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Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause
Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes
Hubbell's book is fascinating and absorbing. I loved the cogent explanation of ginger/not-ginger cat genes in the formation of calico cats. I liked the section on apples too, though Hubbell's description of John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman diverges wildly from other sources I remember reading long ago. I'm more than half-tempted to pursue that story... All in all, a lovely, compact treatise on how homo mutabilis (as she dubs us) interacts with its world.
