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2 reviews
William F. Buckley Jr.

Dell, 1986

Best of class - Blackford Oakes in Havana
This is the first of Buckley's books that I have read and it was a real treat. This book is so good in a variety of ways that I think it deserves five stars. It is a combination of good story-telling, historical information, compelling characters (including those taken from real life), clear writing, and intrigue. These elements are combined smoothly into a very entertaining and easy to read ...

Stamford, CT 350 Years 1941-1991

1 review

The Advocate and The Ferguson Library, 1991

A great project and a very nice book
This was my first project as a ghostwriter (although I was credited as one of the authors) and it was a great experience. Working with with William F. Buckley Jr. was a pleasure! If you live or work in Stamford, you should track down a copy of this magnificent book. The photos by Bill Hubbell are excellent!!!

Execution Eve and Other Contemporary Ballads

1 review
William Buckley; F. Jr

G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, 1975

The alternative are 2 sentences in a history book
My first book by the now-beloved author. I arrived in USA in the 1980's - and was too young to vote for Regan - so this book fills in a chunk of US history I did not have much clue about. It's a collection of dispatches, peppered with sailing adventures and personal interactions. A very enjoyable read... The dispatches from Nixon's trip to Beijing (China) made me laugh - it's amusing how ...

Inveighing We Will go

1 review
William F. Jr. Buckley

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972

Buckley in the 1968-1975 Period
Basically NR editorials/comments. Unbelievably good and very funny. And I am as liberal as the come. I admired WFB as much as JFK.

Up From Liberalism

4 reviews
William F. Buckley Jr.

Stein and Day, 1984

Up From Liberalism
I'm a college student studying on a liberal college campus who will probably pursue a career in Constitutional law. Reading this book has helped me understand my political philosophy much more clearly. Up From Liberalism by William F. Buckley, Jr. is a witty, sagacious, and very perceptive book declaring the fresh conservative alternative to liberal establishment politics. It is a must read ...

Amo, Amas Amat and More

14 reviews
Eugene Ehrlich, William F. Buckley Jr.

HarperReference, 1990

Seize the day...
Eugene Ehrlich's 'Amo, Amas, Amat and More' is a wonderful shorthand guide to Latin literacy for those who are struggling with Latin, or those of us who had a lot of Latin but little use since our last conjugation, er, um, examination. Gives new meaning to 'conjugal visit' now, doesn't it? (Well, look it up for the distinctions.) There is a very interesting introduction by William F. ...

Miles Bone By [UNABRIDGED]

2 reviews
William F. Buckley Jr.

Blackstone Audiobooks, 2005

Urbane. Witty. Charming. Genuine.
MILES GONE BY is a compilation of William F. Buckley essays, columns and anecdotes which tell the story of his life. His writings are so prolific that the better parts of his life had already been chronicled, by himself no less, prior to his death. I began reading National Review in 1978 as a young liberal college student. Buckley was my cure for liberalism along with the practical demise of ...

The National Review Treasury of Classic Children's Literature: Volume Two

2 reviews

Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2004

A timeless and memorable anthology
Compiled and edited by William F. Buckiley, Jr., the Treasury Of Classic Children's Literature is an anthology of enduring stories for young folk, painstakingly selected and compiled by William F. Buckley, Jr. for their lasting appeal across the generations. Works by Jack London, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, Thorton W. Burgess, Palmer Cox, and others, are embellished with ...

Will the Real Jesus Please Stand-Up!

3 reviews
William F., Jr. Buckley, Dr. John Dominic Crossan, ...

Turner-Welninski Publishing, 1995

A Wonderful Debate on the Resurrection
Dr. John Dominic Crossan is the co-chairman of the media darlings known as the Jesus Seminar. Dr. William Craig is (in my opinion) the best Christian apologist of the late 20th century who has specialized his theological research on the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus in 3 major academic books. The give and take of this debate much favored Craig in which he clearly won. Craig argued ...

On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures

1 review
Jr. William F. Buckley

Random House, 1989

On the Firing Line
On the Firing Line: The Publi Life of Our Public Figures written by William F. Buckley, Jr. is about the interviews Buckley had on the televison show "Firing Line." Lasting for twenty-three years and hosted by Buckley, this book contains parts of those interesting shows. You'll find a whole host of dramatis personae in this well written tome. As with the televison show, this book has concise ...

Buckley: The Right Word (Harvest Book)

15 reviews
Samuel S. Vaughan, William F. Buckley Jr.

Harvest Books, 1998

Even the title
When I first became an avid reader of Mr. Buckley's work I was amazed at how often his use of words was attacked. I wondered whether a new crime bill had been passed that outlawed a person being articulate. Why should someone who joyfully uses language be pilloried for doing so? Even commercial reviewers feel the need to go to their thesaurus, trot out words that they have never used before ...

Stained Glass

5 reviews
William F., Jr. Buckley

Books on Tape, Inc., 1981

I am a Buckley fan
I must admit that I really like WFB's fiction, and I'm delighted that his publisher challenged him to try it. The Blackford Oakes series relies on Buckley's own experience with the CIA, I'm sure. But the stories are more than depictions of black craftsmanship. Buckley has a fine ability to weave an interesting plot, and his characterizations are detailed and marvelous. He has spent time ...

Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography (with CD)

25 reviews
William F. Buckley Jr.

Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2004

Requiem for a Heavyweight....
William F. Buckley Jr. is now in his 80's and visibly winding up his affairs of this world. National Review, the magazine of conservative opinion that he founded and led for half a century, has been turned over to newer hands. Blackford Oakes, hero of a series of spy novels, has been heroically killed off. His production of public commentary is down to a few columns per month. 2004's "Miles ...

Start the Presses!

1 review
William F. Buckley Jr.

ISI Books, 2000

Invaluable advice for student journalists everywhere!
For over two years, I have helped edit The Michigan Review, the University of Michigan's campus affairs journal. This wonderful book perfectly lays out everything any student journalist needs to know, and it has helped me and my colleagues immensely. This book teaches you how to write an article, be it news, commentary or investigative report. It offers creative and successful approaches to ...

Let Us Talk of Many Things : The Collected Speeches with New Commentary by the Author

12 reviews
William F. Jr Buckley

Prima Lifestyles, 2000

The Man Who Saved Classical Liberalism
William F. Buckley may be the most influential American writer of the second half of the 20th century. A strong statement, but think about it. When he wielded his pen he defended freedom in an era when that concept was beginning to be considered passe. He famously jumped "athwart history, yelling 'stop!" With his elegant, cosmopolitan prose he made consevativism intellectually respectable. ...

Happy Days Were Here Again: Reflections of a Libertarian Journalist

7 reviews
William F. Jr Buckley

Random House, 1993

Buckley's Best
This is Buckley at his acerbic best on subjects as varied as John Lennon, Ted Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor to academia, Gorbachev and The First Gulf War. It's always illuminating and stimulating to explore the brain of one of America's foremost conservative thinkers and as these essays drift more into history, his insights and deliberations become astounding in their perspicacity and accuracy. ...

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

9 reviews
William F. Jr. Buckley, 2004

The denouement of the Cold War...
Before reading this surprisingly succinct work by William F.Buckley, it would have been hard for me to imagine a comprehensive Cold War history consolidated into 192 pages of text. But under the amazingly capable pen of Buckley, the reader learns all the highlights (lowlights?) of this seminal period in International history. Starting with the Four-Power agreement in post WWII Germany, we see the ...

Ronald Reagan: An American Hero

15 reviews
DK Publishing

DK ADULT, 2001

A Wonderful Tribute to a Wonderful President
This is a stunningly beautiful book for those of us who loved what Ronald Reagan did as President. I was a single mom receiving no child support. I'll never foget the hit that inflation was delivering. With the tax rebate, lower taxes and inflation sinking, thanks to President Reagan, he will forever be my hero. I love this man and all he stood for.

Flying High: Remembering Barry Goldwater

4 reviews

Basic Books, 2008

Probably the perfect Goldwater Revolution book
The year was 1964 - President Kennedy had been martyred, and now-President Johnson looked unassailable. However, there was one man on the Conservative side who seemed willing to carry the flag, and seek to turn back the tide of Liberalism that was flowing out of Washington DC - Barry Goldwater, Au H2O. And there was one man who was always there, even if he wasn't the man the cameras were pointed ...

Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription: Notes and Asides from National ReviewPM

17 reviews

Basic Books, 2007

Entertaining, personal, and worth returning to
With the publication of the wonderful Florence King's Stet, Damnit! in 2003 and WFB's "Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription" in 2007, National Review books are breaking new ground in the use of profanity in titles. Which is not a field in which I would have expected them to show such leadership. But since we have Buckley's own assurance in these pages (page 33, to be precise) that "goddam," as ...

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