April, 2016 Non-Fiction Titles we are reading
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22wonderY
Slowly absorbing the subtle clarity of Marilynne Robinson's Absence of Mind.
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Just finished Consumed by Sarah Elton
42wonderY
>3 Jacksonian: I see you rated it midway. What are the book's strengths and weaknesses? Would you recommend it?
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>4 2wonderY: The premise of this book is that by the year 2050 our current agricultural system will be unable to feed our expected population of nine billion people worldwide. Elton's suggestions include: moving to sustainable agricultural systems, saving our heritage and landrace seeds, and adopting a more local food culture.
As far as strengths and weaknesses, the book is informative, quite interesting and although studded with statistics easy to follow along. However, Elton's first and third suggestions seem to overlap a bit and she sometimes veers too far into her "local stories." I'd recommend it if you're interested in the future of the world's fragile agriculture as well as books like The Omnivore's Dilemma and Plenty.
As far as strengths and weaknesses, the book is informative, quite interesting and although studded with statistics easy to follow along. However, Elton's first and third suggestions seem to overlap a bit and she sometimes veers too far into her "local stories." I'd recommend it if you're interested in the future of the world's fragile agriculture as well as books like The Omnivore's Dilemma and Plenty.
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Finished Plenty by Alisa Smith
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Just finished The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
8paradoxosalpha
Having finished and reviewed The Shadow Club, I've now started on Natural Right and History by Leo Strauss.
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Finished The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
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Finished The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton by Jeremy Clay
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Finished The Floating Brothel by Sian Rees
12Jestak
I recently finished Concrete Economics by Stephen S. Cohen and Brad DeLong and Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones.
Current reading includes The Price of Thirst by Karen Piper and The Third Reich in History and Memory by Richard Evans.
Current reading includes The Price of Thirst by Karen Piper and The Third Reich in History and Memory by Richard Evans.
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Just finished Tomorrowland by Steven Kotler
14LynnB
I'm reading Two Freedoms: Canada's Global Future by Hugh Segal
15slug9000
I just finished Give a Boy a Gun, which I enjoyed, and now I'm onto The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which I am FLYING through because it is such an engaging read.
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Finished You Could Look It Up by Jack Lynch
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Just finished The Guinea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs
18LyzzyBee
I'm enjoying A Well-Rounded Life, a very good political biography.
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Finished Candyfreak by Steve Almond
20tropics
Fascinated by the explorations and important contributions of this famous naturalist, engagingly described in The Invention Of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf.