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Why Read?: On the Uses of Great Writing
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Publisher Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Publication date September 20, 2004
Pages 146
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781582344256
ISBN-10 1582344256
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight 0.70 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $21.95
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A scholar and author of Teacher: The One Who Made a Difference argues that questions about the uses of literature are essential to a literary education and that reading not for only training and education, but also for pleasure, can change students' lives for the better. 25,000 first printing.
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9781582344256 | details & prices | 146 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $21.95
About: Argues that questions about the uses of literature are essential to a literary education and that reading not for only training and education, but also for pleasure, can change students' lives for the better.

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