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Review Date: 7/17/2009
Helpful Score: 2
First best part of the story -- it's not the end. There's a sequel: The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen. Just came out -- also good.
Second best -- this is a book about the power of story, and very much about the bewildering situation of stepping outside of (to you, perhaps to everybody) arbitrary rules for behavior. What do you do once you've breached the line, put yourself outside, become the 'wierd thing'?
Neef has one of many excellent answers. Ever since I read it back when it came out and people ask me what it's like to be an adult person with autism in today's society -- "You have to assume that you aren't going to fit in, and do an awful lot of thinking, but you can indeed love and be loved, protect and be protected, and in general find yourself part of the story from here on in."
That's Neef's story -- a very witty allegory.
Nick B
Second best -- this is a book about the power of story, and very much about the bewildering situation of stepping outside of (to you, perhaps to everybody) arbitrary rules for behavior. What do you do once you've breached the line, put yourself outside, become the 'wierd thing'?
Neef has one of many excellent answers. Ever since I read it back when it came out and people ask me what it's like to be an adult person with autism in today's society -- "You have to assume that you aren't going to fit in, and do an awful lot of thinking, but you can indeed love and be loved, protect and be protected, and in general find yourself part of the story from here on in."
That's Neef's story -- a very witty allegory.
Nick B
Review Date: 4/16/2010
Helpful Score: 1
This classic book of cooking has some very flavorful meals easily convertable to crockpot but its real draw is the illustrations by Ruth Olsen Coleman. My mom grew up with a lot of this sort of cooking -- it's 'grandma's house comfort food' all the way.
Review Date: 11/28/2008
As the artist who created Shrek. The charming cartoon illustrations are the best surprise bonus of this paperback from 1950.
The Exhausted School: The First National Grassroots Speakout on the Right to School Choice
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Review Date: 10/29/2009
From the back:
Because Frances Zimmer of Monogahela and Andrew Gatto of Pittsburgh -- my mother and father -- taught me to live reading and numbers long before I went to the first grade, and because neither of the had any college, I slowly came to realize that my work as a school-teacher (even my work as "New York State Teacher of the Year"), was not what it appeared to be. Public schooling is NOT public education. The two ideas are mutually exclusive. Government compulsion schooling is a behavior clinic, and indoctrination scheme so far removed from what history regards as education in and part of the world that we are what history regards as education in any part of the world that we are justified in crying out Enough! In the Name of decendy, enough!" I engaged Carnegie Hall to show people like myself what choice means.
John Taylor Gatto
Because Frances Zimmer of Monogahela and Andrew Gatto of Pittsburgh -- my mother and father -- taught me to live reading and numbers long before I went to the first grade, and because neither of the had any college, I slowly came to realize that my work as a school-teacher (even my work as "New York State Teacher of the Year"), was not what it appeared to be. Public schooling is NOT public education. The two ideas are mutually exclusive. Government compulsion schooling is a behavior clinic, and indoctrination scheme so far removed from what history regards as education in and part of the world that we are what history regards as education in any part of the world that we are justified in crying out Enough! In the Name of decendy, enough!" I engaged Carnegie Hall to show people like myself what choice means.
John Taylor Gatto
Review Date: 10/26/2008
This is the sort of book that is perfect for waiting rooms and public places. The scenery-chewing, good characters in a muddled text makes for chuckles -- "so bad it's good", almost.
Review Date: 10/26/2008
The book reminds me of the scene in the Buffy tv series where Buffy is seen from Faith's point of veiw -- to Faith, Buffy is a monster and why becomes painfully clear through her eyes. Why some men behave the way they becomes very clear if you read this.
Review Date: 8/26/2009
"As compelling and disturbing as when it was first published in the midst of the Cold War, The Manchurian Candidate continues to enthrall readers with its electrifying action and shocking climax.... "
Yep, he wrote that book, but first he wrote this one. The same mind that gave us the classic Cold War-era thriller takes on WW2, and this is the twisted, harrowing result.
Read it before it gets made into a movie, as I surely hope it will.
Nick B
Yep, he wrote that book, but first he wrote this one. The same mind that gave us the classic Cold War-era thriller takes on WW2, and this is the twisted, harrowing result.
Read it before it gets made into a movie, as I surely hope it will.
Nick B
Review Date: 4/10/2010
"LOCAL DEITIES is, simultaneously, an enticing roman à clef, ...a gripping court-room drama and a direct engagement with the daily question of how to live a struggle in the belly of the beast." --The Nation
"Intelligently written, the novel raises issues of commitment, rebellion, and the conflict between individual and public values." --Booklist
"In memorable prose, Bushell depicts the uneasy alliance of women and men, the difficulty of maintaining zeal in the face of public indifference, the irrevocability of radical commitment, and, above all, the hurts parents do their children without intention. This is a book rich in character and incident, blessed with a noble theme." --Library Journal
"Intelligently written, the novel raises issues of commitment, rebellion, and the conflict between individual and public values." --Booklist
"In memorable prose, Bushell depicts the uneasy alliance of women and men, the difficulty of maintaining zeal in the face of public indifference, the irrevocability of radical commitment, and, above all, the hurts parents do their children without intention. This is a book rich in character and incident, blessed with a noble theme." --Library Journal
Review Date: 10/7/2009
wonderful book!
Review Date: 8/18/2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayelord_Hauser
Possibly the gayest health care advocate ever, if living long and well is a mark of a good health book he certainly did both and in style. This is a book covering nutritional advice from (first printing) 1961, told in an appealing way.
Nick B
Possibly the gayest health care advocate ever, if living long and well is a mark of a good health book he certainly did both and in style. This is a book covering nutritional advice from (first printing) 1961, told in an appealing way.
Nick B
Review Date: 10/26/2008
Helpful Score: 1
"For years, when people asked me what was my favorite of all the novels Id written (which is, by the way, not a good question to ask its very much like, "Which is your favorite of your children?"), if I answered at all, I would name Nightside City." from the afterword by Lawrence Watt-Evans
http://www.foxacre.com/authors/watt-evans.htm
http://www.foxacre.com/authors/watt-evans.htm
Pink and White Tyranny: A Society Novel (Plume American Women Writers)
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Review Date: 10/27/2009
This is a fantastic book, an absolutely amazing tale against the Disney Version woman so common around where I am, and how I seek out women who aren't. You want this book if you are interested in women's minds. I'll even link to the text: http://www.online-literature.com/stowe/pink-white-tyranny/ because it will only tempt you to hold a book like this in your hands.
Nick B
Nick B
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