Thursday, April 17, 2008

Book Reviews of Cold Subjects

Here is a selection of my reviews for the Seattle Times about ice and snow, reindeer, and Northern places:



"The Future of Ice"
by Gretel Ehrlich
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20041114&slug=erlich14



"Ice: The Nature, the History and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance"by Mariana GosnellKnopf, 560 pp., $30
"Ice": Brrrr! A tale with thrills, chillshttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2002685802_ice18.html



"The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia"by Piers VitebskyHoughton Mifflin, 464 pp., $28

"The Sami People: Traditions in Transition"by Veli-Pekka Lehtola, translated by Linna Weber Muller-WilleUniversity of Alaska Press, 144 pp., $27.95
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2002694579_reindeerpeople21.html


"In a Far Country: The True Story of a Mission, a Marriage, a Murder and the Remarkable Reindeer Rescue of 1898"by John TaliaferroPublicAffairs, 400 pp., $26.95
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2003466487_bookbriefs10.html