Bonobo Handshake

Bonobo Handshake

Rating:  Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo, by Vanessa Woods. Gotham Books (2010), 278 pages. Bonobo Handshake has the kind of cover that is impossible for animal lovers to resist: darling bonobo baby in the arms of an equally...
About a Boy

About a Boy

Rating:  About a Boy, by Nick Hornby. Riverhead Books (1998), 307 pages. This cover is the worst, most misleading disgrace of any book I’ve read in the last five years. The googly eyes are actually raised from the page! They stick up! Everything about this...
Bonding with Your Dog

Bonding with Your Dog

Rating:  Bonding with Your Dog: A Trainer’s Secrets for Building a Better Relationship, by Victoria Schade.  Howell Book House (2009), 212 pages. The premise of this book is that no matter how much training you put into your dog, if a strong bond is...