Category Archives: Talking Books

Reading lists and reviews.

The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Carol Early Cooney

If you asked me, I would tell you that I don’t normally read travel books. I would not even put it on the list of types of books that I would want to read. But I was wrong. Before … Continue reading →

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For My Son

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Carol Early Cooney

Today on Julia Tomiak’s blog “Diary of a Word Nerd”, Eli Pacheco as a guest writer talked about the three books, songs, and quotes he would put in a time capsule for his three daughters. Please read his insights here. This … Continue reading →

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The Journal of Best Practices by David Finch

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Carol Early Cooney

I am intrigued by the brain. I have gotten more interested over time as I have watched my parents struggle with forms of dementia. While heartbreaking, it is also so amazing to see how each day can bring differences. There has … Continue reading →

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The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Carol Early Cooney

From 1853 until 1920, the Children’s Aid Society in New York and then later the Catholic New York Foundling Hospital would take homeless children from the East Coast to the Midwest. The goal was to provide the children with homes … Continue reading →