Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Some New Aquisitions and What I'm Reading

I started reading this when we arrived in Perth, but I must admit I haven't read much of it recently. It is totally fascinating, but incredibly depressing IMO, so I've put it aside at present, and have just been reading bits of it incidentally. Though for anyone that thinks vegetarianism will save the world, I highly recommend reading it. ('The Vegetarian Myth' by Lierre Keith)

This is equally depressing, but I guess I know the outcome, so it's less disturbing. The wisdom of the ancients is quite amazing. ('Eve's Herbs' by John Riddle)

Some recent homeschooling purchases.

('Physics is Fun' by Robert Trostli)

('Sky Phenomena' by Norman Davidson)


I'm finding this last one fabulous for explaining Astronomy, and it's so nice that it has an explanation for the Southern Hemisphere too. We're about to start on some of this next week- and even better for us, there's a planned homeschool excursion to the Perth Observatory in October.

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I still haven't finished "The Vegetarian Myth"!  And with all the things I've ended  up doing with the kids over these last 10years, my book pile has grown horribly.  Now that I only have Irving left, my goal has been to shrink it.  Unfortunately home schooling has expanded my hobbies enormously too, so between children and deciding what to do, the reading sometimes tends to get neglected when we're busy. 

Eve's Herb's was a fascinating read on how women have managed their fertility, and complements my current  reading, Portal, quite nicely.

Physics is Fun is amazing, and is one of my favourite homeschool resources- we have used it so much over the years!

Some of our physics over the years can be found in these posts.








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