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First of all I had fun reading it. I was many times in a non-reading mood, and some of the drafts came to me. I print them out in order to read another time, and suddenly I was finding myself after reading a few pages. Joyful style (at least...
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I recently watched an interview with the writer on a TV show I respect, so I decided to read this book. I expected arguments about why and how we, humans are limited in our ability to really know the world around us and hense cannot predict events...
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I'm a mathematician and former trader, and I've always enjoyed Taleb's work, from his technical tome on derivatives, "Dynamic Hedging," to the brilliant "Fooled by Randomness." These books provided a healthy dose of empirical skepticism about a...
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In the genre of athiest criticism of religion, Hitchens' book fills a niche. Where, for example, Bertrand Russel approaches religion with a philosophical mind, and Richard Dawkins approaches religion with a scientific mind, Hitchens approaches...
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In *Middlemarch* George Eliot defined cleverness as "mere aptitude" at a given task. Usually we apply the word to smart people who have a way with words. Lots and lots of people think Christopher Hitchens is very clever. Most of what he writes...
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The swath Hitchens mows is so wide and his mower so huge that to pose even basic questions against his over-sized harvest is akin to shooting a b-b gun at a Sherman tank. It almost seems silly to oppose such brute force. And yet, I'll give it a...
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This is such a profound and hilarious treasure of a little book that I have ordered several as gifts for family and friends.

Because I am long removed from the formal study of philosophy in college, I am grateful to be so smoothly and...
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The book has a few good jokes and does a decent job of tracing the history of philosophy. But many of the jokes are crude and repetitive, and much of the philosophic history is weak and sketchy, e.g. the discussion of existentialism is lacking in...
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This is a noble attempt to print out what must be terrific lectures that bring philosophical approaches into clarity for unitiated novices. Unfortunately, the jokes do not always translate well. I want to love this book, but feel frustrated when...
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Well before I read this book a was a firm believer that outsource offered no benefits to the US, and it was simply taking jobs away. This book provided me with overwelming evidence that outsourcing is does have a negative effect in the short...
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Al Gore has written a brilliant but short (270 pages without notes) and easy to read contemporary social and political history. It does ramble, as the Time Magazine cover story seemed to suggest, but that is because it is poorly edited and...
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"A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason." - Amazon Review

Reading that line I...
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Al Gore has somewhat re-invented himself since his political implosion a few years ago. First there was the very timely work on global warming which was, albeit nothing new, actually pretty well done. Now in this latest effort Gore seems to be...
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John Grisham has demonstrated once again why he is one of the greatest writers of our time in his courageous study of the American Legal System in this thrilling yet disturbing expose' titled 'The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small...
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I was reading this book and enjoying it. In the middle of the book, there are a few pages of photographs of different stages of the suspect/defendant's life. The captions next to the photos give away the story. How stupid was that. The captions...
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This is an interesting piece of journalism but not what I expected from Mr. Grisham. I knew this was a true story but I thought it would be told in a fictionalized format similar to Grisham's best selling thrillers. This is straight forward...
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My intro Sociology class required that I pick this up. Although there are newer editions now, there weren't at the time. Henslin should be considered a well-rounded expert in his field. I have accumulated numerous credit hours and in all of them,...
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The previous reviewers have lauded this college textbook for its accessibility and lucidity. I do not disagree with that assertion. In fact, I would go even farther to say that this book insults the intelligence of any college student who chooses...
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This is an incredible book by a credible author, Joel Rosenberg. What a tremendous insight into the real problems of the middle east . . . one I have not seen elsewhere!
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Oil is a finite resource. Demand is increasing, while no new oil is being created -- it was deposited millions of years ago. The countries with the most oil reserves are all in the Middle East -- Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, the UAE and Kuwait....
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This is a fair book and does an excellent job of stating some of the future problems Israel will face in its future. Mr. Rosenburg is able to get many good interviews with Arab and Israeli leaders. That is worth the price of the book itself....
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This and the first two books of the "What to expect .." series are the perfect companion for a parent or parent-to-be. I find it easy to reference or just read before bed.
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Some of the book is ok but the information on breastfeeding seemed to be more the author's opinion and not fact. If you are going to get this book I would suggest taking the information in that section with a grain of salt! For more accurate...
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As a nursing mom I found their advice about weaning to be more inline for a bottlefed baby. Thank goodness for La Leche League and the sound, sensible, proven information I got from them and their book. I hope all nursing mom's talk to a La...
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This is the best book I have ever read. I can't wait to read Captivating. You can't put it down!
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I tend to be the type that looks at much of the Christian book section at Wal Mart with a certain level of disdain. That's where I found this book. I've seen it quoted in lots of other books of the same genre (masculine self-help), so I figured...
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