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book giveaway!
Win a free book and two bookmarks!I'm giving away a copy of this book, Animals of the North by William O. Pruitt. (It's also published under the title Wild Harmonies: Animals of the North.) My copy is a hardbound 1967 edition. It used to belong to a library, there are some remainder marks on the...
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Published 6 hours ago

Clan Ground
by Clare BellClan Ground is the sequel to Ratha's Creature. If, like me, you become enthralled with the feline characters, it's hard not to immediately open this next volume to follow their struggle for survival. I breezed right through the book. It's full of drama, suspense and action.To give a...
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Published a day ago

Through Wolf's Eyes
by Jane LindskoldI thought I would enjoy this fantasy novel about a feral child who winds up in the middle of court intrigue. In this alternate universe, "Firekeeper" is a woman who was raised in the wild by extra-large, super-smart wolves. She's discovered by a group of men from the King's...
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Published 3 days ago

Holes
by Louis SacharHoles is about a kid named Stanley who mistakenly gets accused of a crime and ends up at a reformative camp for delinquent youth. A camp in the middle of a dried- up desert lake. Where the boys have to dig five-foot deep holes every day. It's supposed to be character-building. Even...
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Published 4 days ago

Ratha's Creature
by Clare BellI've just finished reading this book for the umpteenth time. Several years have passed since the last re-reading, and the story has not lost it vivid impact for me. Ratha's Creature is a fantasy novel featuring prehistoric big cats who speak and have an organized society. The main...
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Published 5 days ago

The Ghost with Trembling Wings
Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Speciesby Scott WeidensaulI saw this book mentioned on Vulpes Libris a few months ago. It is based on several years the author spent traveling around the globe in search of extinct and seriously endangered species. In The Ghost with Trembling...
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Published 7 days ago

winner
.I used the same toss-papers-into-air method of picking a winner for this giveaway, but am in the middle of thanksgiving preparations and didn't have time to take photos. One name landed on the book at the first try. Darbyscloset, you're a winner! Send your postal address to jeanenevarez AT gmail...
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Published a week ago

Learning Joy from Dogs without Collars
by Lauralee SummerThis is the memoir of a college student with an uncommon background. Summer spent most of her childhood homeless. Her father was absent, her mother usually jobless. They rarely had money for food or clothes, much less to rent an apartment or own a car. They moved frequently, and...
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Published a week ago

Book Recommendations
.Looking for a good book to buy, for yourself or as a gift? I've set up a page of recommendations on one of my favorite sites, Powell's Books. There you can find a great selection of titles I've featured on this blog and rated highly.A very small percentage of the sales generated by my bookshelf...
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Published a week ago

Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor Frankltranslated by Ilse Lasch I don't remember how I first heard of this book, but I know I read it twice in high school. The author is a psychiatrist who had survived the Holocaust- three years spent in four different concentration camps. The major portion of the book describes his...
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Published a week ago

White Fang
by Jack LondonAnother old favorite of mine, White Fang is almost a mirror image of London's other dog book, Call of the Wild. That one is about a pet dog named Buck from California who adapts to a harsh life in Alaska, eventually running off with the wolves. White Fang, in contrast, is about a...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Winnie the Pooh
by A. A. MilneThis book doesn't really need much introduction, but I'll describe it to you anyway. My mother read it to me when I was young, and I was delighted to share it with my own daughter now. It took us about a week to get through, reading a chapter every night or so. I don't recall if...
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Published 2 weeks ago