Barrie W. Bracken

"Researcher"

Helpful votes received on reviews: 67% (1,006 of 1,499)

Location: Daytona Beach, FL

E-mail: bbrackenresearch@yahoo.com

Birthday: July 24

Web Page: brackenresearch.com

In My Own Words:

The free spread of information is important not only for freedom but for continuing civilization. My favorite quotation is from the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, "Culture is activity of thought, and resceptiveness to beauty and humane feeling. Scraps of information have nothing to do with it. A merely well informed man is the most useless bore on God's earth."

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Interests

My intellectual interests are broad including politics, philosophy, education and history. My main interest is history, especially 19th century American history. Currently i'm working on a book on the effect of religion on the Fugitive slave Law. I… Read more

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Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage	4 of 6 people found the following review helpful best guide for using photoshop, May 30, 2010 Digital photography is one of the great inventions of the twentieth century. This book is the best guide to using the best program for those who want to control the photos they take. If I had digital photography when I was trying to make a photo business work years ago I might still be in the business. My knowlege of how things are done on the computer is limited to say the least. This book, indeed the whole series of books in the Missing Manuals series, is a great help to both the computer expert and the novice. If you need help this is a very thorough guide step by step covering activities both simple and advanced in cleqar language and readable type. You can… Read more

The Chronicles of Riddick (Theatrical Full Screen Edition) DVD ~ Vin Diesel	1 of 12 people found the following review helpful Perhaps not what it is supposed to be., May 30, 2010 I didn't watch this video and my review is based on reports from my son for whom I got it. He suggests I save my money in the future. This video has slight appeal for him and I gave it 3 stars because he has a generous nature. If this is the kind of thing you like, take a chance on it. One who viewed it said it was passable but nothing special.

Embassy of Onesimus: The Letter of Paul to Philemon (Nt In Context Commentaries) by Allen Dwight Callahan	1 of 2 people found the following review helpful Old view of Onesimus revived., May 24, 2010 Dr. Callahan's credentials cannot be easily questioned: assistant professor of New Testament at Harvard Divinity School. The question that is most important in my mind is his contention that Onesimus was the brother of Philemon. It is not a new idea. Many times the thought is brought forward by anti-slavery clergy in the 1850's because this little letter to Philemon was in Henry Ward Beecher's assessment "used as a club" by both pro and anti-slavery advocates. Callahan comes closer than any other writer I know in justifying this theory. This is not just a commentary on Paul's epistle. The author dedicates many pages to relating this to current poitics and social values. If… Read more