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Rumspringa, To Be Or Not To Be Amish

February 1, 2013

“Shachtman is like a maestro, masterfully conducting an orchestra of history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and journalism together in a harmonious and evocative symphony of all things Amish.” – Christian Science Monitor. Now in paperback.                   A favored title of book discussion groups, for dialogues on faith, morals, and the difficulty of raising teenagers. Some additional excerpted […]

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The Most Beautiful Villages of New England

February 1, 2013

“This is one of the few ‘coffee table’ books I own. But it covers all the gems and must-see villages … and provides plenty of information on the history and architecture of each …. In the depth of a New England winter this is a book I take to bed with me and dream of […]

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The Inarticulate Society

January 31, 2013

“A perceptive and disturbing book …. Our inability to use language articulately has consequences beyond aesthetics, says Shachtman. It threatens the survival of democracy ….. Loss of analytic capacity makes us easy prey for Big Brother and his Orwellian gang.” — Washington Post Book World                          Originally published in 1995, THE INARTICULATE SOCIETY: ELOQUENCE AND […]

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The Forty Years War

January 29, 2013

THE FORTY YEARS WAR, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE NEOCONS FROM NIXON TO OBAMA, by Len Colodny and Tom Shachtman. Now in paperback. “An eye-opening, provocative history of the neoconservative movement from its little-known role in Richard Nixon’s downfall through its ultimate expression in the preemptive war in Iraq.” — History Book Club News […]

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