Customer Review: This book doesn't talk down to the reader on a subject that is quite complex, yet makes it understandable to someone with only high school chemistry -- and that many decades ago! It is also a topic of great importance.
Customer Review: I was excited to get this book, being from New England I was looking forward to having a stone wall book focused in that area. Unfortunately I was immediately let down when I received it. When I turned the pages I quickly noticed that there wasn't a single photo in the book! In my mind this is... more info
Customer Review: If you think that a book on the stone walls of New England might be "dry," you are wrong. This brilliantly written and researched book is as riveting as any thriller. You will gain a new appreciation for the countless anonymous generations that went before us and left their mark-- those beautiful,... more info
Customer Review: This is a fascinating book on foraging for food and sustenance as a basic need for humans & the evolution of food gathering, presentation and dining. Allport writes not only of the biological impetus, but the symbiotic psychological drives and needs fulfulled, as observed across community... more info
Customer Review: What a remarkable book! Ms. Allport has all of her science together and presents it in a way that rivets the reader to the last page. I read this book, pausing to see the conceptual basis for so many of our concepts an actions as parents and as a society, and was sorry it was over.
Customer Review: Naturalist Susan Allport takes a look at parenting in all animals, humans included, from a genetic evolutionary perspective. She discusses the different strategies animals have for choosing a mate, choosing a nest, hatching eggs versus bearing live young, and rearing their young. With every stage of... more info
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