100 BIRDS : and How They Got Their Names
Great! Diana Wells writes with well selected detail.****
Visionares: interviews with fashion designers
Twenty-three of the world's most notable fashion designers are interviewed in depth in this picture sized book. The photographs are exotic, as are the designers whose eccentric nature is behooven to their job. ***1/2
Gods, Heros, & Kings: the Battle for Mythic Britain
Mostly one page snatches of the Pantheona, Deity types, Heros and Heroines, Sacred places and Objects, and the Sagas of the island of Britain. Never boring, never boggled down by unnecessary footnotes. *****
HOT DAMN!: alligators in the casino, nude women in the grass, how seashells changed the course of history, and other dispatches from paradise.
Paradise is Florida. James W Hall is a poet turned mystery writer. These light essays are interesting reading while you eat a snack or a sandwich. ***
NEAREST STAR: The Surprising Science of Our Sun
Of immense size, of immense importance, we rarely wrap our minds around the great star that shines in our own backyard. This book provides flesh for our favorite abstraction. *****
READING Between the NUMBERS: statistical thinking in everyday life
Joseph Tal's book will cause the interested reader to re-think his approach to, and interpretation of, statistics and numbers in today's world. Good book. ****
