I didn't think I would come out of this never wanting to hear someone talk about banana leaves again
This book introduced itself as a taking a scientific look into caring for our places through an indigenous scope but ultimately fell short of that. While this book illicits some wonderful emotions of optimism and turned the wheels in my head, giving me ideas of what more I could be doing, it read more like a memoir of sorts. It fell flat as the book progressed and I began to get tired of listening to the same story be used to teach the same lesson over and over again, at times questioning if i had put my book dart in the right place. I do recommend this book as it does a great job of triggering an emotional response but if you are already feeling that and have already broken past …
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Ath3ro rated Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World: 3 stars
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World is a 2019 book by David Epstein in which he expands on …
Ath3ro reviewed Fresh Banana Leaves by Jessica Hernandez
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3 stars
I didn't think I would come out of this never wanting to hear someone talk about banana leaves again
This book introduced itself as a taking a scientific look into caring for our places through an indigenous scope but ultimately fell short of that. While this book illicits some wonderful emotions of optimism and turned the wheels in my head, giving me ideas of what more I could be doing, it read more like a memoir of sorts. It fell flat as the book progressed and I began to get tired of listening to the same story be used to teach the same lesson over and over again, at times questioning if i had put my book dart in the right place. I do recommend this book as it does a great job of triggering an emotional response but if you are already feeling that and have already broken past the narrow scope of western science, then this book would have little to contribute to you.
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
The further adventures of Eragon and his dragon Saphira as they continue to aid the Varden in the struggle against …
Ath3ro rated Night (Elie Wiesel Collection Ser.): 4 stars
Night (Elie Wiesel Collection Ser.) by Elie Wiesel
Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in …
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training in …
Ath3ro rated Animal Farm: 3 stars
Animal Farm by George Orwell
George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.
“All animals are …
Ath3ro rated Kitchen Confidential: 5 stars
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying …
The Only Award-Winning English Translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War: More Complete and More Accurate by Sun Tzu
The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法) is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period …
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Eragon is the first book in The Inheritance Cycle by American fantasy writer Christopher Paolini. Paolini, born in 1983, began …
Ath3ro rated Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates: 5 stars
Ath3ro rated People's History of the United States: 5 stars
People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is …
Ath3ro rated l'héritage: 5 stars
l'héritage by Christopher Paolini
Il y a peu encore, Eragon n'était qu'un simple garçon de ferme, et Saphira, son dragon, une étrange pierre bleue …