Susan Wise Bauer, Author . Norton $27.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-393-05094-3
Bauer's The Well-Trained Mind
(which she co-wrote with Jessie Wise) taught parents how to educate kids; her latest is designed for adults seeking self-education in the classical tradition. Reading—sustained, disciplined and structured—
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Susan Wise Bauer, Author . Norton $29.95 (868p) ISBN 978-0-393-05974-8
Bauer (author of the four-volume The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child
) guides readers on a fast-paced yet thorough tour of the ancient worlds of Sumer, Egypt, India, China, Greece, Mesopotamia and Rome. Drawing on epics, legal...
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Susan Wise Bauer, Author . Norton $35 (746p) ISBN 978-0-393-05975-5
Bauer (The History of the Ancient World
) continues her witty and well-written examination of world history with a volume that is rich in detail and intriguing in anecdotal information. In describing dramatic events (such as the worldwide –impa
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Susan Wise Bauer. Norton, $35 (768p) ISBN 978-0-393-05976-2
Readers hoping for a glimpse into the life and times of Michelangelo and Da Vinci will be disappointed by Bauer’s newest (after The History of the Medieval World): “This is not a history of ‘the Renaissance.’ Rather, it is a history of the world...
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Susan Wise Bauer. Norton, $25.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-393-28596-3
Homeschooling advocate Bauer (The Well-Educated Mind) aims to help parents whose children fit imperfectly into what she deems the “artificial” one-size-fits-all American school system in this highly opinionated but eminently practical book. Bauer...
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