[Publib] RE: Publib Digest, Vol 42, Issue 29

[Toni Cox (Library)]

A Language Older than Words, by Derrick Jensen
http://www.derrickjensen.org/published.html#lang 

Toni Cox
Public Services Librarian
Radford Public Library
Radford, Va


On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Mike Baldwin 
> <mikeb at benbrooklibrary.org <mailto:mikeb at benbrooklibrary.org>> wrote:
>
>     I'm writing a professional article on books that can change our
>     minds. These are books that have so challenged our preconceptions
>     and ways of thinking that they have jogged us out of our ordinary
>     mindsets. Some of the ones on my list are Flatland by Edwin
>     Abbott, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, and Small Is Beautiful by E. F.
>     Schumacher. Each of these books brought us radical new ideas and
>     ways of thinking. I'd appreciate your suggestions and comments.
>     These should be books (fiction or non-fiction) that are aimed at
>     the general public, not academic tomes. Furthermore, these should
>     be books that present new ideas and ways of thinking rather than
>     books that you found emotionally affecting. Thanks in advance for
>     your suggestions. Mike Baldwin, Director, Benbrook Public Library
>