Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life321 reviews
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...

HarperCollins, 2007

Terrific book!

+ You Take the Good, You Take the Bad
+ True Inspiration

Barbara Kingsolver has struck a wonderful balance among educating readers about gardening, slow food, food science and telling a great tale of a family's adventure of local eating. The recipes are great, too! What a revelation to learn that we have all been anesthetized by the large ...
  
  











  



  
Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child122 reviews
Katie Allison Granju, William Sears

Atria, 1999

Trust your baby's cues

I wish all parents read this book before having their first baby. They would save money (by not buying gadgets) and spare themselves and their children many needless difficulties, sleepless nights and crying. Katie not only convinces the reader of the value of attachment and ...
  
  











  



  
The Tao of Pooh and Te of Piglet (Wisdom of Pooh)1 review
Benjamin Hoff

Methuen young books, 2002

Very nice combined version of the originals

It's the two separate publications combined ... duh. I bought these way back when, so I have the separate harcover editions, but I bought this one as a gift for someone who had never read either. If your main purpose is reading and not collecting this is an inexpensive and simple way to get both in ...
  
  











  



  
Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene29 reviews
Ingrid Bauer

Plume, 2006

A must read for moms in Western culture

+ Great Read
+ Intuitive and liberating even for a working mom!

This book is a must read for any mom in Western culture. The current thought in America is that you cannot do anything at all with your children and a potty until they are two years old. This book helps us understand that this was not the case in the past and is still not the case in many ...
  
  











  



  
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit869 reviews
Daniel Quinn

Bantam, 1995

Thank you Ishmael

+ Life Changing Novel
+ Original, Thought-Provoking and Intriguing
+ Step out of the box!
  
  











  



  
You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear17 reviews
Frances Moore Lappe, Jeffrey Perkins

Amazon Remainders Account, 2005

Admit to a 'Culture of Fear' before you can fix anything........

+ So Proud!!
+ Specific help for specific people
+ Take back America from the rightwing dictators
  
  











  



  
Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony8 reviews
Lewis Thomas

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995

A Winner

+ Thought-provoking essays
+ Provocative Essays and Social Comment on Science and Humanities
+ Essays on humankind's accomplishments--and its dementia
+ What a pleasure
  
  











  



  
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference940 reviews
Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2002

Want to know what takes ideas over the edge?

+ Excellent source for recognizing upcoming shifts and what makes them stick.
+ The World We can not See
+ Just what i needed
+ The Sticking Point
  
  











  



  
The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating17 reviews
Alisa Smith, J.B. Mackinnon

Vintage Canada, 2007

A truly inspirational read

+ Best Memoir I've Read
+ Two excellent writers tell a personal and informing tale
+ Satisfying to Stomach and Soul
  
  











  



  
Diet for a New America147 reviews
John Robbins

HJ Kramer, 1998

Diet for a New America

+ Life changer
+ EXCELLENT!
+ Best. Book. Ever.
+ Just what American Needs
  
  











  



  
Zodiac92 reviews
Neal Stephenson

Grove Press, 2007

An older Stephenson novel that is still current

+ Great read
+ how the Earth is being polluted
+ A deviation from the standard stephenson menu.
  
  











  



  
The Day the Universe Changed: How Galileo's Telescope Changed The Truth and Other Events in History That ...26 reviews
James Burke

Back Bay Books, 1995

Nothing Less Than The History Of How Rational Thinkers Advanced The Human Race

+ Title of book: "Changed the truth"???
+ One Of The Better
+ The evolution of change.
  
  











  



  
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements10 reviews
Sandor Ellix Katz

Chelsea Green, 2006

Charming & Inspiring

+ A Powerful Tool for Inquisitive Readers
+ just read it, truely inspiring
+ Great Real Food Solidarity
+ This is a great read.
  
  











  



  
The Story of B139 reviews
Daniel Quinn

Bantam, 1997

loved it

+ A necessary tale
+ Rip Van Wrinkle coming out of his sleep.
+ Read this if you dare know the truth.
  
  











  



  
The Monkey Wrench Gang (P.S.)104 reviews
Edward Abbey

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Transgressional Fiction at it's Best.

+ Evergreen of Desert Lit
+ Where the hell do all these people come from?
+ fantastic
+ A Book to be Read Again and Again
  
  











  



  
The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development)86 reviews
Jean Liedloff

Da Capo Press, 1986

My parenting bible

+ Contimuum Concept
+ A Better Way to Raise a Baby and Beyond
+ Jean Liebloff's Continuum Concept is the best child-rearing book
+ An Amazing Book
  
  











  



  
The Man Who Planted Trees, 20th Anniversary4 reviews
Jean Giono

Chelsea Green, 2005

Hope and humanity

+ A Book For The Ages, For All Ages
+ Moving
+ A book about the essence of life
  
  











  



  
My Ishmael93 reviews
Daniel Quinn

Bantam, 1998

My Ishmael

+ Not Ishmael
+ Excellent Follow-Up to Ishmael
+ Ishmael review
+ new tribal revolution
  
  











  



  
Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet17 reviews
Frances Moore Lappe, Anna Lappe

Tarcher, 2003

Goes into my life's top 5

+ 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner featured in the book
+ Hope Gained From Insight and Diligence
+ Be gentle on the earth
+ Honest Hope
  
  











  



  
The Tao of Pooh and Te of Piglet (Wisdom of Pooh)1 review
Benjamin Hoff

Methuen young books, 2002

Very nice combined version of the originals

It's the two separate publications combined ... duh. I bought these way back when, so I have the separate harcover editions, but I bought this one as a gift for someone who had never read either. If your main purpose is reading and not collecting this is an inexpensive and simple way to get both in ...