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Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness© 1968 Edward Abbey269 pages Journey to the expansive southwestern American desert and take it in — the vast stretches of open ground, bounded by mountains and broken by marvelously intriguing rock formations that … Continue reading
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Tagged American West, Edward Abbey, essays, Nature, social criticism, Society and Culture
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Famous at Last
Today a patron at the library told me that I was famous — and so I walked downstairs to find myself on the corner of the front page of the Selma Times-Journal. I don’t think I’ve ever posted my picture … Continue reading
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Outbound Flight
Star Wars: Outbound Flight© 2006 Timothy Zahn464 pages Five years after his ascendacy to leadership of the Republic, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine endorsed an extraordinary project: the launching of a flotilla of ships into the far expanses of space, on a … Continue reading
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
A Journey to the Center of the Earth© 1864 Jules Verne291 pages “Is the Master out of his mind?” she asked me.I nodded.“And he’s taking you with him?”I nodded again.“Where?” she asked.I pointed towards the center of the Earth.“Into the … Continue reading
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Tagged "classic", adventure, Classics and Literary, Jules Verne, science fiction, vintage SF
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Reporter
Reporter: Covering Civil Rights…and Wrongs in Dixie© 2006 Alvin Benn388 pages When a young Alvin Benn left the Marine Corps to beome a civilian editor working with United Press International, he was asked by UPC’s vice president where he wanted … Continue reading
Siddhartha
Siddhartha© 1922 Hermann Hesse119 pages Once in India there lived a young man whose life was everything one might dream of. Not only did he come from a wealthy family, but people loved him for who he was; a handsome, … Continue reading
Death from the Skies!
Death from the Skies! These are the Ways the World Will End…© 2008 Phil Plait326 pages By anyone’s standards, 2011 was a banner year for disasters, with Earth’s ful inventory of catastrophes on display. Flooding, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, hurricanes, … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, cosmology, disaster, Phil Plait, science
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Do One Green Thing
Do One Green Thing: Saving the Earth through Simple, Everyday Choices© 2010 Mandy Pennybacker270 pages Environmentalism, once the province of hippies and college students on the fringe in the 1970s, is finally percolating into the national consciousness. It’s never been more … Continue reading
This Week at the Library (25 January)
Pending Reviews: How the Mind Works, Steven Pinker; If Walls Could Talk, Lucy WorsleyCurrently Reading: Death from the Skies!, Phil Plait; The Fabric of the Cosmos, Brian GreenePotentials: Sharpe’s Regiment, Bernard Cornwell =============T=H=E===W=E=E=K===I=N===Q=U=O=T=E=S=========== One Victorian cartoon shows a desperate father … Continue reading
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