Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes
 Chronique amazon.fr: Peut-on épouser un inconnu ? Ce n'est pas l'avis de Silvia, promise à un certain Dorante qu'elle n'a jamais vu. Avant d'accepter ce mariage, elle décide donc de tester son prétendant sans se faire conna& [... more]
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The Crisis of Civilization
This time I really do not know what to think.: This is the first of Hilaire Belloc's books that has left me somewhat bewildered. I really do not know what I think about it. One thing I can say, however, is that it has given me a greater admiration for [... more]
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American Experience
From Amazon.com: Exactly why was America in Vietnam? This remarkable and essential seven-volume series--six years in the making and originally broadcast on public television in 1983--tells the agonizing history of Vietnam's lengthy conflicts with some of [... more]
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Darwinism and its Discontents
A superb summary: Michael Ruse has written on Charles Darwin and natural selection for many years. Even as a "Canadian" he testified in the "creationist trial" in Arkansas in the 1980s. His track record in publishing books on natural [... more]
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Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
From Amazon.com: Embracing Defeat tells the story of the transformation of Japan under American occupation after World War II. When Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allied Forces in August 1945, it was exhausted; where America's Pacific combat [... more]
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Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard
Chronique amazon.fr: Peut-on épouser un inconnu ? Ce n'est pas l'avis de Silvia, promise à un certain Dorante qu'elle n'a jamais vu. Avant d'accepter ce mariage, elle décide donc de tester son prétendant sans se faire conna& [... more]
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Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Messianic Prophecy ...
Well Worth It!: A great book, with great discussions of the thorny passages that anti-missionary groups (i.e., Jewish groups that try to thwart the work of those who evangelize Jews) try to use to discount the claims of Jesus and the New Testament. The [... more]
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Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet
From Amazon.com: Son of the famous World War II Marine commander "Chesty" Puller, Lewis Puller proudly followed in his father's footsteps. It was his misfortune, though, to serve in Vietnam in a war that brought not honor but contempt, and [... more]
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The Last Life
From Amazon.com: Claire Messud's piercing second novel asks questions most are too fearful to face. Moving between the South of France, the East Coast of the U.S., and Algeria, The Last Life explores the weight of isolation and exile in one French family. [... more]
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The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value ...
From Amazon.com: Among the library of investment books promising no-fail strategies for riches, Benjamin Graham's classic, The Intelligent Investor, offers no guarantees or gimmicks but overflows with the wisdom at the core of all good portfolio [... more]
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Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, ...
Falls short of a convincing condemnation: In this book, Harry Truman is not the common man who makes good, but rather a small town politician who was unable to rise to the demands of high office. The narrow and petty viewpoint espoused by Truman and [... more]
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Trouble With Science
It's Easy to Miss the Point: Current reviews of this book complain either that Dunbar's effort is too light, with a few interesting surprises, or that it is too focussed on elevating the perceived defects of science (reductionism) to unlikely levels of [... more]
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