Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... The Independent Holiday 2006

For a sleek and creative gift for bird song enthusiasts, Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song fills the bill. It includes concise descriptions of each bird, full-color illustrations and a built-in digital audio player. No more shuffling through multiple CD's. With the audio component bound into the book, you simply push a button to select the specimen you want and push play. The... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Christopher Law

Loren Eiseley was a rare bird. He was both a scientist and a poet. In his world the two are not at odds. The scientist altered evolutionary theory permanently and each one of these essays is grounded in his knowledge. That depth feeds the poet. A crack in the Iowa earth of his childhood becomes a cavern, turning up the skull of an ancient rodent. To Eiseley there is nothing normal about nature. He c... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bruce Anderson

"What are you doing now?" he asked. "Do you keep a journal?"

Thus at his friend Emerson's urging the twenty-year-old Henry Thoreau embarked on what would become the best-known daily record by an American. This sumptuous, scrupulously edited and annotated selection demonstrates how certain key passages from Walden and other titles began as working versions-- mini-essays, really-- withi... read more>>>