Book reviews

I read "The Little Prince", 1943 by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry so young, I only recalled the famous cover. I know it is an everlasting classic and expected to enjoy re-learning it. I'm mystified by how engrossed I became from the first sentence. It is positive, rife with bright emotion but all at o... See full review

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The Alchemist is the first novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho and this edition is translated by Alan. R. Clarke. It is the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearning to travel motivates him to take a chance and search for his destiny. Along the way he encounters a Gypsy, a King, ... See full review

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What a gorgeous book for the littlies in our lives. Words and pictures they can identify with. A great starter for those learning to read too. Really captured my childs imagination. Hopefully more of to come from this author. Loved it!!!!!! See full review

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Lá por casa foi uma excelente surpresa. A autora revela ser alguém com muita experiência ou maternal ou profissional, pois os diálogos e as ilustrações estão muito bem feitos! É claramente uma autora a seguir e anseio mesmo por uma continuação da coleção. Parabéns Filipa Marcelino e Carmo! See full review

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After seeing a splendid review of How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You I knew I had to read the book and luckily I was able to score a copy of it through my library. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect but it certainly wasn't what I got. I thought I would be in for a comic ... See full review

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Tzifopoulos' book is an exceptional study of Cretan entaphic lamellae. Indeed, this is an interdisciplinary approach of the past via the lenses of the modern scientific research. His "paradise earning" work extends in a wide spectrum; epigraphy, literature, archaeology and anthropology are uniq... See full review

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If you wish to support dangerous and irresponsible advice, possibly risking the health and well-being of your and other children, then this book is perfect for you. Please tell all your child hating friends to buy this book - particularly if they want to undo years of scientific advice and of improv... See full review

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Achieving balance is concise and to the point. It contains many ideas and concepts relating to balance and these are presented in an accessible way. By the time I had finished the book I felt different to when I had started it, but I couldn't quite put my finger on why! (But it was a positive ... See full review

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Battle for the President's Elephants is an easy read even if the hard facts that linger after reading are not so easy on the soul. A worthy followup to The Elephants and I and absolutely worth a read. I laughed and shed a tear with Sharon Pincott and I was also left wondering how some people in Z... See full review

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The tight prose expected from Fitzgerald and a story mirroring his own life and marriage. Observant readers will realise their broken romance is something Gatsby sees as divine, machinations of society and status and failures of self keeping them apart both then and now. If you like your books to... See full review

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