Down-to-Earth Bookstore
Complete listing of books by category -
with cover images - below
 
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or the titles below for brief reviews or praise)
 Children

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THE BEEJUM BOOK, by Alice O. Howell. This book lists for $24.95. This is a glorious, delightful book with great value for both children and adults by a woman who has learned life's greatest lesson - happiness! We sell it for $17.95 plus $2 shipping!
THE BIRD OF IMAGINING Drawings by Children from New York City Public Schools, by Richard Lewis. $10.95
CHILDREN'S PAST LIVES: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child by Carol Bowman; Bantam Books, 1998 356 pp. $12.95, reviewed by Ellen Becker.
JESSICA DRAGONETTE'S FIERY BREATH, by Mary Leue - Jessica's adoration of her grand fire-breathing father gets her in big trouble! $9.95
LIVING BY WONDER, The Imaginative Life of Childhood, by Richard Lewis, $18.95 $2 shipping.
MOPSA THE FAIRY, by Jean Ingelow. A story of pure magic. This classic tale in a paperback near-facsimile of the original Lippincott edition is not only for children. It will take you away into its world, and when you return, you will be changed. Nine beautiful illustrations in full color by Maria L. Kirk, one of the best of the early 20th century children's illustrators. $21.95
 
 Education
 
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ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, the reissued, updated version of Jonathan Kozol's original book,Free Schools (see Free Schools below to read a chapter on the teaching of reading).
CHANGING LIVES, by Jane Day: Interviews with graduates of the Community School in Camden, Maine. $18.95, reviewed by Mary Leue
CHALLENGING THE GIANT; The Best of SKOLE, the Journal of Alternative Education, volumes I-IV $14.95 each, plus shipping $2.00 (pb, 500+ pages each volume), or $50.00 for all four plus shipping and handling $5.00). Click here for additional reviews of volumes 1 & 2 by Claudia Berman, and Vols. 3 & 4 by Emanuel Pariser.
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND POWER, Charging Up for a New Century, by Mary John, Professor Emerita and former Deputy Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Exeter, UK.
DESCHOOLING OUR LIVES, edited by Matt Hern, foreword by Ivan llich; $16.
FIELD DAY, Getting Society out of School, by Matt Hern; $16.
 
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FREE SCHOOLS, FREE PEOPLE, by Ron Miller, president of the Foundation for Educational Renewal and editor of Educational Freedom for a Democratic Society: A Critique of National Standards, Goals and Curriculum.
A FREE RANGE CHILDHOOD, Self-Regulation at Summerhill School , by Matthew Appleton $18.95 plus postage.
FREE SCHOOLS, by Jonathan Kozol - the definitive work on assessing both the early free schools and the later alternative schools $15.95
GROWING UP DEMOCRATIC, by Jerry Mintz, accounts of Jerry's important work in democratizing schools by giving students an authentic voice in governance and curriculum, a new anthology. $10.95
HOW LIKE AN ANGEL CAME I DOWN, Conversations with Children on the Gospels, by A. Bronson Alcott, edited by Alice Howell. $19.95, reviewed by Mary Leue. 
A LIFE IN SCHOOL, What the Teacher Learned, by Jane Tompkins, professor of literature at Duke University and a leader in the field of academic research into the art of teaching; paperback, $9.95
 
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THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, the Story of the First Street School, by George Dennison - "A classic! " - A.S. Neill .$12.95 plus $2 shipping.
LIVING BY WONDER, the Imaginative Life of Childhood, by Richard Lewis, director of the Touchstone Center in New York City.
MAKING IT UP AS WE GO ALONG, The Story of the Albany Free School, by Chris Mercogliano, $18.00 plus $2.00 shipping. Foreword by Joseph Chilton Pearce. Reviewed by Herb Kohl, Joseph Chilton Pearce and David Ruentzel, Teacher magazine.  
MAY YOU NEVER STOP DANCING, A Professor's Letters to his Daughter, by John D. Lawry, St. Mary's Press Christian Brothers Pub., Winona, MN, $13.95 plus $2 shipping, reviewed by Mary Leue ..
METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR A THEORY OF VALUE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD, by William Hendrichs Leue, PhD. $19.95
MY LIFE AS A TRAVELING HOMESCHOOLER, by Jenifer Goldman, a clear-eyed account by an almost eleven-year-old who travceled with her uncle Jerry Mintz throughout the US - and even into Canada, visiting schools. $12.95.
NO HOMEWORK AND RECESS ALL DAY, Freedom and Democracy in Education, by Jerry Mintz, paperback attending conferences, enjoying life as she learned. Well worth reading. $12.95.  ck. $10.95.
 
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NO MASTER HIGH OR LOW - Libertarian Education and Schooling 1890-1990, by John Shotton, Libertarian Education (LibEd), UK, publisher, 1997, paperback, $17.00 plus $2 shipping, reviewed by Robin Martin.
REAL EDUCATION, Varieties of Freedom, by David Gribble, Libertarian Education, UK, publisher, 1998, paperback, $17.00 plus $3 shipping, reviewed by Robin Martin.
REAL SCHOOLS - IN THEIR OWN W0RDS - edited by Mary M. Leue. This is an account of 27 different schools, 24 of them in the US.with accompanying essays by members of each of them - or, in a couple of cases, parents of children in them - taken from SKOLE, The Journal of Alternative Education. Valuable for parents looking at educational alternatives or student teachers, struggling to learn about what is possible in the field. $16.95 plus shipping. $16.95
REAL TEACHERS; REAL TEACHING - IN THEIR OWN WORDS - edited by Mary M. Leue. Compendium volume to Real Schools. Contents, articles by 38 different teachers, organized as: teaching as a celebration of life, 8 examples; defining the problems with schools, 12; proposed solutions 6; teaching young children 5; teaching elementary-school age children. 8; teaching high school-age students. 5. teaching college-age students. 4; teaching and learning at home. An absolute must for someone struggling to provide good education for their child(ren) - or for someone equally determined to decide for himself what constitutes really good teaching - and how to find it! This volume offers a wide variety of teaching styles and criteria by which to understand, to choose. $16.95 plus shipping. $16.95
THE SCHOOL AROUND US - Twenty-five Years, by Claudia Berman. The story of the Kennebunk, Maine school of that name. $18.95 plus $2 shipping. See also Claudia's review of volumes I and II of Challenging the Giant.
SCHOOL DROPOUTS - The Tragedy of America's Under-Educated Youth, by Carlos Bonilla and Jana L. Brazda. $29.95
 
 
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SCHOOLING FOR HUMANITY - When Big Brother Isn't Watching, by David O. Solmitz. Introduction by Kathleen Kesson, Goddard College Director of Teacher Education, $29.95
SHINE IN YOUR OWN WAY, Inspiration for Parents of Failing Kids, by Nancy Gill - essays reflecting over two decades of this brilliant, inspired teacher's work with kids of all ages. $18.95 plus $2 shipping. SKOLE, THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, Mary M. Leue, editor. Past issues available, $4 each, plus $2 shipping, reviewed by John Potter. Down-to-Earth Books has been operating, both as a publishing house and a bookstore, since the mid-seventies. Our particular emphasis has always been on the implications of various models of education, social customs and attitudes upon family and community - and especially on children. Click here for John Potter's review.
SUMMERHILL SCHOOL - A New View of Childhood, by A.S. Neill, a new edition by Albert Lamb, $12.95, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano (Note: this cover is from the English edition - the copy I sell is actually the US edition - but this one is prettier, so I'm using it).
TEACHING THE RESTLESS - One School's Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed, by Chris Mercogliano, $25.
UNDERGROUND HISTORY OF EDUCATION, by John Taylor Gatto. Oversize paperback, 412 pages, lavishly illustrated. $30 plus $3 shipping - and worth every nickel! Reviewed by Mary Leue
WHAT ARE SCHOOLS FOR? - Holistic Education in American Culture, by Ron Miller. $18.95
 
 
 
Environment
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A YEAR AT BROOK HOLLOW FARM, Where Geese Become Swans, by Julia Ryan Meservy. A book of moving, insightful essays written by a loving woman who has chosen to become part of a farming family - detailing a year of her and their life on a working western Massachusetts farm and her magical experiences there. Originally published as separate stories in the Ashfield News. $12.00
FROM THE FRYER TO THE FUEL TANK, by Joshua Tickell $29.95, plus $2 shipping
THE HERMIT'S HANDBOOK, by Jack Barry, a sensitive and very moving journal of an adventurous year spent by the author completing and living in a beautifully crafted house he had built in the treetops overlooking a beaver pond in the hills of western Massachusetts. $14.95 plus $2 shipping.
YELLOW BRAND BIODIESEL (video)- produced by Jory Hearst and Lauren Jorgensen and narrated by Tom Leue,this video tape includes the origins of biodiesel fuel, the history of Tom's production of biodiesel, a guided tour of the plant and an explanation of how the fuel is made. Click on the tape image (above left) if you wish to view the factory online. $25 plus shipping $2.
WHO'S COUNTING? (video) Marilyn Waring on Sex. Lies and Global Economics - Bullfrog Films - A great video with both humor and truth from Marilyn, who became a pioneering MP in Australia in order to have an impact on what needs to happen on our troubled earth! - $20 plus $2 shipping.
 
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Personal Expressions in Prose
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CROSSING THE POND, by Phyllis Loomis - an engaging and informative account of her job as cook and crew member of a small sailboat on a voyage to cross the Atlantic Ocean - along with three young men and the young owner - undertaken by her at age 79. $12.00 plus shipping.
THE FLYING BIRD BRINGS THE MESSAGE, Lessons from Life, by Mary Leue. $12.95 plue $2 shipping.
HUNGER OF MEMORY, the Education of Richard Rodriguez, by Richard Rodriguez
INDIA JOURNAL, a Pilgrimage toward the Self, $14.95 plus $2 shipping.
JEMMA7729, A new novel by Phoebe Wray. Click on the underlined title to read what the critics have to say about this brilliant first novel by Phoebe Wray, who also happens to be my friiend!. Makes me so proud to make that claim! . THEN go online at Amazon.com and order a copy! .It's great. .I look forward to more stories from Phoebe's gifted pen (sic!).
LOOKING FOR ONE'S SHADOW AT NOON. Volume 1 - Looking for the Self in Family and Society, $8.95 plus $2 shipping. Both volumes $15 plue $3 shipping.
LOOKING FOR ONE'S SHADOW AT NOON, Volume 2, Finding the Self in School and Community $8.95 plus $2 shipping. Both volumes $15 plue $3 shipping.
RUSHING TO EVA, a Pilgrimage in Search of the Great Mother, by Mary Leue. $14.95 plus $2 shipping, reviewed by Ann Mossop.
TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME, Confessions of a Survivor of a Large Family, by Mary M. Leue - a fascinating glimpse of a world that is no more, in three volumes: volume I, $10.95 (when published, all three will sell for $30 plus shipping).
TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME, Confessions of a Survivor of a Large Family, by Mary M. Leue, volume II, $10.95.
... and Poetry
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MEMORIES, a collection of poems by Judith Zottoli, celebrating the poet's childhood recollections of growing up on a tidewater farm on Maine's Casco Bay. $10.95 plus shipping.
SWAMP CANDLES, by Jack Barry, $10.95. A book of haikus by the author of A Hermit's Handbook, chronicling Jack's year in his tree house on his turtle island in his bear swamp. Click on the title to read a few or on the image to read Jack's Introduction.
THE WORLD'S GOIN' TO END AT LOONCHTIME: Poems of the Free School Community, volume one. $10.95 plus shipping.
SONGS OF AN EARTH FAMILY:  Peems of the Free School Community, volume two. $10.95 plus $2 shipping. Read the introduction.
 
Books of the Spirit
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CHILDREN'S PAST LIVES: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child by Carol Bowman; Bantam Books, 1998 356 pp. $12.95, reviewed by Ellen Becker.
THE DAISY SUTRA, Conversations with my Dog, by Helen Weaver - an unforgettable love story about the timelessness of the relationship between a woman and her dog. $18.95, reviewed by Mary Leue. See also Helen's website, http://www.daisysutra.com
THE FIFTH GOSPEL, by Professor Fida Hassnain and Rabbi Dahan Levi - the first version of Search (below) - has many sources and quotations not found in the more recent study of the life of Jesus after the crucifixion. $16.95 - $5 shipping and handling.
METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR A THEORY OF VALUE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD, by William Hendrichs Leue, PhD. $19.95
PAST LIVES THERAPY, by Morris Netherton, Ph.D. and Nancy Shiffrin: A renowned psychologist shows how your present problems and anxieties are the result of what has happened to you in your past incarnations, stretching back centuries.
SAVING THE SAVIOR, by Abubakr Salahuddin, Jammu Press. $14.00.
A SEARCH FOR THE HISTORICAL JESUS - From Apocryphal, Buddhist, Islamic and Sanskrit Sources by Professor Fida Hassnain, $25.00 plus $2 shipping, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano - a new edition by Down-to-Earth Books authorized by the author - plus $2 shipping and handling.
THE GODDESS WITHIN, A Guide to the Eternal Myths that Shape Women's Lives, Jennifer Barker Woolger and Roger Woolger, Ballantine Books, 1989, $16.95, plus $3 shipping
 OTHER LIVES, OTHER SELVES, A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives, by Roger Woolger, PhD. Doubleday, 1987. pb. $18.95 plus $2 shipping.
 
 Stories For Children
 
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THE BEEJUM BOOK, by Alice O. Howell. This book lists for $24.95. This is a glorious, delightful book with great value for both children and adults by a woman who has learned life's greatest lesson - happiness! We sell it for $17.95 plus $2 shipping!
THE BIRD OF IMAGINING Drawings by Children from New York City Public Schools, by Richard Lewis. $10.95
CHILDREN'S PAST LIVES: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child by Carol Bowman; Bantam Books, 1998 356 pp. $12.95, reviewed by Ellen Becker.
JESSICA DRAGONETTE'S FIERY BREATH, by Mary Leue - Jessica's adoration of her grand fire-breathing father gets her in big trouble! $9.95
LIVING BY WONDER, The Imaginative Life of Childhood, by Richard Lewis, $18.95 $2 shipping.
MOPSA THE FAIRY, by Jean Ingelow. A story of pure magic. This classic tale in a paperback near-facsimile of the original Lippincott edition is not only for children. It will take you away into its world, and when you return, you will be changed. Nine beautiful illustrations in full color by Maria L. Kirk, one of the best of the early 20th century children's illustrators. $21.95
... and Very Small Children
by Phyllis Loomis
 
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AMY AND GOGO - a small child and her grandmother spend the day together $8.95
THE DRAGON - a new and exciting kite for David to fly $8.95
DAVID'S KITE, by Phyllis Loomis - more kite stories $8.95
HOW ABOUT FLYING KITES? - a delightful children's story about a boy and his grandmother $8.95
ITS-GOT-TO-BE - a story for very small children - all about ducklings - and one special duckling $8.95
 
Views of a Better World
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BEING AN OUTRAGEOUS OLDER WOMAN, by Ruth Harriet Jacobs - Ruth is a lifelong teacher of creative writing and women's advocate. Click here for a page of her books, including an order form.
HEALING ISRAEL/PALESTINE, A Path to Peace and Reconciliation, by Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun Books, $16.95.
LIMBO, Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams, by Alfred Lubrano, a commentator for NPR's Weekend Edition since 1992. $20 plus $2 shipping.TWO PERCENT SOLUTION, Fixing America's Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love, by Matthew Miller
 
Videos, CDs and DVDs
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SLUTA SKOLAN! (Abolish School!) A DVD of a classical interview with John Taylor Gatto by Swedish activist-educator Lennart Mogren. Also two interviews with Swedish homeshoolers and one with a school reformer, all of which Lennart has promised to translate on demand. $6.95 plus shipping.
WALDORF PROMISE - a beautifully-put-together essay on the most human face of education you'll ever see! This is an account of the teachers, children, classrooms, educators, the purpose and philosophy of the training - but especially the actual classrooms and the sweetness of the connections between teacher and children - this is a story you won't easily forget, especially in hard educational times like these for kids and families! If you are a teacher, or hope to become one, click here for a special scholarship offer to train at one of the Steiner colleges in the US. $20.00 plus $2 shipping.
WALDORF PROMISE Two - New Hope for At-risk Youth. This is the second in a new Waldorf Educational Series by Landfall Productions, and fills in the gaps not covered by the DVD. With these two media, you have all you need to start a summer teacher training program in your own educational system or school. But send someone to Rudolph Steiner College first to take the hands-on training they offer! Then she/he can train the others. P.S., don't forget the scholarship! $25 plus shipping.
WHO'S COUNTING? Marilyn Waring on Sex. Lies and Global Economics - Bullfrog Films - A great video with both humor and truth from Marilyn, who became a pioneering MP in Australia in order to have an impact on what needs to happen on our troubled earth! - $10 plus $2 shipping.
YELLOW BRAND BIODIESEL - produced by Jory Hearst and Lauren Jorgensen and narrated by Tom Leue,this video tape includes the origins of biodiesel fuel, the history of Tom's production of biodiesel, a guided tour of the plant and an explanation of how the fuel is made. Click on the tape image (above left) if you wish to view the fact ory online. $10 plus shipping $2.
 
Down-to-Earth Books as Publisher
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CHALLENGING THE GIANT; The Best of SKOLE, the Journal of Alternative Education, volumes I-IV $14.95 each, plus shipping $2.00 (pb, 500+ pages each volume), or $40.00 for all four plus shipping and handling $5.00). Click here for additional reviews of volumes 1 & 2 by Claudia Berman, and Vols. 3 & 4 by Emanuel Pariser.
THE FIFTH GOSPEL, by Professor Fida Hassnain - the first version of Search (below) - has many sources and quotations not found in the more recent study of the life of Jesus after the crucifixion. $16.50
THE THE FLYING BIRD BRINGS THE MESSAGE, Lessons from Life, by Mary Leue. $12.95 plue $2 shipping.
GROWING UP DEMOCRATIC, by Jerry Mintz, accounts of Jerry's important work in democratizing schools by giving students an authentic voice in governance and curriculum, a new anthology. $10.95
THE HERMIT'S HANDBOOK, by Jack Barry, a sensitive and very moving journal of a year spent by the author completing and living in a beautifully crafted house he had built in a tree over a swamp in the hills of western Massachusetts.$14.95.
INDIA JOURNAL, a Pilgrimage toward the Self, $14.95 plus $2 shipping.
JESSICA DRAGONETTE'S FIERY BREATH, by Mary Leue - Jessica's adoration of her grand fire-breathing father gets her in big trouble! $9.95
LOOKING FOR ONE'S SHADOW AT NOON. Volume 1 - Looking for the Self in Family and Society, $8.95 plus $2 shipping. Both volumes $15 plue $3 shipping.
LOOKING FOR ONE'S SHADOW AT NOON, Volume 2, Finding the Self in School and Community $8.95 plus $2 shipping. Both volumes $15 plue $3 shipping.
MEMORIES, a collection of poems by Judith Zottoli, celebrating the poet's childhood recollections of growing up on a tidewater farm on Maine's Casco Bay. $10.95 plus shipping.
MOPSA THE FAIRY, by Jean Ingelow. A story of pure magic. This classic tale in a paperback near-facsimile of the original Lippincott edition is not only for children. It will take you away into its world, and when you return, you will be changed. Nine beautiful illustrations in full color by Maria L. Kirk, one of the best of the early 20th century children's illustrators. $21.95
METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR A THEORY OF VALUE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD, by William Hendrichs Leue, PhD. $19.95
REAL SCHOOLS - IN THEIR OWN W0RDS - edited by Mary M. Leue: Down-to-Earth Books, Ashfield, MA. This is an account of 27 different schools, 24 of them in the US., three abroad, with accompanying essays by members of each of them - or, in a couple of cases, parents of children in them - taken from SKOLE, The Journal of Alternative Education. Valuable for parents looking at educational alternatives or student teachers, struggling to learn about what is possible in the field. $16.95 plus shipping.
REAL TEACHERS; REAL TEACHING - IN THEIR OWN WORDS - edited by Mary M. Leue. Compendium volume to Real Schools. Contents, articles by 38 different teachers, organized as: teaching as a celebration of life, 8 examples; defining the problems with schools, 12; proposed solutions 6; teaching young children 5; teaching elementary-school age children. 8; teaching high school-age students. 5. teaching college-age students. 4; teaching and learning at home. An absolute must for someone struggling to provide good education for their child(ren) - or for someone equally determined to decide for himself what constitutes really good teaching - and how to find it! This volume offers a wide variety of teaching styles and criteria by which to understand, to choose. $16.95 plus shipping. $16.95  
RUSHING TO EVA, a Pilgrimage in Search of the Great Mother, by Mary Leue. $14.95 plus $2 shipping, reviewed by Ann Mossop.
A SEARCH FOR THE HISTORICAL JESUS - From Apocryphal, Buddhist, Islamic and Sanskrit Sources by Professor Fida Hassnain, $16.50 plus $2 shipping, rreviewed by Chris Mercogliano - a new edition by Down-to-Earth Books authorized by the author
SHINE IN YOUR OWN WAY, Inspiration for Parents of Failing Kids, by Nancy Gill - essays reflecting over two decades of this brilliant, inspired teacher's work with kids of all ages. $18.95 plus $2 shipping.
SKOLE, THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, Mary M. Leue, editor. Past issues available, $4 each, plus $2 shipping, reviewed by John Potter. Down-to-Earth Books has been operating, both as a publishing house and a bookstore, since the mid-seventies. Our particular emphasis has always been on the implications of various models of education, social customs and attitudes upon family and community - and especially on children. Click here for John Potter's review.  
SONGS OF AN EARTH FAMILY, poems of the Free School community, volume two. $10.95 plus $2 shipping. Read the introduction.
SWAMP CANDLES, by Jack Barry. A book of Haikus by the author of A Hermit's Handbook (see above under ENVIRONMENT), chronicling Jack's year in his tree house on his turtle island in his bear swamp. Click on the title to read a few. $10.95.
TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME, Confessions of a Survivor of a Large Family, by Mary M. Leue - a fascinating glimpse of a world that is no more, in three volumes: volume I, $10.95 (when published, all three will sell for $30 plus shipping).
TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME , Confessions of a Survivor of a Large Family, by Mary M. Leue, volume II, $10.95.
THE WORLD'S GOIN' TO END AT LOONCHTIME, poems of the Free School Community, volume one. $10.95 plus shipping.
 
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