Review:Not a bad book for someone with a medical background to use as a review. Also good to give ideas for improvisation in off grid situation. Would strongly recommend William Forgey's book,"Wilderness Medicine",and the Hesperian Foundation's book, "Where there is no Doctor" as foundation works. They have not failed me in real world situations. Read more

Review:this is a good book on the subject of disaster preparedness but I would also read Arthur Bradleys book on disaster preparedness (neither book is about wilderness survival) they are more geared to hunkering down in a home situation and the needs you will have and how to fill those needs without all the modern conveniences we enjoy today. Read more

Review:The first few chapters were interesting but after a while it became apparent that this was a 350-page book that was stretched to 700 pages by means of jargon, lack of focus, and way too much detail. I can understand that many people who work in this field might give it 5 stars. But for everyone else, it is definitely not a five star book and was not worthy of all the praise it received by certain book reviews, such as Kirkus. I remember reading an interview with a writer who said it was hard to ... Read more

Review:This is a great and super efficient read. As much about human decency, dignity and general equality as it is about feminism specifically. I would recommend for all ages, ethnic groups and backgrounds. Read more

Review:An important book for its message. Powerfully shows the reader the horrors faced by refugees and immigrants. Particularly important in face of the cruelty of current US administration. Could it have been better written? Yes. Does it matter? Not really. Everyone sitting in their comfortable home needs to know what it's like to be thrown out of that comfortable home. Read more

Review:Clarke's portrait of Truman was spellbinding. The descriptions of what he was like in his youth and in the early years of his successful career were amazingly vivid. I fell in love with Truman just as everyone did in those days. I was enchanted and then so very sad. Read more

Review:This is one of the best books I've ever read but with reservations.
1. A self declared atheist/enlightment thinker should not quote Hebrew texts and Jewish prophets on every other page, but I guess this is not just a problem with Steven Pinker. Other fundamentalist atheists like Sam Harris and Dawkins also commit the same error shedding their wrath on Christianity and Islam. Mind you Evil has 3 roots not just 2. Why focus on 2 evils and skip the third let alone copy/paste paragraphs from it ... Read more

Review:The topics selected inside the book are fantastic. The author explains ideas lucidly with interesting facts and simple mathematical reasonings. It's good for people who wants to get an overview for these topics. Read more

Review:Sherman Alexie fearlessly confronts the problems faced by the Native Americans of Spokane, Washington. With his sense of hilarity and deep berevity, Alexie points to such problems as alcoholism, broken families, drug abuse, poverty, loss of culture, loss of community, and loss of pride. While it may appear as though Alexies' musings are all "fun-and-games," it will not be difficult for the reader to discern that there is something deeply troubling about most of the characters in Alexies' writing... Read more

Review:The premise is gimmicky for my taste, but it has all the humor and pain you'd expect of an Alexie book. It's a short read full of Alexie's characteristically wonderful language. The themes are on the simple side and perhaps repetitive if you've read other works by the same author, but I can't say it was bad. Sherman Alexie's work has never been that, yet, at least for me. Read more