Empire of Illusion
Empire of Illusion

Author: Chris Hedges

Publisher: Knopf Canada

Published: 2009-07-28

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0307398587

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Pulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: One, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. In this “other society,” serious film and theatre, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins. In the tradition of Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism and Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, Hedges navigates this culture — attending WWF contests as well as Ivy League graduation ceremonies — exposing an age of terrifying decline and heightened self-delusion.

The New Illiterates (Revisited)
The New Illiterates (Revisited)

Author: Meg Rayborn Dawson

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2023-09-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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EXPOSED: - Educational malpractice on a scale that can only stagger the imagination and shock the American people; - How the child is made completely dependent-right through to junior high school-on controlled-vocabulary books. Who benefits from this; - How three-quarters of the juvenile offenders in New York City are retarded in reading; - How the Army teaches young men how to read - after the public schools call them hopeless; - How the sight-vocabulary establishment got its stranglehold on the teaching profession. How it keeps control; - The lengths to which whole-word advocates go to avoid mentioning the letters of the alphabet; - Why left-handed children are particularly harmed by the whole word method; - Why children taught by the whole-word method don't realize they should read from left to right; - The "Johnny" Rudolf Flesch wrote about: now he's an adult. And he still can't read; - Walter Cronkite warns of the dangers of a TV audience that is illiterate; - Why the educational establishment fights anyone who pushes reform; - Why some children develop a hatred for school and disrespect their teachers

American Original
American Original

Author: Ray Robinson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 0195086937

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This biography of Will Rogers provides an insight into 20th-century American history.

Popular Science
Popular Science

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1925-04

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.

Cracking Da Vinci's Code
Cracking Da Vinci's Code

Author: James L. Garlow

Publisher: David C Cook

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780781441650

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ANSWERS THEORY SET DOWN IN THE DA VINCI CODE, A WORK OF FICTION BY DAN BROWN.

Between the Covers, A Revue of Books Related to Will Rogers
Between the Covers, A Revue of Books Related to Will Rogers

Author: Leland Wilson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-01-16

Total Pages: 736

ISBN-13: 1365754987

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"Between the Covers, A Revue of Books Related to Will Rogers" is a bibliography of more than one thousand Rogers-related books including a summary and/or description of each book. This compilation covers works by Rogers, anthologies of articles about him, books concerning other individuals but which mention him, reference works, and even books on cooking and art. Users of this comprehensive work can turn to sections focused on the several identifications of the man: Native American, radio commentator, film actor, writer, aviation enthusiast, public speaker, stage performer, humorist, and philosopher.