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18
May
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Book Reviews. Tagged: animal dialogues, animals, bears, books, cougars, craig childs, field, great read, holiday, natural history, naturalist, nature, nature lover, non-fiction, ravens, reading, research, summer books, vacation, wildlife, writing. Leave a Comment
Let me start off by saying that this is one of my favorite books of all time. Feel free to cross the jump if you need more of a review than that.
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29
Jan
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Book Reviews, Uncategorized. Tagged: blog, book, book review, comic sans is evil, cultural history, graphic design, interpretation, interpretation by design, natural history, nature, outdoors. 4 Comments
Long, long ago, when I was but a sparkly-eyed college student, I wanted a career in graphic design. No one told me to make sure the college you select HAS the career you want – I just assumed all colleges carried the same majors. (Yes, it’s quite a miracle I achieved a degree at all, [...]
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2
Jan
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Book Reviews, Fauna. Tagged: american west, barry lopez, canidae, canis lupus, devil, gray wolf, killing, livestock, lucifer, of wolves and men, ranchers, religion, theriophobia, wolf. 3 Comments
I’ve been wanting to dive into the topic of the Gray Wolf for some time now, but there is an emotional commitment that I need to make, and it can be exhausting. I’ve been reading Barry Lopez’s Of Wolves and Men, which is an excellently-researched and thorough book on the history of the relationship between [...]
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5
Dec
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Book Reviews. Tagged: biologist, book review, farley mowat, fiction, gray wolf, nature, never cry wolf, nonfiction, wildlife, wolves. 3 Comments
Rarely does a book skyrocket into my top 5 favorites within the first 20 pages or so, but Never Cry Wolf certainly did. Farley Mowat is a Canadian-born author of several tomes, and Never Cry Wolf was written based on his purported experiences as a biologist for the Canadian government. In the late 1940s, Mowat [...]
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3
Oct
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Book Reviews. Tagged: africa, book review, don't look behind you, guide, humor, nature, peter allison, safari, story telling, whatever you do don't run, wildlife. Leave a Comment
Peter Allison isn’t the name of a book, it’s the name of an author that I absolutely adore and want you to read. His books are called Whatever You Do, Don’t Run, and Don’t Look Behind You. Allison has been an African safari guide for more than a decade and has a serious knack for [...]
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26
Aug
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Book Reviews. Tagged: ambergris, book review, books, castoreum, diane ackerman, hearing, musk, natural history, natural history of the senses, nature, pheromones, smell, taste, touch, vision. 4 Comments
If you’re anything like me, you have trouble fitting all the books you own into your home in a manner that says, “I’m intelligent and organized,” and not so much, “I don’t care how old they are or if I’ll never read them again, they’re mine, they’re my babies, and you can’t make me give [...]
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