{"id":3857,"date":"2025-11-01T21:38:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2025-11-01T21:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:38:56","slug":"good-to-read-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2025\/11\/01\/good-to-read-2\/","title":{"rendered":"good to read"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bread of Angels. A Memoir<\/h3>\t\t\t

Patti Smith<\/strong>
\nThe most intimate of Smith\u2019s memoirs, Bread of Angels<\/em> takes us through Smith’s teenage years. Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan emerge as creative role models as she begins to write poetry, then lyrics, ultimately merging both into\u00a0iconic recordings such as Horses<\/em>, Wave<\/em>, and Easter<\/em>. She leaves it all behind to marry her one true love, Fred Sonic Smith, living on a canal in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. The couple spend nights in their landlocked Chris-Craft studying nautical maps and charting new adventures as they start a family. A series of profound losses mark Patti’s life. Grief and gratitude are braided through years of caring for her children, rebuilding her life and, finally, writing again.
\nRandom House<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run<\/h3>\t\t\t

Paul McCartney, Ted Widmer
\n<\/strong>The oral history of a band that came to define a generation\u00a0tells the madcap tale of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution a decade later. Drawn from over 500,000 words of interviews with McCartney, family and band members, and other key participants, Wings<\/em> recounts\u2015now with a half-century\u2019s wisdom\u2015the musical odyssey taken by a man searching for his identity in the aftermath of The Beatles\u2019 breakup. Soon joined by his wife\u2013American photographer Linda McCartney\u2013on keyboard and vocals; drummer Denny Seiwell; and guitarist Denny Laine, McCartney sowed the seeds for a new band.
\nLiveright<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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We Did OK, Kid. A Memoir<\/h3>\t\t\t

Anthony Hopkins
\n<\/strong>Born and raised in Port Talbot\u2014a small Welsh steelworks town\u2014amid war and depression, Sir Anthony Hopkins grew up around men who were tough and eschewed all forms of emotional vulnerability in favour of alcoholism and brutality. A struggling student in school, he was deemed a failure with no future ahead of him. But, on a fateful Saturday night, he watched the 1948 adaptation of Hamlet, sparking a passion for acting that would lead him on a path that no one could have predicted. Sir Anthony also takes a deeply honest look at the low points in his personal life. His addiction cost him his first marriage, his relationship with his only child, and nearly his life\u2014the latter ultimately propelling him toward sobriety.
\nS&S \/ Summit Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Spirit of Manaaki: Maata, a Living Library of Maori Wisdom and Medicine Practices<\/h3>\t\t\t

Stephanie Mines
\n<\/strong>Entering the M\u0101ori worldview is like stepping into a verdant landscape where humans and plants, animals, the land, rain, and mountains are united. This is the model of living that matriarch Maata Wharehoka has been sustaining her entire life in Aotearoa (New Zealand). The M\u0101ori word manaaki<\/em> means to protect, to show respect, and to take care. This is the essence of Maata Wharehoka\u2019s wisdom. Transmitting Maata\u2019s wisdom to the world is the task Stephanie Mines set for herself as she shares in this book Maata\u2019s pioneering efforts in healthcare, parenting, and social justice as well as her interpretations of traditional M\u0101ori teachings.
\nHarper Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A Circle Outside<\/h3>\t\t\t

Linda Rosewood<\/strong>
\nIn the early 1980s, a household of lesbian feminists establish a women-only commune in an ancient Californian redwood forest. It seems a perfect place to practice the ritual magic that helps them function harmoniously as a group \u2013 even if they aren’t all true believers. If you ever wanted to know what that entails, here\u2019s you chance to witness first hand, how women live and love as a group, whilte practicing magic. Of course there is conflict, but there\u2019s also warmth and a sincere desire to overcome the patriarchy. An authentic book that leads us back to a more innocent and idealistic era, A Circle Outside describes a vision of a utopian dream, where the only real magic is self-transformation.
\nLightning Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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