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Parker J. Palmer Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Author, educator, founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal

13 books
Book Cover for: Community: The Structure of Belonging, Peter Block

Community: The Structure of Belonging

Peter Block
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

Pictured below are my good friends Peter Block and John McKnight, authors of "The Abundant Community,"... https://t.co/ntQuvIkxQW

Paperback, 2018

$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Here, Wislawa Szymborska

Here

Wislawa Szymborska
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

Here's a poem about “the soul” by Wislawa Szymborska, the revered Polish poet who won the 1996 Nobel Prize in... https://t.co/fhWMRvbHSh

Paperback, 2012

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit, Parker J. Palmer

Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit

Parker J. Palmer
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

In 2011, I published “Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit.” A couple of years later, my friend Maria Popova posted a reflection on... https://t.co/rqGgED3VlP

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Book Cover for: Dog Songs: Poems, Mary Oliver

Dog Songs: Poems

Mary Oliver
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

In one of her most-loved poems—"The Summer Day"—Mary Oliver writes, "I don't know exactly what a prayer is."... https://t.co/EjCCRW1zfi

Paperback, 2015

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Be a Poet, J. M. Farkas

How to Be a Poet

J. M. Farkas
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

Here's one of my favorite poems by one of my favorite writers, Wendell Berry. Titled "How To Be a Poet," it might... https://t.co/FYJ5uHyiME

Paperback, 2019

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old, Parker J. Palmer

On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old

Parker J. Palmer
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

I’m very happy to say that a LARGE PRINT EDITION of my new book, “On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old,” is now available from “Read How You Want” at https://t.co/YT0oLaxxDc. When you get there, enter my... https://t.co/NQMAngXXan

Hardcover, 2018

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods, John McKnight

The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods

John McKnight
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

Pictured below are my good friends Peter Block and John McKnight, authors of "The Abundant Community,"... https://t.co/ntQuvIkxQW

Paperback, 2012

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Leaves of Grass, Whitman Walt

Leaves of Grass

Whitman Walt
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

The first edition of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" was published in 1855, over 160 years ago. But the excerpt... https://t.co/pXgqhlHVdI

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Book Cover for: Given: Poems, Wendell Berry

Given: Poems

Wendell Berry
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

"The Peace of Wild Things" https://t.co/quLlwhsokC by Wendell Berry is one of my favorite poems. When I lose heart in the human world, I need the peace and renewal I find in nature. I can't always get to the woods. But I can always... https://t.co/A9shSZcuhK

Paperback, 2006

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Letters from Maine: Poems, May Sarton

Letters from Maine: Poems

May Sarton
Parker J. PalmerParker J. Palmer

“Now I Become Myself” is one of my favorite May Sarton poems. It has a lot of moving parts, but I find all of... https://t.co/7Cu9tM6QIx

Paperback, 2012

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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