I was talking about my love of reading books with my brother Mark and asked him what his favorite book was. He said, "Chip the Dam Builder in 4th grade...it changed my life!" He even stated he'd tried to find it and could not... so I found a copy and sent it to him and then I found my own copy via inter-library loan. It is a great story about how the ecology is so interrelated and humans have an impact on it even when they don't realize it. There are all kinds of animals in the forest, some … [Read more...]
The Corner Office. By Adam Bryant
This book review is from Alease Copelin, a prolific reader I serve with on the NCDA Training & Education Council (TEC). She inspires me to read more. Last time we talked about books, she mentioned she was in two book clubs! The Corner Office, by Adam Bryant, invites the reader to look at leadership from a fresh perspective – one apart from the standard stock fluctuations and quarterly dividends so often linked to success at the top. The material is a result of the author’s interviews … [Read more...]
In and Around Our Great Northern Wilderness by Elinor Walker
Found this book at the Bangor Folks Festival from a family member of the author. Signed copy that he found in her garage with a bunch of other of her books. Elinor's nephew was a park ranger in Baxter State Park in the 1950s. I was constantly pulling my Baxter park map out to see where they hiking as they were often on old logging roads or bushwhacking off-trail. I've backpacked and hiked throughout Baxter and was fascinated to hear stories from the 50s from a warden and his aunt about the … [Read more...]
Tuesday Morning Coaching. by David Cottrell
Eight Simple Truths to Boost Your Carer and Your Life. This is a quick read that I found very inspirational. It is told as a story of the author meeting with a mentor Tuesday morning's for 8 weeks and each week was a lesson on how to improve his work and personal life. Here are the key points made that are elaborated on in the book. No Matter What - accept responsibility and move forward And Then Some - give what is expected and then some Consider it Done - be consistent and dependable … [Read more...]
Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on our Sixteenth President
This was a very interesting book on Lincoln. A compilation of many historians writing about Lincoln from different perspectives at different times of his life. I am such a Lincoln fan that some of them were hard to read because I figured "everybody" loved Lincoln. Apparently not. But it is good to hear multiple perspectives and their reasons why. He is one of those people we could only wish had lived longer. But one train of thought was that maybe he is so famous because he was assassinated. … [Read more...]
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