This is an important primary source in regard to J.R.R. Tolkien's writing of The Lord of the Rings that wasn't readily available to me when I was writing my dissertation about Tolkien. It deserves to be readily available to anyone doing research upon Tolkien at UTK in the future.

As Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer said: "Il faut savoir cultiver son jardin!"

This is a classic in my field of research.

I am one of the contributors to the edited volume 'Pursuing Sustainability'.

These books are in my research field and are very interesting

The 12 Rules for Life laid out by Jordan Peterson impressed me. I wish this book, or something like it, had existed when I was a young adult. It gives one a guidebook for how to manage both the mundane and the sublime. It helps me think about how to talk to the young people I deal with daily. It helps everyone think deeply about small changes they can make in their own behavior that will make them stronger mentally and physically, and by so doing, make the world a better place.

I had the opportunity to read this work for the first time in 2004 while attending the Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program at UNC-Chapel Hill around the time I was considering graduate school and while I was interested in studying black intellectuals. Mays's story resonated with me in powerful ways. As I began working on my dissertation and book, I used this autobiography to learn about Morehouse College and the City of Atlanta during Jim Crow. Mays served as president at Morehouse College from 1940-1967. One of my favorite quotes, which you'll find on my department website and one that I share with my students at the beginning of each semester is attributed to Mays. 'The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.'

It is a book that represents unconditional love for all mankind and life forms.