Author’s Note: A free review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. Whether or not you like polar bears, Richard Ellis’s book On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear (affiliate link) is a fascinating read. Ellis is the author of more than a dozen books [...]
Book Review: On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear, by Richard Ellis
June 23, 2010 by 1 Comment
Book Review: Ninety-Five: Meeting America’s Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs, ed. No Voice Unheard
June 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Author’s Note: This is the third of three reviews of books published by the non-profit animal organization and book publisher No Voice Unheard, based in Santa Cruz, California. (For my previous reviews, see the posts on One at a Time and Thought to Exist in the Wild. No Voice Unheard provided me with free review [...]
“Making It Right” for Real: Responding to the BP Gulf Oil Spill
June 16, 2010 by 22 Comments
It has been just under two months now since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and oil, with natural gas and other chemicals, started spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. I need not recount the ensuing debacle, as I am sure almost everyone is far too familiar with the dire results. Considering that there has [...]
Book Review: Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos, by Derrick Jensen and Karen Tweedy-Holmes
June 14, 2010 by 3 Comments
Author’s Note: This is the second of three reviews of books published by the non-profit animal organization and book publisher No Voice Unheard, based in Santa Cruz, California. (For my previous review, see the post on One at a Time; the third review will be of Ninety-Five. No Voice Unheard provided me with free review [...]
Book Review: One at a Time: A Week in an American Animal Shelter, by Diane Leigh and Marilee Geyer
June 8, 2010 by 4 Comments
Author’s Note: This is the first of three reviews of books published by the non-profit animal organization and book publisher No Voice Unheard, based in Santa Cruz, California. (The next reviews will be of Thought to Exist in the Wild and Ninety-Five. No Voice Unheard provided me with free review copies of these books.) Anyone [...]
