[Toni]

"The Zookeepers Wife" a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. Soon to be a major movie......

[Spot]

Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis

[olderthanIusedtobe]

Just starting "Crags, Eddies & Riprap: The Sound Country Memoir of Wolf Bauer." Didn''t know much about him, but apparently he played a pivotal role in Northwest history in a variety of fields--mountain rescue, shoreline restoration, river preservation. Sounds like quite a character, looking forward to reading it. I flipped thru and looked at pictures, he was contemporaries and/or mentor to a handful of recognizable names--the Whittaker twins, Ome Daiber, Bill Degenhardt, Dee Molenaar.

[JonnyQuest]

[gb]

[Mike Collins]

If you enjoy reading about the oddities that birds provide to the animal kingdom then you will want to read Tales of Remarkable Birds by Dominic Couzens. You will learn about the Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps) that live in complex societies wherein all members of the flock assist in the nesting activities such as incubation, feeding, and guarding the fledglings. Or the genus Megapodius who have emancipated themselves from sitting on eggs and choose instead to build mounds of organic material that provide the needed warmth through the decomposing vegetation. Fun stuff to occupy your mind on a windy and rainy winter day.

[Mike Collins]

Having missed out on observing the transit of Venus during the last occurrence in 2012 and being on my way toward fossilization when it happens next in 2117 I had to read about that celestial event in Transit of Venus-1631 to the Present by Nick Lomb. Only two people observed the transit of Venus in 1639 but the rare occasion quickly gained in popularity and spawned scientific expeditions to various areas of the world. It allowed for an accurate measurement of the distance between the Earth and the sun. The book is richly illustrated and the dozens of historical photos enliven the text.

[olderthanIusedtobe]

[Mike Collins]

Mapping the North American Plains-Essays in the History of Cartography edited by Frederick C. Luebke has contributions by eleven different authors concerning the discovery and exploration of the great plains. Each chapter is unique with one discussing Indian cartography while another reviews the scientific instruments used by the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The book offers knowledge that is of interest to historians as well as geography buffs about the land west of the Mississippi and east of the Rockies.

[Mike Collins]

Mapping the New World-The Cartography of North America 1500-1800 by Pierluigi Portinaro has 200 full color and 100 black and white illustrations to buttress its exploration into the geography of North America. If you like cartographic history then this book will be a welcomed addition to your library.

[zephyr]

[Mike Collins]

The world was expanding in the Age of Enlightenment. Voyages of the 18th century brought new discoveries that kept cartographers busy supplying atlases to a growing prosperous class. Two-sheet double paged maps were introduced and quickly gained popularity. The World at Their Fingertips-Eighteenth-Century British Two-Sheet Double-Hemisphere World Maps by Geoff Armitage explores this peculiar British phenomenon. The author worked in the British Library Map Collection for 25 years and weaves his scholarship of the subject matter with the the dozens of map plates shown to provide an enjoyable read.

[Mike Collins]

The parfleche was the luggage for the people of the Great Plains in the 19th century. The American Indian Parfleche-A Tradition of Abstract Painting by Gaylord Torrence takes the reader through the history, materials used, construction methods, and interpretation of the art form with his definitive study of the parfleche. One hundred twenty-seven colored examples are presented, often with full pages, to bring a visual treat to this comprehensive review. If you enjoy the study of First Nations you will not be disappointed.

[FootHiker]

Casebook: Nymphomania. Four revealing psychiatric case histories based on actual reports and interviews.

[Dave Workman]

"This Will Make A Man Of You" "One Man's Search for Hemingway and Manhood in a Changing World" by Frank Miniter Skyhorse Publishing This really is a terrific story for those who enjoy Hemingway, and particularly his novel "The Sun Also Rises." 170 pages. I did a full review of this book here: http://www.thegunmag.com/miniter-takes-us-search-hemingway-manhood-2/ And I'm reading it again now. Miniter is that good a writer, and his descriptive prose is really good.