Bookshop.org

 I love to share books, blogs, videos and online resources. If you want to own one of the books I discuss, I have a book store page on bookstores.org. If you follow my link to one of these books and purchase it, I get a small commission for the referral and it helps local book stores. Also if you go to my bookstore.org page and search for any book and then purchase it, then I also get a small commission. Thanks for your support. My store page is called, Our-Growing-Orbits. Here is a link to my page:

https://bookshop.org/shop/our-growing-orbits


“The Rebel Alliance standing up to the Amazon Empire.” — Chicago Tribune
“Because of Bookshop.org, I'm not concerned about our viability ... I can thrive rather than just survive.” — Noëlle Santos, The Lit. Bar, Bronx, NY






 


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