Sunday, May 14, 2023

Sunday, April 2, 2023

On 5/14 we start Biohack Your Brain

 On 5/14 we start Biohack Your Brain: How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power by Kristen Willeumier

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5/14/2360
5/21/236123
5/28/239181
6/4/23finishfinish

Sunday, January 29, 2023

On March 26 we start the Moral Animal by Robert Wright

On March 26 we start the Moral Animal by Robert Wright 

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3/26/23355
4/2/235108
4/9/237155
4/16/2310210
4/23/2313263
4/30/2316327
5/7/23endend

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

On Dec 18 we start Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

 On Dec 18 we start Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

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12/18/2262Tending Sweetgrass
12/25/22skipskip
1/1/23120Picking Sweetgrass
1/8/23175The Honorable Harvest
1/15/23223Sitting in a Circle
1/29/23277Old Growth Children
2/5/23341People of Corn, People of Light
2/12/23385end


Monday, October 3, 2022

Voting list

 These are the books provided that we will vote to read

title and authordescriptionproposedpricerank
Biohack Your Brain: How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power by Kristen Willeumierreveals how you can change your brain by making simple and easy modifications to your lifestyle. Combining clinical experience with revolutionary science, she details how biohacking your brain can boost your cognitive performance and so much more.Jim$72
The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology by Robert Wrightunveils the genetic strategies behind everything from our sexual preferences to our office politics--as well as their implications for our moral codes and public policiesKevin$22
RISING TIDE: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America. By John M. Barry.Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of almost one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of African Americans north, and transformed American society and politics foreverKevin$26
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY. By Jean-Dominique BaubyBauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letterKevin$15
FERMAT'S ENIGMA: The Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem. By Simon Singhstory of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematicsKevin$14
HOW THE MIND WORKS. By Steven Pinker.explanations of our mental life from cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and other fields to explain what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and contemplate the mysteries of life.Kevin$22
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmererreflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in returnMarcella$111
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaportaprovides a new model for our everyday lives. Rich in ideas and inspiration, it explains how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about talking to everyone and listening carefully. It’s about finding different ways to look at things.Marcella163

Monday, September 19, 2022

We Start The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson On 10/16

 We Start The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson On 10/16

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10/16/227
10/23/2213
11/6/2215
11/20/22end

Thursday, August 18, 2022

We start The Swerve Book by Stephen Greenblatt on 9/18

 We start The Swerve Book by Stephen Greenblatt on 9/18

We will read up until

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9/18/223
9/25/225
10/2/227
10/9/22end