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Quote by Sam Wineburg

“As historical texts become rich and conceptually dense, readers may slow down not because they fail to comprehend, but because the very act of comprehension demands that they stop to TALK with their texts. In plain English, they pretend to deliberate with others by talking to themselves.”

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Sam Wineburg

Sam Wineburg is a renowned author and scholar specializing in the fields of history education and critical thinking. His work delves into the cognitive processes involved in historical learning and how to cultivate critical thinking skills through history education. more

“She sat in a corner warm with sunlight, a copy of Home Notes open unread upon her knee, and watched the green meadows flying past while the business men in the carriage talked about news in the papers— awful, as usual— their golf, their gardeners, and the detective stories they were reading.”

Reading Detective Stories

Book:Nightingale Wood

Source: Nightingale Wood

“I couldn't convince her that if I had a book with me, I wasn't lonely.”

Reading

Book:Bleeding Hearts

Source: Bleeding Hearts

“En resolución, él se enfrascó tanto en su lectura, que se le pasaban las noches leyendo de claro en claro, y los días de turbio en turbio, y así, del poco dormir y del mucho leer, se le secó el cerebro, de manera que vino a perder el juicio. Llenósele la fantasía de todo aquello que leía en los libros, así de encantamientos, como de pendencias, batallas, desafíos, heridas, requiebros, amores, tormentas y disparates imposibles, y asentósele de tal modo en la imaginación que era verdad toda aquella máquina de aquellas soñadas invenciones que leía, que para él no había otra historia más cierta en el mundo.”

Reading Books Libri Leggere Lettura

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote