“If we continue to live as we are living, will the promised blessings be fulfilled?” Quote by Carlos A. Godoy
“The crime which is done now is that war has made a tool and slave of science, and man's knowledge, painfully and laboriously compiled, is made the instrument of man's destruction.” MenMadeWarDoneCrimeToolsDestructionInstrumentsSlave Book:The Mouse That Roared Source: The Mouse That Roared
“Anti-Americanism is as old as the Republic--a historical constant, which is only remotely related to specific American behavior. So what is new? Andrei Markovits has delivered the best answer yet, ranging across an astounding wealth of material from politics and culture. Uncouth Nation is a rare academic treat. Rigorous and analytical, the book is also a pleasure to read as it penetrates a critical issue of our time.” BookCultureNationsWealthAnswersPleasureIssuesMaterialsBehaviorTreatsConstantHistoricalCriticalRelatedOur TimeRepublicAcademicPenetrateAmericanismAnti-americanUncouth Author:Josef Joffe
“George Smith shows how many of the prophet’s followers embraced plural marriage during a period when the LDS Church was emphatically denying the practice … [and he tells this in] a lucid writing style.” WritingShowsChurchPracticeStylePeriodsProphetFollowersLdsWriting Style Author:Daniel Walker Howe
“Alexander von Humboldt’s wide-ranging Views of Nature is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century natural history, at once science and art. Mark W. Person’s stunning new translation makes the wonders of this classic accessible to the English-language world of the present.” WorldPersonsArtLanguageNaturalViewsWonderCenturyMarkWideClassicMasterpieceTranslationsEnglish LanguageNineteenth CenturyStunningArt And ScienceNatural History Author:Daniel Walker Howe
“To read 'Happy Talk' is to crash a party as vivid and surreal as Felini's 8. It's the business of show business, the American dream, told by a chorus of Americans locked just outside of that dream, outside of the United States, relegated to expatriate status on the shores of Haiti. Melo paints a version of Haiti that's an interior landscape perhaps even more than an externalized place. This Haiti is a plan, a memory, a morphine-drip fueled dream out to bond its inhabitants forever.” StatesShowsDreamMemoriesUnitedPartyUnited StatesForeverPlansPaintVersionsLandscapeShoreAmerican DreamLockedCrashInteriorsShow BusinessVividSurrealChorusHaitiMorphineExpatriates Author:Monica Drake
“The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.” WaySeemsDesperate Author:Pico Iyer
“We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say.” WayCommunicate Author:Pico Iyer
“A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.” ThinkingLittlesHolyConsideringHoly Days Author:Pico Iyer
“If you agree with me that a poem can be as bountiful as a rich Victorian narrative, and as wise... then you'll want to join me here in the Wow, I Like No Need of Sympathy Club. Your membership fee is the same as your membership privileges: this book.” IfsWantNeedsBookRichWiseAgreePrivilegeClubsNarrativeWowFeesVictorianMembership Author:Albert Goldbarth