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Beth Duris

Content by Beth Duris

  • Embracing a life

    In his sixth novel, Ivan Doig returns to Montana's Rocky Mountain Front and some of the most colorful natives of Two Medicine country, the McCaskill family. Read more »
  • In search of a missing explorer

    Erasmus Darwin Wells has a history of failure. At 40, he has no wife, no children, no close friends, and his life's work as a scholar-naturalist has come to almost nothing. Read more »
  • Review

    Issue: May, 1998
    James Dodson, best-selling author of Final Rounds: A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime, takes to the road once again in his delightful new book, Faithful Travelers. Read more »
  • Review

    Pam Houston, best-selling author of Cowboys Are My Weakness, returns to the subject of relationships in her captivating new book, Waltzing the Cat. Read more »
  • Review

    Photographers and nature lovers will be captivated by Chased by the Light (NorthWord Press, $35, 1559716711), a new book of photographs from world-renowned nature photographer Jim Brandenburg. Read more »
  • Review

    Issue: June, 1999
    In February, 1995 novelist Linda Spalding set out on a journey deep into the rain forests of Indonesian Borneo to study the life of orangutan researcher Birute Galdikas. Read more »
  • Review

    Issue: July, 1999
    Now one of the world's most acclaimed falconers, Emma Ford discovered her passion for birds of prey as a young girl living on the Chilham Castle estate in Kent. Read more »
  • Review

    Philip Tate is one of the lucky ones. At 45, he has everything good looks, a devoted family, a distinguished medical career. But something is wrong. Read more »
  • Review

    Readers will remember Socrates Fortlow, the hero of Walter Mosley's riveting new book Walkin' the Dog, from the author's acclaimed short story collection Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. Read more »
  • Review

    Three decades after his first book was published in England, James Herriot's charming tales of life as a country vet in Yorkshire continue to delight readers. Read more »
  • Review

    Three decades after his first book was published in England, James Herriot's charming tales of life as a country vet in Yorkshire continue to delight readers. Read more »
  • Review

    Issue: May, 2000
    As author and journalist Shana Alexander notes at the start of this lively and well-researched tribute, elephants have fascinated mankind for centuries. Read more »