Tag: books
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Jumper and the Bones
Contemporary humorous novel in the voice of a big-hearted but uneducated narrator who faces difficult and dangerous challenges armed only with duct tape and creativity. Might remind some readers of a modern Huck Finn. Appeals to both young readers and old. Reviews on Amazon “Jumper and the Bones resonated with so many lessons that I…
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Jumper and the Apple Crate
A funny, off-beat mystery with an unlikely sleuth. This book was a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book Awards. Jumper is a man in his mid twenties who doesn’t have much education; that’s obvious by the way he mishandles language. But he has a big heart, an irresistible optimism, and an odd hobby: he likes…
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Calculus for Cats Jim Loats, Ph.D and Kenn Amdahl
Calculus for Cats describes the processes, vocabulary and strategies of calculus for people who like to learn the concepts of a subject before they start trying to operate it. In an irreverent tone, it explains what calculus is, why it’s important, what the procedures are and when to use them. Many people learn subjects like…
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Stones in the Water
Kenn Amdahl This is a collection of about 85 poems by Kenn Amdahl. From the introduction to the book: I’ve been writing words on scraps of paper since third grade. Some grew into novels, nonfiction books, or songs; others morphed into articles, blog posts, or stories. Some never evolved. They remain orphan words on envelopes…
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