“In addition to acorns and grains, pigs happily devour that which most disgusts us – rotting garbage, feces, carrion, even human corpses. Of all the animals commonly eaten by humans, the pig is the only one that will return the favor.”
Lesser Beasts
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University Press Week
While all who read books of a serious nature have reason to celebrate the publishing houses operated by the world’s great universities, those of us with an interest in serious books about nature have a particular reason for doing so.
A Thoroughly Mad Undertaking
Not so very long after beginning my university studies some many years ago, I became aware of a significant hole in my education. Despite being an “A” student all through my primary and secondary school years, I seemed to have graduated high school without ever having read much in the way of books that would […]
A Tove Jansson Reading List
Like many avid readers, when I find an author I very much enjoy I tend to read through his or her entire body of work. Most recently this has led me deep into the novels of the Finnish author and artist Tove Jansson.