Harry N. Gottlieb

Excellent and valuable.

Revisado: 10-21-24

A well written history that offers a well argued framework (and one I've not seen before) describing how we've found ourselves in the current political predicament.

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Inspiring and Magnificent

Revisado: 06-13-23

Doris Kearns Goodwin is a national treasure. This is one of the greatest works of history for a popular audience you could ever hope to find.

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Fantastic.

Revisado: 12-11-22

A balanced portrait of Jefferson, the shaper of democracy, the slave holder, the love-struck romantic, the Renaissance man. Meachem is a genius of storytelling, interpreting a trove of primary source documents in a way that is engaging and honest.

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Beautiful, hopeful and heartbreaking

Revisado: 10-21-21

Here is the immigrant story that you have never heard before. Fishman brings you inside the classrooms, living rooms, fast food chains and dark alleys peopled by the teenagers who have come to this country to escape unthinkable dangers. Here they find new opportunities but also, depressingly, new dangers. Refugee High tells the story of Chicago’s Sullivan High School, and its teachers and administrators who are dedicating their lives to help these newest Americans flourish.

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The hard fought beginnings of true democratic rule

Revisado: 02-12-21

The subtitle of this book reads: "How Citizens Can Bring Reason Back Into Politics." That "HOW" is by passing the reins of civic decision making to regular citizens in a setting where they can be well informed and deliberate amongst themselves in an open minded way to reach a thoughtful, rational conclusion. You may be asking yourself: "Isn't that what we want our legislators to do?" And the answer is "Yes, of course." And as you know, generally, nothing of the sort is happening, yet. But it is happening, and has been happening since the 1970s, among regular citizens, who do not need to be re-elected, who do not have to raise money to fund campaigns and who do not need to toe the political party line. HOPE FOR DEMOCRACY tells the story of the earliest pioneers of what is now known as Deliberative Democracy. You may have never heard of it. But it is happening in pockets all around the world, and the authors of this book have beautifully chronicled its slow and often painful rise from conception until today. If you think there is no way to rescue our elected leaders from the haphazard, conflict-driven way we create our laws, it turns out that we, the citizens, are the way. And the authors, Gastil and Knobloch, who are not only excellent storytellers, but scholars, have done the years of research to prove it. If you want a glimpse into the future of democracy, this book is required reading.

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If you want to fight contempt in American life...

Revisado: 06-16-20

...then this book is your instruction manual. For an academic, Arthur Brooks sure knows how to tell simple stories to make powerful points. In this, you will learn how to be a more effective and more ethical public citizen. And a better and happier person along the way.

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