Books
Books have a place of prestige in
the life of every literate person. Right from childhood our interplay with
books starts.. With every stage of life the pattern, size, font and the general
look of the books undergo a change. The
first ever books that we see are colourful, with attractive pictures. These
books are mainly printed to attract the children
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| A book for small children |
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| A book for juniors |
When a child starts studying in primary classes, the books are
colourful and not very thick. As the children reach higher classes, the number
of pages in a book also tend to
increase.
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| famous five |
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| Book for teen agers |
In early days when people did not know about paper, they wrote
on leaves, bark of the trees ,on walls, wooden strips and clay. Papyrus leaf
was found to be very appropriate, because of its thick paper like material. Now
books are printed in sophisticated printing presses. The process is called
lithography.
There are various forms of books.There
are text books for schools and colleges. There are a large number of books for professional subjects. There are biographies and autobiographies.
We find books on fiction. Fiction or
novels as we may call them are the most popular with the readers. Fiction books
also include short stories, plays etc.
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| Harry Potter's book |
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| Text books |
Non fiction books are innumerable. They
are also used as entertainment. There are numberless books on scriptures and
mythology. A book can be written on any subject on the earth. There are magazines, newspapers and journals.
Books can be written in many languages and can be translated into other
languages.
There are several libraries which
have a large collection of books on different subject. There are mobile
libraries. Now people have the facility to read E-books online.
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| Advance subjects |
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| A library |
IIn our house there are innumerable books. My son has a huge collection of books.Every day I find him with a new book. Grand daughters are also following the family tradition.They too have a separate library . I love to read classics.I don't know how many times I have read Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca and Tale of Two Cities. I also like to read Sudha Murthy.These days I am reading her beautiful book,'Mahashweta'.
For the blogging community Books play a special role. Books provide soccour to bloggers. They are the real friends of blog writers.
Talking about books, I may mention that I wrote a book on my personal and professional life after my retirement.It was my maiden effort. It was titled Reverse Gear.
Given above is title page of my book.
In the end I quote a saying of the a famous writer Oscar Wilde:
Given above is title page of my book.
In the end I quote a saying of the a famous writer Oscar Wilde:
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
This post is written in response to Write Tribe Festival of Words third day # books.I am partcipating in the contest
All photos courtesy google
So true, books can be one's best friends. They fill in so much of void .nice to know that you wrote a book, it must be pretty interesting I am sure!
ReplyDeletereally.. i agree with padmaja.... lovely write up..
ReplyDeleteI am still in the process of learning to like non-fiction. I am sure soon I will be reading classics too. Such a lovely collection of pictures you have posted here. Shows a book lover's journey from childhood. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures -- they really told the story. Great job
ReplyDeleteno companion like books. I was a voracious reader once upon a time. I used to read comics to classics. Now, I like non-fictional books. Must read your book someday, ma'am.
ReplyDeleteI love books too. They are my sanctuary. But I am yet to learn enjoying non fiction books :)
ReplyDeleteAnother brilliant write Usha ma'am. I do agree books have always been part of our life :)
ReplyDeleteI love classics too. There's something everlasting in their appeal.
ReplyDeleteBooks and dogs - man's best friends :)
ReplyDeleteLove the way you've interspersed the images with the words. Lovely :)
ReplyDeleteStephen King said, books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent! And we are so glad that we have them in our lives :)
ReplyDeleteA brief history of books ma'am. A lovely post once again. Loved it.
ReplyDeleteBooks are the best friends who could never leave you alone! Loved the post... and the pictures! :)
ReplyDeleteI too love classics and want to read them all over again. very nice post Usha Maam.
ReplyDeletewow!! every word rings true!
ReplyDeleteI love books and have always loved books. I can't imagine a time coming when books will be only found as downloads for an electronic device. I will always be an old fashioned who will love to hold a book and turn its pages. ♥
ReplyDeleteThe post sure is from a teacher. Every part reflects the personality.Loved it
ReplyDeleteAmazing post and love the way u express the love for book.Only a teacher like u can instill love for books in us. A must read for all who have been shying away from reading books.
ReplyDeleteI still love the feel of books in my hands...gosh this technology will take it away...sob sob!
ReplyDeleteGreat take :)
I'm glad my parents let the reading-bug bite me :)
ReplyDeletePride and Prejudice, Rebecca are some of my favourite books.
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