The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati

by Noah D. Oppenheim and David S. Kidder

Book Overview

In the tradition of the instant bestsellers The Intellectual Devotional and The Intellectual Devotional: American History comes the third installment in this indispensable series. In The Intellectual... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594867453
• ISBN13: 9781594867453
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

As good as all the others!

If you have enjoyed the other devotionals, this one will be one of your favorite!

educational

I love this whole series of books, they give a overview on many topics and are very educational. I try to make it a point to read on at least one subject a night and it makes me feel good that I'm learning or refreshing my mind on things from the past that I learned in school. These books really do make you feel intellectual.

Nightly Routine

This is the 3rd installment in the Intellectual Devotional series and I recommend the series. There are 365 entries and I keep the book on beside my bed and read an entry every night. I even photocopy pages when I go on vacation so I don't get behind!

A treat for the brain

I'm already a fan of the Intellectual Devotional series. I look forward to savoring these short and interesting tidbits of culture and wisdom every morning. While I recommend this CD version highly, especially to auditory types, I admit to having a personal bias towards the print version because I thoroughly enjoy the visceral pleasure of holding the book in my hand. There's something innately satisfying about handling the pages and moving the ribbon each day to mark the reading for the next day.

Learn a little every day... (audiobook version)

"The Intellectual Devotional" is designed on the same format as a religious devotional - a small bit of inspiration every day. In this case, it is designed to be a small bit of learning every day. It is not set up with specific dates (Such as Thursday, October 23), but it starts with Monday of Week 1 and works it way through the year. There are 16 CDs in this set, with an estimated length of a little more than 3 minutes for each day and a little more than 17 hours overall. The topics vary widely. The first CD ranges from Sigmund Freud to Hal Roach (the man behind the Little Rascals). The topics are interesting and I found myself dispensing with the intended one-a-day format and listening to upwards of 20 of them as I putter around the kitchen. The only complaint I have is that there is no index included to remind the listener of the location of interesting entries. Unlike the book version, I really can't easily go flipping through it until I find the entry I'm looking for. Nonetheless, this one comes highly recommended by this reviewer.