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Posted By: juliabnewmoon
Posted On: Sep 4, 2008
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Hello again! Sorry about the lapse in posting, I had some scheduling kinks to work out but I should be here every Thursday from now on. I am a major reader. I read hundreds of books every year. I love books. But out of the many that are out there, there are at least two that deserve your...... [view]
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Posted By: juliabnewmoon
Posted On: Aug 15, 2008
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Last Friday, I got an email from one of our readers here, "Owl," who also has her own blog. She gave me a heads up about her book review of Math Doesn't Suck by Danica McKellar . She follows up with this excerpt from the book . I immediately wanted to share the review with you all because,...... [view]
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Posted By: KingHartic
Posted On: Jun 28, 2008
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If you have never had an opportunity to read any of John Maxwell's books and you are in a position of leadership, I would strongly recommend that you go buy every book that you can find that he as written. His book "The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork"...... [view]
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Posted By: KingHartic
Posted On: Jun 28, 2008
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In a previous book review, I noted that John Maxwell's books regarding the laws of teamwork were essential reading to any leader (defined as anyone in a position of influence, which includes pretty much all of us). By the same token, Maxwell's book "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of...... [view]
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Posted By: juliabnewmoon
Posted On: Jun 25, 2008
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I recently read The Odyssey for English class. I'd read various versions of it in the past, and this time it was the Glencoe "Abridged for Ninth Graders" version. (That is, of course, not the official title.) Odysseus, our hero, spends decades trying to get back to his wife, son, and throne in...... [view]
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Posted By: juliabnewmoon
Posted On: Jun 24, 2008
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Looking for Alaska: A Review Looking for Alaska, written by John Green, is 221 pages long. The story takes place at a boarding school called Culver Creek in Alabama, although Culver Creek is actually a pen name for a real boarding school in the state known as Indian Springs, where John Green...... [view]
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Posted By: bumbuwazed
Posted On: Apr 18, 2008
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The writings of Ali A Mazrui and Alamin M Mazrui on language and Africa in The Power of Babel: Language and Governance in the African Experience , and in several other publications have provoked me to think deeply about the legacy of language policy in Africa. The thoughts that I outline below...... [view]
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Posted By: bumbuwazed
Posted On: Feb 1, 2008
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JJ Saunders, in his book, “The History of the Mongol Conquests”, attempts to make available to the public a body of research on the Mongol conquests that has until recently only been accessible to specialists in the area. A considerable amount of work in the subject has recently been...... [view]
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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Jan 31, 2008
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I picked up the book Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart at an airport bookstore and was entertained for nearly the entire trip to Chicago. I thought community indicators practitioners might be interested in Ian Ayres ' book, and so I'll share my thoughts....... [view]
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Posted By: jasondiceman
Posted On: Apr 19, 2007
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An excellent resource for conducting citizen consultation and engagement into neighbourhood development.
The Community Planning Handbook: How people can shape their cities, town and villages in any part of the world. by Nick Wates. Published by Earthscan Publications Limited,...... [view]
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Posted By: bumbuwazed
Posted On: Feb 17, 2007
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With a wistful smile on my face, I remember a dear friend who, struck by homesickness, recited some of his favourite poetry to us. It was beautiful... but I had no idea what it meant. Afterwards, he explained the meaning of the words to us, but his English summary wasn't quite the same as the...... [view]
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