Book Review
Earth Almanac
Naturalist Ken Keffer’s "Earth Almanac" is a delightful, fact-rich immersion into the seasonal wonders of the natural world. Beginning with the winter solstice, the book gives budding naturalists a good overview of what goes on...
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Writing Wild
Kathryn Aalto’s "Writing Wild" celebrates the women writers who bring insight, grace, and power to nature writing, their perspectives urgent and necessary. Human survival is linked to the natural world, and Aalto asserts that...
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Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" is the story of an imperiled glory. Part of an inspiring documentary art project created by conservation photographers Rob Badger and Nita Winter, it highlights California’s famed wildflower “superblooms”...
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The Best Week That Never Happened
In Dallas Woodburn’s magical story of young love, "The Best Week That Never Happened", two childhood soulmates, Tegan and Kai, are reunited after a tragic event, opening the door to forgiveness, grace, and healing. As a child, Tegan...
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Wake up to Hypnosis
Wake Up to Hypnosis is an informative guide to using hypnosis to access the potential of the unconscious mind. Wake Up to Hypnosis, Barbara Powers’s comprehensive manual on the medical and personal use of hypnosis, demystifies and...
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Growing Up German
"Growing Up German" is a powerful memoir about choosing hope and resilience in the face of inconceivable horror. Hartmut Wegner’s poignant and disturbing memoir, "Growing Up German", is about the lifelong impact of witnessing the...
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The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Michael Lanning’s "The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson" reveals that, more than ten years before Rosa Parks’s refusal to move to the back of the bus, a young black army officer also defied such an order. For taking that stand and...
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People of the Rainforest
John Hemming’s "People of the Rainforest" is the intense, enlightening story of the three Villas Boas brothers, whose commitment to justice within Brazil’s Amazon led to vast expanses of that land being preserved for Indigenous...
