Suggested Reading for Christmas Break: From Your Faculty
With Christmas Break less than a week away, we hope you are starting to anticipate rest and to see the light at the end of the tunnel, as they say. Today we've collected Christmas Break reading recommendations from your faculty at King's to help you begin to brainstorm how you might use some of your forthcoming leisure time.
With Christmas Break less than a week away, we hope you are starting to anticipate rest and to see the light at the end of the tunnel, as they say. Today we’ve collected Christmas Break reading recommendations from your faculty at King’s to help you begin to brainstorm how you might use some of your forthcoming leisure time.
Leisure: The Basis of Culture, Josef Pieper
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
The Gospel According to The Simpsons, Marvin I. Pinsky
Somehow I Manage, Michael Gary Scott
When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech for Better and/or Worse, Ben Yagoda
The Elements of Eloquence, Mark Forsyth
Knowing God, J.I. Packer
The Confessions, Augustine
Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus
Crazy Busy, Kevin DeYoung
“Christian Happiness,” Jonathan Edwards
Designing Your Life, Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
What the Best College Students Do, Ken Bain
Perhaps your “fun reading” list is already substantial, but in case you’re looking for new ideas, we hope you find this collection of suggestions helpful.
As a King’s community, we tend to be intellectually curious; may your Christmas Break be restful and thoughtful accordingly.