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	• The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the ... David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim Rodale Books, 2006 - 375 pages average customer review:based on 130 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great for Families to Frame Discussion and Learning

The Intellectual Devotional shares daily tidbits that will enhance class="textlinks">your cultural literacy and introduce you to new things in a nugget-facts approach. Each day of the week has a different theme such as History on Mondays, Literature on Tuesdays, Visual Arts on Wednesdays, Science on Thursdays, Music on Fridays, Philosophy on Saturdays and Religion on Sundays.

When I saw this title I thought, "What a great conversation starter over breakfast with the family!" Seriously, breakfast is usually a no-conversation time or sitting in front of the TV watching morning news.

Why not be intentional and discuss Virginia Woolf or the Taj Mahal or Prime Numbers or Wagner's Ring Cycle?

I love that the topics are brief yet meaty and invite the reader into thinking about different sorts of topics rather than sticking with the usual stuff about the usual stuff.

This would make an excellent family gift or a great place for friends to continue their life long learning together.

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Awesome Idea!

I love this book! It takes the old principle of a bedside religious devotional and makes constructive use of it for the purpose of self betterment. The thing is, heck, I love reading these sort of topics to begin with and had fun going through these eclectic pieces on wide ranging subjects. As it covers people, places, events, concepts, forumlae, the sciences and even some popular culture, and takes it all on in segments that fit into the idea of a few spare moments reading, the class="textlinks">mind can't help but retain at least some of what is there to see. I hope this is just part one in what will be a long series of these devotionals.

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Excellent Work

I ordered between 10 and 15 copies of this work and have given several out to people close to me in life and others will get them for Christmas. It is in short enough parts to not loose the attention of the reader and provides all the "lessons" that we forgot since early education. I recommend the book for all teenagers and adults.

Delivers on Its Promise

This is a great book and basically accomplishes what it sets out to do. My wife and I read it every night together and have enjoyed the discussion it sometimes stirs up.

My only complaint is that the music topics are very poorly executed, almost to the point that we would prefer to skip them completely. With few exceptions, the music topics are not appropriate for beginners, especially when they delve into aspects of music theory. I graduated at the top of my college class, and some of the music material sounds like gibberish to me. It's just not accessible to the uninitiated, often retreating into jargon-dense paragraphs of meaningless explanation.

Otherwise, highly recommended! We'll buy the sequel if it ever comes out.

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Interesting but annoying also

I'm about halfway through the Intellectual Devotional and like the content very much. However, I'm annoyed by the large number of errors, mostly but not all typographical. For example, in the entry on Peter the Great (1682-1725) the author tells us that "Peter's ancestors ruled Russia until the revolution in 1917." It doesn't take much editorial attention to catch things like that.
I also have to change the glasses I normally read with so that I can read the very small print in the last section of each page.
Despite these distractions, I am continuing to read the book and benefit from what I am learning.

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