Entelektüelin Kutsal Kitabı: Biyografiler

by David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim

The fifth installment of this best-selling series features 365 captivating entries about the most celebrated personalities in history

Like its compulsively readable predecessors, The Intellectual Devotional Biographies is organized into seven categories, one for each day of the week. With their trademark wit and style, authors David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim offer an array of fascinating facts about major figures from Atilla the Hun to Desmond Tutu.

In this daily devotional, learn about:

• authors and artists, from Homer and Ovid to Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf

• leaders, such as Queen Elizabeth I, Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, and Napoleon Bonaparte

• innovators, from Johannes Gutenberg to Isaac Newton to Werner Heisenberg

• philosophers, including Socrates, Epicurus, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Jean-Paul Sartre

• rebels and reformers, from Joan of Arc and Spartacus to Galileo and Che Guevara

• preachers and prophets, including Lao-tzu, John the Baptist, Martin Luther, and Gandhi

• villains, such as Benedict Arnold, Genghis Khan, Ivan the Terrible, and Jack the Ripper

This volume shares the personal histories, accomplishments,and troubles of 365 people who have left an indelible mark on the world.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, History, Reference, Devotional, Biography Memoir, Education

376 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Born in Upstate New York, David S. Kidder is a serial entrepreneur with a wide range of operational, technology, and marketing expertise focused on online product development and Internet advertising and marketing. He is currently co-Founder and serves as CEO of Clickable, an online advertising web service. Prior to Clickable, Kidder co-founded SmartRay Network, a mobile advertising delivery pioneer acquired by LifeMinders. Prior to SmartRay, he founded Net-X which was acquired by TargetVision. Kidder and his companies have appeared in publications and periodicals such as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fast Company, and TechCrunch, among others.

Kidder is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology and was a recipient of ID Magazine's International Design Award. He lives in Westchester County, New York, with his wife and two sons.

Reviews

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of details in the one page biographies. Many times they piqued my interest enough to look up more information on the person.

[Özgür Takmaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Çok kısa biyografiler. En azından büyük resmi görmek için bazı kırıntılar var.

[Eric Weisheit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it! Like 365 mini-biographies ... If you're into that kinda thing ... And I am!

[Zack McCullough · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book serves two main purposes well: First, it's a great way to refresh yourself with the world's most famous "movers and shakers." There are of course going to be people the book doesn't mention that one might think it should, but overall it provides an inclusive covering of the world's figures including women, non-Westerners, People of Color, and those who weren't necessarily leaders, but rather influencers. Second, the book is a great way to introduce you to new names which can lead you to look up more information on certain people and events that you have not heard of. The book also did a decent job of remaining as unbiased as possible by saying "critics say..." and " supporters say..." Overall, a handy book for any intellectual's library or coffee table.

[Phil Cotnoir · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was reliably interesting and rather well-written. It is kind of like a guided tour of Wikipedia - a little bit of the highlights about 365 'famous' people.

I was quite impressed by the fair portrayal of those on all political sides and religious convictions... which for some reason I intuit would be much harder to pull off if the book were written today. I hope I'm wrong about that.

I did find a few statements about various Christian figures that I knew to be either wrong or so oversimplified as to be unhelpful, but these were few and far between.

If I come across some of the other volumes in the 'Intellectual Devotional' series, I'll probably pick them up.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

No doubt some will complain that important people were left out, while others will wonder why some were included. However, these short biographical sketches provide an interesting glimpse into the lives of important characters in history. The authors highlight the high and low points in their subjects’ lives without sounding dry or pedantic. They also provide the reader with some interesting footnotes: trivia, modern adaptations in book or film, etc. Each sketch gives the reader just enough to decide whether or not he wants to read more on the subject.

[Neder Bulan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kitap, başlığında vadettiğini veriyor. Liste halinde biyografiler. Biraz gruplama benim adıma kitabı daha okunabilir kılardı. Kabaca geçmişten günümüze ilerlese de, 1500lerde yaşamış birisinden sonra tekrar 1200lere atlayabiliyor. Ya da birbirleriyle alakalı kişileri arka arkaya sunabilirlerdi: simone de beauvoir ve Jean Paul Sartre, Musa ve Ramses. Ya da Benjamin Franklin biyografisinde gecen kisileri hemen sonraki sayfalarda anlatabilir. Ya da ABD Baskanlarini, peygamberleri, bilim adamlarini gruplayabilir.

[Stanley Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

AHdded this work to my morning reading list since I had read another Intellectual Devotional work last year. Some interesting individuals in the 365 short biographies, some I wanted to follow up on and learn more about the individual, others finish reading this biography and put it behind me. Overall well done. Everyone needs to read something that stimulates the brain and learn, highly recommended…SLT

[David Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had not heard of this series but was very pleased to discover it. Each day is a 2-3 page biographical reading on an important person in history, and each day is grouped into a different category (Sundays = Preachers and Prophets, Monday = Leaders, etc.)

Each biography is well written, pithy and to the point. I learned a lot. Strongly recommend.

[Meltem · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is an unnecessary work because the author tells us biographies of the familiar people. He doesn't add one more level to our intellectual accumulation, just keeping it. For whatever it's worth, this work may be useful for teenagers or students but absolutely it's a rubbish for adult people!

[Nickleby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great daily snippets of some history’s interesting characters, some household names others not so much but definitely worth some attention. I also like to use the margins as a space for a little personal daily journaling.

[levent çevik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Çok kısa ve yüzeysel bilgiler içeriyor. Bu kadar kısa olacaksa daha dişe dokunur bilgiler içermesini beklerdim. Benim için zaman kaybı oldu.

[Krystle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of really obscure people and things in this one. My least favorite of the Intellectual Devotional series.

[Erik Blank · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative and interesting; definitely wish there were more books in this series.

[Elizabeth Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Includes a variety of interesting people

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s the end of November and we finally finished Intellectual Devotional: Biographies. It’s our second book by Kidder & Oppenheim, and it took less than a year to read. I think we started last April 2014. We read at mealtime, usually breakfast. It gave us food for thought and discussion. We often found ourselves looking up more information on our iPads. Some of the biographies were like a history review. Others were people we’ve never heard of. It kept our minds working and gave us something to discuss besides the daily barrage of depressing world news. Reading together also gives us a reason to interact with one another, instead of looking at our glow-boxes at mealtime. All of the Intellectual Devotionals are definitely a good intellectual, nonreligious books and great to share with a partner. We’re moving on in the series to Modern Culture.

[Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book, well maybe not the first part. It begins at the beginning of history or almost it seems. I did however, feel very inspired to read more about many of the people included in this book. I felt inspired to consider my talents and the talents of people I know in a new light. A good read!

[Kimber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Remember those daily devotional for religion same thing. But for those who what something to ponder on the way home. I got this book Fourth. I have hardback and kindle versions of these books. I stuffed notes and research items in the hardbacks. I can add notes to my kindle versions. I enjoy them and since my kindle goes everywhere with me. I always have something to read.

[Cheryl]

I enjoyed this book and it makes a great present for someone who needs short bites of something to read. I learned a little about a lot of things and the extra trivia at the bottom of the pages is always fascinating. I highly recommend this whole series.

[Judith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have so enjoyed The Intellectual Devotional series. I learn so much from each of them. After reading this one, I have added Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies to my Books to Read list. It was written in 1405 which is probably the earliest feminist book written.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a history geek, so I love this sort of book -- a way to fill in the missing pieces of your history education. You take one mini-bio a day and you gradually work your way through a sampling of some of history's more interesting people. Good stuff.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

I guess I just like learning about the people. Some of them cooler than others, of course.

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

For people like me who weren't into biographies until recently, this book is great. I need to get the other volumes.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this style of one page per person just enough information to keep you interested and decide who you'd like to know more about.

[Mert Cobanoglu · Rating 1 out of 5]

vasatın altında bir kitap, entelektüelitenin paket bilgi içeren kitaplarla olmadığını anlamamız gerekiyor, Vikipedi erişiminiz yoksa kütüphanenizde bulundurun zira hiçbir farkı yok...

[B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best one in the series IMO.

[Atlas · Rating 3 out of 5]

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