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Fresh
Pond Reading Group
Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation
2014
This year's Fresh Pond Reading Group book topics included the Maine woods,
evolution, animal emotions, marine coastal waters, and the history of
Earth. During our lively group discussions of these books, we share insights
and our favorite concepts - and we learn new perspectives from one another.
The group gathers for a potluck
supper before each discussion. At the end of the meeting we all look over
a list of books with descriptions, then vote to choose the next reading
selection and the next date. All Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation members
are welcome to become Reading Group members.
Lance Drane, Moderator
fp.reading@yahoo.com
Fresh Pond Reading Group Record: 2007 - 2014
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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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
Gary Snyder
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5-18-11
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14
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Summer
World
|
Bernd
Heinrich
|
09-21-11
|
11
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The
Global Forest
|
Diana
Beresford-Kroeger
|
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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9
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| Eden on the
Charles |
Michael Rowson |
04-25-12 |
9 |
| The Ice Finders:
How a Poet, a Professor and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age |
Edmund Blair
Bolles |
06-13-12 |
7 |
| The Species
Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of life on Earth |
Richard Conniff |
09-19-12 |
10 |
| Beyond Walden;
The Hidden History of America's Kettle Lakes and Ponds |
Robert Thornson |
11-28-12 |
11 |
| Horseshoe
Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time
Has Left Behind |
Richard Fortey |
01-16-13 |
10 |
| Moonbird,
A Year On the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 |
Phillip Hoose |
04-17-13 |
7 |
| Song for the
Blue Ocean |
Carl Safina |
6-19-13 |
7 |
| Teaching the
Trees: Lessons from the Forest |
Jpan Maloof |
9-25-13 |
12 |
| The Story
of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years |
Robert M.
Hazen |
11-13-13 |
12 |
| A Year in
the Maine Woods |
Bernd Heinrich |
2-5-14 |
8 |
| Ever Since
Darwin |
Steven Jay
Gould |
4-23-14 |
7 |
| The
Emotional Lives of Animals: A leading
Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They
Matter |
Marc
Bekoff |
6-18-14 |
11 |
| The
Edge of the Sea |
Rachel
Carson |
10-22-14 |
9 |
| Life:
A Natural History of the First Four Billion
Years |
Richard
Fortey |
1-28-15 |
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