false 249186 2 In print for almost 40 years, <I>The Lifetime Reading Plan</I> has long been a worthy addition to any serious reader's bookshelf, providing entertaining and informative introductions to the great works of Western civilization. Now, this "classic about classics" has been updated to reflect more diverse traditions. <I>The New Lifetime Reading Plan</I> recommends great literature from around the globe, including writers and works from Confucius to Chinua Achebe, Gabriel García Márquez to the Koran. Also new is an appendix profiling books by 100 important 20th-century authors--or "temporary classics," as coauthor John S. Major calls them.<P>Readers may argue with some of the selections (or, more likely, the omissions). Others may quarrel with the editors' opinions; they routinely analyze artists' "characters,"with occasionally prissy or patronizing results. (Of Walt Whitman, for instance, coauthor Clifton Fadiman declares that "He had an original temperament, a certain peasant shrewdness, but only a moderate amount of brains.") But no one can argue with the book's mission: promoting the classics as "life companions." "Once part of you, they work in and on and with you until you die," Fadiman writes in the introduction. Anyone seeking a guide to the vast riches of world literature need look no further than the <I>The New Lifetime Reading Plan</I>; it provides a gateway to the greatest achievements of the human mind. 241449 1997 The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded total:62|5:17|4:22|3:18|2:4|1:1| 62 236 174 13 5 1 false false Tue Mar 10 08:10:44 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 08:11:21 -0700 2009 ]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 18 07:19:31 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 07:27:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:13:30 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:13:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Mon Aug 24 05:01:37 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 05:02:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:20:27 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:23:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Mar 12 07:47:01 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 14 11:22:35 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 11 15:02:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 12:55:59 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 12:57:26 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 13:44:59 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 19:19:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Thu Feb 28 15:30:12 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 15:38:40 -0800 2008 ]]> 0 0 false false Sun Oct 12 15:49:49 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 15:51:35 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Aug 18 12:53:51 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 23:26:39 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 12:53:51 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 30 11:26:07 -0700 2008 Thu May 28 21:37:07 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 21:20:12 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 18:22:05 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 18:26:46 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 18:26:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 09:20:33 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 09:20:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 01:11:25 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 01:11:25 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 12:34:46 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:34:46 -0800 2009 4 0 true false Thu Nov 05 20:14:47 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 20:14:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 21:33:33 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 21:33:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 12:01:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 12:01:05 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=249186