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She's not exactly a professional author. But she gave me hope that unschooling my child won't make her defective nor mean that I'm not handing on the faith to her.

Like most of Smith's work it is dirivitative and not particularly rivinting. Probably enough to make me put down the North American Confederacy series for good.

The first one was good, this one is not, I guess that's why a third never happend

I was hoping for a great master peice like Beck's "Overton Window" and was saddened by the sequel that fialed to spun the rest of the series that was the ghost written "Eye of Moloch" This didn't quite wet that whistle. returnreturnAgenda 21 by Glen Beck with Harriet Parke, is clearly a completely original work by Parke that Beck wrote an afterward for. How she found her way into his world, I still dont' understand, and that's probably a book worth writing. returnreturnThe story itself is a gripping tale about one of the last girls, Evaline, to have been raised by her parents withing the Republic previously known as the USA. The distopian future seems to be happening very soon in the future 2040 maybe? The explanation of how things got just so f'n bad in such a short amount of time was not well explained, probably because it wouldn't have held up. Set it 100-200 years in the future and we'd probably be OK. Evaline tries to learn about the "before times' but its not really legal to learn about it. She doesn't get to choose her mate, she doesn't get to have electricity, energy must be produced by here walking an energy board, and insted of Jetsonmobiles like the free market would give us, or the autobohn that state capitalism has given us, transport is done via a "Bus Box" which is basically a stage coach pulled by men like her father instead of horses, because animals are more important than people. returnreturnEven if this work is unbelievable the characters are good and worth reading for them alone. It is also worth reading for any liberal or leftists who actually wants to understand what their positions sound like to a conservative.

I don't feel this book was a good as it could have been. It suffers from the same as films like "Farenhype 9/11" in that they are released far too quickly, primarily to challenge some incorrect "truthes" presented by a more popular work. Much of "The Myth of Hitlers' Pope" is almost unusable without having read John Cornwell's "Hitler's Pope"returnreturnThat being said what is there appears to be well documented and properly calls out the errors in the more popular work. Our author David Dalin is a Conservative Rabbi. And I do mean Conservative with a Capital C. He probably thinks folks who vote Democrat can't be true believers, with chapters like "The Liberal Medias Lies about the Pope past and present" BUt I digress. returnreturnDalin interviews suriveros of the holocaust who were able to make it through the work of the Church. Some became Catholic after the war (technically during as they were baptized so to prove they weren't Jewish) and some returned to the faith of their fathers when it was safe to do so. He examines the writings of Pope Pius XII in light of the situation at the time. I agree with his conclusion that as a "world leader" in the middle of fascist Europe, he did absolutely everything he could, even when toward the end of the War Hitler wanted him killed. Dalin seems to claim that Cornwell's biggest argument for saying Pius was a Nazi collaborator is because he didn't do enough. If this is true it is a very bad argument. What were American liberals doing during the rise of Hitler? Some where pinning for war, some were fighting against war and claiming Americans should stay out of Europeans' business, and some just wanted to punch Nazi's with no real end game in sight. Really not that different than now. The best it has is reminded me that The Holy Father is still a human, and still primarily has to work within the context of the time he is alive. returnreturnIf you are interested probably worth reading, though by now their may be better edited works available.

SMith's name sake shows up only briefly here. A time traveling ship from the future eventually introduces us to a third demension within the Broachs multiverse. One where freedom is not valued even as it was on our own time line. but the ridciouslness of Ancapitstan gets wonkier. A wolf gains consieness thorugh implants in this brain and has double fisted guns created for him that only work his paws, but the process is learned to be immoral for some reason that makes no sense. And this dog loves Whiskey, and wants sex, but he can't have sex with a wolf that has no consience, and the one they did try to make like him has a desire to go live wild in the woods. WTF?!? Some great one liners and Win Bear is back at least, but the freenies worshipinng him and then not really explaining how they came to belive, seems like little more than a mockiery of Christinanity. The next one will have to be well written to keep going.

This book was much deeper and darker than the others ind Heinlein's "Scribner's Junior" series. returnreturnOur protagonists begins as he is being sold as a slave. We then follow him throughout his life, living with his new owner who frees him and raises him as his own, a beggar in the street, to his father's surprising death, to a life on the "road" that is illusive to FireFly, to joining the military, to learning his birth identity. The book finally gets interesting in a move that will believe the whole universe could finally be changing for the better, and then its over.

This audio boook is the story of Lumex. A pet of the 23rd century. A large dionsaur like creature that has been in John Thomas's family for generations. returnreturnLike the other books in the Scribes Juvenile series it is a stand alone story of one ~18 year old "boy" in Heinlein's universe, each book going forward a generation from previous (starting in 1950). Like the other "FullCast Audio" recordings, this is "cinematically" beautiful. returnreturnJohn Thomas is supposed to go off to college, But he can't take Lumex with him. His mom will go at any lenghth to try to get rid of him. Lumex goes for a walk on his own and practically destroys the town. The city government wants to put him down. Bu "The boy with the famous name" will do anything to stop it, even if it means running away, maybe to join a circus. returnreturnLow and behold Lumex may not be what we have thought he was for generations. His alien subjects come to save their beloved heroshia, and try to start world war 5 over it. returnreturnRecommended.

This audiobook takes place in an alternate universe very similar to Star Trek: TOS. The plot line is along the idea that the ship's captain, doctor, first officer and other "main characters" never seem to get hurt seriously, but the lower deckers, the red shirts all die whenever dramatically appropriate. It's the story of these low-profile folks trying to find out why. As weird as that seems, it gets even odder when the crazy conspiracy theory that they are actually a part of a really bad science fiction show turns out to be correct. As much as that sounds like a spoiler, it's not. It's really out there, it's really bad, but it's really good at being bad. You know that going into a story with such a preface, and for what it is, it's certainly an expansion on philosophy of fandom and science fiction, it's the "birds of a feather" conversations of Penguicon brought to life.

Wow! I have heard of Dorthy Day for years. The famous Catholic Anarchists. Being a radical myself I have been drawn to the idea for some time. In her autobiography I learn that she was much more complicated that I had originally thought. returnreturnI see so much of myself, and my wife, in her journey. My love of God no matter what, and no way to understand how one could ever live without him. My wife's content skeptism of the world and weariness of those outside of our immediate circle. An undying love for a child no matter how frustrating. A conversion story that occurs just as her loved one is strengthening resistance to religion. returnreturnShe never meant to write about herself, and the autobiography only left me wanting more. How to live in peace with neighbors above all. How to love Christ with a heart, even when it seems like His world is not for us. Anarchy doesn't have to be about politics. Its...different. I long for more. I am certain her canonization process will be long and drawn out, and the body of Christ will have to grow before we can call her St. Dorthy Day.

This audiobook was okay. He did quote himself muchore freequently than I felt was honorable. When I first got this book I had expected it to be sort of self-help make yourself an entrepreneur like "TGE FOUR HPUR WORK DAY" then when I started it I thought it was a "Stand in solidarity with your brothers in the factory" book. But it ended up being none of those. It was a we can't all be entrepreneur, but factory work doesn't exist anymore book. A you need to be happy and get your work done and if you can't you need to leave your job book. Did I follow his advice? I'm honestly not sure. So if you are at a place with more ?Questions than answers TG his might help or it might just be another book that has lots it's way.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. While I have loved everything in Heinlein's "The Scribner's juveniles" series. But this one has been the best. Unlike "Rocket Ship Galleio" this one is actually believable. I really love this old time science-fiction. It is great to see what the author for the 1950s thought of, that we already have, and what he didn't think of, that we already have. For example there is a scene where Grandma Hazel is going out for the day so she can't stay home and play Chess with the 5 year old. They, however, indicate that they could play by phone. I thought it was great, Heinleni though of cell phones and playing games on then. However before the end of the chapter we learn that he had thought of cell phones, but not of playing games on them, instead she called in her moves to him and he made the moves on a physical chess board. returnreturnThe story of the Martian Flat cat was so similar to the "Trouble With Tribbles" we would see 15 years later, I can't imagine that Roddenberry hadn't read The Rolling Stones. returnreturnI laughed a lot, I even cried a little when it appeared my favorite character had died. The "Full Cast Audio" is freaking amazing in "cinematography." I encourage you to follow on the foot steps of the Space family Stone and their journey from Luna to Mars and then to make their fortune mining the asteroids. There is real math, or at least what looks like real math, there is family dynamics, really I think this book is great and don't want to give away anymore than I already have.