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Free Republic Book of the Month, February: Your Choices and Summaries, both Fiction/Non-Fiction
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| xzins
Posted on 02/20/2002 11:35:58 AM PST by xzins
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posted on
02/20/2002 11:35:59 AM PST
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xzins
To: xzins
The Defiantby Shalom Yoran
I give it 4 Freeps.
A moving tale of a young Polish Jew who manages to survive WWII by grit and wits. Provides excellent examples of how anti-semitism was a widespread social phenomenon that was hardly the sole property of the Nazis.
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posted on
02/20/2002 11:47:49 AM PST
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El Sordo
To: Xenalyte
A ping to the literate.
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posted on
02/20/2002 11:51:02 AM PST
by
El Sordo
To: xzins
The Man and the Mirror; A Life of Benedict Arnold by Clare Brandt. Biography
I gave this book 4 freeps. I thought the author left out a bit of history, otherwise it was full of historcial data. Well written and intersting. Gave look into Arnold's state of mind and motives for treason. Well researched, not dry historical work.
Was the man who Benedict Arnold tried to sell America to really named Clinton? Read and find out......
To: xzins
"Politics of Change
A Brief History"
(Non-fiction)
Dr. Robert N. Crittenden
Hargrave Publishing
Rating 4 Freeps
A history of political movements from their inception onward: with specific information on the parties behind the Boldt decision, the spotted owl controversy and Northwest ecologists and their land-grabs.
To: xzins
Modern Sex: Liberation and its Discontents
See my article/review here.
To: LibertyGirl77
That would be, incidentally, 4 FReeps, and the sex theme is in honor of Valentine's Day, LOL.
To: El Sordo; xzins
Henry VIII: The King and His Court, by Alison Weir.
When it comes to British history, Weir is stellar; she ranks up there with Antonia Fraser. I'm in the early stages yet, during Henry's first marriage (to Katherine of Aragon, if you're keeping count), but this book promises to be as good as the other Weir works I've read.
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02/20/2002 12:26:31 PM PST
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Xenalyte
To: xzins
Angel in the Whirlwind, by Benson Bobrick Bobrick does a fine job of laying out the intellectual, political and spiritual reasons for the American Revolution. Our Founders are not merely iconified, but are treated as real men -- who had human flaws like all of us, but who shared a love of freedom that was truly revolutionary in its day. The book does not hurry, but spends 100 or so pages giving the background of life in colonial America. The opening scene is of Washington fighting near Pittsburgh in the French and Indian War, barely escaping alive thanks to the incompetence of his British commander, and learning lessons that would ultimately defeat Britain.
Washington comes off as he was -- a giant of a man, whose modesty was genuine. (A favorite story has him leaving the room out of shyness when he realized he is about to be nominated to command the Continental Army) Washington was a reluctant soldier, but realized of himself what we all know now -- he was an indespensible man of history. If not him to lead us, an already near-hopeless cause would be sunk for sure. Thank God Washington had such a deep sense of duty.
I highly recommend this book to get a grasp of what our Founders were thinking and doing at the time of the Revolution, and of the battles that won our independence. Bobrick is a fine writer, and this book -- while dense -- is an easy read.
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02/20/2002 12:37:03 PM PST
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seamus
To: Xenalyte
"Back to Basics for the Republican Party" -- a history of the GOP from the Republican perspective. See www.republicanbasics.com
To: Xenalyte
BTW, non-fiction, and I'd give it five FReeps, if you're into Brit history.
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02/20/2002 12:39:32 PM PST
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Xenalyte
To: xzins
I read an excellent fiction novel called "Dumb College" by Christopher Rogers about how the political correctness movement has run rampant in the year 2049. It is a satire about how American society is bent on eliminating all hardcover books and destroying all literature, philosophy and works of art considered politically incorrect. Dumb College is available on-line at Amazon.com. For more information, see the author's website: http://gnc.net/~crogers. The author is a Freeper, by the way.
To: xzins
The Bible
To: Xenalyte, seamus, grand old partisan
How many Freeps to you rate each of the books on the 1 to 5 scale?
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02/20/2002 12:43:02 PM PST
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xzins
To: seamus
I highly recommend this book to get a grasp of what our Founders were thinking and doing at the time of the Revolution, and of the battles that won our independence. Bobrick is a fine writer, and this book -- while dense -- is an easy read.DITTOES! It's a great book.
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posted on
02/20/2002 12:43:45 PM PST
by
DrNo
To: shortstop, biblewonk
see post #14
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posted on
02/20/2002 12:44:56 PM PST
by
xzins
To: seamus
I am going out to pick that one up this week. . Sounds good.
To: seamus
bump for later
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02/20/2002 12:56:39 PM PST
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d4now
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