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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life 321 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 ...
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Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child 122 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 ...
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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 ...
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Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene 29 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 ...
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Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit 869 reviews Daniel Quinn
Bantam, 1995
Thank you Ishmael
+ Life Changing Novel + Original, Thought-Provoking and Intriguing + Step out of the box!
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You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear 17 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
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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony 8 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
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 940 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
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The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating 17 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
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Diet for a New America 147 reviews John Robbins
HJ Kramer, 1998
Diet for a New America
+ Life changer + EXCELLENT! + Best. Book. Ever. + Just what American Needs
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Zodiac 92 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.
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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.
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The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements 10 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.
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The Story of B 139 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.
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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
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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
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The Man Who Planted Trees, 20th Anniversary 4 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
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My Ishmael 93 reviews Daniel Quinn
Bantam, 1998
My Ishmael
+ Not Ishmael + Excellent Follow-Up to Ishmael + Ishmael review + new tribal revolution
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Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet 17 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
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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 ...
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