BR 2-07: What are you afraid of?

Sharks, ghosts, aliens, snakes ...cell phones? All kinds  of things make people afraid. How does our brain tell us to be afraid, and can we controle fear?

I am afraid of spider!!!!!!!! I dislike it very much although other insects are okay. However, I don't know why. Thanks for the book, I learn about why I do not like only spider. My be I had a bad experience with spider when I was so young, but I don't remember it. What are you afraid of?
By the way, this book has easy tests in the back of the book, so after read it, you can enjoy more! Let's try it soon!

Naughton, Diane. (2014). What are you afraid of?
New York: Cambridge University Press.

BR 2-06: Roommates

As a new students at Brenton College, Bobby Harris has many things to worry about-but his biggest problem is his new roommate, Ash! Because of Ash, Bobby can't sleep, study, or work properly. The problem is, how does he tell Ash without losing a roommate and a friends?(back cover)

Did you have many things to worry about when you entered the Prefectural University of Kumamoto? My situation, I had so many things to worry about high level professional study and friends and living alone like Bobby who is the main character of this  book. Fortunately, I have so many good and kind friends, and for now, I keep up with college study, and have a wonderful university life. This book is alike our standing point, so may be you'll enjoy reading this book, I think. Please try it!

 Leather, Sue & Thomlison, Julian. (2011). Roommates. Boston: Heinle Cengage Leearning

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BR 2-05: Altruism What's in it for me?

Altruism means helping others. Whenever you do something for some else, you are being altruistic. It may seem a simple subject, but it is not. Many of the world's best thinkers have wondered about why people help others.

This book"Altruism What's in it for me?" is the most interesting among the books that I read. Have you wondered why come people help others? I haven't. But after read it, I learned that a process of help other people instead of you may meet danger. I can't tell you the answer of the question here, but please try to read the book. It was not hard to read for us, I think.

Hastings Bob. (2014). Altruism What's in it for me?. Cambridge Discovery Education. 

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BR 2-04: Extreme Skydiving

Extreme speed is a fundamental part of the sport of skydiving. The average skydiver jumps out of a plane from a hight of thousands of feet and free falls. In a free fall, the diver accelerates extremely quickly and can reach speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour in a few moments. 

Have you ever experienced skydiving? I haven't but someday I'd like to try to skydive. I learned something thorough read this book. For example, existence of ''terminal velocity'' that is a constant speed of about 120 miles per hour, and principle of shuttlecock which is a small object with feathers that is used like a ball in the game of badminton. Do you know that? The good point of this series National Geographic is that the book has so many knowledge we don't know. That is why we can enjoy reading. Please read it and get some interesting knowledge!

Rob Waring. (2009). Extreme Skydiving. National Geographic          
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BR 2-03: Why we recycle

We all make a lot of  waste. There's waste from our homes, factories, offices, and schools. We recycle a lot of our waste materials, but we should recycle more. Do you know why?

Have you ever taken part in a charity project that is involved in recycle? May be almost all university students have, I think. In Japan, there are so many environment of recycle. In fact, I experienced recycling activities when I was an elementary school student. You too? After read this book, I thought that there are many methods for recycling, and we have to do that as much as possible for future of our earth.

Undrill Fiona. (2011). Why we recycle. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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