Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #23
There may be no job more difficult than raising a child. I was certainly unprepared that day when D’Aun looked at me and said, “Guess what!?!” Finding out that we were about to be parents…
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The Living Library
We’re moving into a new home soon and we are creating an office layout that allows for most of our books. I say “we” loosely, since D’Aun is doing most of the work. And since…
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Lost Kingdom, by Julia Flynn Siler
Over a decade ago I got off a plane in Maui and stepped into a different world. Not the world of palm trees, vast beaches, gentle waves and tropical beauty, but a political, historical and…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #24
My parents, both born in the early 1920’s, struggled through the Great Depression. Their families were poor even before the stock market collapse of 1929. My mother was born in an Oklahoma coal mining community….
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #25
One of the wisest things my Mom did when I was growing up was to make reading a treat. It all started when I’d go shopping with her and, like most kids, pester her for…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life
Last year I read 25 Books Every Christian Should Read and it made me wonder what 25 books I would recommend if I were on the editorial board that put such a book together. I…
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Final Reading List
It’s official: I read 119 books in 2011. Roughly 10 books a month. Definitely a record for me. No way I’ll approach that in 2012. Perhaps ever. If you are interested, here is the complete…
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Favorite Books of 2011
Here it is … my long awaited “favorite books” post! The “Would you shut up about this book? It’s all you talk about anymore!” category: Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff. D’Aun didn’t have to…