5/13/2023 0 Comments The sacred balance david suzukiDrawing on his own experiences and those of others who have put their beliefs into action, The Sacred Balance is a powerful, passionate book with concrete suggestions for creating an ecologically sustainable, satisfying, and fair future by rediscovering and addressing humanity's basic needs. Suzuki analyzes those deep spiritual needs, rooted in nature, that are a crucial component of a loving world. The author explains how people are genetically programmed to crave the company of other species, and how people suffer enormously when they fail to live in harmony with them. The book begins by presenting the concept of people as creatures of the Earth who depend on its gifts of air, water, soil, and sun energy. But Suzuki delivers this message in a backhanded and disorganized way. In this extensively revised and enlarged edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on the increasingly radical changes in nature and science - from global warming to the science behind mother/baby interactions - and examines what they mean for humankind's place in the world. The Sacred Balance is vintage Suzuki: he argues that our actions are throwing the Earth’s life support systems off balance and possibly endangering all life forms that to save ourselves and the planet we must change our profligate ways and restore the sacred balance.
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5/13/2023 0 Comments The promise by damon galgutThis review is available to non-members for a limited time. The voice comes across as conversational - gossipy and critical of the family without explicitly calling them out as the self-centered jerks readers come to know. The truly outstanding feature of this novel, though, is its narrator, who sometimes seems to be omniscient, and at other times feigns ignorance or admits to imagining whole scenes. They engender no sympathy in the reader, making it easier to laugh at their failings. The narrative begins in 1986, and traces roughly 30 years in the lives of the Swart family. Indeed, it's actually pretty funny at times, partially due to Galgut's brilliant depiction of the incredibly dysfunctional Swart family, all of whom, apart from Amor, are unlikeable to one degree or another. Damon Galguts novel The Promise is set in South Africa. T he South African writer Damon Galgut was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize this week for his novel The Promise, which confronts the racist history of his native country through the story. Despite the novel's relatively weighty theme, the book doesn't read like its subject is a heavy one it's only after pondering the subtext that it becomes apparent that its ultimate message is somewhat pessimistic. 5/13/2023 0 Comments The book empty mansionsShe chose to live in seclusion after her mother’s death and then lived out the last few decades of her life in a hospital, despite being healthy. Clark was certainly eccentric, and her decisions, both financial and otherwise, definitely capture the imagination. After an introduction to Clark’s fortune, Dedman moves his focus to her lifestyle and pursuits, always following the money. Here, with the assistance of Huguette’s cousin Newell, the author expands his search for information about the heiress who disappeared from public view in the 1980s-though she lived for another three decades. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Dedman stumbled onto her tale and wrote a series of stories about the Clark family, their fortune and the mystery surrounding Huguette. At her death, she was estimated to be worth-incorrectly, as it turned out-about $500 million. Huguette Clark (1906–2011) lived for more than a century and never once wanted for money. An investigation into the secretive life of the youngest daughter and heiress to a Gilded Age copper tycoon. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Entangled minds by dean radinRadin surveys the origins of this research and explores, among many topics, the collective premonitions of 9/11. In this illuminating book, Radin shows how we know that psychic phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis are real, based on scientific evidence from thousands of controlled lab tests. Could a similar entanglement of minds explain our apparent psychic abilities? Dean Radin, senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, believes it might. Albert Einstein called entanglement spooky action at a distance - the way two objects remain connected through time and space, without communicating in any conventional way, long after their initial interaction has taken place. But the latest scientific research shows that these phenomena are both real and widespread, and are an unavoidable consequence of the interconnected, entangled physical reality we live in. Book Synopsis Is everything connected? Can we sense whats happening to loved ones thousands of miles away? Why are we sometimes certain of a callers identity the instant the phone rings? Do intuitive hunches contain information about future events? Is it possible to perceive without the use of the ordinary senses? Many people believe that such psychic phenomena are rare talents or divine gifts. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown“Although he was undrafted coming out of college, Brian made the most of his opportunity here in Kansas City,” said Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, “and his work ethic, talent and toughness made him an undisputed leader on the field and in the locker room. Waters’ name comes up in discussion for potential Hall of Famers, emphasizing his reliability, leadership – and overcoming not being drafted. He started every game he was healthy for from 2002-2011, the first nine seasons with the Chiefs, then one year in New England. Once he mastered the blocking schemes with the Chiefs, Waters became a regular at the Pro Bowl (six times), with two All-Pro selections. They did at the turn of the century, never more so than when Waters wasn’t selected coming out of North Texas – hardly a fertile source for pros then. The contributions of college offensive linemen don’t get overlooked much these days. What the Hell, Marvel? Do you douchecanoes not realize that it makes virtually impossible to read things in order, if you don't RE-NAME them when you decide to do shit like this? This should be like volume 8 or something of Captain America, not volume 4! This is a new.I don't even know WhatTheFuck it is! When I picked this up, I thought that it was a continuation of part of Brubaker's Captain America that I had already been reading. Marvel SUCKS at labeling titles and volumes! Well, it's the same damn thing I've been complaining about for a long time now. I had a hard time getting into the story, because I hadn't read the previous volume. One of my main problems with this volume wasn't the writer's fault anyway. You know who I'm talking about? The one that's a real nutfuck, and had all of those surgeries done because he's sort of an obsessive lunatic/stalker fan of Rogers? Then Steve visits the crazy Captain America clone-guy. However, this just wasn't fantastic.īad guys are trying to take over the world via hypnosis, and they're using the television to do it.Īt the end of the day, Steve (and friends) beat their asses. I'm not even sure he's capable of writing something truly bad. It wasn't garbage, but I've never read anything by Brubaker that I'd call garbage. I love Captain America, and I love Ed Brubaker. This review is dedicated to Jeff, because. 5/12/2023 0 Comments The Last Mermaid by Shana AbePrince Aedan of the Isles believes in no such nonsense until he awakens on Kell itself and meets the sensuous siren who rescued him from the sea.ġ721: Ronan MacMhuirich, Earl of Kell, is the target of an unlikely assassin: Leila, a mysterious woman from an exotic land. Now the author of The Secret Swan delivers a gift from the sea: three hauntingly beautiful tales connected by a legend, a locket, and a love beyond time.ĥ31 a.d.: The tiny island of Kell is said to be enchanted, inhabited by an extraordinary creature who comforts shipwrecked sailors passing into the next world. Shana Abe has entranced countless readers with her passion-filled novels of adventure, intrigue, and romance. 5/12/2023 0 Comments Hurricane season bookIt tells the story of the" Witch" and her influence over the inhabitants of the village ,first by inheriting her mother's role as wise woman to the women of the village and then by becoming the subject of many rumours including, treasure in her house ,graduating to the wholesale corruption of the teenagers of the village with depraved orgies ,over which she presides.īut the book begins with the Witch is dead, dead in a ditch outside the village with her throat cut, horribly beaten so you know the ending and the perpetrators, but there is a very long way to go in between. In recounting the events in a small Mexican village early one summer, the author shares with the reader not just the what, but the heart-breaking whys of all the protagonists. This book is a narrative that rages hurricane-like ,fists raised and railing at the gods ,through its pages, a furious paced dialogue ,ranting at the reader. 5/12/2023 0 Comments Propaganda book by jacques ellulThe book contains Ellul's theories about the nature of propaganda to adapt the individual to a society, to a living standard, and to an activity aiming to make the individual serve and conform.Īfter being discharged as a professor from French universities by the Vichy regime Ellul became a leader in the French resistance during World War II. It presents a sophisticated taxonomy for propaganda, including such paired opposites as political–sociological, vertical–horizontal, rational–irrational, and agitation–integration. This book appears to be the first attempt to study propaganda from a sociological approach as well as a psychological one. Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (1965/1973) ( French: Propagandes original French edition: 1962) is a book on the subject of propaganda by French philosopher, theologian, legal scholar, and sociologist Jacques Ellul. Propaganda and the Formation of Men's Attitudes Admission: $4-$10, ages 5 and younger free 25.ĬINDY AND JERRY SCHULTZ: 3 p.m. The poet reads his work as part of the Museum of Glass poetry series. The Portland author discusses his previous novels as well as his forthcoming memoir, "Burning Fence." Elliott Bay 20.ĭAVID FRANCIS: 2 p.m. Patches, author Timothy Egan, chef/cookbook author Tom Douglas, and the Pike Place Market fish flingers. Featuring appearances by cookbook author/chef Kathy Casey, Seattle TV legend J.P. The bookstore gets a new location, as well as a series of guests to celebrate the move. The prize-winning Seattle poet discusses her first collection, "The Crane Wife." The Elliott Bay Book Co., 101 S. The fantasy writer reads from her latest novel, "Fool's Fate." University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E. The author signs copies of his book, "Save the Elwha." Barnes & Noble, 18025 Garden Way N.E., Woodinville 42. The author reads from her book, "Loving What Is." San Juan Room, Seattle Center. The San Francisco essayist talks about her book, "Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics." Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park 20.īYRON KATIE: 7 p.m. A check mark indicates a recommendation by the P-I's |