In "Unraveling the Seven Myths of Reading," Frank B. May has achieved the near impossible-- presenting the latest in reading research in a form that is an absolute pleasure to read. May, in his legendary style, invites the reader along on a veritable walking tour of key issues in reading and literacy instruction. The myths explored (and effectively resolved) include-- All Phonics Methods Are Equally Effective, Poor Readers Make the Most Mistakes, and (my personal favorite) Reading and Learning to Read Are More Cognitive Than Motivational. This much-awaited book is in perfect sync with such leading research as the Report of the National Reading Panel from NIH, and the publication Preventing Reading Difficulties. Frank May's "Myths" is an enjoyable translation of research into practice for teachers and other professionals in literacy education. It is a "must read."

Mr. Frank Borzellieri is a man with beliefs, beliefs that he is more than willing to back up with hard facts. I first read about Mr. Borzellieri in the July 2001 edition of American Renaissance, and was intrigued by his words, and his willingness to express them - seemingly without fear of repercussions. This is an excellent book, with a foreward by Mr. Jared Taylor... Well worth the wait for shipment.

if you want more from your computer communications than justdialing your IP this is the book and software for you. long but detailed...

This is a wonderful book. I use portfolios with my Physical Education and Health students and found this book very helpful in giving me some writing activities to use with my students. Also gives helpful information in regard to assessment. Worth every penny!

"The great utopians have been our great realists." With this powerful insight the Manuels embark on a journey of 2,500 years which leaves the mind spinning. From Plato's Mediterranean Republic to More's island of Utopia; from Bacon's New Atlantis to Marx's Paradise of the Proletariat; and from Campanella's City of the Sun to McLuhan's Global Village, the utopian instinct has set in motion a series of visions which have been the key drivers behind major social and scientific accomplishments in the western world.

In chronicling what they call "the utopian propensity of mind," the Manuels essentially create a new genre, at once literary and philosophical. At its broadest, it would reach into the religious sphere - the "utopian moments" of Eastern Enlightenments, the Revelations of St. John on the island of Patmos. But the Manuels, wisely, pull back from the cosmic view to the generally secular, social, visions of a better world on earth.

The best utopians are realists, in that they focus the fire of their vision on the concrete specifics of this world, transporting them into the framework of an ideal universe. The vision, to quote a poet, is that of "real toads in imaginary gardens." Setting out from points of contact in the real world, they move into uncharted territories and terrains, places where no one has yet gone. Etymologically, "Utopia" is the Great Good Place which is No Place. Chimerical, fantastic, improbable, and motivating, Utopias are the engines behind our evolutionary imaginations.

At 900 pages and 17 pounds, this beautifully written, erudite and witty book from the 1970s is an unrecognized national treasure, waiting, like some ancient artifact of utopia itself, to be uncovered and released to the world.

Like the imaginary voyages of the 18th century, like science fiction, and like the virtual realities of the Worldwide Web, the visionary landscapes of utopia startle, wake up, and propel us towards the creation of our own future. Go buy this from your nearest Amazon used-book dealer, and start creating your own future!

Note: The Manuels' map of utopia is a map of the human imagination at its richest, and actually could become a roadmap for the Worldwide Web as well.

With this excellent study of the political thought of Adolf Hitler, Alfred Rosenberg, Richard
Walter Darré, Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels, the Erlangen historian Frank-Lothar
Kroll has, perhaps, provided the most useful study of the ideology of the Third Reich so far.
Kroll shows, among other things, that a strictly biological racism was not as unequivocally
dominant in Nazi thought as has been assumed in many earlier interpretations of the Third
Reich (for instance, in those based largely on Hitler's worldview). The "major theoretician" of
the NSDAP (p. 123), Alfred Rosenberg, for instance, spoke of race as a "mythic experience"
(as quoted on p. 106). His particular anti-Semitism was anti-Judaic rather than biologically
racist, and primarily based on an understanding of the Jews as an inferior religious
community (pp. 121-123). With regard to the major propagandist of Nazism, Kroll goes so far
as to speak of Goebbels' "extreme distance" to the idea of race (p. 259). Thus Goebbels
spoke, for example, of the "rubbish of race-materialism" (as quoted on p. 259), and regarded
Himmler as, "in many regards, mad" (as quoted on p. 292).

Kroll, in general, puts significant emphasis on the polymorphous character of Nazi ideology
which he links to the polycratic structure of the regime. All Nazi leaders had an extremely
Manichean worldview; yet, they understood the core conflicts in world history in somewhat
different ways. Whereas Hitler saw the main confrontation to be that between the Jews and
the Aryans, Rosenberg juxtaposed the Germanic and Roman civilisations to each other,
Goebbels the Western plutocratic states with national socialism, Darré the peasantry against
the nomads (p. 164), and Himmler Europe against Asia (pp. 214-215).

After having read "A Vaquero of the Brush Country" , I have a question. Where in Dawson County did Mr. Young deliver the 700 steers and what route did he take and to whom did they belong? The book is very good.

A worthy finish to the series - makes you sad there won't be more Oakes books. The real events following the completion of the book (late 1993) don't really alter how Buckley painted 1994 and 1995. A great read.

This book is highly recomended to those of us who must struggle through veterinary microbiology. It makes the subject decipherable, and does not slip into the jargon that is so often found in science textbooks. The book begins with intrductory "How viruses work" material, before moving onto the various virus groups. Each section of the book starts out with a general introduction on how that group works/attacks, wheteher they need intermediate hosts, lifespan in the outside environment, etc. Then, it delves further into each virus within that family (genus/class?) with sections on pahtology, epidemiology, etc. All in all, a very nice reference book for veterinary students. There is not much info on West Nile, but there is a nice section on Foot and Mouth. Generally, those viruses which are important in the West, plus a few that are important for other reasons arecovered. Other viruses are mentioned. There is also a small section in the back on prion diseases, which may not be important currently, but will be important to know about, even in te USA (Scrapie, Chronic Wasting Disease, just to name a few.) I highly recomend this book.