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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Interesting and Amazing

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AnonymousFebruary 7, 2009 at 9:44 PM
As a teacher of reading, I've always been amazed at the truth of that idea. The only time I don't think it applies is when someone is learning to read.
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William KruidenierFebruary 7, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Good point, Anonymous!
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The Bible

Currently Reading:

•The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First by Mayk Hyman, M.D.

•Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by N. T. Wright

Finished Reading:

•Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism, The Belief System that Enables Us to Eat Some Animals and Not Others by Melanie Joy, PhD

•1066: The Year of the Conquest by David Howarth

•With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda

•The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them by Susan Allport

•Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse by Michael Korda

Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter by Frank Deford

The Omega-3 Connection by Andrew L. Stoll, M.D.

The Instinct to Heal: Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD

Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin

The Last Goodbye: On Life, Death, Healing, & Cancer by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD

Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters by N. T. Wright

Will Power: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney

Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works by Atina Diffley

Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France by Peter Mayle

French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle

Fasting Can Save Your Life by Herbert Shelton

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri J. M. Nouwen

Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle

Provence A-Z by Peter Mayle

Alzheimer's Disease: What If There Was a Cure? The Story of Ketones by Mary Newport, M.D.

A Good Year by Peter Mayle

A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle

Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir by Carolyn Weber

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Bartlett

The Ultimate Prescription: What the Medical Profession Isn't Telling You by James L. Marcum, MD

The Pleasure Trap by Douglas Lisle and Alan Goldhamer

A Year in the Village of Eternity: The Lifestyle of Longevity in Campodimele, Italy by Tracey Lawson

At Ease: Stories I Tell Friends by Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Pleasure Trap by Douglas Lisle and Alan Goldhamer

Fasting and Eating for Health by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Beautiful Outlaw—Experiencing the Playful, Disruptive, Extravagant Personality of Jesus by John Eldredge

Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis

The Rice Diet Solution by Kitty Rosati and Robert Rosati, M.D.

Fyodor Dostoevsky by Peter Leithart

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin

The Pritikin Edge: 10 Essential Ingredients for a Long and Delicious Life by Robert A. Vogel and Paul T. Lehr

Raising the Dead: A Doctor Encounters the Miraculous by Chauncey W. Crandall IV, M.D.

The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni

Three books by Seth Godin:

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

Small Is the New Big

Poke the Box

Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-based Diet by Jack Norris and Virginia Messina.

Getting it Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious About Serious Books by William Germano

Old Southern Apples: A Comprehensive History and Description of Varieties for Collectors, Growers, adn Fruit Enthusiasts (rev. and expanded) by Creighton Lee Calhoun, Jr.

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs

Chasing Francis: A Novel by Ian Morgan Cron

George MacDonald: Images of His World by Rolland Hein and Larry E. Fink

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me: A Memoir of Sorts by Ian Morgan Cron

The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis

Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World by Kathy Freston

21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health by Neal D. Barnard

The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle by Steven Pressfield

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France by Georgeanne Brennan

Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott

Jazz Notes: Improvisations on Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life by Donald Miller

Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived by Rob Bell

Unconditional Good News: Toward an Understanding of Biblical Universalism by Neal Punt

Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals by Stephen E. Ambrose

Guitar Lessons: A Life's Journey Turning Passion into Business by Bob Taylor

To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian by Stephen Ambrose

The Rural Life by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Making Hay by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by David Platt

The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family by Jim Minick

The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball

We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

My Reading Life by Pat Conroy

The Town that Food Saved by Ben Hewitt

The Craggy Hole in My Heart and the Cat Who Fixed It by Geneen Roth

Women Food and God by Geneen Roth

Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods by Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian

The Man Who Listens to Horses: The Story of a Real Life Horse Whisperer by Monty Roberts

The Jungle Effect: A Doctor Discovers the Healthiest Diets from Around the Word—Why They Work and How to Bring Them Home by Daphne Miller, M.D.

A Sand County Almanac—and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold

Made for Each Other—The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond by Meg Daley Olmert

Irish History by Séamas Mac Anaidh

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Thrive—The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life by Brendan Brazier

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Raw by Mark Reinfeld, Bo Rinaldi, and Jennifer Murray

The Conscious Cook by Tal Ronnen
The Extended Circle—A Commonplace Book of Animal Rights edited by Jon Wynne-Tyson

Bringing It to the Table by Wendell Berry

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty

Strangers in the Valley—The Story of Malabar in Brazil by Ellen Bromfield Geld

Continuing the Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing

This Organic Life by Joan Dye Gussow

Slow Money by Woody Tasch

Vegan—The New Ethics of Eating (rev. ed.) by Erik Marcus

The Healthy Hunzas by J. I. Rodale
Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy

Vegetarians and Vegans in America Today by Karen Iacobbo and Michael Iacobbo

Out of the Earth by Louis Bromfield

From My Experience by Louis Bromfield

The Farm by Louis Bromfield

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

The Heritage by Ellen Bromfield Geld

Loving and Leaving the Good Life by Helen Nearing

No More Bull! by Howard Lyman

Organic, Inc. by Samuel Fromartz

Food Matters by Mark Bittman

The Winter Harvest Handbook by Eliot Coleman
Foods to Fight Cancer by Richard Beliveau and Denis Gingras
The Face on Your Plate by Jeffrey Masson
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon by Jeffrey Masson
When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Masson
Dogs Never Lie About Love by Jeffrey Masson
Quantum Wellness by Kathy Freston
Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin
Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin
Pleasant Valley by Louis Bromfield
Malabar Farm by Louis Bromfield
Farm Sanctuary by Gene Baur
Eat for Health, Vol. 1, 2 by Joel Fuhrman

Hopefully Reading:

The books of Andrew Linzey, the foremost author of works on animal welfare (and thus a vegan lifestyle) from a Christian/biblical perspective (as author, editor, or co-author/editor):

•Christianity and the Rights of Animals
•Creatures of the Same God—Explorations in Animal Theology
•Animal Gospel
•Animals on the Agenda
•After Noah—Animals and the Liberation of Theology
•Animal Theology
•Animal Rights—A Historical Anthology
•Animals and Christianity—A Book of Readings
•Why Animal Suffering Matters—Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics
•Animal Rites—Litergies of Animal Care

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