The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World
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In 1990 an expedition of Cambridge scientists arrived at the Plains of Nechisar, tucked between the...
The Language of Museum Communication: A Diachronic Perspective: 2016
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This volume explores the evolution of the language of museum communication from 1950 to the present...
My Daily Book of Mormon Devotional
Book and Lifestyle
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This book helps you answer two questions, “How do I make my scripture study more effective?” and...
Cellular Automata in Image Processing and Geometry
Andrew Adamatzky, Paul Rosin and Xianfang Sun
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The book presents findings, views and ideas on what exact problems of image processing, pattern...
Jenny Houle (24 KP) rated Holiday Cookies: Showstopping Recipes to Sweeten the Season in Books
Jan 13, 2018
Every single recipe in this cookbook looked so awesome...but it's cookies, so that's hard not to be the case.
My five star review is actually based more on content and layout. The author broke the recipes down into six sections, and explained how and why she divided the recipes as she did. She also included a very useful list of 10 cookie tips and tricks.
I think my favorite part of the cookbook, though, was that each recipe was simple even though some looked more complicated. There were very few of the 50 cookie recipes that required ingredients that weren't relatively standard in a household. And she included an icing recipe and tips on how to best store cookies so that they are preserved well for a later time.
Labels of Origin for Food: Local Development, Global Recognition
Elizabeth Barham and Bertil Sylvander
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Agri-food traditional, regional and typical products are an important resource for agricultural and...
Introduction to Quasi-Monte Carlo Integration and Applications
Gunther Leobacher and Friedrich Pillichshammer
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This textbook introduces readers to the basic concepts of quasi-Monte Carlo methods for numerical...
Hazel (1853 KP) rated A Place Called Winter in Books
Dec 17, 2018
Loosely based upon a true story, one of Patrick Gale’s ancestors in fact, <i>A Place Called Winter</i> follows the life of Harry Cane during the early 1900s. The book begins with Harry being transferred from a mental asylum to a therapeutic community called Bethel Ranch. The story then backtracks to Harry’s life as a young, nervous, motherless boy and the time he met his future wife, Winnie.
Throughout the book the reader is trying to guess the reason Harry eventually finds himself at Bethel Ranch. Gale describes Harry’s marriage, his discovery of homosexuality and his move to Canada to his final stop at a homestead in a place called Winter. Does Harry develop a mental illness or is it something to do with his scandalous desires? Or, does something else happen later in the book?
After moving to Canada, Harry does not exactly have it easy and the reader feels for him as he perseveres with his new life style. We watch him grow from a timid young man into someone with his own farm and independence. It makes it all the more upsetting to read when certain things take a turn for the worse.
In this historical novel, Patrick Gale emphasizes on the way homosexuality was regarded in society. Entire families cut people out of their lives at the slightest hint of a scandal. Gale also touches on the techniques used within mental asylums during this period as well as racial discrimination.
Occasionally, the story was difficult to read as it alternated between being really interesting and then slightly dull. Overall, regardless of how much was based on actual events, it was a good storyline, and once you have started reading you feel the need to continue to find out what happens to Harry. I have only read one other book by Patrick Gale –<i> Notes From an Exhibition</i> – that I struggled with a little. <i>A Place Called Winter, however, was a lot better than I was expecting. </i>
How to Deal with OCD: A 5-Step, CBT-Based Plan for Overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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OCD, or obsessive compulsive disorder, is a common and difficult condition characterised by...
Pediatric Psycho-oncology: Psychosocial Aspects and Clinical Interventions
Shulamith Kreitler, Myriam Weyl Ben Arush and Andres Martin
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Like the ground-breaking first edition, Pediatric Psycho-oncology, Second edition puts the child at...