I’ve been totally engrossed by this book the last few days as I learn about C-sections, colon resections, trauma surgery and liver transplants. Human beings have an amazing ability to heal and not heal.
For a Future to be Possible by Thich Nhat Hanh
January 21, 2011
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This is a practical book on ethics which I wish my ecological-minded friends would read. It will be worth reading again
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The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
January 14, 2011
The Post-American World (Paperback) by Fareed Zakaria
February 5, 2010 |
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The United States is no longer the center of the world, rather we are becoming multi-polar with China and India playing increasingly more important roles.
Small Holes in the Silence: Short Stories (Paperback) by Patricia Grace
January 21, 2010
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In this book, Patricia Grace wrote a short story called “Eben” about a developmentally disabled man growing up in an orphanage and this woman comes to visit him but they won’t let her adopt him because she’s not married. But she can take him out for the weekend. So one weekend, after she gave notice at her job and her house, she picks him up and they move to a new city. They live together many years until she dies. For a while, he lives in an institution, and then is moved into a group. The whole story is a tribute to those 2 people.
Sarah Mapps Douglass, Faithful Attender of Quaker Meeting: View from the Back Bench by Margaret Hope Bacon
January 20, 2010| Sarah Mapps Douglass, Faithful Attender of Quaker Meeting: View from the Back Bench
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This is an important pamphlet to read especially for Quakers who think they aren’t racists.
Bulibasha King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera
January 19, 2010Bulibasha King of the Gypsies
by Witi Ihimaera
There are 40 million sheep in Aotearoa. There are sheep everywhere. This book about a boy coming of age and rebelling against an autocratic and vicious grandfather in a sheep-shearing father was a wonderful read during my time in New Zealand.
The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
January 17, 2010 |
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A young Chinese man with TB is sent to a small seaside village in Japan. He encounters the fellowship od suffering and he grows up.
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Potiki by Patricia Grace
December 25, 2009 |
Potiki (Talanoa : Contemporary Pacific Literature)
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Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa
This is a magical book. Toko-i-te-Marama has the gift of knowing and story telling. May he rule my heart.
