A comprehensive scientific study of the behavior of Hawaiian spinner dolphins both in the wild and captivity—and of the dangers posed to dolphins by the tuna-fishing industry. Norris, retired professor of natural history at U. Cal. at Santa Cruz, has spent the better part of 30 years investigating marine mammals; he devotes the first half of this study to his findings on spinner dolphins. Through long-term observations of dolphin behavior (much of it done below water in a leaky homemade craft), Norris and his associates unlocked many of the secrets of dolphin life, including why they swim in organized schools and use sonarlike echolocation (to protect themselves from predators), and why they make clicking sounds (to stay in close communication and to capture prey). The book's second half concentrates on Norris's work to help protect marine mammals. He was instrumental in getting 1972's Marine Mammal Welfare Act passed, and he's worked to find alternative fishing methods to help keep dolphins from being killed in tuna nets. His firsthand research on tuna boats, spent observing fishing methods and the behavior of trapped dolphins, led to a great reduction—but not elimination—of unnecessary dolphin deaths. With a heavy scientific slant, of greatest appeal to those concerned with the welfare of dolphins and other marine animals. (Photographs and drawings—not seen.)
Pub Date: Oct. 21, 1991
ISBN: 0-393-02945-X
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Norton
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1991
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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