Great Books Reader The

Author : John Mark Reynolds
Publisher : Bethany House
ISBN 13 : 0764208527
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Books Reader, The written by John Mark Reynolds and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty 20-page excerpts of the most influential works of Western culture with essays on how they influenced Christian thought and practice.

Author : Thomas NICHOLAS (M.A. Ph.D.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Books and Reading: or, What to read and how to read. An inaugural lecture, etc written by Thomas NICHOLAS (M.A. Ph.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen R. Covey
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1633532860
Total Pages : 1080 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1 written by Stephen R. Covey and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader includes The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and First Things First, explained through infographics, videos and excerpts of teachings from his co-authored books Great Work Great Career and Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times. For 25 years, Stephen R. Covey’s step-by-step lessons have helped millions from all walks of life lead successful and satisfying lives. A new collection of Stephen R. Covey’s most famous work, supported with videos, explanatory infographics, self-tests and more, is here to continue those valuable lessons.

Author : John McCrossan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313007357
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Books and Reading in the Lives of Notable Americans written by John McCrossan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-03-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books and reading have contributed to the success of generations of Americans, many of whom have had distinguished careers and have left their mark on history. While the accomplishments of these notable Americans are well known, their adventures with books and reading are less familiar. Some have struggled to gain access to books, while others were fortunate enough to be exposed to literature at an early age. This reference surveys the role books and reading have played in the lives of notable Americans from colonial times to the present. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for 50 notable Americans from a range of historical periods, professions, and racial and ethnic backgrounds. Many are featured prominently in school and college texts, while others are a significant part of popular culture. Such diverse figures as Benjamin Franklin, Helen Keller, Willa Cather, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mark Twain, Oprah Winfrey, and Ronald Reagan are covered. Each entry includes a discussion of books and reading in the person's life, a chronology, and a brief bibliography.

Author : Mark I. West
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538175479
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theodore Roosevelt on Books and Reading written by Mark I. West and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Theodore Roosevelt had a passion for reading books, and he did not keep this passion to himself. He often wrote about his experiences as a reader and collector of books. He wrote scholarly essays about literature and literary history. He often wrote book reviews for such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, The Bookman, The Outlook, and The New York Times Review of Books. Roosevelt’s writings about books are worth reading for their own sake, for in these pieces he provided critical insights into influential books. His writings about books, however, are also important because they show how Roosevelt responded to the books that he read. Roosevelt’s reading influenced his thinking on the many topics that interested him, so these writings provide researchers with a better understanding of the role that books played in the formation of his ideas, attitudes, and political positions. Theodore Roosevelt on Books and Reading brings together for the first time Roosevelt’s writings about his experiences as a reader, his scholarly essays about literature and literary history, and his exuberant reviews of some of the books that he especially liked. A sister volume to Mark I. West’s Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill, this new volume features Roosevelt’s own responses to many of the books in his personal library. All of the selections in this volume reflect Roosevelt’s passion for reading. These selections will resonate with anyone who shares Roosevelt’s love of books.

Author : Fiachra Long
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1134792492
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Sacred Scriptures written by Fiachra Long and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading the Sacred Scriptures: From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and their Reception examines how the scriptures came to be written and how their authority has been constructed and reinforced over time. Highlighting the measures taken to safeguard the stability of oral accounts, this book demonstrates the care of religious communities to maintain with reverence their assembled parchments and scrolls. Written by leading experts in their fields, this collection chronicles the development of the scriptures from oral tradition to written documents and their reception. It features notable essays on the scriptures of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Shinto, and Baha'i. This book will fascinate anyone interested in the belief systems of the featured religions. It offers an ideal starting point from which undergraduate and postgraduate religious studies students, teachers and lecturers can explore religious traditions from their historical beginnings.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Rose
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191035416
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Readers' Liberation written by Jonathan Rose and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for example, by the sometimes rival claims of cultural history, contextualized explanation, or media studies. It is shaken from without by even greater pressures: by economic exigency and the severe social attitudes that can follow from it; by technological change that may leave the traditional forms of serious human communication looking merely antiquated. For just these reasons this is the right time for renewal, to start reinvigorated work into the meaning and value of literary reading. For the Internet and digitial generation, the most basic human right is the freedom to read. The Web has indeed brought about a rapid and far-reaching revolution in reading, making a limitless global pool of literature and information available to anyone with a computer. At the same time, however, the threats of censorship, surveillance, and mass manipulation through the media have grown apace. Some of the most important political battles of the twenty-first century have been fought—and will be fought—over the right to read. Will it be adequately protected by constitutional guarantees and freedom of information laws? Or will it be restricted by very wealthy individuals and very powerful institutions? And given increasingly sophisticated methods of publicity and propaganda, how much of what we read can we believe? This book surveys the history of independent sceptical reading, from antiquity to the present. It tells the stories of heroic efforts at self-education by disadvantaged people in all parts of the world. It analyzes successful reading promotion campaigns throughout history (concluding with Oprah Winfrey) and explains why they succeeded. It also explores some disturbing current trends, such as the reported decay of attentive reading, the disappearance of investigative journalism, 'fake news', the growth of censorship, and the pervasive influence of advertisers and publicists on the media—even on scientific publishing. For anyone who uses libraries and Internet to find out what the hell is going on, this book is a guide, an inspiration, and a warning.

Author : Martha C. Pennington
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351809067
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Reading Books Still Matters written by Martha C. Pennington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together strands of public discourse about valuing personal achievement at the expense of social values and the impacts of global capitalism, mass media, and digital culture on the lives of children, this book challenges the potential of science and business to solve the world’s problems without a complementary emphasis on social values. The selection of literary works discussed illustrates the power of literature and human arts to instill such values and foster change. The book offers a valuable foundation for the field of literacy education by providing knowledge about the importance of language and literature that educators can use in their own teaching and advocacy work.

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Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thoughts on Books and Reading. By Joseph Bevan Braithwate the Elder written by and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: