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2011
Fresh Pond Reading Group Report
Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation
The Fresh Pond Reading Group is a members-only club that focuses on reading
nature-related books. We frequently choose topics that relate to Fresh
Pond, New England, or water. We have at least 10 regular members, and
over the past 5 years, our discussions have become quite relaxed and lively.
The meetings are held in the Maynard Ecology Center on Wednesday evenings,
and are preceded by a potluck supper, usually vegetarian (although not
by design.)
Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation
member Barbara Strell is the group moderator. She collects descriptions
of new books that might be of interest and, at the meeting, leads the
democratic process of choosing the next book for the members to read.
She also helps the group choose meeting dates, sends out notices announcing
upcoming meetings, and asks different group members to introduce and facilitate
the discussion at each meeting.
Any FFPR Membe interested in
joining the reading group should contact Barbara at fp.reading@yahoo.com
or friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com .
Fresh Pond Reading Group Record: 2008 - 2011
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Book
Title
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Authors
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Date
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#
Attended
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Reading
the Landscape of America
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May
Thielgaard Watts
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04-04-07
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8
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The
Future of Life
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Edward
O. Wilson
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05-05-07
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7
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The
Wilderness World of John Muir
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Edwin
Way Teale, ed.
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10-02-07
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12
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Winter
World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival
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Bernd
Heinrich
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01-09-08
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15
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Changes
in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
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William
Cronon
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03-19-08
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14
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Written
in Stone
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Chet
and Maureen Raymo
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06-11-08
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15
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Waiting
for Aphrodite
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Sue
Hubbell
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10-15-08
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18
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Coyote:
Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst
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Catherine
Reid
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01-14-09
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17
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The
Frozen Water Trade
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Gavin
Weightman
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03-11-09
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21
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The
Voyage of the Beagle
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Charles
Darwin
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05-27-09
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14
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The
Trees in My Forest
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Bernd
Heinrich
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09-16-09
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17
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Reflections
in Bullough's Pond
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Diana
Muir
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11-11-09
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14
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Stone
by Stone: The Magnificent History of New England's Stone Walls
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Robert
Thornson
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02-10-10
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20
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Armchair
Birding
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John
Yow
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04-28-10
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17
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The
Wild Out Your Window
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Sy Montgomery
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6-16-10
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10
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Anthill
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Edward
O. Wilson
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9-22-10
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13
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Bright
Wings
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Dennis
Collins, ed
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11-10-10
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15
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Outside
Lies Magic
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John
R. Stilgoe
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03-02-11
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13
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The
Practice of the Wild
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Gary
Snyder
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5-18-11
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14
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Summer
World
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Bernd
Heinrich
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09-21-11
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11
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The
Global Forest
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Diana
Beresford-Kroeger
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11-16-11
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10
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Water
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Alice
Outwater
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02-08-11
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Elizabeth Wylde
For Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation
January 3, 2012
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