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The New Concise History of the Crusades (Critical Issues in History)

33 reviews
Thomas Madden

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005

Easily the best brief history available
Thomas F. Madden's New Concise History of the Crusades is an outstanding brief history of one of the most complex and confusing periods in world history. Though just over 200 pages long, Madden's book covers all of the major crusading movements in the middle east in a brisk, streamlined manner that makes the continuity between the various crusades perfectly clear. While such brevity would ...

Destination Dissertation: A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation

12 reviews
Sonja Foss, William Waters

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007

Get it DONE and get on with your life
With so many dissertation guides available, it's tough to know which one to pick. The unique value of Destination Dissertation lies in its suggestions for overcoming real-world road blocks in the journey. Foss and Waters provide concrete tips and actual examples for dealing with common problems like an out-of-control lit review, making sense of mounds of data, negotiating with advisors and ...

Europe Today: A Twenty-first Century Introduction, Third Edition (Europe Today)
Erik Jones

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007

This clearly written and comprehensive book is the only text that offers a sustained and unified set of both country case studies and analysis of the European Union. The contributors, an authoritative group of Americans and Europeans, explore the new Euro

The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Ecological Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-first ...

2 reviews
Robert B. Marks

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006

An Innovative Pedagogical Device!
Each semester, history instructors must select the required reading materials for the next semester's classes. A conscientious teacher might drown in the many options. There are always new titles to fill the captive demand for required purchases. Increasingly, these options come with new bells, whistles, digitized archival collections, and promises of the latest breaking scholarship. That text ...

Complete Your Dissertation or Thesis in Two Semesters or Less

5 reviews
Evelyn Ogden Ogden

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007

A Peace of Mind and much needed direction
This book is the best resource that I have encountered. The author addresses questions from your innermost dark thoughts and fears. This is a Must read and use. I haven't completed my dissertation yet, but Ogden has given me the "umpf" and encouragement to actually put the pen on the paper and WRITE!!!

Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States

9 reviews
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006

If open to understanding the minority perspective
This book may annoy, irritate, and even infuriate some, but if any of these emotions arise, you might ask yourself "why do I feel so defensive?"...and I promise, you will gather a bit of enlightment. The book portrays the perspective of minority peoples in a way that will open your eyes. It IS one-sided, but not because the author is a "racist", rather, he feels (it's in his Author's Note) that ...

Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Updated and Expanded Edition

159 reviews
S. Fred Singer, Dennis T. Avery

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008

GLOBAL WARMING STOPPED IN 1998
Singer and Avery provide an excellent review of the science of climate change. It is essential reading! As a result of the computer-generated and UN-promoted junk science, governments and companies are now planning to squander billions on CO2 sequestration. Nature stopped global warming in 1998 in spite of increasing emissions of anthropogenic CO2. After reading this book, it will become ...

War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust (Critical Issues in History)

4 reviews
Doris Bergen

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003

exceptionally useful and moving
This is an exceptionally useful and moving textbook on the Third Reich, World War Two, and the Holocaust. My students' response in an upper-level course on German history was outright enthusiastic. The range of aspects covered in this volume is impressive: we learn about the wider European cultural-ideological context as well as about specifically German preconditions for Nazi policies; the ...

Why We Whisper: Restoring Our Right to Say It's Wrong

8 reviews
Jim DeMint, J. David Woodard

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008

Why We Whisper
If you have a curiosity, an open mind, and a thirst for full and honest debate on the direction of American society, this is a thoughtful book you must read. It provides a quantitative understanding of the pervasive ability of legislatures and courts to negatively impact public behavior through public policy. This book is a well written explanation of traditionalism and the role of ...

Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage (Critical Perspectives Series)

3 reviews
Paulo Freire

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001

teacher to the world
This small work is packed with wonderfully articulate insights, philosophical, political and practical, about education and how we should go about teaching young students. Paulo Friere is an enemy of oppression, coercion and neo-liberalism, a proponent of the human spirit and the possibility of a better world. If you are really interested in the ideas of existentialism, socialism, democracy and ...

Today's American: How Free?

1 review
Arch Puddington, Jason Kelly, ...

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008

One of the best books of the year
"Today's American: How Free?" answers the question in more than ten categories that Americans care about. How are we doing on liberties? How well is our electoral system functioning? How are we doing on long-standing issues like race and equality? How strong are America's institutions of government, law enforcement, labor, media, and independent civil society? One of the best non-fiction ...

Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming

14 reviews
Patrick J. Michaels

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005

Balanced, credible, rigorous, hard data, graphs, variety of topics and styles make it practical and useful
Starts with an excellent summary and scientific expose of the myths and hype driving media and political campaigns that pedal the nonsensical myth of human-induced warming. Rigorous analysis and summary of IPCC's false and/or misleading statements that distort and even contradict the recommendations of its own scientists. Each author in this book is backed by numerous, detailed references to ...

Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning

4 reviews
David Mark

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007

A very good and comprehensive look at negative campaigning and strategy
Going Dirty is an excellent book covering the recent history of negative campaigning in the US. The book gives an insightful and balanced look into a topic most people wish wasn't there. Most of the book is filled with case studies of where negative ads were used, and while primarily contemporary (starting in the 1950's), it also goes back a century helping show how it all evolved. The book ...

Happiness and the Christian Moral Life: An Introduction to Christian Ethics

1 review
Paul Wadell

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007

great basic introduction to virtue ethics
Dr. Wadell's book is a terrific introduction to the positive, life affirming topic of Christian virtue ethics. Read this book if you really want to know how even despite sin and human weakness, God's love for us all transends the sorrows of the world. His explanations are beautifully crafted and his voice is one that brings hope to those who struggle with living the good life well. Wonderful ...

Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China

1 review
Brownell Susan

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008

Very good reading
Reviewed by Lori Plach for Reader Views (2/08) Why were the Chinese people all excited when it was announced that the 2008 Summer Olympics would be held in Beijing? Why was it so important to them? Sure, it is a major boost to their economy. What with all the people from all over the world coming to China to cheer on their children or country's athletes. It is more than money and people that ...

Greeks & Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers
Carl J. Richard

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008

This lively and engaging book is the only popular work to explore the profound impact of Ancient Greece and Rome on the founding fathers. Recounting the stirring stories the founders encountered in their favorite histories of Greece and Rome, renowned scholar Carl J. Richard explores what they learned from these vivid tales and how they applied these lessons to their own heroic quest to win American independence and establish a durable republic.

Home Advantage: Social Class and Parental Intervention in Elementary Education

2 reviews
Annette Lareau

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2000

Maybe a 3.5
In "Home Advantage," Annette Lareau examines the question of who gets ahead in public schooling and what causes social reproduction. Specifically, she looks to connect the social institutions of the home, the school and the occupation to see how each affects the children at a young age. To examine this question, she goes to two schools (Prescott and Colton are the aliases). Prescott consists ...

Health Care Half Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality

2 reviews
Arthur Garson, Carolyn L. Engelhard

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007

Very clear, quick intro to US health care system in 2007
This book is an excellent, up-to-date overview of how the health care system works as of today. It assumes little prior knowledge, although you might have deeper understanding if you have some (they talk about the Clinton health care reform plan of 1994 but spend little time explaining what it would have done). The book is phrased as a series of "myths," but that seems to me just a gimmick that ...

Love in Black and White: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance

7 reviews
William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007

it takes all kinds
I found the book to be an enjoyable and interesting read and I share some of the other readers comments about the book. One of the great things about the internet is that anyone is free to go online, write a review, and show how foolish they are. I sometimes wonder of some people deliberately write nasty or very poor reviews just to "stir the pot". Anyway, the world is slowly but steadily ...

White Logic, White Methods: Race and Social Science
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008

White Logic, White Methods shows the ways that a reigning white ideological methodology has poisoned almost all aspects of social science research. The only way to remedy these prevailing inequalities is for the complete overhaul of current methods, and a movement towards multicultural and pluralist approaches to what we know, think, and question. With an assemblage of leading scholars, this collection explores the possibilities and necessary ...

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