Finding Life's Balance
A historical look at the American experience with hurricanes, A Furious Sky by Eric Jay Dolin, is an interesting perspective on human tragedy. No one said hurricanes don’t cause death and destruction but one has to wonder after reading this
Back in October my wonder school librarian sent out an email containing new arrivals to the library. Always anxious to get to reading his new choices I picked four new reads. I got started reading The Extended Mind by Annie
I left this book from my summer pile borrowed from the school library for the last read. I’m not sure whether that was the right or wrong choice. I had picked up this book based on some incidental conversations with
Another book that has sat unread on my shelf for a year or two – probably closer to two… But there was a thought provoking gem that I’m glad I finally cracked open. Eric Hardie and I never crossed paths
Oh my goodness! I can never seem to get enough of reading Mary Roach. As an investigative author, I have enjoyed her deep dives into a variety of topics. This book was a complete surprise – pleasant surprise. I can’t
Yes, by far the most interesting of titles that I picked for reading this summer. When my school librarian posted the new non-fiction arrivals, I scooped this one up. A Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal
Following my own suggestion after finishing Liquid Rules, I plunged into Stuff Matters. I was a little disappointed only from a professional standpoint. Personally, the book hit all the same notes. It was written in such a way that a
Although this book is not as recently published as my last couple books, I must say it is still new and a wonderful read. Whether you are a scientific person, closet scientific person, or no nothing about science this book
A deep thinking read is the best way to describe a book about thinking. Mikael Klintman’s thorough examination from a philosophical perspective on the reasons humans resist accepting knowledge was interesting read. Although, I won’t sugar coat the fact that
There’s nothing like pushing through reading a book that is written with an alarmist perspective. I wasn’t expecting the pessimistic reality or cold-hard truth splash in the face pages of information this book held. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming