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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
A memoir of loss, friendship, and literature explores how the author and her husband, devastated by the deaths of family members and the loss of their home in Hurricane Katrina, established a reading group with friends who also endured difficult life setbacks.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Basado en las últimas investigaciones sobre neurociencia y comportamiento, y en experiencia como crítica de literatura infantil en The Wall Street Journal, Meghan Cox Gurdon describe los beneficios cognitovos y socioemocionales de la lectura en voz alta a cualquier edad.
Grounded in the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, and drawing widely from literature, The Enchanted Hour explains the dazzling cognitive and social-emotional benefits...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"An eye-opening exploration of "book hunger"--the unmet need for books in underserved communities-and efforts to universalize access to print. Worldwide, billions of people suffer from book hunger. For them, books are too few, too expensive, or do not even exist in their languages. Lea Shaver argues that this is an educational crisis: the most reliable predictor of children's achievement is the size of their families' book collections. This book highlights...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Reading, despite often being a solitary activity, is one of the greatest ways for us to connect to others, across continents, centuries, and divisions imposed by societies. Reading can inform, inspire, console, emancipate, motivate, subvert. This Very Short Introduction explores the fascinating history of reading, showing how innovations in printing, combined with the rise of public education, helped democratize literacy from the 18th century onwards....
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Books, even obscure ones, are readily available online in the age of digital retail. As bookstores attempt to find their identity in a new era, some have survived by selling everything from toys to socks, coffee to stationery. In this short book, Jeff Deutsch, the director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago, aims to make the case for the value of spaces devoted to books and the value of the time spent browsing their stacks. It is a defense...
Author
Series
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-first-century culture is obsessed with books. In a time when many voices have joined to predict the death of print, books continue to resurface in new and unexpected ways. From the proliferation of "shelfies" to Jane Austen-themed leggings and from decorative pillows printed with beloved book covers to bookwork sculptures exhibited in prestigious collections, books are everywhere and are not just for reading. Writers have caught up with this...
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