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Kate’s 2¢: “The soul of an octopus: a surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness”
by Sy Montgomery
“The soul of an octopus: a surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness”
by Sy Montgomery
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
I liked this story.
From her website:
Sy Montgomery (born February 7, 1958), is a naturalist, author and scriptwriter who writes for children as well as adults. She is author of 28 books, including The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness, which was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction and was on The New York Times Best Seller list.
To research books, films and articles, Sy Montgomery has been chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire and bitten by a vampire bat in Costa Rica, worked in a pit crawling with 18,000 snakes in Manitoba and handled a wild tarantula in French Guiana. She has been deftly undressed by an orangutan in Borneo, hunted by a tiger in India, and swum with piranhas,.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
The soul of an octopus: a surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness DB82438
Montgomery, Sy. Reading time: 10 hours, 38 minutes.
Read by Kimberly Schraf. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Animals and Wildlife
Nature and the Environment
Naturalist and documentary writer explores the world, intelligence, and consciousness of octopuses. Describes her interactions with captive giant Pacific octopuses named Athena, Octavia, Kali, and Karma at the New England Aquarium in Boston, and her field investigations in French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico. 2015
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Kate’s 2¢: “Cadillac Jack a novel: by Larry McMurtry
“Cadillac Jack a novel: by Larry McMurtry
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
What’s not to love about this character, Jack, who drives a pearl white Cadillac? He is a womanizer, thrice divorced, and is an egotistical Grizzly bear; however, he is a mere Teddy bear in the hands of Jean’s two little curly-haired girls, Beverly and Belinda.
It is easy to identify with this buyer and seller of rare and not so rare antiques and nice Junque. I agreed with the ending of the story.
Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas.[1] His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), Lonesome Dove (1968), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry’s works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins).
His 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Lonesome Dove, was adapted into a television miniseries that earned 18 Emmy Award nominations (seven wins). The subsequent three novels in his Lonesome Dove series were adapted as three more miniseries, earning eight more Emmy nominations. McMurtry and cowriter Diana Ossana adapted the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned eight Academy Award nominations with three wins, including McMurtry and Ossana for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2014, McMurtry received the National Humanities Medal.[2]
McMurtry was born in Archer City, Texas, 25 miles from Wichita Falls, the son of Hazel Ruth (née McIver) and William Jefferson McMurtry.[3] He grew up on his parents’ ranch outside Archer City. The city was the model for the town of Thalia which is a setting for much of his fiction.[4] He earned a B.A. from the University of North Texas in 1958 and an M.A. from Rice University in 1960.[5][6]
In his memoir, McMurtry said that during his first five or six years in his grandfather’s ranch house, there were no books, but his extended family would sit on the front porch every night and tell stories. In 1942, on his way to enlist for World War II, his cousin, named Robert Hilburn, stopped by the ranch house and left a box containing 19 boys’ adventure books from the 1930s. The first book he read was Sergeant Silk: The Prairie Scout.[7]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Cadillac Jack: a novel DBC26225
McMurtry, Larry. Reading time: 11 hours, 8 minutes.
Read by Ed Winn.
Political Fiction
Psychological Fiction
Cadillac Jack is a rodeo cowboy turned antique dealer whose gypsy life links the worlds of Texas, the backroads of flea markets and small-time collectors, and Washington social-political high life. Richly comic, as well as moving, the novel presents a memorable cast of characters and an original story.
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