Beginners : the joy and transformative power of lifelong learning
(2021)
By:
Vanderbilt, Tom
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
153.15/VANDERBILT,T
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
x, 299 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781524732165, 1524732168 :, 1524732168, 9781524732165
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Prologue: The opening gambit -- A beginner's guide to being a beginner -- Learning how to learn: what infants can teach us about being good beginners -- Unlearning to sing -- I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm doing it anyway: the virtues of learning to fly with a group -- Surfing the u-shaped wave: the agony and the ecstasy of the advanced beginner -- How we learn to do things -- Meditation with benefits: how drawing changed the way I saw the world, and myself -- The apprentice, or, What I learned
"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"--