October 22 - Bolen's

Two books subsidized by a birthday gift certificate:

• Thomas King, The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative ($18.95 - I've been craving this one for a while), and
• Nancy Turner, The Earth's Blanket: Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living ($24.95 - she's the preeminent ethnobotanist for British Columbia, reaching south into what Americans call the Pacific Northwest; I expect great things of this book, which is much more academic - i.e. more densely footnoted - than the subtitle suggests).