The snowstorm

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He means a time before flowers, a time when the world was just shades of green. Then some plants began to use insects instead of the wind to move their pollen around. Voila! It didn't have to happen, he says. Nothing said it had to happen before we came along: we might well be living happily - in so far as we can live happily at all - in an all-green world still, and perhaps we would never miss what we never had. It is clear that more than half of all Britain's wildlife, as it existed at the end of the Second World War, has now gone".

Joy has a component, if not of morality, then at least of seriousness. It signifies a happiness which is a serious business"

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There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one? But there was plenty that was new to me and I’ll be asking him about the woman with the heart-stopping face and fire-red hair some time soon (for there is more in this book than just nature). Comfort food, warm shelter and a gripping book are part of the blizzard survival guide. A day of forced seclusion is the perfect time to catch up on reading. Once you’re done shoveling, forget the snowstorm raging outside with one of these snowy, chilly novels and read it, in the comfort of your home and every blanket in sight.

This is a book about loss – and about joy, and about wonder, and about hope. There’s a lot about the loss of nature over the last few decades and the author mixes this with memories of personal loss. A love of nature can be a support and strength during one’s life. When I first joined Goodreads fourteen years ago (it feels longer) I entered many of the giveaways and was the happy winner of seventeen books. I dutifully wrote a review for each one, even a few cookbooks. Then, seven years ago, the winning stopped. (No more sparrows?) Seventeen books in the first seven years; zero books in the next seven years. This is probablistically impossible. This is long before I pissed Ms. Underwood off. Perhaps it's because I ignored instructions and quoted from an uncorrected proof. George Osborne should read this book – but he just wouldn’t get it. Or maybe he would – it is very engagingly written. the narrative is essentially saying that to save the world from man-made obliteration isn't utilitarianism (monetising the value of natural assets) because it essentially kills everything else off that doesn't provide any common benefit (that we know of).his personal story regarding his mother who had a breakdown and brother who committed suicide was a sad one but I struggled to marry the two narratives together.

The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India. Alongside this joy is anger, impotent anger, as he describes the pointless despoilation and destruction of Saemangeum in South Korea by the construction of a 23 mile long seawall which has annihilated the rich mudflats upon which countless thousands of migrating birds had depended.Had me on the edge of my seat for the entire thing!… So gripping… I read this book in less than 24 hours.’ @em_reads64 As the power goes out and we become completely cut off from the mainland I suddenly realise that I’m surrounded by people I can’t trust. So I have to face the facts: did one of us do this? Can I find the answers in this raging storm? And if I do, will I be next? An amazing and enjoyable read!!… You could almost feel the cold winds of the raging storm and see the smashing waves of the sea… almost impossible to put down… I didn’t want the book to end. If you like thrillers, twists, and atmospheric storytelling, I think you’ll love this one!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The destructive directions came from Genesis, he says: and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that loveth upon the earth. it is clear that the earth did not have to be beautiful for humans to evolve; we could have had a planet which perfectly well sustained us with air and water and food and shelter, without offering us aspects of itself which also lift the spirit and catch at the heart.