Ground squirrels roll in rattlesnake skins to hide their scent from hungry snakes
The memoir of a beloved San Antonio public servant
the book touches deftly on themes like the unintended consequences of greed and the importance of working together
Porpoises cavort in San Francisco Bay again because of a grassroots effort to clean up a waterway that was once a toxic mess
The police fired shotguns against unarmed students
The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds ART / Techniques / Drawing Ground squirrels roll in rattlesnakeJohn Muir Laws's guide to drawing birds is itself winged, soaring between a devotion not only to art but also to the lives, forms, and postures of the birds themselves. Here, artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history intertwine, and drawing becomes the vehicle for seeing. As Laws writes, "To draw feathers, you must understand how feathers grow, overlap, and insert into the body. To create the body, you must have an understanding