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The Art of Reading

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

The Art of Reading

By Damon Young

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About the book

A beautiful celebratory tribute to the powers of one of our most undervalued skills - an ideal gift for the avid reader. 'What you are doing right now is, cosmically speaking, against the odds.' As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, this turning of scratches and dots into understanding, unease and inspiration. Perhaps we need to stop and remember, stop and learn again how to read better. Damon Young shows us how to do exactly this...Show more

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ISBN

9781911344186

Publisher

Scribe Publications

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Art of Reading

Format

Hardcover

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