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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780099565949 ISBN: 0099565943 Label: Random House UK Languages:EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished Manufacturer: Random House UK Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: September 01, 2012 Publisher: Random House UK Release Date: January 24, 2012 Studio: Random House UK
Product Description: In Vintage's 21st anniversary year, this book is a mission statement about the paramount importance of reading to our quality of life. 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 book? But people 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 the commuter rush. Reading provides a unique kind of pleasure and no-one should live without it.
The ten essays in this book 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.