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Martin Luther King Jr. recommended Civil Disobedience and Other Essays in Books (curated)

 
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Henry David Thoreau | 2005
7.0 (2 Ratings)
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"During my student days I read Henry David Thoreau’s essay On Civil Disobedience for the first time. Here, in this courageous New Englander’s refusal to pay his taxes and his choice of jail rather than support a war that would spread slavery’s territory into Mexico, I made my first contact with the theory of nonviolent resistance. Fascinated by the idea of refusing to cooperate with an evil system, I was so deeply moved that I reread the work several times."

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David McK (3587 KP) rated Simulating War: Studying conflict through simulation games in Books

Jun 16, 2024  
Simulating War: Studying conflict through simulation games
Simulating War: Studying conflict through simulation games
Philip Sabin | 2012
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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Well, that was something ... different.

This, essentially, is a scholarly thesis on the use of wargaming in an educational setting - like another reader, I found the first part (about the theory) interesting, the second part - containing example games - less so (perhaps because of my lack of real interest in anything beyond WW1 in the air).

Like being forced to study Shakespeare in school, I found this to somewhat suck the fun out of the activity in question.

Still, YMMV, as the saying goes ...
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2387 KP) rated “P” is for Peril in Books

Jan 18, 2020  
“P” is for Peril
“P” is for Peril
Sue Grafton | 2001 | Mystery
5
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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Missing Doctor Leads Kinsey to Peril
Nine weeks ago, Dr. Dowan Purcell vanished without a trace. Now, his ex-wife, Fiona, has hired PI Kinsey Millhone to figure out what happened to him. Kinsey isn’t sure she can cover any ground that the police haven’t already covered because they have been as thorough as they can be, but she gamely agrees anyway. Soon, she is caught in a web of speculation. It seems everyone has a theory, from Fiona to Dr. Purcell’s current wife, Crystal, to family and friends. But can Kinsey find any clue to figure out what actually happened to him?

The mystery starts well as always, and I was soon caught up in the case. There is a very strong sub-plot that helped draw me further into the story. I love Kinsey and the other regulars, so it is always fun to spend time with them, and the new characters are just as strong. Even the weather, a cold November rain, helped add the right atmosphere to the book. Then I got to the ending. The book just stops. It’s very abrupt. While I have a theory on what happened and why, it would have been nice to have it confirmed, especially since I can come up with another equally as compelling theory on what happened and why. These kinds of endings work for literary novels, but are frustrating for mystery readers. Fans of the series will still be glad they read this entry, but new readers definitely shouldn’t jump in here since there are stronger books in the series.