Why We Read by David Wengrow - ISBN: 9781802060959
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Discover the joy, adventure, and transformative power of reading non-fiction.

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    5 October 2022

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Summary

A sparkling anthology of newly commissioned writing on the joys and rewards of reading non-fiction.

Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure, challenge, adventure, meaning? Here, in seventy new pieces, some of the most original writers and thinkers of our time give their answers.

From Hilton Als on reading as writing’s dearest companion to Nicci Gerrard on reading for her life; from Malcolm Gladwell on entering the minds of others to Michael L…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781802060959
ISBN-10:1802060952
Author:David Wengrow, Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:5 October 2022
Weight:124g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 10mm
About The Author

David Wengrow

David Wengrow

David Wengrow is a professor of comparative archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and has been a visiting professor at New York University. He is the author of three books, including What Makes Civilization?. Wengrow conducts archaeological fieldwork in various parts of Africa and the Middle East.

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of six international bestsellers- The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath and most recently, Talking to Strangers. He is the host of the podcast Revisionist History, a staff writer at The New Yorker, and co-founder of the audio company Pushkin Industries. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history. Gladwell was born in England and grew up in rural Ontario. He lives in New York.

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