By Wanda Deschamps October 25, 2021 Dancing is the Best Medicine: The Science of How Moving to a Beat Is Good for Body, Brain, and Soul, Julia F. Christensen and Dong-Seon Chang, Greystone, October 26, 2021, 328 pp., $24.70 Have you been doing your dancing in ballrooms or at raves, clubs, and parties? If so, Dancing Is the Best Medicine will open your … [Read more...] about Dancing Is the Best Medicine: There’s a reason you feel like busting a move
What Comes from the Spirit: The exquisitely balanced voice of Richard Wagamese
By Kathleen Adamson October 18, 2021 What Comes from the Spirit, Richard Wagamese with introduction by Drew Hayden Taylor, Douglas & McIntyre, September 18, 2021, 176 pp., $24.70 This new collection of short works by Richard Wagamese is the third book published since he died in 2017. The pieces within are gathered from the full span of his life, including some of … [Read more...] about What Comes from the Spirit: The exquisitely balanced voice of Richard Wagamese
The Greater Good: Get ready to find a new way of doing business
By Ginelle Skerritt, October 18, 2021 The Greater Good: Social Entrepreneurship for Everyday People Who Want to Change the World, Madeleine Shaw, Wonderwell, October 15, 2021, $30.64 (October 18, 2021) In the context of unprecedented shifts in our collective conscience, The Greater Good is a timely, introspective account that addresses the need for a fundamental shift … [Read more...] about The Greater Good: Get ready to find a new way of doing business
Lucy Bernholz and ‘How we give now’: The most important book on philanthropy this year
by Gail Picco, October 14, 2021 How we give now: A philanthropic guide for the rest of us, Lucy Bernholz, The MIT Press, October 12, 2021, 240 pp., $31.99 Dr. Lucy Bernholz has written the most important book on philanthropy this year. Bernholz, Senior Research Scholar and Director of the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford University, conducted research for the … [Read more...] about Lucy Bernholz and ‘How we give now’: The most important book on philanthropy this year
Fred Sasakamoose: Call Me Indian
by Gail Picco October 12, 2021 Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player, Fred Sasakamoose, forward by Bryan Trottier, Viking Canada, May 18, 2021, 288 pp., $23.18 (October 12, 2021) Fred Sasakamoose's Call Me Indian is a story worth telling, beautifully rendered, and artfully told. It’s a family saga—the … [Read more...] about Fred Sasakamoose: Call Me Indian