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The intellectual's checklist : more than 350 esoteric facts, figures, and philosophies only the smartest people know

By Wallace , James V , Richard J.; Wallace

Book information

Publisher
Adams Media Corp
Year
2011
ISBN
1-4405-3028-9, 978-1-4405-3028-9, 1-4405-3114-5, 978-1-4405-3114-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8778717 bytes)
Edition
Csm
Pages
263\274
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

Can you name: All five movements of Beethoven's Missa solemnis. Check. The films that Kurosawa based on Western works. Check. Dante's Nine Circles of Hell. Check. If so, you're off to an edifying start--but that's just round one in this hard-hitting match of wits and wisdom. Take the formidable plunge--and find out if you are truly well versed enough to call yourself an aspiring pundit, poet, and philosopher. Either way, you'll be worthy of the esteemed moniker intellectual by the time you've gone the distance with this book. (As Thoreau is our witness.) Whether you are just beginning to suspect you're the possessor of superior acumen or you'd bet your Homeric Greek translation of The Iliad on it, this book is an essential addition to any personal library.

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