Book Review
Angry June Moon Says Hello
Creating a history and legacy that can be passed on to successive generations is a function of community, and most social groups, including minorities within the larger society, do this openly and freely. The gay community, however,...
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Grounding
This small but important book reveals the power inherent in a technique that is all too often thought to be preparatory for some other, more valuable, practice. “Grounding,” as defined by author Nell Arnaud, is “an energetic...
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The Author's Toolkit
“For most of us who possess the soul of a writer, there are book ideas that call us, begging us to write them and bring them out of obscurity. I think it would be sad to reach the end of our days and realize with regret that we never...
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The Caregiver's Tao Te Ching
How do we embrace the Tao? By holding ourselves with great tenderness. These words from The Caregiver’s Tao Te Ching distill the wisdom of William and Nancy Martin’s strong and gentle book and give voice to the deepest, and often...
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The Old Woman and the Hen
Much-loved Canadian poet P. K. (Patricia Kathleen) Page (1916 - ) brings the wisdom and depth that comes of her many years to this delightful tale. Enhanced by exquisite original wood engravings created especially for the book by Jim...
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I Came Out For This?
Lisa Gitlin’s story of first love has all the passion, drama, and roller-coaster ups and downs that most writings on the topic have, but with a difference—Gitlin’s heroine, Joanna Kane, is a Jewish lesbian writer who in her own...
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Lessons from Everest
Terrified of heights, Dr. Tim Warren, a Rhode Island chiropractor and endurance athlete, undertook to cross the Knife Edge, an elevated catwalk that connects two lesser summits of Maine’s 5,267-foot Mt. Katahdin. The trek, with its...
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Divorce and the Special Needs Child
Margaret “Pegi” Price’s "Divorce and the Special Needs Child" is an essential guide to what are still basically uncharted legal waters; it should be required reading for divorcing parents of disabled or special needs children,...
