Reading List

One of the delights of visiting family is sharing reading lists. In Peterborough, this means Patrick’s interests in Scandinavia and Iceland from the perspective of culture and nature; from Emily, place-based and indigenous education. In Toronto, I can catch up with Peter’s reading. In this case, questions about ‘growing old gracefully’ or alternatively “a father and son discuss the meaning of life”.

In addition to the compilation of lists, Peterborough has an excellent set of second-hand bookstores, filled with contributions from the local academic community. Heather found ‘Flower Hunters’. It includes stories from Linnaeus to Marianne North and Joseph Hooker. I found a couple of David Quammen’s books: The Reluctant Mr. Darwin and The Boilerplate Rhino. Essays.

After the journey, we can relax with these new-to-us texts.

References

From Patrick Maher:

Meik Wiking, 2016, The Little Book of Hygge, Penguin Random House
Meik Wiking, 2017, The Little Book of Lykke, Penguin Random House
Meik Wiking, 2019, The Art of Making Memories, Penguin Random House

From Emily Root-Maher:

Naomi Krogman and April Bergstrom, 2022, The Future of Sustainability Education, U of Alberta Press.
Marcia McKenzie, et al. 2019, Fields of Green: Restoring Culture, Environment and Education, Hampton Press.
Karen Osmond, 2011, Iceland Imagined: Nature, Culture and Storytelling in the North Atlantic, U of Washington Press.
Eve Tuck and Marcia McKenzie, 2015, Place in Research Theory, Methodology and Methods, Routledge.

From Fraser Root-Maher:

Margaret Webb, 2008, Apples to Oysters: A Food Lover’s Tour of Canadian Farms, Viking Canada.

From Peter Maher:

Jean Chittiste,. 2008, The Gift Years: Growing Old Gracefully, Bluebridge Publishing
Jean-François Revel and Matthieu Ricard, 1998, The Monk and the Philosopher, Schocken.

The English Landscape with introduction by Bill Bryson. 2001. Viking Studio.

From Heather Stewart:

Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin, 2008, Flower Hunters, OUP.
David Stuart and George Stuart, 2008, Palenque: Eternal City of the Maya, Thames and Hudson.

From Robert Maher:

David Quammen, 2000, The Boilerplate Rhino, Touchstone.
David Quammen, 2006, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin, Atlas Books.

Acknowledgments.

Thanks to everyone for sharing their literary interest: Patrick, Emily, Fraser, Peter and Heather.

Thanks to Edward for enlivening the blog with suitable graphics and links.


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