by Site Owner | Aug 13, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography
By Melanie Light, Photographed by Ken Light Heyday, $40.00, 176 pages Through short essays and more than 100 dramatic black-and-white photographs, Valley of Shadows and Dreams explores the dark corners of California’s Great Central Valley. With a foreword by...
by Site Owner | Aug 8, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Edgar Rice Burroughs The Library of America, $20.00, 432 pages When Lord and Lady Greystroke die in the wilds of Africa, their infant son, Tarzan is adopted by the she-ape, Kala. Growing up, Tarzan develops incredible strength and cunning. Able to kill lions with...
by Site Owner | Aug 2, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By David McPhail Charlesbridge Publishing, $15.95, 32 pages Where can a recently escaped lion go to play and hide out when zoo keepers are on the lookout? Pig Pig’s house, of course! Pig Pig and the lion gallop downstairs, over chairs and even on top of the...
by Site Owner | Jul 25, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Nature, Outdoors & Animals
By Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence Thomas Dunne Books, $16.99, 368 pages In 1999, South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony received a very unusual request: would he adopt a herd of troubled elephants? The disturbed pachyderms had exhausted the patience of...
by Site Owner | Jul 25, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography
By Michael Petry Thames & Hudson, $34.95, 208 pages The Art of Not Making: The New Artist/Artisan Relationship presents a colorful collection of work representing more than 115 contemporary artists. At first glance, the pieces appear entirely unrelated to one...