Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
English Fairy Tales (Unabridged)
Discover the magic of classic English folklore with "English Fairy Tales" by Flora Annie Webster Steel. Immerse yourself in a world of enchantment as timeless stories unfold, filled with mischievous sprites, valiant heroes, and wise old women. From the familiar to the forgotten, these tales capture the heart of English mythology. Let the enchanting voices of these characters transport you to a realm of wonder, where dreams take flight and wishes come true.
Shook
Shook tells the story of resilience, nerve, and survival on the deadliest day on Everest.
Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR RANULPH FIENNES _______________ CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL EVEREST ASCENT 1953-2023 _______________ This beautifully illustrated book tells the incredible story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first people ever to set foot on the top of Everest. Ideal for readers aged 8+ In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing, and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and the roof of the world was Everest. This is the breathtaking story of how two very different yet equally determined men battled frost-biti...
Summary of Eliot Higgins's We Are Bellingcat
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Arab Spring raised the most serious news question of the digital age: verification. How can you know if something is true. How can you know what you’re looking at. #2 I had considered becoming a journalist, but I had not thrived at college and dropped out, taking a series of office jobs that left me unsatisfied. I began watching politicians and celebrities as if they were another breed. I found no place in the larger world. #3 In August 2011, I was fascinated by the Arab Spring, and I spent hours every day reading about it and collecting information on Libya, Syria, and Yemen. I had no personal connection to the events, and I was just fascinated. #4 The online ethos of posting anything of interest and making sense of it together led to fierce disputes online, with supporters of one side or another railing against findings that challenged their preferred narrative.
The Next Everest
A dramatic account of the deadly avalanche on Everest—and a return to reach the summit. On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in eighty-one years and killed nearly 8,900 people. That day also became the deadliest in the history of Everest, with eighteen people losing their lives on the mountain. After spending two unsettling days stranded on Everest, Davidson's team was rescued by helicopter. The experience left him shaken, and despite his thirty-three years of climbing and se...
Summary of David J. Miklowitz's The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, Third Edition
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that affects at least one in every 50 people. It puts them at high risk for the problems in their family, social, and work lives. With medications, psychotherapy, and self-management techniques, it is possible to control the rapid shifts in mood from manic highs to severe depressive lows. #2 The inpatient experience can be extremely confusing and frustrating for people with bipolar disorder and their family members. They are usually hungry for information about the disorder, and they need it to understand their experiences. #3 By the end of this book, I hope you’ll...
Summary of Masha Gessen's The Future Is History
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In Russia, baptism is traditionally done at the Church of St. John the Warrior in Central Moscow. Masha was baptized there on the seventieth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Her grandmother, a rocket scientist, had spent her life working on material things that were the opposite of religion. #2 The Soviet Union had defeated organized religion, but Grandmother knew that this was not entirely true. The new generation was supposed to grow up entirely free of the superstitions of which religion was just a subset. But when the Second World War began, people turned to God. #3 When Tatiana had her baby, she was surprised to find that she was once again dependent on her parents. She had to make money and pull strings to escape her parental home. #4 Masha’s mother, Tatiana, was a tutor. She would teach Masha how to tell counterfeit dollars from genuine currency, as well as prepare her clients to face the coffins questions designed for Jewish applicants.
Summary of Jon Birger's Date-onomics
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The man deficit is the perceived shortage of college-educated men, and it is often blamed on women not being able to find men who are willing to commit. But what if the problem is not strategic. What if most of the good men are taken. #2 The dating market is not good for college-educated women, as the number of men outnumbering women is staggering. The situation is even worse for women who want to get married and have children, as the dating pool is full of men who don’t want to marry or have children. #3 The hookup culture is a result of lopsided gender ratios and an undersupply of college-educated men. The conventional explanations for these trends, such as social entropy, never seem to involve demographics. #4 The dating market is not just difficult for college-educated women in big cities, but also in rural states such as Mississippi and Montana. The number of age 30-to-34, college-educated women who have never been married rose from 865,083 in 2007 to 1,133,956 in 2012.
Summary of Ajahn Brahm's Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The four initial stages of meditation are: making the groundwork and foundations solid, then moving on to the bliss states of meditation. You should spend a lot of time making the groundwork and foundations solid, then move on to the higher stories when they are ready. #2 When you work with your mind, you find that it is so strange. The mind can do wonderful and unexpected things. When you think during your meditation, How many more minutes are there to go. How much longer do I have to endure this. that is just wandering off into the future. #3 When you anticipate the future by thinking, How many more minutes until the bell rings. you torture yourself. So be very careful not to pick up the heavy burden of How many more minutes to go. or What should I do next. If that is what you are thinking, you are not paying attention to what is happening now. #4 The second stage of meditation is silent present-moment awareness. It is the silent awareness of the present moment, and it is more important than any thought.
Summary of Paul Johnson's Socrates
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Three individuals, all from different civilizations, but all living in the same century, insisted that the distinction between their civilizations and the surrounding barbarism must be reinforced by moral education. #2 Socrates was a philosopher who lived in Athens around the time of Ezra. He was the first classless person in history, and he believed that education was the surest path to happiness. #3 Plato was a genius, and his pupil Aristotle founded his own university, the Lyceum, in Athens, which was rival to Plato’s Academy. When writing about Socrates’ end, and his own early dialogues, Plato ...
