In any 24 hours there might be sleeping,eating,kids,parents,friends,lovers,work,school,travel,deadlines,emails,phone calls,Facebook,Twitter,the news,the TV,Playstation,music,movies,sport,responsibilities,passions,desires,dreams.Why should you stop what you're doing and read a bookPeople have always needed stories. We need literature - novels,poetry - because we need to make sense of our lives,test our depths,understand our joys and discover what humans are capable of. Great books can provide companionship when we are lonely or peacefulness in the midst of an overcrowded daily life. Reading provides a unique kind of pleasure and no-one should live without it.In the ten essays in this book some of our finest authors and passionate advocates from the worlds of science,publishing,technology and social enterprise tell us about the experience of reading,why access to books should never be taken forgranted,how reading transforms our brains,and how literature can save lives. In any 24 hours there are so many demands on your time and attention - make books one of them.Carmen CallilTim ParksNicholas CarrMichael RosenJane Davis Zadie SmithMark Haddon Jeanette WintersonBlake MorrisonDr Maryanne Wolf & Dr Mirit Barzillai
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099565949Number of pages: 192Weight: 182 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm
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A strong argument for making "reading more" one of your new Year's ResolutionsNot having enough time to read is a common complaint. But as this collection of essays by ten committed bibliophiles attempts to show,reading should be an activity as regular as brushing your teethEbullient... Subtle... Inspiring and impassioned... This advocacy for intense reading is punchy and sharpA delightful collection of essays from luminaries of the book world... Some are personal,some political,but all are passionate
Mark Haddon
An author of children's and adult fiction as well as graphic novels and poetry,Mark Haddon is best-known for his bestselling 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His other work includes: The Red House,A Spot of Bother and The Pier Falls.
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