I've seen disturbing statistics about the state of reading in America before, but these take the cake. I don't know if i can really do much to stem the rising tide of illiteracy, but my niece and nephew are definitely getting books for Christmas.
- 1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
- 42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.
- 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.
- 70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
Read more about these disturbing statistics...
Thursday, March 20 -- 8p
David Lincoln, Mobility Lounge
From an airport city outside Amsterdam, to Silicon Valley, France, India, and beyond, Mobility Lounge reveals the information and its consequences in this all-too-real world of global desire.
Alvin’s Pick o’ the Month!
Sleeping Father
by Matthew Sharpe
This isn't just another quirky, witty book about a dysfunctional family (and yes, I realize that term is probably redundant), this is a tour de force dissection of several psychological types prominent in our hyper-neurotic age. Sharpe is finely attuned to the secret machinations of the human mind and can write about them with...
