10 Books That Screwed Up the World : And 5 Others That Didn't Help

from TeaTimeCoder

Should be titled: 10 books I didn't understand. The only book the author likes is the bible. I regret giving the author the courtesy of finishing this book.

from Mithalogica

This is pure conservative/religious right propaganda dressed up as some kind of literary critique. Were this published by a more reputable publisher, I'd say they should be ashamed; as it is, perhaps one should expect no better from an admittedly conservative imprint blissfully free of the ravage...

from jimocracy

I've only read a few of the books mentioned in this one. A couple of them, I did not like at all. However, the author's approach to these books is, in itself, very dangerous and part of the problem with conservatives in this country. The author does not contribute anything intellectually viable o...

from ChristineEllei

Mr. Wiker looks at Machiavelli, DeCartes, Hobbes, Marx, Darwin, Hitler, Nietsche, Mead, Sanger, and Kinsey and offers, in admittedly 20/20 hindsight, how this books negatively influenced thinking at the time they were published. Then he goes on to explain how these books are still influencing cur...