Now I'm getting the chance to read books I didn't have time for before. Think of me whenever you see the slogan "So many books, so little time!" Now I've got the time.  Cheers, Fred.

Essays

Notes from No Man’s Land: American Essays

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Book Number: 
331
Date Fred Read: 
November 2009
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Eula Biss
Total Pages: 
199
Publisher: 
Graywolf Press
Year: 
2009

Eula Biss has an MFA from the University of Iowa, teaches non-fiction writing at Northwestern University, and is co-editor of Essay Press. Some of these essays have appeared in magazines. She won the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize for this essay collection.  Read more

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Mysteries of the World: Unexplained Wonders and Mysterious Phenomena

Book Number: 
292
Date Fred Read: 
February 2009
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Herbert Genzmer
Author: 
Ulrich Hellenbrand
Total Pages: 
311
Publisher: 
Parragon Inc; 1st American Edition
Year: 
2007

Herbert Genzmer is an author of non-fiction, novels, anthologies and biographies. Ulrich Hellenbrand is a freelance author of numerous books and is a journalist. He has written screenplays and radio plays. This was a gift book.  Read more

We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness

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Book Number: 
287
Date Fred Read: 
January 2009
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Alice Walker
Total Pages: 
251
Publisher: 
George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Year: 
2007

Alice Walker is well known for her literary fiction (with a Pulitzer Prize for “The Color Purple”), many volumes of poetry, and powerful non-fiction collections. Her advocacy for the dispossessed has spaned the globe. This was a NYT bestseller.  Read more

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The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class

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Book Number: 
221
Date Fred Read: 
September 2007
Fred's Rating: 
5
Total Pages: 
365
Publisher: 
Rodale Books; Rough cut edition
Year: 
2006

David S. Kidder has written for the NYT, the WSJ, USA Today and other publications. Noah D. Oppenheim, a producer of NBC’s Today show, has written for Esquire, the WSJ, Men’s Health, and the Weekly Standard.  Read more

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The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupify

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Book Number: 
143
Date Fred Read: 
January 2006
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Rick Beyer
Total Pages: 
199
Publisher: 
Collins
Year: 
2003

Rick Beyer is executive producer of the Smash Entertainment Group that produced numerous documentary projects for The History Channel. This, his second book, has over 200 illustrations. Both books are based on the Timelab 2000 History Minutes hosted by Sam Waterston on The History Channel.  Read more

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Poems for a Good and Happy Life

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Book Number: 
131
Date Fred Read: 
November 2005
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Myrna Reid Grant
Total Pages: 
281
Publisher: 
Gramercy Books
Year: 
1999

Myrna Reid Grant is an Associate Professor at Wheaton Graduate School and wrote numerous books and magazine articles. She compiled and introduced the poets in this book, given to me Christmas 2004 by my wife, but we misplaced it and only recently found it.  Read more

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The Little ZEN Companion

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Book Number: 
112
Date Fred Read: 
July 2005
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
David Schiller
Total Pages: 
379
Publisher: 
Workman Publishing Company; First Edition
Year: 
1994

David Schiller specializes in “companion” books or calendars. He organizes, compiles, edits or arranges rather than write. This “little” book was a Christmas gift to me. It’s about 3” high, 3” wide and 1” thick, with single “sayings” per page and font adjusted to “fit” the page.  Read more

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Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer

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Book Number: 
110
Date Fred Read: 
June 2005
Fred's Rating: 
5
Total Pages: 
330
Publisher: 
Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Year: 
2005

In addition to these essays by editor Sam M. Intrator, this book contains 9 pp of Parker J. Palmer Resources and Bibliography, 1 pp on Intrator and 6 pp of brief biographies on the 31 essay contributors.  Read more

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Sisters of the Earth: Women’s Prose and Poetry About Nature

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Book Number: 
61
Date Fred Read: 
December 2003
Fred's Rating: 
3
Total Pages: 
372
Publisher: 
Vintage; 1st edition
Year: 
1991

In these nature essays Lorraine Anderson, editor asks if “a woman’s view of nature,” is distinct from those of male nature writers like Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau, Muir, Leopold, Stegner or Abbey.  Read more

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A Cherokee Feast of Days: Daily Meditations

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Book Number: 
60
Date Fred Read: 
November 2003
Fred's Rating: 
4
Total Pages: 
403
Publisher: 
Council Oak Books; 1 edition
Year: 
1995

Joyce Sequichie Hifler writes about her own rich Cherokee heritage and that of other tribes. She is the author of an inspirational column Think on These Things. This book is an appreciated gift.  Read more

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