Review:In an age in which everything is dominated by intellectual work, the smarter people are doing better than the less smart. Surprise, and it looks like genes play a HUGE ROLE in how smart one is. The Nazi's would have used these results of this study to support their efforts to breed a master race. But, let us not forget that America in the 30's was sterilizing imbeciles to stop the breeding of idiots! Smart kids are identified early, given better training, and they end up with better educatio... Read more

Review:Having purchased the original encyclopedia nearly 20 years ago, I found this newer version to be a perfect update. While some killers (Bundy, Dahmer and Fish) weren't updated due in part to their entries being done and over with, some others are still open and alive and have had their entries enhanced (Mason, Jack the Ripper and Wuronos to name a few) as well as a few new entries as well. Whether your interested in it for psychological reasons, crime reasons or want a nice coffee table book to s... Read more

Review:Coming with no background in Sociology, I picked this book because it was suggested to me. I found it very easily accessible, and a really thought provoking commentary on how society is changing under our feet. It intersperses 'data' on our changing views and habits with a very insightful commentary on how these pieces of the puzzle fit together and shape out lives. Best book I've read in ages. Read more

Review:Well researched and well written look at what small town life has become like in the early 21st century. The book is about the changes in rural America that leads to a drug epidemic; a "war on drugs" does not fix this problem. Read more

Review:World War I ended with an inconclusive result. Basically the Germans lost because they were exhausted. France was in ruins. Germany was never invaded.
The "Big Four" sat around the conference table to divvy up Europe and the Near East and we have lived with the results ever since.
This book details the events that took place in Paris in 1919. Woodrow Wilson, who was already ill, was obsessed with his 14 points. However, those points did not always fit what the big powers saw as their ... Read more

Review:Being a retired criminal investigator I find Brad's books and TV show both entertaining and satisfying. Although a bit superficial at times, he and his team take the reader (or TV watcher) on a fascinating ride looking behind the scenes. Unlike some historians/authors, I find Brad's science and history to be very accurate with little to no literary license embellish the story. He has a tendency to chase a few wild geese, but those diversions never diminish the story line. Read more

Review:This book should be taught in colleges. All aspiring for presidential office should be publicly questioned on different US historical events, which so thoroughly discussed in the book. I guess that such quest would find who is qualified to be included to primary competition for presidential candidacy. Read more

Review:I lack necessary intellectual capacity and courage to judge or review such an amazing narrative and book, however, this book taught me more and more and proofed that some of the critical , social, political and philosophical questions were answered long time ago. This book adds to the answers to my own personal questions such as why Europ for example was able to reform while other nations and ethnicities were unable to do so and describe the kind of debate that was going on some 150 years ago th... Read more

Review:Arguably the greatest economist of the 20th century makes complex concepts readily understandable. Easy to read, yet not "light reading," Friedman's book makes the basics of Political Economy understandable for even the novice.
Whether your interest is liberty, economics, or politics, this book is a must read.
I always enjoy watching a debate between someone who has read this book (or one of his others) with people who have not. Absolute slaughter...
Most highly recommended. Read more

Review:Mostly written by people who ignore science and math. Mostly written by people who can write for hours without citing one quantity or measurement. Social sciences gave us Karl Marx. All b.s.

But I did appreciate the articles having a non-social science basis using double blind studies and design experiments. Read more