The story of Georg and Edvard Scheutz is a well written and entertaining scientific book. A young schoolboy, Edvard Scheutz, succeeds in his kitchen to construct a difference engine that works better then that of the famous Charles Babbage. The story of how father and son struggle together to make their difference engine a profitable invention is incredibly interesteting both in a technical and economical aspect but also in a social aspect. Interesting is of course also why a genious invention like theirs becomes such a financial failure.
This is a book to read both for those who have a general interest in history of techology and for those who have a particular interest in swedish history and inventors.

As an art historian, museum curator, and traveler to France I found this book very useful. Most books on Gothic Architecture look at style as though it exists for its own sake. Simson places the beginnings of Gothic Architecture into the intellectual and historical context that gave this archetectual style its birth. The two sections that I most enjoyed were the theology of light that Suger was trying to express through architecture and the historical/political life of Suger. Both of these elements had a profound effect on the developement and impact of the Abby Church of St. Denis. This book represents architectural history as it should be written. Simson's approach is only possible because of his ability to draw upon a broad and deep educational framework. Reading this book caused me to lament the shallowness of much of what passes for scholarly training and writing in our time. You don' t have to be an architectural historian to enjoy this book. But you should be passionate about ideas. Simson shows us how ideas have consequences. This is one of the best books I have ever read.

Gottschee was a German-speaking feudal domain in the royal Austrian Duchy of Carniola (Herzogtum Krain), which was founded around the year 1300. This feudal domain sat on the southern border of the Holy Roman Empire, later called the Austrian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Gottschee 1406-1627 is an authentic look into the life and government of this feudal domain on the frontier of these empires. Drawn from original source documents, and accurately translated into English from 15th century and later German, the book shows the interaction of the subjects, the ruling local nobility, and the government of the Duchy of Carniola, a duchy belonging to the Habsburg emperors. Included is interesting and seldom-seen information on farmers' petitions for redress of grievances; the system of tithes, taxes, and feudal duties; the opening of forest lands for new farms; a 1406 document granting the Gottscheer peasants unique rights not found amongst the peasants of other parts of Europe; military frontier obligations; the Habsburg system of leasing feudal domains to lesser nobles; church and pastoral affairs; and royal management of feudal properties, plus hundreds of ancient Gottscheer village and family names -- the ancestors of a distinct German linguistic group that existed there for over 650 years.

The book is fascinating reading for anyone whose ancestors come from the Gottschee region (now called Kocevje and in south central Slovenia), or who are interested in how the Habsburg emperors managed their personally-owned feudal domains in this remote frontier domain, to include the impact of the Turkish invasions.

Gottschee 1406-1627: Feudal Domain on the Frontier of Empire was beautifully translated into English by Andrew J. Witter, a professional translator, and it gives an most interesting insight into how people lived on Austria's remote frontier.

This is graet text book both for the fundamentals & complex knowledge for anyone in HEME/ONC, especially at the fellowship level. Would recommed it to anyone.

Hegel is notoriously difficult to understand. When an exposition of his philosophy, entitled "The Secret of Hegel", was published in the 19th century, a critic accused its author of "keeping the secret." Charles Taylor, by contrast, without academic arrogance--in fact, with characteristic humility--makes brilliantly accessible this abstruse philosopher. Taylor eloquently extracts the essence and logic of Hegel's arguments; and shows the relationships between Hegel's metaphysics and social philosophy; thereby revealing to the reader the whole system of Hegel's philosophy, rather than its isolated components. Along the way, he dispels many of the false myths that surround Hegel's often quoted but rarely read philosophies. And not only does Taylor make sense of Hegel in the philosopher's own historical and intellectual contexts, but, as the title of the book implies, Taylor shows the relevance that Hegel's ideas still hold today. This is a gem of a book for people studying Hegel, for people studying philosophy, political science, or history. Highly recommended.

Once again, Professor Houlgate has provided us with a text which is both critical and expansive. His incisive and compelling introduction unfolds with a thoughtful eye to those elements of the work which are too often passed over as obvious or irrelevant. This contribution to the literature is essential for any responsible reader of Hegel.

This fascinating book addresses, and counters, the many false interpretations of Hegel that have grown up from the start of his system to the present day. To be sure, these defenses, in the midst of much 'setting the record straight', might be challenged as partisan or excessively one-sided themselves, yet the fact remains that many attacks on Hegel have failed to grasp the nature of his thinking. This is not even a 'pro-Hegel' statement, being of equal relevance to those critics of Hegel who end up thrashing in the labyrinthine subtleties of his influence, and dialectical logic.
This works both ways, as Hegel is pressed into the service of ideology by his friends. Worth the price of the book twice over is the series and expose on the 'end of history' mythology now liberal propaganda a la Fukuyama. This material arriving via Koyre and Kojeve with assistant packaging by Alan Bloom constitutes the core Hegel phantom in State Department piece de resistance that graced the end of the Cold War. It is a good example of the Hegel you thought you knew, but definitely didn't.

Very well laid out selections of Hegels concepts

This book is complementary introduction to Hegel¡¯s ¡®Phenomenology of the Mind¡¯. It follows through Hegel¡¯s thought chapter by chapter. Primarily, this book is the commentary and recapturing of the book chapter by chapter. But it is not simple exegesis. It recaptures the nub of each chapter not in simple briefing, but in the way to place Hegel against other philosophers like Descartes, Locke, Kant, Husserl, Ayer, Wittgenstein and so forth. In that way, we can capture Hegel¡¯s line with more ease. But don¡¯t afraid. You don¡¯t have to know other philosophers. They are mobilized to bring out Hegel in contrast to other philosophers. So the author does not present them in detail, but to the point in relation to Hegel¡¯s line, in the way not requiring some knowledge on the philosopher.
For other complementary material, I recommend Werner Marx¡¯s ¡®Hegel¡¯s Phenomenology of the Mind¡¯. though it¡¯s confined to the preface and introduction, the author tactically captures the essence of the book. W. Marx¡¯s book is about some vocabulary in preface and introduction. He explains them in relation to the tradition of German idealism. If you are familiar with Kant, it must be helpful. Some recommend Jean Hyppolite¡¯s ¡®Genesis and Structure of Hegel¡¯s ¡°Phenomenology of the Mind¡±¡¯. But in my view, it¡¯s more difficult to follow than Hegel¡¯s own book.

a pox upon thee sir dove! thou art the devil's swine who swallows naught but the murkiest poison of pretentiousness and vomits forth the juiciest jargon a man of such improvident lackwitedness can muster! but afterall, you've completed a behemoth of a book and deserve a well-rounded review, sir. and here it is (pax, not pox): i found your book to be filled with many bug words, many of which i didn't understand. the big words undoubtedly reflected big ideas, most of which i don't understand. by the time i was at page 4 i was already highly impressed with the big words, and felt as small as the big words were big. but sadly, your big words echoed the struggling strains of a tired twitterbird, whose once soaring renditions of mozart's requieum inflated men's hearts like the bloated hotairbag of the hindenburg, but now putters out with the faint rumble of a cough.