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Nancy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nancy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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The Story of Seeds: From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less to Eat Around the World
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2016
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Whales in the City
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Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel
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2017
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Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World
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2014
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The Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale: Restoring an Island Ecosystem
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Pizza for the Queen
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2005
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The Farm That Feeds Us: A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm
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Back from the Brink: Saving Animals from Extinction
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2018
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When the World Runs Dry: Earth's Water in Crisis
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2022
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Ada Lovelace
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Happy SEED SWAP DAY!
In light of the celebration of SEED SWAPPING DAY on January 31st, I'm posting this blog post again with a few updates -- so SEED ON!
"Here at the Seed Company, we sell only open-pollinated (OP) seeds, and many of these are heirlooms," begins Ken Greene in his most recent newsletter. "Unlike hybrid varieties, saved OP seeds will grow 'true to type' if you shoose to re-sow them the following sea
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Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion #1)
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Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion #1)
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“The first time Dr. Santos encountered the small, pink-faced monkeys, she was hooked. She tells the story of how one day she was sitting alone on the beach eating. A monkey came by and sat beside her with a piece of monkey chow. The two sat together eating.”
― Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel
― Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel
“Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.”
― When You Reach Me
― When You Reach Me
“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“People have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?"
"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."
"To establish ties?"
"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― The Little Prince
"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."
"To establish ties?"
"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― The Little Prince
Pleasant Valley Library Online Book Group
— 72 members
— last activity Dec 26, 2024 01:49PM
This is an online book club run by the Pleasant Valley Library. It is open to both library patrons, and anyone else who feels like joining in. The boo ...more
Eco-fiction
— 189 members
— last activity Jan 20, 2026 01:40PM
Ecofiction, eco-fiction, green fiction--call it what you will, I believe it's an up-and-coming genre. Looking for those who agree to share the books y ...more
YA Creative Nonfiction
— 17 members
— last activity Jan 09, 2014 07:32AM
To quote Lee Gutkind, "The goal [of creative nonfiction] is to make nonfiction stories read like fiction so that your readers are as enthralled by fact ...more
