![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers will learn when and how to "judge a book by its cover," and also how to X-ray it, read critically, and extract the authors message from the text.Īlso included is instruction in the different techniques that work best for reading particular genres, such as practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science works.įinally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests you can use measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension, and speed. Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them-from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading. Mortimer Jerome Adler 1 offer from 14.99 Popular Highlights in this book What are popular highlights In tackling a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever stopping to look up or ponder the things you do not understand right away. ![]() With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material.Ī CNN Book of the Week: "Explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them. How to read a book: the art of getting a liberal education by Mortimer J. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While their pasts are not erased and the author doesn’t act as though they are which I appreciate, moving forward is something they are working on and they do it really nicely. And in the end, they discover what they really want out of life.Ĭallie and Kayden are well and truly together in this book and watching them navigate life is so sweet. But Callie and Kayden learn that as long as they have each other, they can make it through just about anything. The biggest decision they have at the moment is what they want to do with their lives in the future.Įventually, though, the past catches up with them and they’re left facing tough choices. They’re still dealing with their past and the pain connected to it, but for the most part they’ve moved on. Things are going well for Callie and Kayden. You can find my other two reviews here and here. Seeing the two of them in an established relationship is great and I love how the story has a happily ever after. This book wraps up the story of Callie and Kayden, nicely, despite not being the same standard as the first two books. Title: The Redemption of Callie and Kayden ![]() ![]() ![]() Even encountering these Brambly Hedge books for the first time as an adult, I am still charmed. How thrilling, to find a hidden staircase! How delightful the hidden apartment, with all its promise of secret play, would have seemed! How I would have loved the costumes that Primrose and Wilfred discover, the settings for their adventures, and the entire cozy world being depicted! The great baronial hall would have been a particular treat, I think. ![]() How I wish I had discovered these books - and especially The Secret Staircase! - as a young girl! I would have adored them, and most likely would have read them over and over again. Three years later, in 1983, Barklem released this fifth title, in which Primrose Woodmouse and Wilfred Toadflax discover a secret and long forgotten "apartment" at the top of Old Oak Palace, while searching for a place to rehearse for the recital they are to give for the great Midwinter Ball. The four titles, one for each of the seasons - Spring Story, Summer Story, Autumn Story, and Winter Story - were an immediate hit, with their charmingly detailed illustrations and engaging characters and stories, and won a devoted coterie of fans. ![]() ![]() In 1980, an English author and artist named Jill Barklem released four miniature picture-books about a close-knit community of hedgerow mice, all living, working and celebrating together. ![]() ![]() ![]() She grows close to her neighbour Odile, discovering they share the same love of language, the same longings. Lily is a lonely teenager desperate to escape small-town Montana. In Occupied Paris, choices as black and white as the words on a page become a murky shade of grey – choices that will put many on the wrong side of history, and the consequences of which will echo for decades to come. But then the Nazis invade Paris, and everything changes. When war is declared, the Library is determined to remain open. Odile Souchet is obsessed with books, and her new job at the American Library in Paris – with its thriving community of students, writers and book lovers – is a dream come true. ![]() ‘Delightful, richly detailed’ PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY ‘An irresistible, compelling read’ FIONA DAVIS ![]() ‘I devoured The Paris Library in one hungry gulp. ‘An irresistible and utterly compelling novel that will appeal to bibliophiles and historical fiction fans alike’ SUNDAY EXPRESS ‘ Heart-breaking and heart-lifting and always enchanting’ RUTH HOGAN ![]() ‘A wonderful novel celebrating the power of books and libraries to change people’s lives’ JILL MANSELL THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK HEROISM CAN BE FOUND IN THE QUIETEST PLACES – HOW LIBRARIANS DEFIED THE NAZIS ![]() ![]() And Toole's attempt to show that Lovelace anticipated the concept of object-oriented programming is rather comical. Her most significant work was an extensive set of notes, done in collaboration with Charles Babbage, that accompanied Babbage's description of the first computer - the Analytical Engine.īetty Toole's narration is well researched, but her obvious admiration for Lovelace often leads her to defend Ada's actions rather than examine them. with a number of writers building on Betty Tooles view of Lovelace as a. She was a capable mathematician with a talent for synthesis. Ada Lovelace is widely regarded as an early pioneer of computer science. Born in 1815, she was a friend of Charles Dickens and was tutored by scientific luminaries such as DeMorgan and Faraday. ![]() ![]() Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, is known for being the world's first programmer, for having the Department of Defense computer language standard named after her, and - to those who have read Gibson and Sterling's The Difference Engine - for her penchants for gambling and having affairs.Īn annotated collection of Lovelace's letters, Enchantress lets us see beyond the usual caricatures. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Listen in as they discuss the epidemic of chronic pain and the power of mindfulness to ease suffering of all kinds, the myth of the “good meditator,” the body as the starting point for practice, exploring your “emotionally freighted thoughts,” our longing to be who we really are, working with the mind and learning to inhabit a space of embodied awareness, the refuge that is meditation practice, letting go of our stories, befriending the sensory field of what we call pain, the miracle of life on Earth, the Buddha’s teaching on mindfulness as the direct path to liberation, surfing the waves of your own experience, unity within diversity and the arising of compassion, focusing on what’s right instead of what’s wrong, how we are all on a growth curve on life’s journey, and more. In this inspiring podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Jon about his empowering new book, Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief, and how we can greatly improve our lives (and our entire world) by reframing the way we relate to our thoughts, our minds, and the sensations of our bodies. Jon Kabat-Zinn has received international acclaim for his leading work in bringing the life-changing practices of meditation and mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society. Current statistics tell us that 20% of the US population has some form of chronic pain, defined as severe discomfort that has continued for six months or more. ![]() ![]() The epigraph might suggest a book somewhat heavy in life, but a book capturing the life and times of Teddy Todd should be. All this is served with a sparkle of humour that only exemplifies the emotional nuance Kate Atkinson has created. ![]() A God in Ruins is the story of a life built on fate, fiction, courage, and ruin. ![]() Finally, a passage from Scouting for Boys, describing King George and the Dragon how one should face danger no matter how ill-equipped or terrified. Ralph Waldo Emerson, writing in Nature: ‘a man is a god in ruins…' Sylvie Beresford Todd, mother of the novel's main protagonist Teddy Todd: ‘the purpose of Art is to convey the truth of a thing, not to be the truth itself'. A God in Ruins, the most recent triumph from Kate Atkinson, opens with three prescient passages. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Cambridge Companion to Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason is the first collective commentary on this work in English. Kant started this third project in the Critique of Pure Reason but would go on to complete it in two other works, Critique of Practical Reason and Critique of the Power of Judgment. Third, he suggests how the core beliefs of the Western metaphysical tradition that cannot be justified as theoretical knowledge can, nevertheless, be justified as objects of “moral faith” because they are the necessary conditions of the possibility of moral agency. ![]() Second, he delivers a devastating critique of traditional “speculative” metaphysics on the basis of his new theory of knowledge. ![]() First, he constructs a new theory of knowledge that delivers certainty about the fundamental principles of human experience at the cost of knowledge of how things are in themselves. In this massive work, Kant has three aims. Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781, is one of the landmarks of Western philosophy, a radical departure from everything that went before and an inescapable influence on all philosophy since its publication. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1648, an uprising broke out in Ukraine that belonged to Poland at the time. Pracę wzbogacają liczne mapy ilustrujące przebieg omawianych działań. Celem głównym, jaki przyświecał pomysłodawcom i autorom publikacji, była popularyzacja wiedzy o dokonaniach oręża polskiego na przestrzeni dziejów. Książka skierowana jest przede wszystkim do odbiorców zagranicznych. ![]() Grzegorza Jasińskiego i Wojciecha Włodarkiewicza przybliżająca w sposób przystępny najważniejsze polskie bitwy i kampanie wojenne, prowadzone w okresie od XIII do XIX wieku. Polish battles and campaigns in 13th - 19th centuries. Grzegorz Jasiński, Wojciech Włodarkiewicz oprac.: Karol Olejnik, Zbigniew Grabowski, Marek Plewczyński, Henryk Lulewicz, Witold Rawski, Przemysław Gawron, Rafał Roguski, Mirosław Nagielski, Marek Wagner, Janusz Wojtasik, Tomasz Malarski, Tomasz Strzeżek, Zbigniew Moszumański mapy: Jan Rutkowski W celu możliwie najszerszego upowszechniania historii Polski w kraju i zagranicą, władze Stowarzyszenia Historyków Wojskowości oraz Wojskowego Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej podjęły wspólnie decyzję o nieodpłatnym i nieograniczonym udostępnieniu najnowszej publikacji pt. ![]() ![]() ![]() Warning: this is going to be long and there will be spoilers.Ĭollege dropout Samhain “Sam” LaCroix leads a simple life: working at a fast food joint and hanging out with a close group of friends. ![]() Why did I read this book: Because it was shortlisted for the ALA’s William C Morris YA Debut Award this year. Stand alone or series: Stand alone but could be the start of a series But even with newfound friends, will Sam be able to save his skin? Luckily he lives in Seattle, which has nearly as many paranormal types as it does coffee places. ![]() With only a week to figure things out, Sam needs all the help he can get. And his worst nightmare wants to join forces. Then Sam discovers he’s a necromancer too, but with strangely latent powers. Turns out Douglas is a necromancer who raises the dead for cash and sees potential in Sam. He may not have the most exciting job in the world, but he’s doing all right-until a fast food prank brings him to the attention of Douglas, a creepy guy with an intense violent streak. ![]() |