by Site Owner | Aug 6, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, Nature, Outdoors & Animals
The Paw Project is a documentary film addressing the inhumane act of declawing cats. Dr. Jennifer Conrad saw firsthand the damage declawing did to cats. As a veterinarian, she worked with big cats and other exotic animals that were formerly used in Hollywood or were...
by Site Owner | Apr 16, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
Do the Right Thing By Christopher Boehm Basic Books, $28.99, 418 pages Moral Origins is a refreshing take on the complicated issue of moral reasoning and behavior. It is hard to determine exactly where the concept of morality began, yet Boehm makes a...
by Site Owner | Jul 6, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
By Andrew R. Halloran St. Martin’s Press, $25.99, 276 pages Andrew Halloran balances the roles of scientist and storyteller in The Song of the Ape. Halloran compares various studies of chimpanzees living in the wild with studies of chimpanzees living in...
by Site Owner | Sep 28, 2011 | Historical Fiction
By Allison Pittman, Multnomah Books, $14.99, 352 pages Lilly Margolis, a free spirited flapper girl, is barely making ends meet by selling cosmetics door to door. Lilly’s life changes when she comes across the affluent home of Cullen Burnside and his mother Betty...
by Site Owner | Sep 17, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Self-Help
By Paul Assaiante, James Zug, Portfolio, $29.95, 225 pages When it came to writing a book about what he knew best, Trinity men’s squash coach Paul Assaiante shared his unique and successful coaching techniques and his overall life philosophy in Run to the Roar:...
