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How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read
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Paperback
Book cover for 9781551929620 Book cover for 9781596915435
 
With Jeffrey Mehlman (other contributor) | from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (September 29, 2009)
9781596915435 | details & prices | 185 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.36 lbs | List price $14.00
This edition also contains How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
About: “Provocative, challenging and witty…In challenging the line between reading and non-reading, Bayard actually whet my appetite to read more.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Raincoast Book Dist Ltd (October 15, 2007)
9781551929620 | details & prices | 208 pages | List price $24.95
This edition also contains How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
About: In this mischievous book, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who understands the book's place in our culture.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781433207983
 
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (October 30, 2007)
9781433207983 | details & prices | 5.25 × 5.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Argues that it is more important to understand a book's relevance than to be familiar with its details, drawing on examples from key modern works while offering specific advice on how to speak knowledgeably in a variety of social occasions.
Paperback
Book cover for 9781551929620 Book cover for 9781596915435
 
With Jeffrey Mehlman (other contributor) | from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (September 29, 2009)
9781596915435 | details & prices | 185 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.36 lbs | List price $14.00
This edition also contains How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
About: “Provocative, challenging and witty…In challenging the line between reading and non-reading, Bayard actually whet my appetite to read more.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Raincoast Book Dist Ltd (October 15, 2007)
9781551929620 | details & prices | 208 pages | List price $24.95
This edition also contains How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
About: In this mischievous book, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who understands the book's place in our culture.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781433207976
 
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (October 30, 2007)
9781433207976 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.38 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Argues that it is more important to understand a book's relevance than to be familiar with its details, drawing on examples from key modern works while offering specific advice on how to speak knowledgeably in a variety of social occasions.
Hardcover
Book cover for 9781596914698
 
With Jeffrey Mehlman (other contributor) | from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (October 30, 2007)
9781596914698 | details & prices | 185 pages | 7.00 × 6.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $19.95
About: A lighthearted and provocative French best-seller argues that it is more important to understand a book's relevance than to be familiar with its details, drawing on examples from key modern works while offering specific advice on how to speak knowledgeably in a variety of social occasions.
Paperback
Book cover for 9781551929620 Book cover for 9781596915435
 
With Jeffrey Mehlman (other contributor) | from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (September 29, 2009)
9781596915435 | details & prices | 185 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.36 lbs | List price $14.00
This edition also contains How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
About: “Provocative, challenging and witty…In challenging the line between reading and non-reading, Bayard actually whet my appetite to read more.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Raincoast Book Dist Ltd (October 15, 2007)
9781551929620 | details & prices | 208 pages | List price $24.95
This edition also contains How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
About: In this mischievous book, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who understands the book's place in our culture.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781433207990
 
With Jeffrey Mehlman (other contributor), Grover Gardner (other contributor) | Mp3 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (October 30, 2007)
9781433207990 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Argues that it is more important to understand a book's relevance than to be familiar with its details, drawing on examples from key modern works while offering specific advice on how to speak knowledgeably in a variety of social occasions.
Paperback
Book cover for 9781551929620 Book cover for 9781596915435
 
With Jeffrey Mehlman (other contributor) | from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (September 29, 2009)
9781596915435 | details & prices | 185 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.36 lbs | List price $14.00
This edition also contains How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
About: “Provocative, challenging and witty…In challenging the line between reading and non-reading, Bayard actually whet my appetite to read more.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Raincoast Book Dist Ltd (October 15, 2007)
9781551929620 | details & prices | 208 pages | List price $24.95
This edition also contains How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
About: In this mischievous book, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who understands the book's place in our culture.
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Publisher Raincoast Book Dist Ltd
Publication date October 15, 2007
Pages 208
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781551929620
ISBN-10 1551929627
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: In this mischievous book, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who understands the book's place in our culture. Using examples from works by Graham Greene, Umberto Eco, and others (and even the movie Groundhog Day), Bayard examines the many kinds of "non-reading" (forgotten books, books discussed by others, books we've skimmed briefly) and the many potentially nightmarish situations in which we are called upon to discuss our reading with others. At heart, this delightfully tongue-in-cheek book challenges everyone who's ever felt guilty about missing some of the great books to consider what reading means, how we absorb books as part of ourselves, and why we spend so much time talking about what we have, or haven't, read.

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