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This book exposes the track record of deceit, fraud and terrorism of animal rights groups. It is a hard-hitting account of the individuals and organizations that will go to any lengths to stop the human use of animals for food, clothing, medical testing, entertainment and pets. It is must reading for every animal lover.
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Fabulous book on the "hidden" animal rights fanatics........2007-09-25
Mr. Oliver's book is one of the best on the background of the fanatical animal rights movement and those behind it. He reveals FACTS about the sources for their money and their true agenda and it's NOT about the animals. Money, Power and Control is the true goal. Read this to learn about this dangerous underground cult. Another good book to read is "The Hijacking of the Humane Movement" by Patti and Rod Strand. Learn now before it is too late for those of us who truly love animals and care about their WELFARE and not some imaginary "rights".
Flawed, manpulative reasoning........2004-03-22
This book is highly flawed and manipulative. Instead of attacking the reasoning behind animal rights as a philosophy, Oliver chooses to attack extreme members of animal rights groups in an attempt to somehow discredit the movement. Pointing out the most extreme members of any movement as a method of attack is a trick, and not a valid basis for any moral decision. For instance, if Hitler was a believer in animal rights, he also claimed to love children. Should that mean we should deny rights and protection to children, because an evil man (or group) promoted it as a positive idea? It's a ridiculous argument. Positive, loving philosophies do not lose their strength because extreme individuals happen to adopt them and then proceed to ignore the values of compassion and love which they are based.
If the Third Reich had sympathies towards animal rights, then so did Gandhi, Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer, Einstein, Alice Walker, Jimmy Stewart, Mark Twain, Pythagoras, Leo Tolstoy, Thoreau, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis, Abraham Lincoln, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Saint Francis of Assisi as well as many others.
Animal rights is not anti-human. To love one thing is not to cancel out love for another. When we understand this perhaps we will aquire some peace in the world. To extend our love and compassion to all creatures (and that includes humans of course) can only stregthen in us the best of human nature. It is no benefit for us to indulge our every desire at the expense of another creature's suffering. Hurting animals may make our lives easier, fulfill our basest desires, and even extend our lives, but in the end it robs of us of what is most important in being human - love, compassion, respect, and the privilege of using our strength to protect and love all the weak. This is honor.
It is man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man. -- Albert Schweitzer
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the 'Universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security." --Albert Einstein
You do not settle whether an experiment is justified or not by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments, but between barbarous and civilized behavior. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. --George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. -- Gandhi
Releasing the Truth about Animal Rights Humaniacs.......2002-05-17
I found this to be an extremely informative book. This was not just based on the authors opinions. He offered facts to back up his information. Every person donating money to an animal rights group should read this and SEE where their money is really going. Bravo to Daniel Oliver for such an eye opener to the groups that the FBI now classifies as our home grown terrorist.
The truth about "animal rights".......2002-02-20
At last, someone who is not afraid to tear the mask of hypocrisy. Vaccinated humans have no right to deny vaccines from others. Well-fed people have no right to deny food from others. Medical experimentation on animals is good. Adulation of animals as sacred cows is a religious perversion. If medical students will be forbidden to practice on animals, we'll either have bad physicians or practitioners that have studied their trade on humans. The first animal rights laws were enacted in the Third Reich by the Prussian minister. The rationale was that most animals have more rights than most people. The goody-goodies that have tired of fighting for human rights and have taken leave of their senses should remember that Einstein was not a vegetarian, Hitler was. "The Inhumane Crusade" is a valuable book for people who still value human life above the pseudo- and quasi-rights of rats, cockroaches, and the malaria plasmodium.
Horrible!.......2001-12-02
How can a man so self concerned write a book concerning the rights of others?
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Libya is the type of desert nation you thought only existed in the imagination. Experience the astonishing ruins of Leptis Magna, starry night skies over towering Saharan dunes, the hospitality of Tuareg guides and much more with this outstanding new guide.
- 27 detailed maps, including a full-colour country map
- all you need to know about visas and tour companies
- special sections on Libya's major Greek and Roman sites
- extensive cultural, historical and political notes
- helpful Arabic language chapter, plus Arabic script throughout
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Up and coming place to visit.......2004-10-12
Libya is not a country yet used to having many visitors from the western world (with the possible exception of Italians) so vistors should not expect too much in terms for five star comforts - or at least not yet as things are already beginning to change. It is a place well worth visiting however and this guide is very helpful in both planning your trip and finding your way around. One of the greatest tourist assests this country has are the remarkable Roman and Greek ruins at various sites throughout the country - in particular the spectular Greek ruins at Cyrene in the east of the country. (These make the acropolis of Athens look pathetic by comparison). The outlines and maps provided by Lonely Planet of these archeological sites proved accurate and helpful and allowed us to get much more out of guided tours than we could have otherwise.
The guide proved remarkabley accurate in assessment of the quality of hotels, restaurants and sites to visit. So much so that our Libyan guide from one of the local tour companies was delighted when we gave him our copy at the airport on our departure. It should be noted that the authors have a somewhat rosey view of things - they don't mention the fact that a lot of litter is strewn throughout the country, a lot of people are not especially friendly (though many are) but they are right in pointing out that it is a relativley safe place to visit. All in all a smart investment for anyone visiting the country.
I agree with Mr. Giuliano..........2003-06-03
Without having read the book, I can fully agree with Mr. Giuliano's review because I've lived in Tripoli for one year. Libya is all that Mr. Giuliano has written about and more. Streets strewn with plastic bags of all sizes and ages (yes, plastic doesn't seem to rot!), Libyans trying and sometimes succeeding in tricking and cheating you, a total lack of any restaurant that resembles a restaurant. The only place I ever ate at was in a foreigners' camp and most of the time I had Yalla (Montezuma's Revenge) shortly thereafter. Unfortunately I have few fond memories that I have taken with me. I have lived in many countries, some comparable to Libya, but none has left me more disgusted and disappointed than Libya and its hypocrisy. Without the plastic bags and rotting cans, I am sure it could be a beautiful place. I just wasn't shown the pretty places.
Far too 'positive' about Libya, and with some inaccuracies.......2002-09-13
By all means, this Lonely Planet guide is an extremely useful tool for those travelling in Libya, and is probably the best guidebook about the country. The author and editors have put some great work into it, resulting in an excellent achievement in terms of overall coverage and book's presentation. Few other Lonely Planet guides are as interesting and fascinating to read as this one, so filled with thrilling information on history and culture, with great anecdotes and stories about Libya's wonders. But the problem is, exactly, that this guidebook is too filled with Libya's alleged 'wonders', making Libya truly appear a real dream-country for the visitor - which, very arguably, it is not. So, if you have already made your mind about going to Libya, by all means you should take this book with you. But if you are tempted to visit Libya mainly because you have been enchanted by this book, as might indeed happen given the book's excellent prose and contents, then you should think twice. The author seems to have made great friends in Libya and have enjoyed the country greatly, and I am glad for him. But please do note: Libya is far from being a pleasant place filled with "the most pleasant people on Earth" (book's wording). I have so far been to 155 sovereign nations, and to my chagrin I am sorry to say that I have found no other place on Earth as harsh, boring and outright tidious as Libya - I enjoyed Somalia, Sierra Leone and Kosovo far more ! If you are looking for Arabic warmth, Morocco or Tunisia are a much better bet. If you are looking for desert, you have a whole half-continent to consider, including nearby Algeria. If you wish to go somewhere 'new', maybe try Cuba or Iran. And I don't see why would one bother with Libya's ancient Roman ruins, since Italy is just opposite, on the other side of the Mediterranean. And if Libya fascinates you because of its alleged dangers and novelty, plenty of other alternatives exist, from Syria to Yemen. As regards the people too, I have not had the pleasant experiences which the guidebook seems to guarantee: without wishing to stereotype a whole people, I must say that I have found a great deal of arrogant, cheating, rude and inhospitable people among Libyans. Therefore my advice simply is: please take this book's positive words very cautiously. Many inacuraccies or misrepresentations are also contained in the book. The whole range of Tripoli's top-end hotels (allegedly 5-stars), listed very positively in the book, are in reality no more than low 3-stars properties with appallingly low or inexistent customer service. Some of the restaurants listed simply don't exist, or are horribly disappointing compared to the book's description. The whole procedure of getting a visa is described in the book in a way that makes it seem complex and lawyerly, while in reality I was able to get a visa very straight-forward, and was amazed by the lack of bureaucracy encountered along the process. Having said all this, thereby placing this book below the excellent standard usually offered by Lonely Planet, the book is indeed a great achievement in terms of coverage of the whole nation. In a region so hard to get to know, the author has been able to cover small towns and villages, albeit with errors, in a way that is amazing and wonderful. And as mentioned previously, the book is so rich with facts about Libya, that it makes fascinating reading, by all means great for the armchair traveller, and for those wishing to dream of a wonderful Libya. Indeed, I wish Libya were really as the author describes it...
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There are millions of things to measure . . . and almost as many ways to measure them!
Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is back -- and ready to explore the invention of length, weight, and volume measurements. After that, with another wave of his wand, the wizard introduces the world of metrics and makes it easy to understand the basic pattern of meters, liters, and grams. With Steven Kellogg's playful and delightfully detailed illustrations, measuring has never been such a blast!
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An excellent childrens book on measurement.......2006-12-19
We recently got "Millions to Measure" for our daughter and it's a wonderful introduction to measuring systems and how they've progressed over time.
If you've got a small child and want to introduce them to measuring systems, I highly recommend this book.
Measuring Made Easy and Fun............2003-05-21
"There are millions of things-and many ways-to measure. Let's fly back in time and see how people measured many years ago..." Marvelosissimo the Magician's takes the reader from prehistoric times to the present on an entertaining and informative tour of measurement. Author, David Schwartz's engaging text, written in an easy to read, conversational style, tells the story of length, weight, and volume, and is rich in history, fun facts, and trivia. Illustrator, Steven Kellogg's cartoon-like artwork is bright and playful and each busy page is filled with humor, eye-catching, expressive detail, and clever asides. Youngsters will revel in all the easy to understand, measuring fun. A terrific explanation of the metric system concludes this little gem of a picture book, and both students and teachers will find hours of fun practicing and using the concepts they learn here.
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