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Outstanding

Revisado: 03-09-25

The book was outstanding gave a great intro to philosophical ideas as well as hip hop music

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Good Analysis, overly negativein the presention of Marx

Revisado: 10-23-24

Good Analysis, overly negativein the presention of Marx. Painted him humanly as a villain which was unnecessary.

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Detailed but overall cynical

Revisado: 10-06-24

Understanging the daunting task, the book seems to be a poor travel memior by a man who is more interested in sharing everything he knowns while making sure you can know nothing for sure. While there is a lot of details, he presents nothing terribly new. Here is what we already knew, it's challenging to be dogmatic about who the apostles were and where there final resting places are on the earth. But given the title of the book "Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve" I would have assumed a more straight forward analysis on the resting place of each Apostle with a reasonably supported point of view from the author saying this is the most probable spot among the understood choices. Instead he seems to say none of the traditional spots are true, offering no clear alternative. And he does that providing so much information and detail that it's frustrating that he leaves you with the clear view that not only the burial place but the apostles themselves are unknowable unless you want to be a fool and believe that the harmonized Gospel writings are true. We knew that already.

In addition for all his efforts to be well researched and precise (which the book is well researched) he conflates the twelve disciples with apostles. Paul's inclusion who indeed was an Apostle but not one of 'the twelve' and the exclusion of Matthias who was made one of the twelve is an example.

His personal travel narrative also adds little in my opinion save a few interactions, most notable in his section on Peter. Most others far less useful or entertaining for a work that is positioned and researched as scholarly. For example we don't need to know that the author got drunk before some of his church visits or how big and white a priest forehead zit was.

While I can appreciate a Socrates like approach 'question everything, know nothing.' And understand both his subject matter and his objective is different, the author might benefit from reading the Socrates Express to learn how to write a more engaging 'travel' memior or the Last Campaign if he wants to better write a well researched and balanced work which effectively allows you to draw your own point of view. Nevertheless, if his intent was to provide you with all the well researched information on the twelve so that you can be cynical about who they were and where their final resting place are, then the book is a completely successful.

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Good Christian Fiction

Revisado: 05-28-24

Fictional account with a different setting and context to the book of Hoesa. Very nicely done giving life to the Gomer/Angel or female lead point of view

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Outstanding Biography

Revisado: 05-07-24

In the mist of the recent movie on Nepolian and the legacy of the Count of Monte Cristo / 3 Musketeers, this is an outstanding view of French / American History through the real life story of a black man of excellence

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Great short stories

Revisado: 03-30-24

reading the author of some of the twilight zone episodes in full is fantastic. Wonderful set of short stories

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Not biography

Revisado: 12-26-23

Was expecting a short biography. Gave a short introduction of her and then played two recordings of her speech

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Amazing performance

Revisado: 04-28-22

Emma performance is amazing. You are completely convinced that she is accounting her first had experience

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True Delight

Revisado: 02-20-22

This book is absolutely amazing. Healing for the soul and remembering of the heart. Wonderful.

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