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If you're looking for a broad overview or a history of western philosophy, I wholeheartedly recommend Story of Philosophy by Bryan Magee. Magee's ability to extract the diamond heart of a philosophical work and explain it clearly (many times even clearer than the original writer) is unmatched by anyone, in my opinion. His books Confessions of a Philosopher and The Great Philosophers are also brilliant overview-type books, but Story of Philosophy is the most recent, the most comprehensive (although not the deepest), and it's full of images, so I would recommend that you start there.
You could try the Oxford Companion to Philosophy.
Frederick Copleston wrote a fantastic history of philosophy in 11 volumes.
Anthony Kenny has done a somewhat more concise history.
Brian Magee has done it in one volume
Will Durant is also a good bet and a segue into history.
Read a People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn and/or Lies my History Teacher told Me.
Guns, Germs, and Steel is also good.
Read some theology. Not many people do. Try Rowan Williams. I'd recommend his Resurrection, but he's also written a book on Dostoevsky.
Read Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment. Notes from the Underground. Brothers Karamazov. Take your pick.
Might check out Edward Said's Orientalism. Maybe some Foucault.
Learn about economics. Naked Economics is a good start. Hazlitt's Economics in one lesson is also popular.
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Philosopher-Personal-Philosophy-Paperbacks/dp/0375750363
Confessions of a philosopher by Bryan Magee.
Not sure if it's for kids though.