Cheryl

I will listen again and again.

Revisado: 03-17-23

This book has what so many books about "simple living" and homesteading lack, which is the rich historical and philosophical basis for the choice. Choosing to grow your own food or live without much money has it's practical aspects too, but mostly you just need encouragement that you are on the right path, that the inconveniences are worth it, that you need to transcend the physical cravings for stuff and status and comfort in order to gain a richer existence. And while some of the book is a little woo-woo for this pragmatic, naturalistic American, I still loved it and got a lot out of it. I will listen to this over and over again, and will probably get a physical copy of the book as well.

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Epic

Revisado: 03-07-22

I’ve listened to it 5 or 6 times, and every time, I’m sorry to see it end. The characters are so lifelike and the stories so compelling.

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Fantastic

Revisado: 10-24-19

Wonderful spy story set in wwii. Excellent narration. It is very detailed and quite believable.

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Chock-full of information

Revisado: 03-03-19

I learned more about international law reading this book than I had heard about in the entire rest of my life. This book is densely packed with information that I only had a vague notion of before. Almost none of it I had learned about in any history class I'd ever taken. They weave their case with a thousand strands, and ties it up so neatly you can't help but agree with their conclusions. My only complaint was the narrator was a bit dry.

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Good idea, and research to back it up

Revisado: 04-24-17

I played the narrator at .75 speed, because it sounded like a record playing at high speed. I thought the book was very useful. It was repetitive, but for me it was a good thing.

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9 year old loves Tony Robinson's books

Revisado: 01-04-17

My son loves these little books. It's too bad they aren't longer. Robinson does a good job of giving an overview of the subject of the book, and making it interesting with funny voices, sound effects, and little tidbits that delve in a little bit deeper (interesting quotes, etc.).

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9 year old loves Tony Robinson's books

Revisado: 01-04-17

My son loves these little books. It's too bad they aren't longer. Robinson does a good job of giving an overview of the subject of the book, and making it interesting with funny voices, sound effects, and little tidbits that delve in a little bit deeper (interesting quotes, etc.).

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Wonderful, detailed history books for kids

Revisado: 10-30-16

My favorite part of these books, besides how well they cover the material is best described by this:

...imagine that you are in a conversation with a reader who is as competent as you are, but happens not to know some things that you know. And you orient the reader so that they can see something in the world with their own eyes that you have noticed, but they have not yet noticed… A symmetry between reader and writer. A conversational, informal style. A determination to be visual and concrete. An excitement about showing the reader something in the world that the reader can see for themselves...(Steven Pinker)

This is exactly how Joy Hakim treats the material in these books. I love how she explains words that she uses. She uses the unfamiliar, but most appropriate word, but rather than just leaving the kid out to dry, she adds a little aside explaining it. But not in such a way that she's talking down to the reader. It adds so much to the book.

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Message good, Delivery so-so

Revisado: 01-04-14

If you could sum up Radical Unschooling in three words, what would they be?

Inspiring

What did you like best about this story?

I like to listen to this book to remind me to be on my child's side.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator sounded like a robot. She read like the GPS in my car.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, you can drop it and pick it up again anywhere in the book, and that's not a bad thing.

Any additional comments?

She's got good ideas, and I've listened to this multiple times while I'm working, but the narrator is not good at all.

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