books by Eric Burns

books by Eric Burns

books:

Eric Burns

Virtue, Valor, And Vanity: The Founding Fathers and the Pursuit of Fame

Eric Burns

Arcade Publishing, 2008

interesting overview
Eric Burns has provided a straightforward overview of some of the behavior and writings of the founders of the American Revolution as regards the pursuit of fame and some of the accompanying concepts (e.g., vanity, modesty, myth-making). History buffs may be put off ...

Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism

Eric Burns

PublicAffairs, 2007

Great Read
I absolutely loved this book. It is exactly the kind of experience I want when I read history. I learned a lot, and had fun doing it. Eric Burns obviously knows his subject, and his style is relaxed and entertaining. I did a little research on him, and as it turns ...

Security Power Tools

Bryan Burns, Jennifer Granick, ...

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007

Invaluable security resource
A classic ad for Snap-on brand tools featured the tagline, "I own the best, please don't ask to borrow them." In the new, complex world of IT security, picking the best tool for the job is no easy task. An indispensable reference on the subject, Security Power Tools, ...

Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, Library Edition
Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller

Playaway, 2006

The Spirits Of America: A Social History of Alcohol

Eric Burns

Temple University Press, 2004

Eric Burns is great
Eric Burns does an awesome job on Fox News Watch and now he does just as good a job in this book. His fascinating stories about people like Thomas Jefferson are really entertaining. Who would think that the Supreme Court Justices were drunks! Probably a lot of people ...

The Smoke of the Gods: A Social History of Tobacco

Eric Burns

Temple University Press, 2006

good anecdotal history of tobacco
This is an interesting, amusing, and well-written anecdotal history of tobacco. It focuses on the good old days when nearly everybody liked smoking, and essentially ends its coverage with the 1964 Surgeon General's report "Smoking and Health" that starting turning ...

The Jungle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Upton Sinclair

Penguin Classics, 2006

Two great authors for the price of one!
The Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of 'The Jungle' is worth buying for Eric Schlosser's foreword alone, let alone Upton Sinclair's gripping expose. As author of Fast Food Nation (which is a bit of 'The Jungle' of our time), Schlosser wastes no time in underlining how ...

The American Journal of Anthropomorphics

Terrie Smith, Michele Light, ...

Vision Books, 1997

Look at it Regularly!
This is a great artbook, featuring many famous furry artists. I love the art, and look at it regularly. If you're a fan of Michele Light, I recommend it.

The Owl and the Stereo: Introduction to Radical Christianity
David Osborne

Wild Goose Publications, 2004

A look at issues which affect everyone today and their relation to the teaching of Jesus. The book concludes that faith is not the ultimate answer to all the questions but is a way of life that involves deep and meaningful exploration.

Science: Good, Bad and Bogus

Martin Gardner

Prometheus Books, 1996

The simple, effective arguments against pseudoscience
I first read this book almost twenty years ago and even though some of the events and principals have faded into oblivion, the basic theme has not. While there are some negative consequences of science, in many ways they are secondary to the enormous benefits. The ...