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• How to Read a Book — was written in 1940 by Mortimer Adler. He co authored a heavily revised edition in 1972 with Charles Van Doren. The book gives guidelines for critically reading what the authors consider to be the Western canon, which they refer to as the Great… …   Wikipedia

• Why I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This Book — is a 2000 children s picture book by Remy Charlip.PlotA busy girl tries to find time to read, but something always stops her. By nightfall, she hasn t managed to read her book.ReceptionA Book Links review says, The meta part is that we are… …   Wikipedia

• Book burning — (a category of biblioclasm, or book destruction) is the practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times, other forms of media, such as phonograph records, video tapes, and CDs… …   Wikipedia

• read — (rēd) v. read (rĕd), read·ing, reads v. tr. 1. To examine and grasp the meaning of (written or printed characters, words, or sentences). 2. To utter or render aloud (written or printed material): »read poems to the students …   Word Histories

• Read — (r[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Read} (r[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reading}.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read, advise, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advice, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advise, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Read — (r[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Read} (r[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reading}.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read, advise, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advice, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advise, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Book Stacks Unlimited — war der erste Onlinebuchladen. Er ging 1992 (also zwei Jahre vor Jeff Bezos Amazon.com) online und wurde von Charles M. Stack gegründet. Der Shop startete als Dial up Bulletin Board in Cleveland, Ohio und war später im Web unter Books.com online… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Book talk — or booktalk is a prepared introduction to a book to elementary, middle, or high school students. It most closely resembles a movie trailer, where the booktalker gives the audience a glimpse of the setting, the characters, the major conflict. In… …   Wikipedia

• Book discussion club — A book discussion club is a group of people who meet to discuss a book or books that they have read and express their opinions, likes, dislikes, etc. It is more often called simply a book club, a term that is also used to describe a book sales… …   Wikipedia

• read — ♦ reads, reading (The form read is pronounced [[t]ri͟ːd[/t]] when it is the present tense, and [[t]re̱d[/t]] when it is the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB When you read something such as a book or article, you look at and understand the …   English dictionary

• read — v. & n. v. (past and past part. read) 1 tr. (also absol.) reproduce mentally or (often foll. by aloud, out, off, etc.) vocally the written or printed words of (a book, author, etc.) by following the symbols with the eyes or fingers. 2 tr. convert …   Useful english dictionary