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HORSESHOE CRABS AND VELVET WORMS, by Richard Fortey

November 11, 2012

A MARVELOUSLY ENJOYABLE TOUR of so-called “living fossils”—the world’s oldest (and strangest) organisms.

Grade: A MINUS

HORSESHOE CRABS AND VELVET WORMS: THE STORY OF THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS THAT TIME HAS LEFT BEHIND
Knopf
2012

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DEMON FISH, by Juliet Eilperin

March 26, 2012

THE SECRET WORLD OF SHARKS comes alive in this easy-going, anecdotal, but thoroughly researched book.

Grade: SOLID B

DEMON FISH: TRAVELS THROUGH THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SHARKS
Pantheon
2011

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THE RIPPLE EFFECT, by Alex Prud’homme

March 22, 2012

SURPRISINGLY ENGROSSING STUDY of the history of water rights policy and the challenges of freshwater access.

Grade: SOLID B

THE RIPPLE EFFECT: THE FATE OF FRESHWATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Simon and Schuster
2011

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TRACKING THE MAN-BEASTS, by Joe Nickell

December 19, 2011

VETERAN MYTH INVESTIGATOR Joe Nickell looks into many legends of supernatural critters with wit and insight.

Grade: SOLID B

TRACKING THE MAN-BEASTS: SASQUATCH, VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES, AND MORE
Prometheus Books
2011

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RAT ISLAND, by William Stolzenburg

October 27, 2011

FASCINATING REAL-LIFE ADVENTURE follows conservation biologists fighting invasive species on remote islands.

Grade: B PLUS

RAT ISLAND: PREDATORS IN PARADISE AND THE WORLD'S GREATEST WILDLIFE RESCUE
Bloomsbury
2011

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THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS, by Tracy Ross

October 23, 2011

SEARING AND ELOQUENT memoir of child sexual abuse, family dysfunction, and the healing power of nature.

Grade: SOLID B

THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS: A MEMOIR
Free Press
2011

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WEEDS, by Richard Mabey

October 16, 2011

A NATURE WRITER LOOKS at the social and historical impact of weeds, and offers a defense of their complexity.

Grade: SOLID B

WEEDS: IN DEFENSE OF NATURE'S MOST UNLOVED PLANTS
HarperCollins
2011

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I WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND, by Brenda Peterson

March 7, 2011

THOUGHTFUL, POETIC MEMOIR of an evangelical girlhood by a writer who came to find the divine in nature.

Grade: SOLID B

I WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND
Da Capo
2010

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IN UTOPIA, by J. C. Hallman

February 22, 2011

IDEALS OF UTOPIA explored in the context of today’s planned environments; reportage adds fun to philosophizing.

Grade: SOLID B

IN UTOPIA
St. Martin's
2010

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THE TURQUOISE LEDGE, by Leslie Marmon Silko

January 31, 2011

QUIRKY, OFTEN POETIC memoir of art, nature, family, and Native culture from Leslie Marmon Silko.

Grade: SOLID B

THE TURQUOISE LEDGE
Viking
2010

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