Category Archives: Books

Margaret Fuller and the seaside spiritual experience

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Jim deMaine

Photo from the beach in Coronado, California Editor’s Note: I didn’t realize until recently what an interesting and progressive woman Margaret Fuller was. Very much a part of the Transcendentalist movement I found her thoughts very profound. Here is a … Continue reading →

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Resident’s annual book give-away (and take-away) October 1st

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Jim deMaine

Our 3rd Annual Book Give-away will be on October 1 From Betsy Hanson: This means you need to start right now to screen your book shelves for all your surplus books and DVDs.  We will start collecting them on Sept. … Continue reading →

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Partisan differences in the consumption of science books

Posted on April 8, 2017 by William Calvin

Clipped from Nature: Taking advantage of [Amazon and Barnes/Noble] ‘customers who bought this item also bought’ feature of online commerce, the researchers constructed a co-purchase network of political books and science books. And they found a clear division, which they … Continue reading →

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Human Evolution Lectures 2016-2017 (Calvin)

Posted on January 21, 2017 by William Calvin

After each stand-up lecture, I am producing a scripted youtube version. Here are the ones so far, in order. They are video files, so you can pause and back up easily, should you want to think about something for a … Continue reading →

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The best Northwest nonfiction of 2016

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Jim deMaine

Knute Berger from Crosscut compiled an interesting list of Northwest non-fiction from this year. Have you read “The Egg and I” or “The Plague and I” by Betty MacDonald? Well local author Paula Becker has written a long deserved biography about … Continue reading →

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What books do Skyliners recommend?

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Jim deMaine

To see a monthly schedule for the 2017 Skyline book club and/or to just see what folks also recommend as a favorite book – click on the “book club” page above, then just click on the list you’d like to … Continue reading →

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Bill Gates’ summer books of 2016

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Jim deMaine

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