April, 2016 Non-Fiction Titles we are reading

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April, 2016 Non-Fiction Titles we are reading

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22wonderY
Abr 7, 2016, 3:50 pm

Slowly absorbing the subtle clarity of Marilynne Robinson's Absence of Mind.

3Jacksonian
Abr 8, 2016, 1:16 pm

Just finished Consumed by Sarah Elton

42wonderY
Abr 8, 2016, 1:47 pm

>3 Jacksonian: I see you rated it midway. What are the book's strengths and weaknesses? Would you recommend it?

5Jacksonian
Abr 10, 2016, 3:12 am

>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.

6Jacksonian
Abr 10, 2016, 3:16 am

Finished Plenty by Alisa Smith

7Jacksonian
Abr 12, 2016, 9:33 pm

Just finished The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs

8paradoxosalpha
Abr 13, 2016, 9:37 am

Having finished and reviewed The Shadow Club, I've now started on Natural Right and History by Leo Strauss.

9Jacksonian
Abr 15, 2016, 10:20 am

10Jacksonian
Abr 18, 2016, 10:01 am

11Jacksonian
Abr 20, 2016, 7:19 pm

12Jestak
Abr 22, 2016, 12:45 am

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.

13Jacksonian
Abr 23, 2016, 10:03 am

Just finished Tomorrowland by Steven Kotler

14LynnB
Abr 26, 2016, 8:36 am

I'm reading Two Freedoms: Canada's Global Future by Hugh Segal

15slug9000
Abr 26, 2016, 1:31 pm

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.

16Jacksonian
Abr 26, 2016, 2:23 pm

17Jacksonian
Abr 26, 2016, 7:33 pm

18LyzzyBee
Abr 27, 2016, 6:43 am

I'm enjoying A Well-Rounded Life, a very good political biography.

19Jacksonian
Abr 27, 2016, 5:11 pm

20tropics
Abr 28, 2016, 12:12 pm

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.