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#Book61
The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery
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#Book61
The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery
#Day21
A Land More Kind Than Home
By Wiley Cash
Performed by Lorna Raver, Mark Bramhall, and Nick Sullivan
A haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty & the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all; told from 3 points of view.
#Day21
A Land More Kind Than Home
By Wiley Cash
Performed by Lorna Raver, Mark Bramhall, and Nick Sullivan
A haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty & the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all; told from 3 points of view.
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#Book60
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
While re-reading this book for book club (>30 years after the fall of the USSR), I am appalled that I do not know which side our current president would support in a similar situation. Scary & sad.
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#Book60
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
While re-reading this book for book club (>30 years after the fall of the USSR), I am appalled that I do not know which side our current president would support in a similar situation. Scary & sad.
#Day20
The Testament of Mary
By Colm Toibin
Read by Meryl Streep
I love this beautiful fictional testament of the mother of Jesus and I love the voice of Meryl Streep who embodies Mary as she contemplates life after.
#Day20
The Testament of Mary
By Colm Toibin
Read by Meryl Streep
I love this beautiful fictional testament of the mother of Jesus and I love the voice of Meryl Streep who embodies Mary as she contemplates life after.
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#Book58
Eternal Life: A New Vision by John Shelby Spong
The author avers that by seeking God within, by living each day to its fullest, we will come to understand how we live eternally.
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#Book58
Eternal Life: A New Vision by John Shelby Spong
The author avers that by seeking God within, by living each day to its fullest, we will come to understand how we live eternally.
#Day19
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
A pioneer of plant communication & intelligence, Simard argues that trees are not simply a source of timber & pulp, but a complicated, interdependent circle of life.
#Day19
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
A pioneer of plant communication & intelligence, Simard argues that trees are not simply a source of timber & pulp, but a complicated, interdependent circle of life.
#SeriesSaturday
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#Book58
The Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart
A most magical retelling of the court of Camelot. When I first read it, I only knew it as a trilogy and later discovered The Wicked Day; The Prince and the Pilgrim hardly seems to belong.
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#Book58
The Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart
A most magical retelling of the court of Camelot. When I first read it, I only knew it as a trilogy and later discovered The Wicked Day; The Prince and the Pilgrim hardly seems to belong.
#Day18
The Tears of Autumn
By Charles McCarry
Read by Stefan Rudnicki
When President Kennedy is shot in Dallas, an American spy thinks he knows who and why. A look back at international intrigue in the days of the Cold War with a long gone viewpoint.
#Day18
The Tears of Autumn
By Charles McCarry
Read by Stefan Rudnicki
When President Kennedy is shot in Dallas, an American spy thinks he knows who and why. A look back at international intrigue in the days of the Cold War with a long gone viewpoint.
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#Book57
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative tells its mission: to defend the most desperate and in need: the poor, wrongly condemned, and trapped in our justice system.
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#Book57
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative tells its mission: to defend the most desperate and in need: the poor, wrongly condemned, and trapped in our justice system.
#Day17
Medicine Walk
By Richard Wagamese
Read by Tom Stechschulte
A deeply moving story of a father, dying of years of drink, who asks his estranged 16 year old son to take him into the mountains so he can be buried in the traditional Ojibway manner.
#Day17
Medicine Walk
By Richard Wagamese
Read by Tom Stechschulte
A deeply moving story of a father, dying of years of drink, who asks his estranged 16 year old son to take him into the mountains so he can be buried in the traditional Ojibway manner.
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#Book56
The City, Not Long After
By Pat Murphy
Written in 2005, this book tells of a San Francisco, not long after a global pandemic. I read it in 2016 and again recently. “A magical journey into what it means to survive.”
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#Book56
The City, Not Long After
By Pat Murphy
Written in 2005, this book tells of a San Francisco, not long after a global pandemic. I read it in 2016 and again recently. “A magical journey into what it means to survive.”
#Day16
Smilla’s Sense of Snow
By Peter Hoeg
Read by Alyssa Bresnahan
Murder mystery and so much more. Excellent in audio but this audioCD is all that is available. Considered America’s gateway drug to “Nordic Noir.” Written in 1992.
#Day16
Smilla’s Sense of Snow
By Peter Hoeg
Read by Alyssa Bresnahan
Murder mystery and so much more. Excellent in audio but this audioCD is all that is available. Considered America’s gateway drug to “Nordic Noir.” Written in 1992.
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#Book55
The Day Lincoln Was Shot by Jim Bishop
An excellent account of April 14, 1865, hour by hour from the start of Lincoln’s last day at work through his attendance at Ford’s Theater until his death early the next morning. Written in 1955.
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#Book55
The Day Lincoln Was Shot by Jim Bishop
An excellent account of April 14, 1865, hour by hour from the start of Lincoln’s last day at work through his attendance at Ford’s Theater until his death early the next morning. Written in 1955.
#Day15
Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security
by Sarah Chayes
Read by Sara Chayes
A former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains how corruption is not just a political nuisance, it’s a major source of geopolitical turmoil.
#Day15
Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security
by Sarah Chayes
Read by Sara Chayes
A former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains how corruption is not just a political nuisance, it’s a major source of geopolitical turmoil.
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#Book54
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
A chillingly plausible portrait of a military coup attempt by a mad ambitious US general asserting that only he can fix it. Think it can’t happen here? God, let’s hope not!
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#Book54
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
A chillingly plausible portrait of a military coup attempt by a mad ambitious US general asserting that only he can fix it. Think it can’t happen here? God, let’s hope not!
#Day14
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party
By Edward Dolnick
Read by Cassandra Campbell
The story of how paleontologists in the first half of the 19th century puzzled their way through the fossil record to create the story of dinosaurs we know today.
#Day14
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party
By Edward Dolnick
Read by Cassandra Campbell
The story of how paleontologists in the first half of the 19th century puzzled their way through the fossil record to create the story of dinosaurs we know today.
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#Book53
The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature by David George Haskell
A biologist uses a one- square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world.
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#Book53
The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature by David George Haskell
A biologist uses a one- square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world.
#Day13
Tom Lake
By Ann Patchett
Performed by Meryl Streep
I’ve already posted Tom Lake as a favorite book but I also MUST count it as one of my favorite audiobooks. Meryl Streep is such a wonderful reader! I heartily recommend.
#Day13
Tom Lake
By Ann Patchett
Performed by Meryl Streep
I’ve already posted Tom Lake as a favorite book but I also MUST count it as one of my favorite audiobooks. Meryl Streep is such a wonderful reader! I heartily recommend.
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#Book52
Giant by Edna Ferber
West Texas and the transition from ranch to oil rig with a healthy dose of romance, not to mention Texas coming to terms with class and race. And that big gorgeous movie with Dimitri Tiomkin’s luscious soundtrack!
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#Book52
Giant by Edna Ferber
West Texas and the transition from ranch to oil rig with a healthy dose of romance, not to mention Texas coming to terms with class and race. And that big gorgeous movie with Dimitri Tiomkin’s luscious soundtrack!
#Day12
Buffalo Girls
By Larry McMurtry
A fictionalized life of Martha Jane Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, interwoven with letters to her daughter…wait! What?
#Day12
Buffalo Girls
By Larry McMurtry
A fictionalized life of Martha Jane Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, interwoven with letters to her daughter…wait! What?
#SeriesSaturday
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#Book51
The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro
An excellent series of the life and times of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The first four books have been written but the fifth volume about the Vietnam War years—not yet.
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#Book51
The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro
An excellent series of the life and times of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The first four books have been written but the fifth volume about the Vietnam War years—not yet.
#Day11
The Princess Diarist
By Carrie Fisher
Read by Carrie Fisher
This one was a slam-dunk for me because I love Star Wars and I love Carrie Fisher. This was her third and final memoir and I will miss her voice!
#Day11
The Princess Diarist
By Carrie Fisher
Read by Carrie Fisher
This one was a slam-dunk for me because I love Star Wars and I love Carrie Fisher. This was her third and final memoir and I will miss her voice!
#Book50
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
A tender love story, a Chinese-Japanese Romeo and Juliet, set in Seattle at the beginning of World War II as Japanese-Americans were being sent to internment camps. Truly bitter sweet.
#Book50
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
A tender love story, a Chinese-Japanese Romeo and Juliet, set in Seattle at the beginning of World War II as Japanese-Americans were being sent to internment camps. Truly bitter sweet.
#Day10
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pencil Read by Ellen Archer
Screwball French comedy; great book club book!
#Day10
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pencil Read by Ellen Archer
Screwball French comedy; great book club book!
#Book49
The Women with Silver Wings by Katherine Sharp Landdeck
The inspiring story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
#Book49
The Women with Silver Wings by Katherine Sharp Landdeck
The inspiring story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II