{"product_id":"9781446484807","title":"Stop What You're Doing And Read This!","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies, sport, responsibilities, passions, desires, dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy should you stop what you're doing and read a book?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople have always needed stories. We need literature - novels, poetry - because we need to make sense of our lives, test our depths, understand our joys and discover what humans are capable of. Great books can provide companionship when we are lonely or peacefulness in the midst of an overcrowded daily life. Reading provides a unique kind of pleasure and no-one should live without it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ten essays in this book some of our finest authors and passionate advocates from the worlds of science, publishing, technology and social enterprise tell us about the experience of reading, why access to books should never be taken forgranted, how reading transforms our brains, and how literature can save lives. In any 24 hours there are so many demands on your time and attention - make books one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarmen Callil                                                  Tim Parks\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Carr                                                  Michael Rosen\u003cbr\u003eJane Davis                                                       Zadie Smith\u003cbr\u003eMark Haddon                                                   Jeanette Winterson\u003cbr\u003eBlake Morrison                                                Dr Maryanne Wolf\u0026amp;Dr Mirit Barzillai\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154778570992,"sku":"9781446484807","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781446484807_p0.jpg?v=1763832593","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781446484807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}