Burke Books

"The National Museum of Women in the Arts was founded in 1987 to celebrate the diverse artistic achievements of women, challenging traditional histories of art and uncovering the works of women artists who have been overlooked and unacknowledged. The images collected here are a brief but striking introduction to art created by women, ranging over nearly three hundred years, from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. Included are works by Mary Cassatt, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe and Berthe Morisot.

"Pomegranate's books of postcards contain thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy, artful collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. ISBN: 0-7649-1365-4; size: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8"."--© Pomegranate

Touring the Oklahoma capitol building was a revelation to me. The paintings and sculptures at the capitol are sublime, often breathtaking. Murals, portraits, lunettes, rondelles, sculptures and statues are mesmerizing -- meaningful, stirring, beautifully executed. Wilson Hurley, Enoch Kelly Haney, Mike Wimmer and many other Oklahoma artists have done an outstanding job.

Here now is a handsome book of reproductions of these, with stories of what the art represents, how each artist executed the piece, and how the artist and piece were chosen or commissioned for the capitol by the Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council.

This is a quality art book and a comprehensive history! I am enjoying my copy immensely.

This is a bitter-sweet book that should go far in convincing people of all races of the existence of a cadre of educated and capable progressive Black people in South Carolina during reconstruction. The sadness is that the white power structure extinguished this at the end of Reconstuction with a segregated Jim Crow society unseen before in South Carolina. This book will go far to extinguish the myth of crude unschooled Blacks manipulated by northern carpetbaggers to "rule" the state after the Civil War. The African-Americans who were able to gain a foothold on the American Dream during this period were to become the nucleus of the civil rights movemement in the US. Given a less pig headed white power structure, racial tensions of the past century might have been avoided.

When you start trying to understand Montessori, it can be overwhelming to navigate the countless resources "out there". I found this book and when I bought it online, I had no idea how brief it was (but then understood the low price!). THANK GOODNESS! It was an incredibly easy read that changed life in our home immediately. The ideas were so simple and the explanations for why you should implement them were brief, to the point, understandable and very logical.

I read the whole book in one night with two children and much sleep deprivation. It took my a week of stealing time here and there to implement the ideas. My son's behavior changed DRASTICALLY for the better within two weeks. I can't say enough for the simplicity of this book for arranging your home life to encourage your child's development.

I loved the christian emphasis put on a very good fictional story that has alot of historical facts intertwined. In this novel you will find a very lovely romance, adventure, and witness a wonderful relationship between father and son. This book is great for all reading age levels. There is nothing but good wholesome values found in this novel.

This pioneering medical text on backache provides an excellent backgound to the complex problem of backache. The complexities are due to backache being a painful and debilitating condition without the usual signs of inflamation, heat, or swelling. The pain is there, but the rest of the usual suspects are missing! This leads to suspicion of malingering - yet the pain is real and sometimes crippling. Although written more than 40 years ago, this is a useful and fascinating read for the medical practitioner and the patient, too.

Only last year did I start watching baseball, because my boyfriend is addicted to it. So, I thought this book would help me know something about it. Sure enough, it has. And he's very grateful. Purrrrr.

For the student of politics and politcal philosophy this compilation is a wonderful 'must-read'. I was captured at times by the power of Burke's writing. Occasionally I was so taken with the majesty of his language and the power of his logic that I found myself reading aloud, savoring each word. For example, try rolling these phrases off your tongue: "Liberty...is a general principle, and the clear right of all subjects within the realm, or of none. Partial freedom seems to me a most invidious mode of slavery. But unfortunately, it is the kind of slavery most easily admitted....The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts." Burke's erudition and style are refreshing in a modern political landscape of mediocrity and mindless soundbites. Editor Peter Stanlis divides the book into eight roughly chronological sections from Burke's seminal writings in the mid-1700's through his celebrated expressions as a member of Parliament debating the American Revolution, Ireland and Catholic Emancipation, Economic Reforms, British misrule in India and the subsequent impeachment of Governor-General Hastings. The Book concludes with selections from Burke's exceptional observations on the French Revolution, thoughts which galvanized British opposition to the revolutionary regimes and gave the intellectual undergirding of the Napoleonic Wars. Stanlis also provides the reader with helpful prequels setting the stage for each of the selected writings or speeches, a chronological table of Burke's life, a handy selected bibliography and a concise indroduction to the whole work which is an excellent summary of what follows. This hardback edition is well bound on quality paper. It will survive the many re-readings and quick searches it deserves. The one flaw in this edition is the lack of a helpful appendix or index. Even though my copy is well underscored and highlighted with marginal notes to flag key thoughts or expressions, appendices would save time thumbing through nearly 700 pages to find a particular quote. The book is not a quick read, yet it is surprisingly relevant to today's headlines. Burke's brilliant insights into human nature and the practical workings of governments far outshine most modern pundits. This book is now a standard reference work in my personal library, sitting on a close-at-hand shelf for ready access.

It's time someone in international relations penetrated the many rationales for security that enable us to get away with murder. To Burke, security is a self-justifying system of politics that operates mainly to keep itself going. How leading philosophers, scholars, and governments bolster that system becomes clear through Burke's careful, fearless, innovative, tender, and important analysis.

--Professor Christine Sylvester, University of Lancaster, UK


In a lucid and compelling book Anthony Burke dissects the politics of security in several theories of state territory. He also addresses closely a series of recent state practices of security. In doing so, he opens the door to a post-security politics, a politics that goes beyond the construction of permanent, unspecified enemies.

--Professor William E. Connolly, Johns Hopkins University, USA


It is rare to find a work of political philosophy that so skilfully combines a detailed knowledge of the contemporary scenes of national and international violence with close attention to the ontological and ethical principles by which we might regard and evaluate them. This properly scathing treatment of the modern paradigm of 'security' opens the way to an urgently demanded interrogation of the terms on which the lauded freedom of the West might be pursued beyond its current blatant disregard for the life of the Other.

--Dr Fiona Jenkins, Australian National University, Australia


The volume engages many of the major figures in political and ethical thinking in a dialogue that is both informative and self-reflective. Burke refuses to duck the big questions or take sides in some of the more polarized debates about international ethics. As such these meditations are provocative critical essays that should raise numerous talking points for scholarly discussion. Pitched as such to critical scholars looking for a fresh innovative theoretically informed but non-dogmatic voice in the seminar room, this book should do very well.

--Professor Simon Dalby, Carleton University, Canada


This is a very substantial book with an excellent and timely analysis of many significant security issues currently at play in the international community.

--Professor Thomas Keating, University of Alberta, Canada


Beyond Security, Ethics and Violence is one of those rare books that successfully combine sophisticated philosophical reflections with meticulous analyses of concrete political situations. In a series of compelling studies that range from the Middle East to East Timor, and from Vietnam to the War on Terror, Burke convincingly demonstrates that the strategic use of violence is far less controllable - and far less ethical - than commonly assumed. Beyond Security is a must read for anyone interested in critical moral reasoning at a time when war has become widely accepted as a normal and rational way of pursuing political objectives.

--Professor Roland Bleiker, University of Queensland, Australia

I keep buying these books written by James Lee Burke. His writing is the very best and this one in particular was good. I love the delivery process.