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• Invertebrate Glossary at Kirkus Reviews and Barnes & Noble

  By Counselor Books on Jul 28, 2017, 21:44 • ( 1 )

  

  Kirkus Reviews has published their review of A Basic Glossary of Invertebrate Zoology, and it is highly complimentary. Having an independent review of a reference book is so important for buyers to feel comfortable that they are getting solid, expert information…. Read More ›

• The Strange Ecology of a Book

  By Ron Clouse on Jul 26, 2017, 22:20 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ll start with some very happy news, which is that BioQuip, an old and much-loved biological supply company, is now selling A Basic Glossary of Invertebrate Zoology. I pitched it to them last year, hoping they would list the book among… Read More ›

• Pacific Nations Try Banning Certain Foods

  By Ron Clouse on Feb 21, 2017, 23:20 • ( 1 )

  

  One can understand the frustration. Decades after the genetics of Pacific peoples collided with high-calorie, low-nutrition (i.e., “junk”) food, leading to astronomical rates of obesity and all its lethal effects (especially diabetes and heart disease), little to no progress has… Read More ›

• Announcing a New Book about Ray Komai, on the 75th Anniversary of Order 9066

  By Doug Clouse on Feb 19, 2017, 20:35 • ( 1 )

  

  Today is the 75th anniversary of the signing by President Franklin Roosevelt of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the wartime relocation of people of Japanese descent away from the American west coast and into inland internment camps. Eventually, over 117,000… Read More ›

• New Book: Reptiles of Micronesia

  By Ron Clouse on Jan 26, 2017, 11:37 • ( 0 )

  

  My friend Don Buden just published this great new field guide in collaboration with his colleague, Danko Taborosi: Reptiles of the Federated States of Micronesia. Don kindly sent me a copy from FSM, which arrived the other day, and it is a beautiful… Read More ›

• John Hoskyns Interview, 1984

  By Ron Clouse on Dec 22, 2016, 20:28 • ( 0 )

  

  Miriam Hoskyns, who assisted so much with The Wiring Diagram, sent me the following video of her husband being interviewed on BBC4’s “Face The Press” in 1984. The presenter is Anthony Howard, and with him are Hugo Young of The Guardian and Michael Elliot… Read More ›

• The Best Salad I’ve Ever Made

  By Ron Clouse on Dec 19, 2016, 12:36 • ( 0 )

  

  I received great positive feedback about my book, Six Nine, Two Ten, but one complaint I heard more than once was that I didn’t include any recipes. It had never crossed my mind when writing it that people would want the… Read More ›

• New Release & Free Kindle Editions Until 12/18

  By Ron Clouse on Dec 14, 2016, 08:03 • ( 0 )

  

  Yay! After a year I have finished “The Wiring Diagram,” which is about a historical document from the papers of Margaret Thatcher at Churchill College of the University of Cambridge. The Kindle version of it will be free for the… Read More ›

• New Proof in the Mail!

  By Ron Clouse on Dec 7, 2016, 21:41 • ( 0 )

  

  After almost year of work, my new book is almost done! Its title is “The Wiring Diagram, The One-Page Beacon for Britain by John Hoskyns, Thatcher’s Top Policy Advisor.” Today I received the printed proof, and as soon as I… Read More ›

• A Great Writing (and Sailing!) Tip

  By Ron Clouse on Sep 6, 2016, 18:44 • ( 0 )

  

  This weekend my friend Malcolm took a group of us out on Lake Norman, and the weather was gorgeous, especially at sunset. As we sailed and motored around the lake, Malcolm put on some tunes. Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald… Read More ›

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