Is reading the deepest intellectual experience? Today is World Book Day, and to celebrate it we look at amazing works that deserve a place on everyone’s shelves.
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Five books that could transform your life
Is reading the deepest intellectual experience? Today is World Book Day, and to celebrate it we look at amazing works that deserve a place on everyone's shelves.
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Zara walks into the bookshop and looks around. There are books in the window; books on tables; books on shelves. How can anyone possibly choose?
To help, here is a list of five books everyone should read this year:
Captivating creatures: Katherine Rundell's The Golden Mole looks at 22 amazing animal species that are at risk of dying out.
Weathering war: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie follows the fortunes of five people trying to find safety during a war in West Africa in the 1960s.
Dark dystopia: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale imagines the US as a horrifying state in which women no longer have any human rightsThe basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. They apply regardless of where you are from, what you believe or how you choose to live your life. Some have called for animals and even natural phenomena like rivers to have some form of human rights..
Delightful diary: Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle, Cassandra Mortmain tells the reader about her life in a run-down castle. Things get interesting when a group of rich Americans neighbours arrive!
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Imagining marvels: John Wyndham's story The Chrysalids is set in a future world that has faced nuclear war. When David Strorm and several other children discover they are telepathicAble to read the thoughts of another person. , they have to run away from their families.
Is reading the deepest intellectual experience?
Yes! Through the pages of a book, you can go anywhere in the world and live as any person. You will never be bored when you can find an adventure in the pages.
No! When you read, you are simply taking in the author's idea. Debating is much better because you have to think about your own thoughts and views too.
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Human rights - The basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. They apply regardless of where you are from, what you believe or how you choose to live your life. Some have called for animals and even natural phenomena like rivers to have some form of human rights.
Telepathic - Able to read the thoughts of another person.
Five books that could transform your life
Must reads: In England, 46% of people aged between 16 and 24 do not read in their spare time. Glossary
Human rights - The basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. They apply regardless of where you are from, what you believe or how you choose to live your life. Some have called for animals and even natural phenomena like rivers to have some form of human rights.
Telepathic - Able to read the thoughts of another person.