Caitlin Lumpkin từ Gauriganj, Uttar Pradesh , India

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12/22/2024

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2018-02-26 08:31

Home: The Chapter Book Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Tracey West

بچه بودم وقتي خواندمش. از آن كتاب هاي انقلابي است كه خون آدم را به جوش مي آورد

2018-02-26 09:31

100 Đề Kiểm Tra Tiếng Anh 9 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Thanh Hoàng

Finally reading this and loving it.

2018-02-26 10:31

Harry Potter Và Phòng Chứa Bí Mật (Tái bản năm 2017) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: J. K. Rowling

Lake Michigan is a short drive from where I live, and I, too, like the author of A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach, have grown up on or near the beaches of Lake Michigan. Yet, inexplicably, I have never connected to it nearly the way Loreen Niewenhuis has or many others who live around me. For me, it’s another of Michigan’s Great Lakes—Lake Superior. Now that’s a lake! Okay, but I do get it. I get the connection between woman and water, and I absolutely understand the drive to have the adventure. Niewenhuis has an itch to take a very long walk around the lake she loves, to get to know it intimately, and also to test herself in the process. She is a woman in midlife, a wife and mother of two teenage sons. Good for her! Her 2009 journey begins in Chicago, at the bottom curve of Lake Michigan, and heading northeast and around. Niewenhuis accomplishes her walk in segments, so that the entire journey takes from March to September. Indeed, this may be a bit of a disappointment for those who would want to see her stay close to the lake day in and day out, night and day, from beginning to end. Nor is this a solitary venture. While she does most of the walk on her own, much of the story is about walking with others—friends, her sons (albeit these mother-son segments are often touching), her brother. Admittedly, I was a tad disappointed when I learned that she would regularly sleep in motels and B&Bs, or be picked up in a car and brought home for a break between walks. At the same time, this is what makes the walk a concept that most anyone can embrace. Such a walk will get you in shape—and she does train for it—but you don’t have to be a world-class athlete to do it. This momentary disappointment aside, Niewenhuis’s trek makes for a very readable and enjoyable adventure story. The author has a terrific sense of humor, and she makes her journey interesting to the reader, interspersing well-researched background about the lake’s history and geology, its flora and fauna. She frequently makes statements about ecology and the toll pollution is taking on her beloved lake, and that is as worthy as any part of her commentary on her walk: “It made sense for industry to settle here, but the lake has suffered because of it. If after walking one day through this area I was covered in soot and grime, how much has the lake absorbed over the last century? “The BP refinery processes over 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day. It is currently completely legal for the refinery to dump approximately 1,500 pounds of ammonia and 5,000 pounds of toxic sludge per day into Lake Michigan.” (Page 28-29) Per day! Those are horrifying numbers. Throughout the book, Niewenhuis nudges us to consider what is happening to this lake, the world’s fifth largest. She describes the changes in plants, in fish and other wildlife. While the author’s fun sense of humor could make me smile, these wake-up calls to the damage caused by humans often made my eyes mist over. There are aspects of this lake that are lost forever. When Niewenhuis delves into a bit of Native American culture on the shores of the lake, she reminds us of a lesson we have not learned from that culture, to our own loss: “The culture of the Native Americans who lived in balance with the natural world is one the rest of us would do well to study and adopt … The question is not ‘How much will we make next quarter?’ but ‘How will this benefit my grandchildren?’” (Page 105) Ah yes, the concept of thinking seven generations ahead … The book drew me in enough that I went online to explore her blog, LakeTrek.com, for more detail, watched a series of YouTube videos she’d make along the way, and viewed photos from her journey. Adding some of those photos to the book would have greatly enhanced it. Niewenhuis has made a valuable contribution to Michigan environmental books, to adventure stories by women, and simply to good reading.

2018-02-26 11:31

Tò Mò Quá! - Cháu Yêu Ông Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Sophie Bellier

This is the best book of its type I have ever read. Le Goff masterfully puts together the story of the development of the doctrine of purgatory, beginning from the Alexandrian church fathers and bringing us all the way to high-medieval scholars and churchmen. He is a master of first-source research, filling each page with extensive details and documentation from the private back rooms of little known libraries in France.

2018-02-26 12:31

Biển Là Trẻ Con Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Huỳnh Mai Liên

I.AM.ADDICTED.TO.THIS.SERIES! What a great book and a frustrating one as well. First the good stuff...Rune was to yummy...LOVED him! Rune and Carlin has some real chemistry together and this book had a bit more of a serious edge to it, as least to me. Carlin is ill and as an old Vampyre there is no cure, at least so far. So her and Rune start out on a quest to find a cure for her illness. Of course nothing in life or love is quite that easy and their romance begins to blossom within the quest. My frustration with the book is that I absolutely wasn't ready for the book to end and there were several obvious threads left dangling in the breeze to be picked up in later books...I hope. I also liked the tease from the next book, can't wait!!

2018-02-26 13:31

Nói Không Với Ăn Vặt Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Kate Knighton

An alternate title for this book would have been Life with Father. Frank B. Gilbreth Sr. was the unquestionable central figure in this biography of a family. This professional efficiency expert applied his skills to the organization of the fourteen member family with the subtle and modifying influence of his loving spouse, Lillian. She made many of Gilbreth senior’s more eccentric applications of his professional expertise in their family life a lot more palatable for the off spring of this charming twosome. This book is a loving, humorous and touching tribute to a bygone age and to the parenting skills of two compatible marriage partners. The movie based on this book was and is a delightful viewing experience (the original 1930-1940's version, please). My favorite quote from the novel comes at the end. Some once asked Gilbreth Senior, “What do you want to save time for? What are you going to do with it”. His reply: “For work, if you love that best, for education, for beauty, for art, for pleasure, for mumblety-peg, if that’s where your heart lies”.

2018-02-26 14:31

Lời Hồi Đáp 1997 (Tặng bộ 5 postcard) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lee Woo-Jung

Not great.

2018-02-26 15:31

Cha Mẹ Nhật Dạy Con Thành Tài Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Maki Eto

It's for people interested in reading Harlem Renaissance fiction.

2018-02-26 16:31

Combo Sách Tô Màu Dành Cho Người Lớn (Bộ 4 Cuốn) + Chì Màu Stabilo Swans CL1869-24 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Valentina Harper

Pedantic. Cliched. Maybe 8-10 year old boys will get a giggle. I will never read anything by Michael Rubens ever again.

2018-02-26 17:31

Tủ Sách Khéo Tay Tinh Mắt - Tô Màu Cùng Chuột Típ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

I'm a SAHM, but I couldn't relate to any of these women. Some of them were just whiney, even though they didn't seem to have much to be unhappy about.

Người đọc Caitlin Lumpkin từ Gauriganj, Uttar Pradesh , India

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.