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Beginners : the joy and transformative power of lifelong learning / Tom Vanderbilt.
"The best-selling author of Traffic and You May Also Like now gives us a thought-provoking, playful investigation into the transformative joys that come with starting something new, no matter your age"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524732165 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 299 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Learning, Psychology of. Learning. Life skills. Self-actualization (Psychology) Self-managed learning. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 153.15 Van | 31681010223535 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The author of Traffic celebrates the pleasures of learning something new regardless of age, describing the remarkable connections he made during a year spent trying new things, from joining an amateur choir to attending surf camp in Costa Rica. - Baker & Taylor
"The best-selling author of Traffic and You May Also Like now gives us a thought-provoking, playful investigation into the transformative joys that come with starting something new, no matter your age"-- - Random House, Inc.
An insightful, joyful tour of the transformative powers of starting something new, no matter your ageâfrom the bestselling author of Traffic and You May Also Like
âVanderbilt elegantly and persuasively tackles one of the most pernicious of the lies we tells ourselvesâthat the pleasures of learning are reserved for the young.â âMalcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Outliers
Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Are we afraid to be bad at something? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of beginning from the ground up? Inspired by his young daughterâs insatiable curiosity, Tom Vanderbilt embarks on a yearlong quest of learningâpurely for the sake of learning. Rapturously singing Spice Girls songs in an amateur choir, losing games of chess to eight-year-olds, and dodging scorpions at a surf camp in Costa Rica, Vanderbilt tackles five main skills but learns so much more. Along the way, he interviews dozens of experts about the fascinating psychology and science behind the benefits of becoming an adult beginner and shows how anyone can get better at beginning againâand, more important, why they should take those first awkward steps. Funny, uplifting, and delightfully informative, Beginners is about how small acts of reinvention, at any age, can make life seem magical.
