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Amazing Grace: Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, The 67 reviews
Jonathan Kozol
Harper Perennial, 1996
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Jonathan Kozol has dedicated his work on bringing light to the inequalities that exist within our nation. These inequalities are best seen, unfortunately but not unexpectedly, along racial lines. "Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation" is a book with a lot of questions, a lot of shocking information, but not a lot of answers; if only because the answers may not ...
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Black Edelweiss: A Memoir of Combat and Conscience by a Soldier of the Waffen-SS 54 reviews
Johann Voss
The Aberjona Press, 2002
Better Than The Forgotten Soldier
This book is excellent and far better than The Forgotten Soldier. The account is believable and in great detail, written sooner by the author than most memoirs are.
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Conscience of a Conservative35 reviews
Barry Goldwater
Bnpublishing.com, 2007
Clear and to the point
This book is clear and to the point. Mr. Goldwater doesn't waste any time laying it all out on the line about what true conservatism is. My wife and I are adding it to our home school library of required additional reading.
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Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality4 reviews
Martha Nussbaum
Basic Books, 2008
An excellent read....
One doesn't have to be religious to appreciate this book. Its simply an excellent reminder of the wisdom of the founding fathers and how they didn't want a state religion of any type, while also being about a country that has ebbed and flowed when it comes to religion in general.
A take it or leave it mode. Yes, we have had periods where pious folk attempted to rule. But a closer look ...
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The Sociopath Next Door213 reviews
Martha Stout
Broadway, 2006
Brilliant
This book was fantastic! After being the victim of a sociopath this book gave me great insight into how these type of people operate and why they do the things they do. This is a must read for anyone caught in the mental grip of a sociopath. It will not only show you how to recognise one but also you how to get away from them before they destroy your life.
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The Conscience of a Liberal78 reviews
Paul Krugman
W. W. Norton, 2007
Finally some good news!
I pretty much read only non-fiction, which is usually very informative but highly depressing. Krugman somehow manages to cover the modern American political state of affairs without depressing me. In fact this book is very hopeful in specific ways and overall quite uplifting.
In modern American political discourse, it seems common for any statistic that supports an ideological position to be ...
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Conservatives Without Conscience162 reviews
John W. Dean
Viking Adult, 2006
No Kid Glove Treatment for Authoritarian Conservatives
Former Watergate figure John Dean wrote a compelling critique of the conservative movement in the United States in his book "Conservatives Without Conscience". The author starts out explaining why the book was necessary and how it had been his hope to refrain from serious political commentary. He then discussed events where conservative hacks made attacks against him and his wife that were ...
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Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us110 reviews
Robert D. Hare
The Guilford Press, 1999
Highly readable intro to psychopaths by world's leading expert
It is not often that top level scientists can write a popular introduction to the field and successfully combine insights drawn from decades of clinical experience blended with anecdotal mini-histories that make the concepts come alive. The renowned researcher Dr. Robert D. Hare--the creator of the most widely used tests for analyzing psychopathy around the world--has written just such a book. It ...
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The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith 224 reviews
Irshad Manji
St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
Truth Should Always Be Questioned
As I wrote in my novel, Standup Comedian: The Secret and Beyond, "A closed society is to ideas as incest is to a family; it produces idiots." The same can be said of one political system and of one religion. When Catholicism had Christianity locked up it spawned the Inquisition and other atrocities.
Ms Manji's book explains why all "Truths" should be questioned. John Stewart Mill wrote that ...
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Building Your Own Conscience (Batteries Not Included)4 reviews
William J. Omalley
Thomas More Publishing, 1992
fantastic introduction to Catholic ethics for high school students
Judge this book for what it is - a high school textbook. Take it from someone who has taught this book for over ten years - this is a fantastic introduction to Catholic ethics for high schoolers. O'Malley has taken fairly complex subjects, i.e. natural law ethics and virtue ethics, and has made them comprehensible and relevent to the lives of teens, no mean feat. I only hope Fr. O'Malley will ...
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Crisis of Conscience110 reviews
Raymond Franz
Commentary Press, 2002
To read or not to read that is the question
As a Christian and baptised JW I can say that this revelation by Brother Franz has brought me much relief and understanding. Having spent 12 years actively serving in my congregation and on the verge of becoming an elder I began to re-evaluate my faith in light of scripture and in-particular the teachings of Christ. The argument over "Truth" and who's right and who's wrong will go on either until ...
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High Risk: Children Without A Conscience18 reviews
Ken Magid
Bantam, 1989
It was as if a weight was lifted off us!
Thank you so much for putting into easy to understand words so that regular people will know what 'unattached' and 'unbonded' mean. We were dealing with many of those issues with a child we became guardians of. We knew something wasn't right but did not know what. We looked on the internet, talked with friends and family, asked at our local library for help. After reading 20 books on the subjects ...
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How Could You Do That?!: The Abdication of Character, Courage, and Conscience50 reviews
Laura C. Schlessinger
Harper Paperbacks, 1997
You are what you do-first do good then feel good
There is really no such thing as unconditional self-acceptance. Those who say so are promulgating a pernicious falsehood. One must first live a decent, honorable and productive life. Only then do you get to feel good about yourself. Seeking to heedlessly gratify your desires or impulses of the moment to do things (or fail to do things) your conscience knows to be contrary to your standards of ...
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A Sacred Voice Is Calling: Personal Vocation And Social Conscience 2 reviews
John Neafsey
Orbis Books, 2006
A Book That Just Might Change Your Life
There have been times when I have done something, something new and maybe a bit risky, and it just felt right. And I wish I had more moments like that. Yet, how often have we found ourselves in careers, educational programs, relationships and it has not felt right at all. So how do we really know what is really right for our lives and what is not?
John Neafsey's book is an inspiring journey ...
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My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience47 reviews
Rian Malan
Grove Press, 2000
An incredibly rich and horrifying mosaic
How does one explain the intricacies of Apartheid-era South Africa, from the political turmoil to the constant tribal warring? Primitive thought? Anger spurred by poverty and hunger? Ancient beliefs conflicting with modernity? Racism? There is no one simple answer, and this book does an incredible job of elucidating this. It is harrowing, horrific, and incredibly sad, but it is all real and ...
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Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience24 reviews
Gitta Sereny
Vintage, 1983
Thought-provoking and Thorough Investigation
I want to clear something up ~~ I don't "love" this book (that is what 5 stars stand for) but I do appreciate this book and it is definitely one of the best books I have read on the Holocaust. That is why I gave it a five star rating. It really is a thought-provoking book and very insightful. The author did a great job of following through with loose ends and she writes in a very detailed way ...
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Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience, The: Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World?20 reviews
Ronald J. Sider
Baker Books, 2005
A Real Scandal
THE SCANDAL OF THE EVANGELICAL CONSCIENCE:
Ronald J. Sider
Ron Sider has drawn a line in the sand for the evangelical church. He argues that the church has two options, live like the culture around them or live like the church. As a pastor in one of the "evangelical" churches that Sider refers to, I strongly resonate with his statements. I agree that we can tell little difference today ...
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JLA: Crisis of Conscience (Identity Crisis) (Countdown to Infinite Crisis)12 reviews
Geoff Johns, Allan Heinberg
DC Comics, 2006
the end of the league
This story immediately Identity Crisis (a great story and you have to read before this volume) and is part of the preparation for INfinite Crisis. Basically, the League crossed the line, messing with the minds of villians. This is the after math of Ident Crisis and is part of the story leading up to Infinite Crisis. A definite must read, probably the best JLA story ever written.
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The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America - A Chronological Paper Trail: A Chronological Paper Trail25 reviews
Charlotte Iserbyt-Thomson
Conscience Press, 1999
A parents nightmare but a must read!!
This book is so informative and will expand on many avenues of how our education is where it is today. Even how the Board of Education goes against the Constitution and that you can not change, but what you will gain from this is a wealth of knowledge that first will make you extremely mad and sick to your stomach. You will begin to see the whole picture as to the why's of the government's ...
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Zeno's Conscience: A Novel15 reviews
Italo Svevo
Vintage, 2003
A wise and funny novel from a largely unknown author.
The confessions of Zeno is an amazingly insightful novel about the folly of humanity, our amazing capacity for self delusion and our lack of understanding of our place in the great drama that is life.
Zeno is an elderly merchant in Trieste before World War One, who owes his success and money more to inheritance than to ability, who approaching the end of his life consults with a psychiatrist ...
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