The Informant: A True Story96 reviews Kurt Eichenwald Broadway, 2001 Truth Really IS Stranger than Fiction + Unbelievable! + Got Greed? + unbelievable ! + I thought this book was excellent!             Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Enjoy Helping Others Excel11 reviews Alan Loy McGinnis Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1985 Best book on motivation + Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Enjoy Helping Others Excel + Alan McGinnis is a great writer! + Very Insightful             With Fire and Sword47 reviews Henryk Sienkiewicz Collier Books, 1993 A great book, but the translation could be better + Poland once ruled from Berlin to Moscow! Intrigued + Outstanding literature + Restored Classic + Beautiful Novel             RATIONALISM IN POLITICS AND OTHER ESSAYS5 reviews MICHAEL OAKESHOTT Liberty Fund Inc., 1991 Fine collection, headed by a fine essay. + A must read for Political Literacy + A Classic + category-busting political philosophy             Equality, the Third World, and economic delusion1 review P. T Bauer Harvard University Press, 1981 equality, the third world and economic delusion this is a gem, and absolute classic. Chapter 1, entitled "The Grail of Equality" is alone worth the cost of the book. Peter Bauer is an excellent writer and his exposure of the foreign aid mess is a salutary lesson on the incompetence of governments to end poverty. Buy this book as soon as ...             The Prince of Tides217 reviews Pat Conroy Bantam, 1987 Amazing + lyrical masterpiece... + bookcritic + Amazing Storyteller             Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community82 reviews Robert D. Putnam Simon & Schuster, 2001 A Lonelier Crowd Robert D. Putnam's BOWLING ALONE provides what is, arguably, the most robust scientific treatment in a single volume of the conversation about friendship and its benefits begun by Aristotle nearly twenty-four centuries ago, a conversation about what has now come to be called "social capital" : ...             The Sea and Poison (New Directions Paperbook, No. 737)13 reviews Shusaku Endo New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1992 The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil + The Living Dead + Highest Recommendation + READS LIKE A HAIKU + War - what is it good for?             True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa30 reviews Michael Finkel HarperCollins, 2005 Outstanding + Fascinating non-fiction + Compelling, compelling A thoughtful, well written description of a horrendous crime that explores the psyche of the killer; the author's growing understanding of the killer's psyche as he gets to know him; and the author's own travails while all this is going on.             Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)63 reviews Sigrid Undset Penguin Classics, 2005 Marvellous Medieval Epic - Unforgettable + Kristenlavrensdatter + my favorite book! + A beautiful book + A Masterpiece             A Scholastic Miscellany: Anselm to Ockham (Library of Christian Classics (Ichthus ed.).) Westminster John Knox Press, 1982 This is collection of Christian treatises written prior to the end of the sixteenth century.             American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short1 review Robert Wuthnow Princeton University Press, 2006 Important Book This is a very important read for those interested in American culture, American myth, and the construction of American identity. Wuthnow's use of immigrants is so key, because so much of the American mythos is invisible to Americans that simply blindly consume it, having less "formally" learned it.             The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel84 reviews Hermann Hesse Picador, 2002 The best Hesse's book + Most important fiction of the XXth Century? + His best work First time I read it when I was 15, and I thought it was one of the best books I've ever read. One has to be prepared to read this book and to be able to accept all: strange combination of math, music, language, different ideas, search for harmony. I reread this book every 2-3 years.             Freedom and Culture (Great Books in Philosophy)3 reviews John Dewey Prometheus Books, 1989 Freedom in Democracy Rejects Absolutism & Ulitmate Ends + A very helpful work. John Dewey was an American who supported democracy. In this he leaned towards being a Democrat, rejecting the absolutism found in Republican conservatives. This book was written in 1939 when the scare of totalitarian governments were growing around the world. The idea that many of these people ...             Systematic Theology, Vol. 1: Ethics2 reviews James William McClendon Abingdon Press, 2002 A LANDMARK WORK IN THEOLOGICAL ETHICS + A MUST HAVE for theologians! McClendon's three-volume theology, representing a large scale revisioning of systematics, is now complete - Ethics (1986), Doctrine (1994) and Witness (2001) - exemplifying an approach that gives priority to the ecclesial community rather than the academy: not theology 'made popular' but rather ...             The Chosen312 reviews Chaim Potok Fawcett, 1987 Very Educational Entertainment + Another of my top ten + Amazing book! + Masterful.             Reflecting the Glory2 reviews N. T. Wright Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1998 Provocative reflective readings from a master N.T. Wright writes well in a technical/scholarly style and in a devotional style. This book is a collection of devotional/meditational reflections concerning Christ's glory. Interestingly, it starts with reflections on suffering. Suffering is formative in Christ's glorification. It, thus, is ...             Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry.9 reviews Owen Barfield Wesleyan, 1988 Can God Be Found in Time & Flesh & Blood? + A door to perception + excellent book + In brief + A Brave Plunge into Deep Waters             Nazi Years: A Documentary History (Touchstone Books)3 reviews Waveland Press, 1990 A Good Book + THE NAZI YEARS + Came on time The book consists of a very well chosen collection of documents (of different sorts), joined with introductory paragraphs by the Historian Joachim Remak. The book presents a concise, basic, description of the Nazi regime. All parts are interesting to read and very instructive. The book provides ...             An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination5 reviews Walter Brueggemann Westminster John Knox Press, 2003 A good and faithful study + Informative, but Not Very Inspired + An Excellent Introduction to the Old Testament + Bruegge's Amazing Intro toThe Hebrew Bible