Glenn Foster is the founder and pastor of Sweetwater Church of the Valley with a congregation of 3,000, located in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona.

In this book he shares spiritual insights on the Biblical Year of Jubilee, a time of freedom and release for all who were in bondage, a time when debts were cancelled and every man returned to his full inheritance.

Quote: The Year of Jubilee is the Old Testament equivalent of what we have come to know today as a time of restoration and revival. The church in past centuries has had many mighty spiritual awakenings, reformations and revivals; but the best is yet to come. As you grasp what happened to Gods people during the year of Jubilee in the Old Testament, it will help you better know the depth and dimension of what God is doing for you today. Victory, Liberty and Jubilee are yours.

Contents:
1The Jubilee Scriptures
2Introduction to Jubilee
3Resting in Christ1s Victory
4Divine Intervention through the Trumpets of Jubilee
5The Joyful Sound
6Bringing Down the Walls
7Praise, Revival, Jubilee
8The Jubilee Prophecies

This book is very positive. Glenn Foster has a powerful prophetic anointing. It will encourage all believers. The best is yet to come!

granted, I believe that Ira Glasser and the ACLU can do no wrong.. . but this book is a fantastic introduction to the Bill of Rights and fundamental freedoms, especially helpful to those with little background in American history or Constitutional Law. With succinctly structured explanations, Glasser explains the establishment of rights in America and their extension via judicial review. beautifully illustrated by Adelman, the photographs ought to interest even those who could care less about the topic. recommended as a reference for any student of american history, constitutional law, etc.

This is a great book. If you like contemporary poetry, you'll really appreciate Haug's gifts for storytelling, language, and character -- so vivid the people and places come alive. Though the poems seem rooted in realism -- from scenes of junkyards to suburban developments -- a sense of mystery and spirituality are there, too, transporting readers. The book was worth the price just for "Garage Songs." an anthem to rock 'n' roll so original it stayed with me for days.

James Bovard explains, point blank, how the United States government has grown into an uncontrollable monster, negatively impacting each and every one of us, and taking away many basic rights that were once taken for granted.

There is no denying that power corrupts. Give a politician the authority to pass one oppressive law and, eventually, more and more oppressive laws will follow. Government has become increasingly intrusive, unethical, and dishonest over the years as more and more special interest legislation has made its way through congress.

This process did not take place overnight and it will not be eliminated overnight. Americans must work for change first on the local level, leading up to the state and national levels. We must act quickly before it is too late. I hope that many people will read this book and take action. A totalitarian United States government is closer than we think.

Once you read this book you'll have a tough decision to make: What will you do with the information? Will you muster the courage to start resisting tyranny while there's still some hope for a rebirth of liberty here in the U.S.?

If you're in America, you do not live in a free country. If you have any doubt about that, you must read this book, and with it, I would recommend "Why Government Doesn't Work," by Harry Browne and "Your Money or Your Life," a brand new book by Sheldon Richman.

While the Federal Government is distraction you with Kosovo and our new gauranteed-to-be-protracted war on terrorism, the IRS is tooling up do to more of what it's been doing for years, invading your privacy and controlling your life. The elephant/donkey boondoggle does not have your best interest in mind at all. You must put your best interest up front, especially when you vote. VOTE LIBERTARIAN!

Amen

After reading Lost Rights, I couldn't wait to read this book. This book is an outstanding follow-up, with more insight into the evolution of government power. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in political science, philosophy, law, or really just interested on how the world works. If every American read this book, the Democrats and the Republicans would be relegated to third-party status practically overnight. The government is one thing if nothing else- coercive power over the individual. Upon that understanding we should make one thing clear: that the more power that is given back to the individual, the better we shall be able to live our own lives without a "nanny state" to watch behind our backs to make sure we don't do something "wrong", like ingest politically incorrect substances. It is in this spirit that I give this book my highest praise. It is worth every penny.

What Krishnamurti does to the reader, through his commentaries and his writings (as is the case with this particular book), is that he completely intends to destroy all notions of all the layered edifices of thoughts and belief systems that man has created by himself. In his words, if one remains completely true to ones current state of existence, that is, to remain completely honest to 'what is' and not what should be or what shouldn't be, is the beginning of self-realization and the understanding of true religion. Krishanamurti, who is, amongst the world's foremost agnostics, preaches the denial of everything, including culture; which as per him is the root of all suffering and pain. However, the rational and the more down to earth aspects of his 'teachings' are quite impracticable, things such as the denial of all culture would make little sense, or little meaning of all good of human endeavour since the days of yore. The theory of evolution is scientific and comes from Darwin, and on similar lines Krishnamurti is very much an analytical scientist, wishing to shred every endeavour, every single notion and cultural insight of the human will from the days of the ancients. Art, if one were to define in a very down to earth, non-pretentious, non-religious sense, would quite ideally be the end of evolution, the very top of the pyramid of the evolutionary juggernaut; where the human form expresses his very best, his most refined, his most intense offering. Howsoever as K would have liked to deny, his writings bring forth a silhouette of a 'perfect human being', free of guile and guilt and harm and 'non-violence'. The very basis and structure of the human animal is not completely 'godly' or 'perfect' as one would like to ordain it to be. As humans, not a single one of us are the perfect products of evolution, each one of us uniquely different, endowed with uniquely different qualities. 'Through negation comes creation', says this modern day seer; and creation if one were to comprehend would be an idea of bliss of complete happiness and a sense of godliness. However, leave humans alone, even nature is unforgiving in many ways than ever. The very force of nature is a mix of creation, destruction and preservation, with a considerable degree of randomness. Hence to comprehend a concept of complete bliss and happiness and call what one may will ( beyond the realm of the known) is utterly irrational.

What 'what is' does to one is to make one completely aware of ones strengths, ones weaknesses, ones fears and prejudices; in a very sincere manner making oneself completely exposed without any underpinnings of ego or make-belief. When one reads K, one needs to read every thing with an open-mind; the positive outcomes are many such as the one cited above; but one needs to use one's own mind- there is nothing called absolute bliss or 'beyond the known'- phrases such as this must simply be the fabric of Krishnamurtis own imagination. The best part of K is that he challenges you, makes you ride your very own intense intellectual journey and that's perhaps his single most unique contribution.

Krishnamurti's message is simple but profound: all religious teachings have failed, all meditations and techniques cannot work because they take place within the same old field of knowledge, thought, experience, time, and so can never lead to consciousness without content. There has never been a message quite like this, not even in the best of Zen or Taoism. If all the spiritual seekers of the world could just understand this man's work, all the other "religious" teachers would have to close up shop--because Krishnamurti, as you might one day discover for yourself, was right all along.

This book summarizes the teachings of J. Krishnamurti. If any human being could read one book in their lives this should be the one. After reading the book one can get the sense of immense potential in terms of freedom, love, and joy.

One can see for oneself the influence of culture and tradition on our thought process at a fundamental level. One can see how this influence conditions our mind and distorts the perception of facts. At the same time the human mind has an inner demand to be free from this influence.

Our desire to be free is pacified by organized religions, gurus, psychologists, and propaganda by the politicians. However, it does not die until an answer is found.

So, if the desire to be free is present even the minutest of forms then this book can be a true beginning in life of freedom and happiness.

"Shadow University" is like a slap in the face. The authors present well articulated and documented anecdotes of the rampant Political Correctness that plagues America's universities.

Beginning with the "water buffalo" affair, the authors detail the complete lack of due process, the destruction of liberty, and the utter lack of respect for conservative or libertarian views by college administrators.

The last chapter of the book is titled, "Sunlight Is the Best Disinfectant." That's exactly what this book serves to do. It throws light on the racism of the "multicult" movement that is systematically destorying higher education in America. I can not offer more praise for this book: story after story will make you enraged if you care about free speech and free thought. It's about time someone exposed the hypocrisy hiding at our campuses. Kors and Silvergate brilliantly do exactly that.

The Shadow University by Kors and Silverglate presents a meticulously documented and chilling account of the infringements on free speech, free association, free thought, and due process forced onto students and politically incorrect faculty at some of this country's most prestigious colleges and universities. It also shows how shallow are the efforts of campuses to showcase "diversity" of culture when the real role of a college or university should be to present and protect diversity of ideas.

The book documents how the lack of basic civil rights on campuses is generally unknown outside of the closed academic society and how courts have consistently ruled against the colleges and universities on basic constitutional grounds when their policies, such as speech codes, have been challenged.

The stories recounted in the book show the duplicity and hypocrisy of many college administrators and some faculty. Fortunately, common sense and a faith in basic rights of free speech and due process can correct the problem, but only if enough people recognize the threat to freedom on campus. This book should be required reading for all college administrators, trustees, and faculty, as well as being highly recommended for all students and parents. We owe Kors & Silvergate (and groups such as the ACLU) a great debt of gratitude for their efforts to restore and preserve freedom on campus.

Those holding their breath for a book that exposes the sad state of liberty on America's campuses can finally breathe easily. Silverglate and Kors do an superb job of unveiling the lack of due process in university judicial systems, the predominance of (left-wing/Stalinist) politics in the day-to-day affairs of student-life administrators, and what parents, students, and University Trustees should do to bring back a humane environment at American universities. My own Alma Mater was (rightly) excoriated in the book. The passion of the authors is contagious-- You will get angry when you read the treatment accorded to professors and students at hundreds of Universities, from Amherst to Yale, and you will realize that the Political Correctness movement is not a dying fad, it's the institutionalized orthodoxy. This is required reading for every student and university professor who cares about academic freedom, fairness, and freedom of speech. The debate about PC will never be the same again.

Murray indicates on the cover of his book that it is "a personal interpretation." And for good reason. Hearing Murray talk about such things as government's duty to provide "public goods" and our "mutual obligations" is indeed rare among those who call themselves "libertarians." I don't agree with all of Murray's proposals (greater federal involvement in education through universal vouchers, for example), but they are generally well-reasoned. I think this book can serve as a reality-check for those libertarians who believe in recklessly minimizing government as much as possible. Murray argues for a libertarian government on pragmatic grounds; and while his prose is not necessarily inspiring, he does offer an interesting interpretation of libertarianism.

Mr. Murray gives an invigorating, precise blueprint for government in america. The book presents his argument(s) in a way that all can understand. He gave a clear alternative to the current "big goverment" Liberalism and dogma experienced today. From the first page all the way to the end, this book grabs you and makes you think about what government is like at this moment. It makes you think what government should be like. It's a no bones about it, elegant argument for less government. A return back to our classical liberal roots. This is Charles Murray at his best, but when is he ever not? This will change the way we look at politics in America today. It will be a major influence in the years to come, as the Libertarian movement gets in full swing. A model for the next century of America and her government. He puts himself on the map once again with this masterful interpretation of what government should, was, and will be again. TWO THUMBS UP!!

For years I considered myself "kind of" republican on some issues and "sort of" democrat on other issues. Murray's book introduced me to a political doctrine that is built on the free market thinking of the conservative right and the individual liberties of the liberal left. The result is a philosophy that offers solutions to our Nation's problems that are both effective and profoundly simple.

Murray makes a compelling argument for why "less is actually more" when it comes to government size and influence. Some of the ideas seem a little radical until you consider the fact that the basic framework of Murray's proposals were created long ago by our founding Fathers. Of course, those guys were considered pretty radical too!

This book is an excellent introduction to America's fastest growing political philosophy.

In 1973 when Harry Browne wrote this book, I was 16 years old and my mind was on cars and girls. Yet, if I had read it, much of my life would have been different for in these pages there are some ideas upon which you can build a life foundation. But there are some suggestions that appear somewhat cold-hearted and thoughtless.

For instance, giving up your children to adoption if they "interfere with your freedom." Also, just opening up your marriage and making no firm commitments to the long-haul. In these and other ways, Browne tends to run off the cliff in his advocacy of personal freedom because some of the things that make life worthwhile is the knowlege that there are certain things that we can count on, certain vows and promises that give continuity and meaning to the human experience. There are ways in which a person can give up some freedom by default: being a parent, entering a marriage, being a responsible employee etc.

But there are places in which Browne does a good job in explaining how we mindlessly and often times blindly follow the crowd instead of looking more deeply for personal fulfillment and making choices that empower us. My best advice is to read this with a few grains of salt and take what you need while leaving the rest. He has some good ideas.

The book my friends and I have affectionately come to refer to as "Blue Sky and White Cloud" (after its signature cover photo) is, after twenty-six years, still in a class by itself. Harry Browne's great gift in articulating his philosophy of living is his absolute respect for his reader's uniqueness - an intellectual fearlessness and independence of mind that allows his readers to accept their own irreducibly individual natures as the starting-point upon which all endeavors toward happiness seek their results. This affords Browne's work a marvelously open-ended, dazzlingly anti-authoritarian flavor which will come as blessed, potentially life-changing relief to those who come to Browne's work after having seen the tendency of so many other writers and thinkers, both inside and outside the libertarian orbit, to set up shop as gurus with cult-like bands of acolytes craving authoritative pronouncements and prescriptive dogma - at which point, any genuine (small-l) libertarianism *of the spirit* goes out the window. Having first picked up by chance a cheap paperback copy of HOW I FOUND FREEDOM IN AN UNFREE WORLD just prior to my junior year in high school in the late summer of 1978, I was thunderstruck at once by the calm, clear and gentlemanly way in which Browne manages to explode one "trap" (or common unexamined assumption) after another, which usually serve to mask the stifling manipulations and needless burdens human beings so often come to accept ("don't be selfish," cries your would-be exploiter just prior to demanding that you put his interests ahead of your own!). Browne's warmhearted egoism (no paradox at all to those who understand his ideas and have had the pleasure of his company) is its own best testament - by trading his unique ideas for money, he has helped to enrich immeasurably the lives and thinking of men and women from all walks of life. I can still remember the passage from the last pages of Browne's book which I chose for my spot in my high-school yearbook: "You are the ruler of your world and no one can dethrone you - unless you choose to let him. No one can stop you from living as you want to live - unless you disregard your own sovereignty." As you are provoked into varying degrees of accord (or its oppposite) with the many aspects of Harry Browne's ideas, and confront them freely, in your own irreducibly unique way, I hope you find that his thinking helps to clarify your own, and you find the freedom and happiness you seek. I wish you the very best.

... With "How I Found Freedom..." you've taken the politics out of your philosophy, and drawn up methods people can use in their everyday lives to be happier and more successful. I can't think of a single person who wouldn't benefit by reading this effort.

Certainly, not all suggestions are going to work for everyone, but the wealth of information and wisdom of a lifetime makes reading this one a joy. It's a treasure trove of good advice, and I've even bought a copy as a gift for a very good friend.

This is one of those books you'll re-read from time to time when you need a little "boost" in your life to keep you on track. Ranks up there with the best of the mainstream self-help books. Buy it today, you won't be disappointed!

The central theme of this book is that national development has to be seen in the context of the freedoms of the individual. These freedoms include, but are not limited to: freedom from hunger and disease, political freedom, and economic solvency. The measure of a nation's development stems from the extent to which its citizens enjoy these freedoms. One of Professor Sen's areas of expertise is the study of famines throughout the world. He demonstrates that famines do not occur because of a lack of food, but because of a lack of economic resources to purchase that food. In addition, he makes a strong case that famines do not occur in democratic countries, no matter how poor they might be. This is a must-read book for anyone interested in pondering a fresh perspective on the meaning of development. The only criticism I have of this book is that the prose is at times convoluted and does not make for particularly smooth reading.

Development is a worldwide, ongoing dialogue, and Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen makes a valuable contribution to it. He argues for the position that development is ideally conceived in terms of building a society that in its social, political, and economic institutions allows the individual to maximize the exercise of "substantive freedoms--the capabilities to choose a life one has reason to value" (p. 74). In this view, individual agency is both the means and end of development. Means, in the sense that "greater freedom enhances the ability of people to help themselves and also to influence the world, and these matters are central to the process of development" (p. 18). End, in the sense that "the success of a society is to be evaluated, in this view, primarily by the substantive freedoms that the members of the society enjoy" (p. 18). He calls this conception "development as freedom."

It is not novel. Indeed, Sen squarely locates in the liberal tradition flowing from the eighteenth-century philosophes. However, Sen makes an eloquent case for his own uniquely nuanced interpretation. He recalls the finest traditions of the classical orator, drawing on his unquestionable economic expertise, broad knowledge, and warm humanity.

The crux of his argument lies in what he believes "substantive freedoms" consist. He defines freedom in a negative way, what he calls "unfreedoms," as "elementary capabilities like being able to avoid such deprivations as starvation, undernourishment, escapable morbidity and premature mortality" (p. 36). He also defines freedom in a positive way, giving examples of "freedoms associated with being literate and numerate, enjoying political participation and uncensored speech" (p. 36).

There is little dispute that "substantive freedoms" generally work together, synergistically, in advancing development, so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Sen cites very poor countries like India, Botswana, or Zimbabwe, in which he believes the establishment of democracy has successfully thwarted famine, while in Maoist China, in sharp contrast, massive famines arose in the fifties despite its superior economic performance vis-à-vis India. He also cites the well-known inverse correlation between higher female literacy rates and lower child mortality rates.

But there is some debate about whether the expansion of political freedoms, specifically, go hand-in-hand with the growth of economic benefits, that is, in Sen's framework, economic freedoms. Here is the real bone of contention. Sen argues against what is known as the "Lee thesis," meaning the claim that authoritarian regimes, with concomitant restriction of civil and political rights, purportedly have some advantage over democratic regimes in promoting economic advancement. He devotes two chapters--"The Importance of Democracy" and "Culture and Human Rights"--to rebutting this position, and in my opinion, they are the most important part of the book. But Sen is never entirely successful in his rebuttal because at one point he concedes:

...Systematic empirical studies give no real support to the claim that there is a general conflict between political freedoms and economic performance. The directional linkage seems to depend on many other circumstances, and while some statistical investigations note a weakly negative relation, others find a strongly positive one (p. 150).

Sen does not adequately account for the unusual success of the East Asian economies--we must include Japan here--as prospective models in the transition toward development. There may indeed be undisclosed factors operating among these cultures, perhaps even a communal ethos working in a manner distinct from the individualistic ethos on which Sen's conception of development is based.

Sen's objective is to contribute to the dialogue on development. In his words, his motivation is "to draw attention to important aspects of the process of development, each of which deserves attention" (p. 33). In this endeavor, he is eminently distinguished.

a number of people are turned off once a particular book or essay discusses normative topics. i think that this is somewhat wrong since it refuses all the potentials of our humanity. Amartya Sen's book discusses development as a very human process by harnessing the simplicity of the essence of freedom as a means in the achievement of a developed society. this is truly a must read for every student of political economy and to every politician on the planet.