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Gentle, gracious book

Revisado: 12-10-24

Every book by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a gift of information and hope. Such a delight!

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Compelling read

Revisado: 11-13-24

An excellent historical account that should give us all pause to consider that the 'founding fathers' (and, in this case, a spouse as well) weren't paragons of virtue or deserving of lavish praise and worship. They were flawed humans, like all of us, but also possessed the petty greed and smug superiority that corrupts moral judgement when money and power are at stake.

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Hyperbolic and eurocentric

Revisado: 08-28-24

Full of specious logic, and unsupported theories based on eurocentric world views. Natives described as "filthy", "primitive" and "immoral", with even buffaloes described as 'incredibly stupid', etc. Sensational, National-Enquireresque accounts of Native brutality are described in lurid detail and then applied to all Natives, while giving only passing reference to the insanity of religious fueled murderous mania throughout the 'civilised' world and ages. Not scholarly at all. The author has an axe to grind and does so with the zest of the ignorant.

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Boys blow up a crow

Revisado: 06-22-24

I respect Wendell Berry's books on the earth, human interaction and compassion. But the awful scene in this book of 2 boys taking another little boy's pet crow and for no reason other than cruelty, shoving a lit dynamite cap up inside it so that it would explode as the crow flew off from his owner was too much. Obviously this must have happened somewhere and was probably not the author's madeup fantasy. It didn't need repeating and will only inspire some other monster to repeat it. I deleted the book as unworthy and Berry's flawed first novel. Read his other books.

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Witty, well researched

Revisado: 05-06-24

What a delight to hear Mr Bryson read his work! He weaves humour and history into a thorough examination of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

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Especially relevant now

Revisado: 04-05-24

Winchester is brilliant, witty and yes, wise. The topic is covered thoroughly and with his usual keen observations.

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Moving, beautifully written words for all humans

Revisado: 02-25-24

Told in the author's own gentle yet passionate voice is an urgent plea to us all. And we must listen or perish in our own ignorance and arrogance. I have not been this moved by a book in a long time.

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Science and not hyperbole

Revisado: 02-20-24

Very well written. Extensive, reliable research sources are used to illustrate just why so many Americans are unnecessarily suffering from lifestyle induced illnesses. It's not complicated, nor solved with THE "magical" food or supplement. Suggestion to listeners: While I now admire Dr. Gregor's work, he talks and reads SO fast and slurred that listening at a slower speed is necessary to understand him.

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Cranky misanthrope's rant

Revisado: 06-17-23

i purchased two of Theroux's audiobooks at the same time; this one because of the excellent narrator, Frank Muller. The book was like listening to a tedious old uncle complain and berate virtually everyone--for hours. His sarcastic and caustic comments on fellow passengers and cultures and places were not entertaining or enlightening. Rather than writing about the places he traveled, the author purposely provoked other people into anger or annoyance with nasty comments, forced his attention on young women, and repeatedly described people as "fat" (his favourite adjective), "zombies", "cripples", etc. Rather than enjoying a look at different people and countries, I listened to a boring, smug misanthrope blather with self-importance. What a waste of Frank Muller's talented narration.

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Raging in the Long Emergency

Revisado: 03-04-23

This isn't at all about how to live in the long emergency. It's an angry rehash of some of the first book's info laced with cynical, snarky political swipes at both parties, and interviews with people who added nothing to the content. His chatting up a racist, antisemitic, self-described 'alpha male' did not give me any new information nor enlighten me. It sounds like he wanted time on the soapbox to yell at anyone who would listen. P.S. I looked up his recent history as well. he is a science skeptic who pushed unproven virus cures; his education was in Arts and Theatre.

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