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A rather short, but accessible read/reference book for "ideas." The book covers topics along the lines of social science, philosophy, writing, the arts, etc. Good for a quick read for general interest or for some quick background in some ideas related to these topics.

A more serious scholar would probably have little use for it because it is neither very technical nor very broad. An encyclopedia, especially Wikipedia, would do much better for rigorous work.