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Book

Things that matter : three decades of passions, pastimes and politics

Call Number

  • 973.93 K917 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Crown Forum, [2013]

Physical Description

x, 387 pages ; 25 cm

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections

Summary

America's preeminent columnist presents his penetrating and surprising reflections on everything from embryo research to entitlement reform, from Halley's Comet to border collies, from Christopher Columbus to Martin Luther King, from drone warfare to American decline. Features a special, highly autobiographical introduction.

Notes

Selected essays previously published in various periodicals and journals.

Includes index.

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