Stop What You're Doing and Read This !

Informationen zum Autor Mark Haddon, Michael Rosen, Zadie Smith, Carmen Callil, Jeanette Winterson, Tim Parks, Blake Morrison, Dr Maryanne Wolf & Mirit Barzillai, Nicholas Carr and Jane Davis Klappentext Tying in with Vintage's 21st anniversary, this book is a mission statement about the importance of reading and how access to books should never be taken for granted. Includes 10 essays from 10 authors: Mark Haddon, Michael Rosen, Zadie Smith, Carmen Callil, Jeanette Winterson, Tim Parks, Blake Morrison, Maryanne Wolf, Nicholas Carr and Jane Davis. Zusammenfassung Reading provides a unique kind of pleasure and no-one should live without it. This title tells us about the experience of reading, why access to books should never be taken for granted, how reading transforms our brains, and how literature can save lives.

Product details

• Authors: Mirit Barzillai, Barzillai Mirit, Calli, Callil, Carmen Callil, Callil Carmen, Nicholas Carr, Jane Davis, Haddo, Haddon, Mark Haddon, Mark Rosen Haddon, Blake Morrison, Tim Parks, Michael Rosen, Rosen et al, Zadie Smith, Smith Zadie, Jeanette Winterson, Maryanne Wolf
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9780099565949
• ISBN: 978-0-09-956594-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 14 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays