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Stop what you're doing and read this!

Paperback • 2011 • English • 1. edition

Stop what you're doing and read this!

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About the book

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? 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 ...Show more

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ISBN

9780099565949

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2011

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Stop what you're doing and read this!

Format

Paperback

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