http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/bookreviews_rss.aspxFull articles go herehttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/default.aspxhttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/images/lang/1033/pv_bg-b.jpghttp://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/349743733/article.aspxBook Review: The Last Lecture. Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow. Hyperion. April 18, 2008. 224 pages.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=i2jEzJ"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=i2jEzJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=VHUAhj"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=VHUAhj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=gQjOvj"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=gQjOvj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/349743733" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:54:05 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=5960http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/313803930/article.aspxWhen we read the news, we expect the papers to tell us what they see. This may have been the case decades ago, according to Guardian journalist Nick Davies, but is no longer true.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=gPA1VI"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=gPA1VI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=OBwXmi"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=OBwXmi" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=Bn3lwi"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=Bn3lwi" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/313803930" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:06:48 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=5720http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/253544582/article.aspx<p><img title="Everything Old" height="101" alt="Everything Old" hspace="5" src="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/uploadedImages/Home/Book_Reviews/Articles/Plausibility of Life.jpg" width="70" align="left" vspace="5" border="0" />Book Review: The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin’s Dilemma by Marc W. Kirschner and John C. Gerhart. The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism by Michael J. Behe.</p> <p><br /> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=IQvT0zF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=IQvT0zF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=aYixz6f"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=aYixz6f" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=ZfQRGef"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=ZfQRGef" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/253544582" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:01:15 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4752http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/301297021/article.aspxBook Review Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. Klein’s left-leaning political ideals are well known, and her book has received its fair share of criticism, mostly from those who object to her aggressive tone. The Shock Doctrine does suffer from overstatement, and at times it seems her probing enthusiasm stretches too far to fit examples to her thesis.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=nu4igH"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=nu4igH" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=R3TY3h"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=R3TY3h" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=4PBksh"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=4PBksh" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/301297021" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 28 May 2008 19:29:59 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4708http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/231123653/article.aspxNew Line Cinema’s early December release of The Golden Compass follows the timing of other fantasy fiction film releases of recent years. The golden compass of the film’s title is a kind of truth-teller, a portal of gold-dust visions for the one who can decipher its symbols.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=lHah2fF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=lHah2fF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=V02UTDf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=V02UTDf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=FGRoOCf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=FGRoOCf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/231123653" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:02:50 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4328http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/231123654/article.aspxBook Review Consuming Life by Zygmunt Bauman. 2007. Polity Press, Cambridge, U.K. The notion of customer, according to Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, has changed dramatically. Today the customer has become the commodity; it is now the customer, the person, that is being bought and sold.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=GCUQirF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=GCUQirF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=6GWun7f"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=6GWun7f" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=aQFTwSf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=aQFTwSf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/231123654" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:56:15 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4326http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/231123655/article.aspxBook Review Ending Slavery: How We Free Today’s Slaves. Kevin Bales. 2007. University of California Press Berkley and Los Angeles, California. 261 pages.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=769MQDF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=769MQDF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=MAr3OFf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=MAr3OFf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=cydwmRf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=cydwmRf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/231123655" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:52:14 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3896http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/231123656/article.aspx<p>Book Review: Nurture the Nature: Understanding and Supporting Your Child’s Unique Core Personality by Michael Gurian, Right From Wrong: Instilling a Sense of Integrity in Your Child by Michael Riera and Joseph Di Prisco, Raising Kids with Character: Developing Trust and Personal Integrity in Children by Elizabeth Berger, and Building Moral Intelligence: The Seven Essential Virtues That Teach Kids to Do the Right Thing. Michele Borba.<br /><br /></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=BSJ6zWF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=BSJ6zWF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=64mg4Of"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=64mg4Of" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=wzhiSgf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=wzhiSgf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/231123656" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:31:57 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3724http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/231123657/article.aspxBook Review Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe. Zachary Shore. John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland. 240 pages.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=jLX8laF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=jLX8laF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=fScPxmf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=fScPxmf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=JeY2bvf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=JeY2bvf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/231123657" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:36:03 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3578http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~3/231123658/article.aspxBook Review: Nurture the Nature: Understanding and Supporting Your Child’s Unique Core Personality. Michael Gurian. 2007. John Wiley &amp; Sons, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco. 368 pages. Most parents desperately want the best for their children, but a clear vision of what constitutes the best is hard to come by.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=qmeCRuF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=qmeCRuF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=vnJhWvf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=vnJhWvf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?a=qpbq4mf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/XvzK?i=qpbq4mf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/XvzK/~4/231123658" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:05:23 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3358