Resisting the Siren Call of the Screen - 1 views
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Jenni Young on 19 Aug 13Book review: three new books examine the search for balance in a wired world, especially for children growing up in the digital age.
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E-Books and Democracy - 0 views
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All of the Big Six publishers have, for the first time, agreed to make e-books available to public library users (NYT article)
Brazil prisoners reading books to shorten their sentences - 0 views
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Brazil will offer inmates in its crowded prison system a novel way to shorten their sentences - cutting four days for every book they read (Daily Telegraph)
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Brazil will offer inmates in its crowded prison system a novel way to shorten their sentences - cutting four days for every book they read (Daily Telegraph)
'Rock the Casbah' Author: Hip-Hop Has Been the Rhythm of Arab Spring - 0 views
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Journalist Robin Wright chronicles the cultural and social forces behind this year's Arab revolt in her new book, "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World.' Margaret Warner and Wright discuss her book and the new wave of empowerment in the Arab world.
Who Gets To Be A Superhero? Race And Identity In Comics - 0 views
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Artist Orion Martin recently posted several images reimagining X-Men characters as people of color. This touched off a conversation about race in comic book worlds, and how these comic book depictions relate to real life (from NPR's Code Switch)
Gender agenda (review of Deborah Cameron's book Do Men and Women Really Speak Different... - 2 views
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Steven Poole finds the differences between men and women have little to do with speech in Deborah Cameron's Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages? (Book review)
What language barrier? - 2 views
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It is a truism that men and women do not communicate in the same way. But is there really any evidence to support this Mars-and-Venus theory? Oxford language professor Deborah Cameron investigates in the first of three extracts from her new book
Ohio Schools Leader Calls For Ban Of 'The Bluest Eye,' Labels Toni Morrison Book 'Porno... - 0 views
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Just a week before 'Banned Books Week'?
What language barrier? - 0 views
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It is a truism that men and women do not communicate in the same way. But is there really any evidence to support this Mars-and-Venus theory? Oxford language professor Deborah Cameron investigates in the first of three extracts from her new book
Speak up, I can't hear you - 2 views
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Can it really be true that men and women understand language in different ways? Nonsense, says Deborah Cameron in this second extract from her new book - the supposed miscommunication is a myth
The First Time - spoken word - 0 views
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March 26th changed the way Nick Gilyard looked at the world. Hate crimes were something that was only seen in books and movies, but that all changed on his walk home. Spoken word.
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March 26th changed the way Nick Gilyard looked at the world. Hate crimes were something that was only seen in books and movies, but that all changed on his walk home. Spoken word.
The Sly Tricks Marketers Use to Get You to Buy | Next Avenue - 0 views
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"Hidden Persuasion" is a book which lays out the clever techniques used in advertising, packaging and websites that are designed to get you to buy.
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"Hidden Persuasion" is a book which lays out the clever techniques used in advertising, packaging and websites that are designed to get you to buy.
Opinion: Why I don't hyphenate Chinese American - CNN.com - 0 views
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Eric Liu is the founder of Citizen University and the author of several books. He was a White House speechwriter and policy adviser for President Bill Clinton. He explains why he calls himself a Chinese American - without a hyphen.
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Eric Liu is the founder of Citizen University and the author of several books. He was a White House speechwriter and policy adviser for President Bill Clinton. He explains why he calls himself a Chinese American - without a hyphen.
Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffmann - 0 views
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Excerpts from Eva Hoffman. (1989). Lost in translation: A life in a new language. New York: Penguin Books.
Lost in translation, by Eva Hoffman - 0 views
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Review of Hoffman's book from International Association of Conference Interpreters.
Do women really talk more? - 0 views
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Article from The Guardian. A bestselling book claims that women say an average of 20,000 words a day and men only 7,000. Can it be true? We wired up two writers to find out.
CNN Profiles: Robin Wright's 'Rock the Casbah' - 0 views
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Podcast. CNN's John Lisk talks with author Robin Wright about her new book, "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World." Wright says the vast and dramatic changes sweeping the region are only just beginning.
Recalling Thomas Macaulay's English legacy - 0 views
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"If you're an Indian reading this book in English, it's probably because of Thomas Macaulay," says the front cover blurb on a new biography of a man who foisted the Queen's language on India.
"English in India: Loyalty and Attitudes" by Annika Hohenthal - 0 views
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Downloadable book on English in India. Has chapters on how English spread around the world, as well as its use and influence in India.