Charles Van Doren

11 books

Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements and Comments on Man and His Institutions by Great Thinkers in Western History by Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler

Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements and Comments on Man and His Institutions by Great Thinkers in Western History

Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler

1770 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

nonfiction education history philosophy informative slow-paced
A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future by Charles Van Doren

A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future

Charles Van Doren

448 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science reflective slow-paced
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler

437 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

nonfiction education reference informative slow-paced
The Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors and Their Works by Charles Van Doren

The Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors and Their Works

Charles Van Doren

525 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction essays reference challenging informative slow-paced
Annals of America, 22 Vols by Mortimer J. Adler
Annals of America, 22 Vols
—
Mortimer J. Adler

Annals of America, 22 Vols

Mortimer J. Adler

missing page info • first pub 1969 (editions)

Great Documents in American Indian History by Charles Van Doren, Wayne Moquin

Great Documents in American Indian History

Charles Van Doren, Wayne Moquin

missing page info • first pub 1973 (editions)

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
The Idea of Progress by Charles Van Doren

The Idea of Progress

Charles Van Doren

497 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced
Letters to Mother by Charles Van Doren

Letters to Mother

Charles Van Doren

missing page info • first pub 1959 (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced
Lincoln's Commando: The Biography of Commander William B. Cushing, U.S. Navy by Charles Van Doren, Ralph Joseph Roske

Lincoln's Commando: The Biography of Commander William B. Cushing, U.S. Navy

Charles Van Doren, Ralph Joseph Roske

310 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

medium-paced
The Lion of Cortona: Volume I: Exiles by Charles Van Doren

The Lion of Cortona: Volume I: Exiles

The Lion of Cortona

Charles Van Doren

262 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical medium-paced