Different Perspectives
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Dodsworth's independently published collection of short stories is a perfect travel companion for a short flight or waiting for an appointment.  However, don't get the idea these stories are light reading as they are just the opposite.  Each of them are thought provoking and each are written from different perspectives showcasing the lives of real people who experience difficult circumstances.

The author must be a master observer of human behavior in everyday life.  Each story is unique. He captures the hopelessness of a first person character  working in a dead end job and leaves the reader thinking at the end, could that have easily been me?  The next story could be about lost love or loss in general.  The hopelessness and endless patterns of the indigent are also part of this gripping collection.

You don't have to imagine what how a young child might be so easily kidnapped by an evil impostor either.  Dodsworth does a great job of laying out how such a tragedy could easily unfold.

Anyone who's ever felt the injustice of the artificiality of credit and the anonymity of financial institutions that scam the willing investor, is sure to enjoy Dodsworth's final short piece of the collection titled "Notre Dame Cathedral."

This author could take any one of these short pieces and easily have written a full length novel sure to captivate audiences who love Steven King.
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Different take on the world after a disaster of this magnitude.  Gives us a perspective from a child and teenagers point of view.  Just people trying to cope with a world so different.  Could I do the same?
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Interesting older perspective. Some confusion between state, church, and Israel, but that is mostly confined to the earlier parts of the book.
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This is a cool book.  It is not a quick and easy read (though you can get a fair overview by browsing the photos and captions), it goes into fascinating detail, and it can be challenging to consider some of the perspectives.  I liked the focus on viewing these cultures from predominantly the female point of view.  These women and their cultures offer us valuable insights about ways of interacting with the environment, value systems, and ways of managing life that can expand our thinking.  I, for one, especially appreciated the glimpse of the "nomad aesthetic," which has a very different view of the beauty and value of "things" than we Western, sedentary folk have.
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Interesting perspective on relationships and the effects it has on different people.
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this book will make you look at people differently
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I like the idea of a book with two perspectives.  I find the other side of the story a little eye rolling and incredible but it is a good teaching opportunity to illustrate that not everyone sees things the way you might.
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I loved the way the story was written from the two perspectives looking from different vantage points. I thought the narration was good and the story was really engaging. I look forward to reading more from this author!
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I found this book to be great perspective on Autism spectrum from different perspective.  I love the movie - and actual book - this gives insight on the characters and also shows that Autism is not recent problem.
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A great viewpoint with several real life perspectives. Take notes, it will serve you well.
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I liked the  perspective on the Souix woman's daily life.  It fascinated me to see the daily life; work, relationships with family, and customs of these people.
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A different perspective when written from an autistic persons point of view. The book was interesting, educational and gave a new perspective on children with one form of autism.
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It is obvious that LesBiGay and Trans-people have a take on life that is vastly different from those held by the straight majority. In Gay Perspective, author Toby Johnson (Gay Spirituality) shows us how our status as sexual and gender outsiders allows us to think outside the box. Being gay gives us a perspective on human experience that is different from that of the great majority of people. There must be something special and useful to humanity about this perspective, since a disproportionate number of important artists, poets, religious leaders, and spiritual guides in the past were what today wed call gay.
Gay perspective, Johnson tells us, is based on three specific aspects of modern homosexual experience: First, we are outsiders and strangers. This status bequeaths  and sometimes forces on us  an ability to view life from a critical perspective. Second, most of us tend to embody both masculine and feminine viewpoints and characteristics . Hence were able to see both sides of issues and to be both strong and sensitive, both creative and receptive. Finally, by transgressing normal sexual and gender roles and by transcending the polarities of male and female, we see beyond the entire array of polarities humanity projects onto nature. Our existence or experience as queers demonstrates certain facts about nature; causes us to discover certain truth about life and human psychology; and teaches us practical lessons about contemporary problems and issues. In Gay Perspective, Johnson shows us what our gay perspective tells us about life, sex, religion, the Church, God and the world.
Traditional Judaism, Christianity and Islam condemn all who are different, including GLBT people, as threats to all thats normal. Nowadays, some would argue that we are just like everyone else, with one minor difference.
In Gay Perspective, Toby Johnson admits our differences, glories in them, and show how our differences allow us to make unique contributions to our society and to the planet. While most people are trapped in a cycle of birth, reproduction, parenting, and death we who are gay are opting out of time and are witnesses to life lived in the present moment. Thus there is a lot that others can learn from us, in times like these.
Jesse Monteagudo in the Winter 2003 issue of White Crane Journal
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Interesting point of view, but still a good read.
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The book gives a different perspective on America. Explains some people behavior during the last election and a path to solve item.
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The book provides different views on the processes of acculturation. Generally provides much information on family processes, social, health and the influence of acculturation produce on them.
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taking the time to glean a few suggestions from this book, some of it is specific to certain creative genres. i span writing, painting and music, so it has numerous perspectives from different disciplines.