Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity
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This book reveals the life, drama and mystery surrounding the creator of groundbreaking inventions....
Under the Visible Life
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Half Chinese and half Canadian, Katherine Goodnow struggles through a 1950's childhood hostile to...
The Vanishing Deep
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Seventeen-year-old Tempe was born into a world of water. When the Great Waves destroyed her planet,...
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Declan Murphy and Ami Rao
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As heard on BBC Radio 4: Midweek and BBC Radio 2: Simon Mayo drivetime. Coping with your own death,...
Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Aaru in Books
Nov 8, 2019
This books takes one fascinating idea - what if people's personalities and memories could be copied at the point of death and then recreated inside a computer? - and looks at it from a lot of different angles. It is certainly thought provoking, and occasionally disturbing.
The first half of the book deals with Rose's death, the grief of her family and then the emotional trauma, denial and final acceptance that in some ways she is still alive. It also follows Rose's journey as she discovers her new virtual world and its other inhabitants.
The second half is darker and moves into thriller territory as Rose's new paradise shows that it may not be perfect and both her and her sister are exposed to danger. Some of the themes here - obsession, violence, sexual abuse, suicide - are made all the worse by their premeditated nature.
This book will make you think about a potential life after death but it doesn't flinch from showing the emotional, physical and moral implications that might arise both for those saved and those they leave behind.
Death Checked Out
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When in doubt, go to the library...and solve the murder mystery! Greta Plank, library director in...
Winifred Gerin: Biographer of the Brontes
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The biographer Winifred Gerin (1901-81), who wrote the lives of all four Bronte siblings, stumbled...
The Year of Magical Thinking
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From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad -...
Roxanne (13 KP) rated Life Before Death in Books
Nov 14, 2018
I must say that I very much enjoy reading these sort of books, I find them incredibly moving and sometimes even life changing.
Life Before Death by Colin Fry happens to be one of those books that just turned me into a blubbering mess!
I would recommend this book to all of those who are interested in spirituality and the paranormal...and to those who may have lost close family members or friends and need a place of comfort and solace. I personally found this book to be very moving in the sense that it teaches you to remain positive in certain situations and to forgive in order to move on in your life before it is too late.
This book is very different compared to his other books as it deals more with life BEFORE death rather than focusing on the spirit world...so if you would prefer to read more about the authors psychic connections then I would say read one of his other books instead of this one. I myself prefer a book more focused on the after life which made me knock a star off of this one, not because it is a bad book in any way but because I would prefer some of his other work. He does document a small amount of his readings, however, it is not the book's main focus. Fry talks about some of the little things we could do in order to enrich our lives and to follow our dreams.
Once I finished this book I was deep in thought reflecting about my own life which is why I recommend buying a copy of this book to keep so you can keep referring back to it time and time again. I understand how easy it is to get wrapped up in the negativity of life sometimes, this is one of those books that may help you to focus on some positive aspects.
Amy-Elizabeth (2 KP) rated The Secret Garden in Books
Jun 29, 2018
A lovely trip down memory lane, my Mum and I read this when I was just a little girl.
A great story for young and old, with life lessons I think more people could use these days.