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Reader recommendation: Healing the Heart of Democracy

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

By Dennis Boyer, Dodgeville, Wis. / January 13, 2012


Healing the Heart of Democracy, by Parker Palmer, is an uplifting book that reminds us of the deep transformational capacity of active engagement in society and governance.

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