Showing posts with label Dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dogs. Show all posts

Monday, December 6, 2010

Some Books Considered - Program 070 from TPR: Some Books Considered

Novelist Kathy Reichs talks about how her series of books about forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan inspired the television show Bones. She discusses her latest book, Virals, the first in a new series of novels for young adults featuring the Torey Brennan, the grand niece of Temperance Brennan. In addition to be great stories, Reichs hopes that young adults and girls in particular will be inspired to study science and pursue careers in science. More information is available at kathyreichs.com.
Download the podcast here. See also: Virals, Spider Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels), Deja Dead: 10th Anniversary Edition (Temperance Brennan Novels), 206 Bones

Some Books Considered - Program 069 from TPR: Some Books Considered

W. Bruce Cameron’s A Dog’s Purpose is a New York Times best seller. The novel is about a dog named Baily that finds himself reincarnated over the years as various types of dogs in a search for his reason for being. Cameron believes the book has struck a chord with readers because it strives to tell the story of what it is like to be a dog and how dogs relate to humans. Baily is not a “magic” dog with the thought process of a human, but instead he is a real dog with limited understanding of human speech and he must learn how to deal with people through physical interaction. More information is available at brucecameron.com.