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the courage and humanity of the protagonist

Revisado: 12-23-23

The evolution of Young Kelly from a cynical, insecure boy, estranged from his patriarchy and mother into the courageous yet modest Captain of men was a beautiful, yet masterfully written, believable story.

I loved the 2 supporting characters as much. The loyal and lovable Garello was like Samwise to his Frodo in their affection and friendship.

But the Young teenage beauty snd childhood playmate Charlie was as rich in character.
This must be made into a screenplay a la Winds of War.

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A dangerous book with strong conviction but with a weak authority

Revisado: 12-11-23

Author was driven to prove her "CN" hypothesis without any peer authority, peer data references, rational or psycho-scientific confirmation.
Much like Donald Trump when he says "everybody knows it" she repeatedly referenced dozens of accounts of victims of CN's ALWAYS describing their feelings od abuse being "exactly the same word" or incredibly diverse victims have the exact same feelings or symptoms. Recounting rememembered client statements as truth is how Narcissists try to control their readers

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profound ancient tool for self-- understanding

Revisado: 11-02-22

This audiobook expanded my 20 year pursuit of self-understanding and mercy for others.
Hudson's humble narrative reveals his Mastery of decades of wise clinical discovery and loving interpretatiiom

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Stillness is Not Hobbies and Sleep

Revisado: 09-25-22

I generally love Holiday's books.,and enjoyed again much of his content in Stillness. However, for the first time, I was dissappointed. With all of the great personalities and practitioners who have lived stillness-- and written Contemplative and Meditative literature over the last 40 centuries, he chose examples of men who were admirable for their accomplishments more often than not.
Churchill, is a man of populist acclaim,(and one of my favorite figures) but whose life was obviously driven by ego,and sustained by large amounts of alcohol.
Driven to please his long dead, angry and dismissive father, his vision of Empire--with him as it's visionary Hero, categorically dismissed his wife and children into the balcony, while playing to his primary audience of himself. His greatness in history and personal dominance on the global stage were his chief concerns.
Men and women who spent their adult lifetimes in the practice of humility, meditation, and kenosis(intentional self emptying), often had far greater impact in human hearts than Holiday's examples. The hole in his work omits ancient and contemporary world-changers like Jesus, Moses, and Paul of Tarsus.
More recent stillness role models include John Booth, Mother Teresa, and profound monastic authors like Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen, and many more who could help mirror Stillness as an external discipline of the virtues of ego-less self-denial, self-sacrifice, and service to God and "Others."

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Entertaining

Revisado: 08-08-22

this series of sagas focused around our protagonist and his adventures from a late teenager to a man approaching his fifties was thoroughly entertaining sadly a part of my soul was hoping that it would never end but it did any of you who like good stories and medieval combat and the romance the romantic violent tales of Scandinavia and their interaction with Central and Western Europe will love this book

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A forerunner to Tolkien and CS Lewis

Revisado: 01-31-22

George MacDonald lived and wrote in a generation before both men who were 2 core members of the famous 4-member Inklings of Oxford, which weekly assembly-both a brotherhood, and peer review platform for each others' literary works in progress for over 2 decades.
Listen and hear the author-mentor in absentia who was highly admired, discussed, and source of inspiration for both men's creative genius and fantasy publications.

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A bio withshoddy writing that glorifies violence

Revisado: 01-30-22

The stories were sometimes compelling on their own. I forced myself to read 1/3 the way through but the constant strings of repetitive profanity made it unreadable for me.
There seemed to be a forced attempt to teach that linking shock, awe, gore, and an end-justifys- the-means ideology as something transcendently virtuous somehow. It does not.

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authentic Christ

Revisado: 01-19-22

always a powerful, authentically childlike, (yet often too deep for adults)resentation of Christ as he truly is

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Brain Science + Biblical Revelation in harmony

Revisado: 08-06-21

This attempt to go deeper into new discoveries of the human headquarters...the majestic symphony hall of the brains' intricate design with its intelligent mapping of the dynamic cerebral cortex, the more i appreciated God's genius in creating man in His own image. The author reconciles science and our Creators Artistry together in a way that hope and faith in our potential to heal emotional wounds in ourselves through our brain's flexibility to be rewired towards both loving being and behavior was sometimes beyond my comprehension but plausible and inspiring for the most part.
Overall, my curiosity was often piqued to sit with him and say, "Tel lme more."

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Incredible capstone to Follet's Saga

Revisado: 06-01-21

May be the BEST of this classic series. I enjoyed every intertwining character on every page.

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