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I was going to say I really liked it - but then I couldn't exactly remember what it was about which makes me think it should be dropped to an I liked it. I just finished reading it a couple of days ago - it shouldn't be that hard to conjure up the book. I found that I was more interested in his life with his uncle. Although, I was very surprised at the end to see how little time he actually spent with his uncle. I thought he had been there for a lot longer. I find it sad yet amazing to me how resourceful children become when their parents are alcoholics/drug addicts. They know how to get the bowl and the cereal using the kitchen chairs, etc, when most children just have everything given to them. And usually it's "don't stand on the chairs!". Small children never cease to amaze me. I found his adult life more boring. Fate is funny and I do like how fate plays a part in the book. It was just chance he was giving the tour. He normally didn't. But yet that one small step lead to a long term relationship. The ripple effect which I just love. And, now, I kinda want to go to England which never happens. I think that place is overrated lol. So, good job book! See - I think if I would have wrote this review way back when, I would have said I really liked it.

My favourite of all of Charlaine Harris's series (in the non-vampire genre). The main character "Roe" is easy to relate too. The writing is easy to read and nice way to spend a cool Fall or Spring evening on the back patio, snuggled in a wicker loveseat with a big blanket, your two little dogs, a parrot and a hot cup of coffee w/brandy.

Ce livre d'histoire des sciences contient deux parties : tout d'abord un vaste panorama des connaissances des anciens, sur des sujets aussi divers que la géographie, l'astronomie, la politique, l'exploitation des ressources naturelles et l'utilisation, la médecine, l'architecture, l'économie et l'urbanisme. La seconde partie est un ensemble d'extraits de textes d'auteurs, tels que Aratos et Geminos pour l'astronomie, Strabon et Ptolémée pour la géographie, Pline et Lucrèce sur les phénomènes naturels, Hérodote, Thucydide, Polybe sur la politique, Démosthène, Lysias, Hypéride, Xénophon, Photius et Diodore sur l'exploitation et la mise en valeurs des ressources naturelles, et d'autres de Platon, Cicéron, Vitruve et Philostrate. J'ai été ravi de découvrir des auteurs que je ne connaissais pas, et je suis resté admiratif devant l'industrie et la sagacité des anciens, concernant l'étude du ciel et de la terre. Les sphères armillaires sont une merveilleuse invention. Les textes relatifs à l'exploitation des mines et carrières, l'utilisation du bitume, l'organisation du travail, l'activité bancaire, étaient en majorité nouveaux pour moi et très intéressants. Ceux relatifs à la politique m'étaient plus familiers, mais on y revient toujours avec plaisir. En somme, cette introduction remplit parfaitement son rôle, à savoir ouvrir des perspectives nouvelles à qui veut approfondir les savoirs antiques, en présentant un bon ensemble de textes et d'auteurs.

Holy crap was this the worst book I've ever read in my life. And not just the worst book by Orson Scott Card - no, the worst book I've EVER read. I cannot even handle how sexist Card is. I was expecting a level of sexism throughout this series, given it's based on the Bible, but Card takes it to a whole other level that infuriates me. I'm almost shaking as I type this, I'm so mad. ALSO! Whoever wrote the f---ing book jacket better not ever run into me, because I will tear him or her (guessing it's a guy) apart SO badly, they will never be able to reassemble themselves. Part of the jacket says "These were no modern women, and their lives were recorded as part of a holy book. But you know them all the same. The joys and burdens of a woman's life have not changed that much over the generations." WHAT. I'm sorry, WHAT?? Really???? The joys and burdens of women's lives haven't changed that much from the joys and burdens of women's lives IN THE BIBLE???? Oh right, I forgot that nowadays it is every woman's joy and burden to marry and bring loads of sons to her husband. How could I forget that childbirth is my biggest joy and burden?? I've never raged so much after reading a book in my entire life. After finishing Rachel & Leah, I can comfortably say that I will be removing the rest of the Card books I have on my 'to-read' list and that I will not be reading another work by him unless it's Ender Game and those books related to Ender's Game. Those are truly the only works of his even worth glancing at.