The main character in this book is thought to be patterned after the Author himself. It's the story of a young man who was raised by his Grandmother. Her narrow Calvinist beliefs nearly drive him away from her. The pure love of God in his heart gives him patience and understanding for her, and endears him to others he meets as he grows into manhood. This book also provides a glimpse into Scottish life in the late 1800's.

If you do not have any idea on any culture's mythology this book is for you. After an intro on mythology, its role in societies, the book goes to tell the stories on mythologies of the different cultures, ancient civilizations and today's primitive societies. If you want to have deeper knowledge do not miss the references at the end of the book.

This book is wonderful! It provides information on not only Nazis and their medical experiments, but the ethics (or the lack thereof) behind it all. It also delves into medical ethics in general, including the U.S.'s not so pleasant past. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Nazi medical experiments or medical ethics.

I thoroughly enjoyed The New Biology for its refreshing and riveting presentation of the microscopic in light of the macroscopic - both in terms of the biological and the logical. From animal behavior to accounting for systemic variation in terms of turning on DNA codes, the book is a very readable and insightful rendering of biological phenomena and interpretation. Although written by a physicist and a philosopher, the book is rich with quotations and findings from pre-eminent biologists that support the theses of the writers. The authors make a compelling case for purpose in evolution and cooperation rather than competition as the guiding principle in living things and communities. A physicist is well-equipped to make the case for "a new biology" in light of the new physics born in 1905 with relativity and quantum theory. The authors argue persuasively, and often using the words of famous biologists, that the mechanistic reductionist paradigm that assumes life is merely the sum of its inorganic parts is rooted in a outdated Newtonian understanding. In order to understand the complexity and integration of living things, the organismic must be seen as more than the sum of chemical phenomena. Using hundreds of examples from the panoply of living things and the findings of experts in their biological fields, the authors reveal the larger organic whole that defies sterile inorganic explanations and take to task Darwinian dogma that a gradual natural selection based on survival of the fittest explains nature as we now know it.

This volume constitutes the most complete collection of Oppen's work to date-- many poems of which have not been anthologized until now. The centerpiece of the collection is Oppen's wonderful book-length poem-- Of Being Numerous. This Pulitzer-prize-winning poem is concerned with the dilemma of seeing the world through the eyes of solitude versus seeing the world through the eyes of what it is to be of the numerous. Throughout the poem's forty sections the reader is introduced to the meaning of what it is to be "of being numerous," warned about the shipwreck of isolation, thrust into the madness of war with all of its atrocities, reminded of the limits of language, introduced to clarity, and finally called upon to realize the necessity for compassion. A heartily recommended read!

Professor Shelden's biography of Orwell is outstanding and well-researched. Prof. Shelden provides the important details of the molding of Eric Blair- boyhood, school, service in Burma for the Empire- and explains how each experience influenced young Blair yet he doesn't try to feed the reader psychobabble hogwash. Orwell's fitful rise as a writer is especially interesting. Prof. Shelden explains Orwell's various ideological wars and paints a portrait of a non-doctrinaire, humanist socialist who was a more astute critic of Stalinism or ideological socialism than anyone to his right. What I found refreshing about Prof. Shelden's account is that the reader finishes the bio without really knowing the writer's own politics. He allows Orwell to speak for himself.

Michael Green is one of the best authors I have come to read, especially for military subjects. I have been a fan of all types of military/war books simply because politics is interesting for me. Michael Green has written a number of books on this subject all of which are considered my favorite. This book is well-written and gives clear, concise information. It also contains and array of astonishing and breath-taking photographs, liek in all of Green's books. I wish I could meet this wonderful author and congratulate him on his job well done. My wife and I both know that these books are at the top of my shelf!

This story centers around a young peasant girl and her growing love for the young laird (lord) of the local manor. The whole point of this timeless tale is a simple pure love of "brother and sister, man and woman, and a simple boy and his god."

Never before have I read a more well researched, well written, or more complete text on this essential event in our nation's history. The author is to be lauded for this truly amazing and inspiring work. I only wish i could meet the man himself.

A crisp, clear edition of the famous play about a whoremastering Captain who, because his Shropshire lass stoops to conquer, winds up manning a playhouse.