A Refresher Course

Back to School For Grown-Ups, Everything You Should Have Learned in Class by Stephen Evans, M.A. and Ian Whitelaw; 2009; 256 pages; $18.99; Quid Publishing, Hove, England; 978-0-7641-6271-8; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Hollywood; 6/11-6/14

100 two pages lessons that cover everything from When was the earth formed? to When did the Cold War end? .  Each lesson has interesting trivia, quotes and a short summary of the lesson.  The book is broken up by general subject areas such as science, religion, phys ed, art, literature and so on.  It is arranged in such a way that you can read straight through or in periods on specific days and each day concludes with a quiz covering that days topics. Most of the topics seem to be fair and balanced and well researched.  I was a little disappointed in some of the answers because occasionally the authors bias in some of the answers.  Some of the items were refresher courses and some were something I had never heard before. Grade-B

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