Review:This book is a well-written collection of Mr. LaVey's essays. For the most part this book is not required to understand The Church of Satan. The book does highlight Mr. LaVey's unique philosophy and various related topics. The range of topics is too broad to summarize, so I'll list several highlights:
"Ravings From Tartarus": Why ritual spells do not work, and how to accomplish your goals.
"The Importance of Keeping a Secret": Types of secrets, and methods to ensure secrecy.
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Review:I find myself reading and retreading this book, just like her later works. I love her delivery of information and expression of feeling, which is always slightly removed and analytical while paradoxically being heartfelt. Read more

Review:And you thought only the Jewish were persecuted.

Very easy to assume only the Jewish were persecuted, as it's only been well publicized for the past century. But after reading this short book; the reader will eventually easily question, that during those times, how could one be sure that they were only targeting the Jewish based on the rudimentary few nonstandard information collected during this time? (ie. Very few Census records were present during this time.) Can only guess that tho... Read more

Review:This book is not by a professional historian, but by a non fiction "populizer". Due to her training, and she is a talented woman, Ms. Chang does a very good job with her writing, and a respectable job in creating a historical monograph. Some things could have been done better by a professional historian, such as putting the event in the context of military operations, but it is clear that Ms. Chang has an emotional investment in the subject. The actions by the Japanese were vicious and brutal, e... Read more

Review:The book includes detail and captures emotions and outrage beyond what is in an excellent movie. It captures the Nazis' inhumanity to a population they considered "sub-human," including the irrationality of while fighting a war on two fronts, they dedicated resources sorely needed elsewhere to exterminating millions of people.
Man's hatred of those they consider inferior to themselves reaches an all-time level portrayed in Schindler's List, this irrationality continues today in multiple are... Read more

Review:I got this book for my husband for Christmas. It has wonderful, eye-catching photos that draw you in to the various stories. I actually have enjoyed looking at it as well. I look forward to keeping it on hand for when our children are old enough to be learning about WWII, as I think the photos will help them understand what they are learning. Read more

Review:After reading some of the one and two star reviews of this book, I ordered it anyway. At first it seemed very exciting and interesting but as I continued to read the individual accounts, they seemed to sound very similar. I feels like the author took his father's notes and embellished the accounts to add interest. I may be all wrong with my observations but I couldn't finish the book as it started to read like fiction. I really had wished for better, but I cannot recommend this book. JIM Read more

Review:This book is an interesting read covering a large amount of historical societies. Unfortunately, the two societies covered the most extensively were to me the least interesting. Still worth reading in hopes of learning from past mistakes. Read more

Review:I also liked how this book covers the "re-discovery" of the Inca ruins in the early 1900's and other relevant information.
This book was so compelling to me that I now will plan to visit Peru to visit as many Inca sites as I possibly can. Read more

Review:Diamond has produced a scholarly review of what many have suspected all along- we have strayed from raising our children the way it has been done successfully from thousands of years.

As usual, his writing is brilliant and he draws on examples from across the world and a wide spectrum of subjects. Read more