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Fonte dell'immagine: MG Edwards

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Opere di M.G. Edwards

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Edwards, M.G.
Nome legale
Edwards, Michael Gene
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Nazione (per mappa)
USA
Luogo di morte
Not Dead Yet!
Luogo di residenza
Bangkok, Thailand
Istruzione
(MA)International Studies, University of Washington
(MBA)University of Washington
Attività lavorative
writer
diplomat
Organizzazioni
Independent Author Network
World Literary Cafe
Premi e riconoscimenti
Kilimanjaro a 2012 Finalist for the Book of the Year Award and Global eBook Award.
Breve biografia
M.G. Edwards is a writer of books and stories in the mystery, thriller and science fiction-fantasy genres. He also writes travel adventures and children's books.

He is author of "Kilimanjaro: One Man’s Quest to Go Over the Hill," a non-fiction account of his attempt to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, and a short story collection called "Real Dreams: Thirty Years of Short Stories." He also wrote and illustrated four books in the World Adventurers for Kids Series: "Alexander the Salamander," "Ellie the Elephant," "Zoe the Zebra," and “World Adventurers for Kids Books 1-3.”

Edwards graduated from the University of Washington with a master’s degree in China Studies and a Master of Business Administration. A former U.S. diplomat, he served in South Korea, Paraguay, and Zambia before leaving the Foreign Service in 2011 to write full time. He lives in Bangkok, Thailand with his wife Jing and son Alex.

For more books or stories by M.G. Edwards, visit his web site at www.mgedwards.com, his blog, worldadventurers.wordpress.com, by e-mail at me@mgedwards.com, and Twitter @m_g_edwards.

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Questa recensione è stata scritta per gli Omaggi dei Membri di LibraryThing .
Received a copy from the author for an honest review.
World Adventures for Kids 1-3 by M.G. Edwards
I enjoyed reading this book with my 3 and 5 year old daughters. It allowed me to discuss multiple topics with them and talk about the different animals that were shown throughout the book. My only thing my 5 year old wanted to know was where the animal was when I read about it. The way my book showed was you had to flip the page to see the picture of the animal I just read about. I also had to read book 1 one night and so on. A little too much for my girls.… (altro)
 
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mclement | Feb 21, 2014 |
Lovely book for children! Has nice illustrations and a captivating story about the animals of the jungle, friendship and danger.
I’m sure kids will have a great adventure traveling with Alexander.
 
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florryalyna | Feb 17, 2014 |
Questa recensione è stata scritta per gli Omaggi dei Membri di LibraryThing .
I enjoyed MG Edwards’ account of climbing Africa’s highest mountain. The trekking seemed long and grueling, the resulting pain and abuse to his body was frightening, and from his excellent descriptions, the views were astounding. As a climbing book, it was a good one. I’ve enjoyed reading other books in this genre, such as “Into Thin Air,” “K2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain,” and “Touching the Void,” and I found his story to be exciting – perfect for armchair mountain climbers!

I’m not sure how equating a successful summit to his resolve to leave an unfulfilling job made sense – he already knew that he wanted to do this, and I’m sure that whether he made it to the summit or not, the decision to leave his job would have been the same. It seemed to be a bit contrived. I also thought that the quasi-guidebook in the final three chapters was unnecessary. Though it didn’t detract from the main part of the story, it would have been just as good to have included a few links at the end for further reading.

There were several clumsy sentences, contradictions and grammatical errors that were a bit distracting – though in all honesty, he obviously did make an effort to write well.

Finally, the author’s faith in God was obviously important to him, but it wasn’t clear in the book description that there would be so many references to his faith and prayer. If you don’t like that sort of thing, you might want to reconsider purchasing this book.

I was amazed to learn that 35,000 people a year climb Mt. Kilimanjaro! The trudge to the top – shuffling along in a long line of hopeful climbers – really took away the fantasy that most climbers enjoy – that they’ve done something few others have managed to do. As mentioned earlier in my review, despite the shortcomings, this was a good climbing story and an enjoyable read. I’d give it 3.5 stars.
… (altro)
 
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tumbleweeds | 2 altre recensioni | May 20, 2012 |
Questa recensione è stata scritta per gli Omaggi dei Membri di LibraryThing .
I received an ebook copy - thorougly enjoyed it. The writer wrote clearly and it is easily readable. He shares openly about all of his experiences climbing the mountain. The photos are an added bonus. Well done. Elizabeth.
 
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elizabethza. | 2 altre recensioni | May 17, 2012 |

Statistiche

Opere
6
Utenti
21
Popolarità
#570,576
Voto
½ 4.3
Recensioni
5
ISBN
7
Preferito da
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