In that time, disco has died, drive-in movies have nearly died, and something called The Clapper has come and gone through bedrooms across the nation.īut reading? This year, about 400 million books will be sold in the United States. It’s fad-resistant, precisely because human beings are hard-wired for story, and intrinsically curious.įor most of my lifetime, I’ve heard that reading is dead. Reading is something else, an engagement of the imagination with life experience. The Mac, Pixar, the iPhone, the iPod, iTunes.

Gives great commencement speech at Stanford,Ĭoncluding: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” Loves the Beatles, and cites their creative tension as a business model. Takes acid, wanders around India, dates exotic older women. An adopted child, he drops out of Reed College in Portland, Ore., but remembers the calligraphy classes when he designs the typography for the Macintosh. Anyone who can cause revolutions in five industries, as Fortune noted, is a titan - capable of touching a billion lives. But before we get to reading, let’s stipulate that Jobs is deserving of his 2007 ranking by Fortune Magazine as the most powerful person in business.

Matter how good or bad the product is,” he told John Markoff of The Times, “the fact is that people don’t read anymore. Steve Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive of Apple Inc.,ĭid such a thing last month when he all but declared the death of reading.Īsked about Kindle, the electronic book reader from, Jobs was dismissive. May she never seek recovery.” Indeed.Every now and then, someone who is brilliant says something stupid - often the result of spending too much time riding a jet stream of high praise. In the book’s introduction, Pearl jokes, “If we were at a twelve-step meeting together, I would have to stand up and say, ‘Hi, I’m Nancy P., and I’m a readaholic.” Booklist magazine plays off this obsession while echoing a sentiment of Nancy Pearl’s fans everywhere: “A self-confessed ‘readaholic,’ Pearl lets us benefit from her addiction. For the James Bond wannabe: 'Crime is a Globetrotter' features crime novels set in various locations around the world such as Tibet, Sweden, and Sicily. Are you a budding chef? 'Fiction For Foodies' includes books that sneak in a recipe or two along with a tantalizing plot. In this followup to the bestselling Book Lust, popular librarian, Nancy Pearl, offers a fresh collection of 1,000 reading recommendations in more than 120 thematic, intelligent and wholly entertaining reading lists.įor the friend wanting to leave her job: 'Living Your Dream' offers good armchair dreaming books about people who have left stodgy jobs to do what they love. Whether you’re searching for the perfect read for yourself or for a friend, More Book Lust offer eclectic recommendations unlike those in any other reading guide available.

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