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Rereading Childhood Books
A Poetics
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Childhood books play a special role in reading histories, providing touchstones for our future tastes and giving shape to our ongoing identities. Bringing the latest work in Memory Studies to bear on writers' memoirs, autobiographical accounts of reading, and interviews with readers, Rereading Childhood...
by Will Schwalbe
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
“What are you reading?”
That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed...
Second Reading
Notable and Neglected Books Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
This collection of reviews and reevaluations by Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Jonathan Yardley considers lesser-known works from renowned authors and underappreciated talents, and offers fresh takes on old favorites. Yardley’s reviews of sixty titles include fiction by Gabriel Garcia Márquez,...
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised reading lists that...
by Beverly Darnall
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
Laura's List presents the First Lady's published list of recommended books, and builds on her public commitment to books and learning. Parents need basic tools to give their children opportunities to grow, and here is an easy-to-understand guide to great reading for kids-from a highly visible source,...
The Torchlight List
Around the World in 200 Books
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
In today’s world it seems that everywhere we turn we are saturated with book recommendations from talk shows, magazines, radio shows, friends, and top ten lists. But which books are really the best, and what effects do the books we read have on our intelligence? The Torchlight List has the answers....
The Mother of All Booklists
The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book is a long overdue composite of all the major booklists. It brings together...
The Reading Life
The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2019
The revered teacher and bestselling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters reflects on the power, importance, and joy of a life dedicated to reading books in this delightful collection drawn from his wide body of writings.
More than fifty years...
Bring on the Books for Everybody
How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Bring on the Books for Everybody is an engaging assessment of the robust popular literary culture that has developed in the United States during the past two decades. Jim Collins describes how a once solitary and print-based experience has become an exuberantly social activity, enjoyed as much on...
Summary and Analysis of How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Based on the Book by Thomas C. Foster
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of How to Read Literature Like a Professor tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Thomas C. Foster’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This authoritative guide—with a core focus on reading readiness and helping position children to succeed in school—offers more than 300 age-appropriate and subject-specific book selections from librarians for reading time with children. From board and picture books to hot new books, these recommendations...
by Melinda Thompson, Melissa Ferrell, Cecilia Minden
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Reading is a neurologically complex skill. So, it isn’t surprising that many children find learning to read difficult. Make learning to read more fun with award-winning Budding Reader eBooks, arguably the easiest learn-to-read book series on the market. These research-based eBooks were developed in...
by Melinda Thompson, Melissa Ferrell, Cecilia Minden
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Reading is a neurologically complex skill. So, it isn’t surprising that many children find learning to read difficult. Make learning to read more fun with award-winning Budding Reader eBooks, arguably the easiest learn-to-read book series on the market. These research-based eBooks were developed in...
by Melinda Thompson, Melissa Ferrell, Cecilia Minden
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Reading is a neurologically complex skill. So, it isn’t surprising that many children find learning to read difficult. Make learning to read more fun with award-winning Budding Reader eBooks, arguably the easiest learn-to-read book series on the market. These research-based eBooks were developed in...