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The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [ 4 ]
The Catalog Library records reader books in a personalized home page, and books are displayed with ClearType to improve readability. A user can add annotations and notes to any page, create large-print e-books with a single command, or create free-form drawings on the reader pages. A built-in dictionary allows the user to look up words.
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005) is Malcolm Gladwell's second book. It presents in popular science format research from psychology and behavioral economics on the adaptive unconscious: mental processes that work rapidly and automatically from relatively little information.
The first five books to be published were adaptations from earlier works, but subsequently all were newly commissioned. [9] The original numbering scheme reached to over 700. [10] Notable early titles included: Teach Yourself About the Greeks by J. C. Stobart, was abridged from his full length work The Glory that was Greece (1911).
In 1937, under Stringfellow Barr, St. John's College introduced a curriculum based on the direct study of "great books". These sets are popular today with those interested in homeschooling. Gateway to the Great Books [23] was designed as an introduction to the Great Books of the Western World, published by the same organization and editors in 1952.
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In addition to the book and audiobook versions, a VHS version also exists. [ 6 ] In 1998, Stephen's son, Sean Covey, wrote a version of the book for teens, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens , which simplifies the 7 habits for younger readers to make them easier to understand.
Masters of the Air. Masters of the Air is a nine-part series based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name.It stars Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan, Callum Turner, and Anthony Boyle as a group ...