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Literacy has become an issue of worldwide importance. It can make all the difference, especially in developing nations, between substandard and standard existence, and sometimes between life and death. B. Blake (education, St. John's U.) and R. Blake (education emeritus, State U. of New York) give the basics of the study of literacy, including practical as well as theoretical rationales for promoting it. Their coverage includes the different levels and types of literacy and the applications and consequences for each, and how the "two modes of knowing," the expository and the literary, apply to a diverse and changing world. They provide definitions in the course of the text and resources for further study. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
