by Alison Weir. An amazing book - not romantacized, but packed full of facts - a little tedious at times even. But what I got from it was that Henry the VIII was an amazing king - he encouraged arts and learning, and raised people by merit. The story of his six wives, his court and the politics of the European world of the time is amazing. For an accurate historical account, this is a good book.
Another book I recently read was Global Climate Change: The Book of Essential Knowledge by Ernest Zebrowski Ph.D. I got this book as an 'Early Reviewer' on Librarything.com. Every month we can put in to request books, most are just coming out and you get a free copy if you win the request lottery. Anyway. This was my first book through that. Here is a copy of the review I posted on Librarything:
'I was discussing some scientific fact I learned from this book with someone and they asked me, "how do they know?" That is exactly what this book is so great at explaining. In an easy to understand (my science ed. consists of one biology and one geology class in college) and non-partisan (he keeps politics confined to the last chapter) way, Zebrowski helped me to understand the science behind what scientists already know about global climate change and why they have such a hard time predicting the exact future. Are you a citizen of planet earth? Then you should read this book'
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