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| The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class | 
 enlarge | Authors: David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (133 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1624
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rough cut
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 375
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 1594865132
Dewey Decimal Number: 909
EAN: 9781594865138
ASIN: 1594865132
Publication Date: October 3, 2006
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
This daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning will arouse curiosity, refresh knowledge, expand horizons, and keep the mind sharp
Millions of Americans keep bedside books of prayer and meditative reflection?collections of daily passages to stimulate spiritual thought and advancement. The Intellectual Devotional is a secular version of the same?a collection of 365 short lessons that will inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year. Each daily digest of wisdom is drawn from one of seven fields of knowledge: history, literature, philosophy, mathematics and science, religion, fine arts, and music.
Impress your friends by explaining Plato?s Cave Allegory, pepper your cocktail party conversation with opera terms, and unlock the mystery of how batteries work. Daily readings range from important passages in literature to basic principles of physics, from pivotal events in history to images of famous paintings with accompanying analysis. The book?s goal is to refresh knowledge we?ve forgotten, make new discoveries, and exercise modes of thinking that are ordinarily neglected once our school days are behind us. Offering an escape from the daily grind to contemplate higher things, The Intellectual Devotional is a great way to awaken in the morning or to revitalize one?s mind before retiring in the evening.
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 I really like this book January 3, 2009
I saw this book in the store, started flipping through it and couldnt stop. Every page is an interesting little piece of information. Everyone knows someone who is full of interesting facts about random things, and this book can help make you one of those people. The idea is to read a page a day for a year, but its difficult not to sit down and read half of the book at one time. I also purchased the american history version and am loving it so far. I would reccomend this book to anyone who wants to expand their mind a bit.
 Invest 3 minutes a day in this book September 5, 2008
What a nice treat this book is. You only need 2-3 minutes to work through each daily reading. The topics are varied. It is well-written. The authors approach the topics from a "101 level". The additional facts content (bottom of most entries) are often filled with unique nuggets. It's a nice refresher or primer for those interested in expanding their understanding of the fields of music, art, philosophy, religion, science, etc. Makes a great gift too.
Wonderful! September 3, 2008
Bought this as retirement gift for a friend. Absolutely would recommend to anyone who wants a different morning meditation. Great book.
Exellent August 24, 2008
A great book to have around. Learned a lot of things I never knew, while aloso expanding my knowledge of things I had some knowledge of. Enjoyed it very much.
 Not what I intended to order. August 18, 2008
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The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's Past THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT I ORDERED (RED BINDING)
I don't know how it happened, but I received the wrong Intellectual Devotional (The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class) I didn't realize it until looking more closely it had a green binding.
I RETURNED THE 4 COPIES OF THE I D: REVIVE YOUR MIND AND ASKED FOR AN EXCHANGE OF 4 I D; AMERICAN HISTORY.
I HAVE BOUGHT SEVERAL THINGS ON AMAZON AND THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I'VE RECEIVED THE WRONG ITEM. I HOPE I WILL RECEIVE THE ONES I WANTED OR MY MONEY RETURNED.
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