By Jim Heffernan This book came to me as a freeby from my Dentist (Dr. Zike, Green Tree Dental). Yeah, like I’m ever going to turn down a free book. I have…
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BOOK REVIEW: Words That Work – It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear
By Jim Heffernan This book grabbed me from the beginning, but my first impulse was not to review it. I wanted to keep it as my own precious secret. Jiminy* had a…
BOOK REVIEW: Regenesis – Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot
By Jim Heffernan I always love it when a book presents me with a very original and a radically new way of looking at things. This book is that sort of book….
BOOK REVIEW: Our Malady – Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary by Timothy Snyder
By Jim Heffernan Very often, I’ll start a book review with only a vague idea of what attracted me to the book. Not so with this book, I read an excellent op-ed…
BOOK REVIEW: To Make Men Free – A History of the Republican Party by Heather Cox Richardson
By Jim Heffernan I am a sucker for history and Heather Cox Richardson is a favorite of mine. She is a history professor at Boston University and the author of 7 books….
BOOK REVIEW: The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
By Jim Heffernan I think I was attracted to this book by the concept of “The Age of American Unreason”, such an apt description of our times. Once I started reading it,…
BOOK REVIEW: “The Persuaders” by Anand Giridharadas – A VERY GOOD BOOK!
By Jim Heffernan I was attracted to this book by the idea of persuasion. So much of our political discourse these days is not devoted to persuasion at all. Today, it seems…
CLOUD & LEAF CELEBRATES 20 YEARS: CHAMPAGNE SHINDIG, MARCH 2, 2024, 2-6 PM CLOUD & LEAF BOOKSTORE, MANZANIT
Independent bookstores have been holding the fireline against ignorance for centuries. These days, the blaze has crept way too close for comfort in too many pockets of society, but bookstore owners and…
BOOK REVIEW: The Story of the American Dream – Ours Was the Shining Future by David Leonhardt
By Jim Heffernan I was attracted to this book because of the author and the topic. David Leonhardt is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times I’ve read for…
BOOK REVIEW: Love Your Enemies by Aurthur C. Brooks
By Jim Heffernan I bought this book last April and I’m not sure why I did not review it at the time. The author is a devout Catholic with serious conservative and…