The Road to Utopia: How Kinky, Tony, & I Saved More Animals Than Noah
by Nancy Parker-Simons (University of Texas Press, $15.95)

Read about the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch in Medina, Texas, fronted by the infamous Kinky Friedman and operated by the author and her husband, Tony. "…in the final analysis, this is not just a book about animals," writes Kinky in the book's introduction. "Like Charlotte's Web or the movie Babe, it may subtly change the way we look at the world, or, perhaps more significantly, the way we see ourselves."