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Really good performance!

Revisado: 01-17-24

This fourth book in The High Republic series was written as a script, and it really delivered in this audio version. The voice characterization was spot-on. The story was great, diving into the backstory of Lorna Dee concurrently with the current events of the series. I really enjoyed this.

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Illuminating history of modern feminism

Revisado: 10-22-23

Carrie Gress has written an excellent history of modern feminism, starting from the early roots and working through the stages to the present day. She describes the people involved and the ways that they spread their message. She also describes the impact of their actions on modern society and the damage they have done. Finally, she gives suggestions for a pathway back to genuine feminism. I highly recommend this book as well as her other books.

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Great, insightful book

Revisado: 10-12-23

Mike Pompeo has delivered a well written and insightful book on the workings of the CIA and the State Department during the Trump administration. I have a much better appreciation of the roles of these agencies in implementing foreign policy. Mike gives an optimistic yet sober analysis of America’s role in the world and how it has to deal with some of the less savory nations.

I highly recommend this book.

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Very insightful story

Revisado: 07-03-23

This is a very insightful story from a woman who has lived a very interesting life, and in the end discovers that it is only in Jesus that we find true happiness. I highly recommend reading this.

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Great contribution to the Jensen Saga

Revisado: 06-23-23

I really enjoyed this book. I am glad to have the Jensen saga continue with this new series with Smoke’s kids grown. I also liked the introduction of Brice Rogers as a new character in the series, providing romantic tension between him and Smoke’s daughter Denny.

The story was enjoyable. An outlaw with a grudge trying to get revenge, but the twist being how Denny and Brice work together to thwart his efforts. I look forward to more in the series.

Long-time Jensen fans should be aware that “A High Sierra Christmas”, while not technically a part of this series, takes place chronologically between Books 1 and 2 of this series.

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Wonderful book, with both timely and timeless wisdom

Revisado: 04-30-21

Archbishop Chaput has written a wonderful book. He provides a strong defense of the timeless truths of the Catholic faith and its corresponding world view. He explains how this view, that all things flow from Jesus, led faithful men and women to be willing to die for it. He then gives timely advice to us today to help us distinguish between truths worth dying for and the false narratives of popular culture.

His explanation of the four final things, death, judgment, heaven and hell, is the best I have heard. This chapter alone makes the book worthwhile. I highly recommend this book.

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Excellent description of the current state of the West

Revisado: 10-24-19

Sam Gregg has once again brought his clear thinking and insights about Western Culture to us through this book. Here he gives a concise history of the relationship between faith and reason and how Western Civilization depends upon their consistency. He uses Pope Benedict XVI’s 2006 Regensburg Address as the starting point for the discussion. From there he shows the Jewish Roots of the positive relationship of faith and reason and how Jewish faith gave meaning to and enhanced Greek philosophy.

Gregg always shows the history of movements that tried to place opposition between the two, favoring one over the other. These movements have had bad consequences, sometimes frighteningly so.

He concludes with words of hope, explaining how the West can rescue itself by once again embracing the compatibility of faith and reason. He shows how the American Founding differed from the French Revolution in this regard, and how to move back in that direction.

Highly recommended.

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Great book after slow start

Revisado: 03-02-19

Tim Zahn has written a book with a very imaginative storyline. The concept of a huge spaceship that needs “sibyls” to communicate with it was very intriguing to me. My one complaint was that the book took a while before I really knew where it was going. At first I wasn’t bonding with the characters. But once the action started I got very interested in it. And the last quarter of the book had some great twists to it. I am now anxious to see what happens in Book 2 of the series.

Tim Zahn continues to show why he is my favorite sci-fi author.

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Excellent analysis of our current state of affairs

Revisado: 09-27-17

This is a great book! It gives a thorough history of fascism and why it is a movement of the left. It shows the roots of this ideology in Italy, Germany, and yes, in America's progressive movement and Democratic Party. It shows how Mussolini and Hitler both used squads of thugs to terrorize their opponents on the way to power, and how the left in America is using these same tactics today.

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Excellent diagnosis and prescription for America

Revisado: 05-04-17

Anthony Esolen has written another excellent book about contemporary America. He is a keen observer of our society. He has a wondrous ability to drill down into the culture and diagnose what is wrong and the he offers real actions we can take to change the direction of our country.

Dr. Esolen is very knowledgeable about both Western Civilization and the role Christianity played in building it. As an English professor he is also well versed in literature. With his broad base of knowledge he sees right through the lies of progressivism that are infecting our culture today. He easily shows how traditional Christian values are superior and more in conformity with human nature than modern progressivism. He points out how the leftist way of life has been a cancer that has spread misery and a loss of real freedom throughout our land under the guise of "liberty".

This is a sobering book, but also a hopeful book. Before we can rescue our nation we must look at the existing problems honestly, and Professor Esolen has done this well, abandoning the shackles of political correctness. Yet he has done this in a reasonable, scholarly manner, not in a scolding manner.

My heart burned while listening to this book. I am going to buy the print version as well so I can refer to the various chapters more easily in the future.

If you care about America and its Jude's-Christian foundations, you will read this book.

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