I?m surprised that nowadays amazon fails at quality of their books. This book arrived with no proble

I?m surprised that nowadays amazon fails at quality of their books. This book arrived with no problems but the pages inside were all misprinted making it completely illegible.

A really great online magazine. Full of interesting articles and interviews. Extremely well put together.

You dont review to read a book ,if u think u should than read it.. you will see after read this book

Oliver Wendell Holmes is a towering figure in our history, even if, like me, you only learned his name in school and only know he was a supreme court justice, or else he wrote books, didn't he? Or was that his Dad? But it turns out that what Holmes the justice thought is of crucial importance to key legal issues of today. Holmes can be seen as a major pragmatist thinker, and pragmatism can be seen as a major source of our current culture wars. I came across Holmes via Allan Bloom and, oddly, Edmund Wilson. I heard about Holmes' Civil War experiences and how he believed that the law is quote unquote only what men are willing to die for, and I was hooked, and looked around for a book that would best examine Holmes life, thought, and impact, and finally decided on this book by Alschuler. The book is thematic rather than chronological. And I don't think Alschuler argues very well. He tends to write impressionistically, and IMHO he indulges in smear tactics. For example, "Would you want to have Holmes as a friend?" But surely whether Holmes would make a good friend is irrelevant to the character of his thought. But Alschuler also manages to convey some of the wonderful issues at play in this arena for a non-lawyer such as myself. For me the book was like a window into an alien universe that I've actually been living in unknowingly all along. So I forced my way throught it. It's not long, less than 190 pages plus notes.

Really good book on Clive's collection. If you have the chance visit his car museum featuring these cars and more! It is in Colorado just outside of Denver. You will be amazed!!

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