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Description edit
A Pulitzer Prize–winning critic’s often surprising meditation on those places where life and books intersect and what might be learned from both Once out of school, most of us read for pleasure.Yet there is another equally important, though often overlooked, reason that we read: to learn... read more
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First Sentence edit
Much of Book by Book has been gleaned from a small notebook into which I have copied striking quotations and passages from my reading.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Dirda (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0805078770
Page Count: 192
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0805078770
Page Count: 192
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 028.9
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Self-Help › Personal Transformation
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Spirituality › Personal Transformation
- Books › Reference › Writing
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Books & Reading
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