Instead of focusing on great men, great women, great artists, or great whomever, UW historian Frederick Brown focuses his history of Seattle on animals. In The City Is More Than Human, Brown looks at the way the relationship between people and animals shaped the city, from the days of livestock and imperialism to the time of pets in grocery stores. As far as I can tell, all other books about Seattle's past focus on brothels and vice lords. Brown's angle should delight old mossbacks who think they've heard it all, but also people who hang with their Shiba Inu at Dogwood Play Park and Bar. by Rich Smith