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Anteeksi häiriö, mutta käynnissä on ekokatastrofi Aikaa ei ole hukattavaksi hetkeäkään. Hiilidioksidimäärä, jonka voimme ilmakehään vielä nykymenolla päästää, on käytetty …
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Käytännöllinen opas kaikenlaiseen kompostointiin sekä kompostista syntyvän humuksen hyödyntämiseen maanparannusaineena. Kirjassa on selkeät ohjeet elintarvike-, puutarha- ja käymäläkompostin perustamiseksi sekä …
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Interesting setting and had its moments especially in the beginning chapters, but the storytelling might have been a bit too complicated or political for me. Should read this again in Finnish in case it was a language barrier thing.
COULD YOU SURVIVE ON YOUR OWN, IN THE WILD, WITH EVERYONE OUT TO MAKE SURE …
Having seen the movie before listening to this audiobook, I had to abandon any hopes of comparing my imagination with the film vision. Still, it was an interesting experience that made me think about audiobooks as a medium. The narrator could have whistled Rue's song, they could have had several narrators for all the characters, the book could have music and sound effects – but it didn't, yet it still delivered a rich world. Similarly, paperback books could have photographs, illustrations or varying typography, but they also work without these enrichment techniques. So why is it exactly that the film business keeps insisting a philosophy of "show, don't tell"? Just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean you should do it. Anyway, this was a good read. Or a good listen?
For readers who would like a quick reminder of the book and its main storyline, here is a summary of …
