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Sharman’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Sharman’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Sharman Apt Russell’s Followers (263)
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Sharman Apt Russell
Goodreads Author
Born
in Edwards Air Force Base, California, The United States
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https://www.goodreads.com/sharmanaptrussell
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Hunger: An Unnatural History
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2005
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An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect
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2003
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19 editions
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Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist
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2008
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12 editions
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Knocking on Heaven's Door
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2016
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4 editions
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Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers
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2001
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18 editions
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Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World
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2014
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7 editions
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The Last Matriarch
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2000
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Within Our Grasp: Childhood Malnutrition Worldwide and the Revolution Taking Place to End It
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Teresa of the New World
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2015
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5 editions
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Songs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the Southwest
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1991
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10 editions
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Walking her dogs
I live in southwestern New Mexico, just a few miles from the three million-acre Gila National Forest and Gila Wilderness, America’s first wilderness, designated in 1924. The animals who might call this public land their home don’t consider anything around here not their home. They travel purposefully over hills and into canyons, down the Gila River, up the Gila River, across fields, through my yar
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“In the second century A.D. the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius may have best defined pantheism when he wrote, “Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.”
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“I feel the need to fall in love with the world, to forge that relationship ever more strongly. But maybe I don’t have to work so hard. I have thought nature indifferent to humans, to one more human, but maybe the reverse is true. Maybe the world is already in love, giving us these gifts all the time—the glimpse of a fox, tracks in the sand, a breeze, a flower--calling out all the time: take this. And this. And this. Don’t turn away.”
― Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World
― Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World
“In famine, a focus on women and children highlights biology: here is a mother who cannot feed her child, a breakdown in the natural order of life. This focus obscures who and what is to blame for the famine, politically and economically, and can lead to the belief that a biological response, more food, will solve the problem.”
― Hunger: An Unnatural History
― Hunger: An Unnatural History
Topics Mentioning This Author
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Science and Natur...:
Group Read Nominations for February 2015
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6 | 49 | Jan 22, 2015 11:16AM | |
| The Seasonal Read...: 10.7 - You Can Do It! | 39 | 149 | Feb 09, 2015 08:13PM | |
| Nature Literature: February suggestions - 2015 | 11 | 29 | Feb 28, 2015 02:29PM | |
| Nature Literature: Diary of a Citizen Scientist discussion | 58 | 38 | Mar 10, 2015 03:05PM | |
| College Students! : Fall/Winter 2014-2015: Leaderboard and Completed Tasks | 164 | 106 | Mar 13, 2015 10:23AM | |
| Science and Natur...: June 2015: Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World | 3 | 23 | Jun 29, 2015 04:22AM | |
| Apocalypse Whenever: October giveaway: "Teresa of the New World" by Sharman Apt Russell | 13 | 46 | Nov 03, 2015 08:52AM | |
| 2025 & 2026 Readi...: September - Back to School | 166 | 231 | Oct 02, 2017 09:29PM |
“In the second century A.D. the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius may have best defined pantheism when he wrote, “Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.”
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“I feel the need to fall in love with the world, to forge that relationship ever more strongly. But maybe I don’t have to work so hard. I have thought nature indifferent to humans, to one more human, but maybe the reverse is true. Maybe the world is already in love, giving us these gifts all the time—the glimpse of a fox, tracks in the sand, a breeze, a flower--calling out all the time: take this. And this. And this. Don’t turn away.”
― Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World
― Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World
“The women in the kitchen sang: Sarampión toca la puerta. Viruela dice: ¿Quién es? Y Escarlatina contesta: ¡Aquí estamos los tres! The cook would sometimes shout a little madly, “Sing it again!” And the women would sing again: Measles knocks at the door. Smallpox asks, Who’s there? And Scarlet Fever replies: All three of us are here!”
― Teresa of the New World
― Teresa of the New World
“Now she could smell what the jaguar could smell, odors deeper and richer than anything she had experienced before, layers of smell she could read like Fray Tomás had read the words in her father’s book: the wet decay of leaves, the death fear of a mouse, the poisonous cloy of datura, water and mud and insects, the wind carrying the smell of other animals, the wind itself, and the girl, of course, always the girl with her juicy flesh. The girl smelled incredibly good. Should the jaguar do this? Should Teresa eat herself?”
― Teresa of the New World
― Teresa of the New World
“Cabeza de Vaca had wrapped her in his arms and in his language, whispering about a life she did not understand although understanding seemed to form just beyond the sea and sand, waiting there for her to grow older. Even when the story confused her, she had caught words or phrases, ideas like fish, bold and surprising, tasting of her father’s mind. She had learned quickly to nod and speak because he needed her to do this, because his need surrounded her like the blue sky. She was his bastard, and he had loved her. Yes, he had loved her. That was the memory she couldn’t bear.”
― Teresa of the New World
― Teresa of the New World
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Nature Literature
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Prehistoric Fiction Writers and Readers Campfire
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Conversation: Why Do We Write and Read?
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Conversation this November 24, 5-8 p.m., on why we write and why we read, facilitated by author Sharman Apt Russell. Writing is discovery of the sel ...more
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Hello, thanks for the friend request and the book club! I'm not very active on goodreads to be honest, but I'll check in from time to time! Oh, and your works sound very interesting - definitely on my to-read list! :)
Thanks for 'friending' me and inviting me to the book club! I'm looking forward to some interesting discussions, though I might not be able to participate very often.:)
Hi!Thanks for adding me and for letting me know about the book club!
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