{"product_id":"you-cant-read-this-forbidden-books-lost-writing-mistranslations-codes-by-val-ross-very-good-2006-hc-140-pgs-tundra-books","title":"You Can't Read This: Forbidden Books, Lost Writing, Mistranslations \u0026 Codes by Val Ross (Very good, 2006, HC, 140 pgs, Tundra Books)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery Good condition:  cover and pages have slight wear and are unmarked; former library book with stamps\/stickers. ISBN 088776732x\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"duckassist-expanded-answer-content\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"space-y-4 whitespace-normal *:first:mt-0 *:last:mb-0 CpfDLoDlD1PEiIyG8vo9 PEx7PVUCjg3ME7Q6CffN QnKMPm2RQV5wdPzny40H\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWherever people can read, there are stories about the magic, mystery, and power of what they read. Val Ross presents a history of reading that is, in fact, the story of the monumental, on-going struggle to read. From Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon the Great, the world’s oldest signed author to Empress Shotoku of Japan who in 764 ordered the printing of one million Buddhist prayers; from the story of Hulagu, Ghengis Khan’s nasty brother who destroyed the library of Baghdad to Bowdler and the censorship of Shakespeare, there have been barriers to reading ranging from the physical to the economical, social, and political\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten for children ages ten and up, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYou Can’t Read This\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the development of alphabets, the decoding of ancient languages, and censorship in Ancient Rome and modern America. It's about secret writing, trashed libraries, writers on the run, writers in hiding, books that are thought to have magical powers and mistranslations that started wars. It's about people: from the American slave Frederick Douglass to girls in Afghanistan in the year 2001 who defied laws that prevented them from learning to read.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Faith Books23","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49437914005731,"sku":null,"price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/faithbooks23.com\/products\/you-cant-read-this-forbidden-books-lost-writing-mistranslations-codes-by-val-ross-very-good-2006-hc-140-pgs-tundra-books","provider":"Faith Books23","version":"1.0","type":"link"}