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Article: Readers' picks.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 11, 2008
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Readers' picks
I'm rereading The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, a compilation of Leo Rosten's stories, most of them written more than 50 years ago, of immigrant learners in the American Night Preparatory School for Adults. Rosten writes lovingly of Hyman Kaplan and his fellow students as they struggle with the mysteries of the English language. - W.N. Butler, Naples, Fla.
I picked up Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama. I've always assumed a living politician's autobiography or memoir would be self-serving political pablum but I'm finding this book engaging: it's well written by a seemingly authentic person who understands that the world is a ...