books by Intercollegiate Studies Institute     books:       The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation13 reviews Richard M. Gamble Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2003 Mixing politics and religion One of my favorite topics to contemplate and discuss is how religion and politics cannot be separated. What you believe about your Creator--or don't believe about him--will affect how you view your world and what you think it should become. This book is a tremendous testimony to the truth that ideas have consequences and that religious ideas and politics do mix with profound consequences. I ...             Students Guide To The Study Of Law (Guides To Major Disciplines)2 reviews Gerard V. Bradley Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006 Pocket Mentor For individuals still in school, the guides offer a sort of compass, enabling them to navigate even the most treacherous curriculum and locate those courses that promise better sailing. For more independent and lifelong learners (whether in school or not), they offer overviews of significant fields of study and suggest suitable readings. It's a great pleasure to observe the way in which ...             The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist8 reviews Robert R. Reilly Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2010 Deep insight on an enduring dilemma -- history persists This is an extraordinary clear, clinical, and dispassionate exposition of the contemporary Islamist crisis and the implications for Islam's neighbors - including the Western cultures to which so many Muslims are migrating. The author masterfully elicits the historical, political-ideological, and philosophical lessons from the fourteen hundred years of political Islam's turbulent history and ...             Choosing the Right College 2010-11: The Whole Truth about America's Top Schools13 reviews Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2009 Choosing the RIGHT college 2010-11 Excellent resource for students and parents for compareing colleges. Strenghs and weaknesses. Not your typical book. Examines aspects of the colleges concerning more than just academic.             Everyday Graces: Child's Book Of Good Manners (Foundations)33 reviews Karen Santorum Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2003 Great way to teach manners I am a homeschool mom of four children ages 7 thru 13. This is the best book I have found for teaching manners. The stories and poems are a great way to keep the children interested. I highly recommend this book.             American Cicero: The Life of Charles Carroll (Lives of the Founders)2 reviews Bradley J. Birzer Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2010 American Bridge to Christendom Brad Birzer's excellent biography of Charles Carroll is a much need contribution to our understanding the origins of the American Republic. Charles Carroll is one of our forgotten founders. John Dickenson is another. Ironically, those whom we have forgotten offer some of the greatest resources to meet the intellectual challenges of the early 21st Century. Birzer has done us a favor be ...             Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America22 reviews Craig Shirley Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2009 A Magnificent Read This is a rich, detailed account of the 1980 campaign. This goes beyond the petty gossip of modern campaign accounts and provides a deep insight into the forces that shaped the Reagan revolution. This is a first class and first rate read.             The Line Through the Heart: Natural Law as Fact, Theory, and Sign of Contradiction5 reviews J. Budziszewski Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2009 A Must-Read For Natural Law Thinkers I am in Christian ministry and where I work, a fellow co-worker gave me this book to read over the weekend. I have been a reader of Budziszewski starting with "How To Stay Christian in College." I have read several of "Theophilus's" dialogues at Boundless.org as well as the other books he has on Natural Law. That would be "Written on the Heart", "The Revenge of Conscience", and "What You Can't ...             William F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement3 reviews LEE EDWARDS Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2010 A Look Back at a Towering American Life William F. Buckley was perhaps the most influential American journalist of the latter half of the twentieth century, and his impact on our politics was immense. Lee Edwards chronicles Buckley's life in this volume. The author begins by describing Buckley's early years, including his upbringing and years at Yale, and then moves on to the 1950s, when Buckley built the conservative movement. He ...             We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future13 reviews Matthew Spalding Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2009 Required Reading This book, and Mark Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny" should be required reading for all high school and/or college history and civics courses. They provide an understanding of why our now beleagured constitutional republic has been, and remains the best hope for a civil society. Spalding coherently, unabashedly, and with a minimal amount of "flag-waving" relates the history of our country's ...             The Great Books: A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2009 The Odyssey, Paradise Lost, The Canterbury Tales: great literature can be read by anyone, with a little help. The eminent British philosopher Anthony O?Hear leads the way with this captivating journey through two-and-a-half millennia of books as powerful, thrilling, erotic, politically astute, and awe-inspiring as any modern bestseller. O?Hear begins with Homer, whose poems of epic struggle have made him the father of Western literature. ...             The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 194513 reviews GEORGE H. NASH Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006 Required reading in American Studies What Louis Menand does for Pragmatism in THE METAPHYSICAL CLUB, Nash does for Conservatism in this superb intellectual history. I have to make one thing quite clear, as the author does in the Introduction: This is a book about intellectuals, not about politicians and campaigns. It's a book about the academic roots of modern American Conservatism, not to be confused with so-called ...             Econoclasts: The Rebels Who Sparked the Supply-Side Revolution and Restored American Prosperity (Culture of ...6 reviews Ph.D. Brian Domitrovic Ph.D Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2009 Supply-Side Finally Explained Well One day in December 1974, while dining with some prominent officials from the Ford Administration, economist Arthur Laffer sketched his now-famous "Laffer Curve" on a napkin to illustrate the idea that, at some point, lowering taxes could actually increase tax revenues. By retelling lore and providing lively anecdotes and insights like this one, Brian Domitrovic introduces the major ...             Whittaker Chambers: The Spirit of a Counterrevolutionary (Library Modern Thinkers Series)1 review Richard M. Reinsch II Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2010 Penetrating analysis of the thought of Whittaker Chambers This book offers a nuanced understanding of the thought of Whittaker Chambers. Reinsch's book in particular delves into his insights into the great ideological battles of the West versus the Soviet bloc, as well as progressivism and conservatism in the West. Chambers is an interesting character in that he spent time as a dedicated Communist and eventually renounced his communist ties and became ...             Office Of Assertion: An Art Of Rhetoric For Academic Essay6 reviews Scott F. Crider Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2005 Use the best tool for the job--this is the best tool. There are lots of books on writing, but Scott Crider wrote a book aimed to help college students understand why they write (to learn, explore, and persuade) and how they should write. He follows Aristotle's definition of rhetoric as "the faculty of discovering the possible means of persuasion ..." (5), and then suggests how to "discover" arguments, how to organize a paper (he advocates ...             All-American Colleges: Top Schools for Conservatives, Old-Fashioned Liberals, and People of Faith9 reviews Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006 A Thinking Student's Guide "All-American Colleges: Top Schools for Conservatives, Old-Fashioned Liberals, and People of Faith" is the MOST comprehensive survey of reliably solid colleges ever compiled. John Zmirak takes the reader beyond the hollow U.S. News ratings (based on such superficial factors as enrollment, retention rates, etc.) and gets to the heart of each featured institution. Small colleges that would ...             Dynamics of World History5 reviews Christopher Dawson Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2002 A 'must read' for anyone interested in Catholic history. This book is awesome! Dawson was a professor of Roman Catholic Studies at Harvard University, but don't let that scare you away thinking it will be hard to read. It is written in language that us lay people can understand and relate to in a very deep and meaningful way. Dawson is Catholic and the book will give you an incredible historical perspective through Catholicism, however it really ...             A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy (Isi Guides to the Major Disciplines)5 reviews Harvey C. Mansfield Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2001 The very best guide to the subject Harvard University Professor Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., is well known within the discipline of political theory as one of the great figures of our time. Profoundly influenced by Leo Strauss, he also brings to his work a concern for the institutions of constitutional democracy which was a staple at Harvard during the era of Carl Friedrich. He has made original contributions to the study of ...             The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom5 reviews Robert Nisbet Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2010 Brilliant Robert Nisbet (1913-1996) was one of the most important conservative thinkers in the twentieth century and this work, The Quest for Community, was perhaps his most influential. It helped spark a Renaissance in conservative thought in America, appearing around the same time as Voegelin's The New Science of Politics, Buckley's God and Man at Yale, and Kirk's The Conservative Mind. [Brad Stone, ...             The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being6 reviews Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2009 One of the finest works of Christian Humanist scholarship One of the finest works of Christian Humanist scholarship to come out in the last decade, Dr. Gamble's new book, The Great Tradition, should open forgotten but vital realms of the past to the modern reader. Expertly chosen selections--forming the narrative and educational backbone of western civilization--pull the past, the present, and the future back into continuity. Dr. Gamble lovingly and ...              search for books all-american, assertion, christianity, community, conservative, conservatives, contradiction, counterrevolutionary, disciplines, econoclasts, enterprise, fashioned, foundations, intellectual, literature, messianic, old-fashioned, philosophy, political, principles, progressive, prosperity, reclaiming, rediscovering, rendezvous, revolution, righteousness, supply-side, tradition, whittaker books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen pc & video games: Blitz: The League (Xbox 360) home  impressum - about us