" I cannot live without books."
--Thomas Jefferson
Even the most well-read among us feel gaps in our knowledge.
Former English majors or art students want to understand the
monetary system; mathematicians or doctors just want a great novel.
Travel sections in bookstores are full of authors ready to tell you
the hundred places to visit before you die, but what about the best
book to read on global warming?
"What Should I Read Next?" taps seventy University of Virginia
professors in an array of fields for suggestions on how to satisfy
this nagging intellectual curiosity. Each contributor recommends
five titles that speak to their area of inquiry, providing both a
general introduction and commentary on each selection. The results
read like a series of personal tutorials: Larry Sabato considers
how political power is acquired, used, and held onto; climatologist
Robert E. Davis provides a timely navigation of global-warming
literature; and Michael Levenson offers five ways to approach James
Joyce's Ulysses. Other topics include how computing changes
thinking, the life and afterlife of slavery, understanding cities,
and ecstatic poetry. The entries convey the contributors' expertise
but also, more importantly, the enthusiasm, the original kernels of
curiosity, that drew these scholars to their life's work.
Designed for the lifelong learner who wants to branch out from
his or her own profession or discipline, these explorations--of
art, science, history, technology, politics, and much more--offer
an inspiring place to start.
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