Avoid Ignorance: Read a Book

So we should welcome Mike Aquilina's recommendation of Don’t Know Much About Catholic History: From the Catacombs to the Reformation:

Dr. Moczar provides vivid summary treatments of all the major periods, chockfull of memorable stories and characters. She ends each chapter with points to ponder and suggestions for future reading. She ends the book with two helpful and very practical essays on learning history and on evaluating history texts. Anyone who reads this book is well on the way from cluelessness to a lifelong love of learning. And the price is hard to beat, so you should probably buy copies for several friends, and for the back of the church, and for the town library, and …

I see it's cheap at Amazon Canada. I'll give it a try.