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1,000 books to read before you die, a life-changing list, James Mustich ; with Margot Greenbaum Mustich, Thomas Meagher, and Karen Templer

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1,000 books to read before you die, a life-changing list, James Mustich ; with Margot Greenbaum Mustich, Thomas Meagher, and Karen Templer

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1,000 books to read before you die

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bibliography

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1051777530

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James Mustich ; with Margot Greenbaum Mustich, Thomas Meagher, and Karen Templer

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1,000-- before you die

Sub title

a life-changing list

Summary

Encompassing fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die moves across cultures and through time to present an eclectic collection of titles, each described with the special enthusiasm readers summon when recommending a book to a friendMustich provides brief (usually one page) introductions to works of fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more. Ranging across cultures and through time, this eclectic collection of works is not a proscriptive list of the 'great works' but a celebration of the glorious mosaic that is our literary heritage. Arranged alphabetically by author, the list is a life-changing list for a lifetime of reading. -- Adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

In the company of books -- A: Edward Abbey to Jane Austen -- B: Natalie Babbitt to A.S. Byatt -- C: Roberto Calasso to Will Cuppy -- D: Lorenzo Da Ponte to George Dyson -- E: Umberto Eco to Frederick Exley -- F: Anne Fadiman to R. Buckminster Fuller -- G: William Gaddis to Giovanni Guareschi -- H, I: Michihiko Hachiya to Kazuo Ishiguro -- J: Shirly Jackson to Norton Juster -- K: Franz Kafka to Tony Kushner -- L: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos to George Lyttleton -- M: Amin Maalouf to Robert Musil -- N: Vladimir Nabokov to Kathleen Norris -- O: Barack Obama to Ovid -- P, Q: George Packer to the Qur'an -- R: Jonathan Raban to Witold Rybczynski -- S: Rafael Sabatini to Wislawa Szymborska -- T: Tacitus to Anne Tyler -- U, V: Ellen Ullman to Susan Vreeland -- W: D.J. Waldie to Tim Wynne-Jones -- X, Y, Z: Malcolm X to Carl Zuckmayer -- A miscellany of special lists -- 1,000 books checklists

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