Archive for the 'Books' Category
The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
April 10th, 2007In case anyone is still keeping track… Via: Yahoo / AP: In a rueful reflection on what might have been, an Iraqi government insider details in 500 pages the U.S. occupation’s “shocking” mismanagement of his country — a performance so bad, he writes, that by 2007 Iraqis had “turned their backs on their would-be liberators.” […]
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45
April 5th, 2007They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer “To live in this process is absolutely not to be able to notice it… Each step was so small, so inconsequential, so well explained or, on occasion, ‘regretted,’ that, unless one were detached from the whole process from the beginning… one no more saw […]
The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
March 16th, 2007Via: Cornell University: The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science,forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science. Scholars have […]
Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
March 14th, 2007Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill Via: Amazon: From Publishers Weekly Scahill, a regular contributor to the Nation, offers a hard-left perspective on Blackwater USA, the self-described private military contractor and security firm. It owes its existence, he shows, to the post–Cold War drawdown of U.S. armed forces, […]
Scientist Finds New Ocean in Inner Earth
February 13th, 2007Etidorhpa? I couldn’t resit. Via: Science Blog: A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave damping — diminishing — deep in the Earth’s mantle and has revealed the existence of an underground water reservoir at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean. It is the first […]
The Untold Story of Milk
February 9th, 2007Oh man, I can’t wait to get this: The Untold Story of Milk: Green Pastures, Contented Cows and Raw Dairy Products by Ron Schmid. Via: Amazon Reviewer: Milk is bad for you. No mammal needs milk after being weaned. Raw milk is dirty, dangerous, and a major health hazard. Only pasteurized milk is clean and […]
Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements
February 7th, 2007Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements: Embracing All Those Which Are Most Important In Dynamics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Steam Engines, Mill and other Gearing, Presses, Horology, and Miscellaneous Machinery: and including Many Movements Never Before Published and Several Which Have only Recently Come into Use by Henry T. Brown: Over five hundred simple mechanical movements […]
Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror
February 5th, 2007Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror by Robert Young Pelton: “Pelton reveals how the U.S. military-industrial complex has created its own dark version of the nonstate warrior [and] asks if companies like Blackwater and Executive Outcomes could become the new Hessians for both multinational corporations and overstretched armies.†—Jonathan Taplin, professor, […]
Staying Off the “Electronic Plantation”
January 22nd, 2007Via: Harper’s: Dale C. Carson, a former FBI agent and now a criminal defense lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida, authored the new book, Arrest-Proof Yourself. Funny and very politically incorrect, the book is a how-to guide for staying out of jail—which Carson says should be of concern not only to career criminals but to “people with […]
Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life After Gridcrash
December 28th, 2006UPDATE: 1/4/2007 The book is back at the regular Amazon price now. Thanks to everyone who ordered it at the special price! – – – This book is priced at $2.99 (new) on Amazon right now! That’s a 77% discount. How/why? I don’t know, but spread the word… Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life After […]
