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Tim Flannery Moves From Global Warming to Animalsnew

For Chasing Kangaroos, the Australian professor and paleontologist dives into a marsupial milieu, and its relatively narrow focus may put off recent Flannery converts.
The Georgia Straight  |  Alexander Varty  |  01-04-2008  |  Nonfiction
Tags: Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature, tim flannery, Nonfiction Reviews

'The Bone Sharps': A Study of Conflictnew

Based on the true story of Charles Sternberg, the visionary fossil collector who found his El Dorado among the Drumheller hoodoos, The Bone Sharps is both a historical novel, rich in period detail, and a poignant meditation on dreams.
The Georgia Straight  |  Alexander Varty  |  11-02-2007  |  Nonfiction
Tags: The Bone Sharps, Tim Bowling, Nonfiction Reviews

'Teenage' Delivers a Dialectical Thesisnew

Savage charts the cyclical ebb and flow of youth culture, its relationship with greater economic and demographic trends, and its vanguard role in the arts.
The Georgia Straight  |  Alexander Varty  |  08-13-2007  |  Nonfiction
Tags: Jon Savage, Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture, Nonfiction Reviews

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