false 4 207 46 true 5828323 read 1 true 1550069 currently-reading 137 true 1550068 to-read 22 true 5337075 read-a-long-time-ago 1 true 8593296 not-to-read 12 false 5337165 books-to-read-again http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80309069 Trails of an Alaska Game Warden (Hardcover) by Ray Tremblay
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80085246 Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, ... With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory (Hardcover) by Roy Blount Jr.
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51763165 to: In a Patch of Fireweed: A Biologist's Life in the Field (Paperback) by Bernd Heinrich
This is another lovely example of Heinrich's fine writing. It covers part of his life that I had already read about in other books of his, but with totally different intriguing facts and stories. When I started to read the book, I had been afraid that he might repeat himself in this book, but there is so much depth to his life that he had entirely new material.

His ability to communicate clearly is unparalleled in my experience, and he also has a talent for fine story-telling. I would say that the subject matter is fascinating, which it is, but I have a feeling that I would not find it nearly so interesting in the hands of another author. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77126629 to: The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution (Hardcover) by Sean B. Carroll
I liked the explanations of the various facets of evolution, of vision, especially. It was also interesting to hear what happened to plant genetics in post-World War II Russia. I didn't like the way that Carroll argued for evolution and the attacks he made on creationists. It seems to me that the facts stand on their own, and can be understood by anyone willing without being force-fed. I almost never do feel, however, that an appeal for environmentalism, as in the last chapter of this book, is misplaced, and I was horrified by the new facts there. It was especially compelling that Carrol himself says he had just found out about the statistics in the final chapter while doing the research for the book. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78772173 A Year in the Maine Woods (Paperback) by Bernd Heinrich
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78754287 A Natural History of the Unnatural World: Discover What Cryptozoology Can Teach Us About Over One Hundred Fabulous Creatures That Inhabit Earth, Sea and Sky (Hardcover) by Joel Levy
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78754239 The Unnatural History of the Sea (Hardcover) by Callum Roberts
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78230993 Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins (Paperback) by Carl Zimmer
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78230903 Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World (Paperback) by Carl Zimmer
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78210243 Ravens in Winter (Paperback) by Bernd Heinrich
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