Terry Pace
Gilead
By Marilynne Robinson Marilynne Robinson (1943) won the Pulitzer Prize for the book Gilead in 2004. Like all of Robinson's books this is...
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Terry Pace
Oct 13, 20202 min
When Breath Becomes Air
By Paul Kalanithi Dr. Paul Kalanthi, MD (RIP 1977 - 2015) wrote When Breath Becomes Air during the couple of years that he lived...
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Terry Pace
Oct 12, 20204 min
Jesus, Interrupted
By Bart D. Ehrman Published in 2009, this is an excellent book of New Testament scholarship. Ehrman grew up in the Christian Church and...
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Oct 9, 20203 min
The Home Place
By Wright Morris (RIP 1910 - 1998) Published in 1948, this book is a small hidden gem. Morris who grew up in Nebraska but later lived in...
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Oct 5, 20204 min
It Can't Happen Here
By Sinclair Lewis (RIP 1885 - 1951) Published in 1935, Lewis wrote this short novel in only a few months. This is not Lewis's best...
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Sep 11, 20202 min
A History of God: The 4,000 - Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam (1993).
By Karen Armstrong Karen Armstrong (1944) born in England during WWII and grew up Irish Catholic, becoming a nun at a young age. She...
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Sep 11, 20202 min
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2015)
By Yuval Noah Harari (Professor of History at Oxford and Hebrew Universities) If you are not a historical, anthropological or biological...
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Terry Pace
Jul 6, 20202 min
Bless Me Ultima
By Rudolfo Anaya Bless Me Ultima was published by Rudolofo Anaya in 1972. Anaya (RIP 1937-2020) wrote this book to honor his parents. I...
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Terry Pace
Jun 18, 20201 min
The Return
By Hisham Matar The Return (2017) by Hisham Matar (1970) won the Pulitzer Prize. It is an amazing book. Matar is an American born,...
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Terry Pace
May 30, 20204 min
Go Tell It On The Mountain
By James Baldwin Baldwin was born in 1924 in Harlem, New York. His first of many critically acclaimed books was the novel "Go Tell It On...
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May 12, 20202 min
Arctic Dreams
Arctic Dreams (1986) by Barry Lopez (1945) is a National Book Award winner. I have read many of Barry Lopez's books. Each one has it's...
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Apr 20, 20202 min
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
By Tracy Kidder The book Mountains Beyond Mountains was published in 2003, by the American writer, Tracy Kidder (1945). This is one of...
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Terry Pace
Apr 11, 20202 min
Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie
Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (1997) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (1939). Dunbar-Ortiz is a native of Oklahoma growing up here in the 1940's and...
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Terry Pace
Mar 31, 20203 min
Being Mortal
The book Being Mortal (2014) by Atul Gawande a physician and surgeon at Harvard Medical School is a close up look at aging and death as...
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Mar 19, 20201 min
Jayber Crow
Jayber Crow (2000) is a novel by Wendell Berry (1934). Berry is a classically trainer writer and American novelist. He is also a small...
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Mar 16, 20201 min
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections at 60 and Beyond
By Larry McMurtry (1936) wrote Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen (1999) while sitting at the Dairy Queen in his home town of Archer...
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Terry Pace
Mar 16, 20201 min
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
Illuminations is a posthumous book of collected essays written by Walter Benjamin (RIP 1892-1940). I have a 1968 version of the...
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Mar 3, 20201 min
Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps
Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps (2002) by Ted Kooser (1939) is a gentle journey among the hills and people of east central...
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Mar 2, 20201 min
Lives Other Than My Own
In Lives Other Than My Own (2009), Emannual Carrere (1957) writes of how empathy and understanding for others can provide healing and...
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Feb 8, 20201 min
From A Limestone Ledge
From a Limestone Ledge (1977) by John Graves (RIP 1920-2013) is a collection of essays about rural life in Texas in the 20th Century. ...
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