Tag Archives: animals
** Deadly Kingdom by Gordon Grice
Deadly Kingdom is a rather strange book, a catalog of all the various ways animals can hurt us. The first chapters are gruesome as the author, gleefully, it seems, details maulings by wolves, bears, and big cats in exquisite, grim, … Continue reading
Filed under New fiction, Non fiction
The Hidden Life of Deer by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is a keen, patient observer of nature and the first chapters of The Hidden Life of Deer describe in beautiful detail the herd of deer she fed during a particularly harsh New Hampshire winter (and the flock … Continue reading
Filed under Non fiction
Crow Planet by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Crow Planet is a strange book. It’s a book about crow behavior, but it’s also (mostly?) a book about the author’s tortured life as a depressed would-be country girl living in a large city. The bits about the crows are … Continue reading
Filed under Non fiction
A Lion Named Christian by Anthony Bourke and John Randall
A Lion Called Christian is a slim book with an equally slim, almost incredible but very sweet story: two young Australians on their world trip in the late sixties buy a cub lion at Harrod’s in London. They raise him … Continue reading
Filed under True story
Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin
Animals Make Us Human is the latest book by Temple Grandin, the autistic author and animal specialist of Animals in Translation‘s fame. While I must say I enjoyed Animals in Translation better than this one, which focuses more on pets, and … Continue reading
Filed under Non fiction
Tell me Where it Hurts by Nick Trout
Nick Trout is a vet surgeon and Tell Me Where It Hurts is organized as a “typical” day for him — except that it’s not, since it starts at 3am and ends at 10pm and despite the sanctimonious “we work so … Continue reading
Filed under True story
