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A Lifetime of Fiction
The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
A Lifetime of Fiction: The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102 is the most authoritative set of fiction book recommendations in the United States because it is a composite of the most noteworthy book award lists, best book publications, and recommended reading lists from leading libraries,...
Lit Up
One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-four Books That Can Change Lives.
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
A bestselling author and distinguished critic goes back to high school to find out whether books can shape lives
It's no secret that millions of American teenagers, caught up in social media, television, movies, and games, don't read seriously-they associate sustained reading with duty or work,...
Bestseller
A Century of America's Favorite Books
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
Whether curled up on a sofa with a good mystery, lounging by the pool with a steamy romance, or brooding over a classic novel, Americans love to read. Despite the distractions of modern living, nothing quite satisfies many individuals more than a really good book. And regardless of how one accesses...
Women’s Bookscapes in Early Modern Britain
Reading, Ownership, Circulation
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Women in 16th- and 17th-century Britain read, annotated, circulated, inventoried, cherished, criticized, prescribed, and proscribed books in various historically distinctive ways. Yet, unlike that of their male counterparts, the study of women’s reading practices and book ownership has been an elusive...
by STEVEN GILES
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Do you want to Read Faster, Take in more and improve yourself?
Learn the fundamentals of speed reading with techniques and methods to learn fast!
Basic and Advanced Speed reading techniques!!
You Will Learn The Following:
The History of speed reading
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Book Girl
A Journey through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
When you hear a riveting story, does it thrill your heart and stir your soul? Do you hunger for truth and goodness? Do you secretly relate to Belle’s delight in the library in Beauty and the Beast?
If so, you may be on your way to being a book girl.
Books were always Sarah Clarkson’s...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
This book contributes significantly to book, image and media studies from an interdisciplinary, comparative point of view. Its broad perspective spans medieval manuscripts to e-readers. Inventive methodology offers numerous insights into visual, manuscript and print culture: material objects relate...
by Paul Raphael Rooney
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
The railway was one of the principal Victorian spaces of reading. This book spotlights one of the leading audience demographics in this late-Victorian market: the newly empowered readers of the expanding middle class. The transactions in which late-Victorian readers acquired the books read whilst...
My Life with Bob
Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Twenty-five writers divulge the special books-all 250 of them-occupying the prime real estate next to their beds: how they got there, what makes them stand out, what longings they fulfill. Along the way, the wordsmiths offer insights into their own literary pursuits and why reading is such a critical...
by Whiz Books
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler | Trivia/Quiz for Fans
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved, Kate Bowler's newest novel, is a story that helps us understand the thoughts and experiences of a person who is struggling with cancer....
by Thomas Robbins
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2017
You are having trouble with slow reading, quick comprehension, bad memorization and short memory loss? This is definitely the book for you! We will provide you with multiple ways to increase your speed reading rate. With our absolutely effective and efficient methods, we will double, triple, and...
Reading Diversity through Canadian Picture Books
Preservice Teachers Explore Issues of Identity, Ideology, and Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
What is the value of picture books in educating a diverse society? This collection of original essays explores how preservice teachers from faculties of education across Canada engage with issues of diversity and national identity as represented in children’s picture books. Based on research drawn...
Reading as Democracy in Crisis
Interpretation, Theory, History
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
Reading as Democracy in Crisis: Interpretation, Theory, History explores the dialectic between historical conditions and the reading strategies that arise from them. Chapters covering Plato and Derrida; G.W.F. Hegel; Karl Marx; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Robert Penn Warren; Louise Rosenblatt; Theodor Adorno,...