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Books and Beasts: A Nose for Justice
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Saturday, March 5, 2011. A Nose for Justice. A Nose For Justice by Rita Mae Brown. One of the recurring themes here at Books and Beasts is an examination of Point of View in fiction - especially as that relates to the representation of non-human characters and consciousness. Rita Mae Brown's new mystery, A Nose For Justice. Highlights that question in a very interesting way. A Nose for Justice. Books Despite their ...
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Books and Beasts: Whatever Happened to America's Dog?
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Monday, January 17, 2011. Whatever Happened to America's Dog? Bandit, Dossier of a Dangerous Dog. The last few decades have been hard for the Pit Bull in America. That’s how we saw ourselves, and the pit bull was our well-loved symbol. It represented our heart, as the Bald Eagle was chosen by the founding fathers to represent the spirit of our loftiest ideals. You know we almost wiped out the Bald Eagle too? It is ...
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Books and Beasts: The Hummingbird at the Center
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Wednesday, November 16, 2011. The Hummingbird at the Center. I've been doing NaNoWriMo. This month (if you don't know what that is, check it out - it's like the literary equivalent of a marathon, held all over the world every November) and it's been taking up a lot of my time. Anyone who has looked through the reviews on this site probably has some idea of what those problems are. In a very small way. It clearly ha...
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Books and Beasts: WE'VE MOVED!
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Tuesday, July 24, 2012. I am happy to announce that Books and Beasts is moving! We will now be part of the all new alexwashoe.com. If you have enjoyed the blog, I hope you will continue to follow us at the new location: BOOKS AND BEASTS. Thanks, and I look forward to seeing you there,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget. The Working Pit Bull.
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Books and Beasts: December 2010
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Review and Interview: Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson. Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog. Is the story of her work with team in Dallas, Texas, and of Puzzle, the dog she adopted and trained to be her partner. For six years on AOL, and that was a great exercise in long story arcs and writin...
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Books and Beasts: A Brace of Dog Memoirs
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Sunday, September 11, 2011. A Brace of Dog Memoirs. Behind every so-called coincidence lies a series of connections, some small, some large, that if traced back far enough, lead inevitably to the great source of meaning and purpose in this otherwise senseless universe, namely, dogs.". But they have dogs in them. And that makes all the difference. At least to me. Of an Iraq war veteran struggling to deal with the ph...
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Books and Beasts: Possum Summer
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Thursday, July 14, 2011. Possum Summer by Jen K. Blom. So when I heard about Jen K. Blom's new novel Possum Summer. In a time when children's fiction seems to be increasingly full of heavy grown up problems on one side and vampires and other supernatural creatures on the other, Possum Summer. And Where the Red Fern Grows. Although none of the animals talk.). But in the best children's fiction that world of childhoo...
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Books and Beasts: 5 Perspectives on Point-of-View
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Thursday, March 15, 2012. 5 Perspectives on Point-of-View. There are infinite shades of POV. 8220;Basically, there are three choices for POV – first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient.”. Is pretty much the default for big suspense novels, epic fantasies and the like. A lot of people who should know better – editors, agents and even other writers – will make it sound like there are...Which is ...
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Books and Beasts: Review and Interview: Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Review and Interview: Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson. Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog. Is the story of her work with team in Dallas, Texas, and of Puzzle, the dog she adopted and trained to be her partner. For six years on AOL, and that was a great exercise in long story arcs and writin...
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Books and Beasts: Rin Tin Tin and the Mystery of the Missing Oscar
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Thursday, January 5, 2012. Rin Tin Tin and the Mystery of the Missing Oscar. Way back in 1929, when the Academy of Motion Picture Artsand Sciences. Was brand new, they organized the first Oscar presentations. The members of the Academy voted on the (then short) list of awards, including best actor and actress. When the votes were counted, the winner for best actor was Rin Tin Tin. But (according to Susan Orlean.
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