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Give it a listen

Revisado: 12-27-24

Seriously, at least listen to the sample. The title is a direct quote and gives you a hint of how dehumanizing poverty is. Of the cruelty of our lack of any real social safety net. That that lack (and exploited loopholes by landlords/slumlords) creates and expands poverty. The casual injustice of austerity measures that exponentially harm the most vulnerable among us will infuriate you, as it should.

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What education actually is💜

Revisado: 10-28-24

A great discussion about the nature and necessity of education. Highly recommend giving this a listen.

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Angela Davis is always worth a listen

Revisado: 10-27-24

If you are curious or wary by the question this title poses. Sample it. Try a listen. If you aren’t convinced, you will at least know a great deal more about the history of our prison system. And what part Quakers played.

Personally, I’ve never regretted listening to Angela Davis and I doubt anyone still reading my review will.

Give it a try.

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Read this book

Revisado: 10-04-24

Everyone should read this book. It is a beautiful plea to see the humanity within all of us, and to uplift the voices of the silenced.

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Wow

Revisado: 04-24-24

Read this!
It is a very quick listen.
Some of his imagery…honestly there were a few times where I had to pause it just to sit with and appreciate some of the lines. Just BRILLIANT. And emotional. And raw. And simultaneously polished. Just an incredible work. Highly recommend.

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Where are the citations? Why exclude trans data? Why make trans people invisible?

Revisado: 03-07-22

Why were there no footnotes or clear citations. The vast majority of data she sites are described as “a study” and the year. If we are very lucky she will name an author, but that is not the case for a great deal of the data she “cites”. That makes it kinda difficult to trust any data she offers when it is often impossible to verify. There is also a clear bias against trans people. And by clear bias I mean she pretends the those men, women, and non-binary people are not people. Kind of a big deal when you’re shouting from the rooftops that women are invisible, and then you literally make certain women invisible. I am tempted to use the term terf, but I don’t think she deserves the title of radical feminist, only Trans Exclusionary.

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Hear after witches abroad and wyrd sisters

Revisado: 03-09-15

Very enjoyable! Pratchett is a fun author to read and listen to :) it would probably be best to enjoy Equal rites, wyrd sisters, and witches abroad before this one, as the story picks up right where witches abroad leaves off.

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Picks up where Colour of Magic leaves off, Great!!

Revisado: 07-12-13

What did you love best about The Light Fantastic?

Rincewind's inner monologue concerning his sanity.

What other book might you compare The Light Fantastic to and why?

It is comprable to the Colour of Magic, as it is the next step of the story, the same wonderfully absurd characters, it at least meets all expectations set by the first book, and in certain ways surpasses them.

What does Nigel Planer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Everything that he brought to the Colour of Magic. Wonderful.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed often while listening to this book!! The discussion of descriptive writing was downright hilarious.

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Very short, not worth a credit.

Revisado: 06-13-13

What disappointed you about Percy Jackson & The Olympians?

It mainly offered a lot of the same refrains that you find in the Percy Jackson series without enough story to compensate for the repetition of the initial storyline. It doesn't really offer anything new. I just seems like some extra stories that, for whatever reason, he cut out of the main series and do not on their own merit an entire book. I felt cheated.

What could Rick Riordan have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Maybe if he put these stories together with the other one, the demigod diaries, and added a few more stories that would be worth a credit. This work felt like a rush job, incomplete and a lot of filler.

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Real world forensic anthropology, bugs and all!

Revisado: 06-13-13

What did you love best about Death's Acre?

Dr. Bass's perspective and clear expertise in the field. He has written more than a few of my osteological textbooks and it was downright fun to hear how he describes his own experiences, how he has accumulated his considerable library of knowledge.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

How Dr. Bass and Jon Jefferson managed to convey the absolute respect that is necessary when dealing with human remains as well as interesting, scientifically accurate, entertaining, humorous and in some cases heart rending situations that led to the need of Dr. Bass's expertise.

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