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Book by book : notes on reading and life

Dirda, Michael. (Author).

Summary: Offers a personal meditation on the relationship between books and life and on the role of books in teaching us how to live, drawing on sources ranging from Dr. Seuss to Simone Weil.

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  • ISBN: 9780805078770
  • ISBN: 0805078770
  • Physical Description: xvii, 170 pages ; 20 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt, 2006.

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Formatted Contents Note: Preface: At Home in the World xiii -- 1 Life Lines 1 -- 2 Pleasures of Learning 4 -- 3 Work and Leisure 22 -- 4 Books of Love 45 -- 5 Bringing It All Back Home 69 -- 6 Living in the World 86 -- 7 Sights and Sounds 98 -- 8 Interior Library 116 -- 9 Matters of the Spirit 135 -- 10 Last Things 146 -- A Selective and Idiosyncratic Who's Who 155.
Subject: Reading Social aspects
Commonplace books
Books and reading
Best books
Dirda, Michael Books and reading

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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