Hi All,I've come across two separate websites that are related to reading in different ways.
The first article is from the NewYorker. Entitled 'Being a Better Online Reader' the article discusses how to be a better reader. Sections of the article discuss the physicality of the book vs the ephemerality of the screen, online distractions when you read, reading comprehension and how it differs when you read a book vs reading online with a monitor/screen/tablet and ways to increase reading comprehension when reading on a monitor/screen/tablet.
The second entry came via an article from the New York Times. Entitled, 'With the Blessing of Bill Gates, an Unlikely Summertime Best Seller', the article discusses a business book that Bill Gates (one of Microsoft's founder) highly recommended. The book in question is 'John Brooks'', 'Business Adventures'.- which was published back in 1969 - and has been out of print since then. Because of Bill Gates' recommendation, the book is coming back in print and is a bestseller on Amazon.com.
The article discusses Bill Gates book blog - entitled GatesNotes - which is where he recommended the book. Click here for the blog entry where Bill Gates recommends the book - along with five others that he recommends for summer reading. Click on this link to read Bill Gates' full review of Business Adventures by John Brooks.
So, the real appeal here is that the reader can read book reviews by Bill Gates - of course from the books that he's read. And what an eclectic reader he is! Even a cursory look at the titles of the books he's read is breaktaking in its variety and scope!
Title/subject
Business Adventures/Business
Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism/History
Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History/Environment
Reinventing American Health Care/Health Care
Why Does College Cost So Much?/Higher Education
Most Powerful Idea in the World/history, steam engines, technology
World Until Yesterday/anthropology
Poor Numbers/economics,statistics
Enjoy the links - and if you click on any of the titles listed above, you'll go to that particular book review GatesNotes.
Finally, click on this link to go to the online library card catalog to see if any of these books are available at the Farmingdale Public Library.
Enjoy!
Regards,
Stu
