New Books of Interest

Here's some new books I came across that look interesting:

Rogak, Lisa. A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein.
I loved "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and used several poems from it in a poetry project I did in high school. The reviewer says Silverstein was good at any art he picked up, screenwriting, poetry, songwriting, etc.

Dowd, Michael. Thank God for Evolution!: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World.
I add this in part because the title is great, but also because it brought back a specific memory from high school too. I went to a private, Protestant-Church run high school and in biology our teacher told us that he believed in both creationism and evolution. Of course to a class of naive 10th graders this was heresy and some vigorously debated evolution with him (I wasn't one of them, already having doubt, even then). But thankfully, that teacher had the courage to be honest about his beliefs, much like the authors of this book. It's that type of honesty that we need n order to face down fundamentalist of all stripes.

Youngs, Bettie B. The House That Love Built: The Story of Millard & Linda Fuller, Founders of Habitat For Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing.
Obviously, this book is about the folks who started Habitat For Humanity and according to the review, not everything is chocolate and roses, but it looks interesting simply because this group does such good work.

Vileisis, Ann. Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes From and Why We Need to Get It Back.
Any books list has to have one about food or cooking and here's a good one. That title says it all, almost. Sounds like a book that spells out why real food is better than fake food pushed on us by food manufacturers (You know who they are). Get thee to a farmer's market.

Building Intelligence Group. Intelligent Building Dictionary: Terminology for Smart, Integrated, Green Building Design, Construction and Management.
I'm throwing this one in because I would have bought if I still worked at my last job, running the information center for an environmental engineering firm. Nevertheless, this type of info is fast becoming needed info that folks will need to understand if they want to keep up with changes in the construction industry.