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Book Review: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

August 11, 2021 by Melissa Dennihy

Set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in the span of the twelve days before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina makes landfall, Salvage the Bones is the story of 14-year-old …

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Categories Animal Rights, Bloomsbury, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Ecology, Fiction, Pets

Book Review: Saving Animals

December 2, 2021May 4, 2021 by Olivia Radbill

Defining “animal rights activism” can be a difficult task. Plenty of new vegans may find themselves asking questions like “How do I spread my beliefs?” and “What are the next …

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Categories Animal Rights, Ashland Creek Press, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Veganism

Book Review: The Meaning of Birds by Simon Barnes

April 18, 2021 by Melissa Dennihy

In The Meaning of Birds, Simon Barnes traces the history of birds—as well as humans’ relationships and interactions with them—over several millennia and across multiple continents. Barnes is a UK-based …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Pegasus Books

Book Review: The Shark Club

April 8, 2026April 9, 2021 by Midge Raymond

Ann Kidd Taylor’s novel, The Shark Club, is not only a delightful read as we head into spring and summer “beach reading” time, but it is a much-needed antidote to Peter …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Fiction, Penguin Books

Book Review: Irreplaceable by Julian Hoffman

March 29, 2021 by Midge Raymond

In Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places, Julian Hoffman shows us endangered habitats and the creatures who inhabit them—as well as the humans who are fighting to save …

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Categories Anthropocene, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Essays, History, Nonfiction, Oceans, Plants, Sustainability, Trees, University of Georgia Press

Book Review: Earth’s Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World

February 11, 2021 by Jacki Skole

The natural world is in crisis. Rising sea levels. Burning forests. Species extinction. Climate change is leaving no one and no thing unaffected. At this precarious moment, what becomes the …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Counterpoint Press, Endangered Species, Essays, Nonfiction

Book Review: Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (translated from the Spanish by Sarah Moses)

February 10, 2021 by Lillie Gardner

In Tender is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica expertly crafts a horrifying reality that feels too contemporary to be the future. A virus has decimated the world’s animal population. Societies around …

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Categories Book Reviews, Fiction, Simon & Schuster, Veganism

Review: The Yield by Tara June Winch

February 2, 2021 by John Yunker

I didn’t plan to read the nonfiction book Dark Emu shortly before reading the novel The Yield by Tara June Winch. But I couldn’t think of a better pairing. While …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Fiction, Harper Perennial, History, Sustainability, What we're reading

Book Review: The Reign of Wolf 21

January 29, 2021 by Olivia Radbill
reign of wolf 21 cover

The Druid Wolf Pack of Yellowstone National Park has garnered international notoriety over the last 20 years. Established in the mid-1990s, the Druid Wolf Pack was at one point the …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Greystone Books, Nonfiction, Wolves

Animal Resistance: When animals fight back and when humans listen

August 9, 2025January 18, 2021 by John Yunker
Animal Resistance

In the first chapter of Animal Resistance in the Global Capitalist Era, Sarat Colling tells the story of Emily, possibly the most famous cow to have escaped a slaughterhouse. It …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Michigan State University Press, Nonfiction, Pets, Topics, Veganism, What we're reading

Book Review: The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan

January 1, 2021 by Midge Raymond

There’s nothing like a new year to inspire lifestyle changes, and there is no better time than now to pick up The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan by Jasmin Singer …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Education, Hachette Book Group, Nonfiction, Sustainability, Veganism
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