My wife phoned this morning to tell me she saw something on The Today Show that reminded her of my blog. The show featured the authors of a book called The Intellectual Devotional - Biographies. The book presents 365 short summaries about famous historical people. Ding. That rang a bell.
I remembered that word - intellectual devotional - from a segment on the Michael Smerconish morning talk show, usually done around 7:00 AM each weekday. The piece would start off with the sound of horns, like trumpets announcing to the peasants that the king and queen have arrived. It's then followed by someone reading about an important historical person or event. I sometimes wondered where the material came from and thought that, perhaps, they had some intern research the topic of the day.
The series started in 2006 with The Intellectual Devotional - General Edition. Their website describes it as a "collection of 365 lessons that will inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year. Each nugget of wisdom is drawn from one of seven fields of knowledge: History, Literature, Philosophy, Mathematics & Science, Religion, Visual Arts, and Music."
It goes on to say that "these lessons 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 you’ve forgotten, bring to light fresh insights, and exercise modes of thinking that are ordinarily neglected once our school days are behind us."
The other four books in the series include: American History, Modern Culture, Health, and Biographies, which just came out this month.
It would be a safe bet that we will be adding these books to our library soon.
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