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Insectopolis: A Natural History by Peter Kuper

March 27, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Insectopolis: A Natural History by Peter Kuper is a crazy, wild, odd, neat, and informative read. I have read books on insects (mostly picture books and graphic novels for children to teens), but I think this might be my favorite read yet. Kuper mixes fiction, fantasy, speculative and non-fiction as the impact of these creatures unfolds.  We start with a brother and sister off in New York City, going to an exhibit at “some library.” The sister is a scientist, her brother a “dude” but […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: animals, behavior, entomolgy, entomologists, insects, life science, Peter Kuper, science, Science & Nature, spiders, zoology

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:88 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: animals, behavior, entomolgy, entomologists, insects, life science, Peter Kuper, science, Science & Nature, spiders, zoology ·
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The Brain Game

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

October 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Officially I did not finish The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks. This is not because it was bad, but because it was not what I was exactly looking for. While it was technical in nature, the non-technical reader could partake in it without a lot of issues. However, I will admit, there were places where I read every single word of the sentence, knew exactly what each one meant, but still had no idea what […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Clinical Psychology, life science, medical, Neurology, oliver sacks, science

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:488 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Clinical Psychology, life science, medical, Neurology, oliver sacks, science ·
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