If you've ever been to the places that he writes about in that book, I think he did an exceptional job in this one.
I unfortunately have not been to the places he writes about but after reading his books I want to explore them.
If you've ever been to the places that he writes about in that book, I think he did an exceptional job in this one.
I unfortunately have not been to the places he writes about but after reading his books I want to explore them.
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Third in a series from author Chris Wooding chronicling the adventures of the crew of the spaceship Ketty Jay. As with the previous books, this is very much in the style of Firefly and is a very good read.
The doughnut is a thing of beauty.
A circle of fried doughy perfection.
A source of comfort in trying times, perhaps.
For Theo Bernstein, however, it is far, far more.
Things have been going pretty badly for Theo Bernstein. An unfortunate accident at work has lost him his job (and his work involved a Very Very Large Hadron Collider, so he's unlikely to get it back). His wife has left him. And he doesn't have any money.
Before Theo has time to fully appreciate the pointlessness of his own miserable existence, news arrives that his good friend Professor Pieter van Goyen, renowned physicist and Nobel laureate, has died.
By leaving the apparently worthless contents of his safety deposit to Theo, however, the professor has set him on a quest of epic proportions. A journey that will rewrite the laws of physics. A battle to save humanity itself.
This is the tale of a man who had nothing and gave it all up to find his destiny - and a doughnut.
loved this bookPicked up Ready Player One by Ernest Cline after some light prodding from Orpheus
Really enjoyed the book. If you're not familiar with the author check his website out www.ernestcline.com
The book is a homage to all thing 80's and gamer. There are also several references to his work with the spoken word so it helps to be familiar with it if you want to add to the story
Basically it's a dystopian future, everyone participates in a MMO environment rolling adventure. Nothing too special on that end but with all of the references back to the 80's it makes it a fun read.
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I'm reading Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen. Coincidentally, I've just wrapped up the chapter on the first Thanksgiving. According to his research, there's evidence of autumnal harvests dating back centuries long before the Pilgrims, so it probably wasn't the first. Also, the most likely reason that the Pilgrims were successful in cultivating the land is that the local natives were decimated by Smallpox, Cowpox, Bubonic Plague, and many other diseases, which left the already-cleared, planted and cultivated lands ready for harvest.
Ok the premise of this book sounds interesting....but that picture sounds like it was a bit overdone.
Could be overdone. 2 key running themes are that 1) high school history text books appear to color events so that they do not seem to denigrate European settlers; and 2) because the times were not documented very well, the precise occurrences are subject to dispute, and it is OK for high school history texts to discuss disputed views instead of presenting a single view as if it were the absolute truth of what transpired.
Sounds like an interesting read, I might check it out although if they head too much into hyperbole it would miss the opportunity for their potential discussion of instruction as debate instead of dogma.
I doubt the points go much into hyperbolic conjecture. Most everything is cited, so it would lead to believe that all of the facts are fairly well-grounded. Granted, I'm not fact checking every footnote, and there's a lot of them. Everything is pretty well written for an intellectual read.
William Queen was a nearly 20-year ATF veteran as well as a motorcycle enthusiast when, in 1998, a “confidential informant” contacted Queen's superiors, offering to help place an agent inside the San Fernando Valley chapter of the Mongols. Queen's work was soon to become the most extensive undercover operation into a motorcycle gang in the history of American law enforcement.