I vacillated as I read this. I was often engrossed in Thoreau's twin urges—to simplicity, and to presence in each moment within nature. But I was repelled by his twin delusions—that the poorer a person is, the happier he must be, and that Thoreau himself was aware of the One True Way to live. He spe...
Title: Richard Pryor And The World That Made Him Author: David Henry and Joe HenryPublisher: Algonquin BooksReviewed By: Arlena DeanRating: 4Review:"Richard Pryor And The World That Made Him" by David Henry & Joe HenryBook Description...."No one who saw Richard Pryor alone on stage with nothing but ...
Choć poglądy zawarte w tym eseju mogą się wydawać absurdalne w swojej prostocie to dotykają głębi człowieczeństwa. Coraz trudniej znaleźć spokój, cywilizacja stara się na wszelkie sposoby okiełznać dzikość natury, co paradoksalnie burzy harmonię która od zawsze istniała między Ziemią a jej mieszkańc...
bookshelves: published-1862, e-book, gutenberg-project, essays, nonfiction, environmental-issues, romantacism Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura Read from May 18 to 19, 2014 Read here Opening: I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and c...
Ha! I'm done!With three chapters!But that's all I was assigned to read anyway!And I should still get a prize for finishing it, even though I didn't finish it.
In a world of fast paced activities, Thoreau is a friend that won't mind to sit with you in your solitude. There is a time to act and decide, there is a time to stop and think. This book helps you do the latter. I wish I can have my own cottage one day.
So I picked up Walden after coming across it while researching an ecology essay for a subject I did called A History Of Nature. And look, I really wanted to love it. But unfortunately, and it always feels unfortunate when my hopes are unfulfilled, I only just kinda liked it. I appreciated it - most ...
Wild Fruits Thoreau's Rediscovered Last Manuscript1850's This lost manuscript is mostly about Thoreau and his time studying the plants he lives near.Everything from when they first come out in the spring, the crop they produce and the taste and the history of the plant itself and how it was used in ...
The review below was deleted by Goodreads, along with two others. I received the following message:Re: [#104307] Deleted ReviewsGoodreadsTo Me Oct 11 at 8:41 PMHello Manny,Your reviews of the following books were recently flagged by Goodreads members as potentially off-topic: That's Not What I Mean...
I was torn between posting Carol and/or Manny's protest reviews. I've decided to plump for both.CAROL:Time for us to engage before we bug out to Booklikes and our various blogs.Goodreads, you are destroying the very thing that made you popular. By censoring reviews, and allowing a policy so vague as...
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