100 Years: Wisdom From Famous Writers on Every Year of Your Life
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (726 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393285707 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Glaser received the National Medal of the Arts from President Obama. Joshua Prager is the author of The Echoing Green, which was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and Half-Life, which The Economist called “an impressive work of self-scrutiny.” He writes for publications including Vanity Fair and the New York Times. In 2009, Mr. . He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter, who is zero years old.Milton Glaser is among the m
As the pages pass, there is an increasingly wistful sense of what time takes from us.” (John Williams - New York Times Book Review) . “Clean and simple…
Counting the Birthdays A stirring collection of inspiring quotations about aging from some of the world's best beloved authors, anthologized with love and care by Joshua Prager, whose fine eye for a fitting and flavorful quote renders this book a wonderful resource for readers of all ages. Love the layout and the attention to visual detail as well. This book makes a fabulous birthday gift for anyone!. Changed My Mind J. Renee Pierce Wanted to give this as a gift to my friend who was turning 73. The quotes were too depressing after 70 so I changed my mind.. A Good Idea R. Winters (WA) I'm not much of a Kindle reader. It took some screen shifting to see all on each page. Layout could be quite fun and charming as a printed book. The hard work of finding the selections gives us a shortcut to hear from wise people about the lifespan we all have, whatever the length up to 100.
As Thomas Mann wrote of our most shared human experience: "It will happen to me as to them." Designed by the legendary Milton Glaser, who created the I ♥ NY logo, 100 Years brings together color, type, and text to illuminate the ebb and flow of an entire life.. An extraordinary literary journey, 100 Years celebrates every age from birth to 100 with quotations from the world’s greatest writers.This literary tapestry of the human experience will delight readers of all backgrounds. This trove of wisdom—featuring immortal passages from Arthur Rimbaud, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, David Foster Wallace, William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Jane Austen, and Maya Angelou, among many others—reminds us that the patterns of life transcend continents, cultures, and generations. Moving year by year through the words of our most beloved authors, the great sequence of life reveals itself—the wonders and confinements of childhood, the emancipations and frustrations of adolescence, the empowerments and millstones of adulthood, the recognitions and resignations of old age