Book Review: Exposing the Big Game
/A fiery new book condemns the evils of hunting
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A fiery new book condemns the evils of hunting
Read Morea fact-filled compendium of killer creatures!
Read MoreA new reprint of a classic book about a hardscrabble pride of lions in Kenya
Read MoreAn enchantingly small focus creates a modern-day masterpiece of natural history
Read MoreIn conjunction with a recent PBS special, a classic book is re-issued: the story of a man who became the mother, father, and leader to an engaging group of wild turkeys
Read MoreThe originator of Constructal Theory writes another book expounding his notion that all things flow against resistance, and that everything flowing is alive.
Read MoreA stunning - and miraculously hopeful - update to DK's legendary guide to animals
Read MoreProlific author Richard Ellis returns with a gripping new book about the monster from Melville, the mysterious and majestic sperm whale.
Read MoreAll life on Earth is bound to our vast and complex oceans, the subject of The Smithsonian Institute’s new exhibit. Ben Soderquist dives into its companion volume: Ocean: Our Water, Our World.
Read MoreIt has been a part of every human life since mankind was born – but how much does any of us know about lightning? Terry Soderquist reviews John S. Friedman’s Out of the Blue and tries to fill in the gaps on this most scarifying of natural phenomena.
Read MoreTuc Macfarland was forever changed when he first heard whalesong, something he shares in common with the men and women exploring those haunting sounds in David Rothenberg’s Thousand Mile Song.
Read MoreBecka Podlertz decries the blinkered arrogance of all animal researchers, just as she celebrates the unique and thought-provoking contribution of Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B. Stanford in their new book, Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins
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