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February 01, 2006: "The Sun Herald" Review of "Every Book Its Reader"
"When renowned bookseller Harry Schwartz of Milwaukee learned he was gravely ill, he selected "War and Peace" to reread. He declared, "This would be a good book to die with." Books, and the ideas they carry, are serious business to many people."
"In 'Every Book Its Reader,' Nicholas Basbanes recounts how reading influenced the lives of many of history's greatest thinkers in all fields of endeavor, from Leonardo da Vinci through Helen Keller, Thomas Edison, Malcolm X, David McCullough and many others."
