Review:For those of us who have always thought of leaving the hectic city life + going into love of the land farming, this book will set you straight. Honest + raw, well written, it sets you straight as to the labor of love and incredible amount of hard work that makes a small farm viable. Really a great story, I wish them much success! Read more

Review:I do like Elizabeth Warren and support her drive to protect middle class America so I read through this entire book. It was faster than you might think since the last 40% is just citations for quotes. It is easy to see her passion but I didn't find much new here. The videos of her questions at the Senate hearings over the past year seemed much more to the point. Read more

Review:I have begun reading the literature of death and dying to prepare myself for the death of a loved one. All my life I have struggled with the thought of losing her, and now it appears that time may be coming quickly. I enjoyed most of this book, especially the talk of the Stages, but I found some of the use of the royal "We" that EKR uses to be off-putting. But, I'm sure that was the way to write at the time. The book has been a good introduction to the topic, and will help me as I continue learn... Read more

Review:Well done, Anne. This book captures the real Russia that is often not described in the news media. Anne made a wise choice to get well off the beaten path in Russia to research her story subject and characters. My takeaway: Russians are not all that different from Americans. They want improvements in their lives as we do but their existence has been shaped by their unstable and corrupt politics. Anne describes it with personal experience, emotion, and expertise.
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Review:Maggie Callanan, along with Patricia Kelley, wrote “Final Gifts”, a groundbreaking book about how people die. “Final Journeys” is a companion book and focuses on the care giver’s role and how they can best help the dying and take care of themselves at the same time. She explains how entering hospice care is not ‘giving up’, what paperwork the dying (which is all of us, really) should have completed to make things easier for themselves and their loved ones, that it’s okay for the dying and the fa... Read more

Review:Alvin Morrow explains the methods of the Willie Lynch Letter in terms that anyone can understand. The ability to break down these effects are uncanning. With each new chapter, Black men and women are able to see how these brutal mental conditioning methods first used in slavery, affect each Black person today. Also, honest solutions are provided to promote unity, allow for healing, and ultimately freedom from these damaging mentalities.

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Review:Interesting book and premise. Race batters like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson & more have found their fortune in keeping the cry of racism alive & well. Basically this book makes the case of how the media helps to keep it that way. Well written short & to the point. When you check out the statistics offered, you'll get the point. Read more

Review:The firefox series continues to amaze me with it's simplicity and beautiful documentation of the Mountain life style. The other lesson is that we all need to pass forward what we have learned and loved to the next generation and the next and the next ... Picking up the earlier FF books is well worthwhile, every one a jewel. Read more

Review:The Foxfire Project is momentious and if you notice you are missing one or three in the set, having loaned them, it's wise to replace these missing gems of mountain pioneering and lossed skills. Mighty fine reading next to the bed. Read more

Review:White Like Me takes no prisoners in exposing this country's sordid racial history and its present-day vestiges, which every thinking person should realize are alive and well—thriving, in fact, under this current administration. He takes an admittedly squirm-worthy subject and makes it superbly understandable through his user-friendly, almost "folksy" chronicle of his personal life experiences of white privilege. I couldn't put this book down, which is usually not the case for me with non-fiction... Read more