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Into the Future: The Foundations of Library and Information Services in the Post Industrial Era (Contemporary ...10 reviews
Michael H. Harris, Stan A. Hannah

Ablex Publishing, 1993

Post Industrial Era in Hong Kong.
No Doubt, Hong Kong is facing the Post Industrial Era since year 2000. After the Rapid changes of Internet Age, Globalization is the next development in the coming decade. But it makes more competition and prices down in the Global markets. All the traditonal and industrial products are over supply than demand in these two years. When you think back on the rapid development in Computer and ... 		  
  







  
  
Discourses12 reviews
Meher Baba

Universal Spiritual Centre, 1939

Don't worry, be happy.
There are oh so many books, CDs, and courses about Spirituality. some many mean well and are heartfelt. But there is only one Meher Baba. This volume is a veritable bible for the seeker. I cannot think of any other books that are filled with complete understanding and that define the world we live in. It is truely a MUST own book. Do yourself the great favor of owning this treasure. 		  
  







  
  
A fortunate life16 reviews
A. B Facey

Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1981

Moving
The author of this book was approached in old age to talk about his life. From memory it was because of some form of literary grant or a history project. However what was said was of such quality it was transcribed into a book and became a huge seller in Australia. The author grew up in Australia around the time of Federation. He was abandoned by his mother and from an early age did tough farming ... 		  
  







  
  
Writings of Leon Trotsky, (14 Volume Set)15 reviews
Leon Trotsky

Pathfinder Press (NY), 1991

Economic depression, war and working-class leadership
This is one of a 14-volume series of writings by Leon Trotsky, who along with V.I. Lenin was a central leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution. These volumes cover the years 1929-1940, when Trotsky led the political fight world-wide to maintain the continuity of Bolshevik's revolutionary perspective and leadership against the reactionary policies imposed by the Stalinist regime in the Soviet Union. ... 		  
  







  
  
SOCIALISM12 reviews
LUDWIG VON MISES

Liberty Fund Inc., 1981

A Towering Intellectual Achievement
October 25th 1817- The Bolsheviks stage a coupe in Petrograd and overthrow the Kerensky regime. For the first time ever Marxists seize control of a major nation. It will be several years before the Bolsheviks overwhelm their opponents within Russia. However, one question demands an answer. Will it work? Can socialism at least match the results of capitalism? The full answer to this question came ... 		  
  







  
  
Works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Includes Capital (Das Kapital) and Communist Manifesto. FREE ...14 reviews, ...

MobileReference, 2008

A classic compendium of Marxist thought
Whether or not one is a Marxist, knowledge of Marx' work is important in understanding the variety of political philosophizing over the millennia. Marx' political thought is sometimes difficult (think the "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844") and sometimes transparent (e.g., "The Manifesto of the Communist Party," more popularly referred to as the "Communist Manifesto"). This ... 		  
  







  
  
Rayuela (Coleccion Archivos)22 reviews
Julio Cortazar

ALLCA XXe, Universite de Paris X, Centre de recherches latino-americaines, 1992

Existencialismo Latinoamericano
Rayuela es, junto a otras obras como "El Túnel" de Sábato, una de las pocas muestras de literatura Existencialista latinoamericana. Y el resultado difícilmente pudo ser mejor, este libro de Cortázar fue aclamado por la crítica internacional y actualmente está junto con "Cien años de Soledad" ,y algunos otros pocos, dentro de las novelas latinoamericanas más renombradas. En la primera página de ... 		  
  







  
  
Good Night, Gorilla (Mathematics Focus)159 reviews
Peggy Rathmann

Scholastic, 1994

House Favorite
My daughter loves this book. It's definitely a pre-bedtime favorite and it is a terrific segue into telling her that since the zoo is going ni-ni that she has to as well. 		  
  







  
  
Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost--And How It Can Find Its Way Back12 reviews
Mickey Edwards

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Agree
I totally agree and cannot add more to the reviews already here. The Republican Party up until about 1990 was a party of optimism ("It's Morning in America"), belief in individual freedom, anti-communism, and belief in a strong national defense, and "getting government off our backs". Today: a party fixated on tradition and "traditional family values", moralizing, forcing one's personal ... 		  
  







  
  
The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book: Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World ...19 reviews
Tom Robinson

Adams Media, 2001

Best fun we had
product provided hours of fun for grandkids. especailly the list for things to make a science kit. Now we don't have to look for the things to have fun with. Good book. 		  
  







  
  
My Life8 reviews
Leon Trotsky

Pathfinder Press (NY), 1970

Life is Beautiful when you fight to change the world!
The phrase "Life is Beautiful" in the Italian film came from Leon Trotkys's last testament. It was written in exile in Mexico. At the time Trotsky's friends, family, and comrades were being harassed, slandered and murdered by Stalin, when he himself faced imminent assasination. He also faced death from the growing illnesses that had slowed him. Yet, in his testament he proclaimed that life is ... 		  
  







  
  
The life divine (Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education collection)9 reviews
Aurobindo Ghose

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1960

Look at yourself and the world from a different angle
This is a difficult book to read. Let us be under no illusions about that. It is verbose, repetitive and massive in its scope: tackling virtually the entire gamut of issues that philosophy traditionally deals with. But by the time you have finished reading the book (it took me three months to finish)it would have transformed the way you live your life. You may not agree with Aurobindo, and in ... 		  
  







  
  
The One-straw revolution: An introduction to natural farming9 reviews
Masanobu Fukuoka

Friends Rural Centre, 1990

Phenomenology or Farming?
Some have said that the Fukuokan philosophy is the tap root of what is now more broadly called Permaculture, only Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer, working with rice and winter grain in a southern Japanese climate. Both are no-till methods that shun the use of chemicals. However, Fukuoka should be set apart from farming in general and Permaculture in particular, in that The One-Straw ... 		  
  







  
  
Thomas Paine: Apostle of Freedom8 reviews
Jr., Jack Fruchtman, Jack Fruchtman Jr.

Basic Books, 1996

Definitive book on Paine
The American Revolution's roots in the British which many people thought was 'betrayed' by parliament when it restored the monarchy, the roots of common British and American democratic ideals emerging from the dissenting religions and their notions of justice and equality (it's said that British socialism has more Methodism than Marx in it), the frustrations and ideals of British republicans who ... 		  
  







  
  
John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882; Complete Paintings: Volume IV (John Singer Sargent)9 reviews
Richard Ormond, Elaine Kilmurray, ...

Paul Mellon Centre BA, 2006

Awesome Selection of Sargent's Work
The color reproductions are awesome. This books is a collection of Sargent's less known work which is refreshing. Some oils are not as polished as the more well known work which helps to show his technique in early stages---a plus to serious professionals and students. To me, this book provided a wealth of visual clues to understanding his thought process and technical principles. The writing, ... 		  
  







  
  
More Than Words: Helping Parents Promote Communication and Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum ...9 reviews
Fern Sussman

Hanen Centre, 1999

What every parent of a child with ASD NEEDS to know
I have always been pleased with resources from Hanen and this book is no exception. As both a pediatric speech-language pathologist and a mother of a wonderful toddler with autism I highly recommend this cutting edge, informative book. I love that the book takes our children's sensory preferences and interests into major consideration during interactions. The book is clear and simple to ... 		  
  







  
  
Political Pilgrims: Travels of Western Intellectuals to the Soviet Union, China and Cuba8 reviews
Paul Hollander

University Press of America, 1990

Take me by the hand and let's go strolling in wonderland
Hollander puts the selective moral outrage and selective acceptance of evidence of the Left on parade as he follows these blinkered one's through the various Potemkin Villages of the Totalitarians, from the October revolution forward into most of the 20th century. Smug arrogance knows no political party or religious faith, no gender, race or sexual preference, it seems to be evenly spread among ... 		  
  







  
  
John Singer Sargent : The Early Portraits (Volume One)10 reviews
Richard Ormond, Elaine Kilmurray

Paul Mellon Centre BA, 1998

Just Amazing........
This book is for Sargent lovers. His incredible talent oozes in these pages. I can't wait for Vol 2 of this beautiful production of Yale University Press. I got me a magnifying glass and have spent hours looking at the unbelievably grand flesh tones that Sargent commanded. You'll love reading the background data of these portrait commissions during Sargent's career. I would give it six stars if I ... 		  
  







  
  
Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn from Conservative Success8 reviews

Wiley, 2006

Useful High-End Book on Strategy for the Center-Left
I bought this book together with "The Good Fight" by Peter Beinart. While both books have their utility, neither is as good as Joe Klein in "Politics Lost." Waldman gets five stars to Beinart's four mostly because he is much more readable, has many useful tables including an analysis of the states where extremist Republicans as well as extremist Democrats are weak, and his book is generally ... 		  
  







  
  
Liberty: Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty9 reviews
Isaiah Berlin

Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

Great treatise on the meaning of liberty
I read this book for a graduate class in Philosophy. Berlin in the book is talking about different understandings on liberty. How do liberals think about liberty? Not only liberals think about liberty, many isms do, there are many different ways to think about liberty. Berlin makes a few distinctions on liberty. In "Two Concepts of Liberty," he distinguishes between political liberty and ... 		  
  







  




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