Books with author Robert W. Boyer

From public intellectual and professor Robert Boyers, a thought-provoking volume of nine essays that elegantly and fiercely addresses recent developments in American culture and argues for the tolerance of difference that is at the heart of the liberal tradition.Written from the perspective of a liberal intellectual who has spent a lifetime as a writer, editor, and college professor, The Tyranny of Virtue is a precise and nuanced insider’s look at shifts in American culture—most especially in the American academy—that so many people find alarming. Part memoir and part polemic, an anatomy of important and dangerous ideas, and a cri de coeur lamenting the erosion of standard liberal values, Boyers’s collection of essays is devoted to such subjects as tolerance, identity, privilege, appropriation, diversity, and ableism that have turned academic life into a minefield. Why, Robert Boyers asks, are a great many liberals, people who should know better, invested in the drawing up of enemies lists and driven by the conviction that on critical issues no dispute may be tolerated? In stories, anecdotes, and character profiles, a public intellectual and longtime professor takes on those in his own progressive cohort who labor in the grip of a poisonous and illiberal fundamentalism. The end result is a finely tuned work of cultural intervention from the front lines.

From public intellectual and professor Robert Boyers, a thought-provoking volume of nine essays that elegantly and fiercely addresses recent developments in American culture and argues for the tolerance of difference that is at the heart of the liberal tradition.Written from the perspective of a liberal intellectual who has spent a lifetime as a writer, editor, and college professor, The Tyranny of Virtue is a precise and nuanced insider’s look at shifts in American culture—most especially in the American academy—that so many people find alarming. Part memoir and part polemic, an anatomy of important and dangerous ideas, and a cri de coeur lamenting the erosion of standard liberal values, Boyers’s collection of essays is devoted to such subjects as tolerance, identity, privilege, appropriation, diversity, and ableism that have turned academic life into a minefield. Why, Robert Boyers asks, are a great many liberals, people who should know better, invested in the drawing up of enemies lists and driven by the conviction that on critical issues no dispute may be tolerated? In stories, anecdotes, and character profiles, a public intellectual and longtime professor takes on those in his own progressive cohort who labor in the grip of a poisonous and illiberal fundamentalism. The end result is a finely tuned work of cultural intervention from the front lines.

The thrilling first book in Robert W. Boyer's fantastic trilogy. Follow Robin Gilman's magical adventures as he stands against evil most foul. Esperience the exciting drama as he rejects his own evil destiny and fights against all that is wrong.Robin Peter Gilman has never seen proof of the Holy Grail. But all of that changes in Llangollen, Wales, when a fairy mysteriously appears in his life and shows him the existence of a parallel universe and a destiny he never could have imagined. He finds new friends and powerful allies. Nothing happens without reason, however. Robin is the future king of the two parallel worlds but so is his own parallel life, Peter Robyn Gilman. If Robin wants to be the one who is in control when the merging happens he must develop his metaphysical powers before Peter does. Only one will exist when the two worlds merge, only one will be left to rule with good or evil intent, and only one can be the Mabus.

Set sail on the U.S.S. Epiphany, one of the latest additions to the Universal Galactic Space Corps fleet. As Captain (or not) Philemon K. Bort, will you triumph over all of the trials that beset you or die in obscurity? A host of plot lines and possible endings await you in this tribute (or is that parody?) to all things science fiction. Written by the creator of the critically acclaimed RPG, Breath of Death VII: The Beginning, Epiphany in Spaaace is interactive fiction at its finest.

From public intellectual and professor Robert Boyers, a thought-provoking volume of nine essays that elegantly and fiercely addresses recent developments in American culture and argues for the tolerance of difference that is at the heart of the liberal tradition.Written from the perspective of a liberal intellectual who has spent a lifetime as a writer, editor, and college professor, The Tyranny of Virtue is a precise and nuanced insider s look at shifts in American culture most especially in the American academy that so many people find alarming. Part memoir and part polemic, an anatomy of important and dangerous ideas, and a cri de coeur lamenting the erosion of standard liberal values, Boyers s collection of essays is devoted to such subjects as tolerance, identity, privilege, appropriation, diversity, and ableism that have turned academic life into a minefield. Why, Robert Boyers asks, are a great many liberals, people who should know better, invested in the drawing up of enemies lists and driven by the conviction that on critical issues no dispute may be tolerated? In stories, anecdotes, and character profiles, a public intellectual and longtime professor takes on those in his own progressive cohort who labor in the grip of a poisonous and illiberal fundamentalism. The end result is a finely tuned work of cultural intervention from the front lines.

Thrown from their family home by a ruthless landlord, a fifteen year old boy and his older brother find themselves fending for themselves as their country is about to face an overwhelming British army.Taking place during the first year of our revolutionary war (1775), the main character, Jake Hobson must grow up fast just to survive. Fate thrusts him into a ragtag army where he encounters historical icons including Isaac Hall, Paul Revere, Israel Putnam, George Washington, and many others.Witnessing the brutality of war at the battles of Lexington and Concord forced Jake to grow up quickly, but it led to a way for him to escape homelessness. He talked his way into the army in time to participate in the battle of Bunker Hill.Fate puts him on George Washington's staff as a courier and aide. Conflicts with three men that brutally beat him and emotions heightened when he meets his first love are woven into the drama of a fledgling army struggling to secure its independence.

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