{"product_id":"the-well-educated-mind-by-susan-wise-bauer-9780393080964","title":"The Well-Educated Mind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHave you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Educated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic and otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNewly expanded and updated to include standout works from the twenty-first century as well as essential readings in science (from the earliest works of Hippocrates to the discovery of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs), \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Educated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e offers brief, entertaining histories of six literary genres—fiction, autobiography, history, drama, poetry, and science—accompanied by detailed instructions on how to read each type. The annotated lists at the end of each chapter—ranging from Cervantes to Cormac McCarthy, Herodotus to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Aristotle to Stephen Hawking—preview recommended reading and encourage readers to make vital connections between ancient traditions and contemporary writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Well-Educated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e reassures those readers who worry that they read too slowly or with below-average comprehension. If you can understand a daily newspaper, there's no reason you can't read and enjoy Shakespeare's sonnets or \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e. But no one should attempt to read the Great Books without a guide and a plan. Bauer will show you how to allocate time to reading on a regular basis; how to master difficult arguments; how to make personal and literary judgments about what you read; how to appreciate the resonant links among texts within a genre—what does \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e owe to \u003cem\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/em\u003e?—and also between genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her best-selling work on home education, \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Trained Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, the author provided a road map of classical education for parents wishing to home-school their children; that book is now the premier resource for home-schoolers. In \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Educated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Bauer takes the same elements and techniques and adapts them for the use of adult readers who want both enjoyment and self-improvement from the time they spend reading. Followed carefully, her advice will restore and expand the pleasure of the written word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47537270948076,"sku":"9780393080964","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e88cce183799a2aa5c667aecfad04d1f.jpg?v=1776901592","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-well-educated-mind-by-susan-wise-bauer-9780393080964","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}