Reading with the stars
Subtitle: why they love libraries
By: by Leonard Kniffel with Barack Obama, Julie Andrews, Bill Gates, David Mamet, Laura Bush, Ken Burns, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Cokie Roberts, Ron Reagan, Garrison Keillor, Ralph Nader, Jamie Lee Curtis, Al Gore, Oprah Winfrey
Publisher: Skyhorse; American Library Association
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York; Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780838935989
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Libraries; Books and reading; Public opinion; Attitudes; Library users; Interviews; Celebrities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Barack Obama, bound to the world; title: Julie Andrews, music to her ears; title: Bill Gates, take me to your reader; title: David Mamet, getting an education; title: Laura Bush, first librarian; title: Ken Burns, archiving America; title: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, from hoops to ink; title: Cokie Roberts, a sense of our future; title: Ron Reagan, along party lines; title: Garrison Keillor, the Internet is a swamp; title: Ralph Nader, rallying readers; title: Jamie Lee Curtis, a connection to learning; title: Al Gore, the planet in the balance; title: Oprah Winfrey, reading for life.