Dostoevsky's novels are prominent because he knew what the really important and urgent requirements in human minds are. He showed that there is no answer to the question 'Is there God or not?' And I think his brilliant insight into main concepts of human being through history is what you can enjoy.

Dostoyevski's novels are prominent because he knew what the really important and urgent requirements in human minds are. In this novel, he showed that there is no anwer to the question 'Is there God or not?' And his brilliant insight into main concepts of human being through history is what you can enjoy, I think.

East of the Storm: Outrunning the Holocaust in Russia
By Hanna Davidson Pankowsky

This book takes the reader back to the beginning of World War II. We witness the invasion of Poland through the eyes and ears of a young Jewish girl who, along with her family and the Jewish community in Lodz, are caught up in the middle of a gathering storm which threatens to sweep across Europe and Russia before engulfing the entire world. East of the Storm chronicles the Nazi threat and upheaval in Europe from a personal perspective. Instead of troop movements we learn about the movement of one family as it escapes the Nazi occupation of Poland to the Soviet Union. Fleeing deeper into Russia as the Nazis opened the Eastern front and advanced to Stalingrad, Moscow and Kiev, they were finally forced to seek refuge in the United States as the political situation in Russia took an ominous turn under Stalin in the wake of the German retreat. This is living history, a story of danger, pathos, and the triumph of the human spirit as the Davidsons found deliverance and a better life in America.
Hannah Pankowsky has written a warm, moving account of her life as a refugee and a portrait of courage in the midst of unimaginable hardships and terror. It is an uplifting story, one told with humor and graciousness (in recounting the story of the Soviet repulsion of Nazi forces from Stalingrad she writes: "The heroism and love for Russia displayed by soldiers and civilians alike cannot be denied or ignored. They were defending their country, not Communism.") that reveals an "old world" sensibility. This book is especially recommended for young readers, looking for inspiring stories from WWII other than Anne Frank's Diary. Documenting a period in History that is receding from collective memory at a time when there are fewer and fewer actual survivors of the Holocaust still alive, it is poignant reminder that these terrible events did happen and they should never be forgotten.

This book is an excellent book and really shows what outrunning the holocaust was like. It has excellent descriptions and it tells the story in vivid detail. I have read it two or three times and am going on third. The writing is supurb. I recommend this book for anybody that would like an excellent true survival/historical novel. Thank you for writing this book.

Alan Franklin has been a professional journalist for 38 years (at the time of writing this book in 2002). He has followed the development of the European Union, collecting information from many sources, and has presented a chilling account of its real aims and objectives, which go far beyond what is usually presented in the media.

Any serious observer of the European Union will already be aware that the supposed community of trading nations that Britain joined in 1973, when Edward Heath was Prime Minister, was just an illusion. We were misled about its true intentions, and now we see it turning into a Superstate, with a single currency, a combined police force called Europol, and a European Army. However, Alan warns us that the real objectives of the EU go further than we have yet seen. It has systematically pursued a globalistic agenda since its foundation in the Treaty of Rome in 1957, so that the present European Union is just an intermediate stage in the move towards a future World Government.

The United Nations is in on the act, and in September 2000 they sponsored a Millennium Conference in New York where they laid down plans about how the world would be divided up, for the purpose of elections to the World Government. They produced a document called "How World Government will Work" stating that "Earth is divided into 1000 districts, 20 regions, ten magna regions and at least five continental divisions."

Alan also draws attention to various historical, mythological and religious aspirations of the European Union:

(1) They produced a poster depicting the Tower of Babel being rebuilt, with the caption "Europe: Many Tongues, One Voice". Then they opened a new Parliament building in Strasbourg, clearly designed to look like an unfinished Tower of Babel.

(2) The image of Europa riding the beast appears on coins, paintings and sculptures. She can be compared with the apocalyptic figure of Revelation 17, in the New Testament.

(3) The twelve stars of the European Union flag represent the twelve stars of the Madonna, indicating that Roman Catholicism is the recognised religion of the European Superstate.

Alan points out that the move toward globalism will eventually lead to the emergence of a future world dictator, with both political and religious authority - the Antichrist of Biblical end-time prophecy.

This book is a well-researched and verifiable account of important political facts that have been largely hidden from us. It is also a realistic assessment of what might become of the European Union as it moves forward relentlessly with its global agenda.

Mike Gascoigne

In this 224 page book, Alan Franklin, presents indisputable evidence that the European Union is the final world empire. He presents fact after fact in a style easily understood. Franklin shows his journalistic background with this well documented tome. This is a must read for any student of end-times, those interested in Christian prophecy, and for those who simply are interested in facts about the happenings in Europe. I have met Mr. Franklin and have had the distinct pleasure of private conversation with this astutue chronicler of the often misunderstood European Union. I have also had the opportunity to sit in a number of Mr. Franklin's lectures and have found his public presentation to be as engaging as his writing style. I highly recommend this volume for your edification.

I took a course on the European Union at the University of Pittsburgh with only the dimmest idea about what the EU was about. This book, one of the books assigned for the course, is a very readable, very understandable dissection of the EU's history, its structure and its internal politics. I highly recommend to anyone reading about the EU for the first time or taking a class on the EU.

John McCormick's book on European Union policy and politics is a great book for people who want to learn more about the EU. The book is broken up nicely into three parts: Part One deals with the evolution of the European Union and gives a good background on how the European Community began in the 1950's; to the evolution of the European Union up and through the Treaty of Maastericht. Part two discusses the institutions of the EU. The EU Parliament, Commission, Council of Ministers, Court of Justice, and the European Council; the book tells how each one works and what roles each body plays in government and politics. The third and final section talks about EU policies...from Education through Economics all EU policies are broken down and analyzed in the book. I think the book is a great tool for students learning about the EU and people who take an interest in European Politics. Believe me when I say..."you won't be dissappointed."

From the Introductory Note by Jacques Delors, former president of the European Commission: "Dusan Sidjanski's particularly opportune analysis in the framework of European federalism casts a clear light on one of the deepest and most permanent mainsprings of European action.

However, if this analysis is not a unique source of my reflection, it is certainly quite clear that it is one of the most illuminating and enriching analysis for the future of Europe which will doubtless be both difficult and exciting.

I wish English-speaking readers of this new edition the pleasure of discovering the major work in European integration".

From the Foreword by Harold K. Jacobson, Professor of International Relations, University of Michigan: "The Federal Future of Europe is a marvellous addition to the English literature on the European Union.

Curiously, given the United States own proud history of federalism, Americans have particularly ignored the federalist position. The English version of The Federal Future of Europe fills a major gap in the literature. It will stand with Haas-s and Moravcsik's works as a seminal statement about Europe.

The Federal Future of Europe was written with insight, knowledge, and passion. Readers will be informed and moved. I strongly commend it to everyone interested in Europe and to those more broadly interested in contemporary international affairs".

This major study of the development of the European project, informed by a thorough knowledge of the Community and Union over the years and by deep understanding of the relevant literatures in political science and political economy is important for all who study the European Union or work with it as officials and business people.

Statement by Ernst B. Haas, Robson Research Professor Emeritus of Government, University of California, Berkeley Dusan Sidjanski's The Federal Future of Europe is remarkable for two reasons. It offers a comprehensive but eminently readable summary and analysis of the institutions of the European Union and of its main policies. This is no mean feat, considering the complexity and sweep of both. But in addition, the discussion is placed in the context of an unwavering commitment to federalism and to a federal future for Europe. Even if we do not agree with the desirability or certainty of that outcome, it is vital that this vision remain on everyone's agenda along with other possible

options, and that it be intelligently defended. Sidjanski succeeds brilliantly in so doing.

Dusan Sidjanski is founder and Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science, University of Geneva and Professor emeritus, European Institute. He has authored numerous publications, most recently, The ECE in the Age of Change (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations), 1999.

Professor Sidjanski's main publications include: Fédéralisme amphictyonique,

Lausanne, 1956; Dimensions européennes de la science politique, Paris, 1963; L'Europe des affaires (with Jean Meynaud), Paris 1967; "Pressure Groups and the European Economic Community", (C. Cosgrove and K. J. Twitchett, Ed), The New International Actors, New York and London, 1970; Les groupes de pressions dans la Communauté européenne, (J. Meynaud), Brussels, 1971; "The Left, the Right, the Establishment and the Swiss Electorate" with R. Inglehart, Party Identification and Beyond, (I. Budge, et al., ed.), London, 1976; The Role of executive heads in regional economic integration, with H. K. Jacobson, Geneva, 1978; De la démocratie européenne, Paris, 1979; "Regional Patterns of Economic Cooperation", with H. Jacobson, Comparative Regional Systems, (W. J. Feld & G. Boyd, ed.), New York, 1980; The Emerging International Economic Order, H.K. Jacobson & D. Sidjanski, ed., London & Beverly Hills, 1982; L'Europe du Sud dans la Communauté européenne, (with U.

Ayberk et al.), Paris, 1990; Union ou désunion de l'Europe?, Geneva, 1991 and The ECE in the Age of Change, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations, New York and Geneva, 1998.

The Federal Future of Europe describes the formation of the European Community and also its turning to a Union, particularly thoroughly. Professor Sidjanski convinces the reader that federalism is a solution to help lower nationalism in Europe.

I advise this book to all who are involved in the European Union and/or have developped an interest towards it as analysis of the European Community and the European Union. The book is illuminating and helpful for both students in science politics and for those working towards an improved Europe.

Dave Burgess' commitment to social justice began in the American missionary culture of his childhood in China and continued through his student years at Oberlin College and Union Theological Seminary in the late thirties. He and his wife Alice lived and worked side by side with farm and factory workers in several states in the 1940's, combining community organizing with Dave's ministry as an ordained United Church of Christ clergyman. In the fifties Dave worked closely with the labor unions. In the sixties he was invited into high level agency leadership positions in India, Burma and Indonesia. His book has fascinating material on the Peace Corps, UNICEF, and the insatiable curiosity of the FBI. As a sixties India Peace Corps volunteer myself I read these chapters closely.

So now here is Dave, living in Benicia and still dedicated to justice, peace, and serving the poor. He is active in the local UCC congregation. He founded the Affordable Housing Affiliation, which has broken ground for a small low income housing complex, the first to be built in Benicia for two decades.

Dave celebrated his 83rd birthday recently. I have had the honor of meeting him; we live in the same small California city. You will find his memoirs inspirational. I pray that we can all take to heart the words of Jesus that Dave Burgess lives by: "From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required..." Deacon Susan M. Reeve, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Benicia, CA.

"A generation's history would be incomplete without this story told by Dave Burgess. He and his wife Alice continue to draw from deep aquifers of faith 'to do justly, and love mercy, and to walk humbly with their God.' No pilgrim has left surer footprints of faith and service." Bill Moyers, from the Foreword.

"A fascinating story of a rank and file U.S. worker and strong family man, who projected U.S. democracy onto the grassroots of distant lands and foreign cultures. Its vibrant text and captivating personal photos will inspire all who open its pages." Victor Reuther, former Assistant to the late Walter Reuther, AFL-CIO Vice President.

"From his decades of unswerving dedication to justice and peace, David Burgess has distilled the highlights of service to the poor, and to his God. An extremely rich and rewarding autobiography of a remarkable man." James MacGregor Burns, historian and Professor Emeritus, Williams College.

"Burgess has given us a superbly worded, clearly organized, authentic personal account of his ethical and vigorous life of public service as first a sensitive student, then a political activist and labor organizer, a Christian, minister and USFS official, and as a versatile striver for a better life for all people." Alexander Heard, Chancellor Emeritus, Vanderbilt University.

"David Burgess represents the very best of Christian social activism in our time. In these days when some of us have so much and so many so little, David's honest and well told commitment to progressive social change is a source of inspiration and instruction. It deserves to be read by all those who desire an inside view of the history of vigorous social activism over seven decades, as well as by those committed to building a more just and caring society in the immediate years ahead." Paul Sherry, former President of the United Church of Christ.

"This book provides us with a new way to understand the history of social activism from the 1930s through the 1990s. Specifically, Burgess's story sheds light on American social gospel-inspired liberalism as it manifests itself in pacifism, labor union organizing, international humanitarianism, and inner city church work and development. The life story approach provides a personal perspective and insight into the ideas, motivations, and satisfactions associated with this work. More importantly for our historical understanding, by telling his own story, Burgess helps us to see the connections between what might seem on the surface to be very different movements. Fighting For Social Justice will help students, historians and the general reader to get a sense of the cohesiveness of American left-liberal reform in the mid-twentieth century." History Professor Tracy E. K'Meyer, University of Louisville.

Mr. Cannon has produced an excellent compilation of the flags used by the North during the US Civil War. I highly recommend it as a history and geography teacher. As an author myself I appreciate the style of presentation he uses in this book. I also recommend his companion book, "Flags of the Confederacy".

I own both this book and the matching one on the Confederacy. Both of these books are incredibly informative and very interesting. The pictures in this book give you a prespective on life that the people lived in the 1860's. If you have an interest in the Civil War I highly reccommend this book and the matching one on the Confederacy.

In the exceedingly complex series of events that went into the making of the Russian Revolution and its subsequent devolution into the communist government of Felix and Vladimir, Pipes makes another foray into clarity and meaning, and succeeds wonderfully.

While this book might not interest the causal reader on Comunist Russia and her sattellites, it is as close to seamless reading as we will ever find for the ethnographer of violence in the Russian landscape.

And what the hell, it still might interest the causual reader- I guarantee you will go away with a complete picture of an important period of time.

As a history student I found this book a really good source to write my essay on the methods of terror used by the Bolsheviks. This book is designed to all of those that study the history of nationalities after October of 1917. I think this should be one of the first books of Pipes on the. subject of the Bolsheviks. It is really interesting that Pipes provides a lot of information in an era (1950's) when there was little information about the Soviet Union. I have also read from Pipes, The Russian Revolution, Russia under the Bolshevik Regime, The Unknown Lenin and Russia under the Old Regime.

Only Joan Nestle can mix a batch of essays that makes politics flame and smolder and lesbian sexual desire ignite an erotic revolution in the mind's eye.

"a fragile union" is an intellectual and emotional odyssey that takes the reader from the '50s butch/fem bar culture smack in the middle of McCarthyism to 21st century assimilationist politics both left and right.

Nestle's razor sharp analysis misses nothing when examining and mining the queer "community," as well as straight society's triumphs, failures and acts of kindess, both large and small--even the small undergrowth of hope that swells in both G/L/B/T activism and lesbian mouths and cunts.

At sixty, Nestle's words and world brim with the intellectual and erotic power that fueled the founding of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in the '70s, drove the writing of two collections of essays in the '80s & '90s, co-editing of a dozens books of women's writing and volumns of lesbian erotica throughout the later half of the 20th century.

Get thee to the local women's bookstore and buy "a fragile union." Buy more than one and give them out as gifts of both desire and revolution.

What can I say? Joan Nestle does it again - a fabulous collection of short pieces exploring issues of lesbian sexuality. Her writing is so beautiful and evocative, she captures moments and meanings of sexual encounters and identities so well.

In this collection, Nestle - an iconic femme - introduces us to her new Australian lover, who is also, in an American sense, a femme - or at least not a butch. The effect this has on Nestle's own sexual identity is explored, and this may be challenging for some past fans of Nestle's celebration of the butch- femme asthetic.

Buy it, read it, you'll love it.

This book was very helpful to me as I am beginning my freelance writing career. All genres of writing are covered, and information such as rates and contracts are included. This book is a must for anyone starting out in the freelance business.

And then my mind, it seems to wander--Upon the pathways that i ponder--Often drifting back in time--until a simpler place i find--That reaches yet to me again--With understanding that won`t end--If i go gentle into that peace--I will find awaits such great release--From back and forth and back again--My mind tests a foe it cannot win--I see my path; it looms ahead--Downward is it`s bitter dread--But worse than this is daily struggle--Against the force that i know will--In my final days of life--Shall bring my breath to be so still--