All Consuming : clehmann

A story about "Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:23:01 GMT

Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth

by Joe Conason

This is a must-read for anyone who is concerned about media ownership and the slant of news today.

A story about "The Essential Conversation : What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Each Other"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:23:00 GMT

The Essential Conversation : What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Each Other

by SARA LAWRENCE-LIGHTFOOT

Next on the list to read.

A story about "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:23:00 GMT

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

by Robert Pirsig

The subtitle of this book is “An Inquiry into Values” and that’s what it is. It’s just a great book to raise some very important questions about the way we frame our lives. One of my favorite books to teach.

A story about "The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness : Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:23:00 GMT

The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness : Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy

by EDWARD M. HALLOWELL

Impending dad-hood puts this book on the list, but it also is an important teacher book too, I think. I’m hoping this book further informs the sort of philosophical thought-work about care and kindness and how to construct a meaningful life that I’ve been sort of working on over the past few years. I’ll let you know…

A story about "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:23:00 GMT

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

by Eric Schlosser

This is a must-read. Schlosser examines the way the fast food industry has changed our world. Fast Food Nation looks at the economic, political, social, environmental and health issues that have been raised, and the conclusions he draws aren’t pretty.

A story about "Linden Hills (Contemporary American Fiction Series)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:22:59 GMT

Linden Hills (Contemporary American Fiction Series)

by Gloria Naylor

A book from the senior class, and it’s really a brilliant novel, I think. For some reason, Naylor doesn’t get the recognition she deserves for books like this one, but it’s an amazing piece.

A story about "Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of School Improvement (Jossey-Bass Education Series)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:22:59 GMT

Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of School Improvement (Jossey-Bass Education Series)

by Thomas J. Sergiovanni

Really frames the issues of school leadership and school culture in interesting and powerful ways.

A story about "The World According to Garp"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:22:59 GMT

The World According to Garp

by John Irving

Still one of my favorite rainy day books.

A story about "Dude, Where's My Country?"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:22:59 GMT

Dude, Where's My Country?

by Michael Moore

You know what you’re getting when you read Michael Moore. Are there times when his rhetoric goes overboard? Of course, but his premise is spot-on, and he raises too many really good points to ignore. A must-read.

A story about "Written on the Body"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:22:58 GMT

Written on the Body

by Jeanette Winterson

This week’s senior book. No writer I’ve ever encountered makes prose feel like poetry as Winterson does. A wonderful book that deconstructs our notions of love, gender, sexuality and writing.

A story about "Tao Te Ching (Penguin Classics)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:22:58 GMT

Tao Te Ching (Penguin Classics)

by Lao Tzu

Re-reading this one—it’s a great re-read, as I’ve found that no matter what is going on in your life, the Tao Te Ching is always an interesting lens for your life.

A story about "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:22:58 GMT

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics)

by James Joyce

This week’s senior book—a classic, and I’m still haven’t a blast teaching it. Between T. S. Eliot and James Joyce, I think my students will have had their fill of Modernism very soon.

A story about "The Day of the Locust (Signet Classic)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (clehmann) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:22:58 GMT

The Day of the Locust (Signet Classic)

by Nathanael West

This week’s senior book. Amazing – West totally predicts the media worship in American culture in the latter half of the 20th century. His characters are at once horrific and pitiable. Great stuff.