Children's Play: The Roots of Reading, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Landmarks and Mountains Of The Wild, comes a autobiographical essay on the importance of giving and receiving books....

This history of reading goes from the earliest examples of the clay tablets and cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to today's digital revol...

Features essays about why we read. This work explores the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin ...

An anthology of essays about the joys of reading and of giving books, from some of the world's most beloved writers. Inspired by and including Robe...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Roots of Love is about Family Constellation, which is an effective and powerful method to recognize family entanglements in the fami...

Reducere. A book on the religious, mystic origins and substance of philosophy. This is a critical survey of ancient and modern sources and of scholarly works...

Literary icon Edmund White looks back at his life in relation to literature, from the consolation found in Proust during a closeted time at boardin...

Louella has used every excuse under the sun to avoid reading. That is until one day when her brother convinces her to listen to a story. Mason sear...

DescriptionPhilosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary...

Publisher: Inter-Varsity PressAuthor(s): John (Author) PiperNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 139 x 215 x 14Cover type: Paperba...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Holly McKelveyIllustration(s): 500 Line drawings, color; 500 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 144Publ...

Ways of Reading is a best-selling textbook for undergraduate students of English Language and English Literature, providing readers with the tools ...

How do you create an active reader? Why is reading good for creativity? Why is it vital for teaching the next generation resilience and positive me...

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Publisher: Cinnamon PressAuthor(s): Jan FortuneNumber of pages: 146Collection: The Standing Ground TrilogyPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 198 x 1...

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodm...

DescriptionWhy should we read? We assume that reading is good for us, but often we cannot articulate exactly what it does for us. In this fascinati...

Reducere. In The Roots of Romanticism, one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers dissects and assesses a movement that changed the course ...

A full history of the festival of HalloweenPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Luke EastwoodIllustration(s): 10 Illustrations, black and whi...

Reducere. This book aims to cover four basic questions: Why do we read cards? What's so special about the Marseille Tarot? How can the cards uncover our blin...

In 1086, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. By skilful use of the Domesday record historian...

Homo Religiosus? Exploring the Roots of Religion and Religious Freedom in Human Experience - Timothy Samuel Shah, Jack Friedman

Reducere. A searing--and sobering--account of the legal and extra-legal means by which systemic white racism has kept Black Americans 'in their place' from s...

How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the...

Reducere. - Astute explication of where we are now, why the "Standard Model" is breaking down, and new models available to us - Opportunity to participate in...

Reducere. You're in for an exciting ride as incendiary writer Charlie Rider and the unforgettable Zadie Byrd Gray rise to meet the political challenges flung...

Reducere. This book consists of literal English translations of ten Socratic dialogues that have been largely neglected for the last century. Although everyo...

Reducere. Award NamePROSEAward categoryMusic/Performing ArtsBorn into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the nineteenth century, Charley Patton and Jimmi...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Christopher BlattmanNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 223 x 40Cover type: Hardback...

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodm...

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Reducere. With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted th...

Contributor(s): Author: Nicholas DawidoffIn a series of indelible portraits of country music stars, Dawidoff reveals, among others, Jimmie Rodgers,...

Reducere. The story begins in South America, where people who spoke Arawak-an Amerindian language fashioned a culture based on yuca or cassava farming, hunti...

The dangerous tendency to reduce theological positions to political ones has always fueled divisions in the Church, and it plagues debates surround...

An engaging and meticulously researched history of Texas Populism and its contributions to modern American liberalism

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Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Aviva ChomskyNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 131 x 209 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softback...