Fruitless Fall

Fruitless Fall

by | Sep 22, 2009 | Environment, Nonfiction

Rating:  Fruitless Fall:  The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis, by Rowan Jacobsen.  Bloomsbury (2008), 279 pages. Echoing Rachel Carson’s Silent Snow, Jacobsen’s Fruitless Fall informs us of the plight of honey bees...
The End of the Line

The End of the Line

by | Sep 5, 2009 | Environment, Nonfiction

Rating:  The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat, by Charles Clover.  The New Press (2006), 384 pages. I tried so hard to like this book because the topic is unquestionably important and I wanted to learn whatever the...