Robert Creighton: 3 books

"Me, My Pillow and Kicking Feet" is one of those classic stories for kids that explores underlying childhood and parent-child relationship themes, but doesn't take itself too seriously. It is vividly illustrated and covers a little boy who enjoys kicking his pillows at home, down the street,...

Les ouvrages d’archéologie mystérieuse foisonnent. Si leurs auteurs ont bien l’intuition d’un passé fabuleux, ils s’y prennent souvent maladroitement pour en convaincre le lecteur. Il est essentiel, croyons-nous, d’établir avant tout une sorte de catalogue signalétique des grandes énigmes....

What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect. Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic...