My wife received this revolting 1930 text as a Christmas present. First browsing, then reading it, I found myself back in a world of blood libels, religious hatred, and cultural prejudice, retold with great relish and approval by the author. Walsh revives and gives complete credence to tales of Jewish ritual torture of Christian children and desecration of Catholic religious artifacts, tales which the Church itself has disowned for centuries.

All the problems of 15th century Spain are laid at the feet of Jews. Walsh concludes that their subsequent torture, massacre and expulsion from Spain were only their just desserts. Although this book is widely admired in neo-Nazi circles (just search the Web), it was scorned by reputable historians and critics, even in the prejudiced time of its publication.

William Thomas Walsh's, Isabella of Spain, was a well-written, informative and interesting novel. Even though it was not fiction, but a biography of a queen of Spain, it was nonetheless very involved with dramatic and suspensful aspects of history. The setting of the book is in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries. Spain has been split by civil war for many years when this young girl ascends to the throne. Walsh's tone of the book is that, this country has been tearing itself apart for so long, that when this new ruler comes to power, he shows her as a savior to her disraught country. Walsh shows Queen Isabella as to be a very round and dynamic character. First of all, she is deeply religious with a strong sense of fait. With that she sees the Islamic Moors a significant threat to European Christianity. With that she carries out her campaigns against the Moors and even the Jews of her own country in her defense for the Faith. She uses brutal tactics to attempt to convert and also exterminate the other "threatening faiths". The ture irony of this story is that in all of her years of study, she knows that the true sense of Christianity is respect and love of thy neighbor, not war. Although this novel is set in Renaissance Spain, Walsh uses the Old English dialect to tell the story of a Spanish queen, and also indirectly impart the Enlish power on all of Europe. Finally, the theme of this biography is one of faith. Queen Isabella carries out all of her wars and crusades no matter what the cost is. She, in all honesty, believes that what she is doing is for the good of men and for the good of Christianity. She stands by her beliefs when the whole of Europe claims that she is immoral and unjust in her actions. This is how Queen Isabella became to be known as, "The Last Crusader".

Called by her people Isabella la Catolica, she was by any standard one of the greatest women of all history. A saint in her own right, she married Ferinand of Aragon, and they forged modern Spain, cast out the Moslems, discovered the New World by backing Columbus, and established a powerful central government in Spain. This story is so thrilling it reads like a novel. Makes history really come alive. Highly readable and truly great in every respect!

A useful compilation of the major papal encyclicals making up Catholic social teaching. Some moderately useful commentary, but the encyclicals themselves are the reason to buy this book.

This is one of the sweetest books a grandchild could give their grandmother...boy or girl. The only way to make this book better is for the grandchild to be sitting in their grandmother's lap when she reads this book to them. Love and time together is the greatest gift of all.

This is not a scholarly historical work, but rather a propaganda piece for religious fanatics. Philip II and his father Charles have to contend against the growing force of "ANTI-CHRIST." Who exactly is anti-Christ? According to Walsh, anti-Christ is Jews, Protestants, Elizabeth the First, Muslim invaders (Turks), and anyone else opposed to the Catholic Church. This book is of the same radical religious stripe as one finds among extremist religious groups around the world, such as those who destroyed the World Trade Center. The publisher of this book prints all kinds of crazy "literature," such as a biography of a nun who lived on Eucharistic Hosts most of her life.

This is an excellent, and quite scholarly, book. Walsh tells the story of Spain, as well as England, France, and much of the rest of Europe, during the 16th century, not from the usual perspective of the English Protestant historians, but rather from the point of view of the Catholics of the time. The richness of detail is amazing: the author describes everything down to the clothing everyone wore, and in such vibrantly colorful language that the reader feels as if he is really there. It reads more like a novel, being not at all dry like many other serious histories, yet he backs up his work with pages and pages of footnotes, many in the original Spanish, latin and old English. A must-read for anyone interested in getting the other side of the great drama of the 16th Century. I would also recommend Walsh's wonderful "Isabella of Spain," for more on the Conquistadors, the discovery and colonization of America, and the Inquisition.

This is a good book for anyone studying world history. Wiliam Thomas Waslh gives an unbiased account of Phillip II and his times. He covers, the Inquisition, the battle of Lepanto, and the Armada.

If someone has reached the point of researching topics such as headaches, allergies, and migraines I'm assuming they have also had many vistits with various Doctors and Specialists. Many of the recommended "do's and don'ts' had caused me more problems. Both my E.N.T. and Allergist Specialists had agreeded that this guy had some extreme thoughts that basicly made me worse.

This book is a must read for migraine sufferers. Since reading the book 8 months ago I have decreased the frequency and severity of my migraines dramatically. But, in order to accomplish this I've had to alter my environment (trying to eliminate all allergens) and start receiving allergy shots.

The book does a great job of explaining why your headaches could be caused by allergies. It explains how allergies affect your system, and what you can do to fight them. It is well written and very easy to understand. It also explains how it is possible for allergens to cause headaches without the appearance of classic allergic symptoms (runny noise, congestion, etc.).

I'm thankful for the relief it has brought me, and I would encourage anyone who has migraines to give this a read.

This is a faithful recapitulation of the Disney animated movie of the same name, featuring colorful scenes from the film. As a rehash of the movie, it is okay, but the picture book format highlights the dated qualities of the film. Characters are often shown in Victorian dramatic poses, mouth agape, which diminishes, rather than enlivens the text. Also, I miss the comical scene of Snow White, who, due to her relative height, must stretch out across several of the dwarfs` beds lined up next to each other, in order to take a nap. There are other, better versions of this fairy tale for small children, so don`t go out of your way for this one.