Archive for July, 2004

The Land of Laughs

Saturday, July 31st, 2004

by Jonathan Carroll ISBN: 0312873115

Novels that feature writers writing normally turn me off: I just don't find the whole meta thing compelling. So I want to say this isn't really a

The Trouble With Testosterone: And Other Essays On The Biology Of The Human Predicament

Thursday, July 29th, 2004

by Robert M. Sapolsky ISBN: 0684838915

Sapolsky enjoys being provocative (just look at his title) yet at the same time he actually cares about delivering accurate information. At the end of each

Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums

Sunday, July 25th, 2004

by Steven T. Asma ISBN: 0195163362

The proper term for the screech owls, elephants, or plain old rodents on view in museum displays is a mount. Stuffed animals, well, that is not

Salmon Doubts

Sunday, July 18th, 2004

by Adam Sacks ISBN: 1891867717

This is an entire graphic novel about, well, fish. As the title would suggest, anthropomorphized salmon who think.

We all know the basic deal with these fish: born