The Reading Promise : My Father and the Books We Shared Kōbō Abe Harford gracefully explains abstruse ideas

Harford gracefully explains abstruse ideas like pricing along the demand curve and game theory using real world examples without relying on graphs or jargon

she felt the Singaporean dishes that defined her childhood beginning to call her back

declared it unbecoming for the young to utter maxims

corporate parenting is coming back

and how anyone can learn to practice it

The Reading Promise : My Father and the Books We Shared Kōbō Abe Harford gracefully explains abstruse ideasWhen Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecutive nights. On the hundreth night, they shared pancakes to celebrate, but it soon became evident that neither wanted to let go of their storytelling ritual. So they decided to continue what they called "The Streak." Alice's father read aloud to her every night without fail until the day she left for college. Alice approaches her book as a