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  <title><![CDATA[The Intellectual Devotional: daily dose of american history]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Modeled after those bedside books of prayer and contemplation that millions turn to for daily spiritual guidance and growth, the national bestseller &lt;i&gt;The Intellectual Devotional&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#8212;offering secular wisdom and cerebral nourishment&amp;#8212;drew a year&amp;#8217;s worth of readings from seven different fields of knowledge. In this follow-up volume, authors David S. Kidder and Noah D. Oppenheim have turned to the rich legacy of American history for their selections. From Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin to Martin Luther King Jr., from the Federalist Papers to Watergate, the giant figures, cultural touchstones, and pivotal events in our national heritage provide a bountiful source of reflection and education that will refresh knowledge, revitalize the mind, and open new horizons of intellectual discovery. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2007</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class</original-title>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jun 20 09:29:51 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Who needs history class, this audio book is US History Tour De Force.  It covers it all, from the discovery of the new world to the TV show &quot;The Simpson's.&quot;<br/><br/>Mexican - American War: Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams were the only 2 people to vote against the war.  Robert E. L...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20756849">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Dec 15 12:59:14 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[365 one-page entries on important American figures, events, and works of art.  On the plus side, it covers a wide variety of subject matter.  On the negative side, it covers a wide variety of subject matter--no one but the most omnivorously curious will be interested in everything covered (I skipped...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10472367">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 20 06:52:44 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Did you know that John Adams, our 2nd president, was the defense attorney for the commander of the British troops after the Boston Massacre?  I didn't either ... until now!!!  Whew.  A daily one-pager on US history so you can stomp your friends in whatever-the-hell-color-US-history-is-in-Trivial-Pur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38213233">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39236263">
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 03 16:50:44 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 03 16:53:55 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love this idea! 365 Bite Size, daily &quot;refreshers&quot; about things we all used to know about American History -- topics are: MONDAY: politics &amp; leadership, TUESDAY: war &amp; peace, WEDNESDAY: rights &amp; reform, THURSDAY: business, FRIDAY: building America, SATURDAY: literature, SUNDAY: arts. ]]></body>
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    <review id="40294449">
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 17 07:14:21 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 02 17:07:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Along with David S. Kidder, Noah Oppenheim is the acclaimed author of <em>The Intellectual Devotional</em> series of books. Oppenheim and Kidder's new edition <em>The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's Past</em>, is a colle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40294449">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 30 18:41:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 30 18:41:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent; second in series; daily articles on seven subjects: Politics &amp; Leadership, War &amp; Peace, Rights &amp; Reform, Business, Building America, Literature, Arts<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="54677007">
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  <read_at>Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat May 23 09:29:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In my opinion, the greatest strength of this book is that it can wet your appetite for knowledge. If you find a topic that you find interesting it can be used as a spring board into more research about the person, place or event. It covers so many topics that I would find it hard to believe that the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54677007">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked it.  I wasn't able to really read one page each day.  I would usually catch up and read a lot of entries in one sitting on the bus.<br/><br/>As for the book itself, I really enjoyed it.  You can really learn a lot.  I like how they split up American history into seven different cate...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17199298">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jan 13 12:15:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[my favorite!! American history..this should keep me busy at breakfast time this year!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The second edition, dealing with 7 aspects of American history.  It's amazing how much I don't know!]]></body>
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    <review id="49193613">
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  <read_at>Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read one entry a day - just like a traditional devotional.  The writing is informed, snappy and fascinating.  Significant foot notes are often part of an entry.  This daily effort is upgrading my conversational banter substantially.  It was so much fun in the midst of angst-ridden conversation abo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49193613">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54909337">
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  <date_added>Mon May 04 10:58:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I highly recommend the series.]]></body>
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    <review id="70596811">
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    <body><![CDATA[LOVE IT]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Mar 08 11:51:22 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book!  I didn't use it as a devotional, I just read it all the through.  It was very easy to read, I actually had trouble putting it down.  Many of the topics covered were familiar, but it was a good review and I was able to research areas I wanted to know more about - great for filling in &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17319137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40389577">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 18 11:18:40 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 22 12:50:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A gift from Melissa, this was a great book!  Very enjoyable.  It did take me a while to read it.  It does not lend itself to long sittings of reading as each story is only one page long.  However, this may also be the best part about the book.  No matter how much time I had to read I could always fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40389577">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12046632">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 09 05:16:45 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Basically the book is a daily reading on one aspect of American history. There are 7 topics that are discussed, including business, politics, and wars/battles, et al. It is a great way to learn more about American history and brush up on all those things you once learned about in high school and col...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12046632">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39567251">
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 20:59:21 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 07 15:40:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one is bathroom reading so it'll stay here for a long while until I get done with this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty good idea - an entry for every day about American History. Some of it is pretty basic stuff that you would know from any history class, but there are plenty of interesting bits.<br/><br/>I've put this book on hold for a while, considering I read it for about two weeks and then forgot about ...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Each page summarizes one event or concept in American History, (not necessarily arranged chronologically), so this isn't a book you can read cover to cover if you expect to retain much. I read a page or two per day over my morning coffee and learned a bit, though.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This helped me study for my AP US History test and I got at least 12 questions right because I read about the obscure colonial poets and 3rd parties. I read it like a normal book, as opposed to one page a day. It is just amazing; I nerded out.]]></body>
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