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Large print book

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

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE 973.93 K917 (CEN)

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Edition

First large print edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Random House Large Print, 2014.

Physical Description

526 pages (large print) ; 24 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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