Bowles Books

Ed Emery, the translator of this book, has taken astonishing liberties with it, so much so that it is rather a rewriting than a translation. Whole chapters that appear in both the Arabic and the French are simply left out. And that is just the beginning. A very poor translation of what, in the original, is an important book.

I would NOT recommend reading this book. Its not a very clear book at all. The authors focus on trying to sound like intellectual elites instead of focusing on making a point about their book. Half the time you are trying to figure out what the heck they are trying to say and when you finally do, you figure out that was common knowledge. It's a very difficult read for anyone that is less than fanatical for this type of subject.

I'm sure that the two authors, Bowles and Gintis, are very intelligent and distinguished political scientists but this book is not by any means, a award winner. Yikes!

Here we go again. The so called 'great love story' of an imperious, immature man who has an outstanding sense of entitlement and his future Subjects better like it or lump it. And his immoral companion who wears the title of Mistress like a badge-it seems to run in her family. Adultery for some I suppose is something to be proud of and trumpeted before all the world. C & C deserve each other. I hope they are sent off into Royal exile if Her Majesty should pre-decease these two boring, old sinners. Bring on King William V!
This book is a waste of time and money. No stars even if I was obliged by the template to give it at least one.

One of those collections that cuts up larger works.