by Cindy | Nov 3, 2009 | Animals, Nonfiction
Rating: How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond, by Cesar Millan. Harmony Books (2009), 303 pages. This is not a book that will teach you how to train a puppy. There are no detailed instructions for housebreaking, leash walking, or any...
by Cindy | Oct 22, 2009 | Nonfiction, Other
Rating: A Beginner’s Guide to Tibetan Buddism: Notes from a Practitioner’s Journey, by Bruce Newman. Snow Lion Publications (2004), 212 pages. This is the must-have manual for any Westerner trying to understand the Vajrayana path. In the...
by Cindy | Sep 15, 2009 | Animals, Nonfiction
Rating: Pot Bellies and other Miniature Pigs, by Pat Storer. Barron’s Educational Series (1992), 64 pages. This book was a huge disappointment. I was looking for some basic information on pot bellies—what it’s like to live with them, how to...
by Cindy | Sep 13, 2009 | Nonfiction, Other
Rating: Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire, by Lama Yeshe, Jonathan Landaw, ed. Wisdom Publications (1987) 167 pages. Although Tantra is, in general, too esoteric for many Buddhist readers, those looking for a beginning understanding of...
by Cindy | Sep 6, 2009 | Nonfiction, Other
Rating: In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan. Penguin Press (2008), 256 pages. Though I am a huge fan of The Omnivore’s Dilemma (a 2007 Gustine Award winner), I had some concerns about Pollan’s new book also being about the food we eat. Could...