Bryan Books

Norton presents a review of moral, economic, and philosophical rationales for preserving natural variety, i.e., biological diversity and the habitats that support it.

This is not a "bleeding heart" tree-huggers guide to preserving nature. It is, on the other hand, an academically sound presentation of ideas and rationales that can help one understand that the discussion of the value of, say, a tree goes much further than the amount of money one could obtain by cutting it down and selling it for lumber or pulp.

The book focuses on definitions and examples of different methods of applying value systems to diversity. After all, in this world there is little hope of preserving a thing when its value cannot be identified.

Three main value systems are discussed in the book:

1) Demand value (the economic or market value of a thing or access to a thing)

2) Intrinsic value (the value of the existance of a thing, regardless of its market value -- i.e., the value of a thing because "it is"

3) Transformative value (the likelihood that contact with a thing will change the way humans view that thing and other entities in nature)

Norton uses those value systems to present ideas about why natural diversity ought to be preserved.

This book is, in my opinion, a must read for anyone who teaches about the environment. It should also be read by legislators, and, to tell the truth, it wouldn't hurt many environmentalists to read it either!

A highly recommended book. 5 stars!

Alan Holyoak, Director of Environmental Studies

This book is well written, interesting to read and gives you a feel for the times. I highly recommend it.

My father , of blessed memory had a great affection for Will Rogers. He always used to quote the famous ," I never met a man I didn't like". I think it was Rogers plain commonsense humor, a certain honesty and telling the truth as he saw it, which impressed my father. And perhaps also the Rogers ability to deflate great pretensions and poke quiet fun at those in power. He tells us that if companies gave us much money to developing their products as to advertising them then they wouldn't have to advertise them. He points out one very large group of unemployed people is the ' advice- givers'. He wryly remarks about the difference between agriculture in the old days when they paid you to grow things, and agriculture now when they pay you not to.
He was a much beloved America, a man of the people who seemed a living embodiment of the American faith that the small man who came from a small place could really be the biggest man of all.

I really enjoyed this book-it's very well written, loaded with great pictures, and contains a lot more personal information that was lacking in other books about Will Rogers that I've read. This book contains a fair amount of his quotes, usually given along in sync with the events that happened in his life as they unfolded. This would be an excellent book for someone who has never even heard of Will Rogers, much less read about him-they might get bit with the Will Rogers bug like I have. My husband brought this book home to me from the library, which is why I can rate it without owning it-but I will own it shortly, just as soon as my budget allows. And I plan to buy a copy for my father for a gift, as he was born in December of 1923, just in time to live through the depression and grow up hearing and reading about what this great man had to say the first time he said or wrote it. Highly recommended reading.

This volume of Coletta's magisterial biography covers Bryan's life from 1908 to his resignation as Secretary of State in June 1915. The account of the Democratic Convention in 1912 is one of the highlights of the book, and makes clear that Bryan was responsible for Wilson being chosen in that dramatic convention--the account cannot help but make one nostalgic for those bygone days when presidential nominating conventions were meaningful and full of suspense. Except for Bryan, Champ Clark would have been nominated and elected president--and it is mind-boggling to think about how the world's history would have been changed by such a result at the convention. The treatment of Bryan's time as Secreatary of State I did not think as well done as Arthur Link's account in his volumes on Wilson's presidency. see Wilson: The Struggle for Neutrality 1914-1915, by Arthur S. Link (read 4 July 1980) A minor flaw in this book is that while the footnotes are where thay are supposed to be, at the foot of each page, the bibliography does not list all the books cited in the footnotes! A good corrective for this book's treatment of Wilson's course up to 1917 is The World War and American Isolation 1914-1917, by Ernest R. May (read 1 Nov 1984).

This is the third and final volume of Coletta's biography of Bryan. It covers the years from 1915 to his death just after the Scopes trial in 1925. It shows that Bryan was of importance in the enactment of five constitutional amendments: the 16th, the 17th, the 18th, the 19th, and the 20th (even tho the 20th did not come to fruition till after his death). The account of the Scopes trial is carefully done, though Coletta does show some of the more glaring failings of Bryan in his duel with Darrow. A good and a bit more balanced account of that trial can be found in Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, by Edward J. Larson (read 3 Oct 1998) (Pulitzer History prize for 1998).

Author: Springen, Donald K.
Title: William Jennings Bryan : orator of small-town America / Donald K. Springen ; foreword by Halford R. Ryan.
Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
Edition Date: 1991
Language: English
Physical Details: x, 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series: Great American orators, ISSN 0898-8277 ; no. 11
Subjects: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925--Oratory.
Political oratory--United States--History--19th century.
Political oratory--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.
ISBN: 0-313-25977-1 (alk. paper)

This is an excellent illustrated book about the Duke of Windsor and his American born wife.It's a must read!!!!!!

My wife and I predict this will be a classic--it's back to the basics on what Christians must focus on to get meaning out of everything else. If you've forgotten about the "wonder" of what a daily walk with God looks and feels like, stop everything, order this book--and get ready to change course. This is beautifully written, with crisp, original "you know he's right" thinking. Warning: this will cost you! You'll end up sending the book to your friends. (I've already sent it to more than 25 people!)

This is a study and unique book for the soon-to-be married bachelor. It has a place for the engaged couple's picture in the front, and then places through out the book for friends and family to leave advice for a successful marriage. This is a wonderful keepsake book that is very personal and will be something oen can enjoy forever!! Its perfect to present to the bachelor at the bachelor party, or even a wedding present since there is another addition for the bride-to-be, it could be a great set.