Martin H. Levinson

This new revised edition contains 50% more material than its predecessor. It details the author's personal recollections of his middle-class childhood in Brooklyn during the 1950s alternate with chapters detailing seminal cultural events of that era including the advent of television, fast-food restaurants, big cars with fins; desegregation and the white flight to the suburbs; rock and roll, beatniks, hula hoops, The Kinsey Reports, the Cold War, McCarthyism, Playboy, and much more. Part memoir, part social history, Brooklyn Boomer offers a captivating portrait of Brooklyn and America in the mid-twentieth century.

Lunch with the American People is a satirical tour de force that is rich in irony and low in platitudes and boring observations. Reading it will satisfy your hunger for smart, information-packed commentary on subjects ranging from politics and social affairs to self-improvement hucksterism. Holding up vice and folly to ridicule and scorn, Lunch with the American People continues satire's great tradition of supplying constructive social criticism wherever needed.

This book is filled with poems that will lead you to consider how you relate to the world, yourself, and those around you. There are humorous poems, serious poems, poems about America, poems about the environment, and poems that elicit reflection on a variety of subjects, including language itself. The photographs that accompany this book complement the poems in their beauty and thoughtful composition.

In these times of rapid change and constant upheaval, can we learn to think and communicate more effectively--at home, in school, on the job, and as citizens in the larger world. This book, which is based on the formulations of "general semantics," says yes, yes, and yes! Topics in it include practical ways to improve your thinking ability, emotional self-management, creativity, and analysis of important social issues.

This book provides twenty-four highly fanciful stories featuring characters who successfully battle a variety of personal problems and mishaps through the formulations of general semantics. While the stories are not true in the literal sense of that word, the British pundit G.K. Chesterton observed that, "Fairy tales are more than true not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten."

This guide contains twelve continuing education lessons in general semantics. Each lesson includes an Introduction (for the teacher) of the basic GS ideas to be presented, a Motivation to begin the lesson, and Suggested Activities for students. Lessons can be combined or abbreviated depending on the time constraints of the course and wishes of the instructor.

Can a woman have it all? No one can have it all but Risha Levinson has had a lot: to wit, a long-lasting marriage of sixty-two years, four children and six grandchildren, a highly satisfying family life, and an engaging and productive career. How did this all happen? Read her book to find out.

In these times of rapid change and and constant upheaval, can we learn to think and communicate more effectively--at home, in school, on the job, and as citizens of the larger world? This book (like its predecessor Sensible Thinking for Turbulent Times), which is based on the formulations of general semantics, says yes, yes, and yes! Topics in it include practical ways to improve your thinking ability, emotional self-management, understanding of the media, and analysis of important social issues.

This book relates the author's personal recollections of his middle-class childhood in Brooklyn during the 1950s with alternate chapters detailing seminal cultural events of that era including the advent of television, fast-food restaurants, big cars with fins; desegregation and the white flight to the suburbs; rock and roll, beatniks, hula hoops, The Kinsey Reports, the Cold War, McCarthyism, Playboy, and much more. Part memoir, part social history, Brooklyn Boomer offers a captivating portrait of Brooklyn and America in the mid-twentieth Century.

The Levinson Report uses the satirical form to skewer a multiplicity of targets ranging from American foreign policy in the Middle East to self-improvement hucksterism. Specifically, the book is divided into four parts containing 33 exceptionally brilliant essays. Please note that these essays may cause your mind to expand and your nervous system to register feelings of enjoyment. Do not be alarmed if you experience these effects. They are rarely long lasting and real life is the perfect antidote.

When Good Things Happen to Bad People offers an irreverent, fast-paced, fact-filled compendium of fifty case studies of notorious villains from Attila the Hun to Dick Cheney who triumphed in life despite, or because of, their dastardly deeds. This book is the perfect foil to Harold Kushner’s international bestseller When Bad Things Happen to Good People.

This book provides twenty-five highly fanciful stories featuring characters who successfully battle a variety of personal problems and mishaps through the formulations of general semantics. While the stories are not true in the literal sense of that word, the British pundit G.K. Chesterton observed that, "Fairy tales are more than true not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten."

In these times of rapid change and constant upheaval, can we learn to think and communicate more effectively--at home, in school, on the job, and as citizens in the larger world. This book, which is based on the formulations of "general semantics," says yes, yes, and yes! Topics in it include practical ways to improve your thinking ability, emotional self-management, creativity, and analysis of important social issues.

Current approaches to the drug problem are not working and almost everyone agrees more effective solutions are needed. This comprehensive volume offers a dynamic new approach to understanding and solving the drug problem. Topics examined include American drug history and policy, the legalization issue, drugs and creativity, treatment, and prevention. A chronological overview of drug-taking in human history and a resource guide are also provided.

Martin H. Levinson brings over 40 years of experience in general semantics, administration, and education to his teaching, writing, and international consulting work. He is a trustee of the Institute of General Semantics, a member of the National Book Critics Circle, and an author who has published ten books and numerous articles on a wide range of subjects. He holds a PhD from NYU.