Krishnamurti examines several topics. Separated into 9 discussions, subject matter for this book incudes the examination of violence, control and order, change in society, meditation, the religious mind, conflict, fear, thought, truth, time, and pleasure. Each chapter has questions and answers at the conclusion of K's talk.

This has become one of my favorite children's books. It touches so many different levels and topics. I read it to a second grade class and we discussed everything from diner lingo, to a grand train station such as our Union Station in KC, to polio and immunizations, to the president, to growing up and being whatever you dream to be. They loved it and I think you will too.

David M. Emmons, in The Butte Irish, examines the development of Butte, Montana, as an Irish town, tracing the story from the Potato Famine to about 1925. He focuses on two major questions: (a) What made Butte such a popular destination for Irish immigrants, both directly from Ireland and from other Irish areas of the US? and, (b) How did the development of an Irish enclave in Butte affect the development of the city? He goes on to examine the evolution of class relations within the Irish in Butte. Emmons describes Butte as a unique location in America for the study of an ethnic community. He argues that the town developed in such a way and at such a time that it was one of the only towns in the country to have a strong working-class, immigrant community in a position of major influence and power. There were several keys that made this path of city evolution possible. The first was the switch from silver and gold mining to copper production in the 1870's. This is key for Butte's "Irishness" on several levels. First, because of the large capital investment required for copper mining, Butte was forced to industrialize to a much greater extent than other major gold and silver mining camps of the West. Thus, Butte was the only one of these mining camps to become a major city. Immigrants from many of these camps came to Butte in large numbers. The timing of the beginning of Butte's copper era is a second major factor. The Irish Potato Famine of the 1840's caused huge numbers of Irish to immigrate to America. In the years immediately following the famine, the Irish were nearly forty percent of those immigrating to the United States. Large numbers of Irish continued to immigrate in the next thirty years, supplying the US with many unskilled workers. Many of these Irish went to the mining camps of the west, the coal mines of Pennsylvania, or the copper mines of Michigan, because mining was one of the only industries they were familiar with. As many of the western mining camps became "played out," or ran out of viable ore, in the late nineteenth century, the Irish looked to the developing Butte. Because Butte was becoming an established city only when the Irish started going there, it did not have a previously existing community of entrenched middle class Americans, nor did it have a prior political structure. This is another key difference between Butte and other towns with sizable Irish populations such as Boston or San Francisco. In pre-existing towns and cities, the middle class often looked down on those of the working class, or at least had control of the political and social structure of the area. It is a well-known fact that Marcus Daly was one of the main reasons so many Irish came to Butte. Daly was the owner of the Anaconda Mining Company, and a strong Irish nationalist. His hiring policies were famous throughout the West, and even in Ireland, as being very generous to the Irish. Emmons lays out these reasons, detailing them extensively. His research was thorough, utilizing "two full carloads" of primary materials including records of Butte churches and Irish social organizations, letters, newspapers. Also cited in Emmons' bibliography are extensive interviews and secondary sources. Emmons is just as thorough in his treatment of the second question. He considers the miners of Butte on many levels. One of the more interesting themes of the book is the discussion of conflicting loyalties within the Irish enclave of the Mining City. The author frames this as the question of whether the people considered themselves "working Irish-Americans" or "Irish-American workers." He examines the politics of the struggling Ireland and its relationship with England, the structure of the Butte social organizations and the way their roles and importances, both absolute and relative to one another, changed and grew during this period, and changing demographics within the Irish and the rest of Butte-Silver Bow. The only complaint to be lodged against The Butte Irish is the author's occasional use of difficult sentence structure. I can't find the quote I was going to use here, but there were a few to choose from. The Butte Irish is a well-written and well-executed account of the development of a town and community, offering many insights into working class ethnography, labor relations, Montana history, and Irish history, among others. Emmons has managed to cover aspects of all these areas, even while maintaining a strong focus and cohesiveness throughout the book.

I love this book as well as the whole series. It is written very well and incorporates WWII experiences into an individuals life. You become attached to the character as he goes through his experiences. Great book.

The Challenges Of Roger Williams: Religious Liberty, Violent Persecution, And The Bible by James P. Byurd, Jr. (American Religious History, Vanderbilt University) is a scholarly examination of how interpretation of the Bible prompted violent and fatal persecution of religious liberty in colonial America. Puritan punishments, banishment, and executions of Baptists, radical thinkers, Quakers, and more are all brought to light, as is the story of Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island and the first American Baptist Church. Roger Williams dared to advocate religious liberty and paid the price of banishment; his arguments and their repercussions today hold weight in this profound glimpse into colonial American history. The Challenges Of Roger Williams is a highly recommended contribution to American History, Baptist History, and Christian Studies reading lists and academic reference collection.

It is a shame that this two volume set is now out of print. This was the best publication available on the subject of Civil Rights Litigation. It was the key study manual for preparation of Title 42 suits and was a major contributor to overcomming dispositive motions and resolving several such cases with wins. We hope it comes back into abailability soon because its updates are invaluable.

I love this book, sadly currently out of print. It is perfect for owners of Iberian horses and their descendent breeds as they find the work fun and easy. The methods are clearly explained - no mystique - and the results astounding. Sylvia Stanier is a comsumate horse trainer and this comes through on every page.

This book is an excellent follow up of the previous books in the series. It's great to see how all the characters end up at the end. It's a must read!

Deftly compiled and edited for contemporary readers by Henry C. Clark, Commerce, Culture, & Liberty: Readings On Capitalism Before Adam Smith is an amalgamation of significant writings published before Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" (1776) impacted the world's perceptions on economics. A wide variety of authors ranging from Voltaire, to Ferdinando Galiani, to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, contribute to this absorbing source of pre-Adam Smith perceptions and judgements about economic matters prior to the birth of the American nation as a capitalist beacon to the nations of the world.

This is not quite a review. I wanted to let Amazon know that this book is now available in a new edition published by the Claremont Institute, with a new Introduction. (Similar to Equality and Liberty, by the same author.) Hardcover. $25.