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Posts tagged with ‘Zoology’
FASCINATING TRUE CRIME story of a brilliant academic whose career was cut short by his high-profile felonies.
Grade: B PLUS
THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MAD PROFESSOR: A TRUE TALE OF ENDANGERED SPECIES, ILLEGAL DRUGS, AND ATTEMPTED MURDER
Globe Pequot/Lyons
2013
Tags: Anthropology, B Plus Reviews, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Zoology
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
Tags: Biology, Biotechnology, Non-Fiction, Science, Solid B Reviews, Zoology
SUPERB TRUE ADVENTURE tale of the first Western explorer/naturalist to study, document (and hunt) gorillas.
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: Africa, B Plus Reviews, History, History of Science, Social History, Zoology
FASCINATING BOOK DETAILS research into chimpanzee language, including surprising new observations by the author.
Grade: B PLUS
THE SONG OF THE APE: UNDERSTANDING THE LANGUAGES OF CHIMPANZEES
St. Martin's
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Non-Fiction, Primatology, Science, Zoology