A Nation Of Bookworms

Author : Jiří Trávníček
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN 13 : 8024646617
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Nation of Bookworms? written by Jiří Trávníček and published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nation of Bookworms takes an in-depth look at the reading culture of the Czech Republic--the country with the highest number of libraries per capita worldwide. Drawing on studies and oral interviews of Czech readers conducted by the National Library of the Czech Republic and the Institute of Czech Literature between 2007 and 2018, the book presents intriguing new research on Czech readership and society. Jiří Trávníček deftly sifts through hard data and first-person reportage, illuminating the myriad components that make up reading culture, such as print-reading, screen-reading, libraries, book sales, the social lives of readers, time spent reading, and reading preferences. Trávníček also takes a global look at literary love, exploring the parallels between the reading cultures of other countries and the Czechs’ unique fervor for the written word. Nation of Bookworms is essential reading for bibliophiles on every continent.

Author : Jiří Trávníček
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788024646626
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Author : Pamela Parmal
Publisher : MFA Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780878468768
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fabric of a Nation written by Pamela Parmal and published by MFA Publications. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mother stitches a few lines of prayer into a bedcover for her son serving in the Union army during the Civil War. A formerly enslaved African American woman creates a quilt populated by Biblical figures alongside celestial events. A Diné women weaves a blanket for a U.S. Army soldier stationed in the Southwest. A quilted Lady Liberty, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln mark the resignation of Richard Nixon. These are just a few of the diverse and sometimes hidden stories of the American experience told by quilts and bedcovers from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Spanning more than four hundred years, the fifty-six works of textile art in this book express the personal narratives of their makers and owners and connect to broader stories of global trade, immigration, industry, marginalization, and territorial and cultural expansion. Made by Americans of European, African, Native, and Hispanic heritage, these engaging works of art range from family heirlooms to acts of political protest, each with its own story to tell.

Author : John Francis Xavier O'Conor
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 1-26 include a supplement: The University pulpit, vols. [1]-26, no. 1-661, which has separate pagination but is indexed in the main vol.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
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Author : Anna Lorraine Guthrie
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1468 pages
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Download or read book Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature written by Anna Lorraine Guthrie and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An author subject index to selected general interest periodicals of reference value in libraries.

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Total Pages : 1466 pages
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Author : K. Boehm
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137283653
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bodies and Things in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture written by K. Boehm and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides fresh perspectives on the object world, embodied experience and materiality in nineteenth-century literature and culture. Contributors explore canonical works by Austen, Brontë, Dickens and James, alongside less-familiar texts and a range of objects including nineteenth-century automata, scrapbooks, museum exhibits and antiques.

Author : Robert Peter Tristram Coffin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
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