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The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class
This daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning will arouse curiosity, refresh knowledge, expand horizons, and keep the mind sharp Millions of Americans keep bedside books of prayer and meditative reflection—collections of daily passages to stimulate spiritual thought and advancement. The Intellectual Devotional is a secular version of the same—a collection of 365 short lessons that will inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year. Each daily digest of wisdom is drawn from one of seven fields of knowledge: history, literature, philosophy, mathematics and science, religion, fine arts, and music. Impress your friends by explaining Plato’s Cave Allegory, pepper your cocktail party conversation with opera terms, and unlock the mystery of how batteries work. Daily readings range from important passages in literature to basic principles of physics, from pivotal events in history to images of famous paintings with accompanying analysis. The book’s goal is to refresh knowledge we’ve forgotten, make new discoveries, and exercise modes of thinking that are ordinarily neglected once our school days are behind us. Offering an escape from the daily grind to contemplate higher things, The Intellectual Devotional is a great way to awaken in the morning or to revitalize one’s mind before retiring in the evening. .
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Schleiermacher: On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
Schleiermacher's On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers is a classic of modern Protestant religious thought that powerfully displays the tensions between the Romantic and Enlightenment accounts of religion. This edition presents the original 1799 text in English for the first time. Richard Crouter's introduction places the work in the milieu of early German Romanticism, Kant criticism, the revival of Spinoza and Plato studies, and theories of literary criticism and of the physical sciences. This fully annotated edition also contains a chronology and notes on further reading..
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In the Know: The Classic Guide to Being Cultured and Cool
From the author of The Classic Ten comes the ultimate crash course for every aspiring woman There are still a few things money can’t buy. Love is one, cool is another The good news is that cool isn’t inherent, it’s a code, and the code can be cracked It’s all a matter of getting the right facts straight: Why is Jackson Pollock important? What handbag will get you upgraded at the airport? Who is Jacques Derrida and why does he matter? Like your smart, hip girlfriend with the book of Susan Sontag essays in her Chloé bag, Nancy MacDonell has assembled in one entertaining, fact-filled volume everything you need to know to navigate life with style and flair..
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The Cultured Handmaiden: A Novel
At twenty-one, Jinny Brownlow's life is not going as well as she had hoped. She's working at a dead-end typing job at an engineering firm and has just been dumped by her fiancè for her own roommate Outside of work her only hobby is her local theater group, but even there she's just a general helper and not credited with having any talent at all. Something needs to change in Jinny's life, and it may have to be Jinny herself. "A bloody cultured handmaiden...Yes, that's a good description of you. So agreeable, so polite, so damned eager to please." These are Ray's words to Jinny the night he confesses he's gotten her roommate, Emily, pregnant. Ray had apparently found Emily a more willing bedmate, and he reminds Jinny that things might have worked out had she been more cooperative. Thinking this over after Ray's departure, Jinny recalls the past year with a sigh. Her experiences with men have been disasters. Jinny's lonely life -- working the day away at her desk and sitting alone in her tiny apartment at night practicing French and listening to her radio -- seems destined to continue indefinitely, until one day the owner of the firm, Mr. Henderson, calls her into his office. Known to be a devil of a man who works longer and harder than everyone else, Bob Henderson seems an unlikely candidate to change Jinny's life. When she's called to do typing for him she's terrified but refuses to cower like the other secretaries and ends up earning his respect and affection. On the same day, Hal Campbell, leading man in her theater group, goes out of his way to take a special interest in Jinny and her personal problems, and she realizes she may not have to be as lonely as she thought. Each of these two men will be an important part of Jinny's changing life, inspiring her to become less of a "cultured handmaiden" and think more about what she wants, but she's holding out for the perfect man -- one who will treat her like a princess while respecting her beliefs about marriage and her hesitancy to give herself to any man outside those sacred bonds. After a twisting, unpredictable search, in the end Jinny discovers that there just might be someone for everyone after all. The Cultured Handmaiden displays the beloved Catherine Cookson's powers at their fullest and her enduring themes of hardship, love, virtue, and hope. .
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Truly Cultured: Rejuvenating Taste, Health and Community With Naturally Fermented Foods
Truly Cultured is a first, a full spectrum feast on culturing It is much more than just its "cookbook and nourishment guide" cover tag. This groundbreaking treasury digests and capsules the essence and mystery as well as the how-to's and health benefits of our most ancient, vital and treasured foods. It looks at the world of fermentation in a new light using a wider perspective.It is a secret missing link; a key to real eating enjoyment, health and longevity.It fosters fellowship and community, leading to personal and planetary transformation. This is what being truly cultured, from soil to spirit, really means ~ a life worth celebrating.Rediscover the fundamentals, learn why and how easy it is to once again embrace and incorporate truly cultured, fermented foods back into our daily eating -- for pleasure, renewed health, growing community... even our ultimate survival.What Will You find by Getting Truly Cultured TM*A rich, savory compendium of myth-busting facts, folklore, classic and favorite recipes about the pleasures and benefits of some of the worlds most enjoyable and healthful foods, this treasury of truly fermented, cultured foods the healthy, traditional, artisanal type illustrates how to easy it is to bring their rich heritage of good eating, nutrition and health up to speed in your own kitchen and life.Taste: Enjoy Eating Once again*Includes classic recipes and variations for over 120 of our favorite cultured and fermented foods, notes, tips and hints, woven into a tapestry of interesting facts, tidbits and simple, economical approaches for reincorporating and enjoying these most delicious, essential foods, with new appreciation, enjoyment and friends in new and innovative ways..
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How I Got Cultured: A Nevada Memoir
A beautifully written memoir of a Mormon girl growing up with a hunger for high-culture within the confines of Las Vegas, the indisputable bathysmal depths of American low-culture. Winner of the Associated Writing Program Award for Creative Non-Fiction, and deservedly compared by other critics to Annie Dillard's exquisitely crafted An American Childhood, one of my very favorite autobiographies..
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