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Book Synopsis The Lazy Intellectual by : Richard J Wallace
Download or read book The Lazy Intellectual written by Richard J Wallace and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-18 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a small attention span world out there, and not everyone's interested in paging through lengthy tomes to deepen their intellect. They want their information. And they want it now. This book fills that void next to the recliner as the go-to reference whenever work conversations or bar trivia have you feeling stupid. The top ten academic subjects are broken into digestible pieces such as: Fast Facts: One-liners that delivers important information Repeatable Quotables: Smart words by smart people to make readers look smart by repeating Visual Aids: Graphs, charts, and tables for when even a few words are way too much Cheat Sheets: Chapter-ending recaps that reinforce the major points to take away Whether they want an answer to a biology question, or to brush up on their Spanish during a commercial break, this book is perfect for people who couldn't bother paying attention the first time.
Book Synopsis The Intellectual's Checklist by : Richard J Wallace
Download or read book The Intellectual's Checklist written by Richard J Wallace and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you name: All five movements of Beethoven's Missa solemnis. Check. The films that Kurosawa based on Western works. Check. Dante's Nine Circles of Hell. Check. If so, you're off to an edifying start--but that's just round one in this hard-hitting match of wits and wisdom. Take the formidable plunge--and find out if you are truly well versed enough to call yourself an aspiring pundit, poet, and philosopher. Either way, you'll be worthy of the esteemed moniker intellectual by the time you've gone the distance with this book. (As Thoreau is our witness.) Whether you are just beginning to suspect you're the possessor of superior acumen or you'd bet your Homeric Greek translation of The Iliad on it, this book is an essential addition to any personal library.
Download or read book Music written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your musical knowledge limited to the Top 40? Have trouble telling the difference between Mozart and Beethoven? Fear not! The Very Lazy Intellectual: Music introduces you to both the world’s most influential musicians and the origins of every style of music. With information on everyone from Bach to Nirvana and styles from classical to punk, you’ll be jamming in no time.
Download or read book The Classics written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can’t recall anything about the ancient world? Unsure of the difference between Cronus and Saturn? Fear not! The Very Lazy Intellectual: The Classics immerses you in the culture of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. With information on everything from architecture to mythology, you’ll have everything you need to be a modern-day Cicero in no time.
Download or read book Language Arts written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do great works of literature confound you? Can you not tell the difference between Expressionism and Impressionism? Fear not! The Very Lazy Intellectual: Language Arts delves into the speech, composition, and literature of modern culture. With information on everything to etymology, to literary criticism, to myriad literary styles, you'll have everything you need to be modern-day Bill Shakespeare.
Book Synopsis Intellectuals and the American Presidency by : Tevi Troy
Download or read book Intellectuals and the American Presidency written by Tevi Troy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the contact relationships between U.S. presidents and America's intellectuals since 1960.
Download or read book The Homilist written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost in Thought written by Zena Hitz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life of learning In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or connection to others? While many forms of leisure meet these needs, Zena Hitz writes, few experiences are so fulfilling as the inner life, whether that of a bookworm, an amateur astronomer, a birdwatcher, or someone who takes a deep interest in one of countless other subjects. Drawing on inspiring examples, from Socrates and Augustine to Malcolm X and Elena Ferrante, and from films to Hitz's own experiences as someone who walked away from elite university life in search of greater fulfillment, Lost in Thought is a passionate and timely reminder that a rich life is a life rich in thought. Today, when even the humanities are often defended only for their economic or political usefulness, Hitz says our intellectual lives are valuable not despite but because of their practical uselessness. And while anyone can have an intellectual life, she encourages academics in particular to get back in touch with the desire to learn for its own sake, and calls on universities to return to the person-to-person transmission of the habits of mind and heart that bring out the best in us. Reminding us of who we once were and who we might become, Lost in Thought is a moving account of why renewing our inner lives is fundamental to preserving our humanity.
Download or read book Mathematics written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do have trouble figuring out a restaurant tip? Does the thought of algebra still give you nightmares? Fear not! The Very Lazy Intellectual: Mathematics introduces you to quantitative calculation and logical reasoning. Unlock the mysteries (or at least the basics) of algebra, calculus, geometry, and trigonometry!
Download or read book Religion written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you pondered the existence of an afterlife? Are you curious in the beliefs of the world's religions? The Very Lazy Intellectual: Religion surveys the world's theological teachings, detailing the history and beliefs of all. With information on Catholicism, to Buddhism, to Taoism, and everything in between, you'll garner a richer understanding of the world's spirituality.
Download or read book Fanon written by Nigel C. Gibson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frantz Fanon was a French psychiatrist turned Algerian revolutionary of Martinican origin, and one of the most important and controversial thinkers of the postwar period. A veritable "intellect on fire," Fanon was a radical thinker with original theories on race, revolution, violence, identity and agency. This book is an excellent introduction to the ideas and legacy of Fanon. Gibson explores him as a truly complex character in the context of his time and beyond. He argues that for Fanon, theory has a practical task to help change the world. Thus Fanon's "untidy dialectic," Gibson contends, is a philosophy of liberation that includes cultural and historical issues and visions of a future society. In a profoundly political sense, Gibson asks us to reevaluate Fanon's contribution as a critic of modernity and reassess in a new light notions of consciousness, humanism, and social change. This is a fascinating study that will interest undergraduates and above in postcolonial studies, literary theory, cultural studies, sociology, politics, and social and political theory, as well as general readers.
Download or read book Physical Sciences written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you avoid all but the easiest science courses in school? Wish you knew what the theory of relativity refers to? Fear not! Covering everything from earth sciences to astrophysics, The Very Lazy Intellectual: Physical Sciences introduces you to the world's most important scientific theories. With information on the Big Bang to the Manhattan Project, you'll learn just enough to hold your own in conversation.
Download or read book Social Sciences written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does studying Freud leave you crying for your mother? Have you had a laissez-faire approach to learning economics? Fear not! The Very Lazy Intellectual: Social Science details the most popular social sciences, including psychology, economics, anthropology, and more. With information on everyone Binet to Boas, and subjects from psychology to archeology, you'll be Renaissance man in no time.
Book Synopsis Judgment and Agency by : Ernest Sosa
Download or read book Judgment and Agency written by Ernest Sosa and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ernest Sosa extends his distinctive approach to epistemology, intertwining issues concerning the role of the will in judgment and belief with issues of epistemic evaluation. Questions about skepticism and the nature of knowledge are at the forefront. The answers defended are new in their explicit and sustained focus on judgment and epistemic agency. While noting that human knowledge trades on distinctive psychological capacities, Sosa also emphasizes the role of the social in human knowledge. Basic animal knowledge is supplemented by a level of reflective knowledge focused on judgment, and a level of 'knowing full well' that is distinctive of the animal that is rational.
Download or read book Virtuous Minds written by Philip E. Dow and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher-administrator Philip Dow explores the implications of setting intellectual character (rather than intellectual content) at the heart of our educational programs. With ample stories and practical suggestions, Dow shows how intellectual virtues like tenacity, carefulness and curiosity are teachable traits that can produce good lives.
Download or read book History written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you skip your history homework? Have you confused Charlemagne with champagne? Fear not! Spanning from the ancient world to the present, The Very Lazy Intellectual: History introduces you to the world's most important historical figures and events. With information on Alexander the Great to the Vietnam War, you'll no longer have to refer to Cesar as the "salad dressing guy."
Download or read book Philosophy written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you sleep through Intro to Philosophy? Does Plato leave you in the dark? Fear not! The Very Lazy Intellectual: Philosophy introduces you to both the major thinkers and the fundamentals of philosophical thought. With information on everyone from Socrates to Sartre, and theories from Epicureanism to Empiricism, you’ll have everything you need to solve your existential crises in no time.
