Lizzie Skurnick, author of Shelf Discovery, takes a jaundiced and very funny look at the “rush of literary fathers gushing about how to raise their perfect children,” in The Book Beast, focusing on,
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| Retail Price: |
$25.99 |
| Hardcover: |
352 pages |
| Publisher: |
Little, Brown and Company – (2009-11-02) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0316069906 / 9780316069908 |
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| Retail Price: |
$25.99 |
| Hardcover: |
320 pages |
| Publisher: |
Harper – (2009-10-01) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0061490180 / 9780061490187 |
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The essay may send you scurrying to read Skurnick’s book, if you haven’t already. You probably won’t find a copy on the shelves, but you can get a good sample of it with Browse Inside.
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| Retail Price: |
$14.99 |
| Paperback: |
448 pages |
| Publisher: |
Avon A – (2009-08-01) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0061756350 / 9780061756351 |
Browse Inside |
You can also hear Lizzie in conversation with Nancy Pearl and Virginia Stanley, head of library marketing for HarperCollins, on Library Love Fest.
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