Book Review
Songs of the Baka and Other Discoveries
Friends and family warned them of malaria, dengue fever, and cannibals, but for retired lawyers Dennis James and his wife, Barbara, the lure of learning from indigenous people who still live much as humans had twelve thousand years ago,...
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Self-Portrait with Dogwood
An intertwining of personal, natural, and political history reveals an eager, sensitive mind. That a tree could be called “central to the march of civilization” came as no surprise to poet and essayist Christopher Merrill who, as a...
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Nobody's Favorite
This is an honest and painful look at abuse issues from a survivor’s perspective. Adopted at eighteen months old, Victoria Stott had no way of knowing that she was entering hell. Nobody’s Favorite is the powerful, heartbreaking story...
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Knocking at the Open Door
This is an important contribution to the literature on a great man who worked tirelessly to bring forth his vision of an enlightened humanity. Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was a teacher, author, and public speaker whose vision for...
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American Wild
“Call me a bigamist, if you like,” writes Michael Engelhard, a wildlife biologist and consummate storyteller whose passion for two vastly different American landscapes, separated by twenty-five hundred miles, has made him kin to...
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The African American Male School Adaptability Crisis
Rempson powerfully advocates for applying the energy of the civil rights movement to the black family. In "The African American Male School Adaptability Crisis", Joe L. Rempson describes African-American social problems, offers solutions...
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Amazing Adventures with Dev
This is a moving and heartfelt chronicle of the life, death, and afterlife of an amazing young man. On Good Friday 2013, Melody L. Boulton’s twenty-three-year-old son, Devon, was taken off of life support, putting an end to his...
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Life in the Marble Palace
This congressional exposé contains much hard-won wisdom and heartfelt critique, and should be read by every concerned citizen. In Life in the Marble Palace: In Praise of Folly, Clifford B. Stearns, a twenty-four-year member of the House...
