Scary statistics about book reading July 13‚ 2006 in General by jc | 1 comment I stumbled on Rich Burridge’s weblog post about book statistics‚ it has some scary numbers : Who is Reading Books (and who is not) One-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. Many do not even graduate from high school. 58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school. 42% of college graduates never read another book. 80% of US families
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Lady Liberty: A Biography By Doreen Rappaport Book Summary: A powerfully moving‚ authentic portrait of the Statue of Liberty‚ told through the eyes of those who created her and illustrated in glorious detail. "Soon America will be one hundred years old. I share my dream of a birthday gift." It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea‚ but ten years later Édouard Laboulaye’s dream catches fire and takes shape. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi gives the dream
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The Jungle---just the title alone puts a perfect picture of flourishing foliage into the minds of everyone who has heard its name. One would imagine an adventurous tale behind the cover‚ full of exotic animals‚ exciting journeys‚ and perhaps a singing blue bear befriending an ambitious boy named Mowgli. However‚ the story behind the cover is anything but musical or exciting. To be frank‚ every line of literature will make you contemplate about becoming a vegetarian‚ and here’s why. The Jungle‚ written
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It tells the reality‚ the meaning behind Jurgis’ actions‚ and evokes emotions of anger‚ shock‚ disgust‚ and towards the end: happiness from the reader. When Jurgis had thought early on in the book just after he had gotten his first job that Durhams was protecting him and helping him‚ Sinclair chimed in‚ “So guileless was he‚ and ignorant of the nature of business.” (Sinclair 34) Sinclair tells the story from a God-like perspective‚ where he’s
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1. Introduction 3 2. About the author 4 3. Overview of the Book ... 5 4. Book review 6 5. Conclusion . 15 6. References .. 16 7. Bibliography .. 17 The Truth About Managing People...And Nothing But the Truth Bibliographic information Title The Truth About Managing People Author(s) Stephen P Robbins Publisher
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• Title of book : Membaca Sastra • Publisher • Year : Indonesia Tera : 2002 • Author : Melani Budianta‚ Manneke Budiman‚ Ibnu Wahyudi‚ and I Made Suparta • Pages : 256 Pages summary This book tells more deep about literature includes three parts of literature there is Poem‚ Prose‚ and Drama. They tell in the book that literature can be used to criticize something‚ to share what we are feeling about love‚ angry‚ or sad‚ and literature is very interesting with the way to show about the nature
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The Jungle‚ an enticing novel that comments on the poor conditions for the workers and products in the meatpacking industry. The main character‚ Jurgis‚ goes through many hardships throughout his life like‚ the death of his wife and two children‚ losing his jobs many times and being injured and screwed over. He slowly loses his idealistic “American Dream” state of mind. Many of Jugis’ problems have something to do with the greed and corruption of others. When looking through the psychological lens
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The title of this book is called The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The length of this book is thirty-six chapters‚ the uncensored edition marking it three hundred and thirty-five pages long. Originally published on February 26‚1906‚ the uncensored issue was published in 2003 over eighty years later. This book was about a young man and women have migrated from Lithuania to Chicago in search for a better life. They soon learn that in Packingtown‚ the center of Lithuania has no jobs available and the conditions
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specifically‚ Jurgis an immigrant working man. In The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair‚ Jurgis and his family suffer and experience hardships in almost every area of their lives.The most traumatic experiences for Jurgis and his family were the loss of many family members‚ the hardship of obtaining a safe job‚ and falling victim to swindling. One of the traumatic experiences Jurgis dealt with was the lost of many of his family members. Throughout the book many of Jurgis’ family members dies. Most of them
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Rights Movement‚ Toni Cade Bambara’s short story "The Lesson" tells the story of a young African-American girl named Sylvia and the important life lesson that she learns one day while on a trip to a toy store in New York. Her neighbor‚ Miss Moore‚ brings Sylvia and a group of her friends to F.A.O. Schwarz and while there‚ they come face to face with the injustices they face because of their backgrounds. Miss Moore does this to teach them a lesson‚ one that she feels that they need to learn in order
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