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Book: La Ultima Amapola

Author: Hildegard Rasch

Hildegard Rasch escribío “Aquí está la crítica de mi libro”

Here is the English translation of Hildegard Rasch’s review:

When we talk about past wars, the usual things that come to mind are the names of outstanding generals, the bloody battles, or the heroism of certain armies on the front lines. But there are others fightining of whom we seldom hear of. Those heroes are forgotten, except by those who intimately knew them and their silent struggles, the horror, the desperation, the exile. This is the civil population, the anonymous victim.

Author Hildegard Rasch tells the story from the eyes of a child with a style that recreates the time that has passed. Variations of the language go from the childlike german-spanish stuttering to the mature prose from a young scholar. This is a touching and painful story that is worth reading.

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Book: Primer of Relativity: A Student’s Introduction

Author: Michael Bodin

Michael Bodin Sent us this review of his book:

This is an unusual book in many ways and a great amount of work has clearly gone into writing it. It’s aim is to ‘adapt and present relativity in a new perspective altogether’, and to do so by separating the concepts from both the mathematics and from ‘practical needs’. Such an attempt is bound to invite discussion, but it is an endeavour well worthwhile.

The book is structured in an unusually detailed way, with the intention of providing three ’study protocols’ viz. ‘beginners’, ‘intermediate’ and ’serious students’. To help achieve this there are 15 brief appendices distributed through the book, in order to separate the few mathematical derivations, e.g. the Lorentz transformations, from the main text. (It is unfortunate that the outdated concept of ‘rest mass’ is retained.)

Of the four main sections comprising the book, the first two (of about 100 pages) include a philosophical introduction, aspects of classical physics, and a discussion of what constitutes genius - in the context of Einstein. The third part, of about 150 pages deals with the Special and General Theories of Relativity. The final part of approximately 40 pages, gives an interesting introductory description of the early development of Cosmology following the arrival of Big Bang theory.

In addition to a useful glossary there is a list of references to mainly recent, popular, books on the subject.

Being structured, the book allows, for example, a student to be selective and thus have time also to pursue the subject in the more conventional way needed for examination purposes and for an understanding of the mathematics. However, the book would be of interest to a wider readership than the title implies. There is much to think about and absorb within these covers.

Edward G Steward BSc PhD DSc FInstP CPhys

Emeritus Professor of Physics and Molecular Medicine

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Book: Imagine Connor

Author: Gordon N. Brennan (Oakville, Ontario)

Thanks to Gordon N. Brennan for forwarding us these photos of a recent reading he and his son did at the Collegeside Child Care Centre in celebration of Family Literacy Day. Gordon also sent us a link (click here) from the Brampton Guardian about Gordon’s visit.

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Book: Governing for Results: A Director’s Guide to Good Governance

Author: Mel D. Gill (Gloucester, Ontario)

Featured on GlobeandMail.com, Gill’s book has been praised as having great potential for non-profit organizations. Click here to read the review.

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Book: Yesterday’s a Dream

Author: R.S. McIntosh (North Huntindon, Pennsylvania)

A woman searching for answers in her past ultimately learns to look within herself as faithful encounters along the journey help reinforce faith in god and love. Find the review on www.riverwalkjournal.org.

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Book: Razi Crossing

Author: Tom Burchill (Vancouver, Washington)

Burchill was featured in a local paper for his new book, which details his brother’s astonishing tale of survival in an Iranian jail and his subsequent escape.

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Book: Do-Si-Do With Autism

Author: Sarah Ann Stup (Frederick, Maryland)

Sarah has broken barriers by tackling topics of community inclusion, education, and her role in the world as a young woman with autism. She explains though her speaking voice is broken she has found power through the written word. With a rare ability to teach the world about people cloaked by disabilities, Sarah’s insight into autism sheds light into a world even the most learned doctors cannot penetrate and sufferers cannot express.

Sarah is the recipient of the 2004 Arc of Maryland Self-Advocate of the Year Award and the 2004 Frances and Lease Bussard Award for Self-Advocacy. She was awarded several grants that will allow her to pursue her dream of being a business owner and self-employed author with support from The Arc of Frederick County and The Arc of Carroll County, Maryland.

Sarah can be reached at SarahStup@aol.com.

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Book: The Life of Riley the Cat

Author: Julie Akerson Chicos (Marblehead, Masachusetts)

Thanks to Julie Chicos for sending this clipping from a recent Northwest Roundup column from the Salem (Oregon) Statesman Journal.

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Book: Her Last Letter

Author: Ivan Thunder aka Michael Dalton (Grayslake, Illinois)

Thanks to Ivan Thunder for sending us this excerpt from Northwest Chicago’s Daily Herald (circulation 150,000) regarding the story behind his memoir of World War II and beyond. Ivan made sure to note in the article where discrepancies occurred - always determined to get history accurate.

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Book: Coco LaRue and Ginger Too

Author: Roger Hoffman (Westminster, California)

This short article appeared in the Garden Grove Journal quite recently, detailing Roger’s children’s story of two Parisien dogs who meet in a park and fall in love. The two dogs in the story are based on Roger’s actual dogs.

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