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Walden and Civil Disobedience

Walden and Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau
336 Pages · 2015 · 1 MB · 17 Downloads · New!
" Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. ” ― Ben Carson
Wilding
by Isabella Tree
384 Pages · 2015 · 4 MB · 9 Downloads · New!
“Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm” is a thought-provoking book for the readers. Isabella Tree is the author of this informative book. Isabella is an award-winning author, travel writer, and manager of the Knepp Wildland Project, together with her husband Charlie. She is the author of numerous other books, including The Living Goddess and The Bird Man. Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell farmed Knepp Castle Estate and struggled to turn a profit. After some years, they decided to restore Knepp 3500 acres to the wild. They want to bring nature back to their depleted land and they persisted with their experiment and soon witnessed an extraordinary change. Additionally, after the hardworking of Isabella and her husband, new life flooded into Knepp, and now a breeding hotspot for rare and threatened species like turtle doves, purple emperor butterflies, and much more. This book contains enough information to make you question your purchasing decisions at the supermarket, and what you consider beautiful in the natural environment. This story should be a lesson to everyone on how we can live together and thrive with nature. To sum it up, Wilding is a necessary book for those who are interested in wild space, in birds, and in ecology.
Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren
304 Pages · 2015 · · 24 Downloads · New!
“Lab Girl” is a fabulous book especially to any woman considering or entering an engineering or science field. Hope Jahren is the author of this perfect book. Hope is a wonderful teacher and writes in a manner that laymen can understand. Lab Girl is a great book. It is a thoughtful book, an educational book, and an entertaining book. It is a book about accomplishment and struggle. But, most of all, it is a book about perseverance. Hope book spans a breadth of years and of topics. In its role as a biography, it relates the author’s life from her cold Scandinavian childhood through to the loving relationship she shares with her husband and her own son. We are with her as she struggles with mental illness and she allows us to witness how she overcomes those challenges even during the frightening months of pregnancy when she has to cope without medication. The reader learns so much about the life of a scientist, the role of research and the constant stress of funding. And the trees: Jahren’s telling of their life brings a new majesty and appreciation to hardy and ancient residents of our planet. Compelled to discover the secrets of plants and their role in the history of the Earth, Jahren recounts in Lab Girl the path of a singularly focused and perseverant soul. The clear and captivating writing by Jahren makes this book, which interweaves the story of the author’s life in science, her relationship with her perpetual lab partner and brother-from-another-mother Bill, and the life of trees makes for a beautiful read. The author’s straight-up honesty of the twists and turns of life, experiments, life in the lab and field, mental health, and the people will we choose to travel and build our short lives with somehow both fill you up and opens the mind at the same time. But each life is unique and Jahren’s tenacity, honesty, and individual path make for an utterly new and refreshing story. Overall, Lab Girl provides an insightful and entertaining trip into the world of academia and botany, while remaining approachable for casual readers. We strongly recommend it to anyone interested in careers in science.
Unbowed
by Wangari Maathai
326 Pages · 2015 · 1 MB · 14 Downloads · New!
“Unbowed” is a great novel with powerful stories and characters that bring smiles, tears, love, care, war, and all the emotions for readers and make them feel they are very engaging in the story.  Wangari Maathai the author of this novel. This author is a master in bringing all of the stories together and throwing in a surprise ending. The author’s style is charismatic and entertaining, even if a bit self-indulgent. The novel masterfully builds the tension until it reaches a fever pitch as the author finally begins putting the various pieces of the puzzle into place. There are plenty of unexpected twists and turns in store for the foursome as the truth about the events preceding. It is an enjoyable read with constant developments between the past and the present. There are several sub-themes woven into the primary setting of the novel. It is a great story with an imaginative plot, believable characters and most of all heart and wisdom. It is truly a gem of a book. It shows that love is timeless. It will make your heart want to explode. The author has a real talent with bringing believable events into the story to touch the heart and bring hope and healing to worthy individuals who need it most. All in all, this novel brings lots of joy, happiness, tears and great moral lesson for the readers of all ages.

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