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Art of Fermenation by Sandor Katz

May 17, 2012

The Art of Fermentation is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough…

The Wolf at Twilight

May 16, 2012

A note is left on a car windshield, an old dog dies, and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before…

Gaia’s Garden – Second Edition

May 15, 2012

Gaia’s Garden has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world for the last 7 years. The enlarged, updated 2nd edition is the winner of the 2011 Nautilus Gold Medal…

Summer Hours! M-F 11:00am – 5:00pm

May 14, 2012

Attention Library Patrons! The Alternatives Library is changing over to our Summer Hours; Monday – Friday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday & Sunday Closed Hours are subject to change.…

Celebrate People’s History – Until June 23!

May 9, 2012

The CPH Art show at Studio West has been a huge success! The opening was May 4th and the show continues until July 23. While there are some opportunities to…

Mischief in the Forest, picture book

May 5, 2012

Old Mrs. Johnson lives alone in the forest and loves to knit sweaters and mittens for her grandchildren in the city. One day, when returning from a visit to the…

Maria’s Story

May 4, 2012

It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader is on the frontlines…