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Rollin’ Down the River
When the Blue Goose—my blue 2013 Mazda CX-5—and I finally rolled into Three Forks, Montana on Tuesday afternoon, July 26, 2016, I’d already been well over a thousand miles, and seen some impressive sights. But, as I checked into Broken Spur Motel that afternoon, the ‘real trip’ was just beginning.
The Parallel Tao Te Ching
Working with a collection of eleven different translations from eight different publishers, this book provides – for each of the 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching – three different translations and some comments.
Translated more than any other book but the Bible, the Tao Te Ching is the classic manual for living in the daily rush of today’s modern times, as valuable today (if not more so!) as it was in the world of 500 BCE China. It is a spiritual (but not religious) text and complements nicely whatever religious traditions one may (or may not) have.
The format of the book allows the reader to view both the translations and the comments for each verse at one time with the book opened flat. The comments are written in a conversational non-academic manner, designed to provide a variety of helpful tidbits. These tidbits may include further information or background about the verse, notes, and elaborations from translators, as well as the author’s own thoughts. Taken together, then, the book is a valuable resource for all readers as they begin or continue their own spiritual journeys along “The Way”.
Spitballs from the Back Row
One of the hardest parts about discussing educational issues regularly is that while everyone is for a ‘good education,’ almost no one can define what that should be—go ahead, try it!—let alone how to manifest it. We’re all using the same words with different images and concepts in our heads.
Spitballs from the Back Row features a collection of Larry’s most popular bi-weekly columns from the Springfield (MO) News-Leader. Full of stories, experiences, and anecdotes from Larry’s career in and around the classroom, this book is a must-read that will have you nodding in agreement while adding lots of “ah-ha” moments to your perceptions of education.
MORE Spitballs from the Back Row
As with the first book in this series (Spitball from the Back Row; Oghma Creative Media; 2018), the author continues to bring some of these subtle issues to the surface, raise different perspectives, minimize misperceptions, and provide balance, always in a light, readable, and often humorous style.
From the first essay (Teaching Fish to Climb Trees) to the last (Halloween Pranks and Library Thanks), and throughout the book’s ten sections, you’ll experience a wide range of thought-provoking topics, as well as an occasional chance to smile.