Renji
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'Clinical' nursing. The book contains the basics that a nursing student should know.
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What book(s) are you reading now?
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'Clinical' nursing. The book contains the basics that a nursing student should know.
Nerthus
Wanderlust
Oh right, because I'm a mental health nurse, so probably different basics than what I was taught.
Renji
Well-Known Member
hooray! But i wanna be a clinical instructor. We're not yet choosing our specialization in the field, but we will eventually do that probably by 3rd and 4th year.
Nerthus
Wanderlust
How many years do you do? Over here we chose what we want to specialise in before we start training.
Renji
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Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Just finished reading "At Home - A Short History of Private Life" by one of my all time favorites - Bill Bryson.
Excellent!
Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2010: Bill Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything) turns his attention from science to society in his authoritative history of domesticity, At Home: A Short History of Private Life. While walking through his own home, a former Church of England rectory built in the 19th century, Bryson reconstructs the fascinating history of the household, room by room. With waggish humor and a knack for unearthing the extraordinary stories behind the seemingly commonplace, he examines how everyday items--things like ice, cookbooks, glass windows, and salt and pepper--transformed the way people lived, and how houses evolved around these new commodities. "Houses are really quite odd things," Bryson writes, and, luckily for us, he is a writer who thrives on oddities. He gracefully draws connections between an eclectic array of events that have affected home life, covering everything from the relationship between cholera outbreaks and modern landscaping, to toxic makeup, highly flammable hoopskirts, and other unexpected hazards of fashion. Fans of Bryson's travel writing will find plenty to love here; his keen eye for detail and delightfully wry wit emerge in the most unlikely places, making At Home an engrossing journey through history, without ever leaving the house. --Lynette Mong
Excellent!
Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2010: Bill Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything) turns his attention from science to society in his authoritative history of domesticity, At Home: A Short History of Private Life. While walking through his own home, a former Church of England rectory built in the 19th century, Bryson reconstructs the fascinating history of the household, room by room. With waggish humor and a knack for unearthing the extraordinary stories behind the seemingly commonplace, he examines how everyday items--things like ice, cookbooks, glass windows, and salt and pepper--transformed the way people lived, and how houses evolved around these new commodities. "Houses are really quite odd things," Bryson writes, and, luckily for us, he is a writer who thrives on oddities. He gracefully draws connections between an eclectic array of events that have affected home life, covering everything from the relationship between cholera outbreaks and modern landscaping, to toxic makeup, highly flammable hoopskirts, and other unexpected hazards of fashion. Fans of Bryson's travel writing will find plenty to love here; his keen eye for detail and delightfully wry wit emerge in the most unlikely places, making At Home an engrossing journey through history, without ever leaving the house. --Lynette Mong
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I just ordered it on my Kindle - I'll let you know what I think in a few days! It looks interesting. Check out the book I just posted by Bill Bryson - I think you may like it.
Smoke
Done here.
I like everything by Bill Bryson, and I recently discovered that my middle nephew does, too.
Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Tell me more about The Middle Sea. Seems we share some common artistic and literary tastes.
My mom is re reading The Hobbit and she is loving it so much it's making me think about re reading it. But I've got a couple of books to finish first - the one Katzpur just told me about that I just downloaded, and one I'm reading now about Eleanor of Aquitaine - one of my favorite figures from history.
Smoke
Done here.
It's a history of the Mediterranean Sea -- or rather, the societies around it. It's okay; I don't think Norwich every really wrote a bad book. But I think he's at his best when he takes the time to linger over his subject, and waxes a bit chatty, even gossipy. The scope of the subject means he doesn't have the time for that; the book seems a little rushed compared to some of his others. I kind of wish I'd bought his History of Venice instead. But like I said, it's okay.
I wish his three-volume history of Byzantium were available on the Kindle. I'm trying very hard to get the number of books in this house down to a minimum, and the Kindle is a big part of my plan.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Thank you! He sounds right up my alley. I am going to check him out this afternoon. You probably know this, but one of the really cool things about a Kindle is that you can download samples of the work before buying. So which of his books is the best, in your opinion?
Have you read any of Peter Ackroyd's works? Sounds like you might like him. My favorite of his is "London: A Biography" but it's VERY long - and the hardback version is about $60 - a lot to invest if you're not sure you like his style. Another really good one of his is "The Thames - Sacred River." It's a bit shorter and just as good.
The thing that's cool about the book about London is his approach to each chapter. Rather than take us chronologically through history, he takes on one topic at a time. For instance - fires in London, crime in London, trade unions in London, prostitution in London, etc. It's an interesting take on things.
He approaches the book on the Thames in a similar manner - rather than a chronological approach, he starts at the springs at the head of the river and follows it downstream.
Way cool.
Maybe you will get a Kindle for Christmas! That's what Michael bought me last year and it's one of the best presents I've ever gotten.
Smoke
Done here.
I haven't read all of them, but that 3-volume history of Byzantium is the best I've read.
Seeing how many books he's got on Amazon, I'm surprised I don't remember hearing of him. That book on the Thames is available for $9.99, so maybe I'll try that one first. I've noticed before that our taste in books coincides a lot.
I've got one; the problem is getting all the right books on it. There seems to be little demand for Records of the Moravians in North Carolina or the complete works of Richard Halliburton. But I'm working it out, a little at a time.
Book three is out.Zeplins West by Joe R Lansdale, the awesome is barely contained by the page
Just finished Taibbi's Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America.
It's a hilarious and scathing critique of the free market evangelism that gave us Goldman-Sachs, Greenspan and Ayn Rand cultists which drained into the mortgage and banking debacle like sewage runoff after a heavy rain. I'd say Taibbi's book is depressing but depression would require that reading about the conglomeration of wealth to an increasingly tiny minority and the American corporate robber barons' shenanigans comes as a surprise.
It's a hilarious and scathing critique of the free market evangelism that gave us Goldman-Sachs, Greenspan and Ayn Rand cultists which drained into the mortgage and banking debacle like sewage runoff after a heavy rain. I'd say Taibbi's book is depressing but depression would require that reading about the conglomeration of wealth to an increasingly tiny minority and the American corporate robber barons' shenanigans comes as a surprise.
