{"product_id":"9781847929518","title":"The New Dark Ages : The End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-Literate Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **'Without question the most important book of the year' MARINA HYDE'Superb' TOM HOLLANDReading built the modern world. It helped create democracy, science and reason.   Now, books are dying, and people everywhere are losing the ability to read deeply or think rationally.   The golden chain of knowledge linking reader to reader through history is breaking.   The screen has replaced the page. Our free time has been colonised by addictive, infantilising slop. A culture of distraction is replacing a culture of reasoned debate.   As reading declines, thought becomes shallower and culture becomes simpler.   Public life is becoming more emotional, more tribal, more irrational.   We are entering a post-literate society. And the world we knew is already beginning to disappear.   Six hundred years after the invention of the printed book, it has never been more threatened or more irreplaceable.   ‘Anyone who wants to understand the world today needs to read this book’ NAOMI ALDERMAN‘One of the most important cultural crises of all. Essential reading’ ANDREW MARR‘Put down your phone and read this’ HELEN LEWIS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product__accordion accordion quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003cdetails id=\"Details-collapsible_tab_dDVEeR-template--25151688147283__main\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003csummary role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_dDVEeR-template--25151688147283__main\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv class=\"summary__title\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003ch2 class=\"h4 accordion__title inline-richtext\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProduct Information\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csvg class=\"icon icon-caret\" viewbox=\"0 0 10 6\"\u003e\u003cpath fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M9.354.646a.5.5 0 0 0-.708 0L5 4.293 1.354.646a.5.5 0 0 0-.708.708l4 4a.5.5 0 0 0 .708 0l4-4a.5.5 0 0 0 0-.708\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/summary\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv class=\"accordion__content rte\" id=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_dDVEeR-template--25151688147283__main\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"metafield-multi_line_text_field\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Marriott\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDate of Publication:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePagination:\u003c\/b\u003e 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e N\/A\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eImprint:\u003c\/b\u003e The Bodley Head Ltd\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublished By:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Classification:\u003c\/b\u003e Literacy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 205 x 138 x 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eISBN13\/EAN\/SKU:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847929518\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\u003c\/details\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"James Marriott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57006403780994,"sku":"9781847929518","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9781847929518.jpg?v=1793300112","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.pro\/products\/9781847929518","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}