Polishing the Petoskey Stone: Selected Poems by Luci Shaw"Luci Shaw is someone who knows the world the oldest definition of a poet. Her animating intelligence descends into the concrete facts of our existence to discover the divine force that shapes the world and maintains its being. Her poetry recapitulates that intimate naming by which man defines himself the first role God assigned to the human creature." Harold Fickett, author of The Holy Fool "Longtime readers of these poems will renew old

Her fiction invites readers into new universes while her spiritual memoirs unveil the tenderness and resilience of the human spirit

When who refers to a personal pronoun

a couple of dogs

- The School Librarian

Shepherds Visit Baby Jesus / 242

humor and journalistic acumen of a Michael Pollan tome

The current crisis in geography education has spawned several new books on mapmaking

The classic tales of Curious George have been enduring children's touchstones for generations

realistic time frame

--Bert Ghezzi

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graceful strides like the elegant horses who carried lords and lovely ladies to the city--a city that allowed only the most beautiful horses within its walls