1 of the best books i’ve read in a while. as annbarry says, “hi-larious,” but also touching & insightful.
this is the story of a wildlife biologist living in the field with his troop of baboons in kenya. but, sapolsky gives us more than that. the chapters switch from stories of the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Reviews'
A Primate’s Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons by Robert M. Sapolsky
July 28th, 2006 · No Comments
book reviews by paige
July 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment
i’ve always loved reading, but when i moved to seattle a year ago i became a crazy avid reader. probably ‘cos phil wasn’t around and i had lots of time to read at night after work. i found an awesome bookstore in seattle - queen anne books (top of queen anne hill on […]
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
July 17th, 2006 · No Comments
(Ok, so not all of the books I’m reading are about Africa…)
If you’re looking for the same formulaic plot as The Da Vinci Code, look no further than Angels & Demons. The back cover of the book claims: “discover the world of The Da Vinci Code with the book that started it all.” […]
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
March 22nd, 2006 · No Comments
Being an undergraduate history major and on my way to Africa, I should have known more about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. But, admittedly and probably like many of my fellow Americans, I was naïve, unaware, and protected from world news in 1994, which pre-dated my introduction to NPR in 2000.
This book […]
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown by Paul Theroux
March 22nd, 2006 · No Comments
Being the first Africa book I read and considering I was reading it as I landed in Africa for the fist time, you can understand why I consider this one of the more influential books in my Africa experience.
Theroux’s overland safari takes us all the way down Eastern Africa “from Cairo to Capetown.” […]