02329cam a22003617a 4500 271341 271341 16663095 OSt 20180530111138.0 110223s2010 nyu f 001 0 eng 2011280362 GBB085966 bnb 015605524 Uk 9780312571344 (hbk.) 0312571348 (hbk.) (OCoLC)ocn430839610 UKM UKM BTCTA YDXCP IH9 JQJ ZS3 CDX DLC lccopycat AG106 .N493 2010 031.02 22 The New York times presents Smarter by Sunday : 52 weekends of essential knowledge for the curious mind. Smarter by Sunday First Edition New York : St. Martin's Press, 2010. ix, 550 pages ; 22 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Includes index. This book does exactly what it sets out to do: provide readers with “very basic information in a variety of subjects usually associated with what was once called ‘a well-rounded education.’” Divided into 52 sections—a weekend’s worth of reading for an entire year—the text explores the history of newspapers and magazines, English poetry from Beowulf to the Victorians, the Bible, American fiction, ancient Egypt, the history of computing, radio and television, American cinema, and much, much more. It reads like the kind of textbook you wish you’d had in school: succinct, easily digestible, even stylishly written. It’s also mostly free of political side-taking or editorial commentary; its goal is to inform and provide context but not to make moral or artistic judgments. Adolf Hitler, for example, is discussed in terms of his political and military actions, and the classic films Jaws and Star Wars are described as “action-driven narratives fueled by mechanical and special effects, which became blockbusters that attracted youth audiences and set box-office records.” Readers are left to assign their own moral and artistic values. A very informative, very useful book. --David Pitt World History 190723 Handbooks, manuals, etc. New York times. lcc 6 AG106 .N493 2010 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 20 2018-05-17 1 AG106 .N493 2010 50000003272605 2019-10-24 00:00:00 2019-10-24 c. 1 2018-05-17 6