Book Sharing and Chocolate....Mmmmm.

Books are the carriers of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print. --Barbara W. Tuchman

Let's loan or trade books while absorbing the aroma and gastronomical pleasures of chocolate!

If your bookshelves (or boxes!) are overflowing, bring some here! Come meet and network with other Bizniks. Clean out some clutter, or simply share some knowledge from a favorite paper bound treasure.

I'm attempting to get a gauge on what subject matters/titles you would be interested in reading; If you like, you can post a book title, author or subject you would dig bringing home.

And if you can't make it, please share with us what you're reading!

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  Posted by Joy Strzechowski-Amada, LMP, Seattle, Washington | Aug 09, 2007

  I want to read:

  • The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
  • One of your favorite biz-themed books

  I'm currently reading:

  • The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida
  • Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach, PhD

  I think I want to be a Biznik librarian when I grow up.
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  Posted by Brian Allen, West Seattle, Washington | Aug 10, 2007

  Argh, can't make it! :P

  I'm hosting the One World Report at KBCS that night... I'm so glad you did this event though, it'll be next month before Hannah and I make the other one happen. OK, I'm eating some chocolate right now, so I feel better. :))

  Tipping Point and Creative Class are both titles I'd like to read, good choices Joy! (Biznik librarian indeed!)

  I want to read:

  • Ha ha ha ha ha. Everything!

  I'm currently reading:

  • Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

  • Nemesis: the last days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson

  • The varieties of scientific experience: a personal view of the search for God by Carl Sagan
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  Posted by Nancy Hanauer, Seattle, Washington | Aug 10, 2007

  Drats! Teaching that night...but what a fun event idea, Joy!
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  Posted by Joy Strzechowski-Amada, LMP, Seattle, Washington | Aug 10, 2007

  Tell you what, Brian-

  I will put your name on The Rise of the Creative Class, and bring it to the Chocolate event next month.

  And, uh...I'll try to rub my cocoa stained fingerprints off of the pages.

  I'm glad to hear that there is some interest in this event. I decided to post it at the very last minute, so it's no surprise that folks already have plans.

  I'll host another book trade this fall, as the rain begins to make a greater appearance. And since the skies will begin to become grey, perhaps I can find a cafe with full spectrum lighting too. Anyone know of such a place?
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  Posted by Mindy Crary, MBA , Seattle, Washington | Aug 13, 2007

  This will be my first Biznik event, and I thought that the fact that it was about two of my favorite things, books and chocolate, was extemely prophetic.

  PLUS - I have a copy of the Tipping Point that I'm done with, so it just seems like fate that I need to come give this to you!

  money coach | life planner
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  Posted by Aviva ., Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Washington | Aug 14, 2007

  I already have plans that nite, Joy. Would you please host another one on a different day? coz I do love reading AND chocolate. I'm reading '4 hour workweek' now. It's sooo cool!
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  Posted by Lauren M Vogel, Seattle, Washington | Aug 14, 2007

  looking forward to it! ALso my first biznik event, and what better way to do it than with chocolate and books! I might even have some caramels from work to bring to everyone who attends ... :)
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  Posted by Lesa Sullivan, Seattle, Washington | Aug 15, 2007

  I could bring along some cookbooks for loan, and perhaps bring a chocolate sweetie or two along with me.

  I'm reading some interesting stuff that I'd love to chat about, if anyone else has read 'em:

  • Francis Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet
  • Alisa Smith and JB Mackinnon's Plenty
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  Posted by Cere Davis, Seattle, Washington | Aug 15, 2007

  My current book favorites are:

  • the MetaPhysical Club - A story of ideas in America

  and

  • Fats that Heal and Fats that Kill by Udo Erasmus

  The fats that heal book is a little old for it's content, but timeless in it's own way.