The Book of Learning and Forgetting
10 best books like The Book of Learning and Forgetting (Frank Smith): The Lottery and Other Stories, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World, NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Wicca for Beginners: Fundamentals of Philosophy & Practice, Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives, Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason, The Circle Within: Creating a Wiccan Spiritual Tradition
The Lottery and Other Stories
| Author | Shirley Jackson |
| ISBN | 0374529531 |
The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites...
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
| Author | Robin Wall Kimmerer |
| ISBN | 1571313354 |
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together...
| Author | Helen Nearing |
| ISBN | 0805233636 |
Living the Good Life, like Walden Pond, is deeply rooted in an enduring American tradition of dissent from the majority and respect for the land. Moreover, it is the distillation of twenty--not two--years in the woods, and it offers wisdom and practical guidance to city dweller and prospective homesteader...
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
| Author | Po Bronson |
| ISBN | 0446504122 |
In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do...
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
| Author | David D. Burns |
| ISBN | 0380810336 |
The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately...
Wicca for Beginners: Fundamentals of Philosophy & Practice
| Author | Thea Sabin |
| ISBN | 0738707511 |
Due to the sheer number of Wicca 101 books on the market, many newcomers to the Craft find themselves piecing together their Wiccan education by reading a chapter from one book, a few pages from another. Rather than depending on snippets of wisdom to build a new faith, Wicca for Beginners provides a solid...
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side
“Failing schools. Underprivileged schools. Just plain bad schools.”
That’s how Eve L. Ewing opens Ghosts in the Schoolyard: describing Chicago Public Schools from the outside. The way politicians and pundits and parents of kids who attend other schools talk about them, with a...
The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
| Author | William Stixrud |
| ISBN | 0735222517 |
"It is not an overstatement to say that this is one of the most radical and important books on raising healthy, resilient, purpose-driven kids." - Madeline Levine, author of The Price of Privilege
"An invaluable resource for the thinking parent." - Lisa Damour, author of
Untangled
"Compelling,...
| Author | Alfie Kohn |
| ISBN | 0743487486 |
Most parenting guides begin with the question "How can we get kids to do what they're told?" — and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. In this truly groundbreaking book, nationally respected educator Alfie Kohn begins instead by asking "What do kids need — and how can...
| Author | Dianne Sylvan |
| ISBN | 0738703486 |
COVR Award Winner
The Circle Within is your guide to creating a personal spiritual practice for daily life. The first section is a thoughtful examination of Wiccan ethics and philosophy that explores how to truly live Wicca. The second section includes devotional prayers and rituals that...
Street Without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria
| Author | Kapka Kassabova |
| ISBN | 1846271231 |
Kassabova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and grew up under the drab, muddy, grey mantle of one of communism's most mindlessly authoritarian regimes. Escaping with her family as soon as possible after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, she lived in Britain, New Zealand, and Argentina, and several other places....
Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear
| Author | Kim Brooks |
| ISBN | 1250089557 |
"Part memoir, part history, part documentary, part impassioned manifesto...it might be the most important book about being a parent that you will ever read." --Emily Rapp Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Still Point of the Turning World
"A beautifully told, harrowing story..."--Heather...
Weave the Liminal: Living Modern Traditional Witchcraft
| Author | Laura Tempest Zakroff |
| ISBN | 0738756105 |
Create an authentic path of Witchcraft that works for you.
How does a modern Witch embrace tradition while navigating a complex contemporary life? How can you remain true to your own authenticity when you're surrounded by a whole world of magical theories, practices, deities, and paths?
Weave...
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
Jan Swafford’s biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being who...
