Carlson Books

Elizabeth Hamby Carlson is so creative and talented. She takes this classic pattern, breaks it down and then explodes it! Great book for your reference library and inspiration.

Burgoyne Surrounded is usually done in blue and white or red and white. This book shows the traditional style, a scrap variation (see cover), Christmas colors, and a few others styles. If you like this pattern (no half-square triangles!) this book is fabulous at explaining how to put it all together.

This book is a rare gem, phenomenally crafted and continuously interesting. It's a great book, enjoyable both to poets and readers who don't regularly read poetry.

This book was totally life changing. It really made me want to know the author. You should buy this book, and buy it for your mom. And your mom's mom. James Haug couldn't have described it better. A great read.

This volume mounts a sustained and impassioned critique of Christian symbols that legitimate the vicitimization of women. Though the essays are all written by Christian theologians, they do not flinch from examining any aspect of Christian doctrine, nor from posing the question of whether Christianity is still an ethically viable religion. A particular strength of the book is that the authors do not all come down in the same place on the question of suffering, allowing an appropriate sense of complexity to bear on a particularly difficult issue.

I read this book in college (in the 1990's) and it has informed my thinking on the topic more than any other single book of theology.

Understanding is a term of art in Hegel. But Carlson (a law professor) will help you understand as he presents an organized (albeit typo-ridden) walkthru of GWF Hegel's monumental work: The Science of Logic. The typo's are mostly insignificant and it is the diagrams that are the real charm of this footnote heavy commentary which aims to consolidate all of Hegelian logic into a visual triplet.
beware the silent Fourth! Start with the antepenultimate movement and if you are conscious enough you will reach Absolute Idea.

The book will appeal strongly to those interested in the philosophical groundwork for Marx, Nietzsche or anyone with a psychoanlytic bent (Lacan) or just interest in Western thought.

Basically: Do NOT attempt to read Hegel without it!!!

A significant advance to the understanding of Hegel's rewarding but notoriously obscure Science of Logic. From this enthusiast's point of view this book should become the key study guide. In looking over the diagrams which make explicit Hegel's system, I wonder if Hegel himself was really even aware of the progression which Dr. Carlson describes. I was ready to give up on Attraction/Repulsion, but this analysis made it understandable. Highly recommended.

Written by Allan Carlson (president of the Howard Center for Family) for readers of all backgrounds, Religion, and Society, Conjugal America: On the Public Purposes of Marriage is a reasoned treatise, written with the precision and rationality, concerning the role of marriage as a human institution in fostering the perpetual stability of society. Conjugal America speaks out against gay marriage and civil unions, no-fault divorce, tax laws with a "marriage penalty", declining fertility rates in industrialized countries such as the United States, and also dismisses claims of the imminent threat of human overpopulation. Conjugal America does not use religious tenets or concepts of "sin" to justify its claims, but rather presents the view that male-female married relationships are the most stable and effective vehicle for producing healthy, well-adjusted children in large quantities - children which are the future of the nation. To this end, Conjugal America argues strongly against practices that favor the single individual over the married couple or large family, welfare payments that support out-of-wedlock births, and any redefinition of marriage that could divert societal, economic, or moral support for male-female family-producing couples. Of especial note is a final section in which Carlson answers questions from a philosophically opposed detractor at length, defending his arguments as thoroughly as possible. On the Public Purposes of Marriage is an absolute "must-read" not for what it says, but rather how it speaks - in a style of reasoned, serious-minded public debate with the greater good in mind, listening openly to opponents and addressing their counterpoints logically without resorting to any kind of personal attacks, morality judgments, or blanket pandering. This is how arguments concerning all social policies should be phrased and presented. Regardless of the reader's personal beliefs about marriage, he or she is sure to gain insights into the modern changes in social fabric from this book and better understand the logical reasoning of his or her own personal views. Highly recommended.

A number of important books have appeared recently defending the institution of marriage. This new volume by family expert Allan Carlson adds to the collection, emphasising, as the subtitle indicates, the public purposes of marriage.

Carlson argues that a number of social, legal and political changes over the past half century have left the institution of marriage reeling from a number of body blows. These include the severing of the connection between marriage and procreation; the introduction of no-fault divorce laws; and the devaluation of the very idea of marriage.

Consider the first radical upheaval. For millennia, as Carlson demonstrates, the idea of marriage was always associated with the idea of procreation. Indeed, that has always been the fundamental purpose of marriage: to produce and protect children. While other purposes of marriage have existed, the overwhelming rationale for marriage has always been about procreation and raising of the next generation.

Of course we moderns have managed to separate that vital connection, and have reduced marriage to a merely personal affair, with no social, communal or intergenerational concerns. Carlson examines the historical data on this fundamental feature of marriage, and argues that Western civilisation is in large measure formed by this constraint on sexual energy, and the channelling of human sexuality into the confines of marriage and family.

The institution of marriage, says Carlson, is the "foundation of social order and community renewal, universal to human experience". It is the "responsible source of new life; it channels the powerful sexual impulse toward the creation and effective rearing of children".

So important was this cultural and social institution, that it was only recently that the concept of illegitimacy has come to no longer be a matter of concern. Childbearing for millennia was seen as the normal expression of marriage, and illegitimacy was rightly seen as scandalous and shameful.

But now the disconnect between marriage and procreation is all but complete, and thus the very rationale for marriage seems to be eroded as well. But children still matter, argues Carlson, and marriage is still the best way to ensure the well-being of children. The two-parent family, cemented by marriage, is the best thing we can offer our children.

Not only do children suffer when human sexuality is freed of all boundaries, and marriage is transformed into a purely private transaction, but so too do communities. Carlson examines how societies which have rejected marriage big time, such as Sweden, have created a huge range of social problems.

And of course the issue of same-sex marriage enters the discussion here. If marriage is not seen as a social good and a valuable community institution, then perhaps we should open it up to any and all takers. But Carlson notes that homosexual couples by definition fail to meet the two main criteria of marriage: one man and one woman, and the openness to procreation.

Indeed, if marriage is a mere private matter, then why stop with same-sex marriage? What about polyamorous groups? And what if a bisexual wants the right to marry both a husband and a wife? What is to stop these combinations, if we reject the very nature of marriage? Included in this short volume is a debate between Carlson and a defender of homosexual marriage. Interestingly he sees no real problems with these other permutations.

Carlson looks at other issues here: the economic nature of the marriage unit, and the various attempts to stamp out marriage and family in history. He also shows how a decline in marriage leads to a decline in fertility. The Western world is in the midst of a birth dearth, and the move away from marriage is an important factor in this drop in fertility.

He finishes with some proposals for a national marriage policy. Ideas include: the reintroduction of "fault" into divorce law; pro-marriage tax policies; and the full legal recognition of marriage as solely that of a man and a woman.

Carlson is not unaware of the uphill nature of achieving these proposals, as well as the broader job of reinvigorating the institution of marriage. But he recognises the tremendous value and worth of marriage throughout human history, and the need to champion it against its many enemies. As such this is an important contribution towards the battle to protect marriage.

I was fascinated by this book! The subject matter is intriguing on its own, and it's been beautifully enhanced by the presentation. Author knew exactly how to tell the story for best effect--when to give a history lesson, when to introduce characters, and just how much of each was appropriate. Also explained the complicated science behind xerography (the generic term for what a Xerox machine does) in a way a layman can understand. Extremely well done. I'm glad I happened across this book!

This book gives an excellent account of the processes and hurdles needed to bring a complex product to the marketplace. It will be especially enjoyable for anyone who was involved in the copying/duplicating business during the 60's and 70's.
The author mentions many of the early companies -- and many of the current companies -- that are significant "players" in this business. Also, many of the key inventors who are known only as "publication or patent names" are given life by the author. The reader can get behing the scenes and see the victories, struggles, and tensions facing the researchers and their companies.
This book is a good read -- difficult to put down -- especially for those in corporate research and development.

get this book, your kids will love it

This is a great read and my kids love it....one of the best childrens books i have ever read. We have bought several of them because my kids love to color the pictures. It is a must have if you have kids.

Verne Carlson was not, strictly speaking, a cowboy. He was a well-known and respected cameraman in Hollywood, and his books on lighting and lenses are collectible masterworks.

This book, too is collectible, and should be selling for a lot more than it is. Verne was an Old West buff - his love of food and his interest in the Old West led him to collect various recipes and compile them into a book that is one of the best of its kind.

I have personally seen old saddlebums near tears while reading some of the recipes that Verne included in this book: "Why, that's jest like mah daddy's recipe!"

I can't recommend this book enough, if you love campfire cooking, or even the semblance of cowboy cuisine (isn't *that* a malaprop?).

Buy it now for a song, and enjoy it for a long time... you'll be carrying on a great tradition - and eating well!

This book has some OLD Skool mountain man type recipes....1 lb of brain, 1 lb. of heart, some red pepper....I'm giving this book put as gifts to my outdoorsy type friends and family

Being a military family there are long underways were my husband and I are seperated. I wanted to show him how much I love him and what he means to me. I am not a expressive writer and have a hard time putting my feeling down on paper. I found this book and it said just the things I couldn't.

While my husband is away, I e-mail him one of the letters each day as well as the prayer. It helps to keep our marriage strong as well as our prayer life. Each letter also has scripture references that pertain to the letters topic!

This book has been a big blessing to us!

Melody Carlson's book is the best devotional book I've seen for wives to give their husbands. It's sensitive and written in such a way that the husband will hear his wife's heartfelt wishes for him. I was so surprised that it clearly expressed all those things I've been wanting to say to my husband. I highly recommend it as a Father's Day or other gift.

This books is very very awesome.
Miranda is a supposed good-goody, and when she's told to "lighten up," she does so. She takes drugs, throws outrageous parties and gets drunk.
When a very vlose friend of hers dies at one of her parties, she's guilt tricken and wants to committ suicide.
Does she do it? Read and find out.
It's an amazing book that a person should read.

The notion of three different books by three different authors about the same story, each from a different character's perspective is new to me. I'd enjoyed the Diary series, and thought it was worth picking up the three books just to see how well the concept worked.

I actually thought the books by the other two authors were better than this, but only by a small margin. They are all excellent, and reading the same story three different times never got boring because they are all so different, while remaining consistent.

In many ways it's so true of life - we really don't know what's going on in other people's heads, especially when it comes to subterfuge and illicit behavior.

Three different authors, three different characters, three different styles, one terrific story.