Human Value, Environmental Ethics and Sustainability: The Precautionary Ecosystem Health Principle
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It is widely acknowledged that we have a duty to protect the environment. Yet, current environmental...
Exporting: The Definitive Guide to Selling Abroad Profitably
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"Laurel Delaney writes in a tremendous spirit of service to entrepreneurial and small business...
MaryAnn (14 KP) rated A Song of Home: A Novel of the Swing Era (Pearl Spence #3) in Books
Mar 5, 2019
Pearl settles into a new routine of school, helping Aunt Carrie at the farm, hanging out with Ray or getting lost in a good book and then Opal shows her how to dance. But things change when Mama comes home unexpectedly and pregnant! It isn’t the happy return that Pearl had wished for.
This is a delightful story of the great depression and the swing era. In this novel deals with a couple of issues; one is forgiveness and the other is the racial conflict that was happening at that time.
This book teaches us to reach out with love and to treat others as we would want to be treated; whether we are poor, the color of our skin or the choices we have made in life.
The author has an ability to bring the characters to life and make you feel like you are right there amongst the characters. Ms. Finkbeiner has done a brilliant job bringing the characters to life. I love how she writes the story through Pearl's eyes and makes us realize that our actions have consequences, our children watch what we do and how we react.
A very good book and a great ending to this series. This novel can be read alone by itself, but I highly recommend that the whole series be read.
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Hearing from God Each Morning
Book and Education
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In the hustle and bustle of today's busy world, sometimes it's hard enough to hear yourself think,...
Jane Austen: pocket GIANTS
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There's something about Jane...Jane Austen lived only just into her forties, never married, never...
Data Privacy for the Smart Grid
Rebecca Herold and Christine Hertzog
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Many Smart Grid books include "privacy" in their title, but only touch on privacy, with most of the...
Strong is Your Hold
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Galway Kinnell is one of America's most important poets. "Strong is Your Hold" is his first new...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Chosen (The Warrior Chronicles #1) in Books
Jan 20, 2021
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Chosen ( Warrior Chronicles book 1)
By K.F. Breene
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It is said that when war threatens the world, one individual will be selected by prophecy to lead the Shadow Warriors out of the Land of Mist and reclaim the freedom which has been stolen.
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Shanti has grown up under the constant threat of war. Since she helped her people defeat a raiding party by using a special power, she’s been a hunted woman. Carrying rare abilities and an uncanny fighting aptitude, Shanti is the only hope of salvation for her people. The problem is, she doesn’t believe in her own divinity, and when she flounders, she nearly fails in the duty hanging so heavy on her shoulders.
It seems like any other day when Sanders and his band of misfit boys find a foreign woman clinging to life in the wastelands. Oblivious to the weapon they now have in their possession, they are content to harbor the mysterious woman until she is well enough to continue her journey.
But when the war spreads its arms and lands on her borrowed doorstep, Shanti has no choice but to reveal her secrets, plunging her saviors into danger. If they band with her, they will face certain death. But to trade her to Xandre, the warlord desperate to add her to his war machine, would be to give up their entire way of life.
War is coming. The only choice becomes: Which side do you choose?
I loved shanti she was brilliant! I really enjoyed the book and it’s characters! So why only. a 3 star rating? Well I got a little bored at some of it if I’m honest there were times in the book I felt a bit meh!! I can’t quite pin point it although I do find the cayan quite boring! Saying that overs it’s a good book!
Valor: Unsung Heroes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front
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Valor features the thrilling stories that are the fruit of Mark Lee Greenblatt's interviews with...