This book will be eternally important as long as people are free
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I have not ever read a book so wonderfully readable on our exceptional freedoms. Mr. Levin explains how our liberty originated and what we must do to preserve against the insidious leftist forces always trying to undermine and destroy what brave free men have fought and died for. I recommend all who cherish America and our liberties read this book, learn from it and teach your children and grandchildren. If we don't tell them--our liberty can be lost in less than one generation.
3027195
There is a reason this book keeps being reprinted:  It is very important.  Graves's seminal work has been widely assailed over the past century, yet it holds enough germane information concerning the world that is remains a classic, despite its perceived and real flaws.

I view "The World's 16 Crucified Saviors" to be so salient that I wrote the foreword to this edition, defending it against unwarranted criticism, of which there has been much, and much of which, it is shown, has been illusionary.  The criticism Graves does warrant is that he failed to cite his sources often and carefully enough.  Despite the fact that Graves was not a meticulous record-keeper, or, at least, what we have of his is hasty in its citation, we nevertheless possess significant, worldwide religious correspondences that go well beyond this one tome.

In spite of this difficulty, it turns out that many of the claims made popular by this clearly classic work are accurate to varying degrees, thus absolving Graves from the untoward characterization of his labor.  The book is not fallacious--perhaps overly ambitious in its declarations, although it is not hard to get caught up in the moment when one discovers the real significance of comparative mythology.  In that regard, this one small freethought book, written by an ex-minister, may have done more than practically any other in the past century to explore the odd correspondences among the world's religions and religious figures.  These correspondences reveal a unity of thought that is extremely important today.

Acharya S, author of "The Christ Conspiracy:  The Greatest Story Ever Sold" and "Suns of God:  Krishna, Buddha and Unveiled"
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This book is truly one of the most amazing, informative, and vitally important books of this era.  This is a "must read" for every citizen of this planet.  Let's stop being duped by the military industrial complex and other self-serving industries and corporations and lets collectively compel those with the knowledge to stop using advanced technology for their own purposes and instead use it to end the NEEDLESS suffering on this planet.  The elite have had their reign for too long and have poisoned us and the planet in the process and this book can help us regain our collective human dignity and propel us to a higher and more joyful level of evolution and existence.  Dr. Michael Salla has done humanity a great service by bringing these highly complex and controversial issues to us in such a convincing, articulate, and sobering manner.  Thank you Dr. Salla.
2605990
Absolutely essential reading for the modern age. There is no more important book I can recommend to readers who are interested in psychological health, truth, and philosophical sanity. The book does have its weakness however: I have never been enamored of Peterson's view of what women are looking for for instance. I am happily married, and married young (at 24) and have 5 beautiful children with my wife. I have a nice home. My wife stays at home with the kids, but will return to work hopefully in two years when the baby is 3 and in preschool, because she wants to and because she has a mind and much to offer the world. I am a school teacher, not a rich CEO, nor an intellectual powerhouse, nor a deep pocketed billionaire. My wife is smart and beautiful. I find Peterson's view of how we meet our mates too materialistic and too prone to darkness. For all his strengths, I do not think Peterson is a Christian in an orthodox sense, and this weakens his argument as opposed to strengthening it. That said, his science and his understanding of human psychology is right on, and his lack of the typical ideological secularism of the gestalt means he actually has something to say (unlike the vast majority of intellectuals these days, who are frankly enemies of civilization). That is a plus.

Peterson is no right wing ideologue, or left wing apologist. His is a jungian who is deeply informed by science, philosophical truth, and the best practice in terms of psychotherapy. This book certainly is the antidote to chaos. It is brilliantly written and sanity drips from every page. 0

You will learn in this book why it is important for you to stand up straight, with your head held high, and why it is important to civilly speak the truth to the world. You learn why it is important treat yourself like someone worth caring for. You learn why it is important to not let your kids behave in ways that make you not like them (this is SO important). You will learn about the dangers of being married to ideology,  and how dangerously easy it is to fall into ideology. This is the biggest threat in modern times. Some of Peterson's most idiotic "critics" (if you can call incompetent sheep who bleat critics) is that they accuse him of being part of the alt-right. Nonsense. Peterson is the antidote to the alt-right and the far left. He is the antidote to anyone seeking easy ideological answers to explain the world. That is one of the core purposes of the book. This is why Peterson recommends Solzehitsyn to his readers.

How many of us turn even our faith or lack of it into an ideology to explain the world with? Such nonsense. We need humility, and this book will deliver that in spades, along with a healthy concept of self and a belief in one's ability to stand up and take on the terrible responsibility of being.

There is no more important book for you to read right now. Whatever you are reading, stop now, and read this first. Make yourself familiar with Peterson's two websites, one on self authoring and one on learning about your own personality. Take advantage of these resources. This book will enrich your life in myriad ways. It has mine.
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This should be required reading for all humans.
815790
This is a book that every a free man or woman should read. Freedom is not for free and the author puts an enphasis on this theam through the entire book. As an escapee from the red communist paradise I can related to the author story. Also the narrator Daniel York is exceptionally good.
4525907
I hope that every young person I know, as well as the millions I do not, have the opportunity to read this book. It truly is a wonder.
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This is a very important and timely book. As someone who has written about the Tuatha D Danann, the ancient gods of Ireland, I have no doubt that the current re-establishment of folk tradition and the resurgent interest in Ireland's ancient myths and monuments is an important step for a modern people who have become somewhat deserted from a wonderful, rich heritage. But further to this is the universal appeal of the Tuatha D - they are said to be immortal, and this is true of the spirit of any people who hold to their dearest and most ancient traditions. That spirit refuses to die. It lives on, like the Tuatha D in the Land of the Ever-Living Ones, in the sure hope of a wonderful reawakening. But what should we reawaken to? We should cast off the Feth Fiada, the cloak of invisibility, and re-emerge from the darkness of the womb-mounds as a people reborn to the possibility of a glorious heritage, an honourable and rewarding life, and the sovereignty, both of our sacred land and of our hearts, that we each desire and deserve as a people who have so often been denied those possibilities in the past.

Landscape, nature, cosmos, community and natural order sing from the pages of Judith Nilan's book. It will be an important guide for people who wish to re-establish a sacred connection with the sdhe, and for those of us who are already on that path, this is a wonderful affirmation, brimming with love and positivity, a real antidote for the enfolding drudgery and depression of our times . . . an ode to joy for a wayward people, cut off from their true D Danann heritage. A light of hope.
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One of the most potentially life changing books I've ever read, this is a book that I am bound to read cover to cover repeatedly.
941942
Wow.  In my opinion, this book goes beyond good or bad, to the fact that it is an important book.  It brings Roe v. Wade down to a personal level and tells the outcome of a woman who sought for truth and peace in many different places, until she found them in the arms of Jesus Christ.  It is important because it reveals the politics behind one of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century.  The Roe decision was never about helping women; it was about ambitious lawyers having their day in the spotlight.  And it should be well publicized that Ms. McCorvey tried unsuccessfully to have the decision reversed, based on her own faulty testimony.

But this book is also important because it doesn't sugar-coat the actions of pro-life activism.  Her home was vandalized and she was almost killed by over-zealous defenders of the unborn.  It was not unfounded that people like Ms. McCorvey hated and feared pro-lifers.  It is a sad chapter in the book of pro-life history, but one that needs to be remembered, lest it be repeated.

The pro-life movement these days is a peaceful but very effective one, with 75% of America's abortion clinics having shut down since 1991, and 73 shut down in 2014 alone.  It is gaining momentum, thanks in large part to advances in medical technology.  It is much more difficult now to pretend that a child in utero is nothing more than a "blob of cells" or, what Ms. McCorvey refers to as a pro-choice favorite phrase, a "missed period."  Acknowledging that Ms. McCorvey earned a pay check and a lot of publicity by converting to Christianity and writing this book, there's no good reason not to take her at her word, as she continues to profess her faith 20 years later and work toward better abortion laws.
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I'm about 1/3 of the way through this book, and I must say it is one of the single most important books ever!  If you understand some of the teachings of Abraham-Hicks, the Bible and other spiritual teachings, you will love this.  It is important to know that if you are not drawn to read this book, then you may not be ready to receive the teachings, but if you are, don't hesitate to get it!  You may not read it right away, but when you do, you will be glad you did.  This book applies to every aspect of your life, and will help you to make a huge impact on your life, and the lives of others.
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I believe this to be one of the most important books written in this decade for anyone who cares about individual liberty. Levin describes how our founding Fathers set up our constitution to protect the citizens from an all powerful government.  He describes how the constitution has been ignored and violated by Presidents and Congress. Our freedoms are eroding and as government has grown ever larger, it has become less a servant of the people and more a master.
 The book offers a dire warning that is a wake-up call to Americans.  The move toward government tyranny has gained enormous momentum since Obama was elected.  Obama talks of the common good, economic justice and social justice.  His goal is a collectivist utopia-a goal that has never been achieved in any collective society in the world. It was tried in the Soviet Union and failed.  It is present in Cuba and North Korea today and it proves that rather than a utopia, tyranny is the result.  The only citizens who enjoy wealth are the government bureaucrats and their cronies.
 Conservatives, on the other hand, look at people as individuals.  They believe that our constitution lays out the perfect form of government-limited government subservient to the states.  They believe that the freedoms in the Bill of Rights should be protected at all costs.  In other words conservatives believe that in following the Founders vision our liberty is protected.
 Levin explains how the free market helps all people regardless of their status. He shows how welfare and all the programs that take away personal initiative hurt poor people and keep them stuck in poverty. He shows how liberalism has eroded our freedoms, hurt our economy, and made the nation less safe.  He makes a strong case that if Americans don't wake up soon to what is happening, our society will totally breakdown and tyranny will result.
 Levin ends the book with a Conservative Manifesto which gives us guide to how we can regain the original intent that the Founders had established at the beginning of our Republic.  We have a choice: to sit by and do nothing while the government grows ever larger and more remote, or get involved, find out what is going on and work to bring back a government that is again, a servant to the people.  I highly recommend this momentous book.
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More than 50 years after this book was written, it still conveys an important message about one of, if not the, darkest chapters in history.  Every citizen of the world should understand its meaning.  If only this could be required reading for everyone, the chances of this happening again would be greatly reduced.

My only criticism is that Shirer is openly disgusted throughout the book when referring to its subject characters. He openly name calls in a manner that reduces the appearance of objectivity.  Given the beastly behavior of the Nazis, however, this tendency is understandable without impairing the message.
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Harvest of Sorrow is an important book for any age. Meticulous, rich with history, but refreshingly unemotional, Conquest knows and writes of the Soviet Union in a way that will bring everyone who reads this book to a much closer understanding of what really went on economically, and the twisted fates of 20 million people under communist manipulation and control . All that has helped bring mother Russia to the point she is today. In chaos and turmoil, and on her knees. This book should play an important role in every high school civics class today, and find its way to the reading tables of anyone interested in the economics and agricultural systems of communism.
We were so moved by this book and another timeless classic - The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek that we also felt compelled to create a web page just for these type of books because we feel that many people may not yet have a clear understanding of what communism is (and was)all about. From what we've learned here, we have to say we "thought" we knew, but found we didn't have the actual bottom line until we'd digested this material.
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The value of this book is that you can carry around some of the most important documents in human history in an easily accessible format.  It should be required reading and a prerequisite for graduation for every high school student of all free societies
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I will read, and re-read this book until I get this into my spirit.  The truth will set you free.
381976
This book should be required reading for every child in the U.S.  "Help Mom" teaches kids the virtues of hard work, faith, freedom, and charity to the poor.  To learn these virtues, the main characters are forced to endure the 10-year-old equivalents of the democrat, liberal agenda in today's United States--namely, the liberal agenda to deter entrepreneurship and private investment, suppress industry through absurd regulation and frivolous litigation, swindle taxpayers' hard-earned money through obsessively high taxation, and eradicate freedom of religious expression.  (While not in the book, we might also add the liberal agenda to hamstring the police, release child molesters and murderous thugs back into society, and defend the right of women to have unprotected sex with men they don't want to have children with.)

The author is, unquestionably,  a national treasure to the USA.  She understands that good parenting is not about "bequeathing to children a free mind" (as one liberal reviewer here put it) on vital moral issues of grave consequence.  (What responsible parent would ever  encourage children to have a "free mind" on issues like slavery, bestiality, white-collar crime, prostitution, drug-addiction, or even national self-preservation?)  Hats off to Katharine DeBrecht.  I'll buy 20 copies of every book in the series, please.  (A copy for my family, and the other 19 copies to give to liberal friends and colleagues).  By the way, the book also is excellent as coffee table viewing for guests.