Table of Contents


Views and Mechanics
Publisher's Note
Editor's Note
Review of Lions at Lamb House
Review of Jamestown
Review of The Children of Húrin
Review of The Politics of Life
Film Review of "300"
Creative Nonfiction
Home
By Marion Agnew
One Foot and Then the Other
By Greg Coykendall
Poetry
Hannah Plays with Light
By Kristine Ong Muslim
Caricature of an Early Planter
By Michael Lee Johnson
Comes a Push-Cart Down a Long-Ass Ghazal
By Levon DeBranch
Modern Day Moses
By Bob Boston
Squares (2) Plaza De Armas, Santiago, Chile
By Graham Burchell
Fiction
The Larchmont Campaign
By Zain Deane
Body Warmth
By Louise Kantro
The Good People Up North
By T.M. Spooner
Triple Word Score
By Patricia C. Meringer
Texans Abroad
By Franklin Strong
Hunting for Manhood
By Jason Sizemore
Staten Island Zen
By Michael Enright
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Review of The Politics of Life:
25 Rules for Survival in a Brutal and Manipulative World

By Craig Crawford
ISBN: 0-7425-5250-0


No matter how much anyone may try to wish it so, politics pervades all parts of life. Craig Crawford provides readers with an easy-to-understand manual for dealing with everyday issues through politics. The Politics of Life is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to successfully navigate through the various “storms” of business and social life.

Well-organized, this book offers specific examples of successful behaviors based on distant and recent history. It is not difficult to pick and choose topics as testy situations arise, although it is suggested by this reviewer that the book be read cover to cover as opposed to serving as an “as needed” reference. Beyond obvious uses in business and political science classrooms, this book would be good for psychology, sociology, and women’s studies classrooms – instructors in general should find this book useful in dealing with administrators, colleagues, parents and students. The Politics of Life should be on the desk of every person who wants to manage difficult relationships – work, social or personal - well.