One nation, one book and poor paper, hold the cheese.
938381
Another (almost) winner from the folks at Modern Humorist.  A very comprehensive guide to the bestest nation on earth and when you get to the last page to read `By the time you finish reading this page, 3.000 Americans will take a bullet, three million will super-size their Happy Meals and three will pass a geography test.  Still, this nation is the envy of the world, except in Sweden, where government subsidies ensure all citizens have equal access to health care and erotica', perhaps you should book your ticket to Stockholm.
Scattered through the pages are Travel Tips or Fun Facts side-panels, spoof covers of books, magazines, greeting cards and dozens of really slick illustrations.  These neat drawings are unfortunately wasted because of the really poor paper the book is printed on.  This was a real disappointment to me, with better paper the excellent graphics would have made the book complete.  The MH earlier book `Rough Draft', in color and on glossy paper was stunning, this latest offering, good as it is,  doesn't quite make it though. Sorry guys.
325590
There are people who desire to see us repeat certain aspects of our history. For them it is imperative that the dumbing-down of American history continues unimpeded by truth. We are doomed to continue ingesting the pabulum of propaganda if we do not realize that certain scoundrels thrive on our ignorance. Consider this quote from Loewen found on page 233: "US Citizens cannot possibly critique government policies if they do not know of them." Is somebody hiding something?

In his memoirs, Napoleon asked, "What is history but a fable agreed upon?" Who makes these agreements? A famous quote attributed to George Orwell reads: "History is written by the winners." Some claim the quote came from Winston Churchill, but either way, we have the answer to who agrees upon the "fable" of history. The "winners" decide how history reads as Loewen's copious documentation attests.

Furthermore, the winners, as much as they are able, also determine how history itself unfolds. One good example that Loewen covers is found on page 225. Standard Oil of New Jersey was the major impetus behind Woodrow Wilson's decision to invade Russia in 1918. In addition, somebody also decided that our military intervention in Russia should be left out of mainstream history lessons. Powerful figures behind the scenes both implemented and concealed true history by feeding us propaganda instead, and this is business as usual. Now we're getting somewhere. Loewen helps.

When a reader does not comprehend either the existence or the true nature of the prestigious string-pullers in the shadows, the spiritual dimension of historical conflict remains opaque. The conflict must then be explained in some other way. Political analysis is the benchmark of thought limited to the natural realm. A political assessment, along with Loewen's somewhat repetitive writing style, may explain why some have viewed Loewen's work as a lopsided polemic reflecting left-wing revisionism and blinded by partisan vitriol. The negative reviews have described Lies My Teacher Told Me in just this way.

Do high school history textbooks promote a sugar-coated version of our past? I checked my son's schoolbook, and Loewen is right. And it's worse than merely watered-down history. It's outright mendacious. It's so bad that Loewen must have realized that getting people to accept reality may be a hard nut to crack. Therefore he worked hard to really drive the point home. Difficult facts need repetition due to the human tendency of willfull resistance to uncomfortable concepts. Don't be put off by Loewen's determination to drive the point all the way home. Mine instead the many nuggets of information not likely to be found in the mainstream.

Had it been my decision to make, the sub-title would read: "Samples of What Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" instead of "Everything" etc. because the lies of certain men are too many to contain in one book. And if you wish to learn what the Bible says about the hidden scoundrels, see my profile. My book title is there.
4555852
This book is neither good no bad. Just one from thousands. Plus for me is that sheets are perforated. Cons: sheets are quite thin and quality leaves much to be desired.
78824
The story is great - I like how the author counterposes her great-grandmother's story and her own. The amount of history sprinkled in (sometimes as asterisks that give background, like who the NKVD were).

My issue lie with the book's presentation. The text is extremely small and even blurry at times. I don't need glasses, but jeez I had to strain my eyes to read it. This book should have been made bigger (literally, on larger paper) with the text blown up in **higher resolution**.
Also, the glue on the binding isn't great and the first pages were a little loose.
4081514
the paper snags easily going into the device. its much better for just one sheet at a time. its easy to not cut it in the right place.
2987221
The Ministry of Novels must make this book standard issue for all wannabe novelists. Think of the reprieved trees, not to mention time and temper of agents and publishers.
The best ideas are often the simplest, like Sooty, twitter or libraries. Setting out the commonest writing mistakes and telling the wannabe novelist what to do about them is one of those that makes us slap our heads and say 'now why didn't I think of that?'
Feeling smug, I read the book just on the unlikely chance that it could find any fault with my own writing. Dammit, it did. Three faults. I said three faults, one being that my characters sometimes repeat themselves. Not any more; if my readers don't pick up on it first time, that's their lookout.
My favourite theme is the assumption by wannabes that they have some insight nobody before them has spotted. Outside of changes to the world such as mobile phones or the iron curtain falling down, they are wrong. Someone has been there first, so the wannabes had better accept it. Don't reinvent the wheel, accept that it exists already and impress us by spinning it in a fresh direction.
May I suggest you add to your final chapter for the next edition? How to annoy your publisher even more. I still cringe at the first MS I sent out to the world. It had three spelling mistakes on the first page. The shame. I fell for the oldest gag of all; that my work was so brilliant I would be forgiven trifling errors and poor presentation. My brilliance remained undiscovered and I doubt any publisher read to the bottom of the first page.  I even printed it in Times New Roman.  You write books for children? Send your MS in Comic Sans MS. Genuine coffee stains add authenticity, and don't forget to tell the publisher to hurry up as you have other publishers waving their chequebooks at you. Never fails.
One slight hiccup - they include the 'F' word three times to no useful purpose. Still, no book is perfect.
Simple advice to all wannabe novelists, and quite a few published ones too - read this book.

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1645126
Don't expecting to be a box set , because is only one book and very bad printed.
1967604
Mr. Ferry allows his politics to enter into what should be a neutral guidebook.
Simply stated, he says mean things.
The physical quality of the book itself is substandard; the ink on some pages is much lighter than on others.
1169909
its the same book as the hard back just with a stiff paper cover, the content and even the page numbers are all the same.
3355479
At first glance this book seems to be a comprehensive guide to food values both generically and by brand, but the information it contains could have been printed in a book a third its' size. It is unnecessarilly redundant.
For example, if you are looking up sliced cheese from the deli, it lists many brands, but they all have essentially the same values. The book also frequently omits the "lite" version of such items.
Save your money and buy a pocket book. This book is not much better than one.
1669882
It was one page of discussion of the dispute. The rest was merely speeches quoted. A newspaper article would have been better.
2234712
Book has low paper quality and black and white. Apart from that book is good.
1215580
The book is being held together by tape. The binding of the book is completely destroyed and, as I said, is being held together by tape.  It is in a terrible condition.
4929265
The introduction is essentially the anti-communist propaganda beaten into children in the public education system, and the text would have been vastly better without it. That said, it's only a few pages in an otherwise lovely book.
1250173
A wonderful book.  The Boers fought so hard to open up the country and later established a great nation.  The South Africans fought in both World War I and 2 on the side of he British.  In the end the British threw them on the mercy of the United Nations and heir country was taken away and handed over to majority rule.  The result has been a mess.  How unfair life turns out to be.  Bert Lopes bought the book for me Kathleen Lopes and I am writing the review.
2805052
From the first page there is an underlying hostility towards the South.  It is a Northern propaganda hit piece and little more.
3351692
Well documented work as to the erratic and myopic impostition of English on the public school education system in Puerto Rico, in particular the early part of the 20th century after 400 years of Spanish rule.  This has been well documented already and bears very little relevance to the issues affecting Puerto Rico today. The author's main idea was to write an anti U.S. tome.
The first thing to bear in mind is that the United States is the only western republic without an "official language" nor the equivalent of a "ministry of culture". The island's public education system is way below sub-standard, and only getting worse thanks to its current economic woes.  However, language has been a convenient boogeyman to those local interests whose main goal is to stop the surge of popularity of the statehood movement, movement that won the majority of votes the last time the island held a referendum (and votes not cast do not count).