Fourteen years ago, a group of chimpanzees were rescued from a research lab and sent to a sanctuary where they could be taken care of. These great apes will spend the rest of their lives in the sanctuary located in the Canadian wilderness. After years of cruelty and deprivation, these chimps will learn to trust humans again and how to trust each other. Primatologist and author Andrew Westoll lived and worked at Fauna for one remarkable summer and writes about his experiences with them, as they learn to bond together as a group. Moving and disturbing, we come to realize just how close we are to the great apes and how the pain we inflict upon them in the name of research produces usable results. This is a book you will remember long after you finish it.
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girlfriend Addie Hall and committed suicide by leaping off a New Orleans hotel roof. Journalist Ethan Brown investigates what led both him and girlfriend to their tragic ends. Bowen was determined to improve himself and provide for his family by enlisting in the Army, serving in Kosovo and Iraq. His experiences there led to PTSD, which was probably exacerbated by his subsequent experience in Katrina, which both he and his girlfriend rode out. The author covered this story for a magazine and decided to move to New Orleans to investigate it further. This is a story of how the military failed a soldier – one among many – and how a government failed New Orleans. (reviewed by Victoria)
The author explores the methamphetamine epidemic in the context of small-town America centering on tiny Oelwein, IA. A combination of the demise of family farms and local manufacturing, economic instability, and meth (made locally) contributed to a widespread epidemic in the Midwest. Lein details how this small town tries to fight back with stories of individuals, including the local doctor, prosecutor, mayor and two meth addicts. By focusing on one small Midwestern town, we get an eye-opening and frightening story of the meth epidemic that has spread across America. 362.299/Red
shooting. Journalist Dave Cullen drew on exclusive interviews and thousands of pages of police reports to show us how and why it happened. Many of the stories surrounding Columbine are myths and Cullen shows us how they developed. Most disturbing of all is his portrayal of the two killers, one of whom was already a full-blown psychopath. An engrossing account of the shooting and its aftermath. Reviewed by Vicky S.
