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Favorite book by year it was read and by year published
By Year the Book Was Read – only have kept track since 2011 YEAR READ BOOK (YEAR PUBLISHED) AUTHOR 2024 2023 Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfires in the Boreal Forest (2021) Trina Moyles 2022 Everything Now: Lessons from … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, entertainment, fiction, fun, history, non-fiction, novels, reading, writing
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Review of “Inventing Los Alamos” – Atomic utopia and urban paradox
I just had the pleasure of reading a most interesting book entitled, Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community by Jon Hunner. Part historical account, part urban planning study, Inventing Los Alamos is a worthwhile read for anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged atomic age, books, cities, Cold War, environment, Jon Hunner, land use, literature, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, military, New Mexico, non-fiction, research, Science, technology, urban planning, utopia, writing
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Seeking happiness in ”The Geography of Bliss”
What do the Netherlands, Switzerland, Qatar, Iceland, Bhutan, Moldova, Thailand, India, Great Britain, and the United States all have in common? There are places that author Eric Weiner visited in his worldwide quest to determine the roots of true happiness … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, air travel, airports, Animals, art, book reviews, books, cities, civics, civility, coffee shops/cafes, Communications, culture, diversity, entertainment, family, geography, globalization, government, health, history, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, India, Language, literature, Love, peace, placemaking, planning, politics, poverty, reading, Science, Statistics, sustainability, third places, tourism, Travel, UK, writing
Tagged Bhutan, bliss, book reviews, books, Eric Weiner, fun, geography, happiness, Holland, Icaeland, India, literature, Moldova, Netherlands, non-fiction, Qatar, reading, Swiss, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, writing
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An outstanding book – “Nothing But Blue Skies”
It is difficult to describe how truly outstanding the book entitled Nothing But Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times, and Hopes of America’s Industrial Heartland is to read. As a nearly lifelong Rust Belt resident, I can attest to the fact that Edward … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, cars, Chicago, cities, Cleveland, Decatur, Detroit, Edward McClelland, Flint, labor, labor strife, Lansing, literature, non-fiction, Nothing But Blue Skies, Syracuse, Ted McClelland, writing
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