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Reviews of The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of “Unadoptables” Taught Me about Service, Hope, and Healing, Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine, The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light, plus a full list of Science & Technology titles from the June 15 issue.
Reviews of The Flying Brownie: 100 Recipes for Homemade Treats That Pack Easily, Ship Fresh, and Taste Great, Slice & Bake Cookies: Fast Recipes from Your Refrigerator or Freezer, and In the Charcuterie: The Fatted Calf’s Guide to Making Sausage, Salumi, Pates, Roasts, Confits, and Other Meaty Goods, plus a full list of Cooking titles.
Reviews of The Quick Guide to Wild Edible Plants: Easy To Pick, Easy To Prepare and Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Eat.
Reviews of Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure; Bug Music: How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noise; and Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture, plus a full list of Science & Technology titles from the June 1 issue.
Take a slightly long table. Cover it in black cloth. Place four chairs along the side that faces out. Invite three men who have published with great success on the endeavors of science. Place one small bottled water, one glass with ice, and one paper napkin on the table in front of each chair. No bunsen [...]
Columnist Lisa Campbell reviews cooking titles that focus on healthy and tasty recipes.
Reviews of Getting Physical: The Rise of Fitness Culture in America, The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution, My Backyard Jungle: The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard into Habitat and Learned To Live with It, plus a full list of Science & Technology titles from the May 15 issue.
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