An edition of The pleasures of reading (2014)

The pleasures of reading

a booklover's alphabet

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An edition of The pleasures of reading (2014)

The pleasures of reading

a booklover's alphabet

  • 5.00 ·
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"Based on years of ground-breaking research, this book supplies a look at the unique relationship between each text and the individual reader that results in a satisfying, pleasurable, and even life-changing reading experience"--

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Language
English
Pages
270

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The pleasures of reading: a booklover's alphabet
2014, Libraries Unlimited, An imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Table of Contents

Introduction: 30 ways of looking at the reading experience
A. ABC and counting books
Alexia
B. Bad reading
Before reading
Books about books and reading
C. Changing lives
D. Detective, mystery, and crime fiction
E. E-reading
F. Five-foot shelf of books
G. Gothic
H. Horror
I. Important books versus indiscriminate reading
J. Jackets and book covers
K. Kindred readers
L. Literary logrolling
M. Marginalia
N. Nonfiction
O. Only the best
P. Plots
Q. Questions about reading
R. Rags to riches
Romance fiction
S. Self-help
T. Titles
U. Unreadable books
V. Vampires, zombies, and the undead
W. Westerns
X. X-traordinary readers
Y. Year of reading
Z.Z to A, A to Z reading.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
028/.9
Library of Congress
Z1003 .R74 2014, Z1003.R74 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 270 pages
Number of pages
270

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28309757M
Internet Archive
pleasuresofreadi0000ross
ISBN 10
159158695X, 1610694333
ISBN 13
9781591586951, 9781610694339
LCCN
2014008161
OCLC/WorldCat
756577015

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