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Standard History Book--Indians are heathens

Revisado: 12-24-24

I tried to ignore the author's basic premise that the Comanches and all other native people that didn't gladly give up their lands to white settlers were barbaric godless heathens that deserved what they got. I wanted to learn some of the history of the tribe but after three hours I gave up. This was after the author dismissed the reports of three white women that wrote very positive things about their time as captives with the Comanche. The author makes no attempt to understand Comanche culture, religion, or why living as nomads in the southwest would shape their culture in the way it did. I'll try to find a book that does that.

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Challenging Reimagining of Twain

Revisado: 11-29-24

This is an excellent retelling of Huckleberry Finn by James, better known as Jim. It’s the telling of the story by an intelligent, self educated man who becomes the master of his fate.

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Like a long, sweet Chinese folktale

Revisado: 04-06-24

If you’re interested in Chinese culture or in folktales, you’ll love this book. Slow but very sweet with a wonderful reading.

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Didn’t Know It Was a Romance Novel

Revisado: 03-31-24

While there is a mystery in the book, this is mostly a romance novel about the relationship between two people. If that’s what you’re looking for, then this is probably a pretty good one. The performers are all very good.

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Best book in the series

Revisado: 03-17-24

This is a very complex mystery with lots of interesting and evil characters. I could not guess the ending. I’m tired of the not romance between the main characters, but I understand that helps drive the plot.

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Enlightening political analysis

Revisado: 11-10-23

Melanie Klein takes us deep into the divide in America and talks about why it happened and what the way forward. This is a perfect book for these times.

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Excellent ending to a series

Revisado: 06-15-23

I really enjoyed the first two books but I think this was the best of the three— very engaging and exciting. And a proper ending too.

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Classic Battle of Good and Evil

Revisado: 11-22-22

I listened to this book when it first came out on books on tape and this second listening was just as good. The Excellent narrator tells the creepy story of a nameless evil in a very strange old keep in the Carpathian Mountains. A really great audio book.

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Fantastic Story and Performance

Revisado: 11-06-22

I have listened to hundreds of books on audible.com and have given very few five star ratings. This book deserves five stars for performance and story. The grit of the story of a young man growing up during the opioid crisis but also paralleling David Copperfield is pretty brilliant. It’s a must read.

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Enlightening, Disturbing, and Necessary

Revisado: 04-22-19

As someone who reads and writes about climate change, I really found this to be the most useful material I've seen or heard on our human reactions to the ongoing climate change. This book is about the conversation about climate change among activists, interested people, people who are resisting the topic, and the hard core of deniers, including politicians and "experts" that are highly compensated by the energy companies. Marshall talked to all these people and came up with sensible ideas for broadening the discussion of climate pollution and moving people to take action NOW. This is not a dry exposition on the topic--Marshall writes with humor and wisdom about his experiences while he wrote the book.The only discussion of the possible future we face is at the end of the book and it is very disturbing.

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