EH Group — January 2022

• next read?
• The Science of Effective Mentoring in STEMM
  • 2-season Podcast series released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/the-science-of-effective-mentoring-in-stemm
  • Season 1, focused on successful mentoring toward a more diverse and inclusive and equitable Academy
  • Season 2, focused additionally on mentee perspectives
• 4000 Weeks
  • What will you do with your 4000 weeks of life?
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/books/review-four-thousand-weeks-time-management-oliver-burkeman.html
• Chile Zombie
  • The zombie apocalypse. In Chile. (Spanish language)
  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48896108-chile-zombie
• Zoe and Sassafras
  • Children’s book series. Elementary-age Black girl and her Scientist Mom tend to magical forest creatures with illness or problems, using a scientific approach to figure out what the creatures need.
  • https://www.zoeyandsassafras.com/
• Fergus Crane
  • Children’s book (1 of series)
  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/352701.Fergus_Crane
• Dune (series, also recent movie)
  • Classic Science Fiction Series. Themes intersect with water, ecology, indigenous peoples, and politics.
  • Dune Series by Frank Herbert (goodreads.com)
• Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
  • Novel that depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern part of Nigeria and the invasion by Europeans during the late 19th century.
  • Also a great song by Built to Spill and a sometimes good descriptor for the day.
  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37781.Things_Fall_Apart
• The Indifferent Stars Above – Daniel James Brown
  •  Non-fiction account of the Donner Party (pretty good Alkaline Trio song) where things really fall apart.
  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6033525-the-indifferent-stars-above

Other Recommendations and Old Favorites

• Six of Crows
  • Fantasy heist story set in Ketterdam, a fictional city inspired by 17th-century Amsterdam. Six young adults attempt a seemingly impossible prison break.
  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23437156-six-of-crows
• For the Love of Rivers
  • Written by Kurt Fausch, a professor at Colorado State University. He is a fish ecologist and wrote this book on his sabbatical reflecting on his science, travel, relationships, and the importance of river conservation. Potentially inspiring and motivating perspective for those who work in the water world.
  • For the love of rivers
• Where the Water Goes by David Owen and Water is for Fighting Over by John Fleck
  • Books about water resources and the Colorado River Basin. The first takes the reader on a journey along the river from headwaters to the delta of the Colorado River. The latter talks about the physical realities of water (hydrology) in the basin and the governance of water resources in the US Southwest.
  • Where the Water Goes by David Owen Book Summary, Reviews and E-Book Download (bookpedia.co)
  • Water is for Fighting Over: and Other Myths about Water in the West by John Fleck (goodreads.com)
• The Wizard and the Prophet
  • Narratives of two fundamental 20th century scientists, William Vogt and Norman Borlaug, and their dueling visions for the future of humanity, environmental limits, and technological solutions to environmental problems.
  • The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World by Charles C. Mann (goodreads.com)
• The Honest Broker
  • Discussions of the role of science in policy and politics and the various roles scientists can choose to occupy through their work and activism.
  • The Honest Broker (cambridge.org)
• Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
  • The story of Charles Marlow, a sailor who takes on an assignment from a Belgian trading company as a ferry-boat captain in the African interior. The novel is widely regarded as a critique of European colonial rule in Africa, whilst also examining the themes of power dynamics and morality.
  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4900.Heart_of_Darkness
• Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West – Cormac McCarthy
  • Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into a nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.
  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394535.Blood_Meridian_or_the_Evening_Redness_in_the_West