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• What's So Great About the Great Books?

  Why You Should Read Classic Literature (even Though It Might Destroy You)

  Kanakia, Naomi,

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  "When she was in her early twenties, then-aspiring writer Naomi Kanakia set out to read the Great Books--humankind's most highly regarded literary classics, representing "the best that human beings have thought or said," as determined by the two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

  Rundell, Katherine,

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  "Katherine Rundell explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Idea Machine

  How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future

  Miller, Joel, 1975-

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  "Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones-- they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but overlooked factors in the making of our contemporary world."

• The Book at War

  How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading

  Pettegree, Andrew,

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  "A "magisterial" (Sunday Times) illumination of how books were used in war across the twentieth century--both as weapons and as agents for peace. We tend not to talk about books and war in the same breath--one ranks among humanity's greatest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reader, Come Home

  the Reading Brain in a Digital World

  Wolf, Maryanne,

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  "Wolf considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy and reflection as we become increasingly dependent upon digital technologies. A decade ago, Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bookish

  How Reading Shapes Our Lives

  Mangan, Lucy,

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  "Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives by Lucy Mangan is a memoir exploring the role of reading and literature across different stages of the author's life. The work traces the author's development from childhood through adulthood, examining how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bibliotherapy in the Bronx

  Rumble, Emely,

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  "Bibliotherapy in The Bronx by Emely Rumble, LCSW, is a groundbreaking exploration of the healing power of literature in the lives of marginalized communities. Drawing from her personal and professional experiences, Rumble masterfully intertwines…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of the Book

  a Memoir of Reading Together

  Kurshan, Ilana,

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  "A celebration of the power and wonder of lifelong reading-both secular and sacred Zibby Owens, My Most Anticipated Books 2025 In Children of the Book, Ilana Kurshan explores the closeness forged when family life unfolds against a backdrop of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Portable Magic

  a History of Books and Their Readers

  Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine),

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  "Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood reading, the lifetime companionship of a much-loved novel. But books are things as well as words, objects in our lives as well as worlds in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pleasures of Reading in An Age of Distraction

  Jacobs, Alan, 1958-

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  "In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way.In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Read

  Selected Writings 2001-2021

  Self, Will,

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  "From the Booker-shortlisted author of Umbrella, a world-girdling collection of writings inspired by a life lived in and for literature. From one of the most unusual and distinctive writers working today, dubbed "the most daring and delightful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Book Bonding

  Building Connections Through Family Reading

  Lambert, Megan Dowd,

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  "Children's literature educator and children's book author Megan Dowd Lambert shares a collection of her essays about family, reading, and bonding as a family through books."

• Read Yourself Happy

  How to Use Books to Ease Your Anxiety

  Buchanan, Daisy (Journalist),

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  "Forget "self-help" and embrace "shelf-help" by discovering the healing power of books and reading to inspire, comfort and fortify. In a hectic world that can feel uncertain and overwhelming, Daisy Buchanan offers the perfect antidote to all the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tending the Heart of Virtue

  How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination

  Guroian, Vigen,

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  "In Tending the Heart of Virtue, Vigen Guroian illuminates the power of classic tales and their impact on the moral imagination. He demonstrates how these stories teach the virtues through vivid depictions of the struggle between good and evil,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Steeped in Stories

  Timeless Children's Novels to Refresh Our Tired Souls

  Perkins, Mitali,

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  "Join award-winning author Mitali Perkins as she explores the promise of seven timeless children's novels for adults living in uncertain times. Through works by Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, L. M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Readers for Life

  How Reading and Listening in Childhood Shapes Us

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  "In this thought-provoking book, fiction authors and literary scholars reflect on how reading shapes an individual, exploring their reading memories from childhood through adulthood. Rather than viewing reading as mere escapism or literacy, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why We Read

  on Bookworms, Libraries and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

  Reed, Shannon,

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  "In this uproarious exploration of the joys of reading, a long-time teacher, lifelong reader and The New Yorker contributor shares surprising stories from her life and the poignant ways in which books have impacted her students and shows us how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ex Libris

  Kakutani, Michiko,

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  "The author shares her enthusiasm for more than 100 books: novels and memoirs by some of today's most gifted writers; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works that illuminate our social and political landscape."

• Breaking Bread With the Dead

  a Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind

  Jacobs, Alan, 1958-

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  "W.H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead." In his brilliant and compulsively readable new treatise BREAKING BREAD WITH THE DEAD, distinguished professor and author Alan Jacobs shows us that engaging with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Defend Books and Why

  Book Bans and How We Fight Them

  Caine, Danny,

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  "Fight back against censorship and empower your community with this close look at the book banning movement. In a moving, compulsively readable call to arms for readers everywhere, Danny Caine, bestselling author of 'How to Resist Amazon and Why'…Read moreRead more of this annotation