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Seasons of Reading
We mark the passage of time by the books we re-read
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What I Read Q1 2025
Sherlock Holmes; on Japanese Folk Crafts; Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; a Unique "Gospel"; on Yoga and Traditionalism
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The Greatest Soldier Eisenhower Ever Knew
Steven Rabalais examines to stellar life and profound influence of Major General Fox Conner
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Ornithologist Sophie Osborn on the Joys, Trials, Trails, and Tears of Saving Endangered Birds
"I always felt like I was doing something of value and importance"
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A Beautiful Conversation With Author and Pediatrician Sherry Shenoda
How her medical work with children impacts her approach to writing, her novel The Lightkeeper, and keeping poetry in our lives
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A Mother's Story
Reflections on my 29th annual reading of A Christmas Carol
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All the Books I Read in 2024
Too Many Books, Too Little Time. Again.
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A Conversation With Henry Oliver About Late Bloomers
Lessons from people who succeed when no one expects them to
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The Dangers of Undervaluing Reality
Thucydides and Hermann Hesse have warned us
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A Conversation with Publishing Maverick Ellen Fishbein
At the publishing frontier, fighting fluff, and her “personal bible”
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What Do Dwight Eisenhower, Frank Lloyd Wright, Maya Angelou and Ray Kroc Have in Common?
Second Act -- Henry Oliver's book on "late bloomers" -- comes out in the US today
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When You Eat a Mummy, You Desecrate a Land and Destroy a Soul
A conversation with Egyptian-American poet Sherry Shenoda
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