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I spent my entire life having nightmares routinely. After reading this book, I have conquered them for good. I cannot believe how simple it was, or how effective its been.

Like many one topic books, this one should be a chapter in a larger book instead of its own volume. But I can't argue with its success.

THE CONSCIENCE OF A CONSERVATIVE represents the touchstone of modern conservatism. In 1960, clearly and articulately, Barry Goldwater made the conservative case on many modern issues: the role of the federal government, federal fiscal policy, tax policy, foreign affairs (although dated now), the welfare state, and many others.

Goldwater believed that economic, political, religious and social freedoms were intertwined and dependant upon one another. For example, free markets were as necessary to a free society as the right to vote and infringement upon one was infringement upon them all. Goldwater was not alone. Towering intellects like economists Hayek, Friedman, Hazlitt and others argued the very same case with profound results.

In the late sixties, another voice would take up these arguments: Ronald Reagan. Building upon the conservative foundation of Goldwater, Reagan would initiate the Tax Reform Act of 1982 and America would enter a period of economic growth never before seen in the world. The principles that Goldwater espoused and the policies of monetarism, lower taxes (supply side economics), and fiscal restraint fueled an economic engine which is still running.

Goldwater was not a policy wonk. He was a conservative with a heart for others and compassion and love for his country. His battle cry was. "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." But he didn't let his passion for freedom blind him to the beliefs of others. He valued debate and respected the conflict of differing opinions; he was a gentleman about discourse and politics.

Goldwater issued a warning about America's enemies when he said, "The real cause of the deterioration can be simply stated. Our enemies have understood the nature of the conflict and we have not. They are determined to win the conflict and we are not." These words are as chilling a warning today about America's enemies as they were about Communism fifty years ago.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and George Will both pay tribute to Goldwater in this 2007 version which are worth reading. As for Goldwater, I pray we will see his like again.

Author: Brummett, Barry.
Title: Contemporary apocalyptic rhetoric.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers, 1992.
Edition Date: 1992
Language: English
Projected Pub Date: 9201
Physical Details: 216 p.
Series: Praeger series in political communication
ISBN: 0-275-94082-9

There is little doubt that scientific literature is very "trendy" and ingrained doctrine become put aside by the latest development in the field only to resurface with even more power and vigor. With all the advances in cardiovascular medicine, the importance of exercise and physical fitness for "heart health" has not received the attention it is due. With this latest release, Barry Franklin and Neil Gordon bring back the significance and importance of exercise in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease.
As a physician, resident, scientist, exercise physiologist, student or anyone concerned about their own health, this is a must have.

I highly recommend this book. Barry Franklin and Neil Gordon are the most world reknown experts on exercise and cardiovascular health. Reading this book is like peering into the years of experience of their minds.

Please do not hesitate to buy this book.

Thomas Vanhecke, MD.
Michigan

I was first introduced to this book as a debater, and it has since become our team's bible. Hughes succeeds in pointing us to broad trends in the development of international relations while avoiding making sweeping generalisations reminiscent of The Clash of Civilisations by Samuel Huntington.

His analysis of the increasing dominance of non-state actors is exceedingly well-written and well-supported with evidence. In addition, he introduces the reader to the theoretical framework behind international relations, covering worldviews such as eco-wholism, realism and so on. More importantly, he directly, rather than obliquely, relates these worldviews to events actually taking place, striking a fine balance between theory and practice.

The book explores the possible successors to the nation state as the dominant means of global political organisation, for example regionalism and federalism. He succeeds in applying concepts borrowed from other disciplines to international studies, such as game theory with regard to crisis management and the economic concept of common property resources with regard to the protection and destruction of the global environment. Needless to say, it also deals with the WTO, UN and its organs (for eg the International Court of Justice), Multinational Corporations and other increasingly important international actors.

Hughes backs up excellent content and logic with a lucid writing style that does not use jargon without first explaining the terms. What I liked most about the book, however, was its organisation. A book with a scope this broad easily becomes haphazard and confusing. While avoiding the trap of divorcing what are really inter-related components of the world, Hughes divides his book neatly according to subject rather than in chronological order.

This book is very useful for students of Geography, World History and International Economics. A good book to arouse an interest in International Relations, and a good book if you already have such an interest.

This Book is about a king who lives in a castle. He has a baker called Adrian.The King always eats eggs. Adrian makes the king chicken eggs,goose eggs,duck eggs.Then he shouts More More More! The Next day he read in his Newspaper that a dodos egg was spotted on an island.So he told Adrian to prepare the boat.To get to The island.

My son has loved the Sesame Beginnings books since he was a few months old. We keep buying the new age range books as he gets older. He still loves the earliest ones and gets so excited whenever we show them to him. I recommend all the Sesame Beginnings books to help teach children to enjoy learning and reading. Cookie Rhyme, Cookie Time is such a fun book! My 15 month old son loves the flaps and enjoys this book very much.

Barry Castle is a wonderfully accomplished artist in her own right. By combining her beautiful paintings with her whimsical, thoughtful poems, the result is extraordinary. Both visual and cerebral treats await the reader of this charming little book.

I started reading not knowing exactly what to expect. I was quickly surprised and delighted to become involved with the "characters" and greedy to know what would happen next. I started the book on a Sunday morning and by late afternoon I had completed it - which only left me anticpating when the next book would be available so that I could continue the story with them.

I loved that it was written for teens but also entertaining for adults. Can't wait for the next book! Keep them coming!

"Countdown To Victory" by Barry Turner
Subtitled: "The Final European Campaigns Of World War II".
HarperCollins Publishers, New York 2004.

The author, Barry Turner, is British. He is fairly well known in the United Kingdom, due to his work in television and the stage. A little research on the WEB shows this and you also find the British version of this book, as the book was initially published in the UK. The British book jacket has a photo of what appears to be a surrendering German soldier. The book jacket on the American version shows four (certainly) American soldiers entering a semi-destroyed European village. The differences between the two versions of the book jacket are pictorial examples of the dichotomy in the author's writings. He wrote for both an American audience and for a British audience. I don't know about the Canadian.

On the one hand, the author is trying to be objective; on the other hand, (it seems to me), he favors the British point of view. On the one hand, he implies that American General George Patton was a prima donna; on the other hand, he implies that British Field Marshal B. Montgomery was a prima donna. Both were certainly egotistical, unreasonable men, who held a high opinion of themselves. This is just one example of how the dichotomy has split the author's approach to the last months, (or so), of the war on the western front in Europe.

Most of his chapters deal with the northern part of the Anglo-American thrust into Festung Europa. The book begins with a chapter on the Battle of the Bulge, with an emphasis (I think!), on the bad blood between Bradley and Montgomery. On page 69, Barry Turner quotes General Omar Bradley as saying"...Americans ...were doing all the fighting and dying in Europe with 61 divisions in the field next to 15 understrength British divisions". On page 87, the author brings up the British/American disagreement over the "broad front" approach of General Eisenhower as compared to the build up of a single, large drive (with Montgomery at its head) through northern Holland and Germany into the heart of the Reich. "Montgomery, the great war hero in Britain, had few friends in the States". So, the Allies finally ended Churchill's drive into the "soft underbelly of Europe" and moved five divisions from Italy to strengthen Eisenhower's broad drive for the Rhine. This is an example of how the entire book went.

Soviet efforts are not emphasized. The Soviet advance from the East IS mentioned in the context of how it affected the Anglo-American advance in the West. Eisenhower's decision to allow the Soviets to take the capital city of the Reich, Berlin, is examined more from the influence on the aftermath of war rather than on the reduction of American casualties in the last months of the war.

All in all, the author attempts to be objective, but, in my opinion leans towards the British point of view. In so doing, however, he does present a different history of the end of the war. How many times have you read about the Fifty-Third Welsh being "...spread out along the road"?

Other Amazon reviewers have called Barry Turner on some American divisions...page 274...the "Thirteenth" should be the "Thirtieth", but I think that was a typo. On the same page, the author writes "US navy" which, of course, should be US Navy". See what I mean?