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Lydia Smith - Writer & Reviewer
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Добавлен 1 мар 2018
I am a writer and book reviewer. You can find loads of my book reviews on my RUclips channel as well as the introduction to my books, '3 Men' , '5 Years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'.
Lydia's Review of The Private Lives of the Tudors by Tracy Borman
I loved this book that gives the personal details about the Tudors that brings them to life.
I hope you enjoy these reviews. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content.
There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men', '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress.
#ThePrivateLivesOfTheTudors #TracyBorman #tudors
I hope you enjoy these reviews. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content.
There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men', '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress.
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Lydia's Review of Young & Damned & Fair by Gareth Russell
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A wonderfully written book that brings history alive. I hope you enjoy these reviews. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men', '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress. #YoungAndDamnedAndFair #GarethRussell #Catherine...
Lydia's Review of What Your Aches and Pains Are Telling You by Michel Odoul
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I loved this book that explores the deeper meaining of your illnesses and accidents. I hope you enjoy these reviews. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men', '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress. #WhatYourAchesAnd...
Lydia's Review of 'Sophie's World' by Jostein Gaarder
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A throwback this month to a book I was given to read as a teenager - Philosophy and History. I hope you enjoy these reviews. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men' , '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress. #Sophie'...
Lydia's Review of Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
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My review of this wonderfully inspiring book that is bursting with spiritual experiences. i loved it! I hope you enjoy this review. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men' , '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress. #...
Lydia's Review of 'Walking on Glass' by Iain Banks (+ the Cathars)
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My review of this wonderful and weird writer. I also talk about my difficulty finding a good book about the Cathars. I hope you enjoy this review. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men' , '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads a...
Lydia's Review of 'Sacred Contracts' by Caroline Myss
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Watch my review of a wonderful spiritual self help book from a brilliant teacher. I hope you enjoy this review. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men' , '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress. #carolinemyss #Sacred...
Lydia's Review of Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
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I didn't love this book as much as I'd hoped I would. If you've read it, let me know what you thought of it. I hope you enjoy this review. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men' , '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordp...
Lydia's Review of Marie Antoinette - the Making of a French Queen by John Hardman
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My review of this wonderful historical biography. A presentation of a French Queen trying to survive extraordinary circumstances. Plus something extra special... I hope you enjoy this review. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men' , '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'....
Lydia's Review of 'The Politics of War' by Walter Karp
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This books tell the story of how the ideals of the American Republic were destroyed during their involvement in two wars (1890-1920), and how these foreign wars were used to suppress the domestic electorate. I hope you enjoy this review. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books,...
Books I've read Jan 24 - Ask & It is Given by Jerry & Esther Hicks, The Girl on the Train
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Two great books this month - a spiritual classic and a hugely succesful contemporary fiction. Please like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men' , '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress. #askanditisgiven #estherhicks #thegirlonthetrain
Happy New Year 2024
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2024 is about to start, how amazing it would be if we can use this as an oppertunity to embrace living in love and compassion. #HappyNewYear #newearth #LivingInLove
Books I've Read Dec 23; None Dare Call it Conspiracy by Gary Allen, The Withway & Music at Midnight
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I've read some brilliant books over the last month: None Dare Call it Conspiracy The Withway by Paul Cudenec as well as a bit of Music at Midnight by John Drury I'm sorry the subtitles aren't always lined up with my speaking - I've had numerous technical issues this month. I hope you enjoy these reviews. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book...
Lydia's Review of 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' by T E Lawrence
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An epic autobiographical telling of the British supporting the Arabs to defeat the Turkish during WWI. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men' , '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress. #SevenPillarsOfWisdom #TELawre...
Lydia's Review of Minority Report by Philip K Dick
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More great science fiction from the incredible Philip K Dick. Please comment, like, share and subscribe to support this content. There are lots more book reviews on my channel as well as the introductions to my own books, '3 Men' , '5 years' and 'The Fourth Quarter'. I'm also on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Wordpress. #minorityreport #PhilipKDick #bookreview
Books I've read Sept23; The Life of St Teresa of Avila by herself & Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Books I've read Sept23; The Life of St Teresa of Avila by herself & Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Lydia's Review of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Lydia's Review of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lydia's Review of 'The Nature of the Psyche' A Seth book, by Jane Roberts & Robert F. Butts
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Lydia's Review of 'The Nature of the Psyche' A Seth book, by Jane Roberts & Robert F. Butts
Books I've Read Jun23; Star Signs by Linda Goodman, Myths of the World by Tony Allan
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Books I've Read Jun23; Star Signs by Linda Goodman, Myths of the World by Tony Allan
Books I've Read May23; Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, The Gnostics Gospels by Elaine Pagels
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Books I've Read May23; Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, The Gnostics Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Lydia's Review of 'The Road to Gomorrah' by Kenneth Duthie
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Lydia's Review of 'The Road to Gomorrah' by Kenneth Duthie
Lydia's Review of 'The Two Cities' by Malcolm Barber
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Lydia's Review of 'The Two Cities' by Malcolm Barber
Lydia's Review of 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration' by Weston Price
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Lydia's Review of 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration' by Weston Price
Jan23; Giving up Sugar; Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
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Jan23; Giving up Sugar; Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Books I've Read Dec22; Soul Reading, Qabalistic Tarot by Robert Wang, Brutally Honest by Mel B
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Books I've Read Dec22; Soul Reading, Qabalistic Tarot by Robert Wang, Brutally Honest by Mel B
Lydia's Review of 'The Gulag Archipelago' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Vol. 2
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Lydia's Review of 'The Gulag Archipelago' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Vol. 2
Book Reviews Sept22; The Ancient Mysteries - Marvin W Meyer, The Anarchist Revelation - Paul Cudenec
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Book Reviews Sept22; The Ancient Mysteries - Marvin W Meyer, The Anarchist Revelation - Paul Cudenec
Book Reviews Aug22; Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Philip K Dick Do Robots Dream Of Elec...
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Book Reviews Aug22; Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Philip K Dick Do Robots Dream Of Elec...
Lydia's Review of 'The "Unknown" Reality Vol.2' A Seth book, by Jane Roberts & Robert F. Butts
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Lydia's Review of 'The "Unknown" Reality Vol.2' A Seth book, by Jane Roberts & Robert F. Butts
Free Your Mind Event - Sonia Grover; The Reality of Your Existence and how you can flourish with it
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Free Your Mind Event - Sonia Grover; The Reality of Your Existence and how you can flourish with it
Good review of a very difficult subject.
Thank-you, it was brilliant book and affected me alot.
Please dont speak about dr malcolms writing in such a negative manner again
Plot spoiler,sorry. The two people playing endless games are really two pensioners in an old folks home. This reality is only mentioned once right at the end!!
Thank-you for commenting. I think I saw that reference but thought that it was too small to explain the multitude of the world they were in! Still so many question, I guess then all the minions are carers? What about the water system running round the place, or the seeing into other people's lives - is that watching tv - once you're plugged in you can't unplug?? I think I need to re-read the book!
Thanks for this video review. It was nice to be reconnected to a book I read decades ago (when we didn't have Google, as you rightly point out). Certainly none of the content seems to have made it into my long-term memory, though I remember it being very popular at the time. I think it's around the house somewhere, so when I come across it I might recommend it too to my teens, with your review provisos very much in mind. I'm also feeling that it might be good to put it on my reading pile again, but I'm not sure it would ever make it to the top😂
Lydia ..excellent review ! thank you ! i love pragmatic approach & insights *getting old & grumpy so looking forward to next review aches & pains !
i could write a book about all my aches & pains !...ooops ! someones beaten me to it ....look forward to next review ! thank you
It is really interesting that the good guys tried to make my country a soviet republick.
What an absolutely fantastic review and presentation of information ( from the book ) and your thoughts . The only thing that could be added would be ( to the points of discussion around 11:00 mins ) that pharmaceutical medications ( drugs and vaccines ) greatly disturb the internal environment of the human body , even more so than foods , etc. and are very much responsible for that state of ill-health in society . A fact which many people are still yet to realise .
Are you certain that the naive deserve to be exploited? What about children? People have been systematically lied to. They trusted their doctors, Were they wrong to do that or were the doctors wrong to lie?
I see what you mean, but some people are determined to remain in ignorance, despite all evidence shown to them.
@@lydiasmith-writerreviewer6183 Still don’t see that the stupid ones even those who are committed to ignorance deserve to be exploited. Leaving them alone is all that seems right to me. Then again I feel I have a duty to inform them that the bridge is out. Not to do so would be gross negligence.
..you are our Book Guru !
Thanks for reviewing Im a dentist and it is incredible and depressing that most dentists haven’t even heard of Weston price … Your struggles to get off carb are normal as it’s an addiction and we get a dopamine release with eating sugars Anyway agree with your review So sad that the world has gone in the other direction I suspect many people now might be “offended “ by the content but in truth he admired thrse people … anyway thank you !!
5:41 transfer of assets to USA
what you left out is that the book none dare call conspiracy is that its only based off Tragedy and Hope by carroll quigly who was the official historian for the council on foreign relations
"None Dare Call it Conspiracy" is an amazing read that is coming to fruition. One thing is democracy is one of the worst forms of government. England is famous for its liberty charters which applied the law to the monarch and limited his power. Your ancestors are special. They gave a political tradition that is admired around the world. One thing else. There are two forms of capitalism. State capitalism and free market capitalism. The elite love to blame free market capitalism for the problems caused by state capitalism. Love your English accent.
..no excuse for boring writing
..YAY !...Lydia's Book review time ! Yikes ! Graham sounds like me ?..someone plagiarised my life story ! great review ! thanks !
Lol, glad you liked the review, it is a great book - weird though!
@@lydiasmith-writerreviewer6183 thanx for the tip !..love yr reviews piffy lively ! contagious
Always a pleasure to visit your channel. I couldn't agree more with you. I read this book quite a while back, and like you tried a few of the exercises, but to be honest much of the ideas presented, aside from the intrinsic value of our emotions in the living context, are quite incomplete and truly don't explain this exquisite sphere of being a human, an individual, and thus lack depth from an emotional and intellectual standpoint. They foster an idealism of living that falls quite short of what life is really about.
Thank-you, you put that really wellxx
@@lydiasmith-writerreviewer6183 Thank you. I tried but it was hard to be succinct 😅
@@lydiasmith-writerreviewer6183 Thank you so much, I hope I wasn't too categorical, I try not to be but I'm not always successful. :) But like you I'm quite cautious, and rightfully so about some of these 'positivist' ideas in these books as they seem to me to lack depth, and can be very religious and cultish in some cases. For one many of the folks I have encountered who do follow these types of ideas have on average very little literature interests, or don't care much about art, or don't read anything outside of their spiritual texts, and turn out to be just as evangelical as any of the churches they criticize, and actually have displayed in many cases some dubious narcissistic behaviors. There's quite a league of folks like that that are entrenched in these positivist or spiritual schools of thought. But on the other hand I also know deeply pessimistic people who are on the opposite end of things, and while there's more interests in the arts and literature, hahahaha, they too fall into this thing where every aesthetic has to fit into this brooding mold but that's for another conversation , I digress, haha. There's nothing wrong with being positive in life, but often that can be accompanied with a profound fear to live I believe. I believe life to be naturally optimistic, as it should be to survive, but that involves a very complex set of natural creative levers that are at constant play with one another. Same goes with humans and how we experience depth and coloration via emotion, sentiment and feeling. Unfortunately Ask and It Is Given does very little to engage one's curiosity about life, it doesn't engage any curious dialogue about who we are, how emotions naturally are, their supportive roles, their complex and sometimes elusive nature, and their supportive roles in our lives. And also to note, in the US there's a huge tendency to systematically negate unpleasant feelings, particularly amongst men in the south, and there's a tremendous push to always look at things on the "bright side" which is very influenced by the baptist church (Lutheranism and Calvinism), but also I think on a deeper level it's a denial of the historical atrocities that were done in the Americas. But to be fair, the only area where I actually agree with Ask and It Is Given is how our emotional disposition colors or shades our day, and helps to form our daily experience. I concur with that but there's so much more in how our experiences are molded and over simplifying this process is quite typical of many of these 'positivist' schools of thought. Thank you so much.
@@kmal16 Thank-you for commenting. I think Ask and It Is Given is good for people who don't have a much deeper spiritual interest, I would give it to someone going through a difficult time because I think it could be good at breaking a negative cycle. I agree with what you say about some people who are anti-religion but are very religous about their spiritual pursuit, just like atheists who are religous about science.
you seem to be wrong on a few levels, poverty is associated with thiness whereas fat is paired with riches. a quick google search couldve showed you that. im 18 year old male who lives in poverty and suffers from anorexia & bulimia, check your facts .
Rite On!! Love this book I do/ much Mahalo;)
Wow, you're wrong in everything you say, right down to the lie that she was vegan. Why do you do this? Are you also a MAGA? We can't figure those psychos out either. Oh, I just remembered, you're a feminist. Well I've been noticing the far-left and far-right has many things in common. It's all crazy, and destructive.
Love your British accent Mrs. Smith... I'm from India tryna catch the accent!
What's the new kitten's name, and what happened to Gretna?
Who is this? The new kitten's name is Smudge. Unfortunately Gretna is no longer with us on Earth but he's still remembered with lots of love.
I’m your old friend from secondary school, “NM”. I tried to send you a private message on your channel, but I was unable to do so. I’m sorry to hear that Gretna passed away, my condolences.
@@EnglishToffee I can't tell you how lovely it is to hear from you, I've been thinking about you lately and what a shame it is I don't have any contact with you. It's great to hear from you, i hope you're wellxx I'm impressed you remember Gretna's name!xx
If that was not the 1st edition of Tragedy & Hope then this review is useless. The 1st edition details using weather and diseases to control the populace, Bill Clinton praised it and it was pulled, and revised with all that remo0ved in the 2nd edition and on. So if you did not read the 1st edition, again you wasted your time.
Titter!
I must say I got scared when I saw you holding NDCC and recommending it like that. I downloaded the PDF and laughed at the heavy anti-communist sentiment but still gave it a skim. Then I stumbled upon your video, to see what different discourse there is on it. I was worrying at first, but as I continued listening to you, I felt a lot of joy when hearing that not only you agreed with its core sentiment despite its narrow and dated points of view, but that you even enjoyed it. Thank you for this review, it let me see past its weird ramblings on economics and really focus on the core sentiment that it holds, which is valuable indeed.
I also enjoyed the rest of your reviews and added The Withway to my reading list
I'm glad the review was helpful, and I agree with your comments about the narrow focus. I think that is also a sign of the times, when people were trying to expose these things before the internet/greater connection, I'm sure it was very frustrating and enraging - like shouting at a brick wall.
The Withway is a great book - much more for our time, it is less ranty and more about materialising a better world@@Langorithmic
Thanks for reviewing one of my favorite books! 🙌
That's ok, I love this book, it completely changed how I think about food.
here in australia i no longer listen to politicians of any kind red team /blue team differences are too microscopic politicians all parties countries now just interchangeable perhaps i am being too pessimistic ? i have learnt all the pretty words politicians say before an election have nothing to do with what they say or do once they are in govt ......bait 'n switch like magicians distracting us with hand movements whist real deception goes unnoticed until its too late or not noticed at all by most
Couldn't agree more
Lydia ,..Thank you the true genius of the media such as Murdoch Press & State Media & most politicians is the way they persuade deceive us all into constantly voting against our own best interests .... history such as author above shows us despite Americans long fascination with guns i do not believe most americans are naturally war like people but have to be lied to each every time to go to war , with effective dismal repetition.... what can we all do work towards to change this ? Politicians ! ...boo ! ..Boo !
I hope you read my father’s book None Dare Call It Conspiracy. It started the global Illuminati resistance and I hope you enjoy it 😊
Yes I read None Dare Call it Conspiracy, I thought it was a great book that covers a lot of important areas, you must be very proud of your father.
@@lydiasmith-writerreviewer6183 I am extremely proud of my fathers book but also very annoyed how controlled opposition agents like Alex Jones promote my fathers book. I just really hate how the Zionists use that book as a cover to hide their traitorous tracks.
Happy new year 😊😊😊😊
Happy New Year Lydia
‘None Dare Call it Conspiracy’ is an interesting read. Interested to hear your thoughts on ‘Prolonging the Agony.’ It’s on my to read list
It is on my reading list as well, too many books to read! I'll post a review as soon as I read it.
I'm not sure that you actually read this book. If I was the teacher in a classroom and I was listening to you do a book report I think I'll be asking you some other serious questions, just approve that you read the book. I could've read the cover and given the report that you have given. Which I think is what you probably did. This book goes into incredible detail on exactly who was involved, when it happened, and just how the United States got themselves into a situation where they allowed an outside group to come in and actually take control of the government through establishing a world bank called the federal reserve. There are so many facts that are uncovered and laid bare in this book, that you know the names of the people who were involved. You could actually put a face on the deep state. I have read no other book that does an excellent job and has an extraordinary bibliography that the author does almost page by page. Definitely chapter by chapter. It leaves the reader with no doubt. The bottom line is that the international banks of the world, which the Bank of England and the federal reserve probably have the most control of, actually are the ones who control every government except for three in this world. The book does not tell you that much because back in 1973, the umbrella of international banking would not include all of those other countries. Those three countries are Iran, Cuba, and North Korea. Those are the only three countries that are not controlled yet. All of the wars that were fired during the 20th century are related to pulling every government into that group under that umbrella. This book is stellar. If you get the understanding of this book, you will understand almost everything that you will see in a news report these days and it allows you to take off the bias rose colored glasses that mass media wants you to believe. It allows you to pierce right into that news report and totally understand it from a whole different perspective. I guarantee it.
Another author from a whole different perspective, also peer-reviewed from a college perspective, would be Tragedy and Hope" by Carol Quigley. Quigley was one of Bill Clinton's mentors. In his book, he pretty much covers the same stuff, without all of the details that Gary Allen gives you. Quigley shows it as a blessing and presents it as a way that will eventually lead to world peace. Of course, it'll cost us our Constitution and all of our freedoms, but a one-world government is what this is leading to. Carol Quigley was a historian author and college professor. He was mentioned in one of Bill Clinton's speeches, which a person can easily look up on RUclips.
So, 4 years ago-what’s happening now 4 U, dear creator,you.🎯🌸
Wow, I've changed a lot in the last 4 years, the world has changed a lot in the last 4 years, and I would like to think that humanity has changed a lot in the last 4 years as well.
Thank you ! excellent !....a very treacherous time sadly reverberates until today *off topic but I liked film 'Lawrence of Arabia 'as a kid growing up in Australia later in life I got to meet talk with Omar Sharif , he was launching his own brand of perfume galactic testing indeed !,. hey !...look after yr health !
Very interesting thanks .I saw the film years ago but you have inspired me to read the book
All of the Seth books are an incredible insights to the Ultimate Reality. I read them all in the late 1980’s. Now that you can even listen to them on RUclips. I still listen to them weekly. The information is staggering.
'Sweeney Todd ' poem / T.S Elliott . ..i remember reading 'Sweeney Todd ' when younger truly disturbing Sweeney shaving & looking in the Mirror notices street girl in bed behind him in the mirror having an epileptic fit Sweeney Todd decides to ignore her just keep shaving & looking in the mirror ,very dark moment passage in eng lit that has always haunted me. i'm looking forward to upload of yr musical !
Oooh, that sounds really creepy, I haven't read the book. I didn't really know the musical until I joined in doing this, it is written with a lot of humour though, and it has been amazing fun.
Lydia ,.. sorry , i don't know musical i just remember reading poems TS Eliot when much younger but image scene in poem i found disturbing i'm sure musical is much or perhaps totally different take i will re read TS Eliot ,as its been a long time Thanks for the vid
@@swandive7290 It is a really odd choice for a musical! It seems to work though.
Enjoy the Musical ! I didn't mean to spoil things for people I do hope well get to see audition vid highlights ! *Poem by T.S Eliot was 'Sweeney Erect ' for me some darkest lines in eng lit though for me 'Wuthering Heights 'has a passage that comes close second
@@swandive7290 I have looked up the TS Eliot poem(s), and I'm not sure if it is referencing the same character. I don't know much about TS Eliot but I recently watched a good podcast with Alexander Little which was de-coding The Wasteland, that was really interesting.
YAY !...Book review time ! Thanks for the tip P.K.D ! as i need to explore a new genre further, Bio Robots now using DNA apparently is a thing Congrats Musical Ensemble Review 'Sweeney Todd. ' i remember vid yr Monologue Brilliant ! hey !,.. i know a few * blobs myself
Bio Robots - argh!
I’m just now seeing this review and I have to agree with you. By far this is my number one favorite book! I have read it fully at least eight times since I was 15 years old and I am now in my mid-60s. Nothing compares to Seth! And not a day goes by when I don’t think of Seth and Jane and Rob, (and my mother) and feel immense gratitude for the gift that they have given me. I include my mother because she was a reader of Seths since the first book, The Seth Material, in 1970. The nature of personal reality is a book like no other! It is my Bible.
Thank-you for commenting. I love the Seth books, it is like reading a Bible! I often find myself just sitting and reflecting on lines when I'm reading Seth, there is so much in each sentence. Wow, what great Seth heritage with your mother as well, for me I have been immensely grateful to the internet for first bringing me to Seth and then connecting me with so many wonderful open thinking people around the world.
“The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies... is a foolish idea. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.” ~Carroll Quigley, Tragedy And Hope “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.” ~Edward Bernays, Propaganda "if voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." ~Emma Goldman Meet Carrol Quigley- The Corbett Report ruclips.net/video/1PDznjKMIeQ/видео.html
Enjoyable review, thanks Lydia
Nature of the Psyche; an extremely incredibly enriching, fascinating book that remains psychologically groundbreaking to this day. One of my favorites.
Yes, I've loved all the Seth books I've read but I thought this one was particularly good.
Thank you so much. I just finished watching Tolstoy's War & Peace and am so impressed with the amount of detail into human character both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky understood and could write about. Reminiscent of Flaubert and Balzac's explorations of these themes. I always find so many corollaries with our current world.
Yes, I really enjoyed Dostoevsky and I've got Tolstoy on my list to read. I haven't read Falubert or Balzac, I just looked them up, they sound good, I'll have to look into them more.
@@lydiasmith-writerreviewer6183 I haven't finished a Dostoevsky book, but know a bit about his writing style. The same goes with Tolstoy, however both Balzac and Flaubert left a lasting impression on me. I read both. To be honest Flaubert is a bit dense as he's part of the literary realism movement or Naturalism, which is mostly concerned with using the environment to describe human emotion. The settings are what give us insight into the person's internal atmosphere. But this is where Flaubert's genius shines, and it leaves its mark by the end. His writing style is also incredibly journalistic, historical and educational, but it's also slowly paced. Balzac to me is more closely tied to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Thank you so much once again.
Thank-you for commenting, they do sound interesting, I will definitely look them up @@kmal16
1:39 truth. One problem I have with current society is its fixation on salary instead of service
I just read it too. Here are my impressions of it. An old USA guy. I also sing the song from the movie version: ruclips.net/video/d2OCFBgNkqs/видео.htmlsi=57Tvmgsm6XCwPEWW
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Thank-you!
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So can I skip this book ? Will the next book/books call back to any plot points from The Body Thief ?
Thank-you for commenting I haven't actually read any more of the series since this book, so I don't know! I really enjoyed this book though, so no need to skip over it.
I’m curious to know what you did not care for in the book?
Thank-you for commenting. It was quite a while ago now that I read this book, but I found it to be an informative and easy to read book and worth reading for new parents to understand more about their babies normal (and less normal) behaviour and ways to manage them.
You always suggests us unique book collection....... 💯
Love the Hamlet analogy. Agree that it is indeed hard here on mother earth.