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Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life
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2006
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Classics for Pleasure
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2007
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Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education
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2004
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An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland
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2003
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Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments
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2000
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On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Stortelling
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2011
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Caring For Your Books
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1900
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dickens in the crowd michael dirda
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Hon Kara Hikidasareta Hon: In'yō De Tsuzuru Dokusho To Jinsei No Kōsaku
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2010
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The Manticore
by Robertson Davies, Michael Dirda 3.96 avg rating — 1,608 ratings
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1972
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“Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet of Obeisance ... (But) the best fantasies pull aside the velvet curtain of mere appearance. ... In most instances, fantasy ultimately returns us to our own now re-enchanted world, reminding us that it is neither prosaic nor meaningless, and that how we live and what we do truly matters.”
― Michael Dirda
― Michael Dirda
“Books, by their very nature and variety, help us grow in empathy for others, in tolerance and awareness. But they should increase our skepticism as well as our humanity, for all good readers know how easy it is to misread. What counts is to stay receptive and open, to reserve judgment and try to foresee consequences, to avoid the facile conclusion and be ready to change one's mind.”
― Michael Dirda
― Michael Dirda
“The patient accretion of knowledge, the focusing of all one's energies on some problem in history or science, the dogged pursuit of excellence of whatever kind -- these are right and proper ideals for life.”
― Michael Dirda
― Michael Dirda
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