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		<title>The Quarry Girls: Your next literary thriller</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/04/21/the-quarry-girls-your-next-literary-thriller/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey* is a literary thriller set in late 1970s Paynesville, Minnesota. To cut to the quick: I&#8217;m strongly recommending that you read this book. Minnesota has an interesting relationship with &#8220;caves&#8221; and tunnels. Our downtowns have flying tunnels connecting the upper floors (third or fourth, usually) of skyscrapers. There are &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/04/21/the-quarry-girls-your-next-literary-thriller/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Quarry Girls: Your next literary thriller</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The best books to give to your friends and family this holiday season</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Books for everyone: science, fiction, science fiction, culture, middle-age readers.* Let&#8217;s start with two Native American related titles: The Sea-Ringed World: sacred stories of the Americas by María García Esperón, Amanda Mijangos, David Bowles. Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/12/12/the-best-books-to-give-to-your-friends-and-family-this-holiday-season/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The best books to give to your friends and family this holiday season</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lucas Davenport vs Virgil Flowers: Which is better?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Sandford; Righteous Prey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[That fucking Flowers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[People argue. Some say the Prey novels with Lucas Davenport are the best. Others, usually women, say it&#8217;s that fucking Flowers all the way. Like that. I say, why not have both. Righteous Prey is the new Sandford novel that comes out in October, available now for preorder. Beloved heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/23/lucas-davenport-vs-virgil-flowers-which-is-better/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Lucas Davenport vs Virgil Flowers: Which is better?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Some really interesting (mostly science) currently cheap on Kindle books about dinos, brains, electricity, and one novel.</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/06/03/some-really-interesting-mostly-science-currently-cheap-on-kindle-books-about-dinos-brains-electricity-and-one-novel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Complete Dinosaur, an edited volume.* Editors: Thomas H oltz, James Farlo, Bob Walters and Michael Brett, is currently on sale in kindle form, and it looks like a great value. I don&#8217;t know the book, but I looked through the sample and bought it. In a completely different vein, Midnight in the Garden of &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/06/03/some-really-interesting-mostly-science-currently-cheap-on-kindle-books-about-dinos-brains-electricity-and-one-novel/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Some really interesting (mostly science) currently cheap on Kindle books about dinos, brains, electricity, and one novel.</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Massive Holiday Shopping Suggestions for Science and Technology Nerds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 19:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Before going on to my regular suggestions (which will link to Amazon via my associates account, so I get a small bounty), note that at this time, and probably for only a few days, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk&#8217;s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We&#8217;re Going by Neil deGrasse Tyson is &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/12/03/massive-holiday-shopping-suggestions-for-science-and-technology-nerds/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Massive Holiday Shopping Suggestions for Science and Technology Nerds</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Histories and Historical Novels</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/13/histories-and-historical-novels/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 05:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years, I&#8217;ve read a lot of 18th and 19th century North American history. In the very old days, I was a career historic archaeologist, so I have some professional background in history, but an archaeologist is not an historian by training or experience. As I went about reading this American history, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/13/histories-and-historical-novels/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Histories and Historical Novels</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Be a better communicator</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/09/be-a-better-communicator/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How well we communicate determines success or failure in every aspect of life. The ability to effectively get a message across is learned, even if the person learning is unaware of that learning. We are not born as linguistic beings, but acquire that ability after birth, during early childhood. We hone that ability subconsciously as &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/09/be-a-better-communicator/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Be a better communicator</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Best Friend: New Toddler-age Kid Book</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/09/my-best-friend-new-toddler-age-kid-book/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2020 01:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mouse is a small rodent with a cigarette shaped, elongated nose that actually kind of looks like a kitchen match. Mouse is either very clever, and knows how to gaslight a predacious bird, or is the most clueless rodent in the forest. Either way, this dark tale in a picture book is ideal to help &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/09/my-best-friend-new-toddler-age-kid-book/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">My Best Friend: New Toddler-age Kid Book</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Books I read this year.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everybody is doing it, so here is mine. I&#8217;ve read 100% of 80% of these books, substantial parts of others. I have not included books I only read a few chapters of, such as a biography of FDR and one of Washington, and some books on Minnesota history. They are not in any particular order. &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/01/03/books-i-read-this-year/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Books I read this year.</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Books On The Energy Transition</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/06/03/books-on-the-energy-transition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decarbonization]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Be informed, have a look. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming edited by Paul Hawken. This is a great resource for understanding the diverse strategies available to decarbonize. There is a flaw, and I think it is a fairly significant one. Drawdown ranks the different strategies, so you can see &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/06/03/books-on-the-energy-transition/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Books On The Energy Transition</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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