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Weather and Space by Helen Young and Chris Oxlade (2010) – BR00219 (2022) – ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธโšชโšชโšช

The PolyBlog
November 12 2022

Plot or Premise

Part of an Interactive Explorer series, this book is aimed at kids, and includes flaps, pull tabs, wheels and acetates. The book is divided into two, with Section 1 aimed at the weather. It covers weather extremes, changing climate, floods, droughts, winds, big storms, thunder and hail, and extreme snow.

What I Liked

I was mainly reviewing the text to see what they shared about space in Section 2 for younger grades. Overall, it covers the night sky, star maps, suns and stars, the life of a star, constellations, galaxies, planets, the moon, smaller bodies, and exploring space. All are good topics for those new to space.

What I Didn’t Like

The added features seem out of place in the book — the text is written for middle-school level or a bit below who would find the features childish, while the “features” are more suited to early grades who wouldn’t understand the text. For the space section, the order makes no sense. We start off with big areas, come into the sun, back out to stars and DSOs, back down to the solar system moon, and back out to small bodies.

The Bottom Line

Poor design and odd choice of organization for the space section

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    Sprinting Through No Man’s Land by Adin Dobkin (2021) – BR00217 (2022) – ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธโšช

    The PolyBlog
    October 31 2022

    Plot or Premise The book provides an overview of the first Tour de France after WWI. What I Liked I was skeptical when I first chose the book. It showed up as a recommendation in a feed, but was I really going to read about the Tour de France? I am NOT a giant sports fan in general, and certainly not of cycling, nor even of the TdF, although I’ve always been impressed by the idea of it. A gruelling multi-day race, different terrain, and extensive coverage are truly, ahem, impressive. But would I like a book about the first … Continue reading →

    Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged cycling, e-book, Good Reads, history, non-fiction, stand-alone, tour de france | Leave a reply

    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson (2016) – BR00186 (2020) – ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธโšชโšชโšช

    The PolyBlog
    March 20 2020

    This is a self-help guide to reducing your stress levels by choosing to care only about those things that are important to you.

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    Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Amazon.ca, B&N, book review, Chapters, e-book, Good Reads, Google, health, humour, Kobo, Library Thing, new, non-fiction, Nook, OPL, PolyWogg, prose, psychology, Reading Challenge, RRE, Savvy Reader, self-help, stand-alone | 2 Replies

    Articles I Like: Straight Up Non-fiction with a Twist (WD March/April 2015)

    The PolyBlog
    April 10 2019

    Most days, I aspire to calling myself a writer. In reality, I’m merely a blogger. Sure, I’ve written more than 1M words on my blog, and my daily “hit” count is rising with each extra bundle of content I provide, but I haven’t finished my non-fiction book about HR processes, and it is a very long time since I attempted anything resembling fiction. Some people maintain their dream through pre-writing activities. Maybe “reading about writing”, through books like Stephen King’s On Writing, or other writing guides by Lawrence Block or Sue Grafton, or how-to guides like Save the Cat!, or … Continue reading →

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    Observer’s Handbook, 2019 by RASC (2018) – BR00142 (2019) – ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ

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    March 12 2019

    This is the annual observer’s guide published by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

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    Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged 2019, Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, astronomy, astrophotography, book review, Good Reads, hobbies, Library Thing, new, non-fiction, OPL, paperback, PolyWogg, prose, RASC, reference, science, self-help, series, technology, textbook | Leave a reply

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