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Library CD (In Stock)
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781664436916
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ISBN: 9781664544741
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ISBN: 9781664703773
| Runtime: | 7.49 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Sports & Recreation |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Longlisted for the 2015 PEN Literary Award
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“A questing, questioning book…Mr. Edmundson…argues that football shifts our attention from difficult issues to simple ones, for both good and ill.” —New York Times
“Beautifully written and impressively thought out, this smart memoir should appeal to a wide audience.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“Edmundson’s memoir attempts to explain why football means so much to him, and why its influence on his life has been so lasting…Enlightening and moving…Unafraid to challenge common assumptions about what football does and does not teach us, Edmundson’s book is uncommonly probing and insightful and should have wide-ranging appeal.” —Publishers Weekly
“A provocative thesis bolstered by amusing and instructive anecdotes.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author
Author Bio: Mark Edmundson
Mark Edmundson teaches in the English Department at the University of Virginia. He is a contributing editor at Raritan and the prizewinning author of numerous works of cultural criticism, including Why Read?; Literature against Philosophy, Plato to Derrida; and Teacher. His essays have appeared in Harper’s, Oxford American, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the American Scholar.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Sports & Recreation |
| Runtime: | 7.49 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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