Vintage Reading From Plato to Bradbury A Personal Tour of Some of the World Best Books eBook Robert Kanigel
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A readable, friendly, literary companion, Kanigel shares the books he loves best. Vintage Reading is like those samples that seduce you into tasting because Kanigel’s enthusiastic eclecticism makes it clear that a good reader is really someone ready to venture between the covers, and Kanigel’s mini-forays between those covers seem cozy not intimidating. The antidote to Cliff’s Notes, Vintage Reading’s unpretentious appetite for literature will inspire readers young and old to new adventures and, most importantly, a confidence in themselves.
ROBERT KANIGEL is a National Book Critics Award finalist, a Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist, winner of the Grady-Stack award for science writing, and winner of “Author of the Year" honors in 1998 by the 1200-member American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). His The One Best Way was one of four finalists for the Global Business Book Award for biography, co-sponsored by the Financial Times of London and the management consulting firm of Booz-Allen. The Man Who Knew Infinity is now in its fifth paperback printing. His fourth book, High Season How One French Riviera Town Has Seduced Travelers for Two Thousand Years, is due to be published in June 2002 by Viking Press.
His articles and essays have been published in magazines such as The Sciences, American Health, and The New York Times Magazine. His book reviews have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Psychology Today. For many years, he taught writing in the Publications Design Program at the University of Baltimore. Since September 1999, Kanigel has been professor of science writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and administrator of its new Graduate Program in Science Writing. A Kanigel talk on Vintage Reading was broadcast on C-Span's "About Books" in August 1998.
Vintage Reading From Plato to Bradbury A Personal Tour of Some of the World Best Books eBook Robert Kanigel
Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury, A Personal Tour of Some of the World's Best Books is an anthology of 80 book reviews that the author wrote over a seven-year period for three separate newspapers. Most are around 750 words. The reviews are well written and engrossing.The book is broken into nine sections:
"On Everyone's List of Literary Classics" in which 12 books are reviewed. Two examples: Kim by Rudyard Kipling and My Antonia by Willa Cather.
"On Many a List for Burning: Heretics, Subversives, Demagogues" in which 7 books are reviewed. Two examples: Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed.
"Books That Shaped the Western World" in which 11 books are reviewed. Two examples: Essays by Montaigne and Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville;
"Making Hard Work Easy: The Great Popularizers" in which 10 books are reviewed. Two examples: Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead and The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton.
"Not Robinson Crusoe, Not Brave New World: Lesser Known Classics" in which 7 books are reviewed. Two examples: A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe and Roughing It by Mark Twain.
"Lighter Fare: Good Reads, Best Sellers" in which 8 books are reviewed. Two examples: A Bell for Adano by John Hersey and The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
"But I Know What I Like: On Aesthetics and Style" in which 5 books are reviewed. Two examples: The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin and The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form by Kenneth Clark.
"One-of-a-Kinds" in which 9 books are reviewed. Two examples: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf and The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn
"The Realm of the Spirit: Holy and Human" in which 11 books are reviewed. Two examples: The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton and Night by Elie Wiesel.
Each of the 80 reviews is like a tasty appetizer that entices you to read (or re-read) an outstanding book.
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Vintage Reading From Plato to Bradbury A Personal Tour of Some of the World Best Books eBook Robert Kanigel Reviews
A novel concept - that you can be your own judge of good reading -- and an honest, charming, profound, fair, and fascinating book... If you're already a reader, consider Vintage Reading a validation. If you haven't yet discovered the joys of discovering new worlds in print, get ready... All of Vintage Reading is an incitement to action - to read these books. I do hope there's a sequel. -- George Liston Seay, host of "Dialogue," a weekly interview broadcast by Public Radio International (PRI)
Very disappointed. I was hoping to read some Dorothy Parker but alas this is just a hint book or reviews.
A truly good read. You'll likely read it, then read it again and then keep it for reference. The book in itself would make a good college "lit" course. I found several books that I now want to read and some that I'm glad that I didn't read. Understand that you are trusting the author in his reviews but he's about as good as "reviewers" come. I had many questions answered and a lot of interesting tidbits about the writers were thrown in. Well worth the cost and the time to read it.
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The reviews of the author's reading selections were a little too verbose and pretentious for my liking. However, I did come away with a short list of literature I plan to read in its entirety.
Vintage Reading From Plato to Bradbury, A Personal Tour of Some of the World's Best Books is an anthology of 80 book reviews that the author wrote over a seven-year period for three separate newspapers. Most are around 750 words. The reviews are well written and engrossing.
The book is broken into nine sections
"On Everyone's List of Literary Classics" in which 12 books are reviewed. Two examples Kim by Rudyard Kipling and My Antonia by Willa Cather.
"On Many a List for Burning Heretics, Subversives, Demagogues" in which 7 books are reviewed. Two examples Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed.
"Books That Shaped the Western World" in which 11 books are reviewed. Two examples Essays by Montaigne and Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville;
"Making Hard Work Easy The Great Popularizers" in which 10 books are reviewed. Two examples Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead and The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton.
"Not Robinson Crusoe, Not Brave New World Lesser Known Classics" in which 7 books are reviewed. Two examples A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe and Roughing It by Mark Twain.
"Lighter Fare Good Reads, Best Sellers" in which 8 books are reviewed. Two examples A Bell for Adano by John Hersey and The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
"But I Know What I Like On Aesthetics and Style" in which 5 books are reviewed. Two examples The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin and The Nude A Study in Ideal Form by Kenneth Clark.
"One-of-a-Kinds" in which 9 books are reviewed. Two examples A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf and The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn
"The Realm of the Spirit Holy and Human" in which 11 books are reviewed. Two examples The Seven y Mountain by Thomas Merton and Night by Elie Wiesel.
Each of the 80 reviews is like a tasty appetizer that entices you to read (or re-read) an outstanding book.
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