3.69 avg rating — 406,706 ratings

"This book identifies and explains one of the greatest moral codes I've ever read in literature. It may be idealistic, but it is ideally how the world should run. And what this book espouses is mostly vacant in our American society as a whole and in our individual lives. Which explains why it endures as a lengthy but accessible, and truly important, piece of literature"

4.12 avg rating — 1,102,474 ratings

"One of the most beautifully and well-written books I've ever read. I've recommended this book on it's literary accomplishments alone. But the insight it offers into the lives of human beings in such a profound manner are what set this book apart. "

4.16 avg rating — 171,569 ratings

"Printed over 15 years prior to George Orwell's '1984', this book describes how governments can control their public not through paranoia and fear, but through indulgence and pacification (the act of pacifying or appeasement). While government control is a popular concern, we easily let slip by the governments' efforts to avoid addressing real issues with the public. Back in 1932, the author of this book already was describing a population pacified by prescription drugs approved by the government in an effort to keep the population 'sedated'. As well as a vision of a world economy ahead of it's time, and warning of the ways science may begin genetic manipulation in the conception of our children for their own gains. The methods this book proposes as tools of government control are startling only because they are becoming more and more true over time. A truly visionary book."