People have been reading on computer screens for several decades now, predating popularization of personal computers and widespread use of the internet. But it was the rise of eReaders and tablets that caused digital reading to explode. In 2007, Amazon introduced its first Kindle. Three years later, Apple debuted the iPad. Meanwhile, as mobile phone technology improved and smar...(展开全部)

This lovely book uses metaphors to convey the extraordinary complexity of what happens when we read—and to describe how important it is to pause and read deeply. As Wolf notes: “whenever we name even a single letter, we are activating entire networks of specific neuronal groups in the visual cortex, which correspond to entire networks of equally specific language-based cell gr...(展开全部)

Books and other texts have not always been read in the way that we read them today. The modern practice of reading--privately, silently, with the eyes alone--is only one way of reading, which for many centuries existed alongside other forms. In the ancient world, in the Middle Ages, and as late as the seventeenth century, many texts were written for the voice. They were address...(展开全部)

This path--breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses. * Wide--ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day. * An international...(展开全部)

This path-breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses. Wide-ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day. An international t...(展开全部)

Books and other texts have not always been read in the way that we read them today. The modern practice of reading--privately, silently, with the eyes alone--is only one way of reading, which for many centuries existed alongside other forms. In the ancient world, in the Middle Ages, and as late as the seventeenth century, many texts were written for the voice. They were address...(展开全部)

道格·斯蒂芬斯 世界上*重要的零售业未来学家之一。道格的著作和思想影响了世界上许多*知名的零售商、机构和品牌，包括沃尔玛、谷歌、家得宝、迪士尼、宝马、可口可乐和英特尔等。他被Vend.com评为零售业全球五大影响力人物之一。 在创立零售先知公司之前，道格在零售行业工作了20多年，曾效力于纽约*具历史意义的零售连锁店之一。他也是加拿大CBC电台全国性的零售专栏作家，并在多家咨询委员会任职，包括Dx3数字会议和圣玛丽大学大卫·索比零售创新中心。 他对零售、商业和消费者行为的独特见解，曾被许多世界著名的出版物和媒体报道，包括《纽约时报》、英国广播公司、彭博商业新闻、TechCrunch、《金融时报》《华尔街日报》和《快公司》等。 道格定期向北美、南美、欧洲、亚洲、中东和澳洲的主要品牌和组织发表演讲。

Reading, like any human activity, has a history. Modern reading is a silent and solitary activity. Ancient reading was usually oral, either aloud, in groups, or individually, in a muffled voice. The text format in which thought has been presented to readers has undergone many changes in order to reach the form that the modern Western reader now views as immutable and nearly uni...(展开全部)

A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize Winner of the Irish Times Fiction Award and International Award "A swift and masterful transformation of family griefs and political violence into something at once rhapsodic and heartbreaking. If Issac Babel had been born in Derry, he might have written this sudden, brilliant book." --Seamus Heaney Huge...(展开全部)

A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize Winner of the Irish Times Fiction Award and International Award "A swift and masterful transformation of family griefs and political violence into something at once rhapsodic and heartbreaking. If Issac Babel had been born in Derry, he might have written this sudden, brilliant book." --Seamus Heaney Huge...(展开全部)