Comments on The Green Phone Booth: Superhero Secrets: Spring Reading

I'm just finishing up "This Organic Life&...

2010-03-21T20:13:50.114-07:00

I'm just finishing up "This Organic Life" and have several more to be read on my bookshelf. "Coming Home to Eat" sounds like another good one to add to my pile.

I have the same problem with too many books on my ...

2010-03-21T15:31:44.622-07:00

I have the same problem with too many books on my "to-read" list. This is the list I made at the beginning of the year:

# Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

# Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping

# Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times

# Where Am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes

# Practically Green: Your Guide to EcoFriendly Decision Making

# Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee

And I'd also like to read the book on Umbra Fisk's book club - Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money

Not quite as much along our usual lines, but if yo...

2010-03-21T05:51:09.145-07:00

Not quite as much along our usual lines, but if you're interested in that whole sacred/scientific time/creation concept, I'd highly recommend "The Universe Story" by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry--they look at creation from the Big Bang to the present shift from the Cenozoic to what they call the "Ecozoic" era, and humanity's place in it. A little "woo woo" from time to time, but it's also well-grounded in science--and from a theological standpoint, though I can't remark on other faiths, the Catholic Church at least considers these guys to be fairly in-line, and the Catholic church is not known for their tolerance of "out there" theologies--and yet it's not Cathlo-centric at ALL. And it's very lovely writing, easy to read, not too pedantic and preachy...

FWIW!
--Jenn