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Portable Magic

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Emma SmithPaperback, 352 pages9780141991931   A History of Books and their Readers   Most of what we say about books is really about the words insi...

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How to See the World

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Nicholas MirzoeffPaperback, 352 pages9780141977409   Since the rise of the internet and personal computers, we have seen an exponential increase in...

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You Are Not a Gadget

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Jaron LanierPaperback, 240 pages9780141049113   Something went wrong around the start of the twenty-first century. Social networks replaced individ...

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In Praise of Literature

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Zygmunt Bauman, Riccardo MazzeoPaperback, 180 pages9781509502691   In this new book Zygmunt Bauman and Riccardo Mazzeo examine the contentious issu...

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The Literary Lifeline

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Kevin HarveyPaperback, 240 pages9781472583604   Bibliotherapy and the Transforming Power of Reading   The Literary Lifeline is a tribute to the tra...

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Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda

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Noam Chomsky Paperback 9781583225363  

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Why We Read: 70 Writers on Non-Fiction

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Josephine GreywoodePaperback, 160 pages9781802060959   Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure, challenge, adven...

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The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration

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Keith HoustonPaperback, 448 pages9781324086352   A Cover-to-Cover Exploration Of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time   We may love books, but do w...

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Ethical Living through Stories: Encounters with Adab

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Wen-chin OuyangPaperback, 232 pages9780755657490   Literature has for thousands of years served as a space in which people have negotiated the ethi...

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Technological Society

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Jacques EllulPaperback, 512 pages9780394703909   As insightful and wise today as it was when originally published in 1954, Jacques Ellul’s The Tech...

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The Myth of Good Ai

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Arshin Adib-MoghaddamPaperback, 184 pages9781526189509   A Manifesto for Critical Artificial Intelligence   The myth of good AI offers a bold new a...

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Literary Devices

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Amy JonesPaperback, 64 pages9781904263067   What is the difference between literal and figurative writing? Is there really a secret set of tricks u...

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Powers of Reading: From Plato to Audiobooks

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Peter SzendyOlivia Custer (translation)Hardback, 208 pages9781942130963   A historical, literary, and philosophical study that transforms our under...

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In Praise of Good Bookstores PB

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Jeff Deutsch Paperback, 216 pages 9780691229652   From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singula...

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Outrage Machine

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Tobias Rose-StockwellPaperback, 416 pages9780349427386   How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy – and What We Can Do About It   An inval...

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How to Read Now

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Elaine CastilloPaperback, 352 pages9781838954956   A stunningly important piece of criticism that asks us not to look away when our shared culture ...

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A Little History of Literature

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John SutherlandPaperback, 288 pages9780300283419   A vibrant guide to the world of literature, from dramatic plays to engrossing novels  Literature...

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A Little Book of Language

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David CrystalPaperback, 272 pages9780300283235   A lively journey through the story of language, from an infant's first word to the languages of th...

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Read Yourself Happy: How to Use Books to Ease Your Anxiety

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Daisy BuchananHardback, 288 pages9780241691656   Forget ‘self-help’ and embrace ‘shelf-help’ by discovering the healing power of books and reading ...

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The Power of Writing It Down

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Allison FallonPaperback, 224 pages9780310369943   A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life   Contents1. Something to Express2. B...

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The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture

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Mary CarruthersPaperback, 540 pages9780521716314   Mary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory for a variety of purposes in ...

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Arabs and Muslims in the Media

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Evelyn AlsultanyPaperback, 240 pages9780814707326   Race and Representation after 9/11   After 9/11, there was an increase in both the incidence of...

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Islam and New Directions in World Literature

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Sarah R. Bin Tyeer, Claire Gallien (editors)Paperback, 384 pages9781474484060   Since its advent, Islam has been a representational force to be rec...

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Mindfulness in Reading: Meditations on Words & Wisdom

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Ella BerthoudHardback, 144 pages9780711298729   Mindfulness in Reading embraces the joy of absorbing words on a page, encouraging a deeply therapeu...

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