How to Read a Book
- ISBN-10
- 0671212095
- ISBN-13
- 9780671212094
- Series
- How to Read a Book
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1972
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler
Description
Analyzes the art of reading and suggests ways to approach literary works
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- 2014-09-30
- 448 pages
- Paperback
- Simon and Schuster
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