Review:I read Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" in college in the early 1960s. It was an assigned reading in my only sociology class so I can't claim any credit for discovering the book on my own. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and into more recent times, "The Wretched of the Earth" has been high on the reading lists of every Social Science and History department of every significant university in the USA, in the rest of the Western Hemisphere nations except when the universities have been cl... Read more

Review:Seemingly unable to come to terms with the Muslim world, Orientalism is as timely to read today as it was when it was first published in 1978. Edward Said offered a much needed examination of many of the texts that had come to represent the corpus of "Orientalism" in Western Humanities classes. He went back to the late 18th and early 19th century to set the basis for this new field of study that emerged from the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt. What began as an investigation of the monuments of ... Read more

Review:As a lifetime Democrat, I was horrified to read this book and feel not only sympathetic towards Bob Dole, but also admiration.
Of course, the author goes on to confirm my worst fears about George H.W., Reagan and some of the Democratic party's candidates from the era.
A stunning work. It is inspring and depressing at the same time. Read more

Review:Great read for people who have a distrust of central planning and it's role in their lives, that in turn leds to a sense that their freedom is waning. Intellectuals and Society is a comprehensive and common sense look, and understanding, of the people whose decisions have led to those feelings. Read more

Review:Although The writing style was hard to get used to the message that was contained in the book was powerful. When one group of people oppresses another group for their own gain only pain and suffering for all will result. Read more