We don’t publish a lot of nonfiction at Greenwillow Books—it’s difficult and time-consuming to do it right, and after all, we have reality TV to keep up with at night!—but every once in a while we come across an irresistible project and we take the leap. Saving the Baghdad Zoo was one such book. We’ve [...]
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THE DOGS OF WAR, BY MAJOR WILLIAM SUMNER
Americans, in general, are very animal friendly people. Specifically, we are enamored with our dogs. In some cases, we treat our dogs like children. We spend thousands of dollars on them when they are sick and have even created niche stores dedicated to producing treats, toys, clothes, and [...]
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HEROES, BY KELLY MILNER HALLS
Heroes are hard to come by these days. Scandals and addictions transform our stars into meteorites in the blink of an eye. But nature hates a void. Scoop a cup of sand from the beach, and a new cup fills the space in a practical instant. Heroes appear, if we’re keen [...]
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RUNNING THE NUMBERS, BY MAJOR WILLIAM SUMNER
Looking back at the time I spent in Iraq, I can see that it was dominated by numbers. The military tracked the number of kilowatt hours of electricity generated, gallons of water produced, truckloads of trash and rubble removed, and amounts of money spent, all in an effort to [...]
