Plastic

A toxic love story

by Susan Freinkel

This well-researched book tells what plastic is made of, how it affects us and the environment, and suggests possible solutions for the problems of plastic. Eye-opening.

Soul Surfer

by Bethany Hamilton

This is the autobiography of a 13-year-old girl who lost her arm in a shark attack in Hawaii. Bethany tells how she trusted God to help her get through difficult times. There are a number of photos in the book.

This book was interesting.

Keeping Chickens

with Ashley English

In this book, Ashley talks about everything you might need to know about chickens including the different breeds of chickens, housing needs (including instructions to make a lovely little chicken house), chicken health, and shares several recipes featuring eggs.

I thought it was very interesting and comprehensive.

The heart of simple living

7 paths to a better life

by Wanda Urbanska

This book explains the importance of and method for managing money, doing work you love, housing, homemaking, kitchen, gardening, rituals and community. I thought it was great and I wish more people lived this way.

Best Loved Books...

Reader's Digest
Best Loved Books for young readers
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo

Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Abe Lincoln Grows Up
by Carl Sandburg

(Lost Horizon by James Hilton - I didn't read this one because I read the full version within the last couple of years.)

Wealthy

How is it that we are never satisfied? We always want a bigger paycheque, a better car, more stuff. Most of us don't think we are rich, but we have a home, plenty of food, nice clothes and enough money for lots of things that we don't really need. Doesn't rich mean "abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds"? Well? Most of us are. According to most people in the world (click here to see how many live on less than $2 a day), we are filthy rich.

Money isn't everything. In fact, most people who win the lottery are soon more miserable than they were before. I have learned in the last few months that, really, I have enough. We don't need any more money. My husband's salary is plenty; it covers our needs and then some. God has blessed us so much. (I also believe that He has blessed the poorest person in the world, although I don't understand why He allows them to live on so little while I have so much. Maybe so that I will have the opportunity of giving.) God is all we really need; He supplies everything. Psalm 119 verse 72 says, "The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces."

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Canada's National Parks

A Celebration

A large coffee table book of beautiful photography of scenery, plants and animals from all of Canada's national parks. At the end of the book, there is a short profile of each park.

I love national parks and this book is so nice it has even made me, for the first time, want to visit the arctic.