Party The Books

Benjamin Hatcher of Boston writes a long letter describing his participation in the Boston Tea Party, to William Yancy of South Carolina, June 18, 1774. Everything seems authentic, with nice illustrations.

In fine detail, the story of the Boston Tea Party is a bit different than what we know today as the legend, but the essentials are the same: the colonists boarded three British ships and threw the crates of tea overboard, due to a tax on tea which they objected to.

Benjamin Hatcher is a seller of tea and makes it clear why he opposes the tax: people can't afford it. There's a black market in tea imported from other sources, while the Tea Party is going on.

Interesting and well written.

Diximus.

Mary E. Hull does it again! The story of the Boston Tea Party is brought to life in this dazzling tour de force like never before- erudite, well researched, and packed with the historic vision that we have come to expect from Mary! I give it five stars!

All of the Headlines From History books are great. We are a homeschool family, and we used this book to supplement our history lesson. The content is accurate, unbiased, and suitable for elementary students. There is even a glossary at the end of the book. The only catch- price! But if you are passionate about your student's education, it may be well worth it- especially if you have other children to which you can pass it on. Remember- donate books like these to your local library when you don't want them anymore (and write it off come tax time). If your library is like mine, books like these are almost nonexistent. HOMESCHOOLERS: READ MY OTHER REVIEWS!

Cynthia Gibson is a very talented lady. Her obvious taste and style is featured through the lovely photographs. Not only is the information tried and true, it is accessible. This book is a winner!

I have used Bravo's event resource guide for the past 4 years and find it to be the best resource for finding venues and vendors to work with. I always begin with this book.

Lovely watercolor illustrations compliment the fresh ideas from author Rick Rodgers. Careful, detailed instructions help the even the novice host plan and execute the perfect tea party baby shower. Only downside: food is heavily gourmet, may need to be toned down a bit for those with less adventurous palates. Well worth the price.

My son, 21 months now, has loved this book since about 6 months old. This book has been part of our bedtime routine since then. It has such brilliantlly colorful illustrations--Shari Halpern really outdid herself! The story is written well. It is not too long as to hold the attention of a toddler. The only suggestions I would have is to publish this book in the form of a board book!

This is a superb study of the process of building consensus for liberalisation in Egypt. Though consensus building is central to many important areas of inquiry, both within Political Science and throughout the social sciences, it is a process that, as el-Mikawy rightfully points out, is insufficiently understood. This finely written, argued, and documented study makes an important contribution to our understanding of `who consents to what and how', and of `how consensus is achieved and why'. El-Mikawy brings to this investigation detailed knowledge both of modern Egypt and of contemporary social theory and comparative politics. Drawing on insights from, among others, Giovanni Sartori, Guillerno O'Donnell, Albert Hirschman, and Phillippe Schmitter, she masterfully weaves theoretical critique and theory building with her empirical case materials. Amid the mountains of academic books on the Middle East that crowd our library and bookstore shelves, few provide as scholarly, sustained, theoretically grounded, and empirically rich an analysis of factors critical to political development and change in the region. The book illuminates factors relevant, not only to political development, but also to the Middle East `peace process', the emergence of civil society, and other aspects of contemporary Middle East politics.

I think it's a shame no one has reviewed this great book so far, so here goes:
We borrowed this book from the library and my son couldn't have enough of it so I bought it on Amazon. He simply loves books and trucks and this is one of his favorites. I have to animate it a little for him as I read (like, we pretend we open the door and put the balloons in, he makes the truck go and so on...) and he wants us to read it over and over again. He needs my help to fit the truck puzzle piece on every page but since he believes he does it all by himself it thrills him to make the truck stop and go at each shop and at his house with all the goodies displayed (truck puzzle flips over on last page) in the end :)!

This book is too good just for academics and pundits. For anyone concerned about declining rates of voter participation in America, this is must-read stuff. Schier is most provocative in how he argues that fundamentally our parties have too FEW resources, not too many. In particular, ever since parties lost the patronage and their ability to "mobilize" large swathes of the American electorate, more and more Americans have been dropping out because they are unwilling / unable to pay the costs of participation. The tradeoff, of course, which Schier could say more about, is that for those who DO participate, the ability to democratically influence policy has probably never been higher. Sure, lots of people voted in the 19th century, but their choices and the amount of policy they could really influence were very constricted. Today, more freedom - but also more responsibility, which creates a systematic bias in favor of the wealthy, the more-educated and the elderly. Schier doesn't really have a solution to this tradeoff (is there one?) but he sure nails the problem. The historical angle lends a fresh perspective to some familiar-sounding arguments. This book is particularly good read in conjunction with Michael McGerr's _The Decline of Popular Politics_ and Jonathan Rauch's _Government's End_.