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I write in order to make the little voices in my head go away. Thus far it hasn't worked. ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 25,146 ratings · 4,886 reviews · 193 distinct works • Similar authors

	Reforming Marriage 4.21 avg rating — 1,660 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Future Men: Raising Boys to Fight Giants 4.28 avg rating — 1,259 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life 4.43 avg rating — 1,046 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning 4.07 avg rating — 962 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Hand in Marriage 3.98 avg rating — 920 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Standing on the Promises 4.28 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evangellyfish 3.86 avg rating — 720 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Federal Husband 4.16 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case for Classical Christian Education 4.01 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Father Hunger: Why God Calls Men to Love and Lead Their Families 4.32 avg rating — 479 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nero

by Jacob Abbott

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Douglas Wilson said: " Here is a newly released biography of Nero for students in Christian schools or in homeschool. First in a forthcoming series, this book is the first open door to a series of fantastic educational opportunities. Before I say more, let me bring in old Here is a newly released biography of Nero for students in Christian schools or in homeschool. First in a forthcoming series, this book is the first open door to a series of fantastic educational opportunities. Before I say more, let me bring in old Martin for some sturdy observations.

"When schools flourish, things go well and the church is secure . . . God has preserved the church through the schools. They are the preservers of the church. Schools don't have a beautiful appearance, and yet they are very useful" -- Martin Luther

As a pastor, I would much rather preach to people who are biblically literate than those who are not. I would much rather pastor people who have had the advantage of a Christian education than those who have not. This is not because the preliminary work is begrudged -- it needs to be done and done gladly. But when churches and schools are in partnership, the schools do a lot of the necessary spadework first. And this means that those who are responsible to see to it that sound doctrine is pervasive in the Church have a much easier time of it.

Nero was a dirtbag of the highest order, but he was the emperor when much of the New Testament was being written. A student who reads this biography is going to be gathering the kind of information that Christians in the first century had gleaned from their "newspapers," and which enabled them to understand what the apostles were telling them -- far more accurately than we often do. When modern students start to pick up some of this information, a lot of the Bible is going to start to make a lot more sense. This is one of the great payouts of offering our children a classical Christian education.

High kudos to Canon Press for this book, and for the series. Anybody responsible for classical Christian history curriculum needs to review this book, and the others that are coming. The books are appropriate for age 12 and up, and future plans include 31 more titles -- Alexander the Great, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar are next. ...more "

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Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson

by Camille Paglia

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Douglas Wilson said: " She's a lunatic and a pagan, but very helpful. ...more "

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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories

by Christopher Booker

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Douglas Wilson rated a book it was amazing Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I) by David Hackett Fischer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is the most satisfying book I have read in a long time.
Jun 18, 2020 01:07PM · 19 likes · like · see review
Douglas Wilson rated a book really liked it Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book was informative and a lot of fun. Going to bed now.
Jun 17, 2020 10:02PM · 27 likes · like · see review
Douglas Wilson rated a book liked it The Face of Water: A Translator on Beauty and Meaning in the Bible by Sarah Ruden	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed her Paul Among the People, but this one seemed a little phoned in. There were some good insights (and some things I object to), but mostly I felt like I was reading her translation notebooks.
Jun 17, 2020 03:22PM · 5 likes · like · see review
Douglas Wilson rated a book really liked it C. S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview by Michael L. Peterson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A capable job.
May 23, 2020 04:42PM · 16 likes · like · see review
Douglas Wilson rated a book really liked it Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics by Mary Eberstadt	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was a very good book, of the kind that labors to get educated people to come to grips with the obvious. In this case, it is that the sexual revolution laid the foundation for the insanity of identity politics.
May 18, 2020 06:13AM · 24 likes · like · see review
Douglas Wilson rated a book really liked it A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Vastly learned. Very informative. The same my second time through in 2020.
May 06, 2020 09:41AM · 41 likes · like · see review
Douglas Wilson rated a book really liked it James Herriot's Animal Stories by James Herriot	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Quite fun.
May 02, 2020 04:51PM · 17 likes · like · see review
Douglas Wilson rated a book really liked it The Lordship of Jesus Christ by William H. Pape	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Solid stuff.
Apr 27, 2020 08:44AM · 5 likes · like · see review
Douglas Wilson rated a book really liked it Preaching as Reminding: Stirring Memory in an Age of Forgetfulness by Jeffrey D. Arthurs	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was quite a good and stimulating book, which contained a lot of useful information. It was marred in a few places with references to women preachers, which is kind of like finding a garden slug in a really great salad. But still, I profited.
Apr 20, 2020 09:20PM · 20 likes · like · see review

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“Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.”
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“Education is the process of selling someone on books. ”
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“God gave us minds to think with and hearts to thank with. Instead we use our hearts to think about the world as we would like it to have been, and we use our minds to come up with rationalizations for our ingratitude. We are a murmuring, discontented, unhappy, ungrateful people. And because we think we want salvation from our discontents...”
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