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Staff Picks by Xan
Banker to the Poor
Why is it a pick?
A page turner, interesting at every step. A college teacher who looked around to see how he could really help local poor people. He started with wells for irrigation and kept on going. The inventor of micro-loans.Collection
Adult Non-fictionPicked by
XanChasing Windmills
Why is it a pick?
A home-schooled 17 year old is gradually realizing the depths of his father’s control over him. A young woman is reaching the end of being hit at home.Collection
Adult FictionPicked by
XanEllen Foster
Why is it a pick?
A clear-eyed account by an 11 year old Southern orphan. Humor and survival.Collection
Adult FictionPicked by
XanLao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
Why is it a pick?
This is an amazingly poetic version of this pithy, Asian classic. LeGuin has been in love with it since reading as a child her father’s richly bound copy of an 1898 translation. Find out what all the curiosity is about.Collection
Adult Non-fictionPicked by
XanLeadership and Self-Deception
Why is it a pick?
Using a fiction format for non-fiction information, this title gently draws one in to thinking about mis/takes one is not usually aware of. Lovely awareness raiser.Collection
NetLibraryPicked by
XanModoc
Why is it a pick?
The story of an elephant and a boy both born on the same day. His father trained animals for small circuses. The elephant and boy were raised together almost like twins. Truly fascinating.Collection
Adult Non-fictionPicked by
XanPride of Baghdad
Why is it a pick?
A bomb from street-fighting releases 4 lions from the Baghdad zoo. In color.Collection
Adult Graphic NovelPicked by
XanSheepfarmer’s Daughter
Why is it a pick?
Slow building, ultimately fascinating world building. By starting with a rural main character we are gradually introduced to the wider world as she is. From deeply practical to what would be considered magical. Deeply satisfying read.Collection
Adult FictionPicked by
XanSimple Prosperity
Why is it a pick?
A lovely take on why to modify your life for present and future benefits; it is written in an upbeat, personable, interesting way.Collection
Adult Non-fictionPicked by
XanSloth
Why is it a pick?
Why does sloth overtake three different teens? Black and white, stylish, fascinating.Collection
Adult Graphic NovelPicked by
XanTao of Equus
Why is it a pick?
Memorable, moving, enlightening. Emotional healing through companion horses.Collection
Adult Non-fictionPicked by
XanThe Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard
Why is it a pick?
Jules Leotard was the toast of Europe, the original young man on the flying trapeze. But he dies on page 12, and this book is about his much less impressive but more likeable nephew, who travels the world in a series of improbable and captivating adventures; cutting an optimistic swathe through the accumulating calamities of history: from the siege of Paris to the sinking of the Titanic.Collection
Adult Graphic NovelPicked by
XanThe Daughter of Time
Why is it a pick?
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey is my all-time favorite mystery. The title refers to the saying that truth is the daughter of time. Inspector Alan Grant recuperating in hospital is given a post card of the face of a man accused of a heinous murder. Based on his own police experience, Grant believes the famous man can not be a murderer. One of the best written mysteries.Collection
Adult FictionPicked by
XanThe Four Graces
Why is it a pick?
A summer with the vicar’s four daughters. Lovely British writing.Collection
Adult FictionPicked by
XanThe Marriage of Sense and Soul
Why is it a pick?
Ken Wilber said: It’s very difficult for human beings to be 100% wrong. So he started looking at how the partial truths in theories looked when matched up with the partial truths in other theories. Absolutely entrancing!Collection
Adult Non-fictionPicked by
XanTraining the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
