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9781585746552: The Quotable Book Lover
Softcover
ISBN 10: 158574655X ISBN 13: 9781585746552
Verlag: The Lyons Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

This collection of more than five hundred quotations captures the wisdom and wit of the most insightful things ever said about books, spoken and written by such legendary figures as: Aeschylus; Ernest Hemingway; John Ruskin; Woody Allen; Thomas Jefferson; Charles Scribner; Maya Angelou; Franz Kafka; George Bernard Shaw; Jane Austen; Helen Keller; Wallace Stevens; Francis Bacon; Malcolm X; Robert Penn Warren; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Groucho Marx; William Carlos Williams; William Faulkner; John Milton; Oprah Winfrey; Robert Frost; George Orwell; and W.B. Yeats. Encompassing the many facets of books and the pleasures and puzzlements they afford, "The Quotable Book Lover" includes chapters on writing, reading, and bookbinding, among other subjects. With its wide range of commentary, this compilation will surely entertain and enlighten bibliophiles everywhere.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ben Jacobs has worked in publishing for nearly ten years and has contributed to such publications as Kirkus Reviews. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two cats. Helena Hjalmarsson is a social worker and freelance journalist. She holds master's degrees in child development - with a dual focus on psychology and non-fiction essay writing - and social work. She lives in Connecticut.

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This collection of more than five hundred quotations captures the wisdom and wit of the most insightful things ever said about books, spoken and written by such legendary figures as: Aeschylus, Ernest Hemingway, John Ruskin, Woody Allen, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Scribner, Maya Angelou, Franz Kafka, George Bernard Shaw, Jane Austen, Helen Keller, Wallace Stevens, Francis Bacon, Malcolm X, Robert Penn Warren, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams, William Faulkner, John Milton, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Frost, George Orwell, W. B. Yeats.
With its wide range of commentary, this compilation will surely entertain and enlighten bibliophiles everywhere..

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Verlag
The Lyons Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
158574655X
ISBN 13 
9781585746552
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
320
Herausgeber
Jacobs Ben, Hjalmarsson Helena
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