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Book by book : notes on reading and life / Michael Dirda.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating Z1003 .D575 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dirda, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dirda, Michael--Books and reading.
- Dirda, Michael.
- Books and reading.
- Best books.
- Reading--Social aspects.
- Reading.
- Commonplace books.
- Genre:
- Dust jackets (Binding)
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 170 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt, [2006]
- Summary:
- Drawing on sources as diverse as Dr. Seuss and Simone Weil, P. G. Wodehouse and Isaiah Berlin, Pulitzer prize-winning critic Dirda shows how the wit, wisdom, and enchantment of the written word can inform and enrich nearly every aspect of life, from education and work to love and death.
- Contents:
- Preface: At Home in the World xiii
- 1 Life Lines 1
- 2 The Pleasures of Learning 4
- 3 Work and Leisure 22
- 4 The Books of Love 45
- 5 Bringing It All Back Home 69
- 6 Living in the World 86
- 7 Sights and Sounds 98
- 8 The Interior Library 116
- 9 Matters of the Spirit 135
- 10 Last Things 146
- A Selective and Idiosyncratic Who's Who 155.
- Notes:
- Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Weiner fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 0805078770
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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