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A pro-gay, pro-science look at a vexing issue . evolutionary biology suggests that individual living things are designed to reproduce. So why does homosexuality exist? Wouldn't a gay gene ensure its own demise? Conundrum pulls together information from biology, anthropology, and recent lesbian and gay history, and suggests that both nature and nurture are involved in the evolution of homosexuality.
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The Straight Talk on Gay Science.......2006-04-13
A "conundrum" is a difficult problem, one without an easy answer, and that makes Conundrum an excellent title for a book about the evolution of homosexuality.
This book looks at a topic that I am frequently asked about by my students. If behavior is something that has evolved, and if individuals are "supposed to" reproduce, why do people so often do things that seem counterproductive to that goal? Why, in particular, does homosexuality exist? Conundrum answers that question by illustrating how genes, physiology and social environments have to be considered if you want to make sense of things that seem to contradict the rules of evolution.
It's always fun to find really good writing about science -- prose that is scientifically accurate and yet completely understandable. Conundrum is a book that I will recommend enthusiastically to my students and to anyone else who is interested in the evolution of behavior. It's a terrific introduction to the fields of behavioral biology and cultural anthropology, as well as an important contribution to the ongoing discussion of the influence of nature and nurture in human behavior.
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Veteran adventurer Capstick explores the wide world of maneaters--creatures who regard Homo Sapiens as just another meal ticket.
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good stories to read about and never have personal experience with !.......2006-11-29
Capstick is not a great writer. He can ramble about and sometimes loose you in the thick of things. But just like a lion you loose in the bush, whatch out, because thats when he gets you... Capstick's books are still selling long after his death because they are true stories, stories you will be glad you did not take part in. Be warned, you may not take a walk after dark, camp in the woods, or swim in a river again. If you like this one try Death in the Long Grass, one if his better African Safari books.
In a Class of its' Own.......2005-05-03
Peter Capstick's "Maneaters" is one of those rare books that anyone, young or old, and from any background, any country could, and probably will, read over and over. But be prepared for your world to receive a shock. Capstick pulls no punches and coddles no one.
Yes, it's the 21st century and we've got cubicles, American Idol and Playstations, but - surprise - people are STILL getting EATEN, and battered and shredded by animals from sharks to bears to that hush-hush animal - the cannibal - lots of people. Capstick's legendary wry wit and candor are in ample evidence in "Maneaters" and, as always, serve to grab the reader with the gritty Truth of what Life outside our shells is really like.
"Maneaters" is pure Classic for any Outdoorsman or Outdoorswoman, any Naturalist, any animal enthusiast and anyone brave enough to look at the Real World without the rose-colored glasses. As with Capstick's other great books, the blood-chilling factor doesn't arise from bloodshed and gore (he uses little of that), but from Capstick's ability to plant you firmly into the story and from the fact the story is True. He makes you an "eyewitness" to things you would REALLY rather watch on TV in the safety of your living room.
Excellent Tellings of True Tall Tales.......2003-11-04
This is one of my favorite Capstick books. His descriptions are vivid, his valid insights based on his experiences and those of his friends and co-workers. A must-read for hunters AND animal lovers.
By the way, kersi, Capstick IS dead, more's the pity.
Alive Because He's Lucky - His Escorts Had Better Aim!.......2003-03-04
While entertaining, this book seems to misrepresent. On a couple of occasions, his foolish moves almost got him killed. Had it not been for sure-footed and accurate (in their aim) colleagues, Capstick would have been dead.
To get a real feel of (and for) maneaters, I recommend reading Jim Corbett or Kenneth Anderson, both of whom hunted maneating tigers and panthers in India (Corbett in the north and Anderson in the south of India) in the first half of the last century.
Tastes like chicken!.......2001-08-16
Maneaters is the first Capstick I read and I immediately became a huge fan. I have read accounts of animals attacking people (having lived in Alaska I was well studied in all of the bear attack books) but I soon found out that a Capstick book is a completely different animal. Up 'til Maneaters, my level of interest in such stories was directly related to the events themselves; i.e. "shark devours swimmer as horrified beachcombers look on" would be better than "man escapes close call when black bear enters tent." Capstick, on the other hand, is seemingly able to take a news clipping and make you feel like you are the one getting stomped into a puddle by that rogue elephant.
Maneaters basically goes chapter by chapter through all of nature's species that have, in significant numbers, one of two qualities. Either they have taken to the consumption of human flesh, bones, hair or other parts; or they have typically found enjoyment in tap-dancing on, poking holes in, delimbing, tenderizing, or poisoning unfortunate, unwary people.
Capstick goes back through history and bring to life true cases of human/animal encounters. The entire book is case after case of attacks or close calls. He does an excellent job of explaining the circumstances, events, and outcomes of each entry and while the book is entirely a collection of story stories, it flows nicely and is a fast read.
Everybody turns up the television when the news comes on and says someone was mauled by a bear or bitten by a shark. This book is that multiplied by a hundred and there is no better newscaster than Peter Hathaway Capstick!
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As a "bugs and drugs doc," Pamela Nagami has seen some of the worst diseases known to humankind--flesh-eating strep, parasitic worms that zigzag through the brain, and AIDS, the biggest infectious disease emergency around. Some of the infections profiled in Maneater can smolder for years before rearing up and killing their unsuspecting human host; others seem innocuous, like chickenpox, which can nevertheless devastate a body. Others, like malaria, travel from other countries, but equally dangerous microbes live in American soil, just waiting to be disturbed by a backhoe or a runner and inhaled in a single breath. These indelible dispatches from the frontlines of infectious disease reveal the danger lurking in everything from salads to the air we breathe, the heroic actions of doctors faced with these bizarre cases on a daily basis, and the limits of medical miracles. Like a detective unraveling a crime scene, Nagami shows us how the most innocuous actions can hurt us, or save our lives. --Lesley Reed
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Maneater is a personal account by a specialist who approaches her work like a forensic scientist or a case-hardened private eye. Dr. Pamela Nagami is a leading authority on infectious diseases and her stories will shock, amaze, and warn readers. At every level of human existence, a brutal struggle is going on between our world and a microscopic one.
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What to expect to find in this book.......2007-06-04
This is certainly a well-written book about rare infectious diseases and rare manifestations of ordinary diseases. The author exhibits great feeling for the critically ill patients she cares for, as well as their problems and social difficulties. But this is not a book remotely like the works of Paul deKruif, Deborah Hayden, Berton Rouche, and others. The author is NOT a journalist or an academic researcher. She is a front-line clinician, which leads her to bring a depth of personal feeling (and tragedy) to these stories that is quite lacking from most tales of medical triumphs and tragedies.
Unfortunately, medical science is moving much more rapidly than such feeling case histories (spanning a lifetime of service) can make it to the public (even the limited audience for this book). This means the cases are true to the historical state of medical technology and present occasional questions to an informed reader. To her credit, Ms. Nagami pulls no punches about the fact that many of her expiring patients die from iatrogenic effects of their treatment, rather than the original disease. Similarly, although she points out where historical errors were made in diagnosis and treatment, the less obvious mistakes which only became apparent in retrospect due to the continuing development of medical technology necessarily go unrecognized in her book. (If it remains in print for a long time it could be updated.) She also tells of a few obvious instances of inadequate or marginally competent medical care, but lets them pass without judgmental comment.
In short, this is a very unusual book. Few clinicians have enough time to write for a popular audience. She achieves her objective of making the reader aware of medical dangers they may not have thought of, but 2/3 or more of these dangers are consequential to medical treatment of the presenting condition, a subject which some might think deserved more inquiry. These moving tales are basically stories of a presenting condition, the horrors it produces, and the problems of treating the condition using methods that (necessarily) may prove as deadly as the original, especially if you contracted it in the ICU.
oh yeah.......2006-11-22
Dr. Nagami is great, and this book is terrific. The stories are so great, and definitely eye opening. I have always been fascinated with parasites and infectious diseases, as well as some other topics and this book was a great addition to my library.
Use in the High School Classroom.......2006-01-30
I used the various chapters in this book to supplement materials in the High School Medical Careers Course I teach. For example, when we studied about the different types of blood cells, students read the story about a patient with a very high eosinophil count who had just returned from Vietnam and had a parasitic worm infection. Eosinophils originally evolved to fight helminth (worm) infections, though in the US, where worms are uncommon, a high count more commonly represents an allergic reaction. Students loved the story and it also exposed them to another culture.
Fans of Oliver Sacks will like this.......2005-01-03
If you like medicine and the human condition but never really wanted to be a doctor, this is a book you will enjoy. Pamela Nagami is an infectious disease expert and brings her full experience to bear as we see in each of the mini cases she writes about in this book.
If you enjoy Oliver Sacks' books such as "Awakenings" or "The Island of the Color Blind", you will enjoy Pamela Nagami. Dr. Nagami also has a newer book out "Bitten: True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings" that is equally as compelling.
ignorance is bliss or is it?.......2004-10-28
I've been listening to the audio version of this book and find it facinating. The narrator does an excellent job. I haven't a medical background and was never drawn to this sort of topic, actually it usually gave me the creeps, but I'm in a college biology class and its peaked my interest of bugs,germs,worms, infectious diseases. This is such a good book! I've learned a great deal with concerns to the environment around me and precautions we all should apply to keep ourselves from illness. Many of these portrayals leave me to question just why our public health hasn't already given us this information. are they so afraid of a panic, we could all benefit if they would. I didn't know about the south west's coyxx (?sp.) season between thanksgiving and xmas when the dust blows these organisms into the air and its potential effects. Or just how important it is to be sure your food is well cooked especially when eating out or with travel. This book does a really good job of explaining,and informing without creating a phobic reaction from its readers. It just brings about a great awareness of things many of us just had no idea of. Looking forward to more of the doctor's publications.
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Gigi Levangie Grazer has written one previous novel (Rescue Me), helped pen the screenplay for Stepmom, and, not least, is married to Hollywood uber-producer Brian Grazer (he of the wacky hair and the not-so-wacky partnership with Ron Howard). At first glance, Mrs. Grazer appears to be a complete parvenu as a novelist. Maneater rips off every girl-power/shopaholic source from early Tama Janowitz right up to Sex and the City. Her prose can be ungrammatical, her plot hopelessly predictable, and her characters paper-thin. But Grazer has a secret weapon: her preternaturally acid powers of observation. When she writes about the freaky mores of Hollywood, the book exerts an irresistible pull. Thirtyish LA It girl Clarissa Alpert reflects on her shallow, jobless, mateless (but fabulous!) life, and decides it's high time she was married. She and her four best friends (hello, Sarah Jessica Parker and company) hatch a plan to snag the cutest, hottest young producer in town. What ensues is hardly new territory, but the book is enlivened by Grazer's amazing ability to nail down pop culture ephemera. To wit: "Clarissa was sentimental--she liked saving messages from old friends and C-level celebrities. She had an answering tape collection that dated all the way back to babydoll dresses, sparkle dust and Hole." Her eye for detail--and her refusal ever to make Clarissa lovable, or even likable--make Maneater a hypnotic read. This is fiction-as-gigantic-chocolate-bar. Halfway through, you feel a little off color, but there's no way you're going to stop. --Claire Dederer
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Gorgeous, funny, and wildly uninhibited, her exes are a veritable Who's Who of Hollywood power players. At 28 (31), she is blessed with a firm (if curvaceous) bod, a designer wardrobe, a Daddy-subsidized apartment, and an A-list speed-dial.
But with her thirty-second birthday looming, our heroine is starting to panic. Who on earth (read: Hollywood) could possibly make Clarissa Alpert an honest woman? Enter Aaron Mason, the latest hottest new producer in town. From the moment Clarissa sees him, she sets her sights on making him the future "Mr. Alpert."
With the eager help of her vivacious (if neurotic) friends, her aerobicized Latina mother, her philandering (but loving) ex-con father, and the most divine gay waiter in Hollywood, Clarissa finds herself phoning the florist to the stars (his private line) and planning the biggest wedding the town has seen in years -- before the couple's first date. Catching Aaron's eye is not a problem. But it seems her intended might have his own agenda. Could it be Clarissa has finally bitten off more than she can chew?
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Froget it.......2007-09-15
I read this book after reading "The Started Wife" (which I enjoyed) and threw it out, waste of time.
Maneater by Gigi Levangie Grazer.......2007-06-11
Wonderful Anytime Read...I bought the book because I really enjoyed The Starter Wife. Gigi impressed me with this book and I would highly recommend this book to others. It's a good book that one can talk about with friends, or in my case co-workers.
Soooo Bad.......2007-05-21
Although I think Sex and the City, the book, was just average (unlike the TV series, which was fantastic), by comparison with Maneater, Gigi Levangie Grazer makes Candace Bushnell look like Leo Tolstoy.
Oh, my God, I can hardly believe how bad this book is. Clarissa is one of the most annoying and shallow characters in publishing history, and there's nothing in the "people" who surround her that's is even slightly interesting. I would criticize the plot for being stupid, but it's more accurate to say that there's no plot--and not a single well-written sentence either.
The only thing Maneater is good for is as proof that today in publishing is not what you know, but who you know. If Gigi weren't the wife of producer Brian Grazer, this ridiculous novel would have never left the slush pile.
not very original.......2007-04-26
Was this book supposed to be funny, humorous, or at least enjoyable?
I don't think it has any of these characteristics. The neurotic nature of the main character Clarissa was not different than other chick lit characters that I have read before. After reading the positive reviews, I really wanted to like this book, but somehow it just fell short. Clarissa was not a like-able character.
I kept looking for some redeeming quality about this novel, but it continued to fall short of expectations. Also, could the plot-line have been anymore predictable? LA Valley girl manages to marry rich guy, it turns out he isn't rich after all, she decides to stay with him anyhow, for love.
To me, that sounds more like something you'd expect from a 1950's Marilyn Monroe movie, not a 21st century novel. Also, do chick lit heroines ever do anything beside be a) novelists, b) columnists for local/alternative newspapers, or c) editor for a magazine? Author alert: it is just plain lazy to think that every character is a writer, if your imagination is so limited, then maybe you shouldn't be one. Write more original characters - it might actually add some much needed character dimension.
I just don't understand..........2007-01-02
I originally picked up this book in an airport bookstore two years ago. After reading the back I thought it sounded like a fun chick-lit read. However, I bought a different book at the time, and after picking this book up multiple times over the course of a couple of years, and after having read some of the reviews on Amazon, I finally bought it.
And now, to the things I just don't understand...
1. Does Grazer have an editor? I mean, really, the number of times she used parenthesis was astounding and only detracted from the already poor writing style.
2. Aren't seriously flawed main characters supposed to have SOME redeeming quality? Clarissa was so over-the-top, so senseless, so atrociously behaved, so manipulative, so...I can't even go on. I can't remember one redeeming quality that Grazer gave her. Clarissa might well be modeled after people Grazer really knows in Hollywood, but she failed to make her "real" for this reader...and I grew up in California, so it's not like I don't understand the culture!
3. Do people really talk that way? I find it unbelievable that anyone could use that many expletives in the course of day-to-day life.
4. Do people really treat other people that badly? While I found Clarissa's mother highly annoying, and her father lacked common sense (at least we see where Clarissa gets it from!), I could not believe Clarissa treated them the way she did, or that Grazer had their characters putting up with it! At least the author did rectify the relationships by the end of the book.
5. How old does Grazer think her audience is? The way she writes, I sometimes felt that she was gossiping with high school girlfriends. Even though I'm only in my twenties, I constantly found myself rolling my eyes at the way things were phrased, unnecessary explanations, and the slang she chose to use.
The only thing that kept me reading, and the only reason that I gave the book 3 stars (instead of the original 2 stars I was going to give it), was that Aaron's character was interesting -- if not just a little bit bizarre. I wanted to find out why in the world he would marry Clarissa. Despite a serious twist in the second half of the book, which somewhat explained his decision, I'm still not sure I understand why he married her.
Despite all of this, I did find myself rooting for Clarissa at the end. However, it wasn't your typical happy-ending that I was rooting for. Instead, I found myself rooting for her to become a better person. In that, I was less disappointed than in the rest of the book.
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Maneater marks the spectacular debut of Jack Warner. Totally absorbing, it is a thriller of verve, accomplishment, tension, and imaginative power. Grady Brickhouse, sheriff of Harte County, Georgia, is good at his job: keeping the peace in a sleepy corner of the huge forested wilderness at the southern tip of the Appalachian Trail. Soon he is pitted against an unlikely but fearsome opponent-a full-grown Bengal tiger that has somehow found its way into his jurisdiction. As the death toll rises every day and the media and the politicians are clamoring for something to be done Brickhouse needs to find answers, and soon.
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Why Wasn't This Huge?.......2007-06-09
Why wasn't MANEATER a monster hit? It is in a class with Benchley's JAWS and Godey's THE SNAKE. A maneating tiger loose in the woods of north Georgia, numerous amateur huters becoming tiger-chow before the trained professional is brought in -- this just begs to be a major motion picture.
Suspensful .......2006-09-17
Truly after reading the reviews written by previous readers about this book, i just had to read the book. I was intrigued ultimately about the premise of the story, a bengal tiger lose in north Georgia, AWESOME. Reading the first half of the story i found comparisons to that of the movie "Jaws", mystique, suspense, and great story telling both depicted by Warner and Speilber. The second half of the story then wandered a bit from the roots and went into a metaphorical shift to ones manhood. But i do truly wish many to read this story which i couldnt put down!!! Also Jim Grahams character in this story is truly charasmatic and geniune!! READ IT
Maneater by Jack Warner.......2006-04-01
I read every day and this is one of the best books I have ever read and I have read a lot of books over the last 40 years. My husband is reading this right now and he can hardly put it down. I love to read books by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Lee Childs, John Sandford and many others. The characters in this book come alive, I laughed, cried, and was on the edge of my seat throughout the whole book. I hope Jack Warner is writing more books because he is on my list as "must have more of his books".
Do yourself a favor!.......2006-02-03
How this novel escaped wider attention is simply beyond me. Jack Warner delivers a brilliant book based on what should have been a campy premise: Huge Bengal tiger escapes from a circus train that is travelling through the southern US, and begins a killing spree. A friend told me about the hardcover from Tor, and I took a chance and picked it up. In a word, brilliant. The characters are fleshed out and deftly drawn, the suspense effective, and the prose both lean and literate. Do yourself a favor and check this one out. Now.
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Winter Warriors.......2007-01-05
I found that all of the stories in this book pretty boring. I usually like the anthology books, but this one was pretty hard to get through without yawning. Not much more i can say.
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Legend of the Maneater
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ABOUT PROTECTION OF SPECIES, PARTICULARLY TIGER AND BIG CATS.
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Save That Tiger! Ecology in India ---.......2000-07-24
This fascinating book is primarily a message of conservation, of the importance of saving the large predators for the environmental health of the planet. Arjan Singh was recognized internationally as one of India's major conservationists. He maintained a farm in Uttar Pradesh called Tiger Haven, where he successfully raised big cats and returned them to the wild. The first section of the book is autobiographical, telling the story of Singh's evolution from a sport hunter to a conservationist. Following this, he refutes an entire gamut of misconceptions concerning the great predators, which have been used to justify the wanton destruction of the big cats, particularly the tiger. He illustrates his arguments with case histories of some tigers he has known; animals that took to hunting humans only under extreme pressure and entirely because of human interference in tiger habitats. Very entertaining as well as thought provoking!
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David Kenyon Webster
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David Webster portrayed in HBO's "Band of Brothers".......2003-03-05
Rent the series to learn about this author's experience in WWII. He died in 1961 after venturing out into the ocean, never to be seen again.
Myth and Maneater.......2001-10-24
I have just finished reading this book and think it is a great source of information. It is a great source for shark attacks and sharks themselves. It is a very good book especially for people living in California, it obtains lots of information on our local species of sharks. Great Book!!!
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Through a bizarre act of creation, a man attains the perfect lover. Once brought to life, she will accept no mate, seeking instead the prey that will sate her hunger for vengeance.
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