Book Review: Rough Magic
I recently read Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer. The book is the author’s account of her win in the 2013 Mongolia Derby …
Book Review: Soulful Simplicity
It’s not simple to simplify. The author believes that simplifying your life is “like exercise when you have to keep practicing, keep …
In the News this Week: Plastic
By Earth Day, April 22, 2020, Maine will ban all single-use plastic bags in grocery stores. Maine will be joining California, New …
Book Review: Treating People Well
Civility is a hot topic, and the library has been purchasing lots of books to help you improve your skills. This is …
Book Review: Return of the Wolf
“A wolf is both hunter and hunted.” Reintroducing wolves into areas where they were once numerous is a controversial action. Even without …
Book Review: Early Rock Art of the American West
Arizona is a treasure trove of rock art, including carved petroglyphs and painted pictographs. Much of the popular interest and scholarly study …
Book Review: 50 Art Movements You Should Know
The art world is full of “isms”: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Expressionism and Neo-Expressionism. And how about Pointillism, Futurism and Suprematism? This book …
Book Review: Craft Beef
Whether or not to eat beef is probably the most problematic issue for folks who think deeply about their food. This book …
Book Review: Happiness in America
Are Americans happy? What are the conditions for happiness? Those are the perennially challenging questions that Lawrence Samuel examines in Happiness in …
In the News this Week: Mount Everest
Climbing to the peak of Mt. Everest might be on many people’s bucket lists. However, after eleven deaths already reported this season, …