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Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina (Paperback) by Marina Sitrin bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Dar...Nola said:
"I am often surprised when I talk about grassroots work around the world to friends or acquaintances, and they know nothing of it. I often look at them for a minute, and wait for the laugh filled voice of "no, just kidding; of course I know what ...more
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07/26
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Paperback) by Rebecca West bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: Slavs and non-Slavs who are curious about the forgotten
read in January, 2008
Dar...Nola said:
"I have picked this up in used bookstores for years, thumbed through it, then put it down, quite sure I did not have the time to give it, and remembering the quantity of books that I devoured back then in the need to find the largest foundation of id...more
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The Control of Nature (Paperback) by John McPhee bookshelves: have-read--then-given-away-for-othe |
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recommended to Dar...Nola by:
Harold Ross
recommended for: American Alligator bioregionalists, river people read in January, 1993
Dar...Nola said:
"Well, if you have read my reviews, you know my middle-class connection to the New Yorker and its writers. The majority of my favorites wrote for the magazine (or currently write for it) and I assume this has to do with my teen discovery of the Algonq...more
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| July 26 | ||
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Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina (Paperback) by Marina Sitrin bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Dar...Nola said:
"I am often surprised when I talk about grassroots work around the world to friends or acquaintances, and they know nothing of it. I often look at them for a minute, and wait for the laugh filled voice of "no, just kidding; of course I know what ...more
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Dar...Nola
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Paperback) by Rebecca West bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: Slavs and non-Slavs who are curious about the forgotten
read in January, 2008
Dar...Nola said:
"I have picked this up in used bookstores for years, thumbed through it, then put it down, quite sure I did not have the time to give it, and remembering the quantity of books that I devoured back then in the need to find the largest foundation of id...more
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| June 08 | ||
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Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years 1960-1975 (Paperback) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz bookshelves: checked-out-from-iron-rail--collect |
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recommended for: 3rd/4th wave feminists, activist historical buffs.
read in May, 2008
Dar...Nola said:
"I have passed this name in more than a few 60s history, but not much detail except passages like " this seemed to be the outlook of radical feminists like Roxane Dunbar" etc etc.
So, when I saw this on the shelf in Iron Rail in our excel...more " |
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| April 27 | ||
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From Urbanization to Cities: Toward a New Politics of Citizenship (Cassell Global Issues Series) by Murray Bookchin bookshelves: have-read--and-am-keeping |
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read in January, 2008
Dar...Nola said:
"I have been referred to Bookchin by Planet Drum, and am glad to have found him. This book is a defined argument against the role of city residents as simply taxpayers, and argues for a fully re-realized role of citizen instead. His work on social eco...more
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The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence (Paperback) by Martin Meredith bookshelves: have-read-and-will-give-away |
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recommended for: traditionalists, anarchists, world puzzlers
read in June, 2008
Dar...Nola said:
"I read this over 2 trips on planes and on trains. It is impressive to carry as it quite large, but tiring.
It's a well crafted, clearly written history of each country's move towards independence and autonomy. It gives the good and bad, the imperi...more " |
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| March 06 | ||
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Hardcover) by Jane Jacobs bookshelves: have-read--then-given-away-for-othe, read-more-than-once |
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recommended for: those fighting for place, you goddamn New Urbanists who miss the point
read in January, 1994
Dar...Nola said:
"I know that if I had met Jane Jacobs, I would have liked her. I know this from reading this book, and meeting a peppery but professorial woman within it-who draws her line firmly in the dirt.
I was dazzled by this book when I found it years ago; i...more " |
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| March 05 | ||
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The Ecology of Money (Schumacher Briefing, 4) by Richard J. Douthwaite bookshelves: have-read-and-back-to-office |
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recommended to Dar...Nola by:
Richard McCarthy
recommended for: egghead economists, anarchistic economists, local economy economists read in January, 2008
Dar...Nola said:
"As my organization is looking into local cuurency issues, some of us have re-read and searched for new ideas in that field.
This is an excellent primer on currency, markets and innovative techniques about building an inclusive, sensible multi-level ...more " |
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| February 06 | ||
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Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (Hardcover) by Craig Mod bookshelves: have-read--and-am-keeping |
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recommended for: Those with hearts and rhythm and hot sauce nearby
read in December, 2006
Dar...Nola said:
"It sounds disingenuous, but honestly, seriously, this is not on my list for me.
I do have an essay in this book, which was a cathartic moment for me and karmic for Chin Music Press bros Bruce and David, who will get free food from strangers for li...more " |
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| January 24 | ||
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Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (Paperback) by Nuala O'Faolain bookshelves: read-more-than-once |
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read in January, 1998
Dar...Nola said:
"Even if many do suffer with the Irish soul filled with worry and self doubt, it seems to have brought out some gorgeous writing to the rest of us. Nuala O'Faolain wrote a book of a lifetime in this one, with poetry of language mixed in with clearhead...more
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