace

What To Like

Lets you play specific music of your choice
You can skip forward and back through any song
No user account is needed
Shows videos along with the songs

What To Not Like

Can't hide the video player

⇢ Myspace

Slacker Radio

What To Like

Streams music based on your likes
You can listen to stations made by others
The website is clean and easy to use
All the music is 100 percent free
Subscriptions let you pay for additional features

What To Not Like

Doesn't let you pick which songs to play
Has audio and visual ads
You can't skip over an unlimited number of songs

⇢ Slacker Radio

SoundCloud

What To Like

Constantly updated with new content
One of the best ways to find new artists and bands
Lets you listen to any song on demand
You can move back and forward through songs at will
Minimalist design
Also includes podcasts

What To Not Like

Doesn't include many of the same songs you hear from other music streaming services

⇢ SoundCloud

Spotify

What To Like

All the music is free
Includes modern and older music
Lets you make an unlimited number of playlists
Works on a variety of devices
More features can be had if you pay

What To Not Like

Doesn't let you stream specific songs on-demand
You must make a user account to listen to music
Limits the number of songs you can skip every hour
Some features work only if you pay
Shows ads

⇢ Spotify

StreamSquid

What To Like

Plays songs directly from YouTube, but without the videos
You have full control over playback: unlimited skips and scrubbing
Playing all songs from a search is really easy
Lots of ways to find music

What To Not Like

No iOS app
Doesn't let you import YouTube playlists

⇢ StreamSquid

TuneIn

What To Like

Includes thousands of live radio stations
Stations can be favorited for easy access later
Finding stations you like is easy
You don't have to make a user account to use the TuneIn website

What To Not Like

Doesn't let you pick which specific songs to listen to

⇢ TuneIn

The Early Harry Potter Books Are Worth a Lot Of Money

Another inscribed first-edition Harry Potter book, shown at The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh in 2017. Neil Hanna, AFP/Getty Images

Mental Floss: Two Harry Potter Books Worth Nearly $4000 Showed Up on Antiques Roadshow

First-edition Harry Potter books are extremely valuable—even more so if their pages contain a handwritten note from JK Rowling herself. A schoolteacher who owns early copies of Harry Potter book 1 and 2 in the series had both of these factors working in her favor when she brought them to the BBC program Antiques Roadshow for appraisal. Together, the two books are worth £2,000 to £3,000 (approximately $2600 to $3900), according to expert Justin Croft, who evaluated the books in a recent episode filmed in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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WNU Editor: They probably will be worth a lot more 50, 100 years from now.

Here Are 11 Public Libraries That Have Been Invaluable To World History

Oldest.org: 11 Public Libraries Invaluable to World History

Libraries around the world have long been revered as temples of human knowledge. They’ve been a part of monasteries, royal palaces, museums, universities and even hospitals. Some boast an incredibly romantic past while others, like the Library of Alexandria, were destroyed in war or purposely purged when rulers were replaced and governments fell. Many of these libraries have survived the trials of history and are home to some of the rarest collections that document cultures through the ages.

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WNU Editor: I would have put the Vatican Library on this list.

Here Are The 10 Best Online Dictionaries

Bookyards Editor: Here are our favourite online dictionaries.




Cambridge Dictionary Online

The Cambridge Dictionary is another well-respected print dictionary with a web counterpart.

⇢ Cambridge Dictionary Online



Collins Dictionary

Online Dictionary and Thesaurus from Collins with over 1 million words: Definitions, synonyms, pronunciations, translations, origin and examples.

⇢ Collins Dictionary



Dictionary.com

I love the domain name. It offers definitions, pronunciations, word origins and world history. It also is responsible for one of the best mobile dictionary apps, hands down.

⇢ Dictionary.com



Google Dictionary

You will need Google Chrome to get the most out of Google Dictionary. But aside from that, one of the best dictionaries that are currently online.

⇢ Google Dictionary



The Free Online English Dictionary from Macmillan Education.

The Free Online English Dictionary from Macmillan Education.

⇢ The Free Online English Dictionary from Macmillan Education.



Merriam-Webster Online

One of the most respected print dictionaries also has a website for your convenience.

⇢ Merriam-Webster Online



Oxford Dictionaries

The world's most trusted English Dictionary and Thesaurus. Find definitions, meanings, and word origins as well as help with writing, spelling, and grammar.

⇢ Oxford Dictionaries



The Free Dictionary

The Free Dictionary offers you the ability to search via words, characters or text. It also has a translator that works with common languages like French, German and Greek.

⇢ The Free Dictionary



Urban Dictionary

Your source for slang.

⇢ Urban Dictionary



Wiktionary

Like Wikipieda, Wikitionary has a community of editors that try to make it as accurate as possible.

⇢ Wiktionary