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Part travelogue, part memoir, part history.With wit and self-deprecating humor, Paul Gilje brings the reader along on two bicycle road tours. When Gilje was seventeen, he biked from Brooklyn to Montreal at the end of the summer in 1968. When he was sixty-seven, he repeated (sort of) the trip at the end of the summer of 2018. The first ride marked the transition from adolescence to adulthood; the second ride marked the transition from adulthood (fully employed) to post-adulthood (fully retired).The journeys took him from his working-class Brooklyn neighborhood, through the steel and concrete canyons of Manhattan, into the majestic Hudson Valley, across the foothills of the Adirondacks, to French-speaking Canada. Gilje recounts his personal odysseys in 1968 and 2018, describing his trials, tribulations and triumphs. Using his training as a historian Gilje draws comparisons between the world around him in each year. Cycles of Life is funny and honest with an oscillating through-line that makes juxtaposing 1968 and 2018 feel fluid and lived, rather than like a static analysis of snapshots in time.

It's easy to think that our role as adults in our children's lives is all about teaching skills and guiding behaviors. Being In Time With Children offers a different perspective. In a series of thoughtful and at times humorous reflections, David Kuschner focuses on the wonder and mystery of the children with whom we have the privilege of spending time. Highlighting the importance of careful attention, reflection and respect, Being In Time With Children is about those moments in time we share with our children. "Drawing on his illustrious career as an early childhood educator, his experiences as a parent, and the wisdom of thinkers ranging from Shakespeare to Anne Lamott, David Kuschner provides much needed food for thought for teachers, parents, grandparents-actually anyone who interacts with children-as we consider how to nurture the next generation."-Ben Mardell, Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

"I was born in the small town of Ft. Kent, Maine, on September 26, 1919, to Meyer Blumberg and Minnie Klein Blumberg."Thus begins the autobiography of Mendel Blumberg, as told in his own wry, understated, reflective style.As a member of the Greatest Generation, he experienced the Great Depression as a teenager and then fought in World War II through the brutal campaigns in North Africa and southern Europe. Vowing that "I would never be cold again," he moved to Florida and had careers as a racehorse trainer, as a postal worker and union representative, and as a women's professional golf tour official. He never married, yet he had a number of long-term relationships with "beautiful women with great personalities. I feel like I've had five long honeymoons."He never had children, yet he had a lasting impact on his nephews, nieces, cousins' children, and their families. He was our much-loved Uncle Mendy.