Art: Gardner's "Art Through the Ages" as an overview in terms of art history. If you are looking for technique I couldn't recommend just one. Political Science

Art: Gardner's "Art Through the Ages" as an overview in terms of art history. If you are looking for technique I couldn't recommend just one. Political Science is tough, because there are plenty of decent primers, but there are enough sub-specialties that they each have their own pillars. Conversely, you can go for a lot of the 'classics' (e.g. Plato's "Republic", Hobbe's "Leviathan", Locke's "Two Treatises" etc)