Sometimes I use the internet to read books online which practically same as reading in the old fashion with real books. ... It is true that E-books or E-readers are very handy, they practical in every way especially to those people who read a lot of books, and those who are on the go and travelers, this is a very convenient device to read books wherever you are. ... In a school setting students can share and read a textbook at the same time, probably 2-3 student can read a single a book without any problem at the same time. ... Conventional books are easy share to other people which on the oth...

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Online booksellers act as both a service provider & product retailer. ... Due to the information-rich nature of books, the information provided about these products has a great value to the majority of customers. ... In addition to that, the future ability of online booksellers to deliver e-books to be read on laptop, palmtop, etc, to deliver out-of-print (or first run) books printable on demand at customers nearest point, to allow authors to self-publish, and to use consumers purchasing information to target advertisers provides competitive advantage against traditional booksellers. ... Tra...

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Some books inspire, some books teach, and some deliver a person to an entirely different world. ... The man who never reads lives only once" (Martin). ... Those who read are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as well. ... As it exercises one's brain, research proves that students in schools or colleges who read have higher GPA's, intelligence, and general knowledge than those who do not read. ... The more one reads, the more words one will be exposed to. ...

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For years now an unspoken battle has been raging on between books and computers. ... "In my day our kids read books to learn morals and attain knowledge. ... She's trying to do her calculations but there is a problem some pages are missing and just to damaged to read! ... Maybe it's because I've received a friendly "Goodbye" from my America Online internet service provider or a blue screen which haunts us right when we near that finishing paragraph. ... Books or the computer, which is better? ...

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I can remember her reading from numerous children books such as "Rainbow Fish ", "The Three Little Pigs ", and "Aesop's Fables " to read aloud as I fell asleep. ... My elementary school endorsed literacy by encouraging students to read and answer comprehension questions about the books they have read. ... They helped me better myself at reading books with confusing reads and long chapters and also helped me visualize myself as the characters in the books and go through the things they experienced. ... I began to shift away from books to blog article and news websites to read. ... I gain...

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Does the ultimate choice of ordering your books online, or in your local bookstore burden you? ... If you were to order your books online, returning it would not be as convenient. ... This means a longer wait to get the books that you are dying to read once they have been ordered. ... When buying your books online you are in the comfort of your own home, sipping coffee in your pajamas. ... When ordering online the books rarely show up on your doorstep the next morning. ...

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My dad smirked and responded, "Just read it.... I would be clicking the refresh button always hoping to see a new article to read. ... In school I would always be online reading the latest rants on tigerdroppings and letting the world know what I thought about it. ... Now, I find myself reading books about LSU football to relax and pass time. ... I finished the masterpiece in two nights and was instantly searching online for the next book to dive into. ...

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I don't remember if I read to anyone, I probably read to my mom. ... I started to read books series that interested me. ... Marie Tenorio, would read our class books by Roald Daul. ... I would purchase books from bookstores on Guam and online at Amazon.com. ... I like books I can relate to. ...

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Everyday we see people spending more time online. That time that they are spending online is not always necessary, For example young age are more often online than their parents, but why? ... Teachers used to tell students to look up information in the books. ... Every information we look for we are told to go online. ... That is changing the way Humans think, read and work. ...

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(Questia-the online library) Anyone who had a book was thought to be a criminal. ... Once Montag starts reading his collection of books, the reason why people believe books are so horrible is shown. ... (Bradbury 58) No longer can books be read, not only because they might offend someone, but because books raise questions that often lead to revolutions and chaos. ... (Questia-the online library) Beatty is saying that people needed this because they are weak-minded; they don't want to think for themselves and have to solve the problems of the world. ... Allowing people to read and ...

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The internet can cause a fusion of the online and the offline self. ... The persona that Marla developed in the website, became part of her reality; she identified herself with her avatar so much that she bought books to find out about Mary Stewart's life. ... She started getting so involved with the books that she read, that in her mind, they were memories of her past life. ... The addictive use of online games could have caused Marla new personality disorder. Marla developed a disruptive behavior, in which she mixes fiction with reality; she felt she was the persona she represented on...

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When I read books I read them how I would read an article on the internet. I usually just skim through books I read and try to find the main points of my reading without doing so much reading out of the book. ... This happens to many people this is why Carr mentioned "the internet is messing up our minds " because people would rather not sit and take time to read a whole book to get answers. ... The internet takes our focus off of the finer things such as books in schools that are put there for our reading basically like books are just there for no reason teachers don't even use the books...

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As I have branched out to reading and watching books, and film. ... I am an avid eclectic reader and on average read about two novels a week. ... I still send clothes and books to Somalia from the UAE. ... A one day e-commerce course has enabled me to construct a website from scratch as well as confronting my fear of online shopping. ... When I incessantly read about international affairs and liked nothing better than debating politics over dinner. ...

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Since the arrival of the Internet as a popular medium to exchange information, concerns have been expressed about access to online content deemed offensive or dangerous. ... The debate about online content is still very much alive, and none of the available solutions to protect against offensive content is completely satisfactory. ... Even small children know the difference between fiction and reality, and their attitudes and behavior are shaped more by their life circumstances than by the books they read or the TV they watch. ... From cyber media of the Internet, to the print media of the cla...

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There was a time I read books, climbed trees, went fishing, played cricket, made kites and watched how awesome they were. ... Children are allowed to use their computers during lessons in schools to write down notes instead of write them in books. ... Nobody can read what they write if they use pappers and pen. ... It is extremely helpful and very easy to find informations nowadays and we do not need to spend hours reading books or newspapers to find information. ... We should teach them how to get a great life without using technology, how to build new relationships without going online for 2...

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Why wait until the day after, when you can have the breaking news just hours after it happened by looking online? ... As you are listening to the story being told, you are watching b-roll of students filling out scantrons and flipping through SAT prep books. ... You have to go online for more information. ... That is like the top 10 stories at the time and you can click on them and read all the tweets related to that topic. ... When I am on my phone, I usually don't click on the links attached to tweets because it is a hassle to change over to the internet, read the article, then go back...

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(Edwards, E, Hendrey Online, 2003). ... Online, 2003). ... Home-based workers-1996 (online). ... London: Penguin Books. (Online) Available: www.howhist.com/fraser/two.htm (2003 April.4) (Online) Available: www.penguinputnam.com/static/html/us/academic/teachersguides/silasmarner (2003 April.8) (Online) www.sparknotes.com.lit/silas/ (2003 April.14) (Online) www.utexas.edu/ogs/rc/aas.html (2003 April.8) ...

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The books are read; the television watched. ... However, one must be wary of these online relationships because often people "pretend to be just about anything" (Maasik and Solomon 103). ... Another woman, Debbie, quoted "if you are honest when talking online, you can strip away all the superficial stuff and really get to know someone" (Wolcott 106). If both online partners are completely honest with each other while chatting online, "there won't be any surprises when they meet" (Wolcott 106). ... Each and every online relationship is different, and the people engaging in these relation...

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Teachers have to learn to catch up with the change of technology because now a day many teachers want their students to submit the assignments online rather than print out hard copies that can easily get lost. ... Furthermore, teachers and students can use computers as communication tools instead of mailing papers such as online survey that students need to take and virtual chat, which indicated that computers have become an excellent helping tools in education. ... For instance, elementry kids will learn how to read more effectively when using computers because they do not treat computers...

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Students may now go online and find millions of copies of papers and essays already written. ... They also do not have to worry about getting to the library in time to read through encyclopedias, textbooks, and other research books. ...

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Why read the full article when there is a summary somewhere else that requires even less time? ... "It could be that the real debate will not be books versus the internet but how to build an internet counterculture that will better attract people to serious learning"(Brooks 389). ... Picture writers searching online for a plot line for their new novels. Envision teachers instructing students based off of pre-planned curriculum they found online. ... Reading books shifted to finding broken down summaries. ...

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With a cell in class students would be able to study more because, research and read more about their topic with information online and in the form of eBooks. ... If the student/students and to notify their parents if they left their homework, lunch, backpack, books, report, read eBooks. ...

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" Thousands of people revile Offit publicly at rallies, on Web sites, and in books. ... " Go to Wikipedia to read his bio and, as often as not, someone will have tampered with the page. ... Offit once got an email from a Seattle man that read, "I will hang you by your neck until you are dead!... The doubters and deniers are empowered by the Internet (online, nobody knows you're not a doctor) and helped by the mainstream media, which has an interest in pumping up bad science to create a "debate" where there should be none. ...

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E-books, on the other hand, are all about mobility and information flow. ... Teachers would be able to select certain pages of workbooks to use online, instead of buying whole workbooks that we only use less than half of. ... "Using similar data, an outfit called Cleantech did a study which looked at the question sort if in reverse, saying if you were to read three books a month for four years, the e-reader would significantly outperform conventional paper books in carbon emitted " (scgh.com). ...

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(oxford dictionary online virgin) The use of a Lingua Franca seems to be a very common phenomenon, it was used for communication by merchants and sailors all around the Mediterranean. ... It was first considered a decayed and over-simplified language by native speakers of Greek, but Greek culture was so prestigious that the "common language" was soon considered the universal language of knowledge, science, philosophy and literature. ( Pierre Frath, no year for reference ) So, if we look around us and read history, we will find much in common languages between peoples. which is usua...

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