Teaser Tuesday: Boom, Bust, Boom by Bill Carter

In fact, I find it strange that I rarely had a bad encounter with anyone I met connected with the mining business, whether a miner, geologist, prospector, or executive. I just know they are trained to see the world in a different way, one where their notion of acceptable risk is far different from that of most people I know.

-- Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal that Runs the World, by Bill Carter.

Boom, Bust, Boom is the history of copper, told by a journalist concerned with the potential hazards and risks associated with mining a metal that plays a vital role in our lives. The book has earned the praise of Sebastian Junger and Jim Harrison, among others.

You can read The Daily Beast's interview of of Bill Carter, and listen to Carter's interview on public radio, discussing Boom, Bust, Boom.

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading, where you can find the official rules for this weekly event.

Mailbox Monday

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into a touring event. Mailbox Monday has now returned to its permanent home where you can link to your MM post.

Two books came into my house last week:



Dead Float by Warren C. Easley.  This is the second in Easley's mystery series featuring lawyer and amateur sleuth Cal Claxton, following the series debut, Matter of Doubt.  The first book introduced Cal as a former LA prosecutor starting a small practice in Oregon wine country. In Dead Float, Cal finds himself tangled in a murder mystery while guiding a fishing trip down the Deschutes River Canyon.

This looks like a great summer read and an exciting new series from Poisoned Pen Press.



Kidding Ourselves: The Hidden Power of Self-Deception by Joseph T. Hallinan.  Hallinan makes brain science accessible as he uses dozens of examples to explain how and why self-deception influences our decisions and actions.  

Happy Independence Day!

Book Beginning: Boom, Bust, Boom by Bill Carter

Book Beginnings on Fridays is up on Thursday this week since tomorrow is Independent Day.

Everyone has time to post early before the long holiday weekend!

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author's name.

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YOUR BOOK BEGINNING



MY BOOK BEGINNING

Every spring I plant a garden, a small but noble pursuit. Small in the sense that there are many more important items on the daily calendar of our lives, but noble because each step of self-sustainability has a lovely feeling of beating the ever-invasive food industry at its own game.

-- Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal that Runs the World, by Bill Carter

Boom, Bust, Boom is the history and legacy of a ubiquitous product told by a journalist who knows how to tell a story.  The beginning leaves me curious because I don't know what the "ever-invasive food industry" has to do with copper, but if copper really is "the metal that runs the world," I think I am going to find out.

Teaser Tuesday: Turning Down the Sound

To drive home the danger, myth, and majesty of the Makah, drive back to the Cape Flattery trailhead and hike three-quarters of a mile, mostly on a cedar boardwalk, through the forest to the Cape. . . .  It's the northwesternmost point in the continental United States.

-- From the author's Introduction to Turning Down the Sound: Travel Escapes in Washington's Small Towns by Foster Church, published by OSU Press.

Turning Down the Sound is a must-have guide to exploring Washington state. It makes an excellent companion to Foster's earlier book, Discovering Main Street: Travel Adventures in Small Towns of the Northwest.

  

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading, where you can find the official rules for this weekly event.