environment are nonviolent; then frustration leads to violent eco-terrorism. This saga was inspired by the Redwood Summer of 1990, an effort to halt logging of California's giant sequoias.
The book contains an encyclopedic amount of scientific information about trees that makes them more visible to the reader. We learn that trees are alive and interconnected, and that we humans and trees share about a quarter of our genes. New insights into forestry are articulated by the character Patricia Westerford, a scientist who is at first ridiculed and later lauded for her work. While the book is a challenging read, the real challenge in the message: that we humans have been using the earth as ours to exploit and plunder. We must stop. Richard Powers has written twelve previous books on scientific subjects and has worked as a computer field and as a professor of creative writing at Stanford.
information, especially when searching for it during interrogations.
I enjoy Donna Leon’s mysteries for the exquisite plots. Though I fail to guess the outcome, I know justice seldom will triumph totally, if at all. I enjoy stepping into the police boat with the Commissario to have the pilot motor us up the Grand Canal to the lagoon, or to some quiet dock where I step off with the inspector to observe him question an informant or suspect. And watch the departing pilot maneuver the boat in an illegal turn to save a few moments of time. Guidelines for Using the Library Due to Covid-19
Of the 300 books left to the Coffman Library by Huber Warner, more than forty will be offered at a special sale during the coffee hour (10-11 a.m.) on Saturday, March 14.
Library Committee members Katie Weiblen, Catherine Wengler, and Faye Herold have sorted the collection. The books, including biographies, histories, and some “classy cookbooks,” are in very good condition and will be on sale for just one dollar each. The committee has added thirty books to the Coffman Library. The balance will be sold on the third-floor book cart. |
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