Tag Archives: Nature

It’s Raining Frogs and Fishes!

Posted on March 11, 2010 by smellincoffee

It’s Raining Frogs and Fishes: Four Seasons of Natural Phenomena and Oddities of the Sky© 1992 Jerry Dennis; illustrations by Glenn Wolff323 pages It’s Raining Frogs and Fishes is a collection of nearly forty essays on the many mysteious of … Continue reading →

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Dolphins

Posted on August 13, 2009 by smellincoffee

Dolphins © 1975 Jacques-Yves Cousteau 304 pages In every color, there is the light. In every stone sleeps a crystal. Remember the shaman, when he used to say — “Man is the dream of the dolphin.” – “The Dream of … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (7/10)

Posted on October 8, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update Tilting the Balance, Harry Turtledove Prelude to Foundation, Isaac Asimov Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer I continued in the Worldwar series by Harry Turtledove, which sees an alien invasion of Earth in 1942 — thus interrupting the second … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (24/7)

Posted on July 24, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Personal Memoirs, US Grant The Universe in a Nutshell, Stephen Hawking Asimov’s Mysteries, Isaac Asimov Primates of the World, Rod and Ken Preston-Mafham The Rise of Reason, Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit Moser I began this week … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (3/7)

Posted on July 3, 2007 by smellincoffee

I’ve had a lot of good reading the last few weeks, which is not suprising given how heavily steeped my library selections were in science. I began with Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade. The cover of the book is … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (4/6)

Posted on June 4, 2007 by smellincoffee

Generally I visit the library once a week, but last week was different. I’ve been getting school affairs in order and looking for a summer job, so I haven’t had all the time for reading that I usually do. Last … Continue reading →

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