{"product_id":"the-well-educated-mind","title":"The Well-Educated Mind","description":"\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\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\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 Jane Eyre. 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\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 to 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","brand":"Susan Wise Bauer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42828181798973,"sku":"9780393080964","price":59.36,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780393080964_63eface1-98dd-4a34-86ab-7c54e305ec03.jpg?v=1766949493","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-well-educated-mind","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}