Book Review
Taking Over the Government of the United States
Taking Over the Government of the United States is a fun and fast-paced story that explores what happens when there is a plot to take over the presidency from the inside. Along the way, readers will be engrossed in plot twists and...
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Beyond the Trees
Explorers looking for an accessible, comprehensive naturalist guide to Wisconsin forests will be happy to read Beyond the Trees: Stories of Wisconsin Forests, by Candice Gaukel Andrews. While many nature books and field guides seek to...
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Build Green
AV2 Books harnesses the Internet to maximize learning in "Build Green", one of five books in the Being Green educational series. "Build Green" is written at a fifth-grade reading level, and will hold the interest of fourth through sixth...
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The Basic Art of Italian Cooking
This is the second edition of the second book in Maria Liberati’s Basic Art of Italian Cooking series: The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays & Special Occasions. This book focuses on cooking for celebrations, and its first...
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New Feminist Christianity
For many, Christianity is not the first thing that comes to mind when the word “feminism” is mentioned. However, in Mary Hunt and Diann Neu’s "New Feminist Christianity", the editors and other contributors make the case that...
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Invisible Energy
Energy, invisible and intangible, is the key to survival. David Goldstein takes this idea to a new level in his book, "Invisible Energy". The Energy Program co-director for the Natural Resources Defense Council and a MacArthur “genius...
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Walking Gently on the Earth
"Walking Gently on the Earth" is a self- proclaimed primer for understanding how to “walk gently” in God’s creation by balancing careful stewardship of the earth’s resources with enjoyment of those resources. The book, which is...
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A Grouse Hunter's Almanac
Aldo Leopold, a patriarch of the Land Ethic, noted in A Sand County Almanac, “There are two kinds of hunting: ordinary hunting, and ruffed-grouse hunting.” Mark Parman, a lifelong hunter and resident of northern Wisconsin, picks up...