Books in our life

Why people started writing books Why people started writing books? The main aim of writing books is to save and transmit knowledge to future generations.

The History When writing systems were invented in ancient civilizations, nearly everything that could be written upon —stone, clay, tree bark, metal sheets—was used for writing.

Papyrus, a thick paper-like material made by weaving the stems of the papyrus plant, then pounding the woven sheet with a hammer-like tool, was used for writing in Ancient Egypt. Papyrus, a thick paper-like material made by weaving the stems of the papyrus plant, then pounding the woven sheet with a hammer-like tool, was used for writing in Ancient Egypt.

Chinese bamboo book Chinese bamboo book

The Chinese independently developed a papermaking process during the Han Dynasty, between 202 BC and 220 AD, which is where modern paper originated. The Chinese independently developed a papermaking process during the Han Dynasty, between 202 BC and 220 AD, which is where modern paper originated.

The first printed book appeared thanks to Johannes Gutenberg. His invention of mechanical movable type printing started the Printing Revolution. The first printed book appeared thanks to Johannes Gutenberg. His invention of mechanical movable type printing started the Printing Revolution.

Genres People can read such kind of literature as: Fiction: novel detective epic poetry science fiction and etc. Nonfiction: documentaries biographies travel books and etc.

Why do you think read or don’t read? I think people must read because reading expands the knowledge. Sometimes it helps us to decide some questions. I think reading is very interesting. And when the weather is rainy you can sit on the sofa and read some book and you don’t notice how time flies by.

How do you read? But if you read book you have to read it very attentively and don’t miss important things.

Book, which is worth to read to my mind I think the book which is worth to read, it’s a classical literature, for example, William Shakespeare or Michael Bulgakov, or books about main historical events of our country. For example, books about the Great Patriotic War.

My favourite book “The Dawns Here Are Quiet...” is poignant and tragic history of war that occurred away from the front. It is the story of five young women which went to the war and tried to stop the Germans, but they died protecting our country. This story was written in 1969.

The author Vasilyev Boris Lvovich(born May 21, 1924) - Soviet and Russian writer. Published since 1954. He is the author of many stories, novels, plays, and journalism. More than 15 films removed for books and scripts of Boris Vasilyev.

The film “The Dawns Here Are Quiet..” was dramatized in 1972. The director of the film is Stanislav Rostotsky. In 1973 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category.