Customer Review: I enjoyed this book tremendously. I liked best Jacoby's critique of today's newspapers for reporting at face value patently false statements by politicians, as if actual facts made no difference at all. I did disagree with a few of Jacoby's points. She is too cavalier about dismissing the idea... more info
Customer Review: Free Thinkers, a History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby.
An easy read and very informative.
Now I know what a free thinker is, what Secular Humanism is and another part of America I never thought about.
This book is a must to understand the Secular side of America and how... more info
Customer Review: This was an amazing book. I am always interested in books about Jews who convert or who move away from Judaism because my parents, Holocaust survivors, subliminally encouraged assimilation and intermarriage among their children, although not conversion. Ms. Jacoby's analysis of all topics, no matter... more info
Customer Review: I have read Yelena Khangaýs story several times in the past several years. Leaning something different each time that I read it. Her wit and her humor are outstanding given the time she was writing about. It was a time of great history for both nations as well as both cultures. She looks... more info
Customer Review: I read this book as a book club selection a few years ago. I had doubts about it -- but after I read it--I loved it. Ms. Yelena Khanga is a Black Russian women who discovers her heritage and her love of jounalism. Khanga has such a rich family history, American (Black and white), Russian and... more info
