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I had been hearing about this book for about 3-4 years and for one reason or another did not believe it would hold my interest. Then, it was chosen as our book club selection last month. I was so surprised when I started reading it how it held my attention and I could actually picture the characters, the town, the grit of the mine and his relationships. I am so glad I read this book. It brought back all the imagery and excitement of the "Space Race", a period of time in which I grew up. I remember the Russians beating us in space and how the school system started demanding more math, science and telling the students that we couldn't let America down. It was a trip down memory lane I had long ago forgotten. Glad it came back to me.Get more detail about Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1).

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My 9 year old son loved this book. This was one of three he read in the series. Walt Disney, Neil Armstrong and Albert Einstein. Each were great reads and he loved the information he got from the books. I enjoyed him reasing it out loud to me the second time he read it. My sons 4th grade class was assigned a biography book to read and report on. There was plenty of information as far as where they were born, how they accomplished what they each did and some sideline info on each of them that was interesting. However, the size of the words to a page and the difficulty would be more appropriate for 3rd grade not 4th.Get more detail about Who Was Walt Disney? (Who Was...?).

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Thank you, Kim Severson, for your engaging memoir, Spoon Fed. This is a touching and honest compilation of essays involving eight cooks and mentors who helped the author overcome some of the most difficult challenges of her life. Severson is a much braver individual than she supposes herself to be. I enjoyed getting to know some of my food heros better, including Ruth Reichl and Alice Waters.
Ms. Severson is correct in that many of her readers would be disappointed in the religious themes of the book. Surely she is aware that much of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was due to the gradual removal of the mangrove swamps (the swamps provided natural barriers during previous hurricanes). Those that profited from the reckless real estate development of the area left New Orleans vulnerable. The devastation was not because of god's wrath against the people of New Orleans.
However, aside from the above, there is much to admire in the author's writing. I look forward to reading more books by Ms. Severson.Get more detail about Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life.

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I expected yet another screed supporting one candidate or another in the Shakespeare authorship debate, but this fascinating book (while endorsing the man from Stratford as the author, or at least one of the authors, of the plays) takes us on a slightly different journey, exploring the history of the debate in the context of authorship challenges in general. Professor Shapiro's extensive research relates the arguments about Shakespeare's plays to the arguments about the authorship of Homer and of the Bible itself. We learn a lot about critical thinking over the centuries and about how our current literary expectations color our concepts of authorship. Easy and fun to read, like his earlier 1599, this is an important book for anyone who asks about authorship because it challenges us to explore why we are asking the question and what preconceptions we bring to the inquiry.Get more detail about Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?.

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Unfortunately, this is not the case here.A previous critic here-with whom i concur totally- has already mentioned the deplorable fact that Robb does not make clear who's who until the end of his short tales,which are also unrelated and do not have anything in common..Had his book been a thriller,I could have only sympathized with this approach.After all,this is one of the best and oldest literary devices to assure the reader's attention and suspense .In this case,the writer of this abysmally terrible- written book has caused me to drop it after some tens of pages.Paris will still be a gem without this failure.Get more detail about Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris.