The Cato Institute consistently generates truly outstanding scholarship -- scholarship that to any unbiased reader is first-rate, well-researched, and logical. These traits are found throughout The Cato Handbook for the 106th Congress. Each essay is relevant and substantive; no essay taxes the reader with excess verbiage or illogical or unsubstantiate claims. This is a gem of a collection.

In my own special field of expertise, antitrust, I can vouch that the essay on that topic (by Robert Levy and William Shughart) is especially good. There's more sound and creative thinking in this Levy-Shughart contribution than in any 100 antitrust articles randomly selected from law reviews and economics journals.

Libertarians talk a lot about limited government and scaling back the welfare/warfare/regulatory state and there is finally a book that lays out a detailed plan to show you how to get there.

The message in virtually every chapter of this book is "repeal!" From terminating the bloated and wasteful Department of Energy to zeroing out the budget of tiny agencies like the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, few agencies escape the Cato Institute's budget scissors. Likewise, regulations that don't meet strict tests of economic efficiency and federalism are quickly given the heave-ho.

This isn't limited to just domestic regulations and budgets. A large portion of the book is dedicated to foreign policy. Everything from immigration to declaring war is covered. Cato's fundamental principle here is "peaceful relations with all, entangling alliances with none." This means a drastic scale back, of course, with the end result being recommendations for unilateral free trade, fairly open borders, major defense budget cuts and troop and defense treaty withdrawals.

This is a terrific book, drawing on over twenty years of policy analysis from a classic liberal viewpoint. Too bad there is less than a snowball's chance in heck of getting any of these policy recommendations implemented.

Prevent hiring mistakes through savvy assessments of an applicant's references and the use of Complete Reference Checking Handbook. Managers, business owners, and HR pros alike receive an updated edition which covers everything from understanding legal requirements and traps to developing networking and reference-checking techniques which work. An excellent, involving guide.

This is, quite simply, the best book about complying with the CFC prohibitions of the Clean Air Act that I've ever read. If there were more good, wholesome books like this one, instead of books filled with sex, violence, and witchcraft, our world would be a lot better off.

After reading the currently available collection of Whorf's work, I became interested in the 'linguistic relativist' position and decided to read this book of Sapir's. However, there is little comparison to be made between the two scholars; Sapir comes off as far deeper and more professional than Whorf, and writes profoundly about a broad range of issues. This book includes writings on anthropology, linguistics, sociology, literary criticism (which I found a little dodgy, to tell the truth), music, etc, etc--and he writes fluently and intriguingly about all of them, with the exception perhaps of poetry, though it may just be a difference of taste that leads me to that conclusion. Anyway some of his most famous essays are included, mostly on linguistics, though the long essay on establishing times of migration etc. of American Indian tribes was extremely interesting and worth any effort put into reading it (it does take some). Anyway, it's worth your time--read it.

The second volume in the "Anthroposophical Commentary on the Bible 'Terms And Phrases'" series, David's Question: "What Is Man?" is an impressive, thoughtful and thought-provoking "Anthroposophical commentary on the Bible"; by lifelong Bible scholar Edward Reaugh Smith who cogently analyzes the pages of biblical text in a series of essays that provide the non-specialist general reading with a wealth of fascinating insights. Advancing the firm conviction that religion and science cannot be separated if there is only one reality, David's Question "What Is Man?" is inquisitive and insightful reading, and highly recommended for Biblical Studies reading lists and reference collections.

Christopher Marlowe is a genius. This thorough, Oxfordiancompilation of his best known plays contains Tamburlaine the Great parts one and two, the Tragical History of Doctor Faustus in its original A-text and its later B-text, The Jew of Malta, and Edward II. The beauty of these dramas lies in the fact that they're short but powerful reading pieces. In five acts Marlowe was able to generate a story complete with action, classical allusions, and a bawdy humor one might not expect from otherwise generally classified stuffy English Renaissance drama. This book contains an exhaustive introduction that explains many details of the publication dates of the plays and the differences between versions (Faustus). It also contains a thorough section for notes that further explain the texts. Finally, it contains a glossary of the commonly used words from the texts. The bottom line? This book is a great read--it's funny (I can't begin to stress that enough), and you will appreciate Marlowe's wit and talent just as much as William Shakespeare did. Buy it today!

This hands-on book turns the highly theoretical world of qualitative inquiry into a doable approach to research in all areas of social science. I have found its methods to be extremely useful and easy to implement.

Everyone knows that cars are a important part of america, and now there is a book that really shows that people still carry on their romance with their cars. Check out Pick up(I laughed), and the Wrecker (I found this one oddly moving).

Dorries does an excellent job of settling an age-old Christological controversy through his thorough overview of the contributions of this relatively unknown Scottish theologian and pastor. His reading of the church fathers and the reformers adds credibility to the author's consideration of this central tenent of the historic Christian faith. A provocative and compelling read for enquiring and thoughtful readers.