Comments for http://booksofremembrance.net Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:40:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on The Holy Bible – American Standard Version (1901) by Michael Garrison http://booksofremembrance.net/the-holy-bible-american-standard-version-1901/#comment-1596 Michael Garrison Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:40:42 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/the-holy-bible-american-standard-version-1901/#comment-1596 <i>Review by Michael Garrison for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Bible-American-Standard-ebook/dp/B0033WSW2A%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0033WSW2A" rel="nofollow">The Holy Bible - American Standard Version (1901)</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/5.png" /></b> First, full disclosure; I'm the one who converted the digital version by GodsGuidingLight into Kindle format and published this, but there is a very important point that isn't showing up in the product description: this edition is, as far as we can tell, free from the errors that exist in nearly every other digital version of the ASV, which all seem to have been taken from the same carelessly OCR'd scan several years ago. The work of transcribing this edition more accurately than any other version I have found online was done by GodsGuidingLight, as noted in the first page, and my role has only been to convert it into the Kindle format and link the Table of Contents into the individual books, before publishing it here with permission. <br /> <br />Amazon does not let me list it here for free, so it's set to the minimum price point, and I have committed to donating all proceeds I receive from this publication to Christian ministries. Review by Michael Garrison for The Holy Bible – American Standard Version (1901)
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First, full disclosure; I’m the one who converted the digital version by GodsGuidingLight into Kindle format and published this, but there is a very important point that isn’t showing up in the product description: this edition is, as far as we can tell, free from the errors that exist in nearly every other digital version of the ASV, which all seem to have been taken from the same carelessly OCR’d scan several years ago. The work of transcribing this edition more accurately than any other version I have found online was done by GodsGuidingLight, as noted in the first page, and my role has only been to convert it into the Kindle format and link the Table of Contents into the individual books, before publishing it here with permission.

Amazon does not let me list it here for free, so it’s set to the minimum price point, and I have committed to donating all proceeds I receive from this publication to Christian ministries.

]]> Comment on James Earl Jones Reads The Bible by T. Pratt http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1595 T. Pratt Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:35:18 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1595 <i>Review by T. Pratt for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Earl-Jones-Reads-Bible/dp/1591509742%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1591509742" rel="nofollow">James Earl Jones Reads The Bible</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/3.png" /></b> Just what does one do with so many CDs in pathetic little paper sleeves? <br /> <br />And when you've figured that out, just remember, the books don't begin or end on the their own CD, they're all jumbled up - so you might get a CD with the last half of Acts on it and the first few chapters of Romans for example. Not a big deal? Perhaps - until you go to find a specific chapter and realize the CD manufacturer hasn't bothered to make the tracks and the chapters number the same (which they easily could have). This "feature" makes it very hard to find the chapter you're looking for, especially if the books are jumbled up. <br /> <br />James Earl Jones sounds good - some odd-ball pronounciations of common biblical nameplaces - but not of great impediment to enjoyment. Review by T. Pratt for James Earl Jones Reads The Bible
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Just what does one do with so many CDs in pathetic little paper sleeves?

And when you’ve figured that out, just remember, the books don’t begin or end on the their own CD, they’re all jumbled up – so you might get a CD with the last half of Acts on it and the first few chapters of Romans for example. Not a big deal? Perhaps – until you go to find a specific chapter and realize the CD manufacturer hasn’t bothered to make the tracks and the chapters number the same (which they easily could have). This “feature” makes it very hard to find the chapter you’re looking for, especially if the books are jumbled up.

James Earl Jones sounds good – some odd-ball pronounciations of common biblical nameplaces – but not of great impediment to enjoyment.

]]> Comment on James Earl Jones Reads The Bible by Gnomon http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1594 Gnomon Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:11:41 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1594 <i>Review by Gnomon for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Earl-Jones-Reads-Bible/dp/1591509742%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1591509742" rel="nofollow">James Earl Jones Reads The Bible</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/5.png" /></b> As an avid reader of the Bible, I've listened to several different audio renditions of the Good Book. There are a lot of them out there -- various translations, various readers. But this reading of the New Testament by James Earl Jones is one of the very best in my opinion.His rolling baritone voice and Shakesperian delivery are perfect for the hoary old King James Version. Unlike so many other taped Bibles, he doesn't try to dramatize the story. And he doesn't have that irritating "announcer voice" I've found on a couple of audio Bibles. Rather, he uses his voice as an exquisite tool to softly sing the lyrical words so lovingly crafted by the translators of 1611.It truly becomes a soothing, spiritual experience to hear the shades of meaning he brings out. And frankly, his reading of the much-explained Book of Revelation made me see it in a new, almost poetic light.Frankly, the only other audio Bible I'd rank up there with Jones' is Alexander Scourby's great reading of the King James. None of the others come close to these two. Scourby's is perhaps superior only in that he also reads through the enire Old Testament as well. If James Earl Jones ever performs that feat, I will surely purchase that (from Amazon, of course!) as well. Review by Gnomon for James Earl Jones Reads The Bible
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As an avid reader of the Bible, I’ve listened to several different audio renditions of the Good Book. There are a lot of them out there — various translations, various readers. But this reading of the New Testament by James Earl Jones is one of the very best in my opinion.His rolling baritone voice and Shakesperian delivery are perfect for the hoary old King James Version. Unlike so many other taped Bibles, he doesn’t try to dramatize the story. And he doesn’t have that irritating “announcer voice” I’ve found on a couple of audio Bibles. Rather, he uses his voice as an exquisite tool to softly sing the lyrical words so lovingly crafted by the translators of 1611.It truly becomes a soothing, spiritual experience to hear the shades of meaning he brings out. And frankly, his reading of the much-explained Book of Revelation made me see it in a new, almost poetic light.Frankly, the only other audio Bible I’d rank up there with Jones’ is Alexander Scourby’s great reading of the King James. None of the others come close to these two. Scourby’s is perhaps superior only in that he also reads through the enire Old Testament as well. If James Earl Jones ever performs that feat, I will surely purchase that (from Amazon, of course!) as well.

]]> Comment on James Earl Jones Reads The Bible by D. Marr http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1593 D. Marr Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:04:13 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1593 <i>Review by D. Marr for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Earl-Jones-Reads-Bible/dp/1591509742%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1591509742" rel="nofollow">James Earl Jones Reads The Bible</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/2.png" /></b> This production(CD version) has the necessary elements expected in a high-quality product of its kind: a superb narrator with the golden voice and lightly-orchestrated background hymns. Indeed, most of the time, Jones has the right touch in the execution of his reading of this most sacred Book. The background music can be distracting at times, but even it has a gentle ambiance that one would wish for. However, there is something wrong that overshadows these fine qualities.<br> <br> This recording has an unfortunate and dangerous habit of omitting and adding passages to the books of the Bible. Examples: first half of John 3:17 -a key passage from the instruction to Nicodemus is missing, and the first half of Revelation 3:9 is repeated. What makes this worse is that these are Jesus Christ's words, in addition to the warning given in Rev. 22:19. This also does not take into account the countless add/omit/changes of individual words throughout the books, and I have not read through the whole New Testament with this production. I may seem nit-picky and overly-strict to some, but this Book is sacred, and this should not be treated like some recitation of C.S. Lewis or whatever. That is why, traditionally, not just anyone could attempt to translate the Bible from the original manuscripts- to avoid errors similar to this situation. I don't know who is more to blame: perhaps Jones, but it seems ultimately the editor and producer(s). As I mentioned earlier, had this disturbing problem not been a factor, I would give this product a high rating. But no matter how polished and appealing it may seem when marketed, it all comes down to the careful and fearfully holy treatment of the Bible text. Review by D. Marr for James Earl Jones Reads The Bible
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This production(CD version) has the necessary elements expected in a high-quality product of its kind: a superb narrator with the golden voice and lightly-orchestrated background hymns. Indeed, most of the time, Jones has the right touch in the execution of his reading of this most sacred Book. The background music can be distracting at times, but even it has a gentle ambiance that one would wish for. However, there is something wrong that overshadows these fine qualities.

This recording has an unfortunate and dangerous habit of omitting and adding passages to the books of the Bible. Examples: first half of John 3:17 -a key passage from the instruction to Nicodemus is missing, and the first half of Revelation 3:9 is repeated. What makes this worse is that these are Jesus Christ’s words, in addition to the warning given in Rev. 22:19. This also does not take into account the countless add/omit/changes of individual words throughout the books, and I have not read through the whole New Testament with this production. I may seem nit-picky and overly-strict to some, but this Book is sacred, and this should not be treated like some recitation of C.S. Lewis or whatever. That is why, traditionally, not just anyone could attempt to translate the Bible from the original manuscripts- to avoid errors similar to this situation. I don’t know who is more to blame: perhaps Jones, but it seems ultimately the editor and producer(s). As I mentioned earlier, had this disturbing problem not been a factor, I would give this product a high rating. But no matter how polished and appealing it may seem when marketed, it all comes down to the careful and fearfully holy treatment of the Bible text.

]]> Comment on America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition) by R. Albin http://booksofremembrance.net/americas-longest-war-the-united-states-and-vietnam-1950-1975-with-poster-4th-edition/#comment-1590 R. Albin Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:41:12 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/americas-longest-war-the-united-states-and-vietnam-1950-1975-with-poster-4th-edition/#comment-1590 <i>Review by R. Albin for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Longest-War-Vietnam-1950-1975/dp/0072536187%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0072536187" rel="nofollow">America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/4.png" /></b> This is a concise but systematic overview and narrative of the Vietnam war. Evenhanded and drawing on a remarkably rich secondary literature, America's Longest War covers American involvement in Vietnam from the immediate post-WWII period up to the Clinton administration. This is mainly the story of American policy making and the American experience. While Herring does deal with the South Vietnamese experience, there is relatively little analysis of North Vietnamese experience and decision making. This is unavoidable due to the lack of material from North Vietnam. <br />Herring presents our involvment in Vietnam as the logical, though not inevitable, result of the basic containment strategy of the Cold War. He describes very well the gradual entanglement in Vietnam across multiple Presidential administrations, culminating in Johnson's decision to commit major numbers of American ground troops. Herring does very well also in describing the diplomatic history and its interaction with domestic American politics. He does quite well at the basic political history of South Vietnam and provides a nice overview of the basic military history. <br />Herring's basic point is that the containment logic formed the lens through information about Vietnam was seen. The containment logic was essentially universally accepted in the USA and even became a crucial part of domestic politics. There were very few efforts, made usually by a small number of people and generally rebuffed, to critically examine the idea that deterring a Communist takeover in South Vietnam was really essential to American security. In Herring's presentation, our involvement in Vietnam takes on a tragic dimension. <br />Its impossible to read this book today and avoid comparisons with the Iraq morass. Indeed, its striking how often the Vietnam experience resonates with our contemporary problems. For example, here is Herring discussing American efforts at pacification in the mid-1960s, "The fundamental problem was the absence of security.' Or how about, "Members of Congress found it impossible to vote against fund for American forces in the field and hesitated to challenge the President directly, but many who has firmly backed him at first came out openly against him." I was surprised at how often aspects of the Vietnam experience have emerged in Iraq. <br /> Review by R. Albin for America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)
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This is a concise but systematic overview and narrative of the Vietnam war. Evenhanded and drawing on a remarkably rich secondary literature, America’s Longest War covers American involvement in Vietnam from the immediate post-WWII period up to the Clinton administration. This is mainly the story of American policy making and the American experience. While Herring does deal with the South Vietnamese experience, there is relatively little analysis of North Vietnamese experience and decision making. This is unavoidable due to the lack of material from North Vietnam.

Herring presents our involvment in Vietnam as the logical, though not inevitable, result of the basic containment strategy of the Cold War. He describes very well the gradual entanglement in Vietnam across multiple Presidential administrations, culminating in Johnson’s decision to commit major numbers of American ground troops. Herring does very well also in describing the diplomatic history and its interaction with domestic American politics. He does quite well at the basic political history of South Vietnam and provides a nice overview of the basic military history.

Herring’s basic point is that the containment logic formed the lens through information about Vietnam was seen. The containment logic was essentially universally accepted in the USA and even became a crucial part of domestic politics. There were very few efforts, made usually by a small number of people and generally rebuffed, to critically examine the idea that deterring a Communist takeover in South Vietnam was really essential to American security. In Herring’s presentation, our involvement in Vietnam takes on a tragic dimension.

Its impossible to read this book today and avoid comparisons with the Iraq morass. Indeed, its striking how often the Vietnam experience resonates with our contemporary problems. For example, here is Herring discussing American efforts at pacification in the mid-1960s, “The fundamental problem was the absence of security.’ Or how about, “Members of Congress found it impossible to vote against fund for American forces in the field and hesitated to challenge the President directly, but many who has firmly backed him at first came out openly against him.” I was surprised at how often aspects of the Vietnam experience have emerged in Iraq.

]]> Comment on James Earl Jones Reads The Bible by Philip Hobbs http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1592 Philip Hobbs Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:19:10 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1592 <i>Review by Philip Hobbs for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Earl-Jones-Reads-Bible/dp/1591509742%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1591509742" rel="nofollow">James Earl Jones Reads The Bible</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/4.png" /></b> The key to a recording of Scripture is how many times one can listen to it with pleasure and profit; this one is very good, and I expect to be listening to it for quite a while. Jones's voice is pleasant, and well suited to the elevated style of the English Bible. Difficult words are pronounced well, though of course in an American accent, which sounds a bit funny with all the thee-thouing. The music track is reasonably unobtrusive, which makes it tolerable even though it is not as good as the reading. It consists mainly of old hymn tunes played several different ways. Since the tapes are so long (19 hours, I think) the music gets used over and over. Overall, this set is well worth the money. Review by Philip Hobbs for James Earl Jones Reads The Bible
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The key to a recording of Scripture is how many times one can listen to it with pleasure and profit; this one is very good, and I expect to be listening to it for quite a while. Jones’s voice is pleasant, and well suited to the elevated style of the English Bible. Difficult words are pronounced well, though of course in an American accent, which sounds a bit funny with all the thee-thouing. The music track is reasonably unobtrusive, which makes it tolerable even though it is not as good as the reading. It consists mainly of old hymn tunes played several different ways. Since the tapes are so long (19 hours, I think) the music gets used over and over. Overall, this set is well worth the money.

]]> Comment on America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition) by Anonymous http://booksofremembrance.net/americas-longest-war-the-united-states-and-vietnam-1950-1975-with-poster-4th-edition/#comment-1589 Anonymous Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:52:01 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/americas-longest-war-the-united-states-and-vietnam-1950-1975-with-poster-4th-edition/#comment-1589 <i>Review by for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Longest-War-Vietnam-1950-1975/dp/0072536187%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0072536187" rel="nofollow">America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/5.png" /></b> For anyone interested in a basic understanding of the politics and diplomacy of the Vietnam War, this is the place to start. It is widely used in college classes around the country. The style is very readable, and the book includes useful maps and an excellent bibliographic essay for further reading. Review by for America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)
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For anyone interested in a basic understanding of the politics and diplomacy of the Vietnam War, this is the place to start. It is widely used in college classes around the country. The style is very readable, and the book includes useful maps and an excellent bibliographic essay for further reading.

]]> Comment on James Earl Jones Reads The Bible by Anonymous http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1591 Anonymous Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:46:44 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/james-earl-jones-reads-the-bible/#comment-1591 <i>Review by for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Earl-Jones-Reads-Bible/dp/1591509742%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1591509742" rel="nofollow">James Earl Jones Reads The Bible</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/5.png" /></b> This was given to me as a gift and I have been truely blessed by it. James Earl Jones' voice adds just the right amount of sparkle to God's Word to hold your interest. He helps you understand the Word better by his affluent speech; the way in which he pronounces the words and especially the names. A lot of those words and names I had stumbled over for years. He speaks with such authority and efficiency, that I find myself listening for hours at a time.The music is a very nice touch...not too loud and not too much...adds to the flavor of listening.I find this tape collection to be the very best of those I have heard. I hope Mr. Jones' does an old testament series. I would love to own the entire bible narrated by him.If you want to be truely blessed...this is the tape series for you...God Bless All Review by for James Earl Jones Reads The Bible
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This was given to me as a gift and I have been truely blessed by it. James Earl Jones’ voice adds just the right amount of sparkle to God’s Word to hold your interest. He helps you understand the Word better by his affluent speech; the way in which he pronounces the words and especially the names. A lot of those words and names I had stumbled over for years. He speaks with such authority and efficiency, that I find myself listening for hours at a time.The music is a very nice touch…not too loud and not too much…adds to the flavor of listening.I find this tape collection to be the very best of those I have heard. I hope Mr. Jones’ does an old testament series. I would love to own the entire bible narrated by him.If you want to be truely blessed…this is the tape series for you…God Bless All

]]> Comment on America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition) by An Historian http://booksofremembrance.net/americas-longest-war-the-united-states-and-vietnam-1950-1975-with-poster-4th-edition/#comment-1588 An Historian Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:12:21 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/americas-longest-war-the-united-states-and-vietnam-1950-1975-with-poster-4th-edition/#comment-1588 <i>Review by An Historian for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Longest-War-Vietnam-1950-1975/dp/0072536187%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0072536187" rel="nofollow">America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/4.png" /></b> Vietnam is one of the most critical and debated subjects In the History of the United States during the twentieth century. Numerous books have been written detailing the only war `lost' by the American military in its brief two hundred year existence. Herring does a good job of explaining the role of the American soldier without bashing them for mistakes made by a few. Good introduction. Review by An Historian for America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)
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Vietnam is one of the most critical and debated subjects In the History of the United States during the twentieth century. Numerous books have been written detailing the only war `lost’ by the American military in its brief two hundred year existence. Herring does a good job of explaining the role of the American soldier without bashing them for mistakes made by a few. Good introduction.

]]> Comment on America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition) by L. Troy Beals http://booksofremembrance.net/americas-longest-war-the-united-states-and-vietnam-1950-1975-with-poster-4th-edition/#comment-1587 L. Troy Beals Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:11:34 +0000 http://booksofremembrance.net/americas-longest-war-the-united-states-and-vietnam-1950-1975-with-poster-4th-edition/#comment-1587 <i>Review by L. Troy Beals for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Longest-War-Vietnam-1950-1975/dp/0072536187%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJBNK56MPOVXNSYOQ%26tag%3Dfetchresults-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0072536187" rel="nofollow">America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)</a></i> <b>Rating: <img src="http://booksofremembrance.net/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3/images/4.png" /></b> I read the first edition of this book (published 1979). This is an excellent introduction into the Vietnam War. The book does focus on the politics and policies of the United States rather than more palatable topics such as the human stories of the war. The book gives a firm background into the years preceding American involvment in Vietnam. The first edition needed the perspective of communist sources to make it a more well rounded work, but of course at the time that was near impossible. A good book for anyone interested in a general history of the Vietnam war. Review by L. Troy Beals for America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)
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I read the first edition of this book (published 1979). This is an excellent introduction into the Vietnam War. The book does focus on the politics and policies of the United States rather than more palatable topics such as the human stories of the war. The book gives a firm background into the years preceding American involvment in Vietnam. The first edition needed the perspective of communist sources to make it a more well rounded work, but of course at the time that was near impossible. A good book for anyone interested in a general history of the Vietnam war.

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