{"product_id":"ex-libris-100-books-to-read-and-reread","title":"Ex Libris : 100+ Books to Read and Reread","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the introduction to her new collection of essays, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEx Libris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e100+ Books to Read and Reread\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Michiko Kakutani writes: “In a world riven by political and social divisions, literature can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures and religions, national boundaries and historical eras. It can give us an understanding of lives very different from our own, and a sense of the shared joys and losses of human experience.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReaders will discover novels and memoirs by some of the most gifted writers working today; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works, both old and new, that illuminate our social and political landscape and some of today’s most pressing issues, from climate change to medicine to the consequences of digital innovation. There are essential works in American history (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Federalist Papers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e); books that address timely cultural dynamics (Elizabeth Kolbert’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sixth Extinction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Daniel J. Boorstin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Image\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Margaret Atwood’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e); classics of children’s literature (the Harry Potter novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhere the Wild Things Are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e); and novels by acclaimed contemporary writers like Don DeLillo, William Gibson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Ian McEwan.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith richly detailed illustrations by lettering artist Dana Tanamachi that evoke vintage bookplates, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEx Libris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an impassioned reminder of why reading matters more than ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e Published: US, 2020\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Clarkson Potter\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 301\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9780525574972\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 0525574972\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michiko Kakutani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44101646876938,"sku":"","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9780525574972.jpg?v=1673264987","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/ex-libris-100-books-to-read-and-reread","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}