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THE FLY TRAP by Fredrik Sjöberg

June 24, 2016

EXTRAVAGANTLY ECCENTRIC MEMOIR from a Swedish entomologist charms with its love of nature, science, history.

Grade: B PLUS

THE FLY TRAP
Knopf Doubleday
2015

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SEX IN THE SEA by Marah J. Hardt

February 24, 2016

THE SEX LIVES OF MARINE animals, entertainingly discussed by a marine conservation ecologist. Racy stuff! B PLUS

SEX IN THE SEA : OUR INTIMATE CONNECTION WITH SEX-CHANGING FISH, ROMANTIC LOBSTERS, KINKY SQUID, AND OTHER SALTY EROTICA OF THE DEEP
St. Martin’s Press
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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NATURE’S NETHER REGIONS by Menno Schilthuizen

July 3, 2014

THE BIZARRE AND FASCINATING COMPLEXITY of genital evolution, from snails to spiders to humans. Astonishing! A MINUS

Grade: A MINUS

NATURE'S NETHER REGIONS: WHAT THE SEX LIVES OF BUGS, BIRDS, AND BEASTS TELL US ABOUT EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY, AND OURSELVES
Viking
2014

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THE MUSHROOM HUNTERS, by Langdon Cook

January 20, 2014

THE WILD WEST WORLD of professional mushroom hunting, brought to life in all its seedy, picaresque glory.

Grade: B PLUS

THE MUSHROOM HUNTERS: ON THE TRAIL OF AN UNDERGROUND AMERICA
Ballantine
2013

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FRANKENSTEIN’S CAT, by Emily Anthes

July 7, 2013

BIOENGINEERED ANIMALS?  ENGAGING overview of the past, present, and near future of high-tech beasties.

Grade: SOLID B

FRANKENSTEIN'S CAT: CUDDLING UP TO BIOTECH'S BRAVE NEW BEASTS
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2013

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WEIRD LIFE, by David Toomey

May 17, 2013

EARTH’S STRANGEST LIFEFORMS and the hunt for other “extremophiles” on land, in ocean, in space.  Fun science!

Grade: B PLUS

WEIRD LIFE: THE SEARCH FOR LIFE THAT IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN
W. W. Norton & Company
2013

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