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Mormonism Unmasked: Confronting the Contradictions Between Mormon Beliefs and True Christianity
R. Philip Roberts
B&H Publishing Group, 1998
The Truth about Polygamy and Joseph Smith
Dr. Phillip Roberts in his book Mormonism Unmasked (Nashville: B & H Publishing, 1998) provides an easy to read and thorough understanding of historic Mormonism as it relates to the subject of polygamy in the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) church. This group ...
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Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction: Christianity and the Battle for the Soul of a Nation
Rodney Clapp
Westminster, 2008
Where's the stuff about Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash is one of the most interesting figures in American music in the recent past. I got this book fully expecting it to have a lot of information about how Cash's music dealt with the author's "Great American Contradiction" of hedonism vs holiness.
There's ...
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How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics
William Byers
Princeton University Press, 2007
interesting book on the process of doing mathematics
The central thesis of How Mathematicians Think is that mathematics is more creative than algorithmic. The author describes mathematicians as dealing with ambiguity most of the time rather than simply adhering to a formula and plugging in numbers to get somewhere. The ...
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Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History
Hans Schmidt
University Press of Kentucky, 1998
war is for big business
anyone who questions the validity of going to war needs to read this book.
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The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life
Parker J. Palmer
Jossey-Bass, 2008
Promise of paradox
This is Parker Palmer's first book. A stunning approach to the central themes of Christian spirituality and introduces a new religious writer of major stature. This book, deeply rooted in the spiritual teaching of Thomas Merton, will have its greatest appeal for ...
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Robert Venturi: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Robert Venturi
"The Museum of Modern Art, New York", 1977
Gateway towards looking at architecture
I had to read this book for a class specifically regarding Robert Venturi and the postmodernism movement that he became a leading proponent of. However, this book is NOT a manifesto for a postmodern vacabulary- rather, this book looks at all architecture from the ...
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9/11 Contradictions: An Open Letter to Congress and the Press
David Ray Griffin
Interlink Publishing Group, 2008
David Ray Griffin has an exceptional gift for grasping significant distinctions
The mind of David Ray Griffin is refreshingly clear and logical. His meticulous research and critical analysis of documentary evidence is astute and compelling. In "9/11 Contradictions: An Open Letter to Congress and the Press," Dr. Griffin presents a logical sequence ...
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Extreme Toyota: Radical Contradictions That Drive Success at the World's Best Manufacturer
Emi Osono, Norihiko Shimizu, ...
Wiley, 2008
Good manager level book on TPS.
Having read most of the detailed TPS books, this one was a bit to theoretical. Realize it was likely written for the MBA crowd....
I still find it a bit odd that Toyota subject books tend to avoid the fact that no company is perfect. Wouldn't trade the hectic ...
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The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking
Roger L. Martin
Harvard Business School Press, 2007
Innovative thesis on the thinking style of successful leaders
I completely agree with Robert Morris' review of this excellent book. Psychology professors Howard Gardner of Harvard and Robert Sternberg of Yale have described how individuals have different cognitive abilities and thinking styles. In The Opposable Mind, Roger ...
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The Cultural Contradictions Of Capitalism: 20th Anniversary Edition
Daniel Bell
Basic Books, 1996
A thoughtful and detailed analysis of modernity
The first thing you realize when reading the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism is that Daniel Bell is smarter than you. That's a good thing, because he interprets the classic philosophers (Marx, Aristotle, Weber) in the context of the 20th century, and reveals ...
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Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life
Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis
Basic Books, 1977
A classic work on the intersection of education and the class structure of the economy
Bowles and Gintis argue that schooling is designed to prepare students for to be dominated by the system of industrial capitalism. The authors argue that schooling has more to do with disciplining the workforce than it does with anything like critical thinking or ...
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Living With Contradiction: An Introduction to Benedictine Spirituality
Esther De Waal
Morehouse Publishing, 1998
Living in the tension
The first word of the Rule of St. Benedict is 'Listen'. This rule, composed centuries ago for Benedict's community, and continued by communities across the world to this day, is a powerful way of living into the fullness of God's grace and love. However, as the title ...
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Straightedge Youth: Complexity And Contradictions of a Subculture
Robert T. Wood
Syracuse University Press, 2006
Perfect for everyone from straight edgers and straight edge experts to casual readers!
As a straight edger who has only recently "claimed edge" (that's the term for when you finally make the lifetime commitment not to drink, do drugs, or smoke), I wanted to find out everything I could about straight edge.
Robert Wood's "Straightedge Youth: Complexity ...
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Engaging Contradictions: Theory, Politics, and Methods of Activist Scholarship (Global, Area, and ...
Charles R. Hale
University of California Press, 2008
Scholars in many fields increasingly find themselves caught between the academy, with its demands for rigor and objectivity, and direct engagement in social activism. Some advocate on behalf of the communities they study; others incorporate the knowledge and leadership of their informants directly into the process of knowledge production. What ...
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Questions of Modernity (Contradictions of Modernity, Volume 11)
University of Minnesota Press, 2000
Anthropology/Cultural Studies Well-known contributors offer an illuminating look at how modernity develops in non-Western contexts. Modernity has always laid claim to universal certainty-which meant assigning a different and lesser significance to anything deemed purely local, non-Western, or lacking a universal expression. This book makes ...
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