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A retelling of a classic tale in which a strange man spins straw into gold, asks a huge reward, and offers a seemingly impossible way out of the deal. ... Read more

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Even though he's not being honest, a bored shepherd boy thinks it's fun to see the villagers run to help him when he cries, ""Wolf!"" Find out what happens when the villagers no longer believe what he says. ... Read more

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Quick, traditional story, with an important lesson
It is exactly what it says, a retelling of Aesop's fable, and you can't beat the price.Important lessons need to be learned, not avoided.If you want the traditional story, not some softened up "PC" version without impact, this will be fine.A bit of appropriate fear is ok for a child, at a practical level, especially with parents there reading & explaining the story & moral. Better than to be naive, and suffer more later because of true lack of understanding. ... Read more

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Title: Faith in globalization: God & Blair at Yale.(Education Issue)(Tony Blair teaches at Yale University)
Author: Eric Bugyis
Publication: Commonweal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 10, 2009
Publisher: Commonweal Foundation
Volume: 136Issue: 7Page: 16(4)

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An interesting re-telling of Aesop's fable, good for early readers
I found the Read it! Readers series of books at our local library. The "Read-It! Readers" series of books begin with the Purple Level which presents basic topics and objects using high frequency words and simple language patterns. The Red Level books present familiar topics using common words and repeating sentence patterns. The Blue Level books present new ideas using a larger vocabulary and varied sentence structure.

My 5-year-old who already has some basic reading skills found this book to be a bit more challenging than the red level books. The story and illustrations are interesting and visually pleasing respectively. The sentence structure is more varied and there are some advanced vocabulary such as roamed, disguise, etc. Overall, a good beginning reader to challenge young children with some basic reading skills. ... Read more

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Kapitel: Ian Mcgeechan, Gavin Hastings, Eric Liddell, Mike Blair, Tom Smith, Chris Paterson, Nathan Hines, Jason White, Chris Cusiter, Andy Irvine, Simon Taylor, Finlay Calder, Euan Murray, Jim Telfer, Ross Ford, Dan Parks, Simon Webster. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Eric Henry Liddell (16 January 1902 - 21 February 1945, Chinese: ; pinyin: āilǐkè Lìdéĕr) was a Scottish athlete, rugby union international player, and missionary. His surname is pronounced and rhymes with fiddle. Liddell was the winner of the Men's 400 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris. Liddell's Olympic training and racing, and the religious convictions which influenced him, are depicted in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire, in which he is portrayed by Ian Charleson. Born in China, Liddell returned there as a Protestant missionary in later life. Eric Liddell, often called the "Flying Scotsman" after the record breaking locomotive, was born in Tianjin (formerly transliterated as Tientsin) (Chinese 天津) in North China, second son of the Rev ... Read more

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Readers will delight in these beloved folk tales while enjoying the original artwork and beginner-friendly design.

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Classic reading
Read it in high school enjoyed it then, and with all the unrest in society today, bought it for my collection, it's scary how close it is to actually occuring.

1984- More than just philospohy
When you finish reading 1984, you don't know what to do with yourself for the next couple of hours. The themes of the novel are so thought provoking and powerful that it leaves you stupefied. However, the book is more than just a philosophical message. One of the reasons that Orwell's message is so powerful is because the characters are rich and the plot (forbidden love in a loveless world) is captivating. Not onlydid Orwell have some incredibly penetrating ideas, but he knew how to express them in a very well written story. 5 out of 5!

1984
America's Galactic Foreign Legion: Book 1: Feeling Lucky (Volume 1)

I can't believe they still force kids in school to read this book.That probably accounts a lot for sales.But, I'll admit it is a good book well worth reading.I just don't like being forced.

Depressing stuff
Depressing stuff and quite emotional, considering that I have experienced some of this dismal world for 18 years (xUSSR). On the other hand it is very much up-to-date. People are getting brainwashed today. Yesterday, absolutely everybody believed in Global Warming and if you didn't you were an enemy. Then in a blink of an eye Global Warming mutated into Climate Change. Again, everybody believes in it. They don't understand it, but they believe in it. They don't question it. They no longer have an ability/brain power to do it. They blindly believe/trust someone who allegedly knows more. Some who have retained the ability to question are the enemies. How many scientist who dared to voice their disbelieve in Global Warming were booed down by their colleagues and had to quit?

It is but one example.
That's life, isn't it?

A Double-plus-good Meditation on the Inherent Stupidity of the Modern World
Dear Reader,

If you enjoy stories featuring time travel, candy, teddy bears, light humor, or Beethoven and ultraviolence, I'm afraid you are looking at the wrong book altogether.NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR, I am sad to say, has none of these in its several hundred dreadful pages.It does, however, discuss such terrible things as Big Brother; Winston Smith; varicose ulcers; Doublethink, or self-distortion of reality; Newspeak, a language developed for the destruction of self-expression and filtering of speakers' thoughts; Julia, Winston's girlfriend; telescreens; Room 101; and rats.I can see already that you are terrified by my brief description of this book, so let me suggest that you promptly look for something less depressing, such as the delightful A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

With all due respect,
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