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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.8038
EAN: 9780671683061
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0671683063
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 831
Publication Date: November 01, 1993
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
A senior editor of National Review and leading conservative spokesperson provides commentary to accompany this anthology of character-building stories from history, the Bible, and such poets as Frost and Angelou. 60,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Tour.




Rating: - what life is about
This book will make you a better person. THe first chapter has stories teaching self-discipline. I haven't got farther than that yet, but I love it thus far! Great for children AND adults. What America needs today.

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Rating: - A Timeless Book for All Ages
This book makes the point that virtue in both public and private affairs is becoming rare today. Vice does seem to be in its ascendancy. "Old fashioned" virtues such as faithfulness, loyalty and purity are mocked today, but vices like greed and selfishness seem to be promoted everywhere.

Maybe we have taken Aquinas' deadly sins and turned them into our virtues. We all know the old list: sloth, gluttony, envy, and so on. For example, modern advertising has institutionalized the sin of ... Read More

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Rating: - The Book of Virtues--Well Named
The Book of Virtues by Wm J Bennentt is a collection of fiction and non-fiction stories, each with a moral attached. Before you run back to the crime flicks and sexy, steamy fare on TV, take another look. You know how good it feels to take a cool shower on a hot day? Well .....Virtues by Bennett is a mini-bath for the soul. I like the fact that these tales are not just for children; after all, we big kids need reminders to love our neighbors,do good. do the RIGHT thing, etc. And don't let the ... Read More

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Rating: - A book for all parents/mentors
Every parent and grandparent, every mentor, every Sunday school teacher, every educator should a copy of this book. This should be taught to our children.

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Rating: - Best way to get the point across
I am 54 years old and was raised in a way that the poetry and stories mean something to me because of the era in which I was raised. Purity was prized, discipline by spanking was administered and appreciated in time because the alternative was much worse, which created self-discipline in most things. Honesty, responsibility, compassion, courage and faith have been lost in the last twenty years with the "me" generations getting everything they want with instant gratification. The children of today ... Read More

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