A Tale of Two Horses: A Passion for Free-Will Teaching
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A Tale of Two Horses tells the story of two ex-racehorses with behavioural problems, who embark on a...
Nanocarbons for Electroanalysis
Sabine Szunerits, Rabah Boukherroub, Alison Downard and Jun Jie Zhou
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A comprehensive look at the most widely employed carbon-based electrode materials and the numerous...
Christine A. (965 KP) rated Rise of the Hearts: Rebirth in Books
Mar 11, 2019
Rise of the Hearts: Rebirth is the second book in Antoine Bonner's Rise of the Hearts series. Using Goodreads' rating system, I gave this book 3 stars. I gave the first book only 1 star. It was a challenge to even finish the first novel.
I liked Rebirth and do not think it was because I was familiar with the characters since I could not relate to them in the first novel. The writing improved since the last novel. In the first one, the story did not flow but it flowed well in Rebirth.
The first novel is NOT intended for Young Adults. Based on the description, I had mistakenly thought it was appropriate for younger readers. There are several passages that are not appropriate for young adults. I cannot think of any passages that would not be appropriate in the second book but still feel the series in not a young adult series.
This novel is only 100 pages long and is a very quick read. The story felt as if it was an episode in the middle of a television series. It felt as if it was only part of a story. I would read the next episode.
Review published on Philomathinphila.com, Smashbomb, Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble on 3/11/19.
LilyLovesIndie (123 KP) rated Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2) in Books
Nov 5, 2018
As much as I enjoyed the book, I must be brutally honest and say that Ma Ingalls' view on the 'Indians' actually repulsed me. I hate the way they were treated by the white man and to read what was so prevalent at the time is truly gut wrenching and appalling as if these so called Christians had shown a bit of Christian love then the story of America would be much different, and personally I think it would be a much better place. But rant over, that really did grind my gears and needed to get it off my chest!
Other than that the book is well written, showing a good level of historical accuracy, as you would expect of a book based on personal experiences, and flows on well from the previous book. It has a good balance of factual recollections weaved delicately with family memories and introduces some much needed new characters into the scene. It progresses well and develops the main characters in a solid manner.
Overall it was enjoyable, but as I said, the attitudes portrayed are quite disgusting and sad really and this lets the book down in my opinion.
Bose-Einstein Condensation and Superfluidity
Lev. P. Pitaevskii and Sandro Stringari
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Ultracold atomic gases is a rapidly developing area of physics that attracts many young researchers...
Mentalizing in Arts Therapies
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This book describes the use of therapeutic art, music, and dance interventions against a background...
David McK (3557 KP) rated Backwards (Red Dwarf #4) in Books
Jan 28, 2019 (Updated Sep 17, 2019)
More so than either of the previous two books, this novel has a plot all of its own, with that plot containing elements of the TV show on which it is based. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the final portion of the book, which takes the episode 'Gunmen of the Apocalypse' as it's basis. The novel also has a role to play for 'Ace' Rimmer, tracing how his life differed from Arnold Rimmer's back to a single event in his childhood.
Written by only one of the two authors responsible for the previous books, this is also not quite as funny as either of those books.
The Vietnam War Through Film
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This book, through studies of eight feature films, each concerned with a particular key stage of the...
The Care Quotient: Transforming Business Through People
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The Care Quotient is a leadership book that presents caring as the single most important character...
Eat The Word, Speak The Word: Exercising a Bible-Based Prophetic Ministry
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We are all familiar with Bible teachers whose knowledge fails to translate into vision, action or...