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Racing Odysseus [[electronic resource] ] : a college president becomes a freshman again / / Roger H. Martin



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Autore: Martin Roger H. <1943-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Racing Odysseus [[electronic resource] ] : a college president becomes a freshman again / / Roger H. Martin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Edizione: Reprint 2020
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
Disciplina: 378.1/11
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Soggetto topico: College presidents - United States
Adult college students - United States
Cancer - Patients - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-262).
Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Orientation (Four Years Later); 2. Hubris; 3. Homesickness; 4. Dysfunctional Families; 5. Navy; 6. Old Farts; 7. Community; 8. Victory; Epilogue; Bibliography
Sommario/riassunto: The idea of reliving youth is a common fantasy, but who among us is actually courageous enough to try it? After surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H. Martin did just that?he enrolled at St. John's College, the Great Books school in Annapolis, Maryland, as a sixty-one-year-old freshman. This engaging, often humorous memoir of his semester at St. John's tells of his journey of discovery as he falls in love again with Plato, Socrates, and Homer, improbably joins the college crew team, and negotiates friendships across generational divides. Along the way, Ma
Titolo autorizzato: Racing Odysseus  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-75270-3
1-4356-8480-X
9786611752705
0-520-94207-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454201103321
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