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People are advised to put away their smartphones and every possible technological distraction and pick up a book to read. Book Lovers Day is widely recognized on global scale yet its origin and creator remain unknown to date. [5] [6]
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A Banned Books Week "read out" at Shimer College. The event has been held during the last full week of September since 1982. [13] Banned Books Week is intended to encourage readers to examine challenged literary works and to promote intellectual freedom in libraries, schools, and bookstores.
The good news is that there are plenty of other great gifts for book lovers ... the new Paperwhite has a 7-inch glare-free screen that makes it easy to read anywhere, even outdoors, and it’s ...
In Spain, Book Day began to be celebrated since 1926 every October 7, [7] the date that Miguel de Cervantes was believed to have been born. But, it was considered more appropriate to celebrate this day in a more pleasant season for walking and browsing the books in the open-air. Spring was much better than fall.
97. One day on Neptune is only 16 hours long, while one day on Earth is 24 hours. 98. Buzz Lightyear’s original name was going to be Lunar Larry. 99. Giant pandas eat around 28 pounds of bamboo ...
The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established with the goal "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America." [1] Established in 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc., [2] the foundation is the administrator and sponsor of the National Book Awards, a set of literary awards inaugurated in 1936 and continuous from 1950.
At least three books have won two National Book Awards. Dates are award years. John Clive, Thomas Babington Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian; 1974 Biography; 1974 History. Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard; 1979 Contemporary Thought; 1980 General Nonfiction, Paperback. Lewis Thomas, The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher