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Author: Michael Pollan - (Paperback) - 2007 ... more
Michael Pollan's book, Omnivore's Dilemma, addresses one of the most fundamental questions that have bothered humans sinct the beginning of time: "What should I eat for dinner?" To fully understand the concepts, Pollan explores three of the major... read full review | report as inappropriate
Omnivore's Dilemma: Intriguing, thought provoking, and ... boring. This book brings facts about food into view you may have never known, nor wanted too. As an uneducated `C' average student without a 4-year-plus degree, I enjoyed most of the... read full review | report as inappropriate
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Author: Alan Weisman - (Hardcover) - 2007 ... more
What would happen if humans suddenly disappeared? Almost everything around us artificially created would be consumed by nature within a few hundred years of our disappearance. Buildings would collapse; road and dams would disintegrate. Some... read full review | report as inappropriate
This book examines what would happen to the world if we were all to suddenly disappear from it...ie: how long would it take for the world to get back to normal (or at least back to how it was) before us. It uncovers this by looking at regions of... read full review | report as inappropriate
Author: Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Oz - (Hardcover) - 2005 ... more
A must read for everyone. My son agrees and he is a doctor. read full review | report as inappropriate
Initially the book is good, offering some humor and a a rather unique approach to how one can think of one's own body. But it got tired after the first 20 pages, every third line was an obligatory joke, and an analogy that reflected the author's... read full review | report as inappropriate
The book does a good job of explaining how your body works. That is why I gave it 3 stars, however the nutritional advice is out dated. All forms of coconut were overlooked. The highest fiber food that I know of is coconut flour with a whopping... read full review | report as inappropriate
Author: Daniel J. Levitin - (Paperback) - 2007 ... more
A good writer with a unique background, Levitin presents facts and ideas useful for musicians, ordinary music lovers, and everyone who cares about brains. His interview on NPR (Diane Rehm, Aug. 3) includes musical examples. The first chapters may... read full review | report as inappropriate
Of this book's many shortcomings, these are the most blatant: arrogance, ignorance, vagueness. One example of each: Arrogance: Levitin and Joni Mitchell discuss how the harmonies in her music can be interpreted in various ways (which... read full review | report as inappropriate
I love music and I like science, and I have a bachelor's degree in journalism, but the technical parts of this book were too difficult for me to grasp. I am the 12th reviewer, and only the second one to have a problem with the text, so lots of... read full review | report as inappropriate
Author: Francis S. Collins - (Paperback) ... more
This is an outstanding book that belongs on the highly recommended reading list of every science student. It is very well organized, indexed and easy to skip over areas I had little interest in. So very little time is wasted. In fact I was able to... read full review | report as inappropriate
I am definitely a theist, and I certainly believe that understanding science is key to understanding how God's mind works and how he went about creation. However, I don't think it necessarily follows that if science can be used as evidence for... read full review | report as inappropriate
Renowned scientist Francis Collins pens a book that is part testimony of his own journey to Christianity and part rational discourse urging the reader to consider faith in God. Basically he argues that having faith in God and appreciating... read full review | report as inappropriate
Author: Thomas L. Friedman - (Hardcover) - 2006 ... more
The world is changing faster than ever before and the author strives to explain how and why and what to do to keep up. Everyone should read this book. The information is interesting, timely and important. read full review | report as inappropriate
why, o why does T Friedman keep writing? He doesn't need to, he is fabulously wealthy and he is savaged among knowledgeable critics, he hardly ever engages anyone that would really be able to rebut him. The World is Flat is triumphalist flash... read full review | report as inappropriate
Given my background in Computer Science (particularly web application development), Mr. Friedman's text is most intriguing and relatable to me. At one point in my life, I viewed the flattening of the world with isolationist fear, often crowing... read full review | report as inappropriate
Author: Jared Diamond - (Hardcover) ... more
I thought this was a simply amazing book. Diamond's singular talent is to bring knowledge from a disparate array of natural and social sciences into a meaningful, coherent whole. Diamond examines the world and its peoples throught the lenses of... read full review | report as inappropriate
I have to offer a contrary opinion to the glowing reviews here. While most have been pretty insightful -- I only found one blatant racist pig -- they seem to miss a fundamental point: why is the economic and political dominance of the west that... read full review | report as inappropriate
July 8, 1997 Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond At least I bought the book from AMAZON ! I give it a well-deserved 5/10. The 5 is for the excellent writing and the breathtaking scholarship. I give Jared Diamond a U for analysis and... read full review | report as inappropriate
Author: Steve Jenkins, Robin Page - (Hardcover) ... more
I have never written a review before, but thought I must write one on this book! I have recently purchased 10 books off of amazon and this one if my absolute favorite! My 4 1/2 yr. old loves it as much as I do. I read it to him in the morning and... read full review | report as inappropriate
Author: Barbara Hand Clow - (Paperback) - 2007 ... more
Clow has mastered an area of study and a system so complex for Westerners to understand and apply, that I was quite impressed with the veracity of her dissemination process. I have read Dr. Calleman's work and found it to be quite academic in... read full review | report as inappropriate
For some reason Barbara Clow does not want you to know the possibility that, most likely, a great catastrophe awaits us in our near future (on or about 2012) similar to the one that took place 11,500 years ago (9500 BC). On pages 64 and 65 of the... read full review | report as inappropriate
Though I am VERY interested in 2012, and all the ramifications thereof, I felt this book was too mathematical and technological for me to wade through. I gave up about half-way. I guess my little part in the world mind will have to sleep through... read full review | report as inappropriate
Author: Richard Louv - (Paperback) ... more
I'm old enough to remember an unplugged childhood, and although I want my kids to play unfettered in the woods and waters, we're a different society today. We can't just let them wander alone, but we also owe them the natural formative... read full review | report as inappropriate
The whole concept is an interesting one but the book drug on with the same message. read full review | report as inappropriate
Louv makes some excellent points that everyone should consider, however you'll have to ignore his poor, disorganized writing style to get at them. He jumps between unfounded personal declarations and academic studies as evidence for his theories,... read full review | report as inappropriate
Author: Timothy Egan - (Paperback) ... more
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