Scott's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:59:50 -0700 60 Scott's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Faust 406373 Faust reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seeks to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last forever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephistopheles and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe’s great work, the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a rejuvenated life and winning the love of the beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire, and self-delusion, Faust heads inexorably toward an infernal destruction.]]> 503 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 0385031149 Scott 4 fiction 3.90 Faust
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]]> <![CDATA[War Crimes Against Southern Civilians]]> 386395 --Confederate Veteran

The sobering and brutal consequences of the Civil War off the battlefield are revealed in this examination of atrocities committed against civilians. Rationale for the Union's "hard war" and the political ramifications of such a war set the foundation for Walter Cisco's enlightening research. Styled the "Black Flag" campaign, the hard line was agreed to by Lincoln in a council with his generals in 1864, when he gave permission to wage unlimited war against civilians, including women and children.

In a series of concise and compelling chapters, Cisco chronicles the "St. Louis Massacre," where Federal authorities proceeded to impose a reign of terror and dictatorship in Missouri. He tells of the events leading to, and the suffering caused by, the Federal decree that forced twenty thousand Missouri civilians into exile. The arrests of civilians, the suppression of civil liberties, theft, and murder to "restore the Union" in Tennessee are also examined.

Women and children, black and white, were robbed, brutalized, and left homeless in Sherman's infamous raid through Georgia. Torture and rape were not uncommon. In South Carolina, homes, farms, churches, and whole towns disappeared in flames. Civilians received no mercy at the hands of the Union invaders. Earrings were ripped from bleeding ears, graves were robbed, and towns were pillaged. Wherever Federal troops encountered Southern Blacks, whether free or slave, they were robbed, brutalized, belittled, kidnapped, threatened, tortured, and sometimes raped or killed by their blue-clad "liberators."

Carefully researched, largely from primary sources, the book includes notes and illustrations. This untold story will interest anyone exploring an alternative perspective on this period in American history.]]> 224 Walter Brian Cisco 158980466X Scott 5 4.37 2007 War Crimes Against Southern Civilians
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]]> <![CDATA[It Wasn't About Slavery: Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War]]> 43909471
If you think the Civil War was fought to end slavery, you’ve been duped.

In fact, as distinguished military historian Samuel Mitcham argues in his provocative new book, It Wasn’t About Slavery , no political party advocated freeing the slaves in the presidential election of 1860. The Republican Party platform opposed the expansion of slavery to the western states, but it did not embrace abolition.

The real cause of the war was a dispute over money and self-determination.

Before the Civil War, the South financed most of the federal government—because the federal government was funded by tariffs, which were paid disproportionately by the agricultural South that imported manufactured goods.

Yet, most federal government spending and subsidies benefited the North. The South wanted a more limited federal government and lower tariffs—the ideals of Thomas Jefferson—and when the South could not get that, it opted for independence.

Lincoln was unprepared when the Southern states seceded, and force was the only way to bring them—and their tariff money—back. That was the real cause of the war.

A well-documented and compelling read by a master historian, It Wasn’t About Slavery will change the way you think about Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the cause and legacy of America’s momentous Civil War.]]> 240 Samuel W. Mitcham 1621578763 Scott 5 3.84 2020 It Wasn't About Slavery: Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War
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]]> Notes from Underground 49455 Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In complete retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate, obsessive, self-contradictory narrative that serves as a devastating attack on social utopianism and an assertion of man’s essentially irrational nature.

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, whose Dostoevsky translations have become the standard, give us a brilliantly faithful edition of this classic novel, conveying all the tragedy and tormented comedy of the original.]]> 136 Fyodor Dostoevsky 067973452X Scott 4 fiction 4.21 1864 Notes from Underground
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]]> The South Was Right! 868869 431 James Ronald Kennedy 1565540247 Scott 5 3.89 1991 The South Was Right!
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]]> <![CDATA[Lockdown: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom]]> 60732374 “A crucial warning for Americans about the left’s never-ending lust to steal individual liberties � and the power of God to stop it.� � Everett Piper, Bestselling Author of Grow Up!

Lockdown is a terrifying story of not only the chaotic freefall of American freedoms during the opening stages of the COVID pandemic, but the dangerous growth of government power that continues today.

Lockdown is a warning that the extraordinary powers invoked by left-wing Democrats and others, justified by claims of public health and safety, have begun the unravelling of America’s constitutional order and our most cherished freedoms.

Using COVID-19 as a cover, Democrat leaders and their bureaucratic health advisers seized powers the Constitution never gave them, and ordered citizens to stay off streets and out of public parks, banned them from their workplaces, closed down their schools, and made church attendance a crimes � even as these same leaders and their left-leaning cronies blithely, arrogantly, and outrageously allowed mass protests, kept open abortion clinics and did as they pleased.

Relying on her trademark aggressive reporting style, Cheryl K. Chumley explains how the radical left is using pandemic policies as a template for increasing controls over the lives of citizens as they build a one-party, socialist state in America.

A sequel to her bestselling bookÌýSocialists Don’t Sleep, in Lockdown, Chumley exposes how hypocritical, elitist, and radical leftists are still using the coronavirus to score political points and steal individual rights â€� as the original pandemic served as dress rehearsal in the march toward the new fascism.]]> 288 Cheryl K. Chumley 1630062103 Scott 2 4.18 Lockdown: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom
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]]> The Second World War 25587
1. The Gathering Storm
2. Their Finest Hour
3. The Grand Alliance
4. The Hinge of Fate
5. Closing the Ring
6. Triumph and Tragedy]]> 4736 Winston S. Churchill 039541685X Scott 5 4.48 The Second World War
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]]> The Tempting of America 86168 448 Robert H. Bork 0684843374 Scott 5 3.99 1990 The Tempting of America
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]]> <![CDATA[Man, Economy, And State: A Treatise On Economic Principles]]> 154255 987 Murray N. Rothbard 0945466323 Scott 5 4.41 1962 Man, Economy, And State: A Treatise On Economic Principles
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]]> <![CDATA[Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today]]> 3004525
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were without question two of the most important Founding Fathers. They were also the fiercest of rivals. Of these two political titans, it is Jefferson—–the revered author of the Declaration of Independence and our third president—–who is better remembered today. But in fact it is Hamilton’s political legacy that has triumphed—–a legacy that has subverted the Constitution and transformed the federal government into the very leviathan state that our forefathers fought against in the American Revolution.

How did we go from the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government to the bloated imperialist system of Hamilton’s design? Acclaimed economic historian Thomas J. DiLorenzo provides the troubling answer in Hamilton’s Curse.

DiLorenzo reveals how Hamilton, first as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and later as the nation’s first and most influential treasury secretary, masterfully promoted an agenda of nationalist glory and interventionist economics—–core beliefs that did not die with Hamilton in his fatal duel with Aaron Burr. Carried on through his political heirs, the Hamiltonian legacy:

� Wrested control into the hands of the federal government by inventing the myth of the Constitution’s “implied powers�
� Established the imperial presidency (Hamilton himself proposed a permanent president—–in other words, a king)
� Devised a national banking system that imposes boom-and-bust cycles on the American economy
� Saddled Americans with a massive national debt and oppressive taxation
� Inflated the role of the federal courts in order to eviscerate individual liberties and state sovereignty
� Pushed economic policies that lined the pockets of the wealthy and created a government system built on graft, spoils, and patronage
� Transformed state governments from Jeffersonian bulwarks of liberty to beggars for federal crumbs

By debunking the Hamiltonian myths perpetuated in recent admiring biographies, DiLorenzo exposes an uncomfortable truth: The American people are no longer the masters of their government but its servants. Only by restoring a system based on Jeffersonian ideals can Hamilton’s curse be lifted, at last.]]> 245 Thomas J. DiLorenzo 0307382842 Scott 5 4.00 2008 Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today
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]]> The Federalist Papers 8131777 The Federalist remains a primary source for interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, as the essays outline a lucid and compelling version of the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government. The authors of The Federalist wanted both to influence the vote in favor of ratification and to shape future interpretations of the Constitution. According to historian Richard B. Morris, they are an "incomparable exposition of the Constitution, a classic in political science unsurpassed in both breadth and depth by the product of any later American writer."
At the time of publication, the authorship of the articles was a closely-guarded secret, though astute observers guessed that Hamilton, Madison, and Jay were the likely authors. Following Hamilton's death in 1804, a list that he drew up became public; it claimed fully two-thirds of the essays for Hamilton, including some that seemed more likely the work of Madison (Nos. 49-58, 62, and 63).]]> 392 Alexander Hamilton Scott 3 4.24 1788 The Federalist Papers
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]]> <![CDATA[Taking a Stand: Portraits from the Southern Secession Movement]]> 7358944 141 Walter Brian Cisco 1572491574 Scott 3 4.33 1998 Taking a Stand: Portraits from the Southern Secession Movement
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]]> A Disquisition on Government 2213270 112 John C. Calhoun 1587311852 Scott 5 3.73 2007 A Disquisition on Government
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]]> Mao: The Unknown Story 9746 Mao: The Unknown Story is based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before -- and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him. It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing a completely unknown Mao: he was not driven by idealism or ideology; his intimate and intricate relationship with Stalin went back to the 1920s, ultimately bringing him to power; he welcomed Japanese occupation of much of China; and he schemed, poisoned, and blackmailed to get his way. After Mao conquered China in 1949, his secret goal was to dominate the world. In chasing this dream he caused the deaths of 38 million people in the greatest famine in history. In all, well over 70 million Chinese perished under Mao's rule -- in peacetime.]]> 801 Jung Chang 0679746323 Scott 5 3.80 2002 Mao: The Unknown Story
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]]> <![CDATA[The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court (The Politically Incorrect Guides)]]> 62919483
Alexander Hamilton famously predicted that the judiciary would be "the least dangerous" branch of government. How's that working out?

The Supreme Court stands as arbiter over a country increasingly unable to govern itself. Americans can't agree on the meaning of the Constitution or even the rule of law. Are the nine high priests enthroned in their marble temple the saviors of the Republic or the pallbearers of democracy? Are they defenders of the Constitution as written or super-legislators who make law from the bench? What did the Founders envision when they vested the "judicial Power" in "one supreme Court"?

John Yoo, a professor of law at UC Berkeley, and Robert J. Delahunty, a fellow at the Claremont Institute Center for the American Way of Life, provide the answers with an incisive reading of the law and constitutional history. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court offers a penetrating and irreverent account of the justices—ideologues and cowards, geniuses and mediocrities, all of them thoroughly human—and a fascinating analysis of a Court that has swung like a pendulum from preserving the Republic to undermining government by the people and back to defending the Constitution. Sprightly, informative, and powerfully argued, this book is guaranteed to give the reader a deeper understanding of America's most powerful judicial body.]]> 256 John Yoo 1684513553 Scott 5 3.27 2023 The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court (The Politically Incorrect Guides)
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]]> <![CDATA[Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery]]> 13330465 Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home offers an intriguing new assessment of modern day science that will radically change the way we view what is possible.

In Science Set Free (originally published to acclaim in the UK as The Science Delusion), Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows the ways in which science is being constricted by assumptions that have, over the years, hardened into dogmas. Such dogmas are not only limiting, but dangerous for the future of humanity.

According to these principles, all of reality is material or physical; the world is a machine, made up of inanimate matter; nature is purposeless; consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain; free will is an illusion; God exists only as an idea in human minds, imprisoned within our skulls.

But should science be a belief-system, or a method of enquiry? Sheldrake shows that the materialist ideology is moribund; under its sway, increasingly expensive research is reaping diminishing returns while societies around the world are paying the price.
In the skeptical spirit of true science, Sheldrake turns the ten fundamental dogmas of materialism into exciting questions, and shows how all of them open up startling new possibilities for discovery.

Science Set Free will radically change your view of what is real and what is possible.]]> 400 Rupert Sheldrake 0770436706 Scott 2 science 4.14 2012 Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery
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]]> <![CDATA[Slouching Towards Gomorrah (96) by Bork, Robert H [Paperback (2003)]]]> 126242810 0 Bork Scott 3 3.00 Slouching Towards Gomorrah (96) by Bork, Robert H [Paperback (2003)]
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pfizer Papers: Pfizer's Crimes Against Humanity]]> 202398988 The Pfizer Papers features new reports written by WarRoom/DailyClout research volunteers, which are based on the primary source Pfizer clinical trial documents released under court order and on related medical literature. The book shows in high relief thatÌýPfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial was deeply flawed and that the pharmaceutical company knew by November 2020 that its vaccine was neither safe nor effective. The reports detail vaccine-induced harms throughout the human body, including to the reproductive system; show that women suffer vaccine-related adverse events at a 3:1 ratio; expose that vaccine-induced myocarditis is not rare, mild, or transient; and, shockingly, demonstrate that the mRNA vaccines have created a new category of multi-system, multi-organ disease, which is being called “CoVax Disease.â€�
Ìý
Despite the fact thatÌýPfizerÌýcommitted in its own clinical trial protocol to follow the placebo arm of its trial for twenty-four months,ÌýPfizerÌývaccinated approximately 95 percent of placebo recipients by March 2021, thus eliminating the trial’sÌýcontrol group and making it impossible for comparative safety determinations to be made.
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Just as importantly, The Pfizer Papers makes it clear that the US Food and Drug Administration knew about the shortfalls ofÌýPfizer’s clinical trial as well as the harms caused by the company’s mRNA COVID vaccine product, thus highlighting the FDA’s abject failure to fulfill its mission to “[protect] the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices.â€�
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TheÌýPfizerÌýPapers offers an in-depth look at how Big Pharma, the US government, and healthcare entities stand protected behind the broad legal immunity provided by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) when creating, prescribing, and administering vaccines; and, under that shield of protection, do what is best for their bottom lines rather than for the health and well-being of Americans.
Ìý]]> 408 Naomi Wolf 1648210376 Scott 5 science 3.94 The Pfizer Papers: Pfizer's Crimes Against Humanity
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]]> <![CDATA[Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words]]> 59365792 Drawing on historical documents and exclusive interviews, authors tell the inspiring story of Clarence Thomas's rise from a childhood of poverty and prejudice in the segregated South to Supreme Court Justice. Companion to blockbuster documentary Created Equal: Clarence Thomas inÌýHis Own Words,Ìýbut a fascinating stand alone read, as well!

*The full story behind the wildly successful documentary film, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words*

Born into dire poverty in the segregated South and abandoned by his father as a child, Justice Clarence Thomas triumphed over seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the most influential justices on the Supreme Court. Yet after three decades of honorable service, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation and the surrounding media firestorm.

Who is Justice Clarence Thomas, in his own words?Ìý

In the follow-up to the wildly successful documentary by the same name, Created Equal builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking, one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time.

Producer Michael Pack and Mark Paoletta, a lawyer who worked alongside Thomas during his confirmation, dive deep into the Justice’s story. Drawing on a rich array of historical documents and unreleased conversations with Thomas, his wife, and those who knew him best, Created Equal is a timeless account of faith, race, power, and personal resilience.]]> 368 Michael Pack 1684512700 Scott 4 4.59 2022 Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
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]]> The Trial and Death of Jesus 25670467 The recent release of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ has provoked powerful responses from believing Christians and non-believers alike. The Publishers feel it appropriate to reissue at this time a probing work that examines from another perspective these events that can fairly be said to have changed the course of Western history. A justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, writing as an expert on Jewish legal history, who is proud of Jesus' here challenges the descriptions and interpretations of the trial and death of Jesus as presented by the Evangelists in the New Testament.



Subjecting the Gospel reports to close forensic examination, Justice Cohn scrutinizes the texts in the light of information we possess from other sources concerning the laws and procedures (both Jewish and Roman) then prevailing; the political, ideological and religious motivations which may have prompted the actors to act; and the causes and purposes for which the Evangelists may have given the accounts they did. By thus placing the trial of Jesus in the context of known legal, political and religious facts, he is able to reconstruct the events as they may really have happened. And in so doing, he makes the case that "perversion of justice" traditionally ascribed to the trial itself must more truthfully be attributed to the aftermath of the trial - namely, the prejudice and persecutions of centuries.



Whether we ultimately accept or reject Justice Cohn's conclusions, his incisive analysis and extraordinary command of historical evidence provides a context to deepen and challenge our interpretations of the Gospel narrative.

]]> Haim Hermann Cohn Scott 5 3.50 1971 The Trial and Death of Jesus
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]]> Doctor Sally 892309 128 P.G. Wodehouse 0140013709 Scott 4 fiction 3.73 1932 Doctor Sally
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart]]> 176443296
One class of citizens—whites—is openly discriminated against in every sphere of public and private life. The Unprotected Class is a comprehensive explanation of how we got here and what we must do to correct a manifest—and dangerous—injustice.

Launched with an appeal to justice for all, the civil rights movement went off the rails even as it achieved its original goals. Soon its excesses and failures were exploited to justify discrimination against whites in business, education, law, entertainment, and even the church. With the death of George Floyd and the shedding of all pretense of racial justice, vindictiveness, resentment, and hatred were unleashed in America.]]> 400 Jeremy Carl 1684514584 Scott 3 4.33 2024 The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
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]]> <![CDATA[The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America's Emerging Battle over Food Rights]]> 18101060
The Raw Milk Revolution takes readers behind the scenes of the government's tough and occasionally brutal intimidation tactics, as seen through the eyes of milk producers, government regulators, scientists, prosecutors, and consumers. It is a disturbing story involving marginally legal police tactics and investigation techniques, with young children used as political pawns in a highly charged atmosphere of fear and retribution.

Are regulators' claims that raw milk poses a public health threat legitimate? That turns out to be a matter of considerable debate. In assessing the threat, The Raw Milk Revolution reveals that the government's campaign, ostensibly designed to protect consumers from pathogens like salmonella, E. coli 0157: H7, and listeria, was based in a number of cases on suspect laboratory findings and illnesses attributed to raw milk that could well have had other causes, including, in some cases, pasteurized milk.

David Gumpert dares to ask whether regulators have the public's interest in mind or the economic interests of dairy conglomerates. He assesses how the government's anti-raw-milk campaign fits into a troublesome pattern of expanding government efforts to sanitize the food supply-even in the face of ever-increasing rates of chronic disease like asthma, diabetes, and allergies. The Raw Milk Revolution provides an unsettling view of the future, in which nutritionally dense foods may be available largely through underground channels.]]> 291 David E. Gumpert 1603582606 Scott 4 3.84 2009 The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America's Emerging Battle over Food Rights
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]]> <![CDATA[Crashed: The Death Of The Dollar]]> 21944914
While Americans are struggling with conflicting emotions and reactions to the tyranny of nationalization, Mike Williams and his awkwardly adoptive family find themselves comfortably insulated from it all. But as time goes on, the reclusive man finds himself drawn in from his ranch in the mountains. What starts as a simple gesture of kindness evolves into his unintentionally becoming a national leader for liberty.

"We're not pickin' the fight. The government already did that. We'd just be finally fightin' back for a change."]]> 236 William Cooper Scott 3 fiction 3.86 2014 Crashed: The Death Of The Dollar
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]]> <![CDATA[Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law]]> 200229817
Over just the last few decades, laws in this nation have exploded in number; they are increasingly complex; and the punishments they carry are increasingly severe. Some of these laws come from our elected representatives, but many now come from agency officials largely insulated from democratic accountability.?

In Over Ruled, Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze explore these developments and the human toll so much law can carry for ordinary Americans. At its heart, this is a book of stories—about fishermen in Florida, families in Montana, monks in Louisiana, a young Internet entrepreneur in Massachusetts, and many others who have found themselves trapped unex­pectedly in a legal maze.

Some law is essential to our lives and our freedoms. But too much law can place those very same freedoms at risk and even undermine respect for law itself. And often those who feel the cost most acutely are those without wealth, power, and status.

Deeply researched and superbly written, Over Ruled is one of the most significant books of the year. It is a must-read for every citizen concerned about the erosion of our constitutional system, and its insights will be key to the preservation of our liberties for generations to come.]]> 304 Neil Gorsuch 0063238470 Scott 4 4.15 Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law
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]]> <![CDATA[Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2)]]> 7184
Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.

Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil.]]> 845 Alexandre Dumas 0192838431 Scott 4 fiction 4.06 1845 Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life]]> 56019043
In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes.

In a time when the human will increasingly imposes itself over every sphere of life—from our social structures to our emotional states—Peterson warns that too much security is dangerous. What’s more, he offers strategies for overcoming the cultural, scientific, and psychological forces causing us to tend toward tyranny, and teaches us how to rely instead on our instinct to find meaning and purpose, even—and especially—when we find ourselves powerless.

While chaos, in excess, threatens us with instability and anxiety, unchecked order can petrify us into submission. Beyond Order provides a call to balance these two fundamental principles of reality itself, and guides us along the straight and narrow path that divides them.]]> 382 Jordan B. Peterson 0593084640 Scott 3 4.14 2021 Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Sorrows (Chauntecleer the Rooster, #2)]]> 383618 339 Walter Wangerin Jr. 031021081X Scott 4 fiction 4.12 The Book of Sorrows (Chauntecleer the Rooster, #2)
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]]> A Russian Journal 202400 212 John Steinbeck 014118633X Scott 3 4.10 1948 A Russian Journal
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]]> Coolidge 12345967
Although Coolidge was sometimes considered old-fashioned, he was the most modern of presidents, advancing not only the automobile trade but also aviation, through his spirited support of Charles Lindbergh. Coolidge's discipline and composure, Shlaes reveals, represented not weakness but strength. First as governor of Massachusetts then as president, Coolidge proved unafraid to take on the divisive issues of this crucial period: reining in public-sector unions, unrelentingly curtailing spending, and rejecting funding for new interest groups.

Perhaps more than any other president, Coolidge understood that doing less could yield more. He reduced the federal budget during his time in office even as the economy grew, wages rose, tax rates fell, and unemployment dropped. As a husband, father, and citizen, the thirtieth president made an equally firm commitment to moderation, shunning lavish parties and special presidential treatment; to him the presidency was not a bully pulpit but a place for humble service. Overcoming private tragedy while in office, including the death of a son, Coolidge showed the nation how to persevere by persevering himself. For a nation looking for a steady hand, he was a welcome pilot.

In this illuminating, magisterial biography, AmityShlaes finally captures the remarkable story of Calvin Coolidge and the decade of extraordinary prosperity that grew from his leadership.]]> 536 Amity Shlaes 0061967556 Scott 5 3.76 2013 Coolidge
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]]> <![CDATA[Taxation: The Peoples Business (Big Business)]]> 4825839 229 Andrew W. Mellon 0405051018 Scott 5 4.33 1924 Taxation: The Peoples Business (Big Business)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)]]> 18952341 640 Ken Liu 1481424270 Scott 3 fiction 3.77 2015 The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
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]]> Stories for All Ages 6995617 288 Oscar Wilde 0007342454 Scott 5 fiction 4.09 2009 Stories for All Ages
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]]> <![CDATA[The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World]]> 1700735
Written in 1941, this is the book that theorised how the world was moving into the hands of the 'managers'. Burnham explains how Capitalism had virtually lost its control, and would be displaced not by labour, nor by socialism, but by the rule of administrators in business and in government.

This revolution, he posited, is as broad as the world and as comprehensive as human society, asking 'Why is "totalitarianism" not the issue?' 'Can civilization be destroyed?' And 'Why is the New Deal something bigger than Roosevelt can handle?'

In a volume extraordinary for its dispassionate handling of those and other fundamental questions, James Burnham explores fully the implications of the managerial revolution.

Praise for James Burnham:

'Burnham has real intellectual courage, and writes about real issues.' - George Orwell

'The stoic, detached, empirical, hard-boiled, penetrating, realist mind of James Burnham is something to behold, to admire, to emulate.' - National Review

'James Burnham was an astonishing writer. Subtle, passionate, and irritatingly well-read.' - New Criterion

'The immense significance of Burnham’s approach is potential. We can ignore it only at the risk of being disarmed by the future course of events.' - Irving Kristol]]> 285 James Burnham 0837156785 Scott 5 3.73 1941 The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World
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]]> <![CDATA[Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)]]> 25451264
Now this epic trilogy concludes with Death's End. Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.

Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early 21st century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the beginning of the Trisolar Crisis, and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?]]> 604 Liu Cixin 0765377101 Scott 5 fiction 4.39 2010 Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)]]> 23168817 512 Liu Cixin Scott 5 fiction 4.39 2008 The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)]]> 20518872 472 Liu Cixin Scott 5 fiction 4.07 2006 The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
author: Liu Cixin
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]]> Frozen Assets 1754760 191 P.G. Wodehouse 0330022024 Scott 5 fiction 3.92 1964 Frozen Assets
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]]> The Character of Physical Law 291920 The Character of Physical Law is a statement of what is most remarkable in nature. His enlightened approach, wit & enthusiasm make this a memorable exposition of the scientist's craft. The Law of Gravitation is the principal example. Relating the details of its discovery & stressing its mathematical character, he uses it to demonstrate the essential interaction of mathematics & physics. He views mathematics as the key to any system of scientific laws, suggesting that if it were possible to fill out the structure of scientific theory completely, the result would be an integrated set of axioms. The principles of conservation, symmetry & time-irreversibility are then considered in relation to developments in classical & modern physics. In his final lecture he develops his own analysis of the process & future of scientific discovery. Like any set of oral reflections, The Character of Physical Law has value as a demonstration of a mind in action. The reader is particularly lucky in Feynman. One of the most eminent & imaginative modern physicists, he was Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology until his death in 1988. He's best known for work on the quantum theory of the electromagnetic field, as well as for later research in the field of low-temperature physics. In 1954 he received the Albert Einstein Award for an "outstanding contribution to knowledge in mathematical & physical sciences"; in 1965 he was appointed to Foreign Membership in the Royal Society & was awarded the Nobel Prize.]]> 192 Richard P. Feynman 0679601279 Scott 4 science 4.32 1964 The Character of Physical Law
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]]> <![CDATA[And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight: The Eichmann Trial, the Jewish Catastrophe, and Hannah Arendt's Narrative.]]> 127468581 Worthwhile read 406 Jacob Robinson Scott 4 4.00 And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight: The Eichmann Trial, the Jewish Catastrophe, and Hannah Arendt's Narrative.
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]]> <![CDATA[The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War]]> 106594 A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
Most Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president in history. His legend as the Great Emancipator has grown to mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, and a monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom. But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves, Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician who waged the bloodiest war in american history in order to build an empire that rivaled Great Britain's? In The Real Lincoln, author Thomas J. DiLorenzo uncovers a side of Lincoln not told in many history books and overshadowed by the immense Lincoln legend.
Through extensive research and meticulous documentation, DiLorenzo portrays the sixteenth president as a man who devoted his political career to revolutionizing the American form of government from one that was very limited in scope and highly decentralized—as the Founding Fathers intended—to a highly centralized, activist state. Standing in his way, however, was the South, with its independent states, its resistance to the national government, and its reliance on unfettered free trade. To accomplish his goals, Lincoln subverted the Constitution, trampled states' rights, and launched a devastating Civil War, whose wounds haunt us still. According to this provacative book, 600,000 American soldiers did not die for the honorable cause of ending slavery but for the dubious agenda of sacrificing the independence of the states to the supremacy of the federal government, which has been tightening its vise grip on our republic to this very day.
You will discover a side of Lincoln that you were probably never taught in school—a side that calls into question the very myths that surround him and helps explain the true origins of a bloody, and perhaps, unnecessary war.]]> 384 Thomas J. DiLorenzo 0761526463 Scott 5 4.11 2002 The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
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]]> The Rebel 11990
Translated from the French by Anthony Bower.]]> 320 Albert Camus 0679733841 Scott 5 4.16 1951 The Rebel
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]]> <![CDATA[Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution]]> 57049135 New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands offers a fresh and dramatic narrative of the American Revolution that shows it to be more than a fight against the British, but also a violent battle among neighbors forced to choose sides, Loyalist and Patriot.

What causes a man to forsake his country and take arms against it? What prompts others, hardly distinguishable in station or success, to defend that country against the rebels?  That is the question H. W. Brands answers in his original new narrative history of the American Revolution.

George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were the unlikeliest of rebels. Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Franklin was more successful still, having risen from humble origins to world fame. John Adams might have seemed a more obvious candidate for rebellion, being of cantankerous temperament. Even so, he revered the law. Yet all three men became rebels against the British Empire that fostered their success. �

William Franklin might have been expected to join his father, Benjamin, in rebellion but remained loyal to the British. So did Thomas Hutchinson, a royal governor and friend of the Franklins, and Joseph Galloway, an early challenger to the Crown. They soon heard themselves denounced as traitors--for not having betrayed the country where they grew up. Native Americans and the enslaved were also forced to choose sides as civil war broke out around them.

After the Revolution, the Patriots were cast as heroes and founding fathers while the Loyalists were relegated to bit parts best forgotten. Our First Civil War reminds us that before America could win its revolution against Britain, the Patriots had to win a bitter civil war against their sons and neighbors.]]> 486 H.W. Brands 0385546513 Scott 4 3.80 2021 Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
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]]> <![CDATA[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]> 17125 The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's forced work camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union and confirms Solzhenitsyn's stature as "a literary genius whose talent matches that of Dosotevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy"--Harrison Salisbury

This unexpurgated 1991 translation by H. T. Willetts is the only authorized edition available, and fully captures the power and beauty of the original Russian.]]> 182 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Scott 3 fiction 3.98 1962 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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]]> <![CDATA[If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young]]> 17894477
This expanded second edition includes more than sixty pages of further thoughts from Kurt (whose good advice wasn’t limited to graduation speeches).

As edited by Dan Wakefield, this book reads like a narrative in the unique voice that made Vonnegut a hero to readers of all ages. At times hilarious, razor-sharp, freewheeling, and deeply serious, these reflections are ideal for anyone undergoing what Vonnegut would call their “long-delayed puberty ceremonyâ€â€”marking the passage from student to full-time adult.]]> 144 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1480537373 Scott 2 3.94 2013 If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
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]]> <![CDATA[This Is How You Lose the Time War]]> 43352954 Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.]]> 209 Amal El-Mohtar Scott 1 fiction 3.86 2019 This Is How You Lose the Time War
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The purple prose never ends. It is not poetic, in the sense of words that flow well together. It is a 6 page story, expanded by endless excess flowery adjectives and adverbs, passive voice, and a refusal to get to the point. I’ve no objections to the story, but it could have used a *writer*.
]]> The Tao of Twitter 19417552 169 Mark W. Schaefer Scott 3 3.87 2012 The Tao of Twitter
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]]> Defying Hitler 65458 309 Sebastian Haffner 0312421133 Scott 5 4.26 2000 Defying Hitler
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]]> <![CDATA[Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania]]> 202937305
You remember the some locations did better than others on Covid because those places followed the rules, and others foolishly ignored them. Covid spread was your fault, you science hater!

There is precisely zero evidence behind any aspect of this morality play, which is demolished by this book.

Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless did any of it do any good?

It thereby preserves some of the crucial day-to-day details that other chronicles have forgotten. And it's those little details of the bizarre behavior of those years that, presented together, preserve for the reader the full horror of the madness of those dark days.

The more people know the information in this book, the harder it will be for the ruling classes to do this to us again.]]> 603 Thomas E. Woods Jr. Scott 5 science 4.53 Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania
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]]> <![CDATA[Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America]]> 1084995 736 Lerone Bennett Jr. 0140178228 Scott 5 4.44 1964 Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America
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]]> <![CDATA[Running Blind (Jack Reacher, #4)]]> 455925 512 Lee Child 0515130974 Scott 4 fiction 4.09 2000 Running Blind (Jack Reacher, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence - and Changed America]]> 6888
"For better or for worse, Texas was very much like America. The people ruled, and little could stop them. If they ignored national boundaries, if they trampled the rights of indigenous peoples and of imported bondsmen, if they waged war for motives that started from base self-interest, all this came with the territory of democracy, a realm inhabited by ordinarily imperfect men and women. The one saving grace of democracy—the one that made all the difference in the end—was that sooner or later, sometimes after a terrible strife, democracy corrected its worst mistakes."
--from Lone Star Nation

Lone Star Nation is the gripping story of Texas's precarious journey to statehood, from its early colonization in the 1820s to the shocking massacres of Texas loyalists at the Alamo and Goliad by the Mexican army, from its rough-and-tumble years as a land overrun by the Comanches to its day of liberation as an upstart republic. H. W. Brands tells the turbulent story of Texas through the eyes of a colorful cast of characters who have become a permanent fixture in the American Stephen Austin, the state's reluctant founder; Sam Houston, the alcoholic former governor who came to lead the Texas army in its hour of crisis and glory; William Travis, James Bowie, and David Crockett, the unforgettable heroic defenders of the doomed Alamo; Santa Anna, the Mexican generalissimo and dictator whose ruthless tactics galvanized the colonists against him; and the white-haired President Andrew Jackson whose expansionist aspirations loomed large in the background. Beyond these luminaries, Brands unearths the untold stories of the forgotten Texans--the slaves, women, unknown settlers, and children left out of traditional histories--who played crucial roles in Texas’s birth. By turns bloody and heroic, tragic and triumphant, this riveting history of one of our greatest states reads like the most compelling fiction, and further secures H. W. Brands's position as one of the premier American historians.]]> 582 H.W. Brands 0385507372 Scott 4 4.16 2003 Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence - and Changed America
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]]> Slaughterhouse-Five 4981 Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.�

An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it.

Fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut's portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.]]> 275 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Scott 3 4.10 1969 Slaughterhouse-Five
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]]> <![CDATA[The Problem with Lincoln: The False Virtue of Abraham Lincoln]]> 51961975 The Problem with Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was widely and deeply unpopular during his presidency. And for good reason.

He overturned our original constitutional order, violated the rights of Americans both North and South, massively inflated the federal government, and plunged the nation into a wholly unnecessary war. Why? Not to free the slaves, as his hagiographers would have you believe, but out of personal ambition, greed for power, and, incidentally, to enrich the railroad interests that supported his political career.

Court historians have turned King Lincoln into a secular saint, but what did Abraham Lincoln’s contemporaries know that has been forgotten or covered up? Bestselling author Thomas J. DiLorenzo debunks the pious myths to reveal the real Lincoln.

In The Problem with Lincoln, you’ll learn:
Why Lincoln was willing to accept a constitutional amendment guaranteeing slavery forever
Why no American in 1861, Northerner or Southerner, believed that Lincoln had invaded the South to emancipate the slaves Why secession doesn’t fit the Constitution’s definition of treason—but Lincoln’s war on the South does Lincoln’s greatest failure: not ending slavery peacefully, as the rest of the world managed to do
If you want the unvarnished truth about our sixteenth president, read The Problem with Lincoln.]]> 253 Thomas J. DiLorenzo 1684510686 Scott 4 4.08 2020 The Problem with Lincoln: The False Virtue of Abraham Lincoln
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]]> <![CDATA[Case Against the New Censorship: Protecting Free Speech from Big Tech, Progressives, and Universities]]> 57799289 In The Case Against the New Protecting Free Speech from Big Tech, Progressives, and Universitiesâ€�, Alan Dershowitz—New York Times bestselling author and one of America’s most respected legal scholars—analyzesÌýthe current regressive war against freedom of speech being waged by well-meaning but dangerous censors and proposes steps that can be taken to defend, reclaim, and strengthen freedom of speech and other basic liberties that are under attack.Ìý Ìý Ìý Alan Dershowitz has been called “one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in Americaâ€� by Politico and “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rightsâ€� by Newsweek. He is also a fair-minded and even-handed expert on the Constitution and our civil liberties, and in this book offers his knowledge and insight to help readers understand the war being waged against free speech by the ostensibly well-meaning forces seeking to constrain this basic right.Ìý ÌýThe Case Against the New Censorship is an analysis of every aspect of the current fight against freedom of speech, from the cancellations and deplatformings practiced by so-called progressives, to the powerful, seemingly arbitrary control exerted by Big Tech and social media companies, to the stifling of debate and controversial thinking at public and private universities. It assesses the role of the Trump presidency in energizing this backlash against basic liberties and puts it into a broader historical context as it examines how anti-Trump zealots weaponized, distorted, and weakened constitutional protections in an effort to “getâ€� Trump by any means. In the end, The Case Against the New CensorshipÌýrepresents an icon in American law and politics exploring the current rapidly changing attitudes toward the value of free speech and assessing potential ways to preserve our civil liberties.ÌýIt is essential reading for anyone interested in or concerned about freedom of speech and the efforts to constrain it, the possible effects this could have on our society, and the significance of both freedom of speech and the battle against it in a greater historical and political context.Ìý Ìý]]> 131 Alan M. Dershowitz 1510767746 Scott 4 3.79 Case Against the New Censorship: Protecting Free Speech from Big Tech, Progressives, and Universities
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]]> The Winter of Our Discontent 4796
Set in Steinbeck’s contemporary 1960 America, the novel explores the tenuous line between private and public honesty that today ranks it alongside his most acclaimed works of penetrating insight into the American condition. This edition features an introduction and notes by Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw.]]> 291 John Steinbeck 0143039482 Scott 5 fiction 4.01 1961 The Winter of Our Discontent
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]]> In Defense of Women 300848 255 H.L. Mencken 1406945951 Scott 4 3.63 1918 In Defense of Women
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]]> <![CDATA[A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War]]> 15843161 354 Thomas Fleming 0306821265 Scott 4 3.83 2013 A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War
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]]> A Man Without a Country 4979 A Man Without a Country is intimate, tender, and brimming with the scope of Kurt Vonnegut’s passions.]]> 145 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 081297736X Scott 4 4.10 2005 A Man Without a Country
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]]> Summer Moonshine 18060
A Gentleman of Leisure is a comic novel dedicated to Douglas Fairbanks—who starred in the film version—and concerns a young man, his love life, and a burglary. Familiar Wodehouse characters from both sides of the ocean make appearances. Meanwhile, in Hot Water, J. Wellington Gedge is the man who has everything—but finds himself caught in a series of international events which will, if he doesn't put a stop to it, leave him wearing the sissy uniform of the American ambassador to Paris. Summer Moonshine involves Sir Buckstone Abbott trying to sell what is probably the ugliest home in England, as well as a complicated love quadrangle and Carry On, Jeeves is a collection of stories in which Jeeves take charge and a familiar bevy of individuals appeal to him to solve their problems—and are never disappointed.]]> 318 P.G. Wodehouse 1585673900 Scott 4 fiction 4.11 1937 Summer Moonshine
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]]> <![CDATA[The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind]]> 123280221 From the collaborators behind the modern business classic All the Devils are Here comes a damning indictment of American capitalism—and the leaders that left us brutally unprepared for a global pandemic

In 2020, the novel coronavirus pandemic made it painfully clear that the U.S. could not adequately protect its citizens. Millions of Americans suffered—and over a million died—in less than two years, while government officials blundered; prize-winning economists overlooked devastating trade-offs; and elites escaped to isolated retreats, unaffected by and even profiting from the pandemic.

Why and how did America, in a catastrophically enormous failure, become the world leader in COVID deaths? In this page-turning economic, political, and financial history, veteran journalists Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera offer fresh and provocative answers. With laser-sharp analysis and deep sourcing, they investigate both what really happened when governments ran out of PPE due to snarled supply chains and the shock to the financial system when the world's biggest economy stumbled. They zero in on the effectiveness of wildly polarized approaches, with governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Ron DeSantis of Florida taking infamous turns in the spotlight. And they trace why thousands diedÌýin hollowed-out hospital systems and nursing homes run byÌýprivate equity firmsÌýto “maximize shareholder value."Ìý

In the tradition of the authors� previous landmark exposés, The Big Fail is an expansive, insightful account on what the pandemic did to the economy and how American capitalism has jumped the rails—and is essential reading to understand where we’re going next.]]> 443 Joe Nocera 0593331028 Scott 3 science 3.93 The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind
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]]> Worlds in Creation 2281530 330 Daniel Greenberg 1888947101 Scott 5 4.50 1994 Worlds in Creation
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]]> <![CDATA[Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History]]> 54209
Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould's first book, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. Like all succeeding collections by this unique writer, it brings the art of the scientific essay to unparalleled heights.]]> 285 Stephen Jay Gould 0393308189 Scott 4 science 4.15 1977 Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
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]]> <![CDATA[One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer]]> 116478
In this deeply thoughtful account of what it’s like to fight on today’s front lines, Fick reveals the crushing pressure on young leaders in combat. Split-second decisions might have national consequences or horrible immediate repercussions, but hesitation isn’t an option. One Bullet Away never shrinks from blunt truths, but ultimately it is an inspiring account of mastering the art of war.]]> 372 Nathaniel Fick 0618773436 Scott 3 4.18 2005 One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
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]]> <![CDATA[Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror]]> 6588255 A political and personal odyssey from hatred to love When Nonie Darwish was a girl of eight, her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel. A high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza, he was considered a shahid,a martyr for jihad. Yet at an early age, Darwish developed a skeptical eye about her own Muslim culture and upbringing. Why the love of violence and hatred of Jews and Christians? Why the tolerance of glaring social injustices? Why blame America and Israel for everything? Today Darwish thrives as an American citizen, a Christian, a conservative Republican, and an advocate for Israel. To many, she is now an infidel. But she is risking her comfort and her safety to reveal the many politically incorrect truths about Muslim culture that she knows firsthand.]]> 284 Nonie Darwish 1101217855 Scott 4 4.18 2006 Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror
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]]> <![CDATA[Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World]]> 2258833
Among the British and Churchillian blunders

� The secret decision of a tiny cabal in the inner Cabinet in 1906 to take Britain straight to war against Germany, should she invade France
� The vengeful Treaty of Versailles that muti- lated Germany, leaving her bitter, betrayed, and receptive to the appeal of Adolf Hitler
� Britain’s capitulation, at Churchill’s urging, to American pressure to sever the Anglo- Japanese alliance, insulting and isolating Japan, pushing her onto the path of militarism and conquest
� The 1935 sanctions that drove Italy straight into the Axis with Hitler
� The greatest blunder in British the unsolicited war guarantee to Poland of March 1939—that guaranteed the Second World War
� Churchill’s astonishing blindness to Stalin’s true ambitions.

Certain to create controversy and spirited argument, Churchill, Hitler, and “The Unnecessary War� is a grand and bold insight into the historic failures of judgment that ended centuries of European rule and guaranteed a future no one who lived in that vanished world could ever have envisioned.]]> 544 Patrick J. Buchanan 030740515X Scott 5 4.16 2008 Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
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]]> Tortilla Flat 163977 256 John Steinbeck 0582461502 Scott 4 fiction 3.84 1935 Tortilla Flat
author: John Steinbeck
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average rating: 3.84
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)]]> 8586536 368 Lawrence M. Krauss 0393064719 Scott 4 science 4.07 2011 Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)
author: Lawrence M. Krauss
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]]> <![CDATA[From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds]]> 35167699
In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett builds on recent discoveries from biology and computer science to show, step by step, how a comprehending mind could in fact have arisen from a mindless process of natural selection. A crucial shift occurred when humans developed the ability to share memes, or ways of doing things not based in genetic instinct. Competition among memes produced thinking tools powerful enough that our minds don’t just perceive and react, they create and comprehend.

An agenda-setting book for a new generation of philosophers and scientists, From Bacteria to Bach and Back will delight and entertain all those curious about how the mind works.]]> 477 Daniel C. Dennett 0393355500 Scott 4 science 3.79 2017 From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
author: Daniel C. Dennett
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[Major Barbara (Library Edition Audio CDs)]]> 3540124 1 George Bernard Shaw 158081381X Scott 4 fiction 3.74 1905 Major Barbara (Library Edition Audio CDs)
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]]> Social Justice Fallacies 63092727
The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals how many things that are thought to be true simply cannot stand up to documented facts, which are often the opposite of what is widely believed.

However attractive the social justice vision , the crucial question is whether the social justice agenda will get us to the fulfillment of that vision. History shows that the social justice agenda has often led in the opposite direction, sometimes with catastrophic consequences.Ìý

More things are involved besides simply mistakes. All human beings are fallible, and social justice advocates may not necessarily make any more mistakes than others. But crusaders with an utter certainty about their mission are often undeterred by obstacles, evidence or even fatal dangers. That is where much of the Western world is today. The question is whether we will continue on heedlessly, past the point of no return.]]> 224 Thomas Sowell 1541603923 Scott 4 4.34 2023 Social Justice Fallacies
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]]> <![CDATA[Quick Service (Everyman Wodehouse)]]> 929827 227 P.G. Wodehouse 1841591289 Scott 4 fiction 4.07 1940 Quick Service (Everyman Wodehouse)
author: P.G. Wodehouse
name: Scott
average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies]]> 25898468 ]]> 200 Ryszard Legutko 1594038635 Scott 4 3.82 2012 The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies
author: Ryszard Legutko
name: Scott
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]]> <![CDATA[Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2)]]> 56077 Cannery Row, the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears from Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter.

]]> 249 John Steinbeck 0143039474 Scott 5 fiction 4.11 1954 Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2)
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents]]> 28695521
The sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia shook America. After almost thirty years on the Supreme Court, Scalia had become as integral to the institution as the hallowed room in which he sat. His wisecracking interruptions during oral arguments, his unmatched legal wisdom, his unwavering dedication to the Constitution, and his blistering dissents defined his leadership role on the court and inspired new generations of policymakers and legal minds.

Now, as Republicans and Democrats wage war over Scalia’s lamentably empty Supreme Court seat, Kevin Ring, former counsel to the U.S. Senate’s Constitution Subcommittee, has taken a close look at the cases that best illustrate Scalia’s character, philosophy, and legacy. In Scalia’s A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents , Ring collects Scalia’s most memorable opinions on free speech, separation of powers, race, religious freedom, the rights of the accused, abortion, and more; and intersperses Scalia's own words with an analysis of his legal reasoning and his lasting impact on American jurisprudence.

“I don’t worry about my legacy,� Scalia once told an audience at the National Archives. “Just do your job right, and who cares?�

Now that "the lion of American law has left the stage,� as the U.S. Attorney General put it, it is for the rest of America to worry about his legacy—and to care.]]> 592 Antonin Scalia 1621575225 Scott 5 4.61 2016 Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents
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]]> <![CDATA[Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell]]> 55277906 A biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential conservative thinkers.
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Thomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture. His bold and unsentimental assaults on liberal orthodoxy have endeared him to many readers but have also enraged fellow intellectuals, the civil-rights establishment, and much of the mainstream media. The result has been a lack of acknowledgment of his scholarship among critics who prioritize political correctness.
Ìý
In the first-ever biography of Sowell, Jason L. Riley gives this iconic thinker his due and responds to the detractors. Maverick showcases Sowell's most significant writings and traces the life events that shaped his ideas and resulted in a Black orphan from the Jim Crow South becoming one of our foremost public intellectuals.]]> 304 Jason L. Riley 1541619684 Scott 4 4.42 2021 Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
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]]> <![CDATA[The Red Flag: A History of Communism]]> 6675452 720 David Priestland 0802119247 Scott 4 3.81 2009 The Red Flag: A History of Communism
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]]> The Subjection of Women 677591 136 John Stuart Mill 1594625328 Scott 5 3.92 1869 The Subjection of Women
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]]> Anansi Boys 2744 God is dead. Meet the kids.

Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother.

Now brother Spider's on his doorstep -- about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting... and a lot more dangerous.]]> 387 Neil Gaiman 0060515198 Scott 4 fiction 4.03 2005 Anansi Boys
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Scott
average rating: 4.03
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Rumpole Misbehaves (Rumpole of the Bailey #15)]]> 357205 Beloved and bestselling Rumpole is back to solve a new and peculiar mystery

Anti-Social Behavior Orders, commonly known as ASBOs, are the New Labour government’s pride and joy. A child who plays or even loiters in an unfriendly street can, on the complaint of neighbors, have an ASBO slapped on him. If he offends again he’ll be found in breach of his ASBO and thrown in jail without a trial. All this, of course, raises the wrath of everyone’s favorite barrister Horace Rumpole when he is called upon to defend a Timson child who has earned an ASBO for playing soccer on a posh street.

As Rumpole tries to get to the bottom of it all, his fellow barristers in chambers decide to highlight the ridiculousness of ASBOs by citing Rumpole for bringing food and his beloved wine into his room, and for causing global warming by lighting small cigars. Another witty tale sure to please the legions of Rumpole fans who eagerly await each new installment.]]> 198 John Mortimer 0670018309 Scott 5 fiction 4.03 2007 Rumpole Misbehaves (Rumpole of the Bailey #15)
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bleeding Heart (Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Chronicles, #1)]]> 35833591
Part of "THE NINTH DOCTOR CHRONICLES" four-disc set. Fanmade cover art by Hisi79.]]> Cavan Scott Scott 3 fiction 3.71 2017 The Bleeding Heart (Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Chronicles, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Mythology: Classic Stories of Japanese Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classical Mythology Book 4)]]> 41893049


Some of the classic myths that are found inside this book

Amaterasu and the CaveThe One-Inch Boy � Issun-BoshiSusanoo and OrochiThe Tongue-cut SparrowThe Peach Boy � MomotaroIzanagi and Izanami � The Birth of the GodsTsukuyomi and the Creation of Day and NightThe Journey to Yomi, as performed by the great Japanese hero and the first man, Izanagi.The Purification of The Birth of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and SusanooA general introduction explaining what the Kami are, the gods of ancient Japan along with other introductions to esoteric Japanese terminology.Stories of The Strong Boy � Kintaro, The Luminous Princess - Kaguya-Hime and others

Every culture all over the world, ancient and contemporary, has their unique myths and legends. If you have never learned about the classic stories that come from the land of Japan, then you have a treasure trove of new knowledge waiting to be unlocked. Or if you are already familiar with the ancient stories of Japanese myths and were looking for a retelling of them, then look no further.]]> 98 Scott Lewis Scott 3 3.72 Japanese Mythology: Classic Stories of Japanese Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classical Mythology Book 4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Norse Mythology: Classic Stories of the Norse Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classical Mythology Book 3)]]> 40782140 190 Scott Lewis Scott 4 3.97 Norse Mythology: Classic Stories of the Norse Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classical Mythology Book 3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Celtic Mythology: Classic Stories of the Celtic Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classical Mythology Book 2)]]> 40673984


In this all-inclusive guide to Celtic Mythology, you will be able to follow the adventures of the Celts through history and understand the true meaning behind popular myths. This comprehensive Celtic Mythology guide will allow you to embark on an epic adventure

Introduction to the CeltsThe Mythological The Children of Lir and The Wooing of ÉtainThe Ulster The Life of Cú ChulainnThe Fenian Stories ofÌýFinn mac CúmhaillThe Kingsâ€� Stories of Cormac mac AirtWelsh The Four Branches of Mabinogi and Classic Welsh MythsIf you are looking for the most exciting, spine-tingling and awe-inspiring myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Monster stories from Celtic Mythology, then this detailed guide is exactly what you need!

Click “Buy Now� & Prepare Yourself For The Adventure Of A Lifetime!]]> 166 Scott Lewis Scott 4 3.48 Celtic Mythology: Classic Stories of the Celtic Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classical Mythology Book 2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of the Greek Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classical Mythology Book 1)]]> 40667538 Do you know how many wives Zeus had? Or how the famous Trojan War was caused by one beautiful lady?


This captivating book will take you on a beautiful journey through he Fascinating World Of Greek Mythology.

From the beginning of the Cosmos to the Odyssey, be ready to venture into an exciting world of love, loyalty, infidelity, vengeance, deception, and intrigue!

Give your imagination a real treat. Greek mythology has it all.

Read about the creation myth that started it all. Travel to Mount Olympus and live among the gods and goddesses. Tag along with the heroes and villains on their quests from high above on Mount Olympus to Earth and then beneath the surface to the gloomy world of Hades. Learn about the fascinating Greek gods and goddesses and the rivalry between them. Read all about the father of the gods, Zeus, his sister-wife Hera, and their brothers and sisters and all of their offspring. Read about the fearsome monsters and beautiful goddesses.


This book is a must-have for all those who are:

high adventure lovers. fans of fantastical Ancient Myths.

Or those who:

want a peek into Pandora’s box. want to join Heracles on his quest to accomplish his 12 impossible tasks.


So get yours now and Learn everything about every Olympian Gods and Goddesses, famous heroes and lose yourself in the stories of the Greek mythical adventures!

]]> 137 Scott Lewis Scott 4 3.39 Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of the Greek Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classical Mythology Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change (The Politically Incorrect Guides)]]> 36076639 "The climate scare ends with this book."ÌýÌý—SEAN HANNITYÌý "This book arms every citizen with a comprehensive dossier on just how science, economics, and politics have been distorted and corrupted in the name of saving the planet."Ìý—MARK LEVIN Less freedom. More regulation. Higher costs. Make no those are the surefire consequences of the modern global warming campaign waged by political and cultural elites, who have long ago abandoned fact-based science for dramatic fearmongering in order to push increased central planning. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate ChangeÌýgives a voice -- backed by statistics, real-life stories, and incontrovertible evidence -- to the millions of "deplorable" Americans skeptical about the multibillion dollar "climate change" complex, whose claims have time and time again been proven wrong.]]> 434 Marc Morano 1621577570 Scott 5 science 4.23 Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change (The Politically Incorrect Guides)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature]]> 156561 The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature exposes the PC professors and takes you on a fascinating tour through our great literature - in all its politically incorrect glory.

Included: a syllabus and how-to guide to give yourself the English lit education you were denied in school.]]> 278 Elizabeth Kantor 1596980117 Scott 3 3.75 2006 The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature
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]]> <![CDATA[Selections from the Writings of Cicero]]> 10862190
This edition contains three of Cicero's best-known works. In "On Friendship," from his Treatises on Friendship and Old Age, Cicero examines the nature of true friendship, which he considers to be based on virtue and dependent upon honesty, truth, and trust. In De Officiis, or "On Duties," written as a letter to his son, Cicero shares his beliefs about the potential conflicts between moral obligation and expedience. Finally, "Scipio's Dream," the sixth book of On the Republic, describes a fictional dream vision of the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, set two years before the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC.]]> 8 Marcus Tullius Cicero 1452601445 Scott 4 3.85 2011 Selections from the Writings of Cicero
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]]> The Dark Crystal 334092
Jen's goal is to find a special crystal shard and reunite it with the mother crystal -- now dark with grief and anger at the senseless destruction. This crystal is coveted and guarded in the Dark Castle by the vicious race of Skeksis, who terrorize the planet with their bat spies and insect zombies. Our unlikely hero has only his flute and his wits to guide him, but several surprise friends offer help and advice along his dangerous odyssey--including the last girl Gelfling. Together they race against celestial time, as the Great Conjunction of the triple suns is imminent.]]> 186 A.C.H. Smith 0030624363 Scott 3 fiction 4.07 1982 The Dark Crystal
author: A.C.H. Smith
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[Corum: The Coming of Chaos (Eternal Champion, #7)]]> 984935 The Knight of the Swords, The Queen of the Swords, and The King of the Swords.

This volume in Michael Moorcock's acclaimed Eternal Champion series introduces Corum Jhaelen Irsei, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe, last of the noble race of the Vadhagh and avenger of his Chaos-ravaged world.]]> 400 Michael Moorcock 1565041828 Scott 3 fiction 4.15 Corum: The Coming of Chaos (Eternal Champion, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Oak and the Ram (Corum, #5)]]> 1228277
The seasons have turned from spring to summer across the quiet earth - yet the Fhoi Myore were hiding in mist, awaiting their chance to unleash their icy realm of death. To defeat the Cold Gods, Corum of the Silver Hand must restore the High King's power with legendary treasures - the Golden Oak and the Silver Ram - lost talismans that wield miraculous forces unknown to Corum...

Cover Illustration: David McCall Johnston]]> 160 Michael Moorcock 0425025349 Scott 3 fiction 3.86 1973 The Oak and the Ram (Corum, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sword and the Stallion (Corum, #6)]]> 1228281
Enemies become allies and allies enemies as the races struggle for possession of the Earth. Yet only Prince Corum of the Scarlet Robe can save them from a doomed fate. With the spear of Llaw Ereint in his silver hand, Corum must face the Cold Gods in a final battle that will defeat the forces of Chaos - or deliver the world to evil unending...

Cover Illustration: Robert Gould]]> 160 Michael Moorcock 0425093913 Scott 3 fiction 3.89 1974 The Sword and the Stallion (Corum, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bull and the Spear (Corum, #4)]]> 1460912 159 Michael Moorcock 042502508X Scott 3 fiction 3.88 1973 The Bull and the Spear (Corum, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The King of the Swords (Corum, #3)]]> 699518
Chaos prevailed over the fifteen planes of reality. The old races had decayed. Only Prince Corum had been able to strike a blow for the forces of Light. And the time had come for Corum to confront his fate - for the King of the Swords, Mabelrode the Faceless, was prepared to wreak his vengeance on the wielder of the sword that slew his queen...]]> 158 Michael Moorcock 0425092011 Scott 3 fiction 3.92 1971 The King of the Swords (Corum, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Queen of the Swords (Corum, #2)]]> 658625 160 Michael Moorcock 0425101304 Scott 3 fiction 3.88 1971 The Queen of the Swords (Corum, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Knight of the Swords (Corum, #1)]]> 399376
There were Gods abroad in those days. It was their whim to wipe clean the slate of history, to destroy the old races, the Vadhagh, the Nhadragh, the remnants of still more ancient peoples. Mankind, the contemptible Mabden, was ther instrument, washcloth of the Gods. But the Gods themselves fell out, and Chaos gained the advantage over Law.

The stage was set for heroes.

One such was the Vadhagh Prince Corum. Driven mad for revenge by the callous slaughter of his family and race, and by his own grotesque multilation at the hands of the Mabden, he agreed to accept from the treacherous sorcerer Shool the Eye of Rhynn and the Hand of Kwll in exchange for a lien on his soul.
Thus armed he set out upon a personal crusade against the Sword Rulers, Lords of Chaos, puppetmasters to Man. And first of these was the loathsome Arioch, Knight of the Swords, master of five of the fifteen planes of reality. From Arioch, Prince Corum required his heart.]]> 176 Michael Moorcock 1225019710 Scott 3 fiction 3.92 1971 The Knight of the Swords (Corum, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eternal Champion (Eternal Champion, #1)]]> 30097 484 Michael Moorcock 1565041917 Scott 3 fiction 3.94 1970 The Eternal Champion (Eternal Champion, #1)
author: Michael Moorcock
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]]> <![CDATA[Elric at the End of Time (The Elric Saga, #7)]]> 1442267
- Elric at the End of Time
- The Last Enchantment
- The Secret Life of Elric of Melnibone
- Sojan the Swordsman
- New Worlds - Jerry Cornelius
- In Lighter Vein
- The Stone Thing]]> 221 Michael Moorcock 0886770408 Scott 2 fiction 3.88 1984 Elric at the End of Time (The Elric Saga, #7)
author: Michael Moorcock
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 1984
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Vanishing Tower (The Elric Saga, #4)]]> 60149 176 Michael Moorcock 0441860397 Scott 3 fiction 3.98 1970 The Vanishing Tower (The Elric Saga, #4)
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> <![CDATA[Stormbringer (The Elric Saga, #6)]]> 60141 220 Michael Moorcock 0441787541 Scott 2 fiction 4.18 1965 Stormbringer (The Elric Saga, #6)
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average rating: 4.18
book published: 1965
rating: 2
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