As a bestselling author and syndicated conservative columnist, Thomas Sowell has written, brilliantly, on a wide range of political, social and cultural issues. But it is economics that has always been his specialty -- and it is to economics that he returns in a book that, in our judgment, ranks as the finest single-volume treatment of the subject since Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson.read more
There are plenty of guides to homeschooling available now, but it would be hard to find one as comprehensive as The Unofficial Guide to Homeschooling. It manages to cover virtually all the ground that other guides deal with piecemeal or not at all. And it gives you a refreshing new perspective on issues you may think you have completely covered — from a panel of experts including Maureen McCaffrey of Homeschooling Today magazine, Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute, and others who know homeschooling issues inside and out. read more
This book couldn't be more timely. With the conservative movement attracting new members as never before, the need for a balanced, readable and up-to-date anthology of the best that has been thought and said by the movement's leading figures is urgent. And with the question of what -- and who -- is a "true" conservative being vigorously (sometimes viciously) debated, it is helpful to be reminded that disagreement about the answer is nothing new.
