"The Other Side of the World is a wonderful book with that rare quality of awakening the mind of the reader even as it amazes, enriches, and entertains - not to be missed."
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Reeve Lindbergh, author
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"In this beautifully articulated collection of small essays, Bill Eddy shows us how breaking out of traditional patterns of thought can revolutionize our attitudes toward ourselves and our world."
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David Budbill, poet and playwright |
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"These thoughtful essays invite the reader to see our environment in a very different light - not simply as a collection of external problems to be solved, but as an outgrowth of the way our minds have learned to perceive the world. If we are to change the outside, we must change the inside first."
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Russell E. Train, Chairman Emeritus World Wildlife Fund
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"A lifetime of exploration, study, and teaching is captured in this remarkable book.... These brief essays take the reader on an unexpected journey into the far corners of the mind and nature...."
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Carl Reidel, Founding Director
and Prof. Emeritus - Environmental Studies, University of Vermont
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"In what is obviously not just another travel journal, Eddy has challenged the reader to join him on a journey that has spanned much of his life and to places beyond the physical being of time and space."
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Mary Wheeler, Our Community Journal
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"...fresh, inspiring, and brief - these essays are a delight and bring together a sharp focus on particular experiences with insight and wisdom."
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Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.d. - Biologist and author The Rebirth of Nature
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"It is this interplay between the human mind and the natural world that forms a backdrop to Eddy's stories. While pursuing the relationship between mind and nature may seem a heady undertaking, Eddy's book is not a philosophical treatise. Rather it is a collection of simple tales that are short, poignant, and digestible."
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Brad Usatch, The Caledonian Record
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"The Other Side of the World is an impressive and thoughtful collection of 45 intriguing and compelling essays that turn perspectives around... [It] is a highly enjoyable read for armchair travelers, or anyone interested in challenging their commonly held perceptions of the vast diversity of cultures around the world."
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Library Bookwatch - Midwest Book Review
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"Eddy has given us a gift. For its beautiful prose and poetry, its timeless and timely reminders, we need to take a quiet swim in The Other Side of the World." |
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Francette Cerulli, poet and critic Rutland Times Argus |
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"Photographs, clocks, giraffes, the Taj Mahal, fossils, a piece of pottery, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, maps, a human skull - Eddy can take any item and show you a different perspective, a new meaning. "
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Evelyn Wermer Frey, Reviewer, The Stowe Reporter
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