You Can't Read This
Forbidden Books, Lost Writing, Mistranslations, and Codes
$46.50
- Hardcover
152 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2011
Summary
Wherever people can read, there are stories about the magic, mystery, and power of what they read. Val Ross presents a history of reading that is, in fact, the story of the monumental, on-going struggle to read. From Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon the Great, the world’s oldest signed author to Empress Shotoku of Japan who in 764 ordered the printing of one million Buddhist prayers; from the story of Hulagu, Ghengis Khan’s nasty brother who destroyed the library of Baghdad to Bowdler and the c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780887767326 |
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| ISBN-10: | 088776732X |
| Author: | Val Ross |
| Publisher: | Tundra Books |
| Imprint: | Tundra Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 424g |
| Dimensions: | 237mm x 188mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for The Road to There:
“Filled with details and insights and written with a storyteller’s touch, this book will simultaneously inform and fascinate readers.”
— School Library Journal [starred review]
“Ross covers plenty of historical ground in this wide-ranging discussion of maps and mapmakers…. An eclectic presentation… fascinating to young people…”
— Booklist
“In 13 chapters (or stories), Ross charts a route, notable for its verve, vitality and scholarship …. [N]ew worlds will be sensed if not seen by her readers as they travel with her from There to Here.”
— The Globe and Mail
“…engaging… The most extraordinary feature is that the author…uses a short-story style, combining facts with a distinct narrative voice.”
— VOYA
About The Author
Val Ross
Val Ross was a renowned journalist and won a National Newspaper Award. She was highly respected throughout the publishing industry for her coverage of books and the people who create them. She was an arts reporter at The Globe and Mail and her first book, The Road to There- Mapmakers and Their Stories was nominated for many awards and won the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s non-fiction. Val Ross passed away in 2008.
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