Levine has gathered a great group of political theorists, and presented them with an intriguing question: where does the notion of toleration come from in modern political thought? Their answers are well worth reading.

This is a great book. I would recommend you also purchase the study guide. It has a complete reference at the end of each chapter that lists related books and articles. To get the most out of it, I would suggest you pick up a book on finite mathmatics so you can work the problem sets at the end of each chapter. I believe this book was co-authored by a professor at the Whorton school, which is the best in the Ivy League.

This book is excellent -- it gets right to the point quickly, to get you going fast, and also gives you the ability to sink in deeper if you so desire. Very legible and comfortable to read and understand. This author understands how people learn!!

Macchiaveli shows in this book a great deal of his capacity to use history as an instrument of analysis of the politics. I would recommend the book, although I would also recommend to have read a couple of other Macchiaveli's works in advance in order to better understand his particular -and clever- way to analyze history. The Prince would be, in my opinion, the least of his workd that should be read in advance.

With movies like Patriot reviving an interest in our Colonial roots, our heritage of faith is also reviving. One of the stories that has not been told well enough is how our American Revolution grew out of a revival of Christian faith called the Great Awakening. The leader of this movement was an amazing man named George Whitefield. Few know that name today, but our Founding Fathers new it well and honored it as a force in the founding of our nation

Stephen Mansfield has written an accessible, moving, skillfully told story of the man who is indeed our "Forgotten Founding Father." If you love this book as I do, then don't miss Mansfield's other biographies, like Never Give In on Winston Churchill and Then Darkness Fled on Booker T. Washington. Each of these marvelous books restores a heritage largely lost to our generation.

Gurdjieff has been much slandered by people who claimed he somehow abetted Mansfield's death by tuberculosis or didn't help her sufficiently. In those days there was no cure for TB and she was already dying. He made her last days meaningful. The book will give some insight into his teaching and her interest in it. She had no complaints--was in fact grateful. She died as comfortably as she wouldhave anywhere. The book is out of print but can be found used.

As one who writes about Jungian psychology and the feminine principle, I am very taken with this unique and brave book. Mansfield, an astrophysicist who is as scholarly and logical as they come, is also a spiritual warrior at the vanguard of a new breed of men who understand the need for uniting the objective, scientific masculine mind with the personally meaningful sacred wisdom of feminine heart. It takes an unusual degree of consciousness to avoid the trap of taking sides over this, one of the most deeply ingrained splits in the Western mind, and Mansfield is a rare scientist with the wisdom and courage to bridge the gap. In this book, which is an artful blend of personal story and scientific theory, he begins by differentiating between the masculine and feminine principles to illustrate their value as metaphors for head and heart, science and the sacred. In Part II he demonstrates how these opposites meet and interact in such controversial and mysterious phenomena as astrology and synchronicity. Having experienced many synchronistic events myself, I found this section especially interesting and affirming. Finally, in Part III he discusses ways of relating head and heart. The result is a subtle weave of the latest findings of science with the progressive thinking of today's most sophisticated philosophers, psychologists, and authentic spirit persons into a harmonious, balanced, and unified theory about the nature of reality. This book is a must read for serious seekers and deserves to be placed alongside those of our most advanced and enlightened thinkers.

Calling all NASA fans! We had this book handy the day the International Space Station was in the news... one of over 150 titles in the "Let's Read-and-Find-Out Science" series that we own and use constantly! Begun in the 1960s, this series is just perfect when you want to explore a specific topic. Books about the different phases of the moon, the ways of ants, ladybugs, gravity, your skeleton.... all kinds of timeless books with timeless information presented in a living way! But what about the books about rockets and sattelites? Boy, are they outdated! That is why I was so delighted with this great new title. Generous oversized format with LOTS of detail.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It helped me understand about the weather. It explained many things and gave a lot of fun experiments to do and charts to look at. The information was shocking (lightning, get it?)! I truly loved this book. I am 11 years old.

A wonderful book which captures the essence of both modern and ancient Japan with numerous photos and concise written text. This book gives the reader a very accurate, yet perfectly simple taste of Japan. I highly reccomend this book to those who have never been or those who frequently visit Japan.