ePluribus Media reviews Print on Demand (POD) and small press books, looking for care in research and documentation, and for meticulous argument. http://www.epluribusmedia.org 30 Mar 2007 12:46:06 EST>/pubDate> Aaron Barlow continues his look at how the Scots-Irish are portrayed in our public sphere, this time turning his attention to the world of fiction in his review of P.T. Deutermann's new novel, Spider Mountain. http://www.epluribusmedia.org/reviews/2007/20070329_marred_by_attitude.html 22 Feb 2007 00:45:00 EST 10-04-06: Aaron Barlow (for ePluribus Media) takes a look at Ilona Meagher's book, and also provides personal insights on how the book impacted him. http://www.epluribusmedia.org/reviews/2007/20070220_meagher.html 04 Oct 2006 00:45:00 EST 10-04-06: Terri Emerick (for ePluribus Media) takes a look at Daniel Ellsberg's book, and also provides a glimpse of the man behind the book. http://www.epluribusmedia.org/reviews/20060930_secrets.html 20 Jun 2006 00:45:00 EST Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide and the Lessons of War; by Penny Coleman (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2006) Author Penny Coleman is baffled. How is it that in a mere 30 years' time we've forgotten the lessons of the Vietnam War? We seem to be suffering from a strain of national amnesia, where we casually approve of going to war without adequately considering the burdens it will place on our troops, their families, our communities, and the fabric and future of our nation. http://www.epluribusmedia.org/reviews/20060620corrodingeffect.html 20 Jan 2006 00:45:00 EST ePluribus Media's Aaron Barlow reviews "Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics" by Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga. Armstrong, of MyDD.com, and Moulitsas, of DailyKos.com, are not activists who take issues and positions lightly. In fact, they wear their opinions proudly on their sleeves and respect those who do the same. Yet they recognize that no particular issue can take precedence over all others when it is governance as a whole that is at stake." http://www.epluribusmedia.org/reviews/20060119crashing.html 29 Dec 2005 22:45:00 EST ePluribus Media reviews "Becoming Mr. Henry: One Man's Path From Learning to Teaching" by Peter Henry. Henry's book means to show just how education should be conducted - not through tests but through interpersonal relationships. He tries to help the nonteacher understand just what goes into becoming a teacher by describing his own background, his quest for a calling, and his final climb up the mountain to the peak of skillful instruction. For such a small book, that's a large task; but Henry approaches it with a sure hand gained through decades in the classroom, years in which he also had to investigate himself in order to keep growing as a skillful, effective teacher." http://www.epluribusmedia.org/reviews/20051229mrhenry.html 10 Dec 2005 04:00:00 EST ePluribus Media reviews "Not One More Mother's Child" by Cindy Sheehan. The book is a combination of letters written and received, photographs from individuals and professionals, blog posts, quotations from people Sheehan respects, testimony from the Conyers hearings in the basement of the U.S. House of Representatives, media stories and Cindy Sheehan's own testimony." http://www.epluribusmedia.org/reviews/20051209notonemore.html 17 Nov 2005 00:01:00 EST ePluribus Media reviews "The Cycle of Doom: Selected Essays in Discourse and Society" by Dubem Okafor. In his book of essays and reviews collected from past work, Dubem Okafor tries to answer this question. A poet, a native of Nigeria who has studied in Nigeria, England, Canada and the United States - and who now makes his home in Pennsylvania - Dr. Okafor is particularly well-suited for this exploration. His conclusions, though, are not particularly pleasant: As he says in the first page of his preface, "The joyous spirit bade adieu a long time ago." http://www.epluribusmedia.org/reviews/20051117cycleofdoom.html