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Vindiciae Gallicae And Other Writings On The French Revolution is the first modern and fully annotated version of the work of British Parliament member, lawyer, moral philosopher, and historian Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832): Vindiciae Gallicae, a defense of the French Revolution, and an additional voice to the debate stirred by his famous contemporary Sir Edmund Burke's treatise "Reflections on the Revolution in France". Mackintosh's other presented writings include "A Letter to the Right Honourable William Pitt on His Apostacy from the Cause of Parliamentary Reform", "A Discourse on the Law of Nature and nations", and "On the State of France in 1815". Select chronologies, a Dramatis Personae, and an index round out this excellent edition of historical and political writings, highly recommended for college library shelves.

Dr. Frohnen's book essentially serves as an explanation and advocation for Conservatism. What separates this book from most is that it outlines the assumptions Conservatives make, why they make them and the ethics that result, rather than focusing on programs. It is intellectually more honest than other tracts. The downside is that Frohnen chose not to examine the competing branches of conservatism, especially the divides between the followers of Russell Kirk and Leo Strauss.

Gene therapy may hold the key to a brighter future for those born with a deadly disease. Dr. Anderson has spent nearly 30 years developing procedures to carry out human gene therapy--replacing a defective gene with a healthy gene. In 1990 Anderson performed the first government-approved gene transfer on a 4-year-old Ohio girl. The transfer was a success. This is the story of Anderson's life and how, as a senior at Harvard University, he developed the concept for this type of treatment. The authors take an extremely complicated subject and provide the reader with complete understanding. A must read for all!

Kay Burke's WHAT TO DO WITH THE KID WHO... DEVELOPING COOPERATION, SELF-DISCIPLINE, AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CLASSROOM (9781412937016, $39.95) appears in its third updated edition to provide teachers with a model for encouraging cooperation in the classroom. Current theories and research on classroom management provide the latest tips, with this edition featuring over 100 new classroom scenarios, examples, and activities plus updated statistics that reference NCLB and IDEA 2004. It's a 'must' for any in-depth college-level educator's library.

Who Killed Ty Conn is classic straight-ahead reporting: MacIntyre and Burke are journalists, both of whom knew Conn before his escape - the first successful escape from Kingston pen in fifty years - made the headlines.

MacIntyre and Burke (from television's fifth estate) first met Ty Conn five years before, when he was in a correctional institute in saskatchewan, and they were working on a show on the effects of child abuse. They had encouraged Conn to start an autobiography, and maintained correspondence with him over the years, offering them an amazing quantity and quality of material to work with in uncovering how Ty Conn came to be one of the country's most notorious bank robbers.

Conn's journals and letters are not only thoughtful and introspective, they're also clever and funny. It's hard not to feel sympathetic towards this affable, amiable kid, who'd had such a hard life. He was "twenty-seven doing forty-seven... And never so much as threw a punch."

And Burke and MacIntyre are indeed sympathetic, they wear their hearts on their sleeves. This is evident from the first paragraph of chapter one: "Ernie Hayes [Conn's birth name] was, by all accounts, the loveliest child that anyone had ever seen. Bright and cheerful, he seemed to be immune to all the sorrow and confusion that whirled around him from the first moments of his life."

But who can blame them? This is, after all, Ty Conn, whose won the respect and trust of prison wardens, whose honesty and self-deprecating charm made him (to his ultimate downfall) a media darling in his weeks on the run.

Detailing his life from birth to his tragic adoption as a toddler into a household run by a paranoid schizophrenic (the family had connections and circumvented normal channels in order to adopt the charming little boy), through his tormented childhood and a litany of foster home cruelties, his later life as an escape artist seems almost inevitable. Can't blame him for making a career out of running away. MacIntyre and Burke construct a solid argument that abuse of children makes them unable to function legitimately in the world. With the deck already stacked against him from birth, Conn also found himself up against a criminal justice system woefully lacking in manpower and money. While unwilling to look at himself as a victim ("He then told me bluntly... That he'd never been wrongly convicted or, in his view, unfairly sentenced"), it is undeniable that someone who had never, never committed an act of violence should not have been locked up in maximum "where the most dangerous people are kept." Who wouldn't try to escape that?

Conn's is a great story. From the early horror and pathos, we watch Ty Conn grow from a clever kid into the cunning, cocky (during one escape, he sent a Christmas card to his old warden) fugitive of justice. We're sucked in. Like the public of the time, we can't help rooting for him:

The policemen asked her what she'd do if he showed up again.
"I said: 'You know what? I've thought about that.' and this is what I told them: I said 'I'd bring him in. There's no doubt that he'd be hungry and I'm make him soup and sandwiches if it was lunchtime.' And of course they gave me a real bad going over about that attitude."

By the closing pages, we feel the same. If anyone ever deserved sanctuary, it was Ty Conn.

Dr. Brad really knows scripture! He tackles really big questions, and tough issues and makes the answers easy to read, understand, and enjoy! This book is full of anecdotes that explain the things of God in terms we can relate to. It increased my understanding of who God is, and how He works. After reading this book, I trust God more, and have more peace in my heart. This book is thoroughly researched, and supported. Dr. Burke's viewpoint as a doctor also brings a deeper insight, especially into the fragility of life. If you really want to know the Truth -- you must read this book. *****

I found this a very useful mix of theory and practical advice

I love this book by Edmund Burke as it has been a source of helping me improve on my vocabulary;as well as helping me get acquainted to this style of prose. I can't speak for every and hope that my review have helped those thinking about purchasing a master piece !

Designed to be absorbed and assimilated" on the go", Writing Reminders: Tools, Tips, And Techniques by Jim Burke is a collection of over sixty brief yet useful self-teaching lessons to improving personal and professional writing skills resulting in an increased productively by operating at a higher level of performance, skill, and test-taking abilities. Especially intended for writing students, but also of immense value for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in pursing a passion for writing, Writing Reminders deftly addresses everything from using graphic organizers; to facilitate one's writing; to the formalities to be observed when writing everything from letters to creative fiction. Writing Reminders is a very highly recommended manual that can aptly serve as a classroom text, as well as an independent study instructional reference.

A well written book about the Young Heroes of the War.
Short stories reveling the courage of Young People during the time of War.