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Summer Reading: War of the Whales

July 13, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

It’s that time of year when bookstores everywhere showcase “summer reading” options. But take a pass on the books touted as easy reading and pick up “War of the Whales” by Joshua Horwitz instead. Just released on July 1, 2014 by Simon & Schuster, this book takes you behind-the-scenes during the battle to protect whales… [read more]

Filed Under: Do Something, Whales Tagged With: beaked whales, books, Cuvier's beaked whale, Joshua Horwitz, Ken Balcomb, mass stranding, Navy sonar, ocean books, War of the Whales, whale book, whale stranding, wildlife books

Wesley the barn owl

October 3, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft 4 Comments

I just finished reading the book “Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl,” and it was wonderful! I highly recommend it to everyone, you don’t have to be an owl fan or a bird fanatic in order to appreciate this book. The book is about the author, Stacey O’Brien,… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds, Writing & Poetry Tagged With: bird, bird books, books, owl, wildlife books

The whales of Moby Dick part 1

February 2, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

I’m finally reading Moby Dick for the first time in my life. It was never assigned reading during my entire educational experience and I never got around to reading it post-college. And then the book club I joined last fall decided they wanted to read Moby Dick and as the whale enthusiast in the group… [read more]

Filed Under: Whales Tagged With: books, cetacean, ocean books, whale, wildlife books

Ringing in the New Year with new wildlife books

January 2, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

I spent the last week of 2011 in book heaven! It was a wonderful way to wrap up the year and start the New Year with new wildlife books to read and more fascinating information to absorb. Book heaven happens to be Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon. If you love books, you have… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds, Earth musings, Sea jellies and anemones Tagged With: bird books, ocean books, wildlife books

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