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An eclectic history of human curiosity, a great feast of ideas, and a memoir of a reading life from an internationally celebrated reader and thinker Curiosity has been seen through the ages as the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden waters. The question "Why?" has appeared under a multiplicity of guises and in vastly different contexts throughout the chapters of human history. Why does evil exist? What is beauty? How does language inform us? What defines our identity? What is our responsibility to the world? In Alberto Manguel's most personal book to date, the author tracks his own life of curiosity through the reading that has mapped his way. Manguel chooses as his guides a selection of writers who sparked his imagination. He dedicates each chapter to a single thinker, scientist, artist, or other figure who demonstrated in a fresh way how to ask "Why?" Leading us through a full gallery of inquisitives, among them Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Lewis Carroll, Rachel Carson, Socrates, and, most importantly, Dante, Manguel affirms how deeply connected our curiosity is to the readings that most astonish us, and how essential to the soaring of our own imaginations.

A many-sided tale of faith and betrayal, drama and intrigue, set in the world of old Edo. REA's "Celebrate the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language & Culture with Audio CD + MP3 In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save Curiosity download PDF her life. Mina Tepes, the princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants change. Using the vast wealth of the Tepes line, she has paid off the entire gross national debt of Japan and in so doing, gained the authority to create a special district off the coast of Japan that is to become a haven for vampires for all over the world. With Akira, her lycanthrope boyfriend/bodyguard in tow, Mina struggles to keep her rivals and enemies at bay while they seek to sabotage her plans at every turn.

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Author: Alberto Manguel
Number of Pages: 392 pages
Published Date: 28 Apr 2015
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Country: New Haven, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780300184785
Download Link: Click Here
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