The best nonfiction books add up to a biography of our culture
Once upon a time, the educated reader in, for example, the 17th or even the 18th century could load an essential library of classics on to a horse and cart. Even in Victorian times, you could easily masquerade as well-read with a wagonload of books. Today, you might fill a container truck with all …
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