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050			_aPE 1417 .G6 1987
100			_aGould, Eric, _eauthor
245		4	_aThe art of reading / _cEric Gould, Robert Di Yanni and William Smith
260			_aNew York : _bRandom House, _cc1987
300			_axiii, 750 pages ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
505			_aSection I. Reading -- Section II. Education and perception -- Section III. Culture, arts and creativity -- Section IV. Power, ethics and responsibility -- Section V. The nation and international relation -- Section VI. Society and history -- Section VII. Religion and world views -- Section VIII. Science, technology and the future.
520			_aReading is a creative act, just like writing, painting, sculpting, or composing music. To create is to make something, to bring it into being, to cause it to grow. But what can we possibly make by reading? It seems instead like a passive event: we soak up information, absorb details, and are persuaded or not by what we read.
650			_aCOLLEGE READERS
700			_aRobert DiYanni;William Smith _eco-author;co-author
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