false 40279787 650176 4101425 1586484877 9781586484873 32 <![CDATA[A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255628085m/4101425.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255628085s/4101425.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4101425.A_Great_Idea_at_the_Time_The_Rise_Fall_and_Curious_Afterlife_of_the_Great_Books 3.31 52 In A Great Idea at the Time Alex Beam explores the Great Books mania, in an entertaining and strangely poignant portrait of American popular culture on the threshold of the television age. Populated with memorable characters, A Great Idea at the Time will leave readers asking themselves: Have I read Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura lately? If not, why not?

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