New York, NY, Estados Unidos : Pegasus Books, c2015.

x, 246 p. ; 24 cm.

Introduction. -- Mr. Zinsser, I presume. -- Style is the man. -- Armchair adventures. -- Bookish pets. -- Paper. -- This is a column. -- Scribble, scribble. -- Books on books. -- Text mess -- Twilight of an author. -- Spring book sales. -- Memories of Marseille. -- Hail to thee, blithe spirit!. -- Synonym toast. -- Cowboys and clubmen. -- Grades. -- Anglophilia. -- After the golden age. -- Anthologies and collections. -- Rocky Mountain low. -- The fugitive. -- Hot enough for you?. -- Wonder books. -- Readercon. -- Aurora. -- Out of print. -- Thrift stories. -- Musical chairs. -- The evidence in the (book) case. -- Charlottesville. -- Then and now. -- Mencken day. -- New and old. -- Dirty pictures. -- Going, going, gone. -- Castles in space. -- Waving, not drowning. -- Oberlin. -- Jacques Barzun, and others. -- What's in a name?. -- Language matters. -- "I'm done". -- Poe and Baudelaire. -- In praise of small presses. -- Christmas reading. -- Books for the holidays. -- Let us now praise Dover Books. -- A dreamer's tale. -- Money. -- Book projects. -- Ending up. -- A positively, final appearance. -- Afterword. -- Bibliographical note. -- Acknowledgments. --

Tomado de LC: "The author shares personal essays on diverse topics ranging from literary pets and cursive writing to book inscriptions and the pleasures of science fiction conventions."
Tomado de la solapa: "Dirda's latest volume collects fifty of his witty and wide-ranging reflections on literary journalism, book collecting, and the writers he loves... As admirers of his earlier books will expect, there are annotated lists galore -of perfect book titles, great adventure novels, favorite words, essential books about books, and beloved children's classics, as well as a revealing peek at the titles Michael keeps on his own nightstand."

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