{"product_id":"the-whole-five-feet-what-the-great-books-taught-me-about-life-death-and-pretty-much-everthing-else-9780802144850","title":"The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me about Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everthing Else","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Whole Five Feet\u003c\/em\u003e, Christopher Beha turns to the great books for answers after undergoing a series of personal and family crises and learning that his grandmother had used the Harvard Classics to educate herself during the Great Depression. Inspired by her example, Beha vows to read the entire Five-Foot Shelf, one volume a week, over the course of the next year. As he passes from St. Augustine's \u003cem\u003eConfessions to Don Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e, from Richard Henry Dana's \u003cem\u003eTwo Years Before the Mast \u003c\/em\u003eto essays by Cicero, Emerson, and Thoreau, he takes solace in the realization that many of the authors are grappling with the same questions he faces: What is the purpose of life? How do we live a good life? What can the wisdom of the past teach us about our own challenges? Beha's chronicle is a smart, big-hearted, and inspirational mix of memoir and intellectual excursion--and a powerful testament to what great books can teach us about how to live our own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Beha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802144850","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42440598454409,"sku":"9780802144850","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_360e80cb-2a62-4967-a79f-db40f924eab5.jpg?v=1716239204","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-whole-five-feet-what-the-great-books-taught-me-about-life-death-and-pretty-much-everthing-else-9780802144850","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}