Palestine: A Personal History - Karl Sabbagh

Advantages: In English, in paperback
Disadvantages: You tell me

...Further to your comments a review update : A History of Economics the past as the present by John Kenneth Galbraith who is Paul.M.Warburg Professor of Economics emeritus of Harvard University. He has published many books, this included. MORE ABOUT GALBRAITH Born in Ontario and a graduate of the University of California. He was Social Science Research Fellow at Cambridge University. During WW11 he was Director of the Office of Economic Security Policy in the Department of State. He received the Medal of Freedom. He has been closely identified with the Democratic Party (USA). He is an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge. He is a member for literature of the American Academy and Institute. He delivered the Reith Lectures in 1966. He is married with 3 sons. *** THE BOOK *** The paper back version I bought is 324... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic Philosophy to an important word movement,
Disadvantages: Quite short, doesn't go into the detail of Das Kapital

...*****History***** The Communist Manifesto was initially published in 1848 (in London), although the text was originally in German. The first English translation was created in 1850. It was commissioned by the Communist League and to lay out the League's intentions and program. The Manifesto had a great number of editions from 1872 to 1890, with important prefaces written by Marx and Engels for the 1872 German edition, 1882 Russian edition, 1883 German edition, 1888 English edition. *****The Authors***** Although the names of Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx appear as joint-authors, Engels has stated that it was "essentially Marx's work" Most recent researchers believe that "the actual drafting of The Communist Manifesto was done exclusively by Marx." *****Synopsis***** The Manifesto is separated into five sections... Read review

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Advantages: A good overview, easy to follow
Disadvantages: Rare, some details lacking

...Bishop Karl Pruter's 'The Old Catholic Church: A History and Chronology' is part of a series of books by St. Willibrord's Press entitled 'The Autocephalous Orthodox Churches'. The word autocephalous refers to the church being independent and self-governing, not attached to the See of Rome, Constantinople, Canterbury, or any other primary administrative centre. There are many jurisdictions of continuing Anglicans, Old and Independent Catholics, and Orthodoxers in North America and Europe (as well as a few beyond those borders); other titles in this series explore those jurisdictions, or strive for a directory listing of persons in these traditions. This particular volume focuses on some of the main Old Catholic historical strands in North America, with a brief description of some current jurisdictions. One of the virtues of Pruter... Read review

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