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5 reviews
Thomas Hobbes

Touchstone, 1997

The First Modern Political Philosopher
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) wrote "Leviathan" in 1651, it was his most important philosophical work. I think you should know something of Hobbes to understand how his thinking was influenced by his experiences. He was born 2 months prematurely on the day the Spanish Armada approaches the English coast. His mother's fear of invasion caused the premature birth. Hobbes remarked late in life, "his ...

solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short

3 reviews
Edward J. Carvalho

Fine Tooth Press L.L.C., 2007

This book made me want to read again!
While the title of this book may remind you of an inscription on a tombstone, the contents of this book PROVE that innovative, insightful, thought-provoking poetry IS ALIVE and well in contemporary American society. This is a controversial statement, but I will make it nonetheless. Carvalho is one of the BEST poets of our generation. This word "best" is the sort of label that one reads all of ...

Total Confinement: Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison (California Series in Public ...

3 reviews
Lorna A. Rhodes

University of California Press, 2004

Extreme Othering: Rehabilitation or Warehousing?
How much correcting do we do? I believe that we should be correcting behavior, not warehousing people. Because if these guys leave here and move into my neighborhood I want something productive out of them. Let's have them get a job and pay some taxes, you know. Officer (in Rhodes 199) Thus in reform "the criminal becomes simultaneously the `other' (a byproduct of damage, disorder or ...

In solitary witness: The life and death of Franz Jägerstätter (Beacon paperback)

5 reviews
Gordon Charles Zahn

Beacon Press, 1968

An important book for those in search of heroes today.
Most of the well-known heroes of World War II are military figures. This book tells the story of another sort of hero, Franz Jaegerstaetter, an Austrian peasant farmer and husband and father of three daughters, who refused to perform his military service in the Nazi army on grounds of conscience. He was executed in Berlin on August 9, 1943 by the Nazis for his conscientious objection, "in ...

Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo

28 reviews

Harmony, 2006

A must read for an only child or anyone who knows one
This was a terrific book. Although I am an only child with many only child friends, I had never thought so much about how much that aspect of my background shaped my life. Reading this book was like reading my own diary - I discovered many things in common with these writers, and found their stories funny, heartwarming and fascinating. I want to give it to everyone I know so that they will ...

A House of Her Own: Kay Sage, Solitary Surrealist

3 reviews
Judith D. Suther

University of Nebraska Press, 1997

Kay Sage 'A House of Her Own' by Judith D. Slater
This isn't the saddest life story I've read, but it is sadness at a most unusual point in the scale of melancholy. Riddled with irony, too. Almost 50 years to the day after Andre Breton commented that Sage's work 'must have been done by a man' Sage was not even listed by name in the surrealist art catalogs and none of her work was to be found in galleries or museums. Only a couple of solo shows ...

The Solitary Soldier

3 reviews
John Sobieck

PublishAmerica, 2003

Hilarious
The story was funny and I couldn't put it down. It was a outrageous and insane book from beginning to end. I would definitely recommend it to anyone!

Solitary Survivor: The First American POW in Southeast Asia

5 reviews
Lawrence R. Bailey, Ron Martz

Potomac Books Inc., 2003

Great historical content about America's role in SE Asia
This book was written by my Dad. It accurately describes how I believe Dad would react to the circumstances in which he found himself. He spends a good amount of time on the historical aspects of America's early involvement in Southeast Asia, specifically Laos. I believe the warning signs of "things to come" were readily apparent to anyone not embroiled in politics. My Dad's selfless commitment ...

Learning Ritual Magic: Fundamental Theory and Practice for the Solitary Apprentice

3 reviews
John Michael Greer, Earl, Jr. King, ...

Weiser Books, 2004

EXTREMELY INTENSIVE PRACTICAL WORK, incredibly valuable!
THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE BEST PURCHASES I HAVE MADE IN MY LIFE. It is an incredibly in-depth and extensive introduction to practical magic, and is an invaluable tool to help develop the skills of meditation, concentration, observation, imagination, visualization, memory, and will power. Also, it is an excellent introduciton to tarot cards, Qabalah,number symbolism, the theory of the five ...

Journey By Night: A Solitary Journey

9 reviews
Louise Teresa StrongBear

AuthorHouse, 2006

Enchanting & Engaging
I found myself traveling along in the enchanted world. Knowing how close you can be to the spirit world in your dreams is a wonderment. I know there are answers in your dreams if you just look and pay attention. Thank you Louise for guiding me through. This is a book everyone should read. Buy two and give one to a friend.

The Call of Silent Love

2 reviews
Carthusian, A Carthusian, ...

Cistercian Publications, 1995

God is the eternal fidelity of a perpetually new love
A delicious journey through the monastic cloister that conduces to heaven is what can be said of this work. It gives a complete idea of what vocation discernment should be, by this spiritual conferences to novices. It shows how the reality of monasticism is not being away of the flesh or the earthly realities, but a complete use of body and heart, will and spirit in the desert of Chartreuse. ...

Solitary Pleasures: The Historical, Literary and Artistic Discourses of Autoeroticism

2 reviews
Paula Bennett

Routledge, 1995

It was an extrordinary book!!
It was probably the best book that I've ever read on the topic, and believe me, I've read plenty. Anyone can read this book, except for the obvious, of course.

Cougars: Solitary Spirits (Northwords Wildlife Series)

2 reviews
Dennis L. Olson

Econo-Clad Books, 2001

Great Cougar Book
This is an excellent book. Written in a comprehensive and interesting way, it covers very well all the aspects of the cougar's life. It focuses especially, on disipating myths and misinformation surrounding this beautiful and elusive animals. Statistics, status, distribution and the human interaction are also described here. But perhaps the best part of this book are the beautiful full-color ...

A Solitary Dance

2 reviews
Robert G. Lane

Serrell & Simons Pub, 1983

An amazing journey!
This is a beautiful book, a fiction that reads like a case file of childhood schizophrenia and the miraculous human potential to heal. It traces the slow, halting steps of an institutionalized boy's journey from isolation into reality. It is narrated by a young psychotherapist, Pat, fresh out of graduate school and in his first internship, who gradually comes to understand Mike's history, family ...

A Solitary Grief

2 reviews
Bernice Rubens

Sinclair-Stevenson, Limited, 1992

Rubens At Her Most Bizarre, But Humanistic Best!
I think I have now read every book (please write more) that Bernice Rubens has written. I have loved every single one (except Brothers, which reads like it was written by someone else.) A Solitary Grief is Rubens at her best. Bizarre is a good word for this story, but not unrealistic as everything in this story could, and probably has happened to someone somewhere. A brave writer, she tackles ...

Cassandra Eason's Complete Book Of Spells: Ancient & Modern Spells For The Solitary Witch

2 reviews
Cassandra Eason

Foulsham, 2004

Excellent book!
This book is a gem to own. I am very surprised there are not more reviews. There are spells in this book for just about any situation you could come across in life. That is what makes this book so great. Cassandra took so much time to book this book together. Yes there are some older spells I am sure that have been passed down but to be honest I have not seen any spells duplicated from other ...

The African Leopard: Ecology and Behavior of a Solitary Felid

2 reviews
Theodore, N. Bailey

The Blackburn Press, 2005

Great for scholars and advanced amateurs
Excellent academic book about the leopard. Accurate and well structurated. If you are looking for a book with precise information about leopards and not merely a collection of photos, then buy it. A must to have.

The Solitary Sheikh

2 reviews
Alexandra Sellers

Thorndike Press, 2002

A nailbiting romance that takes you into another world.
I don't know what it is about this author but she has the knack of capturing the mystery of the Middle East in a way that is sweeps you right up in it. Her characters are so recogniseable that you relate to them completely. They may do things you think you wouldn't do but it's always completely understandable. Her eye for detail brings these foreign worlds alive. I look forward to her ...

The Solitary Summer

2 reviews
Elizabeth von Arnim

BiblioBazaar, 2007

Diary of a solitary summer, alone with garden,books,thoughts
This book captivated both me and my best friend. The issue of the book I read was printed in 1907 and is titled The Solitary Summer by the author of "Elizabeth and her German Garden". Nowhere else in the book does it ever reveal the author's name. The book starts out with a dedication "To the man of Wrath with some apologies and much love". The book is a diary (May-September) of a woman with 3 ...

Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900

2 reviews
Andrew Scull

Yale University Press, 2005

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Loved this book...Used it as one of my sources for a research paper. Well written. I'd probably even read it for fun.

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