About the Author
Susan Wise Bauer is the author of The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had (revised edition, Norton, 2016) and co-author with her mother, Jessie Wise, of The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (4th edition, Norton, 2016), a book which has show more become an educational standard. Susan has taught literature and writing at The College of William and Mary in Virginia. Visit her home page at susanwisebauer.com. show less
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Works by Susan Wise Bauer
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 1: Ancient Times, From the Earliest Nomads to the Last… (2007) 2,553 copies
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (2007) 1,476 copies
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 3: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners (2000) 1,394 copies
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 2: The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise… (2003) 1,386 copies
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 4: The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of… (2005) 1,294 copies
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Revised and Updated Edition (2004) 1,137 copies
The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade (2010) 956 copies
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 2: The Middle Ages (2005) 834 copies
The Story of the World, Activity Book 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomad to the Last Roman Emperor (2002) 814 copies
The Story of the World, Activity Book 2: The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance (1900) 553 copies
The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople (2013) 423 copies
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had (Updated and Expanded) (2015) 342 copies
The Story of the World, Activity Book 3: Early Modern Times: Early Modern Times from Elizabeth the First to the Forty… (2004) 330 copies
The Story of the World, Activity Book 4: The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (2005) 261 copies
Story of the World, Vol. 3: History for the Classical Child: Early Modern Times (Story of the World) (2020) 258 copies
The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory (2015) 200 copies
Story of the World, Vol. 4 Revised Edition: History for the Classical Child: The Modern Age (Story of the World, 4) (2021) 167 copies
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times: Tests and Answer Key (Vol. 1) (Story of the… (2007) 135 copies
The Complete Writer: Level Two Workbook for Writing with Ease (The Complete Writer) (2008) 115 copies
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Early Modern Times: Tests and Answer Key (Vol. 3) (Story of… (2007) 107 copies
Story of the World, Vol. 2 Test and Answer Key: History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages (2007) 103 copies
The Complete Writer: Level Three Workbook for Writing with Ease (The Complete Writer) (2009) 83 copies
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 4 Tests: The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the… (2007) 61 copies
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: The Modern Age: Tests and Answer Key (Vol. 4) (Story of the… (1994) 54 copies
The Complete Writer: Level Four Workbook for Writing with Ease (The Complete Writer) (2009) 41 copies
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Core Instructor Text, Years 1-4: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring… (2017) 39 copies
The Diagramming Dictionary: A Complete Reference Tool for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who… (2019) 39 copies
Story of the World, Vol. 3 Activity Book: History for the Classical Child: Early Modern Times (Revised Edition)… (2020) 38 copies
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Key to Purple Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians,… (2017) 25 copies
Story of the World, Vol. 4 Activity Book, Revised Edition: The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of… (2021) 21 copies
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Comprehensive Handbook of Rules: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring… (2017) 20 copies
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Purple Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and… (2017) 16 copies
Story of the World, Vol. 3 Audiobook, Revised Edition: History for the Classical Child: Early Modern Times (Story of… (2020) 13 copies
The Diagramming Dictionary : A Complete Reference Tool for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who… (2019) 9 copies
Story of the World, Text Bundle, Paperback Revised Edition: History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times through The… (2021) 6 copies
Key to Red Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to… (2018) 6 copies
Red Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How… (2018) 5 copies
Story of the World, Vol. 1 Bundle: History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times; Text, Activity Book, and Test &… (2019) 5 copies
How to Diagram Any Sentence: Exercises to Accompany The Diagramming Dictionary (Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind) (2022) 5 copies
Story of the World, Vol. 3 Bundle: History for the Classical Child: Early Modern Times; Text, Activity Book, and Test &… (2020) 4 copies
Story of the World, Vol. 4 Audiobook, Revised Edition: History for the Classical Child: The Modern Age (Story of the… (2021) 4 copies
A História do Mundo (volume 1): A Antiguidade: dos primeiros nômades ao último imperador romano (Portuguese Edition) (2022) 3 copies
Key to Blue Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to… (2020) 3 copies
Como Educar sua Mente – O Guia Para ler e Entender os Grandes Autores (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 2 copies
Story of the World, Text Bundle Paperback: History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times through The Modern Age (Story… (2020) 2 copies
A Well Trained Mind - CD 1 copy
STORY OF THE WORLD 1 1 copy
The Story of the World 1 copy
The Well Trained Mind 1 copy
Blue Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How… (2020) 1 copy
Coloring the Story of the World: 60 Coloring Pages inspired by Susan Wise Bauer's The Story of the World (2022) 1 copy
Story of the World vols 1-2 1 copy
The Newberry Award 1 copy
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: The Modern Age: Audiobook (Vol. 4) (Story of the World) (v. 4)… (1671) 1 copy
Hostoria del Mundo Antiguo 1 copy
Associated Works
Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology (2004) — Contributor — 101 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bauer, Susan Wise
- Birthdate
- 1968-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Virginia, USA
- Education
- Liberty University (BA|1988)
Westminster Theological Seminary (M.Div.|1991)
College of William and Mary (M.A.|English Language and Literature|1996)
College of William and Mary (Ph.D.|American Studies|2007) - Occupations
- professor
historian
children's book author
editor
publisher - Relationships
- Wise, Jessie (mother)
- Organizations
- College of William and Mary (professor)
Peace Hill Press (editor-in-chief)
Books and Culture (contributing editor) - Agent
- Michael Carlisle
- Short biography
- Susan was born in 1968, grew up in Virginia, and was educated at home by pioneering parents, back when home education was still unheard of. She worked as a professional musician, wore a costume at Colonial Williamsburg, toured with a travelling drama group, galloped racehorses at a Virginia racetrack, taught horseback riding, worked in radio and newspaper ad sales, learned enough Korean to teach a Korean four-year-old Sunday school, and served as librarian and reading tutor for the Rita Welsh Adult Literacy Center in Williamsburg, Virginia.
In her less haphazard adult life, she earned an M.A., M.Div., and Ph.D. She has taught at the College of William & Mary in Virginia for the last sixteen years. Susan is married and the mother of four.
Susan's most recent book for Norton, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory (2015), guides us back to the original texts that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos, and ourselves.!
Her previous book, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had (2003), is a guide to reading the classic works of fiction, poetry, history, autobiography, and drama. Norton also published The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (with co-author Jessie Wise); originally published in 1999, this bestselling guide to education in the classical tradition was revised and updated in 2004 and again in 2009.
For Peace Hill Press, Susan has written a four-volume world history series for children, The Story of the World, for Peace Hill Press. Volume 1, Ancient Times, was published in 2002 (revised edition 2006); Volume 2, The Middle Ages, in 2003 (revised edition 2007); and Volume 3, Early Modern Times, in 2004. The final volume, The Modern Age, was published in 2006. She has also written a best-selling elementary writing program, Writing With Ease.
Susan is also the author of The Art of the Public Grovel (Princeton University Press) and many articles and reviews. Visit her blog at http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog.
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The Well-Educated Mind List in The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise-Bauer (September 2021)
New to the Group in The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise-Bauer (October 2014)
The History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer in Ancient History (October 2011)
Don Quixote in The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise-Bauer (December 2009)
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