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Our Native Bees: North America’s Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them
Buy At AmazonOur Native Bees: North America’s Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them by Paige Embry engages and entertains because Embry clearly loves bees. Written in story form with accessible and entertaining bee facts that woo the reader to love and care for bees, not only because we need them but also because bees are great! Thinking about beginning beekeeping? Kit’s available at time of posting.
“Embry’s writing style is superbly suited to her task. Her friendly, humor-filled prose. . . makes the book particularly inviting to newcomers to the subject.” —The Well-Read Naturalist
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Animals and People, Anthology by Orion
Buy At AmazonAnimals and People doesn’t pretend to have answers as to how to consider relationships that include love, servitude, and consummation—yet it’s impossible to consider these beautiful and smart essays without chewing on enlightening perspectives and taking them in. Some of Orion’s best writers offer beautiful and thoughtful prose. I read it on a train, and the traveling time was well spent.
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Friends: Voices on the Gift of Companionship
Buy At AmazonThis anthology was created to explore the reality of friendships. It’s startlingly authentic, and the reader experiences the many types of friendship with a deeper appreciation of companionship and comradery. The introduction asserts “if someone gave you this book, they probably cherish you.” A great gift for the friends you cherish. Friends: Voices on the gift of Companionship, by Amy Lou Jenkins et.al. — “It’s the book you reach for when you need to feel connected to humanity.” _Skye McDonald author of the Anti-Belle series
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Chicken Soup for the Caregiver’s Soul
Buy At AmazonCaring for others is hard work and an act of love. These stories celebrate and perhaps replenish the caregiver. Literary types may put their noses in the air about Chicken Soup books; too much “feel good” writing has to be shallow. Right? In this case “no.” The stories do have an overall uplifting vibe, but real hardships and truths are explored. For busy caregivers, these short personal essays build connections to transcendent themes.
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Corners: Voices on Change
Buy At AmazonWe all face corners. We have to turn. We must make accommodations, or we get stuck clinging to beliefs and ways of life that can no longer sustain us. The beauty in these very human stories is laden with honesty, triumph, humor, resignation, comfort, and insight.
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The Maternal is Political
Buy At AmazonWomen have their say about systems and thinking while advocating to make the world, their communities, and their families a more equitable place to thrive. Essay authors include Benazir Bhutto, Amy Lou Jenkins, Anne Lamott, Nancy Pelosi, and Anna Quindlen. Bold and necessary.
