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Category Archives: Reviews
The Pluto Files
The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet © 2009 Neil deGrasse Tyson 224 pages Ordinary citizens don’t take an interest in the fine details of scientific debate, any more than they would the fine details … Continue reading
The Five Love Languages
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts Older subtitle: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate © 1992, 2010, 2015 Gary Chapman 208 pages What is a love language? French is one, right? And Italian? ….no? Oh, … Continue reading
What Pastors Wish Their Church Members Knew
What Pastors Wish Their Church Members Knew: Helping People Understand and Appreciate their Leaders © 2009 177 pages What Pastors Wish Their Church Members Knew reviews the results of a survey distributed to hundreds of Protestant, evangelical pastors, to … Continue reading
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter © 2018 Margaret Magnusson 128 pages Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, for old time is still a-flying. While you’re at it, … Continue reading
Of love languages, cunning critters, epic battles, and cows
Time for some mini-reviews! Read but not reviewed in the last week or so have been: The Heart of the 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Frans de Waal Shiloh: A … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews, science
Tagged animal domestication, Frans de Waal, historical fiction, primates, science, skills-and-readiness
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing © 2018 Delia Owens 368 pages ‘There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.’” – Aldous Leopold, The Sand County Almanac They called her the Marsh Girl. Abandoned in a decaying … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Book Bunch Favorites, Nature, recommended to me, Southern Literature, thriller
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Why is Sex Fun?
Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality © 1997 Jared Diamond 172 pages Why is Sex Fun is a provocatively titled, slim volume on the evolution of human sexuality. Diamond never addresses the titular question, though, instead evaluating … Continue reading
Brains, cotton mills, and vanilla legal thrills
January is off to a solid reading start, largely because I’ve developed some ankle woes and my gym/hiking/cycling time has become extra reading time for three weeks running. I’m about to see an orthopedic specialist, though, so here’s hoping I … Continue reading
Losing an Enemy
Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy 472 pages © 2017 Trita Parsi Losing an Enemy is now a profoundly depressing book, being an extensive history of an agreement that could have started erasing fifty years of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged Middle East, Obama, Persia-Iran, Politics-CivicInterest, Trita Parsi
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