tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63381916610412577942024-03-19T01:48:10.744-07:00THE BIRDBOOKER REPORTBirdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.comBlogger1445125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-37453805578387498162024-02-25T15:40:00.000-08:002024-02-29T15:09:06.732-08:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0bvSpj5bsj0eK5B448cKxycASBWT9IMR9wOIYM2LMvs19u02rPmYgMfuY1WlUSDZMJ2H8_T7v8sAhVTW_612d7sPdnJ1SUjo8UHtsDpzOmePeLPcMWS1GGvoxaBJxTLBuMxSk3SUZ9zq9lgZMyUk1sd77KnTVTXUjRVhbWT1n-GvADkPoYnntxWCg2A/s466/maine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="311" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0bvSpj5bsj0eK5B448cKxycASBWT9IMR9wOIYM2LMvs19u02rPmYgMfuY1WlUSDZMJ2H8_T7v8sAhVTW_612d7sPdnJ1SUjo8UHtsDpzOmePeLPcMWS1GGvoxaBJxTLBuMxSk3SUZ9zq9lgZMyUk1sd77KnTVTXUjRVhbWT1n-GvADkPoYnntxWCg2A/s320/maine.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span>Lovitch, </span><span>Derek J.</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="fwxs4t-etpcy-82jiw1-f3q8km" id="productTitle"><b>Birdwatching in Maine: The Complete Site Guide (Second Edition).</b> 2024. </span><span>Brandeis University Press. Paperback: 482 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">An invaluable site guide for New England birders, now available in a new updated edition.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"> </span><span>With over 470 species of birds recorded, Maine offers an abundance of
birding opportunities for people of all levels of interest and
experience, from those looking beyond their backyards for the first time
to knowledgeable visitors looking to plug a hole in their list of
sightings. The state’s wealth of undeveloped land and its extensive
coastline, countless islands, and varied habitat combine to host an
impressive diversity of birds at all times of the year. Birders travel
to Maine from near and far to seek hard-to-find species, from the only
Atlantic puffins breeding in the United States on offshore islands to
Bicknell’s thrushes high in the mountains.</span></p><div class="celwidget" data-cel-widget="bookDescription_feature_div" data-csa-c-asin="1684581990" data-csa-c-content-id="bookDescription" data-csa-c-id="ag1mw0-3g2klh-344hcn-vqm9nt" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row="false" data-csa-c-slot-id="bookDescription_feature_div" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-feature-name="bookDescription" id="bookDescription_feature_div"><div class="a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container" data-a-expander-collapsed-height="280" data-a-expander-name="book_description_expander" style="height: auto; max-height: none;"><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> This book fills an
important niche for the birdwatching community by offering comprehensive
entries detailing the best locations for finding birds throughout the
state for enthusiasts of all levels of skill and interest. It contains
descriptions of 202 birding sites in Maine, with explicit directions on
how to get there, for all sixteen of the state’s counties, several as
large as other New England states! Each chapter features a county map, a
brief overview by Derek J. Lovitch, numerous specific site guides, and a
list of rarities. The book also contains a detailed and useful species
accounts guide for finding the most sought-after birds.<br /> <br /> Lavishly illustrated in color throughout, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Birdwatching in Maine</i></span><span>
is the best available resource for finding birds in the largest of the
New England states. This updated edition features a new introduction, as
well as new birding sites and maps.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-have for anyone birding Maine! </span></span></span><span> </span> </div> </div> </div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPCqkJCR2yN3IPdfbIQR9rT-4z81AEcllp6anGxgP3MsdO4H5x5qzrDnwVja6FOfK2xkyULXWR5KYTmKB0091AybGOFLii_c3TwuaEOw9fKKgiFtkhsJtQof3D74UNlKDGJmVbVMA5lGiFTP0p8HENrmG7uStJKL47VP2ONjpn3ufHNyH9LC7U9xrFKw/s1500/architecture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPCqkJCR2yN3IPdfbIQR9rT-4z81AEcllp6anGxgP3MsdO4H5x5qzrDnwVja6FOfK2xkyULXWR5KYTmKB0091AybGOFLii_c3TwuaEOw9fKKgiFtkhsJtQof3D74UNlKDGJmVbVMA5lGiFTP0p8HENrmG7uStJKL47VP2ONjpn3ufHNyH9LC7U9xrFKw/s320/architecture.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> </p><p>2)<span itemprop="name"> Goodfellow, </span> <span itemprop="name">Peter</span><span itemprop="name">.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-csa-c-id="lonkq6-qvw3ud-gtg11u-ba6c7v" id="productTitle"><b>Avian Architecture Revised and Expanded Edition: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build. </b>2024. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 176 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">29.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">The essential illustrated guide to how birds design and build their nests—now fully revised and expanded.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"> </span><span>Birds
are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the
bar for functional design in nature. Describing how birds design,
engineer, and build their nests,</span><span class="a-text-italic"><i> Avian Architecture</i></span><span>
deconstructs all types of nests found around the world using
architectural blueprints and detailed descriptions of the construction
processes and engineering techniques birds use.<br /><br /> This
spectacularly illustrated book features more than 300 full-color images
and more than 40 case studies that profile key species worldwide. Each
chapter covers a different type of nest, from tunnel nests and mound
nests to floating nests, hanging nests, woven nests, and even
multiple-nest avian cities. Other kinds of avian construction—such as
bowers and food stores—are also featured.<br /><br /> Now with more case
studies and an updated foreword, this revised and expanded edition
includes intricate step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on
nest-building materials and methods, and insightful commentary by a
leading expert.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Illustrates how birds around the world design, engineer, and build their nests</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features
architectural blueprints, step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on
nest-building materials and methods, and expert commentary</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes more than 300 full-color images</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers more than 100 bird species worldwide</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in this aspect of bird behavior.<br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpClGHEitd9uvSNV9peDcZrOQ4nhorCtL_a4GnCu1ckz30a4b-qcV4O6nRpP3WEUAlTDZPnX593420PNHlSZCsjXBpOYdu3a-m_GUyXdAQDYL-cUBe9LXO4aeKHHrSxHEacOqOdeXkJ_Kkjr_8QvdHUkPxzX7VAEAm1WWWcjkfHnb9v3Zv8MNcrT6zUg/s1500/lastkind.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="964" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpClGHEitd9uvSNV9peDcZrOQ4nhorCtL_a4GnCu1ckz30a4b-qcV4O6nRpP3WEUAlTDZPnX593420PNHlSZCsjXBpOYdu3a-m_GUyXdAQDYL-cUBe9LXO4aeKHHrSxHEacOqOdeXkJ_Kkjr_8QvdHUkPxzX7VAEAm1WWWcjkfHnb9v3Zv8MNcrT6zUg/s320/lastkind.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span>Pálsson, </span><span>Gísli</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="iug3oz-4f9dih-m1q3sr-tpma8y" id="productTitle"><b>The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction. </b>2024. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 291 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">27.95 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">How an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> The Great Auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of
extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands
of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were killed in Iceland in
1844. Gísli Pálsson draws on firsthand accounts from the Icelanders who
hunted the last great auks to bring to life a bygone age of Victorian
scientific exploration while offering vital insights into the extinction
of species.</span><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span><br /> Pálsson vividly recounts how British ornithologists
John Wolley and Alfred Newton set out for Iceland to collect specimens
only to discover that the Great Auks were already gone. At the time, the
Victorian world viewed extinction as an impossibility or trivialized it
as a natural phenomenon. Pálsson chronicles how Wolley and Newton
documented the fate of the last birds through interviews with the men
who killed them, and how the naturalists’ Icelandic journey opened their
eyes to the disappearance of species as a subject of scientific
concern—and as something that could be caused by humans.<br /><br /> Blending
a richly evocative narrative with rare, unpublished material as well as
insights from ornithology, anthropology, and Pálsson’s own North
Atlantic travels,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Last of Its Kind</span></i><span><i> </i>reveals how the saga of the Great Auk opens a window onto the human causes of mass extinction.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the Great Auk and/or bird extinctions. </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsMxG6wly6yJCvBNRn7QuyzvIz-vxDmSl_b0AHQA8O2gr8a8u4-8luEjPO38ZWlf9ZqRbWAaW-Ab3K-UCTDxWuETXV1xeSUMIYZBUeeIBfH1fZvr8uqLPL59r56u8oH2gbJUgg9HVwOdpxcDW_Rk_5KMnskEgL2qRiAyIUf3gHdHG5mz1x-9Ugs7Ld_s/s1500/macrolichens3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsMxG6wly6yJCvBNRn7QuyzvIz-vxDmSl_b0AHQA8O2gr8a8u4-8luEjPO38ZWlf9ZqRbWAaW-Ab3K-UCTDxWuETXV1xeSUMIYZBUeeIBfH1fZvr8uqLPL59r56u8oH2gbJUgg9HVwOdpxcDW_Rk_5KMnskEgL2qRiAyIUf3gHdHG5mz1x-9Ugs7Ld_s/s320/macrolichens3.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="tgz6jm-7xit7m-yziooq-lmdqz4" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r2pvr7wsvco1x025dpxf3o83c8y" data-version-id="vlh33ro23cfyu2lvyfyact5vqk"><span class="a-size-base">McCune</span><span class="a-size-base">, </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="tgz6jm-7xit7m-yziooq-lmdqz4" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r2pvr7wsvco1x025dpxf3o83c8y" data-version-id="vlh33ro23cfyu2lvyfyact5vqk"><span class="a-size-base">Bruce</span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="tgz6jm-7xit7m-yziooq-lmdqz4" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r2pvr7wsvco1x025dpxf3o83c8y" data-version-id="vlh33ro23cfyu2lvyfyact5vqk"><span class="a-size-base"> and </span><span class="a-size-base">Linda Geiser</span><span class="a-letter-space">.<b> </b></span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="32ezc8-gdvylr-4eqsas-rconl0" id="productTitle"><b>Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest (Third Edition).</b> 2024. </span><span>Oregon State University Press. Paperback: 549 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">45.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>A key component in healthy ecosystems, lichens can be found in
almost any natural habitat in the Pacific Northwest. This comprehensive
guide to the region’s macrolichens is intended for use by beginners as
well as specialists: weekend naturalists will be able to identify
specimens and recognize the great diversity of lichens, while
lichenologists and mycologists will gain greater knowledge of the
distribution and abundance of various species.<br /><br /> This updated third edition of<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest</span></i><span>
includes 95 additional species and an expanded introduction. It
features keys to 109 genera and 681 species of Oregon and Washington
macrolichens—all the macrolichens known or expected to occur in the two
states. The keys also provide excellent coverage for lichens of Idaho
and Montana, inland to the Continental Divide. Color photographs and
detailed descriptions emphasize lichens prevalent in forested
ecosystems.<br /><br /> The illustrated glossary and introductory material
cover the terminology needed to identify macrolichens and provide
information on collection and handling. The biology, ecology, and
air-quality sensitivity of lichens are discussed; regional air-quality
sensitivities are provided for nearly 200 species.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i> Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest</i></span><span>
will prove invaluable to anyone seeking to identify lichens or to
better understand these organisms and their vital role in the natural
world. </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-have for anyone with an interest in the lichens of the region! </span></span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNKh_HdvJm9PwMhgsGiqHOVmU7V3fBNhPoN2FLPRFrcLtou7_R-tnOHK8WMpwtv1TpK7ikvtuMUo3KD-E6f0qBXKX_jYPzwBt2y-Hg_qrropJuqCtu56SrMVjcvBFiAU9TPpqzVPuQKU-Xfr5NX_wri0_0kejvSOw91_9IbhL7sqEeoVPU1xwQ_aRY_Q/s1500/weedsPNW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1332" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNKh_HdvJm9PwMhgsGiqHOVmU7V3fBNhPoN2FLPRFrcLtou7_R-tnOHK8WMpwtv1TpK7ikvtuMUo3KD-E6f0qBXKX_jYPzwBt2y-Hg_qrropJuqCtu56SrMVjcvBFiAU9TPpqzVPuQKU-Xfr5NX_wri0_0kejvSOw91_9IbhL7sqEeoVPU1xwQ_aRY_Q/s320/weedsPNW.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><p><span> </span></p><p><span>5) </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">Turner, </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">Mark </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">and </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">Sami Gray. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="yx50we-ytqcmf-r18lga-v4c0d4" id="productTitle"><b>Weeds of the Pacific Northwest: 368 Unwanted Plants and How to Control Them.</b> 2024. </span><span>Timber Press. Paperback: 455 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">34.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">A comprehensive guide to the most common weeds
of the Pacific Northwest, with essential information on their
management and eradication</span><span>.<br /> <br /> Weeds are everywhere.
They crowd out valuable agricultural crops, compete with the tomatoes
and beans in your vegetable garden, spread rampantly along roadsides,
and pop up from the tiniest cracks in sidewalks. In order to manage
them, we must first learn how to identify them.<br /> <br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i> Weeds of the Pacific Northwest</i></span><span> is
a guide to identifying, controlling, and eradicating over 300 species
of weeds that gardeners and homeowners are likely to encounter in
Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Though
they can all cause trouble, each weed is different. The hundreds of
user-friendly photographs and detailed descriptions of each species here
ensure that you can spot and treat any weed in your path. As the
experts behind this book demonstrate, some plants can be killed by
eating them, some by digging, some by smothering, and some only by the
judicious application of chemical herbicides—and it is very important
for you and your neighbors to know and understand the differences. </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-have for anyone with an interest in the weeds of the region!<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span></p><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizK2Lm6Tg8gftOyOuPigCTDHo2SOOFZqTzRQvCTKjS5W1cFJfOmXK4yFgi246B56RV_I256PYID5JxwCwctxF33imou6tzFELaVpd4yzHD_KAi5WluSZSC3Xjz_HBnlT5crvIWVDI2mYSDwNak3M0ErLJ_enuFhmxjLtb4L4hcY3xSabAEO0Vc9dhyt4/s1500/velvetants.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="971" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizK2Lm6Tg8gftOyOuPigCTDHo2SOOFZqTzRQvCTKjS5W1cFJfOmXK4yFgi246B56RV_I256PYID5JxwCwctxF33imou6tzFELaVpd4yzHD_KAi5WluSZSC3Xjz_HBnlT5crvIWVDI2mYSDwNak3M0ErLJ_enuFhmxjLtb4L4hcY3xSabAEO0Vc9dhyt4/s320/velvetants.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></div><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><br /> </span> <p></p><p> </p><p><span>6)</span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="vbsno-3tl1ro-ru4bfy-d9dff" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r1evf6j6z4pl6e2qaoephzjngls" data-version-id="vlh33ro23cfyu2lvyfyact5vqk"><span class="a-size-base"> Williams, Kevin et al..<b> </b></span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="v0e0a6-1v00zr-4l2f3u-57xg94" id="productTitle"><b>Velvet Ants of North America.</b> 2024. Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 440 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">An authoritative, marvelously illustrated field guide to the velvet ants of North America.</span></p><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><p><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>Velvet Ants of North America</i></span><span>
is a beautiful photographic guide to the species of the wasp family
Mutillidae found in the United States and Canada. Featuring hundreds of
full-color photos, it covers nearly 460 species―representing more than 9
percent of all velvet ant species, which number in the thousands
worldwide―providing comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of this
spectacular group of insects. This one-of-a-kind guide serves as an
invaluable reference for naturalists, scientific researchers, museum
specialists, and outdoor enthusiasts. </span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers nearly 460 species found in North America and throughout the world</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features stunning high-resolution photos of each species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Detailed species accounts and keys allow for easy and rewarding identification</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Sheds invaluable light on taxa from Mesoamerica, the Caribbean, and beyond</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Provides silhouette images depicting the actual size ranges of species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes distribution maps of nearly all diurnal species in the United States and Canada</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-have for anyone with an interest in Velvet Ants! </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span> </div><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1TSzzEpPVHwzFqGcLFHzGyXkItZO3LLLaoBQW5-Km6uMpL7Mel-5R1kNL9FsroKrrjycTcL_ybk5tfYkOB3sijwuu9l5oQ-kYjnUOBUaa_MJVhj8bCcZnyHXS3GZXHLPx25zOhDJ0samUWDbAPmsQD1CWARrab91sXRBlUqnzIL3pNP5KtdqF5S2HeU/s1254/choosingbinos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="827" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1TSzzEpPVHwzFqGcLFHzGyXkItZO3LLLaoBQW5-Km6uMpL7Mel-5R1kNL9FsroKrrjycTcL_ybk5tfYkOB3sijwuu9l5oQ-kYjnUOBUaa_MJVhj8bCcZnyHXS3GZXHLPx25zOhDJ0samUWDbAPmsQD1CWARrab91sXRBlUqnzIL3pNP5KtdqF5S2HeU/s320/choosingbinos.jpg" width="211" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7)</span></span></span><span> English, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span> Neil</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="7hcbyj-tvnhkw-iaxpej-246yrx" id="productTitle"><b>Choosing & Using Binoculars: A Guide for Star Gazers, Birders and Outdoor Enthusiasts.</b> 2024. Springer. Paperback: 523 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">32.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" 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id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Binoculars are life enhancing instruments, uniquely capable of
bringing the intricacies of nature into sharp focus. Whether it be
birds, majestic lakes and seas, alpine vistas, wild animals or exploring
the glories of the night sky, anyone interested in buying binoculars
today will be faced with a bewildering number of different models to
choose from! </span></p><p><span> This book walks the reader through the
fascinating world of binoculars, past and present, while exploring all
of the main binocular types, their desirable features, how to test out
and narrow down the choices a prospective customer should make, as well
as looking at some of the best and most-sought-after binoculars money
can buy. Uniquely experienced writer and binocular enthusiast, Dr. Neil
English, takes the pain out of narrowing down the search for your ideal
binocular, whether your budget is $50 or $5,000. Dr. English explores
many of the timeless beauties of the binocular world, crafted by top
European and Japanese manufacturers, such as Swarovski, Zeiss, Nikon,
Leica and others. Sumptuously illustrated throughout with full color
images, <i>Choosing & Using Binoculars</i> decodes all the technical jargon
without sacrificing accuracy and presents the world’s best compendium
of binocular literature for the birder, hunter, inveterate traveler,
nature enthusiast and star gazer. Don’t leave home without it!</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Due to size limitations, not all binocular models that birders use are listed in this book, but your average birder should find some good information here.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBW4JVX1NKCos0GfEI2cGzNik7nodRzGBHpl34AN9YvPnMHdNAL71ESygSpHG3hjNfvrLaeeIDLx3hsXwmiqVbJGvbZwJyHBbCI9tOhPTnrX7i0VmSN-A6d2v25HMUGrRFEk8v_46fN0QQyoS0UMKHcandpJ2h-z8g0mXDVIW9GLpKslaSZuRJ0yWnQ8/s1500/colorcharts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBW4JVX1NKCos0GfEI2cGzNik7nodRzGBHpl34AN9YvPnMHdNAL71ESygSpHG3hjNfvrLaeeIDLx3hsXwmiqVbJGvbZwJyHBbCI9tOhPTnrX7i0VmSN-A6d2v25HMUGrRFEk8v_46fN0QQyoS0UMKHcandpJ2h-z8g0mXDVIW9GLpKslaSZuRJ0yWnQ8/s320/colorcharts.jpg" width="277" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>8) </span></span></span><span>Varichon, </span><span>Anne</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="efz3nz-ns0tv4-lbmuxo-i88kdi" id="productTitle"><b>Color Charts: A History.</b> 2024. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 284 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">55.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">A
beautifully illustrated history of the many inventive, poetic, and
alluring ways in which color swatches have been selected and staged.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> The need to categorize and communicate color has mobilized practitioners and scholars for centuries. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Color Charts</span></i><span>
describes the many different methods and ingenious devices developed
since the fifteenth century by doctors, naturalists, dyers, and painters
to catalog fragments of colors. With the advent of industrial society,
manufacturers and merchants developed some of the most beautiful and
varied tools ever designed to present all the available colors. Thanks
to them, society has discovered the abundance of color embodied in a
plethora of materials: cuts of fabric, leather, paper, and rubber; slats
of wood and linoleum; delicate skeins of silk; careful deposits of
paint and pastels; fragments of lipstick; and arrangements of flower
petals. These samples shape a visual culture and a chromatic vocabulary
and instill a deep desire for color.<br /><br /> Anne Varichon traces the
emergence of modern color charts from a set of processes developed over
the centuries in various contexts. She presents illuminating examples
that bring this remarkable story to life, from ancient writings
revealing attention to precise shade to contemporary designers’ color
charts, dyers’ notebooks, and Werner’s famous color nomenclature.
Varichon argues that color charts have linked generations of artists,
artisans, scientists, industrialists, and merchants, and have played an
essential and enduring role in the way societies think about color.<br /><br /> Drawing
on nearly two hundred documents from public and private collections,
almost all of them previously unpublished, this wonderfully illustrated
book shows how the color chart, in its many distinct forms and
expressions, is a practical tool that has transcended its original
purpose to become an educational aid and subject of contemplation worthy
of being studied and admired.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This color charts book concentrates on commercially used color charts and not those used by naturalists. It barely mentions Waller's,Werner's, and Munsell's charts and ignores others (e.g. Ridgway, Smithe, etc.).<br /></span></span></span></p> </div><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span> </span></p> </div></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><br /></span></div><p> </p> Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-76191393650673318792024-01-28T16:36:00.000-08:002024-02-05T14:19:20.621-08:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomsxpRKtjtcVOVA70OskEtTRQIUdZzEydBmBIdzEA4GZY_InEChOJy9xsx-OZUmedGP68jXsn9LGbBCUpDh5eMx6x0Gl-ROFQRAUI1PnVj8qZw2obeP_ENNh1yN68m_ihkuPovAXRgFwVoOt4TrkQttZhxPJJQl8ZAntObB_7y8oQ8dkT4q_eGt_Eyk4/s1500/birdschina.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="994" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomsxpRKtjtcVOVA70OskEtTRQIUdZzEydBmBIdzEA4GZY_InEChOJy9xsx-OZUmedGP68jXsn9LGbBCUpDh5eMx6x0Gl-ROFQRAUI1PnVj8qZw2obeP_ENNh1yN68m_ihkuPovAXRgFwVoOt4TrkQttZhxPJJQl8ZAntObB_7y8oQ8dkT4q_eGt_Eyk4/s320/birdschina.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="vkjw0d-26wsgg-46ivwy-194ia4" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="rqa9cf2zz6ji2jwgpbdl49dvj" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base">Yang, </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="vkjw0d-26wsgg-46ivwy-194ia4" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="rqa9cf2zz6ji2jwgpbdl49dvj" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base">Liu</span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="vkjw0d-26wsgg-46ivwy-194ia4" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="rqa9cf2zz6ji2jwgpbdl49dvj" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base"> </span><span class="a-size-base">and </span><span class="a-size-base">Chen Shuihua. </span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="brbvy4-iviz1-4zlkls-4rnbqu" id="productTitle"><b>Birds of China.</b> 2024. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Flexibound: </span><span>672 pages. Price: </span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">$39.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>China is home to some of the most spectacular birdlife to be
found anywhere in the world. This richly illustrated field guide covers
every species found throughout the region, including numerous endemic
and globally threatened species. Detailed species accounts cover
everything from biometrics and habitat to behavior, distribution, and
voice, and each one comes with illustrations of the species and a color
distribution map. A landmark achievement,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Birds of China</span></i><span> is the ideal companion for travelers to China and a must for any birder’s bookshelf.</span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>The first complete English-language field guide to China’s wondrously diverse birdlife</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers nearly 1,500 species, including endemics and threatened birds</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features a wealth of breathtaking color plates painted by leading Chinese artists</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes some 4,000 images that illustrate every species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Discusses China’s geography and zoogeography</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Shares invaluable advice on birding practices and ethics</span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST-HAVE for anyone birding China!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrunq3jC8wtXGl7KU5Z3p2HB6SosKkhI5s7yDXMhU2xZ3zVQk2Oi0acn3NnIXU2_nLiAHjZVLA9S5wI9PyuG1sdXyCI-G9d7WQzSLDzN0iSDPiy0sx1lanEbROP5Juzf-tLkE5yl4QZuQ9mHadb0UP8cvtIcU9c9Z0flJysyE4cqRkcW3OhSESI1fXAo/s1360/littleowl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="897" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrunq3jC8wtXGl7KU5Z3p2HB6SosKkhI5s7yDXMhU2xZ3zVQk2Oi0acn3NnIXU2_nLiAHjZVLA9S5wI9PyuG1sdXyCI-G9d7WQzSLDzN0iSDPiy0sx1lanEbROP5Juzf-tLkE5yl4QZuQ9mHadb0UP8cvtIcU9c9Z0flJysyE4cqRkcW3OhSESI1fXAo/s320/littleowl.jpg" width="211" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="rkb69x-hgspll-6aw6av-k2nw8q" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r9h515wlu6kzi2idgrugey44fz" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base">Van Nieuwenhuyse,</span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="rkb69x-hgspll-6aw6av-k2nw8q" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r9h515wlu6kzi2idgrugey44fz" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base"> </span><span class="a-size-base">Dries</span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="rkb69x-hgspll-6aw6av-k2nw8q" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r9h515wlu6kzi2idgrugey44fz" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base"> et al.. </span></span></span><b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="6ckt05-91q8k4-riud0d-sbwngc" id="productTitle">The Little Owl: Population Dynamics, Behavior and Management of <i>Athene noctua</i> </span> </b><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary celwidget" data-cel-widget="productSubtitle" data-csa-c-id="7w4rjp-6jjj3g-d7oonj-8kzc9n" id="productSubtitle"><b> (2nd Edition). </b>2024. </span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">
</span> <span>Cambridge University Press. </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">Hardbound: </span><span>616 pages. Price: $</span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">99.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The basic biology of owls is poorly understood compared to that of
other bird species. The Little Owl, <i>Athene noctua</i>, is one of the best
models for biological and conservation research. Though widespread
across Europe, Asia and North Africa, populations of the Little Owl are
now in decline, making studies of its behavior and ecology all the more
important. This extensively revised and updated second edition features
substantial new long-term data on population dynamics, behavioral
observations and breeding biology of the Little Owl. The authors discuss
its wide-ranging ecology, genetics, subspecies, and population status
by country. In addition, they outline a research strategy and monitoring
program. Exceptional illustrations of all fourteen subspecies cover
embryonic and chick development, feather growth and moult, including
high-quality drawings presenting concrete management suggestions. Whilst
being an invaluable resource for academic researchers, its accessible
and straightforward style will also appeal to amateur ornithologists and
enthusiasts.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST-HAVE for anyone with a serious interest in the species. The artwork by </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="6xw0ap-61n3on-iqi5iz-vlmrlk" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r28l6cg6gmnm772wnfvg92sxaar" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base">Joris De Raedt highlights this book!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="6xw0ap-61n3on-iqi5iz-vlmrlk" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r28l6cg6gmnm772wnfvg92sxaar" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base"> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="6xw0ap-61n3on-iqi5iz-vlmrlk" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r28l6cg6gmnm772wnfvg92sxaar" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="6xw0ap-61n3on-iqi5iz-vlmrlk" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r28l6cg6gmnm772wnfvg92sxaar" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaXg3lkmX1eVqEDczX06ekIS1Mioo5KoAHJMYZLBFWuyopaYzlRT24b0YkGfuBgeI7CqLnwyCEzpMTtUMXx2HnLSC2F3N1Qlstg3daOUWRli4X8KNnC-sgBGjZQbiKhUmkfcZqZrWEwuzQwl287USvLSLvXjgpCBVM5Uljy6paRPJ666Pr8Qzb7nPb-I/s1000/birdssingapore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaXg3lkmX1eVqEDczX06ekIS1Mioo5KoAHJMYZLBFWuyopaYzlRT24b0YkGfuBgeI7CqLnwyCEzpMTtUMXx2HnLSC2F3N1Qlstg3daOUWRli4X8KNnC-sgBGjZQbiKhUmkfcZqZrWEwuzQwl287USvLSLvXjgpCBVM5Uljy6paRPJ666Pr8Qzb7nPb-I/s320/birdssingapore.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="6xw0ap-61n3on-iqi5iz-vlmrlk" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r28l6cg6gmnm772wnfvg92sxaar" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base"><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="6xw0ap-61n3on-iqi5iz-vlmrlk" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r28l6cg6gmnm772wnfvg92sxaar" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base">3) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="kdu8nu-wfwedw-rq4zh5-lpkmef" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r2d9vy0ygt6l2q26wharrgltlcx" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base">Seng, </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="kdu8nu-wfwedw-rq4zh5-lpkmef" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r2d9vy0ygt6l2q26wharrgltlcx" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base">Lim Kim</span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="kdu8nu-wfwedw-rq4zh5-lpkmef" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r2d9vy0ygt6l2q26wharrgltlcx" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"> <span class="a-size-base">et al.. </span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="bcdd6d-exyaqc-vtjuzi-fcbvrn" id="productTitle"><b>A Field Guide to the Birds of Singapore.</b> 2024. </span><span>John Beaufoy Publishing. Paperback: </span><span>236 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:<i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><i>A Field Guide to the Birds of Singapore</i> is a fully comprehensive
field guide to the 422 bird species of Singapore, as well as ‘escapees’
not formally accepted as ‘wild’ birds. The species are clearly
illustrated in over 100 plates, with many variants. The main identifying
features of each species are described and key facts cover size, voice,
range and status, habitat and breeding. The book also includes
information on taxonomy and nomenclature, observing birds, climate,
habitats, the breeding cycle, migration and conservation as well as a
section on 25 key birdwatching sites with maps.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>This book is a must-have for anyone birding Singapore.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qgWnNqrkZPlCq322NDH6adCrhJW12rc415koTZkFPkzUelobzG2lNv2-jBmSb0H-M7ZB8zudbyCoT1VEDZdb3zKGUekYCOKuRsYfEI_Irt5hEnoSd8nUfiMs7hx82lp1vgr5mdesdeicE7Z86_5HN_t8KinlFCXb0W9KjT_9epTF5iJSNc53eMxItGE/s1000/bWSitesNZ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qgWnNqrkZPlCq322NDH6adCrhJW12rc415koTZkFPkzUelobzG2lNv2-jBmSb0H-M7ZB8zudbyCoT1VEDZdb3zKGUekYCOKuRsYfEI_Irt5hEnoSd8nUfiMs7hx82lp1vgr5mdesdeicE7Z86_5HN_t8KinlFCXb0W9KjT_9epTF5iJSNc53eMxItGE/s320/bWSitesNZ.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="s7todz-5mlfco-wlzj33-1ssew1" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r3okau1ayxqhhe2hww1295hyv5n" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base">Light, </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="s7todz-5mlfco-wlzj33-1ssew1" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r3okau1ayxqhhe2hww1295hyv5n" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base">Liz </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="s7todz-5mlfco-wlzj33-1ssew1" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r3okau1ayxqhhe2hww1295hyv5n" data-version-id="v3t2vism9ma9te2v0r14oy30p6q"><span class="a-size-base"> and Oscar Thomas. </span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="xl9n6q-lpni2q-a43b6r-wksck5" id="productTitle"><b>The 50 Best Birdwatching Sites in New Zealand. </b>2024. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="bcdd6d-exyaqc-vtjuzi-fcbvrn" id="productTitle"> </span><span>John Beaufoy Publishing. </span><span>Paperback: </span><span>220 </span><span>pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">29.99 </span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Aotearoa New Zealand has a diverse range of bird species but is
especially renowned for its seabirds. Fifteen of the world's 18 penguin
species have been recorded in the New Zealand region. Nine of these
species breed here. Of petrels, 40 of the world's 127 species breed in
the New Zealand region, some on the mainland or nearby islands where
they can be seen with ease, and many more are throughout the Southern
Ocean. Twelve of the world’s 21 albatross species nest in New Zealand
and of those seven do not nest elsewhere. As well as these specific
species, the book covers 50 sites on the North and South Islands,
Rakiura/Stewart Island and Rekohu/Chatham Islands that are best for
birdwatching. Detailed descriptions of each site cover the terrain,
tracks and trails where certain species are likely to be encountered.
Particular species for each site are highlighted. A fact file for each
site lists land or sea access; type of habitat, best time to visit,
facilities and accommodation. Key species checklists are provided for
each site and particular ones are highlighted with detailed summaries.
The second edition is fully updated by Oscar Thomas with 90 new
photographs and with three new sites.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>This book is a must-have for anyone birding New Zealand.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1qHswnLAhVJstLclpBQZHMqsYhN6f92-RCoJMQPjTx75sxOpepYRAg5hefprAsFXXeW4RRq8uYqmqWsY_civ1jh6c9LY9lfbNcd6VUIFLlgjDyeXKhIWtK17Ue3UZK-VWe0G8FIa54DB94R2jd7FP3VqupwP4mUAT1B2gq32JAjxS2U21XCzomr3OLs/s3532/IMG_4274.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3532" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1qHswnLAhVJstLclpBQZHMqsYhN6f92-RCoJMQPjTx75sxOpepYRAg5hefprAsFXXeW4RRq8uYqmqWsY_civ1jh6c9LY9lfbNcd6VUIFLlgjDyeXKhIWtK17Ue3UZK-VWe0G8FIa54DB94R2jd7FP3VqupwP4mUAT1B2gq32JAjxS2U21XCzomr3OLs/s320/IMG_4274.jpg" width="231" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) Zalesky, Philip H. et al.. </span></span></span><b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="bdzk7o-1uefq5-t21vzj-p6kuda" id="productTitle">Birding In Snohomish County and Camano Island (Third Edition). </span></b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="bdzk7o-1uefq5-t21vzj-p6kuda" id="productTitle">2023.</span><b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="bdzk7o-1uefq5-t21vzj-p6kuda" id="productTitle"> </span></b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="bdzk7o-1uefq5-t21vzj-p6kuda" id="productTitle">Pil</span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="bdzk7o-1uefq5-t21vzj-p6kuda" id="productTitle">chuck Audubon Society. Spiro-bound: 133 pages. Price: $20.00 U.S.<br /></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: A full-color, updated and expanded 3rd edition of Philip Zalesky's original book, <i>Birding in Snohomish County and Camano Island, 3rd Edition </i>is a celebration of the variety and bountiful birding locations in the area. This new edition covers more than 80 locations, noting general information about the sites and which birds are common at each. Philip Zalesky's original site descriptions have been revised and updated, including new observations, recent sightings, and historical and natural history information. A checklist includes all 355 species of birds ever sighted in Snohomish County and Camano Island.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>This book is a must-have for anyone birding Snohomish County and Camano Island.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKcHvxEtsmCIFZLXftofUz1m15KzGZS8EOsu2sur0IvHqglMtqPO_eBaK6BqlFbQfLGrTa4EleUR1Gm4d0i6nuUcNJvdJDoupEdzbP1-bMM0FZuWDnSn8VQb7Z0tkyfqW-gdBBm2le25pc-gJswFZSk5wGRyB0z3YuUhx_dlpv9pOwUxyU7cNniCQLjk/s1500/bookofsnakes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1012" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKcHvxEtsmCIFZLXftofUz1m15KzGZS8EOsu2sur0IvHqglMtqPO_eBaK6BqlFbQfLGrTa4EleUR1Gm4d0i6nuUcNJvdJDoupEdzbP1-bMM0FZuWDnSn8VQb7Z0tkyfqW-gdBBm2le25pc-gJswFZSk5wGRyB0z3YuUhx_dlpv9pOwUxyU7cNniCQLjk/s320/bookofsnakes.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">O’Shea, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">Mark</span><span class="a-text-bold">.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="g4oq4v-312od-qr7lvp-fpygro" id="productTitle"><b>The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World.</b> 2023. The </span><span>University of Chicago Press. Hardbound: 656 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">60.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional
combination of fascination and revulsion. Some people recoil in fear at
the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them
as pets. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single tongue
flick, and so these creatures have held a special place in our cultures.
Yet, for as many meanings as we attribute to snakes—from fertility and
birth to sin and death—the real-life species represent an even wider
array of wonders.<br /><br /> Now in a new edition, reflecting the most recent species classifications,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Book of Snakes</span></i><span><i>
</i>presents 600 species of snakes from around the world, covering roughly
one in seven of all snake species. It will bring greater understanding
of a group of reptiles that have existed for more than 160 million years
and that now inhabit every continent except Antarctica, as well as two
of the great oceans.<br /><br /> This volume pairs spectacular photos with
easy-to-digest text. It is the first book on these creatures that
combines a broad, worldwide sample with full-color, life-size accounts.
Entries include close-ups of the snake’s head and a section of the snake
at actual size. The detailed images allow readers to examine the
intricate scale patterns and rainbow of colors as well as special
features like a cobra’s hood or a rattlesnake’s rattle. The text is
written for laypeople and includes a glossary of frequently used terms.
Herpetologists and herpetoculturists alike will delight in this
collection, and even those with a more cautious stance on snakes will
find themselves drawn in by the wild diversity of the suborder
Serpentes.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>This book is a well-illustrated overview of the World's snakes.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_H5RNYjbvtxn7Z_XZWYzFjZ3xbwB-3mL80RQ9l-uFkp3a3z-4aWwd3n4G7CAk-nGpNdM0ny2RMwKDvm_43GTm4GuAdjJPgFC0WsaiRyoMv2tGEwTauGgpTf4x0Yi9zaXlTXIFJT83gL63p_VW8dLHODAHkzO7y06rsUviK4ROB5uq0nbMbzlpLsHOYs/s1500/trilobitehandbook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1159" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_H5RNYjbvtxn7Z_XZWYzFjZ3xbwB-3mL80RQ9l-uFkp3a3z-4aWwd3n4G7CAk-nGpNdM0ny2RMwKDvm_43GTm4GuAdjJPgFC0WsaiRyoMv2tGEwTauGgpTf4x0Yi9zaXlTXIFJT83gL63p_VW8dLHODAHkzO7y06rsUviK4ROB5uq0nbMbzlpLsHOYs/s320/trilobitehandbook.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span>Secher, </span><span>Andy</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="cvhfy3-60s78j-hx5m89-boz484" id="productTitle"><b>The Trilobite Collector's Guide.</b> 2024. </span><span>Columbia University Press. Hardbound: 453 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">59.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>For
more than 250 million years, the primeval oceans of the Paleozoic
teemed with trilobites. These hardy invertebrates evolved into an
astonishing array of separate species―more than 25,000 at last count―and
much remains unknown about these once-ubiquitous creatures. Fossil
enthusiasts are captivated by trilobites’ diversity and adaptability,
enthralled by the possibility of catching a glimpse of a transcendentally
strange past. <br /></span></p><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span> Andy Secher―one of the most prolific trilobite
collectors in the world―takes readers on an entertaining and
enlightening journey to the distant epoch when these ancient arthropods
swarmed through the seas.<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Trilobite Collector’s Guide</span></i><span>
presents a series of “Top Ten” lists covering everything from
celebrated Cambrian localities and world-class fossil shows to
invaluable collecting tips and ways to spot a fake trilobite. These
brisk and often witty chapters enumerate trilobites in all their beauty
and strangeness, from the most common to the ridiculously rare, the
outrageously old to the last in line. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Trilobite Collector’s Guide</span></i><span><i>
</i>showcases more than 350 full-color photographs, mostly of stunning
specimens from Secher’s personal collection, that put trilobites’
staggering variety and complexity on full display. Engaging and
informative, this book lets readers see the world of trilobites as it’s
never been seen before. <br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>This book is a must-have for anyone with an interest in trilobites! </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span><br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span><br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRrMvL9RVR25SbEo3wO4VCs3_WOn5np65bQ3Bh63ab6L8o6c6UaQli_yaV2KvFtpAz9psCwOFy3A1_Ipd2DFMX8kuzwiXfxXWeglTK3LvEnT32h4eHu9VcknUW7ytk7mDO-QWMvMjNxy1cmNJlG472GgpY3R8cZKnf8SNGesvJySQEiokC71NmmN1epE/s2402/IMG_4439(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="1816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRrMvL9RVR25SbEo3wO4VCs3_WOn5np65bQ3Bh63ab6L8o6c6UaQli_yaV2KvFtpAz9psCwOFy3A1_Ipd2DFMX8kuzwiXfxXWeglTK3LvEnT32h4eHu9VcknUW7ytk7mDO-QWMvMjNxy1cmNJlG472GgpY3R8cZKnf8SNGesvJySQEiokC71NmmN1epE/s320/IMG_4439(1).jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span><br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span>8) Stevens, Margaret Skeels, </span>Donald R. Prothero et al..<b> Systematics of the Late Oligocene and Miocene Oreodonts.</b> 2023. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Paperback: 226 pages. 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All the information on paleobiology databases and previous literature is now out of date.</span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"><br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">RECOMMENDATION:
A must have for those with a serious interest in Oreodonts fossils. You can order this publication by calling the museum at
(505) 841-2803.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span 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id="productTitle"><b>The Tusks of Extinction.</b> 2024. </span><span>Tordotcom. Hardbound: 101 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">26.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA.</span></p><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><p><span> Moscow has resurrected the mammoth. But someone must teach them how to </span><span class="a-text-italic">be</span><span> mammoths, or they are doomed to die out again.<br /><br /> Dr.
Damira Khismatullina, an expert in elephant behavior, was brutally
murdered trying to defend the world's last elephants from the brutal
ivory trade. Now, her digitized consciousness has been downloaded into
the mind of a mammoth.<br /><br /> As the herd's new matriarch, can Damira
help fend off poachers long enough for the species to take hold? Or will
her own ghosts, and Moscow's real reason for bringing the mammoth back,
doom them to a new extinction?<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"> A tense SF thriller from a new master of the genre.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: If you enjoyed the author's other writings, you should enjoy this book.</span></span></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <br /></span></p> </div><p><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="bdzk7o-1uefq5-t21vzj-p6kuda" id="productTitle"><br /></span></p><p><span> </span></p><p> </p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-47795041316410199962023-12-31T15:54:00.000-08:002023-12-31T15:54:55.834-08:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKf_bLQ7DNrVlgTH6z5J_g062G7nzlf5OcFxDGhOvpEPpP7SweyPZyHWDtssSNJewDBQvs2Q1mghalZVJYsRmFTOO7L6rB7P58TPTovVw7lZSCXi3K-eFFv09TM8xyomXPbcdyn0c4vtiqlZ-bKcXJCQuH5XWCKAkmgq28kPiY4nbhw_wXTrvi17BgtAk/s1500/910XMqMysSL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1053" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKf_bLQ7DNrVlgTH6z5J_g062G7nzlf5OcFxDGhOvpEPpP7SweyPZyHWDtssSNJewDBQvs2Q1mghalZVJYsRmFTOO7L6rB7P58TPTovVw7lZSCXi3K-eFFv09TM8xyomXPbcdyn0c4vtiqlZ-bKcXJCQuH5XWCKAkmgq28kPiY4nbhw_wXTrvi17BgtAk/s320/910XMqMysSL._SL1500_.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>1) <span class="author notFaded" data-width="194">Schou, </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="194">Jens Christian </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="194">et al..<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="4amx1a-3hj3mg-ygtb0n-y1qc8g" id="productTitle"><b>Aquatic Plants of Northern and Central Europe including Britain and Ireland.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 746 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">115.00 U.S. <br /></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">The first comprehensive guide to the aquatic plants of the region.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> Beneath
the surface of bodies of freshwater—springs, streams, rivers, ponds and
lakes—there is a world of plants of great variety and beauty, a realm
that is often poorly known and understood. Correctly identified, these
plants can tell us much about the character and condition of the
habitats in which they live. A collaboration of Danish, German, and
British field botanists specializing in freshwater plants, this guide
presents all of the known aquatic plants of Northern and Central Europe,
including Britain and Ireland, as well as many marginal and wetland
species.<br /><br /> This is the first comprehensive guide to the
identification of the region’s 410 species and hybrids of both native
and non-native ferns and flowering plants that are dependent upon
freshwater wetlands. Following the latest taxonomy, the book features
358 plates in pen and ink, more than 1,400 colour photographs,
illustrated keys, distribution maps and detailed descriptions. The
introduction gives an overview of evolution, anatomy and morphology,
ecology, eco-physiology, research traditions and more, and the book also
includes guidelines for working with aquatic plants.</span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>The first comprehensive guide to the region’s aquatic plants</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers all 410 known species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features 358 illustrated plates, more than 1,400 colour photographs, distribution maps, detailed descriptions and much more</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST-HAVE for anyone with a serious interest in aquatic plants of the region!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxRc97olbHIfs6ir6Ew_ea5AW43fPsZaIbVrBSDja-td9nJ_e16mh1o4qVt2OtqChYVVqelqDPbu79bd69n8KtjCc3GvjZdFVaml8z8qYWCqsiApgJ5sS71YVc7-F5aJim9XyAFslT5DoZqml-7RkAxahgdiq8tFsjhMHXnIunldBEKJh_M0CsEFuXk8/s750/MEB2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxRc97olbHIfs6ir6Ew_ea5AW43fPsZaIbVrBSDja-td9nJ_e16mh1o4qVt2OtqChYVVqelqDPbu79bd69n8KtjCc3GvjZdFVaml8z8qYWCqsiApgJ5sS71YVc7-F5aJim9XyAFslT5DoZqml-7RkAxahgdiq8tFsjhMHXnIunldBEKJh_M0CsEFuXk8/s320/MEB2.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span>Newton, Ian.<b> <span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="5xko8k-8hnfwb-mv79tv-5b10ez" id="productTitle">The Migration Ecology of Birds </span> </b><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary celwidget" data-cel-widget="productSubtitle" data-csa-c-id="sr0xc-hx4voj-1egwpb-wxn2xk" id="productSubtitle"><b> (2nd Edition). </b>2023. </span><span>Academic Press. </span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">Hardbound:
</span> <span>707 pages. Price: $</span></span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">175.00 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:<i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Migration Ecology of Birds, Second Edition</span></i><span>
covers all aspects of this absorbing subject, including migratory
processes, problems of navigation and vagrancy, timing and physiological
control of migration, large-scale movement patterns, the effects of
recent climate change, the problems that migrants face, and the factors
that limit their populations. This book provides a thorough and in-depth
review of the state of the science, with the text supplemented by
abundant tables, maps and diagrams. Written by a world-renowned avian
ecology and migration researcher, this book reveals the extraordinary
adaptability of birds to the variable and changing conditions across the
globe.</span><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> This book represents the most updated and
detailed review of bird migration, its evolution, ecology and bird
physiology. Written in a clear and readable style, it will appeal not
only to migration researchers in the field and ornithologists, but to
anyone with an interest in this fascinating subject.</span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features
updated and trending ecological aspects, including various types of
bird movements, dispersal and nomadism, and how they relate to food
supplies and other external conditions</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Contains numerous tables, maps, diagrams, a glossary, and a bibliography of more than 3,000 up-to-date references</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Written by an active researcher with a distinguished career in avian ecology, including migration research</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-have for anyone with a serious interest in</span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span> bird migration!</span></span> </div></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2Q4S5qBSrGozjUrRgrS31Yv-LKkDGNi64f7UFMDBMYmiEi85tRhzQb1TPQg1142Cl30v-j-vaFfA6OQ3d1uqUYL3wnUDJJdEvBrIekewU1veLRFp9BvGJm2v6GKhf_C7iEplzY5D6kSqsIKROFwXJSETdzQDAL59haWpGed64hYLHzPc3UHZ4rJnYmY/s900/canary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2Q4S5qBSrGozjUrRgrS31Yv-LKkDGNi64f7UFMDBMYmiEi85tRhzQb1TPQg1142Cl30v-j-vaFfA6OQ3d1uqUYL3wnUDJJdEvBrIekewU1veLRFp9BvGJm2v6GKhf_C7iEplzY5D6kSqsIKROFwXJSETdzQDAL59haWpGed64hYLHzPc3UHZ4rJnYmY/s320/canary.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="jemdyr-hykopz-9aw3si-eparp2" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r16hvqqyzcm2ru2gtxwdub264kf" data-version-id="v25h6k2ialgxcx2aefs5gqn1u23"><span class="a-size-base">Cardoso,</span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="jemdyr-hykopz-9aw3si-eparp2" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r16hvqqyzcm2ru2gtxwdub264kf" data-version-id="v25h6k2ialgxcx2aefs5gqn1u23"><span class="a-size-base"> Goncalo C.</span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="jemdyr-hykopz-9aw3si-eparp2" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r16hvqqyzcm2ru2gtxwdub264kf" data-version-id="v25h6k2ialgxcx2aefs5gqn1u23"><span class="a-size-base"> et al. (editors).<b> </b></span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="3h2a6x-kwrgfv-7oiqw2-kteajf" id="productTitle"><b>The Canary: Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance. </b>2023. </span><span title="Academic Press">Academic Press. Paperback: 297 pages. 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</i> </b>covers the ecology, evolution and conservation of the canary and
related species, along with the history and cultural significance of the
domestic canary worldwide and various scientific disciplines in which
canaries have played a key role as a model species. The book synthesizes
the multiple ways in which the canary and its relatives have been, and
continue to be, an important scientific model in diverse areas and have
influenced human culture. Each chapter is written by international
experts in areas such as biogeography, animal behavior, evolutionary
ecology, conservation, neurobiology, genetics, or ethnology.</span><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> In
covering this eclectic array of topics, while always focusing on the
canary and its close relatives, this book uses the immense appeal of the
canary as a vehicle to present notions of ecology, evolution,
biodiversity conservation, and so on, to a wide audience.</span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Details all aspects of Crithagra and Serinus canaries as well as relatives like crossbills</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Structured to begin with more accessible topics like natural history, domestication, and conservation</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Closes with discussions of more specialized topics like evolution, neurobiology, behavior and genomics</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-have for anyone with a serious interest in Canaries.</span></span></span> </div> </div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgM35pe-lYe54JHImIVobZH19OSxBx3lVeOoUlA5uDnpDYq5TT4lrSyzKpOh1o_WN7n-xjPEEv6kd2oqJvYKlsLityegS_LEshKJkre7CA9BCJJIsgT3qK7bMpqc8GyZv69gGTsiPXpxIYpN7nJRPuoNCqwo0WBTUJ5Rw73fpXG8D50I4eOzxjBf-tWE/s1500/birdday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgM35pe-lYe54JHImIVobZH19OSxBx3lVeOoUlA5uDnpDYq5TT4lrSyzKpOh1o_WN7n-xjPEEv6kd2oqJvYKlsLityegS_LEshKJkre7CA9BCJJIsgT3qK7bMpqc8GyZv69gGTsiPXpxIYpN7nJRPuoNCqwo0WBTUJ5Rw73fpXG8D50I4eOzxjBf-tWE/s320/birdday.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">Hauber</span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">, </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">Mark E.</span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="k8q5t3-8kx17h-rkpr89-fd9x8j" id="productTitle"><b>Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives. </b>2023. </span><span title="University of Chicago Press">University of Chicago Press. Hardbound: 151 pages. 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busy days. In this short book, ornithologist Mark E. Hauber shows
readers exactly how birds spend their time. Each chapter covers a single
bird during a single hour, highlighting twenty-four different bird
species from around the globe, from the tropics through the temperate
zones to the polar regions. We encounter owls and nightjars hunting at
night and kiwis and petrels finding their way in the dark. As the sun
rises, we witness the beautiful songs of the “dawn chorus.” At eleven
o’clock in the morning, we float alongside a common pochard, a duck
resting with one eye open to avoid predators. At eight that evening, we
spot a hawk swallowing bats whole, gorging on up to fifteen in rapid
succession before retreating into the darkness.<br /> <br /> For each
chapter, award-winning artist Tony Angell has depicted these scenes with
his signature pen and ink illustrations, which grow increasingly light
and then dark as our bird day passes. Working closely together to
narrate and illustrate these unique moments in time, Hauber and Angell
have created an engaging read that is a perfect way to spend an hour or
two—and a true gift for readers, amateur scientists, and birdwatchers.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Tony Angell's artwork highlights this book!</span></span></span><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWS9Cl5GeFoCzdCZiZ3sOQkxGoV0H3Mt6mfgHtaTqZmhlNJi-6tQta9S345syRcG3ORAQ0ipSVbsO4HrM1DgJQHcUIlgmF9SC_fLKNWZtd5awPI2uXnzontQ5YaHdECacLNd0BCJb87v6LoJmAielnY2ZiHbIgjDXjmIWX4VYpBHXG3QyZmh4p9XIyEs/s500/HSFTF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="351" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWS9Cl5GeFoCzdCZiZ3sOQkxGoV0H3Mt6mfgHtaTqZmhlNJi-6tQta9S345syRcG3ORAQ0ipSVbsO4HrM1DgJQHcUIlgmF9SC_fLKNWZtd5awPI2uXnzontQ5YaHdECacLNd0BCJb87v6LoJmAielnY2ZiHbIgjDXjmIWX4VYpBHXG3QyZmh4p9XIyEs/s320/HSFTF.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>5) </span><span>Toiati, </span><span> </span><span>Luigi</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="7hiq27-ywwfwi-ncrhwf-uriaci" id="productTitle"><b>The History of Science Fiction and Its Toy Figurines.</b> 2023. </span><span>Pen and Sword Military. Hardbound: 515 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">59.95 U.S. <br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span><span class="a-text-bold">Luigi Toiati guides the reader on a nostalgic
walk through science fiction in all its various forms, and describes the
figurines and brands associated with it.</span><span><br /><br /> Science
fiction, as the name suggests, is the combination of science and
fantasy. In addition to a literary form, it also encompasses film, TV,
comics, toys and our beloved toy astronauts, or other figures such as
aliens, monsters and other playable genres.<br /><br /> The term science
fiction was coined by publisher Hugo Gernsbach around the first decades
of the last century to refer to the predominantly 'space' adventures
covered in his magazines. Space invaded radio, cinema, TV, and
consequently for a long time toy figurines were predominantly
space-related, later evolving into other themes.<br /><br /> This lavishly
illustrated book covers both the history of literary science fiction,
following in the footsteps of contemporary official criticism, and toy
figurines inspired by science fiction. You will also find several other
themes, such as the link between science fiction figures and cinema,
radio, TV, comics, and more.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-have for anyone with a serious interest in Sci-Fi toys! </span></span></span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary celwidget" data-cel-widget="productSubtitle" data-csa-c-id="u3c69j-nm7j4g-p80kyn-t1egj5" id="productSubtitle"> </span> </div><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></div>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-57130682712373673672023-12-07T15:56:00.000-08:002023-12-07T15:56:11.798-08:00BEST BIRD BOOKS OF 2023<p> </p><p><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">The following are my picks for the best bird books of 2023:</b></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">BEST BOOK: </b></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><br /></b></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfcG7Letk5pEVg-tacj0KlVol689xqPiFTpYiRR-BiGexMUedLeJ4Kvvbq05CVNsPykckFtMNogSVu4nz15ZRIZ75iwzA_W3ZgTsUWo1Iuyrt-HiQROzaMxPuBiCcgnJBAf4SqhDeVrO-YdLbW4pctH4vs9z-F8-xhFk37j1xYwBVpJG7vz0wOze0FF0/s3854/IMG_4034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1896" data-original-width="3854" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfcG7Letk5pEVg-tacj0KlVol689xqPiFTpYiRR-BiGexMUedLeJ4Kvvbq05CVNsPykckFtMNogSVu4nz15ZRIZ75iwzA_W3ZgTsUWo1Iuyrt-HiQROzaMxPuBiCcgnJBAf4SqhDeVrO-YdLbW4pctH4vs9z-F8-xhFk37j1xYwBVpJG7vz0wOze0FF0/w400-h196/IMG_4034.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><br /></b><p></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><br /></b></p><p>1) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="q911xb-er4pcc-ob9z4k-e1861q" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r3jpff49mz6ilh2uzgdz699wlvf" data-version-id="v2hrdt6w0jdtp122jn0441sgwu4"><span class="a-size-base">Ritchison, </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="q911xb-er4pcc-ob9z4k-e1861q" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r3jpff49mz6ilh2uzgdz699wlvf" data-version-id="v2hrdt6w0jdtp122jn0441sgwu4"><span class="a-size-base">Gary</span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="q911xb-er4pcc-ob9z4k-e1861q" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r3jpff49mz6ilh2uzgdz699wlvf" data-version-id="v2hrdt6w0jdtp122jn0441sgwu4"><span class="a-size-base"></span><span class="a-letter-space">. </span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="5ojcpg-dhuxiv-mbqxkd-rnpyod" id="productTitle"><b>In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions. </b>2023. </span><span title="Springer">Springer. Hardbound: 2506 pages in 3 volumes. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">159.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span>With more than 10,000 species that vary in size, use diverse
habitats that extend across latitudes and altitudes, consume a wide
variety of food items, differ in how they fly (or not), communicate, and
reproduce, and have different life histories, birds exhibit remarkable
variation in form (anatomy) and function (physiology). Our understanding
of how natural selection has generated this variation as birds evolved
and as different species adapted to their unique circumstances has grown
considerably in recent years. In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions</span></i><span>,
this variation is explained in great detail, beginning with an overview
of avian evolution and continuing with information about the structure
and function of the avian skeleton, muscles, and the various body
systems. Other chapters focus on avian locomotion (including flight),
migration, navigation, communication, energy balance and
thermoregulation, and various aspects of avian reproduction, such as
nests and nest building, clutch sizes, and parental care. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions</span></i><span><i> </i>will be must reading for anyone, professional or non-professional, who needs or wants to learn more about birds.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This set of books is a MUST-HAVE for anyone with a serious interest in bird biology!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">HONORABLE MENTIONS:</b></p><p><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b></p><p><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12gjkVGjGogJLuaArLSceUK3pCbfpZyCR0imy96u8kJYBqxSo_twdO3IRMWUVul8Az6ZVLLl0uULG5hfL6085l43MzQ-Z-0gGKXIbK7X1w4j1eFqKdltWjOJa5AwCJiK_mKUxkT5Tm0SRAo4PyvYlVTCPiSSjWXWIa83HPmW0IbpO_zw3F8a1rIJ2BUE/s1500/terns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12gjkVGjGogJLuaArLSceUK3pCbfpZyCR0imy96u8kJYBqxSo_twdO3IRMWUVul8Az6ZVLLl0uULG5hfL6085l43MzQ-Z-0gGKXIbK7X1w4j1eFqKdltWjOJa5AwCJiK_mKUxkT5Tm0SRAo4PyvYlVTCPiSSjWXWIa83HPmW0IbpO_zw3F8a1rIJ2BUE/s320/terns.jpg" width="253" /></a></b></div><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><br /></b><p></p><p><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b></p><p>1) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Cox, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> </span><span class="a-size-base">Cameron</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="awep2g-yn73xn-be7tuc-1pqvjc" id="productTitle"><b>Terns of North America: A Photographic Guide.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. Paperback: 202 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">27.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>This is the essential identification guide to the terns,
noddies, and skimmers of North America. Covering every species and
featuring hundreds of high-quality color images, this book is the ideal
companion for anyone interested in this charismatic but sometimes
challenging group of seabirds. Detailed species accounts describe the
size of each bird as it appears in the field along with structure,
behavior, flight style, vocalizations, subspecies, and North American
and worldwide ranges. An incisive introduction lays out a remarkably
simple approach to identification that focuses on key elements and
addresses how to avoid getting bogged down in the variability of
appearance. This state-of-the-art guide also provides additional
in-depth coverage of the two most challenging groups of terns, </span><span class="a-text-italic">Sterna</span><span>
terns and crested terns, aiding field identification while also
highlighting the beauty and elegance of these marvelous seabirds.<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features more than 325 stunning color photos, with side-by-side comparisons of similar species throughout</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes detailed captions for each image that describe age and key identification traits</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers 19 species found in North America, including the most frequent vagrants</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Presents a unique, simplified approach to field identification</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Explains the fundamentals of molts, plumages, and hybridization</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Provides in-depth coverage of </span><span class="a-text-italic">Sterna</span><span> terns and crested terns</span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST-have for anyone with an interested in the terns of North America! </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfZTX6WXK4VjdhJme4W58gyOYblJWagQ61PZLx-OET8n_OQY7S2bWqBPMY7GA9cuAubZbQGeve7GOs0kzciJ4eu9anf50Ikjgrnm03GCmd6ZXES2x1qG7nrNpNSB5wEBdljxmhJLsEiA6sVpbfs3bpfLBbJO4Of606GcP9TdHZmqsBT9SJouekEnb8XY/s2560/NAFly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfZTX6WXK4VjdhJme4W58gyOYblJWagQ61PZLx-OET8n_OQY7S2bWqBPMY7GA9cuAubZbQGeve7GOs0kzciJ4eu9anf50Ikjgrnm03GCmd6ZXES2x1qG7nrNpNSB5wEBdljxmhJLsEiA6sVpbfs3bpfLBbJO4Of606GcP9TdHZmqsBT9SJouekEnb8XY/s320/NAFly.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Lee, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Cin-Ty </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">and </span><span class="a-size-base">Andrew Birch</span><span class="a-letter-space">.<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees. </b>2023. Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 157 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">19.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The identification of </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Empidonax</i></span><span> flycatchers and pewees can be a daunting challenge for even the most seasoned birder. </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Field Guide to North American Flycatchers</i></span><span>
takes bird identification to an entirely new level by training readers
to observe subtle differences in structure, color patterns, and
vocalizations before delving into the finer details of a particular
species. Because the plumages of flycatchers are so similar, this
one-of-a-kind guide uses illustrations that highlight slight variances
among species that photos often miss. One of the last frontiers of bird
identification is now accessible to everyone―once one knows what to look
for. </span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Uses a holistic approach that makes flycatcher identification possible even for beginners</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features a wealth of beautiful illustrations that depict every species in North America</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Shows
how to observe subtle differences in structure, plumage contrasts, and
vocalizations, which together create a distinctive overall impression of
the bird</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes detailed audio spectrograms and seasonal distribution maps for each species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Shares invaluable tips for successful identification in all kinds of field settings</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Its compact size and field-friendly layout make it the ideal travel companion for any birder.</span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST have for anyone birding North America!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfVTo5lWvDCKH1XQbYjfiLl-s0U2NSmsw2XzJGZ01LSfOFhnrHzsdBFzIkOOuIOA_jHbDnzcuQRb4ZKNovJV_pbOjkTItpa2YOAMFYjVpH0JbbmRJ0uo7JmHE9HA8rifCee9nms2zLsuqyW5lfXKXbz4nZLJYpaC2dbgJ3oBE9RBwni2OziUO7qTKASI/s999/mesozoicbirds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="999" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfVTo5lWvDCKH1XQbYjfiLl-s0U2NSmsw2XzJGZ01LSfOFhnrHzsdBFzIkOOuIOA_jHbDnzcuQRb4ZKNovJV_pbOjkTItpa2YOAMFYjVpH0JbbmRJ0uo7JmHE9HA8rifCee9nms2zLsuqyW5lfXKXbz4nZLJYpaC2dbgJ3oBE9RBwni2OziUO7qTKASI/s320/mesozoicbirds.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span><span class="title-author">Benito, </span><span class="title-author">Juan</span><span class="title-author"> and Roc Olivé Pous<span>.</span></span><b> Birds of the Mesozoic: </b><span class="title-title-subtitle"><b>An Illustrated Field Guide. </b>2022. Lynx Edicions. Paperback: 272 pages. Price: 29.00 Euros (about $32.00 U.S.).</span></p><p><span class="title-title-subtitle"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Birds are the most diverse tetrapod group today, but they have a rich
and complex evolutionary history beyond that of their modern radiation.
Appearing during the Jurassic, more than 160 million years ago, birds
took to the skies and evolved into a plethora of forms during the Age of
the Dinosaurs.<br /><br /> This comprehensive and up to date illustrated
field guide, by palaeontologist Juan Benito and palaeoartist Roc Olivé,
aims to illustrate in unprecedented detail the staggering diversity of
avialans (modern birds and their closest fossil relatives) that lived
from the origin of the group until the Mass Extinction that ended the
reign of the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago: the birds of the
Mesozoic.<br /><br /> This beautifully illustrated field guide includes over
250 full-colour illustrations covering more than 200 types of bird that
populated the world during the Mesozoic Era. In addition to detailed
fact files on the diverse avifauna of the Mesozoic, including a
description of each species, with information on its name, location,
size, period, habitat, and general characteristics, <i>Birds of the Mesozoic</i>
also seeks to explain the origins of the group and their evolution from
other feathered dinosaurs up to the origins of modern birds in the Late
Cretaceous. It also covers in detail multiple facets of their
phylogenetic, morphological, and ecological diversity, and provides an
introduction to bird skeletal anatomy and several of the most recent and
cutting-edge methods palaeontologists use to reconstruct fossil bird
colour, diet, and biology.<br /><br /> Easy-to-use and pleasant to contemplate, this book is a must for both bird and palaeontology enthusiasts!</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in prehistoric birds!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6OxovVtEhLF5NPAbVEOBZ9cCuA494IuVRZwFovG4UdnUzc0-kTArQiqTPsBJ_ZESnH6L3FIJ1S7zugk1qKUvyVjgKiY__o21I4G0iHq-NIQo5y3IiuqUlAD1CNXY_TZbOQeQp8z_c3qQjjgcrq-fn3DXeNW5Qu4cPo-oJPeocK81nI5iuvXUE9fb3FA/s4032/IMG_3034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6OxovVtEhLF5NPAbVEOBZ9cCuA494IuVRZwFovG4UdnUzc0-kTArQiqTPsBJ_ZESnH6L3FIJ1S7zugk1qKUvyVjgKiY__o21I4G0iHq-NIQo5y3IiuqUlAD1CNXY_TZbOQeQp8z_c3qQjjgcrq-fn3DXeNW5Qu4cPo-oJPeocK81nI5iuvXUE9fb3FA/s320/IMG_3034.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4</span></span></span>) <span class="title-author">Pyle, </span><span class="title-author">Peter</span><span class="title-author"><span>. </span></span><b> Identification Guide to North American Birds <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">(Part 1,</span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> Second Edition). </span></b><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">2022.</span><b><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> </span></b>Slate Creek Press. Paperback: <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">698 pages. Price: $80.00 U.S.</span></p><p>SUMMARY: This second edition of the <i>Identification Guide to North American Birds (Part 1)</i> is the definitive guide for identifying and ageing the North
American (north of Mexico) passerines and near passerines (<span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Pigeons to Tropical Tanagers</span>)
in the hand, and although aimed primarily at banders, it is a useful
reference for any serious birder. It now treats 421 species in all.
There are descriptors for 1736
subspecies, expanded and detailed sections on molt for all species, and
all known hybrids are listed. <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">
Most of the literature cited is now available on-line, so the book is a
little smaller than the first (732 pages for the first vs 698 pages in
the 2nd).</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION:
This book is a must have for all banders of the region! Hard core
birders will find the detailed identification information very useful!
The book can be ordered from Buteo Books <a href="https://www.buteobooks.com/product/PYLE1.html">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-13239077109800159292023-11-26T17:04:00.000-08:002023-11-26T17:04:46.033-08:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0RqbqkltIckDutA6HaS292MvJ6oktlx16lgmyrIbz5Ay0a4YcE4o7SLVotswU9yrxDbVBPLGONWDlhSHG6UQA6Iy24hOt1T0ml4fBz1wvS7VUqAXHz8jfPCT806mqdcP43HLFBD6rnbRdC3yR6mlFzt6B3sbVLqZuRzXBaVagB2IPmcc9AamhKT_uvM/s3854/IMG_4034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1896" data-original-width="3854" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0RqbqkltIckDutA6HaS292MvJ6oktlx16lgmyrIbz5Ay0a4YcE4o7SLVotswU9yrxDbVBPLGONWDlhSHG6UQA6Iy24hOt1T0ml4fBz1wvS7VUqAXHz8jfPCT806mqdcP43HLFBD6rnbRdC3yR6mlFzt6B3sbVLqZuRzXBaVagB2IPmcc9AamhKT_uvM/w640-h314/IMG_4034.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="q911xb-er4pcc-ob9z4k-e1861q" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r3jpff49mz6ilh2uzgdz699wlvf" data-version-id="v2hrdt6w0jdtp122jn0441sgwu4"><span class="a-size-base">Ritchison, </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="q911xb-er4pcc-ob9z4k-e1861q" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r3jpff49mz6ilh2uzgdz699wlvf" data-version-id="v2hrdt6w0jdtp122jn0441sgwu4"><span class="a-size-base">Gary</span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-declarative" data-action="puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-puis-card-container-declarative" data-csa-c-id="q911xb-er4pcc-ob9z4k-e1861q" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-render-id="r3jpff49mz6ilh2uzgdz699wlvf" data-version-id="v2hrdt6w0jdtp122jn0441sgwu4"><span class="a-size-base"></span><span class="a-letter-space">. </span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="5ojcpg-dhuxiv-mbqxkd-rnpyod" id="productTitle"><b>In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions. </b>2023. </span><span title="Springer">Springer. Hardbound: 2506 pages in 3 volumes. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">159.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span>With more than 10,000 species that vary in size, use diverse
habitats that extend across latitudes and altitudes, consume a wide
variety of food items, differ in how they fly (or not), communicate, and
reproduce, and have different life histories, birds exhibit remarkable
variation in form (anatomy) and function (physiology). Our understanding
of how natural selection has generated this variation as birds evolved
and as different species adapted to their unique circumstances has grown
considerably in recent years. In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions</span></i><span>,
this variation is explained in great detail, beginning with an overview
of avian evolution and continuing with information about the structure
and function of the avian skeleton, muscles, and the various body
systems. Other chapters focus on avian locomotion (including flight),
migration, navigation, communication, energy balance and
thermoregulation, and various aspects of avian reproduction, such as
nests and nest building, clutch sizes, and parental care. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions</span></i><span><i> </i>will be must reading for anyone, professional or non-professional, who needs or wants to learn more about birds.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This set of books is a MUST-HAVE for anyone with a serious interest in bird biology!<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpPis4o3SWyoKy4noR_g50_G58zMpBJUwWLOFyAJmxFVnMZDy6su5nn9Pt5vg0rnjZ9PfaLeA3QLCBsgeC2Mch2X62uJhRYc8aBBfyy8zgWjIlwOj4iaeG1C_8xgK-dHkjKYgYTC4NWvRrbHWcE39grwQktZYltSYyHq6bjRRFFCBp4Ntoxg_rNO_qDI/s1500/birdingunder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpPis4o3SWyoKy4noR_g50_G58zMpBJUwWLOFyAJmxFVnMZDy6su5nn9Pt5vg0rnjZ9PfaLeA3QLCBsgeC2Mch2X62uJhRYc8aBBfyy8zgWjIlwOj4iaeG1C_8xgK-dHkjKYgYTC4NWvRrbHWcE39grwQktZYltSYyHq6bjRRFFCBp4Ntoxg_rNO_qDI/s320/birdingunder.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p>2) <span>Anderson, </span><span>Dorian</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="id5vik-5k7a0s-i11t1d-y2ufyr" id="productTitle"><b>Birding Under the Influence: Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery. </b>2023. </span><span title="Chelsea Green Publishing">Chelsea Green. Paperback: 256 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">At a personal and professional crossroads, a
man resets his life and finds sobriety, love, and 618 bird species,
cycling his way to a very Big Year.</span></p><p><span> In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Birding Under the Influence</span></i><span><i>,</i>
Dorian Anderson, a neuroscience researcher on a pressure-filled life
trajectory, walks away from the world of elite institutions, research
labs, and academic publishing. In doing so, he falls in love and
discovers he has freed himself to embrace his lifelong passion for
birding.</span></p><p><span> A North American Big Year―a
continent-spanning adventure in which a birder attempts to see as many
species as possible in twelve months―is a massive undertaking under any
circumstances. But doing it on a bike while maintaining sobriety? That’s
next level.</span></p><p><span> As Dorian pedals across the country,
describing the birds he sees, he confronts the challenges of
long-distance cycling: treacherous weather, punctured tires, speeding
cars, and injury. He encounters eccentric characters, blistering
blacktop, dreary hotel rooms, snarling dogs, and an endless sea of
smoking tailpipes. He also confronts his past struggles with alcohol,
drugs, and risky behaviors that began in high school and followed him
into adulthood.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>Birding Under the Influence </i></span><span>is
a candid, honest look at Dorian’s double life of academic
accomplishment and addiction. While his journey to recovery is
simultaneously poignant and inspiring, it is ultimately his love of
birds and nature that provides the scaffolding to build a new and
radically different life.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must-read for anyone with an interest in</span></span></span><span> Big Year narratives! </span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKbXHxhicvZ3Zc0fDPmgfh9rTbNr974OaRfj_rLwsDQgQbFFeeI2Ec7uHED7K_0QMHuI0MGNQr-apgRtA5_gy0dLz8jLUexKX0EBMQ7u9DAuOtnHc4I7G_wGiiKXmyb29IrTnRvH8tzGoxzpligU9LO5TTkITyqNpBaS1teur2NOI-jpvCWqc6FIZ9LI/s1500/oceanlife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKbXHxhicvZ3Zc0fDPmgfh9rTbNr974OaRfj_rLwsDQgQbFFeeI2Ec7uHED7K_0QMHuI0MGNQr-apgRtA5_gy0dLz8jLUexKX0EBMQ7u9DAuOtnHc4I7G_wGiiKXmyb29IrTnRvH8tzGoxzpligU9LO5TTkITyqNpBaS1teur2NOI-jpvCWqc6FIZ9LI/s320/oceanlife.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p> </p><p>3) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Bardet, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Nathalie </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> et al..<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="a6udfy-wbwbk0-ndf5wq-s48hfr" id="productTitle"><b>Ocean Life in the Time of Dinosaurs.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 207 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">29.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>During the Mesozoic era, 252 to 66 million years ago, dinosaurs
ruled the land, but the ocean deeps were roiling with equally
spectacular reptiles―including giant predators. This richly illustrated,
authoritative, and accessible book introduces readers to the world of
these fascinating marine animals, whose predecessors returned to the
seas a few million years after the first vertebrates emerged from the
water. As we meet ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs, and many others,
we learn about the astonishing anatomical, physiological, and
behavioral adaptations that enabled these reptiles to become ocean
dwellers again. We also learn about their living descendants, including
sea turtles and sea snakes. Featuring stunning artwork depicting these
prehistoric ocean creatures and photographs of their fossil remains,
this book invites readers to discover the enthralling past of marine
reptiles in all their extraordinary diversity.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must-have for anyone with an interest in extinct marine reptiles.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTMdBxKoXfA0eDkOkcBK66bi7fUsBE0KMk1rMdkx7pCRGsHTEIKC0W9nap6y7_jf2gBtDXdFoGOPZ68KpASE3bj5cN-z8RUUcxM8PguNeJx4qK8c6WhRNp4DOE0iyKjnCqF_PRflhks3Xl2TK3hhObWpBu6YwoX0xCBSsH8LJvUcVKw3CK5ZTCyPCW5o/s1500/dinobehavior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1168" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTMdBxKoXfA0eDkOkcBK66bi7fUsBE0KMk1rMdkx7pCRGsHTEIKC0W9nap6y7_jf2gBtDXdFoGOPZ68KpASE3bj5cN-z8RUUcxM8PguNeJx4qK8c6WhRNp4DOE0iyKjnCqF_PRflhks3Xl2TK3hhObWpBu6YwoX0xCBSsH8LJvUcVKw3CK5ZTCyPCW5o/s320/dinobehavior.jpg" width="249" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Benton, </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Michael J.</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">.<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="wr5pr6-thdo5n-yfnew7-8v1x1v" id="productTitle"><b>Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide. </b>2023. Princeton University Press. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="a6udfy-wbwbk0-ndf5wq-s48hfr" id="productTitle">Hardbound: 224 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">A stunningly illustrated guide to these extraordinary creatures from a world-renowned paleontologist.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"> </span><span>Paleobiology
has advanced from a speculative subject to a cutting-edge science.
Today, researchers are applying the latest forensic technologies to the
fossil record, revealing startling new insights into the lives of
dinosaurs. This illustrated guide explores the behavior, evolution,
physiology, and extinction of dinosaurs, taking readers inside the
mysterious world of these marvelous animals. With specially commissioned
illustrations by Bob Nicholls, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Dinosaur Behavior</i></span><span> explains how the dinosaurs lived and courted, fought and fed, signaled and interacted with each other, and much more.<br /></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features a wealth of breathtaking illustrations throughout</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Offers new perspectives on the prehistoric world inhabited by dinosaurs</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Sheds light on how dinosaurs actually looked, how they moved, and how fast they ran</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Explains the feeding habits of carnivores, herbivores, scavengers, and solitary hunters</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Discusses sight, hearing, smell, spatial orientation, and intelligence</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Brings to life the social behavior of dinosaurs, from mating and parenting to herd dynamics and migration</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Takes readers behind the scenes of the latest, most thrilling discoveries</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must-have for anyone with an interest in dinosaur biology.</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdC8ple332OKvUNigiFUGj08GzgR3qVZuTBehj4I03694CcsxgE1UfVo7509ytvdyMLqVILUibXwPNLBOTVnnnoq_CxYMGYUg4sxSWxyLKU2sJOjEPucD6_0__H9j8TlSXrn-f6r_xPMAI9-4Dm2bN-UH_ffRH6pc0Tkm8R8ZT_dn7WRq9l5E5KNehcfY/s1500/howtocare.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdC8ple332OKvUNigiFUGj08GzgR3qVZuTBehj4I03694CcsxgE1UfVo7509ytvdyMLqVILUibXwPNLBOTVnnnoq_CxYMGYUg4sxSWxyLKU2sJOjEPucD6_0__H9j8TlSXrn-f6r_xPMAI9-4Dm2bN-UH_ffRH6pc0Tkm8R8ZT_dn7WRq9l5E5KNehcfY/s320/howtocare.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span>Usher, </span><span> M. D. (translator)</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="65zwx8-53lgrz-hidyp4-t4kpre" id="productTitle"><b>How to Care about Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="a6udfy-wbwbk0-ndf5wq-s48hfr" id="productTitle">Hardbound: 232 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">17.95 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">An
entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman
writings on animals―and our vital relationships with them.</span><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i> How to Care about Animals</i></span><span>
is a fascinating menagerie of passages from classical literature about
animals and the lives we share with them. Drawing on ancient writers
from Aesop to Ovid, classicist and farmer M. D. Usher has gathered a
healthy litter of selections that reveal some of the ways Greeks and
Romans thought about everything from lions, bears, and wolves to birds,
octopuses, and snails―and that might inspire us to rethink our own
relationships with our fellow creatures. Presented in lively new
translations, with the original texts on facing pages, these pieces are
filled with surprises―anticipating but also offering new perspectives on
many of our current feelings and ideas about animals.<br /><br /> Here,
Porphyry makes a compelling argument for vegetarianism and asserts that
the just treatment of animals makes us better people; Pliny the Elder
praises the virtuosity of songbirds and the virtuousness of elephants;
Plutarch has one of Circe’s pigs from the</span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>Odyssey</i> </span><span>make
a serio-comic case for the dignity of the beasts of the field;
Aristotle puts the study of animals on par with anthropology; we read
timeless Aesopian fables, including “The Hen That Laid the Golden Egg”
and “The Fox and the Grapes”; and there is much, much more.<br /><br /> A Noah’s Ark of a book, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>How to Care about Animals</i></span><span> is guaranteed to charm and inspire anyone who loves animals.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION:</span></span></span><span> An interesting little book that should be of interest to classicists and/or animal lovers.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEw6L_HS-BDXYwCx5gI3QzSeh-UVUNyseZb42Bta2qT3b1daV6Z_FWb8rkKefFv4-2kyWa0OVxcm545E9IEybsS0ZyELaHF6-LAP6Xk3UXYM4rnaIyaNu-kO6AfU1x-AHmFj00ExWaWQ3j0kVZzrD3R7UZFcx7UOI2QORDpQFYNMwazEJdkmXTd6BBFE/s1500/starlinghouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEw6L_HS-BDXYwCx5gI3QzSeh-UVUNyseZb42Bta2qT3b1daV6Z_FWb8rkKefFv4-2kyWa0OVxcm545E9IEybsS0ZyELaHF6-LAP6Xk3UXYM4rnaIyaNu-kO6AfU1x-AHmFj00ExWaWQ3j0kVZzrD3R7UZFcx7UOI2QORDpQFYNMwazEJdkmXTd6BBFE/s320/starlinghouse.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>6) </span><span class="a-text-bold">Harrow, </span><span class="a-text-bold">Alix E.</span><span class="a-text-bold">.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="hnvgf1-swegkv-sy1fb3-7d3mnx" id="productTitle"><b>Starling House.</b> 2023. </span><span>Tor Books. Hardbound: 308 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">28.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span><span>Opal is a lot of things―orphan, high school dropout, full-time
cynic and part-time cashier―but above all, she's determined to find a
better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of
Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E.
Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of</span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>The Underland</i></span><span>, who disappeared over a hundred years ago. All she left behind were dark rumors―and her home. Everyone agrees that
it’s best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir,
Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway.</span><span> Opal has been obsessed with </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>The Underland</i></span><span>
since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling
House―and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund―she can't
resist.<br /><br /> But sinister forces are digging deeper into the buried
secrets of Starling House, and Arthur’s own nightmares have become far
too real. As Eden itself seems to be drowning in its own ghosts, Opal
realizes that she might finally have found a reason to stick around.</span><span> And now she’ll have to fight.<br /> </span><span class="a-text-bold"><br /> Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare.</span><span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Fans of the author's other books should enjoy this one.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKihDZtRnTszbIir4CpzES_1r0WLMdtzddAf5xC3K7M3gepqLvoRY8Zl4_h2c5r0OxknztJX49x2pcVIzuXdgCPmFP4cVO6Zmi4gZEKoS8yLVy-hoCo9mZ_AmZQojtIL_o3VW4snayl7flJvQkCHRjexO2sjTBIGxay2AFcQ3h93G5WoG0Y3ebW6ge2DI/s1500/again2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1008" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKihDZtRnTszbIir4CpzES_1r0WLMdtzddAf5xC3K7M3gepqLvoRY8Zl4_h2c5r0OxknztJX49x2pcVIzuXdgCPmFP4cVO6Zmi4gZEKoS8yLVy-hoCo9mZ_AmZQojtIL_o3VW4snayl7flJvQkCHRjexO2sjTBIGxay2AFcQ3h93G5WoG0Y3ebW6ge2DI/s320/again2.jpg" width="215" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span>Evison, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Jonathan</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="9akhqh-8m1t0l-97gpor-o7gcvq" id="productTitle"><b>Again and Again: A Novel.</b> 2023. </span><span>Dutton. Hardbound: 318 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">28.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">From one of America’s greatest, most creative novelists comes </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"><i>Again and Again</i></span><span class="a-text-bold">, a poignant and endlessly surprising story about love lost, found, and redeemed</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> Eugene “Geno” Miles is living out his final days in a nursing home,
bored, curmudgeonly, and struggling to connect with his new nursing
assistant, Angel, who is understandably skeptical of Geno’s insistence
on having lived not just one life but many—all the way back to medieval
Spain, where, as a petty thief, he first lucked upon true love only to
lose it, and spend the next thousand years trying to recapture it.<br /><br /> Who is Geno? A lonely old man clinging to his delusions and rehearsing
his fantasies, or a legitimate anomaly, a thousand-year-old man who
continues to search for the love he lost so long ago?<br /><br /> As Angel
comes to learn the truth about Geno, so, too, does the reader, and as
his miraculous story comes to a head, so does the biggest truth of all:
that love—timeless, often elusive—is sometimes right in front of us.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Fans of </span></span></span><span>Jonathan Evison's</span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> other books should enjoy this one!</span></span></span><span> </span> </div><p> </p> </div></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><br /> </div><p> </p> Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-66159553120978429322023-10-28T15:49:00.000-07:002023-10-28T15:49:08.786-07:00New Titles <div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><br /></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorIRJgKLELrV5GHE0-IfMcLJGd-zvIFgM52qFUb_v49zs_Rz9GcSNafX5Yhy_ndkrpL1z4hpLD9OyVbcLDyt1JjYAF2oxcCEp51jQvAjFWs7BPQc4Mk4wCfjn102vPW0qyTotWWl46Bj6S2dS3UTf4rMblajXCIsGN7i5uf_2o58VCv8GTxCUmIKPM2E/s1500/terns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorIRJgKLELrV5GHE0-IfMcLJGd-zvIFgM52qFUb_v49zs_Rz9GcSNafX5Yhy_ndkrpL1z4hpLD9OyVbcLDyt1JjYAF2oxcCEp51jQvAjFWs7BPQc4Mk4wCfjn102vPW0qyTotWWl46Bj6S2dS3UTf4rMblajXCIsGN7i5uf_2o58VCv8GTxCUmIKPM2E/s320/terns.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Cox, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> </span><span class="a-size-base">Cameron</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="awep2g-yn73xn-be7tuc-1pqvjc" id="productTitle"><b>Terns of North America: A Photographic Guide.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. Paperback: 202 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">27.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>This is the essential identification guide to the terns,
noddies, and skimmers of North America. Covering every species and
featuring hundreds of high-quality color images, this book is the ideal
companion for anyone interested in this charismatic but sometimes
challenging group of seabirds. Detailed species accounts describe the
size of each bird as it appears in the field along with structure,
behavior, flight style, vocalizations, subspecies, and North American
and worldwide ranges. An incisive introduction lays out a remarkably
simple approach to identification that focuses on key elements and
addresses how to avoid getting bogged down in the variability of
appearance. This state-of-the-art guide also provides additional
in-depth coverage of the two most challenging groups of terns, </span><span class="a-text-italic">Sterna</span><span>
terns and crested terns, aiding field identification while also
highlighting the beauty and elegance of these marvelous seabirds.<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features more than 325 stunning color photos, with side-by-side comparisons of similar species throughout</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes detailed captions for each image that describe age and key identification traits</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers 19 species found in North America, including the most frequent vagrants</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Presents a unique, simplified approach to field identification</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Explains the fundamentals of molts, plumages, and hybridization</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Provides in-depth coverage of </span><span class="a-text-italic">Sterna</span><span> terns and crested terns</span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST-have for anyone with an interested in the terns of North America! <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mUNcbf590pZrvpKnVaDIzZc5SYFoXm70JNWfl4NoCzxTp0nl9Zb7CdawnzyHgP53-jCqh6UJpwV5L9sqTdjJN6ZKrY4SccjIo1xVOQo9DE0nysvuARrm9r3NeULjjrRL_DuxkQ1nPf3t7HYIAMGH5S73bcrgfYayjuh4LuXjErzS0T6bBnBobbh9SLM/s1500/whalessloth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mUNcbf590pZrvpKnVaDIzZc5SYFoXm70JNWfl4NoCzxTp0nl9Zb7CdawnzyHgP53-jCqh6UJpwV5L9sqTdjJN6ZKrY4SccjIo1xVOQo9DE0nysvuARrm9r3NeULjjrRL_DuxkQ1nPf3t7HYIAMGH5S73bcrgfYayjuh4LuXjErzS0T6bBnBobbh9SLM/s320/whalessloth.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span><span>Nesbitt, </span><span>Elizabeth A. </span><span> and </span><span>David B. Williams. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="k6ff37-gwdzwy-wj1ytk-u1dabw" id="productTitle"><b>Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State.</b> 2023. UW Press. Paperback: 214 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>From trilobites near the Idaho border and primitive horses on the
Columbia Plateau to giant bird tracks near Bellingham and curious
bear-like beasts on the Olympic Peninsula, fossils across Washington
State are filled with clues of past life on Earth. With abundant and
well-exposed rock layers, the state has fossils dating from Ice Age
mammals only 12,000 years old back to marine invertebrates more than 500
million years old. <br /><br /> In<i> Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales</i>, renowned
paleontologist Elizabeth A. Nesbitt teams up with popular science writer
David B. Williams to offer a fascinating, richly illustrated tour
through more than a half billion years of natural history. Following an
introduction to key concepts, twenty-four profiles―each featuring a
unique plant, animal, or environment―tell the incredible stories of
individual fossils, many of which are on display in Washington museums.
The spectacular paleontology of Washington is brought to life with
details of the fossils' discovery and extraction, their place in
geological time, and the insights they provide into contemporary issues
like climate change and species extinction.</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST-have for anyone with an interest in Washington State's fossils!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8wHxmws_MSW3DlZoISkIFrP4CD5bYlvgtUH7KWM7vzoihCr-p7ckpB85HYrVfp1z9uukuj8kWjXuDOY72gZ23aB2ydfi0RCiU1lwRvTpvmsKPELb5-8KgQnJG9ugSQltQ2RzsZIWxn7i5_VNaof9hj944tneMZgI69HTtLOOuyLS-iiP909iCMVNXq4/s3750/IMG_3961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3750" data-original-width="2790" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8wHxmws_MSW3DlZoISkIFrP4CD5bYlvgtUH7KWM7vzoihCr-p7ckpB85HYrVfp1z9uukuj8kWjXuDOY72gZ23aB2ydfi0RCiU1lwRvTpvmsKPELb5-8KgQnJG9ugSQltQ2RzsZIWxn7i5_VNaof9hj944tneMZgI69HTtLOOuyLS-iiP909iCMVNXq4/s320/IMG_3961.jpg" width="238" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span itemprop="name">Svensson, </span><span itemprop="name">Lars</span><span itemprop="name">.</span><b> </b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="o2k2o3-evpt6c-lcs39a-tc786u" id="productTitle"><b>Identification Guide to European Passerines-5th edition.</b> 2023. Avium Publishers. Paperback: 448 pages. Price: about $24.37 U.S.</span></p><p></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span></span>This is the 5th edition of the leading guide for European bird ringers, fully revised and enlarged. <i>Identification Guide to European Passerines</i>
now treats 267 species, 38 more than in the fourth edition. The
taxonomy and sequence have been updated and the entire text has been
revised and expanded. The book features numerous new or improved
drawings, in total now almost 500. The guide offers detailed advice on
ageing and sexing, and a summary of moult strategy for each species. The
brief accounts of subspecific variation and distribution ranges are
based largely on the author's own assessment of large quantities of
museum specimens.</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST-have for all European Ringers!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqCFSSkxXJzMlFL6quGiVR91QC1jOZwEJoW-giAO_XBGx3D9-vjIkATT2EVWZqBpwNOOC1yEvfzyQPuJossWN64_wfU63GXqevQhZ_sN2fie0qR9cItrwjeRXqBRrb-LOrgVmNQrN-aFFiplZI-cmrOMrJmPjBObqh2wgoHACuNXhrF6LZZRL10vr49A/s1500/butterfliesME.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqCFSSkxXJzMlFL6quGiVR91QC1jOZwEJoW-giAO_XBGx3D9-vjIkATT2EVWZqBpwNOOC1yEvfzyQPuJossWN64_wfU63GXqevQhZ_sN2fie0qR9cItrwjeRXqBRrb-LOrgVmNQrN-aFFiplZI-cmrOMrJmPjBObqh2wgoHACuNXhrF6LZZRL10vr49A/s320/butterfliesME.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">deMaynadier, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Phillip G.</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"> <span class="a-size-base">et al.. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="5oh6qv-sfo475-q2ufw4-6mgq6k" id="productTitle"><b>Butterflies of Maine and the Canadian Maritime Provinces. </b>2023. Comstock/Cornell. Paperback: 438 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">34.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:<i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Butterflies of Maine and the Canadian Maritime Provinces</span></i><span class="a-text-bold"> introduces readers to over one hundred and twenty butterfly species documented in the Acadian region.</span><span>
Including contributions from researchers and community scientists, this
volume is indispensable for anyone interested in the study and
conservation of these ecologically important insects.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> This user-friendly guide features:</span></p><p><span>• The first annotated checklist of the species and subspecies of Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island<br />• Species accounts covering habitat, behavior, threats, and more<br />• Color photographs, flight histograms, and distribution maps</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST-have for anyone with an interest in the butterflies of the region!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgcRl81zNsb8nhdG356PuyMJ_I5iCYZRW3no7gmkpObkeJqsuc20AxKI9quiUHfNsXmxno1RlFOiL7G2vQTfMm54AVOjpXezlnLLnnonS3juYFfzaLObdxwimgUc3wc564TB8QO7jfHHQbjZWjuggCl-mpUILpiBYbU0c8wFcM03hTZk26X865kxiXUA/s1500/batsWI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgcRl81zNsb8nhdG356PuyMJ_I5iCYZRW3no7gmkpObkeJqsuc20AxKI9quiUHfNsXmxno1RlFOiL7G2vQTfMm54AVOjpXezlnLLnnonS3juYFfzaLObdxwimgUc3wc564TB8QO7jfHHQbjZWjuggCl-mpUILpiBYbU0c8wFcM03hTZk26X865kxiXUA/s320/batsWI.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5)</span></span></span><span> Kurta, </span><span>Allen</span><span> and Armando Rodríguez-Durán (editors). </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="cxgo6h-fg6noj-2b0gn3-4je865" id="productTitle"><b>Bats of the West Indies: A Natural History and Field Guide.</b> 2023. Comstock/Cornell. Paperback: 458 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">39.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:<i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Bats of the West Indies</span></i><span class="a-text-bold"> is a concise guide to the sixty-one bat species found across the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles.</span><span>
Edited by Allen Kurta and Armando Rodríguez-Durán, this volume
synthesizes the expertise of twenty-nine accomplished chiropterologists
to present up-to-date information on the natural history, ecology, and
behavior of these fascinating creatures.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> Bats
represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant
part of biological diversity in the West Indies. Opening chapters
introduce readers to the unique biology of bats, factors influencing
their distribution, and conservation concerns. Family and species
accounts detail anatomical traits, natural history, and conservation
status. With over a one hundred illustrations, a glossary, and other
useful identification tools,<i> Bats of the West Indies</i> is an authoritative
yet accessible reference for bat enthusiasts and experts alike.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST-have for anyone with an interest in the bats of the region!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvzYU4PF_AIQIuLwqlrgLWTv6TI1yr5fa8iMGCMdvufDdo9EQQ_yBiv4GxktAH6ssRlQdCo6598vvAUShH1Cxv8Qx9PaFHebw__fanYojJEeuGAF_Qgwji3YXO5wERo_hOjUSdPU15UyZ7Pf2xIqUPnzzjz-qPposwGs72mlUFwDbr3uwSbkTKnba4IQ/s1500/quetzels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1498" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvzYU4PF_AIQIuLwqlrgLWTv6TI1yr5fa8iMGCMdvufDdo9EQQ_yBiv4GxktAH6ssRlQdCo6598vvAUShH1Cxv8Qx9PaFHebw__fanYojJEeuGAF_Qgwji3YXO5wERo_hOjUSdPU15UyZ7Pf2xIqUPnzzjz-qPposwGs72mlUFwDbr3uwSbkTKnba4IQ/s320/quetzels.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6)</span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold"> Poole, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold"> Alan F.</span><span class="a-text-bold">. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="llk3ap-37vtbx-up0lbn-oley92" id="productTitle"><b>Quetzals: Icons of the Cloud Forest. </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="cxgo6h-fg6noj-2b0gn3-4je865" id="productTitle">2023. Comstock/Cornell. Paperback: 109 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">26.95</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">In </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"><i>Quetzals</i></span><span class="a-text-bold">, the renowned ornithologist Alan F. Poole introduces readers to one of the world's most alluring group of birds.</span><span>
Native to the cloud forests of Mexico, and Central and South America,
quetzals have played an essential role in the cultures of those lands,
where their radiant, brightly colored feathers have been worshipped as
sacred objects and coveted as luxury goods for millennia. </span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> Drawing
on scientific and historical facts, Poole details the natural history
and cultural significance of these legendary birds. He focuses on the
most iconic of quetzal species, the Resplendent Quetzal, delving into
its distinctive ecology and behavior. He offers an overview of four
other known quetzal species―the Pavonine Quetzal, the Golden-headed
Quetzal, the White-tipped Quetzal, and the Crested Quetzal―and traces
their evolutionary descent from the trogons. Spectacular photographs and
illustrations accompany details of quetzal ecology, the long history of
their place in the Mayan and Aztec worlds, and current conservation
efforts.</span></p><p><span> A celebration of quetzals and the forests that nurture them, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Quetzals</span></i><span> is a must-have for anyone who wants to better understand these awe-inspiring birds.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A well illustrated overview of the genus <i>Pharomachrus</i> trogons</span></span></span><span>. </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7diJjqf1nIu527PFiMxDK8bI3aShr_m_MirSdL8yJgnaDEeL9VpvloTxBocTTWrqfMBiKWQ5uQoKHpMjzvXwWjvd5miPGRMKGC38zulLx60UEOGO0sRBufZmFexfn2nieGi6jYZR68CJpm1kMV9kq0R79oa_7f7PBAdcBOYiERp5CZyfFIjO0xE9pbg/s1500/yellowstoneb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1159" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7diJjqf1nIu527PFiMxDK8bI3aShr_m_MirSdL8yJgnaDEeL9VpvloTxBocTTWrqfMBiKWQ5uQoKHpMjzvXwWjvd5miPGRMKGC38zulLx60UEOGO0sRBufZmFexfn2nieGi6jYZR68CJpm1kMV9kq0R79oa_7f7PBAdcBOYiERp5CZyfFIjO0xE9pbg/s320/yellowstoneb.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p> </div> </div><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Smith</span><span class="a-size-base">, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Douglas W.</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> et al. (editors). </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="my6ebv-6mk29h-dh6g6e-1chcye" id="productTitle"><b>Yellowstone’s Birds: Diversity and Abundance in the World’s First National Park. </b>2023. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 288 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the oldest
and arguably the most famous national park in North America, attracting
millions of visitors each year. While many come to the park for its
recreational activities, the wildlife of Yellowstone is just as
alluring. This book brings together more than 30 leading experts to
provide the first comprehensive survey of the natural history, science,
and conservation of birds in Yellowstone. Covering most bird species
breeding within the great park as well as the many migrants that pass
through, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Yellowstone’s Birds</i></span><span> is a scientific tour de force and an essential resource for visitors to Yellowstone and bird lovers everywhere.<br /></span></p></div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Tallies more than 200 species, including migrants</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Describes the natural history, status, and latest science on the birds of Yellowstone</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features
fact-filled, easy-to-read chapters, informative sidebar essays, maps,
infographics, and photos that present current science in an easily
understood way</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Accompanied by videos by award-winning cinematographer Bob Landis</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Draws on a wealth of data on Yellowstone’s birds collected over many decades</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>With
contributions by many of today’s leading bird experts, this is a
long-overdue survey of Yellowstone’s breathtaking avian fauna</span></span></li></ul><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary celwidget" data-cel-widget="productSubtitle" data-csa-c-id="pj4rhi-wsobsk-x0ec5n-6hm9h7" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must-have for anyone with a serious interest in Yellowstone's birds.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQI2hKxb-bxs98oEYp6tgsbzwlR-SceCUQ9WfxcDBgmjUdSN2EK46x-Ev2DzBcI0soI3mkbfu7XnaJZQ-ah3iYaRW_6pwR_B3Q_BREFOrsuT7KVC4NPEGo-K6sflf65jKNsYLPtNIRTBFvRznk5ty_d2CwJjGqpK5XbTBLgGUgd2U3ZvXXZ-yO4PwQdU/s1500/sC1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQI2hKxb-bxs98oEYp6tgsbzwlR-SceCUQ9WfxcDBgmjUdSN2EK46x-Ev2DzBcI0soI3mkbfu7XnaJZQ-ah3iYaRW_6pwR_B3Q_BREFOrsuT7KVC4NPEGo-K6sflf65jKNsYLPtNIRTBFvRznk5ty_d2CwJjGqpK5XbTBLgGUgd2U3ZvXXZ-yO4PwQdU/s320/sC1.jpg" width="285" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>8) </span></span></span><span>Wright, </span><span>Jim</span><span> and Scott Weston.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="wfhgtq-yvc6ia-bbtkr1-a1moyr" id="productTitle"><b>The Screech Owl Companion: Everything You Need to Know about These Beneficial Raptors.</b> 2023. Timber Press. Paperback: 227 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">24.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">This must-read for birders features a complete guide to attracting, understanding, and protecting owls. </span><span> </span></p><p><span> The call of an owl evokes mystery; seeing one in the wild inspires
wonder. Of the top ten birds people hope to see, three are owls.
Although they may be out of sight, owls are widespread throughout North
America—and screech owls are the most likely to make their homes near
humans. In this book, experts Jim Wright and Scott Weston show you how
to attract them to nest in your yard, year after year.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>The Screech Owl Companion</i> </span><span>introduces
screech owls, show how to distinguish them from other species, shares
fun lore and legend, and provides step-by-step instructions for making
your yard screech ready. You’ll learn how to build a nest box and
install a simple nest cam that you can monitor from your cell phone to
watch when owls move in, lay eggs, and hatch.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A well illustrated overview of Eastern and Western Screech-Owls.</span></span></span><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PPRjb-kN7cpz17eQGokJFU57SPePYIE7GHWoK0VwcjJFG39TxuM9Z4cZI7Hdf-uRPLMek1DgdvJZyGXDxn6ng2tGugeFINeRZkv_SrCxKOoYurpnLcMWUblhtdB2hTM1iQLC7EP3iJqIIehMyh4Tj9Bpn8HYaX-YXJPKJbD6vAn-OnfQBcF2BgOu514/s1200/Alfie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PPRjb-kN7cpz17eQGokJFU57SPePYIE7GHWoK0VwcjJFG39TxuM9Z4cZI7Hdf-uRPLMek1DgdvJZyGXDxn6ng2tGugeFINeRZkv_SrCxKOoYurpnLcMWUblhtdB2hTM1iQLC7EP3iJqIIehMyh4Tj9Bpn8HYaX-YXJPKJbD6vAn-OnfQBcF2BgOu514/s320/Alfie.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /> </span> </div><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>9) </span></span></span><span>Safina, </span><span>Carl</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="58dccn-s9n9bt-axg40d-h5omje" id="productTitle"><b>Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe.</b> 2023. W.W. Norton. Hardbound: 361 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">32.50 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">A moving account of raising, then freeing,
an orphaned [Eastern] Screech-Owl, whose lasting friendship with the author
illuminates humanity’s relationship with the world.</span></p><p><span> When
ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby
owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they’d rescued, she’d
be a temporary presence. But Alfie’s feathers were not growing
correctly, requiring prolonged care. As Alfie grew and gained strength,
she became a part of the family, joining a menagerie of dogs and
chickens and making a home for herself in the backyard. Carl and
Patricia began to realize that the healing was mutual; Alfie had been
braided into their world, and was now pulling them into hers.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-italic"> <i> Alfie & Me</i></span><span><i>
</i>is the story of the remarkable impact this little owl would have on
their lives. The continuing bond of trust following her freedom―and her
raising of her own wild brood―coincided with the onset of the COVID-19
pandemic, a year in which Carl and Patricia were forced to spend time at
home without the normal obligations of work and travel. Witnessing all
the fine details of their feathered friend’s life offered Carl and
Patricia a view of existence from Alfie’s perspective.</span></p><p><span> One
can travel the world and go nowhere; one can be stuck keeping the faith
at home and discover a new world. Safina’s relationship with an owl
made him want to better understand how people have viewed humanity’s
relationship with nature across cultures and throughout history.
Interwoven with Safina’s keen observations, insight, and reflections, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Alfie & Me</i></span><span> is a work of profound beauties and magical timing harbored within one upended year.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-read for fans of the author's other works!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguR8UZlURs8bPFSg_uvytGJDmJcomio8gyLKVixC-dXs7RqbjWclqcOfqUr93QXN0k44OamRM9JyaZ5HymFAiyipPS8IXJJRaIPXYaI5Mz_x5tp8n78nCOwMiyMlO4zB_uP_UnRD449rr_MOhc1zUwrLKdRgKOgNOZSZ3M5Sxt7siVR5ub5wgB8lkwqbk/s550/BFBO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="362" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguR8UZlURs8bPFSg_uvytGJDmJcomio8gyLKVixC-dXs7RqbjWclqcOfqUr93QXN0k44OamRM9JyaZ5HymFAiyipPS8IXJJRaIPXYaI5Mz_x5tp8n78nCOwMiyMlO4zB_uP_UnRD449rr_MOhc1zUwrLKdRgKOgNOZSZ3M5Sxt7siVR5ub5wgB8lkwqbk/s320/BFBO.jpg" width="211" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>10) </span></span></span><span>Drummond, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span> Hugh</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="ruxbod-3jyhg7-3jz7qp-3k6oj2" id="productTitle"><b>Blue-Footed Boobies: Sibling Conflict and Sexual Infidelity on a Tropical Island. </b>2023. </span><span>Oxford University Press. Hardbound: 288 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">83.00 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>In</span><span class="a-text-italic"><i> Blue-Footed Boobies</i></span><span>,
Hugh Drummond presents a lifetime field study of one of the planet's
most charismatic and observable birds, focused on two themes of human
relevance: aggressive competition between siblings and monogamous
pair-bonding combined with frequent infidelity. In an account peppered
with research anecdotes, he immerses readers in a bustling blue-footed
booby colony where social manipulation and life-and-death dramas are the
stuff of family life. <br /><br /> Here, dominant elder chicks prefer to
bully their siblings into abject submission rather than killing them and
younger siblings' susceptibility to subordination is an evolved
ability. The narrative expands to survey the colorful strategies used by
young birds and mammals to compete with siblings ruthlessly, with
restraint or with courtly manners, scrutinize the role of parents in
sibling conflict, and assess the lifetime impacts of bullying on those
that survive.<br /><br /> Next, a compelling eye-witness account of
monogamous partnerships in blue-foots reveals a world disturbingly
familiar to humans. After displaying their beauty and physical prowess
to each other, females and males select partners and commit to months of
relentless parental care, sharing duties and making decisions jointly.
Half of them renew their bond the following year, and renewers are more
efficient and successful than first-time partners. But colonies of
bonded blue-foot pairs are hotbeds of infidelity! Nearly all females and
males carry on semi-secret liaisons with 1-3 neighbors, roughly one
third of them copulate repeatedly with those extra partners, and one in
ten males ends up caring for another male's chick. Countermeasures
include surveillance, aggression and partner-switching, and males unsure
of paternity sometimes resort to infanticide. Drummond discusses a
panoply of plausible biological functions of infidelity.<br /><br /> Sibling
competition and sexual conflict are widespread in animal species in
which two partners raise contemporaneous offspring together, and
notorious in humans. In the final chapter Drummond argues for a common
evolutionary cause in the blue-foot and human lineages, despite the
psychology of their behavior being quite different: whereas boobies
thoughtlessly follow routines of predictable actions, humans experience
inclinations and urges they can implement in diverse ways, or choose to
veto.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-read for</span></span></span><span> anyone with a serious interest in</span><span> Blue-footed Boobies!</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuY5wTvyVh9ENBNOXWLoggLhCHerhpDd3A9uVgtZmHGK18Isls1FJ7YyiPyAIFLtylDc3QQbI31G368XKrdu3WBHotcDnOLY0Mgs0cFw5rveXuuGZn0WzvX8cN9Y77kcvkMqDEcM0LKrM8kzWM3aicJINXOtOI8vjieEJpI5XGuAtNuoMR8wKDlRiVjE/s1500/eve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="993" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuY5wTvyVh9ENBNOXWLoggLhCHerhpDd3A9uVgtZmHGK18Isls1FJ7YyiPyAIFLtylDc3QQbI31G368XKrdu3WBHotcDnOLY0Mgs0cFw5rveXuuGZn0WzvX8cN9Y77kcvkMqDEcM0LKrM8kzWM3aicJINXOtOI8vjieEJpI5XGuAtNuoMR8wKDlRiVjE/s320/eve.jpg" width="212" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>11) </span></span></span><span>Bohannon,</span><span> Cat</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="2roocc-lx4ogb-wsama0-ykfuv" id="productTitle"><b>Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.</b> 2023. Knopf. Hardbound: 612 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a
myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,
offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is,
how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives
today.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"> </span><span>How did the female body drive 200 million years of human evolution? </span><span class="a-text-bold">• </span><span>Why do women live longer than men? </span><span class="a-text-bold">• </span><span>Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer’s? </span><span class="a-text-bold">• </span><span>Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? </span><span class="a-text-bold">• </span><span>Is sexism useful for evolution? </span><span class="a-text-bold">• </span><span>And why, seriously why, do women have to sweat through our sheets every night when we hit menopause?<br /> <br /> These questions are producing some truly exciting science – and in </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Eve</i>,</span><span>
with boundless curiosity and sharp wit, Cat Bohannon covers the past
200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development
of the female sex: “We need a kind of user's manual for the female
mammal. A no-nonsense, hard-hitting, seriously researched (but readable)
account of what we are. How female bodies evolved, how they work, what
it really means to biologically be a woman. Something that would rewrite
the story of womanhood. This book is that story. We have to put the
female body in the picture. If we don't, it's not just feminism that's
compromised. Modern medicine, neurobiology, paleoanthropology, even
evolutionary biology all take a hit when we ignore the fact that half of
us have breasts. So it's time we talk about breasts. Breasts, and
blood, and fat, and vaginas, and wombs—all of it. How they came to be
and how we live with them now, no matter how weird or hilarious the
truth is.”<br /> <br /> </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Eve</i></span><span>
is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it’s an urgent and
necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male
body for far too long. Picking up where </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Sapiens</i></span><span> left off, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Eve</span></i><span><i>
</i>will completely change what you think you know about evolution and why
Homo sapiens has become such a successful and dominant species.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST-read for</span></span></span><span> anyone with an interest in Human evolution!</span></p><p><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzJcwWbe_vk89E4rryP_6PM3PcCUFo-Qixtf_Sjlqcex3bT5DSUuwyQk7cJY2gd0r1MSi5iZvAcrvVTDqLrzBSx3QdBw8wUHjRhtHEOAunqoD3G4cQNqgxA1QKJvwowS8YqnIoFLVAb0U6r1I9k_OcdpvdthkDs-M_bZTzISaWkqlCbBH81NfA_MdMO8/s1500/darwinbotany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1021" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzJcwWbe_vk89E4rryP_6PM3PcCUFo-Qixtf_Sjlqcex3bT5DSUuwyQk7cJY2gd0r1MSi5iZvAcrvVTDqLrzBSx3QdBw8wUHjRhtHEOAunqoD3G4cQNqgxA1QKJvwowS8YqnIoFLVAb0U6r1I9k_OcdpvdthkDs-M_bZTzISaWkqlCbBH81NfA_MdMO8/s320/darwinbotany.jpg" width="218" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>12) </span>Costa, James and Bobbi Angell. <b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-csa-c-id="rw313s-v0jtd6-h5uyrl-s4drm4" id="productTitle">Darwin and the Art of Botany: Observations on the Curious World of Plants.</span></b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="wfhgtq-yvc6ia-bbtkr1-a1moyr" id="productTitle"><b> </b>2023. Timber Press. Hardbound: 378 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">30.00 </span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">Uncover
Darwin’s most important writings about plants with this important
collection featuring expert interpretations and rare illustrations.</span><span> </span></p><p><span> Charles Darwin is best known for his work on the evolution of animals,
but in fact a large part of his contribution to the natural sciences is
focused on plants. His observations are crucial to our modern
understanding of everything from the amazing pollination process of
orchids to the way that vines climb. </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Darwin and the Art of Botany</i></span><span> collects
writings from six often overlooked texts devoted entirely to plants,
and pairs each excerpt with beautiful botanical art from the library at
the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, creating a gorgeously illustrated
volume that never existed in Darwin's own lifetime, and hasn't since.
Evolutionary botanist and science historian James Costa brings his
expertise to each entry, situating Darwin's words in the context of the
knowledge and research of the time. The result is a new way
of visualizing Darwin's work, and a greater understanding of the ways
he's shaped our world.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in Charles Darwin and/or botanical history. </span></span></span><span> </span> </p><br /><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><p><span></span></p><p> </p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-74200228820049843622023-09-28T16:05:00.000-07:002023-09-28T16:05:40.861-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8OQCBFpOrEfkY8SN6uWOpENetQ9nc3a31aI-mdsu8Q8B_9Q_0SnouuEL3SSsHmAZ_r8vxCQVGqAuVyIFis9a9sA1DQqQh4ApD1bc4GCtblbyzsluyjR84HdDJyhJ3nRj8ruAe-8WSNFgHa9WjRdcvyTtvk1LIBeJPDVXkCdEupdNm-gi-px4AUNEa_I/s1000/wingsnappers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="664" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8OQCBFpOrEfkY8SN6uWOpENetQ9nc3a31aI-mdsu8Q8B_9Q_0SnouuEL3SSsHmAZ_r8vxCQVGqAuVyIFis9a9sA1DQqQh4ApD1bc4GCtblbyzsluyjR84HdDJyhJ3nRj8ruAe-8WSNFgHa9WjRdcvyTtvk1LIBeJPDVXkCdEupdNm-gi-px4AUNEa_I/s320/wingsnappers.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1)<span> Schlinger, </span> <span>Barney A.</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="8u72e4-n31yxl-idrxst-68fhfd" id="productTitle"><b>The Wingsnappers: Lessons from an Exuberant Tropical Bird. </b>2023. </span><span>Yale University Press. Hardbound: 225 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">40.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">Birds, hormones, and extraordinary behavior: The story of the tiny but mighty golden-collared manakin of Panama.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> This book is the story of a remarkable bird, the golden-collared manakin (</span><span class="a-text-italic">Manacus vitellinus</span><span>)
of Panama. Males of this species perform one of the most elaborate,
physically complex, and noisy courtship displays of any animal on the
planet. Barney A. Schlinger delves into the specialized neurons,
muscles, bones, and hormonal systems underlying the manakin’s unique
courtship behavior, creating a rich life-history account that integrates
field observations and evolutionary biology with behavioral ecology,
anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and general ornithology.<br /> <br /> The personal lives of investigators and the natural history of the
Panamanian rainforest provide context for this account of the bird's
fascinating behavior. Schlinger clearly and approachably explains basic
concepts in disciplines such as avian anatomy, endocrinology, sexual
differentiation, and the neurobiology of song and aeroacoustics,
offering readers a window into the biology of this exuberant bird.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must read for anyone with an interest in these Neotropical birds. </span></span></span><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7tnONVOOWhzz0QyfMIJal-0QksJmdyf151vbLlzIBNbc5d-Vqu_AG1afVM6DgmLLpBK2Y-VUb3HHqA-ezjGUWMYHkTO4ZyDO_LLqa4S4vaEebK4G4ArajhkEGnyCDg-dIMwFm70FN0hL1SUSXOuuTfD52cjAaZyrxQH17YPrNmNFX95azfhEW_q7vUs/s1500/birdershewrote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="971" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7tnONVOOWhzz0QyfMIJal-0QksJmdyf151vbLlzIBNbc5d-Vqu_AG1afVM6DgmLLpBK2Y-VUb3HHqA-ezjGUWMYHkTO4ZyDO_LLqa4S4vaEebK4G4ArajhkEGnyCDg-dIMwFm70FN0hL1SUSXOuuTfD52cjAaZyrxQH17YPrNmNFX95azfhEW_q7vUs/s320/birdershewrote.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>2)</span> Andrews, <span> </span>Donna.<b> </b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-csa-c-id="aqk7z5-17cv0n-cztsih-mj397r" id="productTitle"><b>Birder, She Wrote: A Meg Langslow Mystery.</b> 2023. </span><span>Minotaur Books. Hardbound: 298 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">28.00 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Meg is relaxing in the hammock, taste-testing Michael’s latest
batch of Arnold Palmers and watching the hummingbirds at their feeders
when her hopes for a relaxing early summer morning are dashed.<br /><br /> First
her father recruits her to help him install a new batch of bees in the
hive in her backyard. Then Mayor Shiffley recruits her to placate the
NIMBYs (Not in my backyard), as she calls them – a group of newcomers to
Caerphilly who have built McMansions next door to working farms and
then do their best to make life miserable for the farmers. And finally
Meg’s grandmother, shows up, trailed by a nosy reporter who is writing a
feature on her for a genteel Southern ladies’ magazine.<br /><br /> Cordelia
drafts Meg to accompany her and Deacon Washington of the New Life
Baptist Church – and the reporter, alas – in their search for a
long-lost African-American cemetery. Unfortunately what they discover is
not an ancient cemetery but a fresh corpse. Can Meg protect her
grandmother – and Caerphilly – from the reporter who seems to see the
worst in everything . . . and help crack the case before the killer
finds another victim?</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: If you enjoyed the other titles in this series, you should enjoy this one!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6u3PfJtdVdjBTmihUfpbAxhyphenhyphengFkaiNV5JGzFZh36TnnapDPb2opL1ldabWYMen3uWA4HLu7Muou-Tdv9KHl4hKgvK6PHnp7pAirkusrLRRX7N3uyJFTj3mB7g5ssy0fvyRFZDGaR7I1RG06bTfSEZVF0b7ebwCEfPQSQPNZIXKuzR4PaHAvgD4OSJdg/s1500/birdsAE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1061" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6u3PfJtdVdjBTmihUfpbAxhyphenhyphengFkaiNV5JGzFZh36TnnapDPb2opL1ldabWYMen3uWA4HLu7Muou-Tdv9KHl4hKgvK6PHnp7pAirkusrLRRX7N3uyJFTj3mB7g5ssy0fvyRFZDGaR7I1RG06bTfSEZVF0b7ebwCEfPQSQPNZIXKuzR4PaHAvgD4OSJdg/s320/birdsAE.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>3) </span><span>Houlihan, </span><span> Patrick</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="bvn2qn-7ns1dr-bgtoko-fkeypf" id="productTitle"><b>The Birds of Ancient Egypt.</b> 2023. </span><span title="Oxbow Books">Oxbow Books. Paperback: 191 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">59.99 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Hailed as a sumptuously produced and finely illustrated
outstanding contribution to ancient Egyptian studies, this facsimile
reprint of Patrick Houlihan’s 1986 comprehensive study makes a welcome
return in the Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series.<br /><br /> Animals of all
kinds are amply illustrated in Egyptian art, none more so than birds,
in both secular and religious contexts and in hieroglyphic scripts. A
great variety of bird species has for millennia made twice yearly
migrations passing over Egypt, which is also an important overwintering
area for many. These migrant birds, together with indigenous species
were an abundant and easily exploited source of food for ancient
Egyptians, for domestication and status display. Tomb scenes displaying
birds provided as food for the deceased are abundant, as are procession
scenes of offering with bearers bringing gifts of fowl. Many birds also
had religious associations. Houlihan provides a systematic and
unparalleled survey of all the bird life depicted by the ancient
Egyptians in art and hieroglyphic writing, some 72 species (plus bats),
with a list of known mummified species, and discussions on their
religious and secular associations and many illustrations. Their
present-day distributions are compared with that known from the time of
the Pharaohs. A checklist of the birds of modern Egypt is provided by
Steven Goodman.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in</span></span></span><span> the history of ancient Egypt! </span><span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span><br /></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrQpJ2msuBYqc_JUk-uizOlZ0N5f6c5swXX2tfTsQ46_T5zGR4r4ss1HsczgsTzzHsRBbdrPYSkwC1wdfVR4qBxFDwpxU34bGSCW3kr_pPKQH4mIYokpUrecpBFiizb2ggolAVhlgNiH3UO8fEO1aVQKyw3kWCQch8-9XcqE2nCM42oyPOl-10_2CBOs/s1500/findinghudson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="975" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrQpJ2msuBYqc_JUk-uizOlZ0N5f6c5swXX2tfTsQ46_T5zGR4r4ss1HsczgsTzzHsRBbdrPYSkwC1wdfVR4qBxFDwpxU34bGSCW3kr_pPKQH4mIYokpUrecpBFiizb2ggolAVhlgNiH3UO8fEO1aVQKyw3kWCQch8-9XcqE2nCM42oyPOl-10_2CBOs/s320/findinghudson.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>4) </span><span itemprop="name">Jameson,</span><span itemprop="name"> Conor Mark</span><span itemprop="name">. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="hjwjae-4gwvtt-1piauk-rqfha0" id="productTitle"><b>Finding W.H. Hudson: The Writer Who Came to Britain to Save the Birds.</b> 2023. </span><span>Pelagic Publishing. Paperback: 348 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">32.00 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span>An imposing, life-size oil painting dominates the main meeting
room at the RSPB’s base in the heart of England: ‘the man above the
fireplace’ – always present, rarely mentioned. Curious about the person
in the portrait, the author began a quest to rediscover William Henry
Hudson (1841–1922). It became a mission of restoration: stitching back
together the faded tapestry of Hudson’s life, re-colouring it in places
and adding new threads from the testaments of his closest friends.</span><p><span> This
book traces the unassuming field naturalist’s path through a dramatic
and turbulent era: from Hudson’s journey to Britain from Argentina in
1874 to the unveiling by the prime minister of a monument and bird
sanctuary in his honour 50 years later, in the heart of Hyde Park – a
place where the young immigrant had, for a time, slept rough. At its
core, this extraordinary story reveals Hudson’s deep influence on the
creation of his beloved Bird Society by its founding women, and the rise
of the conservation movement. It reveals the strange magnetism of this
mysterious man from the Pampas – unschooled, battle-scarred and once
penniless – that made his achievements possible, and left such a
profound impression on those who knew him.</span></p><p><span> By the end
of his life, Hudson had Hollywood studios bidding for his work. He was a
household name through his luminous and seminal nature writing, and the
Bird Society had at last reached the climax of a 30-year campaign,
working to create the first global alliance of bird protectionists. A
century after Hudson’s death, this is a long-overdue tribute to perhaps
our most significant – and most neglected – writer-naturalist and
wildlife campaigner.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must read for anyone with an interest in British ornithological history.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcMAVwp2uXRg-_wzX_akLGxX0R0ZVnwXjeLOAXBToCMi2fbxGvJBn-AvzIuQRtePsjZCcoyXg6pyG3h0zqXO5tAsB3RSBbk7E1eN849xXdFERpX46GrY3OEmQXrRPWSZoAEFfogT6hLXenVh-8lZo6vVAd9YoEJ2pdVrn6lqcuX-qmnXVQHvtLIMp5fU/s1500/rareair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1235" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcMAVwp2uXRg-_wzX_akLGxX0R0ZVnwXjeLOAXBToCMi2fbxGvJBn-AvzIuQRtePsjZCcoyXg6pyG3h0zqXO5tAsB3RSBbk7E1eN849xXdFERpX46GrY3OEmQXrRPWSZoAEFfogT6hLXenVh-8lZo6vVAd9YoEJ2pdVrn6lqcuX-qmnXVQHvtLIMp5fU/s320/rareair.jpg" width="263" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span>Kaizar, </span><span>Sarah</span><span> and </span><span> A. Scott Meiser.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="aya43b-yfpk6q-fe95s3-u747sd" id="productTitle"><b>Rare Air: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies, & Bees.</b> 2023. </span><span>Mountaineers Books. Hardbound: 149 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">21.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:<i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Rare Air</span></i><span>, the culmination of
artist Sarah Kaizar’s dedication to illustrating endangered fauna,
features 66 endangered species of flight--33 birds, 5 bats, 12 bees, and
16 butterflies--presented in her scientifically accurate and utterly
engaging pen-and-ink style. Complementing the art are informative and
story-driven natural histories of each species by writer A. Scott
Meiser, as well as interviews with biologists who are working to sustain
some of the same species. An introduction highlights how Kaizar
developed this project, while the “How to Get Involved” appendix
provides helpful tips on actions readers can take to help these
creatures.<br /><br /> Kaizar’s work informs readers about the world around
them in a way that is beautiful and engaging, while also examining the
environmental conditions that put these species at risk.<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Rare Air</span></i><span> broadens the conversation about environmental study and inspires readers across the country to care for our winged creatures.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Kaizar's artwork highlights this book!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT0UEgNkboirPkEQbWPXXmB0UU2o59pSzb0rv_XPoeiMC-9goPjNijxZYBDHCnYAZtcSy7BsbaQccAw3UrvnSnl8FlZWwK943VfMpT4m470Kgce6ei-je4l-8HJ8wh1lGs6rQwiuMlG0ibRM_c__O9hrfM6qvkkZ6hPTtBHQeRgPIyieezLf_tXGeGPQ/s1500/evolutionammonoids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1050" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT0UEgNkboirPkEQbWPXXmB0UU2o59pSzb0rv_XPoeiMC-9goPjNijxZYBDHCnYAZtcSy7BsbaQccAw3UrvnSnl8FlZWwK943VfMpT4m470Kgce6ei-je4l-8HJ8wh1lGs6rQwiuMlG0ibRM_c__O9hrfM6qvkkZ6hPTtBHQeRgPIyieezLf_tXGeGPQ/s320/evolutionammonoids.jpg" width="224" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">LoMedico Marriott, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Kate</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> et al.. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="n0gdgi-7i2u95-ydxele-y5rs3w" id="productTitle"><b>Evolution of the Ammonoids.</b> 2023. CRC Press. Paperback: 260 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">79.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Ammonites are an extinct and charismatic lineage that persisted
for over 300 million years. They were used, with other fossils, to
corroborate the principle of faunal succession and launch the field of
biostratigraphy. Despite intense research, many important questions
remain unanswered. Furthermore, outdated hypotheses persist. Many new
findings include a better understanding of their appearance in life,
their locomotion, and their role in long-gone ecosystems. And, of
course, there are still controversies; e.g. why did shell complexity
increase during evolutionary history. This richly illustrated book
describes the full range of ammonoids and their fascinating evolutionary
history.</span></p><p><span>Key Features:</span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Documents the early history of paleontology and the role played by ammonoids</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Describes the basic anatomy of a diverse and long-persisting lineage</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Summarizes the classification and diversity of ammonoids</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Lavishly illustrated with beautiful reconstructions</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Highlights recent findings and outstanding controversies</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in Ammonites!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbEmI0qkXhAupy7KKMDWg-Si_voFCdLp_u-jK95SOWymVQ0rOHz4XI1Kp9JOJTbRjEUe3XPivd5gRtsE1TxZS0Xecx3cJdFbsFNJLB7IgqAMCSmW_x0gT-Prm4IVufcqSNBTdw0-vqMHMXAzRLMhXEHGv0DBKh4WpdXbKjTenSgPSYz9cqXXz_2Ub02A/s1500/seamammals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1083" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbEmI0qkXhAupy7KKMDWg-Si_voFCdLp_u-jK95SOWymVQ0rOHz4XI1Kp9JOJTbRjEUe3XPivd5gRtsE1TxZS0Xecx3cJdFbsFNJLB7IgqAMCSmW_x0gT-Prm4IVufcqSNBTdw0-vqMHMXAzRLMhXEHGv0DBKh4WpdXbKjTenSgPSYz9cqXXz_2Ub02A/s320/seamammals.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span>Berta, </span><span> Annalisa</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="4gk16b-5845d9-s97ogm-hcwf0k" id="productTitle"><b>Sea Mammals: The Past and Present Lives of Our Oceans’ Cornerstone Species. </b>2023. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 224 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">29.95 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>From the gregarious sea otter and playful dolphins to the sociable
narwhal and iconic polar bear, sea mammals are a large, diverse, and
increasingly precious group. In this book, Annalisa Berta, a leading
expert on sea mammals and their evolution, presents an engaging and
richly illustrated introduction to past and present species of these
remarkable creatures, from the blue whale and the northern fur seal to
the extinct giant sperm whale, aquatic sloth, and walking sea cow.<br /><br /> The
book features more than 50 individual species profiles, themed
chapters, stunning photographs, and specially commissioned
paleo-illustrations of extinct species. It presents detailed accounts of
these mammals’ evolutionary path, anatomy, behavior, habitats, and
conservation. And because these are key species that complete many food
chains and have the widest influence of all sea life, the book also
offers insights into a broad variety of marine worlds today and in the
future.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a well illustrated introduction to marine mammals. </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p><span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLNmfpcOuuov67z68Az_Z8VqIdmLyYvWvagNhQjlVWn7zxijEHNvmtYLl49M6fkbKCN3WWg6aVTj0IGnHdxGK3_5YGtttNcszXopq_PFMooEnSBnhwKRFvbCaoRFuBWYrXFjc46aBoFP2f6BSVfHMqNj_Y2eJQ8FCRioTlmAe5sAFFd5pQK6S_9X7KQ8/s1500/scorpionsSAF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1058" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLNmfpcOuuov67z68Az_Z8VqIdmLyYvWvagNhQjlVWn7zxijEHNvmtYLl49M6fkbKCN3WWg6aVTj0IGnHdxGK3_5YGtttNcszXopq_PFMooEnSBnhwKRFvbCaoRFuBWYrXFjc46aBoFP2f6BSVfHMqNj_Y2eJQ8FCRioTlmAe5sAFFd5pQK6S_9X7KQ8/s320/scorpionsSAF.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>8) </span><span>Engelbrecht, </span><span>Ian</span>.<b> </b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="e1xuhm-cidp68-9c0ha9-cjomi8" id="productTitle"><b>Field Guide to Scorpions of South Africa.</b> 2023. Struik Nature. Paperback: 292 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">25.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>South Africa is home to an astonishing variety of scorpions, with
108 species in three families occurring in most of the region’s biomes,
from desert and grassland to fynbos, savanna and forest. Scorpions are
even found in urban gardens.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>Field Guide to Scorpions of South Africa</i></span><span>
is the first comprehensive guide to describe and illustrate all known
species in the country. The clear, detailed species accounts cover
appearance, habitat and behavior, and discuss the variation within
species according to region. Up-to-date distribution maps are included
for all species and exceptional photographs, carefully worked to show
astounding detail and vivid colors, bring to life the intricate
patterning and colors of different species. Both males and females are
presented, as well as a variety of color forms, facilitating accurate
identification in the field.<br /><br /> The introduction discusses scorpion
classification, anatomy, biology, behavior and habitat, as well as
venomosity and the treatment of stings. Tips on how and where to find
scorpions and how to contribute to their conservation as a citizen
scientist are also included. An invaluable tool for students,
researchers, academics, hikers and anyone with an interest in South
Africa’s rich and fascinating fauna.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in</span></span></span><span> the region's scorpions!<br /></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jK_tVHYlms8cWYIrVPDhAVjwGf-d3u7F8ljmMLArTVbVKrItpQ4Rf97Rmt2gyVzGPi8EUyOcMleFFsu8txlUcZNx1X_HzKChnGEamk1mHWj3AK1QRhR_14GpKOonY8aDW2ar2CoR2K2Gx8egX460gPw1-kuiWpc1LF4Zv6NhxuEiFlhO6ByGEEfdv8o/s1500/eponymfishes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jK_tVHYlms8cWYIrVPDhAVjwGf-d3u7F8ljmMLArTVbVKrItpQ4Rf97Rmt2gyVzGPi8EUyOcMleFFsu8txlUcZNx1X_HzKChnGEamk1mHWj3AK1QRhR_14GpKOonY8aDW2ar2CoR2K2Gx8egX460gPw1-kuiWpc1LF4Zv6NhxuEiFlhO6ByGEEfdv8o/s320/eponymfishes.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><br /></span><p></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">9)</span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> Beolens, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Bo</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> et al. (editors). </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="prabcr-y6qnq2-s28rja-f7ghr4" id="productTitle"><b>Eponym Dictionary of Fishes.</b> 2023. </span><span>Whittles Publishing. Hardbound: 1463 pages. Price: $90.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><i>The
Eponym Dictionary</i> is a series of brief but concise biographies of all
those people after whom fish have been named in both the vernacular and
scientific names. It also covers names which seem to be eponyms but are
not, such as toponyms, names of organisations, ethnic groups, etc. It
also shows the networks of scientific collaboration, friendship or
patronage. Each species named after an individual is listed with their
authors and years for context and wherever possible it is shown how the
authors and the eponym are linked.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p></p><p><span> Every
effort has been made to be accurate and meticulous, and the book is also
a repository of biographical knowledge that will entertain as well as
inform. In conjunction with the other books it forms a database of
everyone named in a vertebrate. For ease of use, this volume is designed
as a dictionary, making it easy to find the person behind the name and,
in doing so, discover which fish commemorates them and learn something
of their lives and background.</span></p><p></p><p><span> Some brief
entries summarise whole volumes of biography, especially those honoured
in a name because of their standing in society rather than their
scientific behaviour. There is a vast range of derivations related not
just to scientists, zoologists and scholars, but also pop stars, TV and
film personalities and writers. There is a whole world of aquarists and
fish hobbyists, many of whom have been immortalised for adding to our
knowledge of tropical fish.<i> The Eponym Dictionary of Fishes</i> is a web of
relationships and connections, icons and idols. </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with a serious interest in ichthyological nomenclature!</span></span></span><span><br /></span></p> </div><p> </p> </div>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-71060806153027001202023-08-27T16:36:00.000-07:002023-08-27T16:36:25.764-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28fYgw1CfnAMy2QzO2YWdgOkt_K41BRe1yYj7RbzL9fQPOzvoqiAH8Ks5Yb1fGtMt9FuvmiZbrKbF2G9jW-KGul1fJ1iJEaa52E0s2Xj0aoQw7TRIbRzXOIhERvQUY54W4DgfCOT0VxbFX7ihQMtiF8pjpTf-dF0eDYYl5XvO6SMiOWIHIsu2lazNJNo/s2400/findmore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28fYgw1CfnAMy2QzO2YWdgOkt_K41BRe1yYj7RbzL9fQPOzvoqiAH8Ks5Yb1fGtMt9FuvmiZbrKbF2G9jW-KGul1fJ1iJEaa52E0s2Xj0aoQw7TRIbRzXOIhERvQUY54W4DgfCOT0VxbFX7ihQMtiF8pjpTf-dF0eDYYl5XvO6SMiOWIHIsu2lazNJNo/s320/findmore.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>1) <span>Wolf, </span><span>Heather</span><span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="s3ewnh-3aa5o5-z4ks8r-dqs728" id="productTitle"> <b>Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are.</b> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="s3ewnh-3aa5o5-z4ks8r-dqs728" id="productTitle">2023. </span><span>The Experiment. Paperback: 268 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">17.95 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">A gorgeously photographed trove of 111
ingenious tips for seeing more birds wherever you are—from crowd
favorites (hummingbirds, owls, eagles) to species you’ve never spotted
before</span><span>.<br /><br /> Seeing more birds than you ever imagined and
witnessing exciting avian drama is possible—whether you’re on the go or
in your own neighborhood, local park, or backyard. As Heather Wolf
explains, it all comes down to how you tune in to the show happening
around you, the one in which birds—highly skilled at staying under the
radar—are the stars. In </span><span class="a-text-italic">Find More Birds</span><span>, Heather shares her very best tactics—and the jaw-dropping photographs they helped her capture. </span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> Look for birds at their favorite “restaurants”— from leaf litter to berry bushes, and ball fields to small patches of mud. </span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> Watch for “tree bark” that moves . . . you may find it has feathers. </span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> Try simply sitting on the ground for a revealing new perspective. </span></span></li></ul><p><span> Plus, special tips point the way to crowd favorites such as
hummingbirds, owls, and eagles—and can’t-miss bird behaviors. As your
senses sharpen and “noticing” becomes second nature, </span><span class="a-text-italic">Find More Birds </span><span>will
turn your daily routines into bird-finding adventures, too. Whether
you’re strolling down the block or parking your car, you never know what
will surprise you next! </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Best for beginning or intermediate birders. </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-VJiBgooczasOlGQZgoA346UsGeb_JgOGzzxPt0l0AMo8J-Y88hGDqkmQPa5voZrMPCMycn1X5OjUM13PLV2LHFd6vaMcgwEmPcHiXspud-ub57sVfOnbZmH94hS8gm-RtGFT3BUvpjWoYtGFHOWDDUV27rLBQB51LNrA6nlrtPcGwuxqcHd-BQzMB0/s2560/completeinsct.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1978" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-VJiBgooczasOlGQZgoA346UsGeb_JgOGzzxPt0l0AMo8J-Y88hGDqkmQPa5voZrMPCMycn1X5OjUM13PLV2LHFd6vaMcgwEmPcHiXspud-ub57sVfOnbZmH94hS8gm-RtGFT3BUvpjWoYtGFHOWDDUV27rLBQB51LNrA6nlrtPcGwuxqcHd-BQzMB0/s320/completeinsct.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><span><br /></span><p></p><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary celwidget" data-cel-widget="productSubtitle" data-csa-c-id="llw7zh-aeyhrd-cqw880-iyul6q" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span></span></p><p>2) <span itemprop="name">Grimaldi, </span><span itemprop="name">David A.</span><span itemprop="name"> (editor). </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-csa-c-id="a8ptbt-ps1i21-t1jelx-57p2ft" id="productTitle"><b>The Complete Insect: Anatomy, Physiology, Evolution, and Ecology.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 368 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>With an astounding 3.5 million species occupying virtually
every habitat on Earth, insects are one of the most diverse groups of
animals on the planet, from the humble bee to the agile praying mantis.
Taking you inside the extraordinary world of insects, </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Complete Insect</span><span>
explores all aspects of the natural history of these remarkable
creatures, providing a close-up look at their fascinating anatomy,
physiology, evolution, ecology, behavior, and more. It features hundreds
of stunning color photographs and illustrations and draws on a broad
range of examples, from familiar ants to iridescent jewel beetles. A
celebration of the rich complexity of insect life, </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Complete Insect</span><span> is a must-have book for insect enthusiasts and armchair naturalists.<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>An absorbing, wide-ranging, and beautiful exploration of the fascinating natural history of insects</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features a wealth of stunning full-color photographs from the field</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes photomicrographs and electron micrographs that offer a rare view of normally invisible structures</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Examines the complex relationship between humans and insects</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Integrates physiological adaptations with ecology and behavior</span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A well illustrated introduction to the insects!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg12M5FqaMJPKbDV-avQFAFFKJYNraBNu3f-xI-WOt9OxTJYnDgK1958ToSZkZzDSo0S3UtwHizZGmSudm2qwzeA4SbewZDKnW1kWPx4eCcCChOUcLZuGOzFqQa4f-qoYiF-npLy4_KBfjHK57SZaAuq3rgJsOlr91Jr3x97PaL2_8tfyZaKjPY4rmZw/s1219/callkingfiser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg12M5FqaMJPKbDV-avQFAFFKJYNraBNu3f-xI-WOt9OxTJYnDgK1958ToSZkZzDSo0S3UtwHizZGmSudm2qwzeA4SbewZDKnW1kWPx4eCcCChOUcLZuGOzFqQa4f-qoYiF-npLy4_KBfjHK57SZaAuq3rgJsOlr91Jr3x97PaL2_8tfyZaKjPY4rmZw/s320/callkingfiser.jpg" width="210" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span>Penny, </span><span> Nick</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="pk0sbu-5zedlv-llh4ye-3gkpc9" id="productTitle"><b>Call of the Kingfisher: Bright Sights and Birdsong in a Year by the River.</b> 2023. Bradt. Paperback: 236 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">16.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:<i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><i>Call
of the Kingfisher</i> is the enchanting debut from composer and wildlife
recordist, Nick Penny. This love letter to a short stretch of
Northamptonshire’s River Nene celebrates all the wild things that live
there, especially the kingfishers. Uniquely, it comes with bonus audio
content to complement the text, accessed via QR codes.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p></p><p><span> For
four decades, Penny has walked beside the river at Oundle – a lovely
but little-known part of England where where Clark Gable and thousands
of American airmen were stationed during World War II, and where
bandleader Glenn Miller performed his final airfield concert before
going missing in action. For a whole year, Penny gave the waterway all
the time it asked for. The more attention he gave, the more he saw the
kingfishers and heard their high whistling calls. </span></p><p></p><p><span> <i>Call
of the Kingfisher </i>relates a year by the river, the author’s experiences
there and the people he meets. Other strands weave around the feathered
protagonist: explorations of history and landscape, from Roman and
Bronze Age sites to watermills and centuries-old stone churches; homages
to naturalists who lived nearby; forest dawns and dusks listening to
the precious song of nightingales. But the background tapestry is the
riverbank’s sights and sounds, and its greens and browns, shot through
with the blue and orange threads of a kingfisher’s glowing feathers.</span></p><p></p><p><span> As
a composer and wildlife recordist, Penny has a deep interest in sounds
in the natural environment. He uses the local landscape and wildlife
sounds as inspiration, and brings fresh insights into countryside
sounds. The book includes access to an hour of high-quality birdsong
recordings made alongside the River Nene – audio soundbites of nature’s
riches, from kingfishers and nightingales to owls and cuckoos.</span></p><p></p><p><span> This
is a book about the things that can be seen and heard when we approach
nature with patience and curiosity. It celebrates people who have used
that focus to help preserve wildlife and pass on their knowledge to
future generations. Above all, <i>Call of the Kingfisher</i> serves as a call
to appreciate what we’ve got, wherever we are, and to use our ears as
much as our eyes when we experience the natural world. </span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"><br /></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>To me this book seems like a modern version of Gilbert White's <i>The Natural History of Selborne.</i></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><i> </i></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5WRsT_W0E8uoyd2-S-l2BZ7uSveyV_icsSyGZndirVHyQecbSnaYZCwPJaKnjDfe73tRxRZy4coADEiSNzqv8qs3JeANiVBt1yQyj149gyhmMQS3wt19W6GTbd4bUqftsOhvz5v04NJelNc7dyBMxxLBOe9qKjn1A7eI4akTJOOpK9QUGR0NFSAndIg/s648/savingsnakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="419" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5WRsT_W0E8uoyd2-S-l2BZ7uSveyV_icsSyGZndirVHyQecbSnaYZCwPJaKnjDfe73tRxRZy4coADEiSNzqv8qs3JeANiVBt1yQyj149gyhmMQS3wt19W6GTbd4bUqftsOhvz5v04NJelNc7dyBMxxLBOe9qKjn1A7eI4akTJOOpK9QUGR0NFSAndIg/s320/savingsnakes.jpg" width="207" /></a></i></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><i><br /></i></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span>Cagle,</span><span> Nicolette</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="r0abse-2kzez7-yeu8z2-gyu4t7" id="productTitle"><b>Saving Snakes: Snakes and the Evolution of a Field Naturalist.</b> 2023. </span><span>University of Virginia Press. Paperback: 210 pages. 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From Cuba and Nicaragua to Costa Rica and Australia, Nicolette Cagle has traveled the world in search of snakes. She also has spent decades conducting natural science research on snake activity, specifically in regions of the U.S. where urban development encroaches upon their habitat.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> Beautifully written,<i> Saving Snakes</i> entwines Cagle's personal narrative with deep scientific and historical research. By tracing the author's evolution as a field naturalist, it provides a blueprint for developing a conservation consciousness among young people and paves the way for increased inclusivity in the male-dominated field of herpetology. Fundamentally a book about snakes, this is also the story of one woman's pursuit of her passion as she searches for, studies, and advocates for these enigmatic creatures.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must read for anyone with an interest in snake biology and/or conservation!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><br /><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium 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Paperback: 344 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>As friends began "going back to the land" at the same time that a
health issue emerged, Kathleen Alcalá set out to reexamine her
relationship with food at the most local level. Remembering her parents,
Mexican immigrants who grew up during the Depression, and the memory of
planting, growing, and harvesting fresh food with them as a child, she
decided to explore the history of the Pacific Northwest island she calls
home. <br /><br /> In<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Deepest Roots</span></i><span>,
Alcalá walks, wades, picks, pokes, digs, cooks, and cans, getting to
know her neighbors on a much deeper level. Wanting to better understand
how we once fed ourselves, and acknowledging that there may be a future
in which we could need to do so again, she meets those who experienced
the Japanese American internment during World War II, and learns the
unique histories of the blended Filipino and Native American community,
the fishing practices of the descendants of Croatian immigrants, and the
Suquamish elder who shares with her the food legacy of the island
itself.<br /><br /> Combining memoir, historical records, and a blueprint for sustainability,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Deepest Roots</span></i><span><i>
</i> shows us how an island population can mature into responsible food
stewards and reminds us that innovation, adaptation, diversity, and
common sense will help us make wise decisions about our future. And
along the way, we learn how food is intertwined with our present but
offers a path to a better understanding of the future.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: An interesting overview of what it's like to live on an island in Puget Sound. </span></span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span></p><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxl9BQanW0ofOh7ncfiyHPZtmiHJWgpaPgm7gbON3s0rtUzi8BkQvoKN1qncu_3MwzcnIq8sy9RtOkwnJ92O92u1J4pRdTgZhO1Bd_gSZTbdioRKmsubkkAzgwirZLIhy5rvY80VcwCeGL3fkJ0yb8ZfWrb1Flni8OMdq4DK0n3OmhBx43q5XMtv8GOaU/s2550/thislight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxl9BQanW0ofOh7ncfiyHPZtmiHJWgpaPgm7gbON3s0rtUzi8BkQvoKN1qncu_3MwzcnIq8sy9RtOkwnJ92O92u1J4pRdTgZhO1Bd_gSZTbdioRKmsubkkAzgwirZLIhy5rvY80VcwCeGL3fkJ0yb8ZfWrb1Flni8OMdq4DK0n3OmhBx43q5XMtv8GOaU/s320/thislight.jpg" width="209" /></a></span></div><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><br /> </span><span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6)</span></span></span><span> Fukuda, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><i> </i></span></span></span><span>Andrew</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="exlv0n-fkvg3r-pwejp9-guhqgi" id="productTitle"><b>This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II.</b> 2020.</span><span> Tor Teen. Hardbound: 382 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">17.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki from Bainbridge Island, Washington
is disgusted when he’s forced to become pen pals with Charlie Lévy of
Paris, France―a </span><span class="a-text-italic">girl</span><span>. He
thought she was a boy. In spite of Alex’s reluctance, their letters
continue to fly across the Atlantic―and along with them, the shared
hopes and dreams of friendship. Until the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor and the growing Nazi persecution of Jews force them to confront
the darkest aspects of human nature. <br /><br /> From the desolation of an
internment camp on the plains of Manzanar to the horrors of Auschwitz
and the devastation of European battlefields, the only thing they can
hold onto are the memories of their letters. But nothing can dispel the
light between them.</span></p><p><span> </span><span class="a-text-bold">Winner of the American Library Association's Asi</span><span class="a-text-bold">an/Pacific American Award for Literature. </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: As someone who grew up in</span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold"> </span><span>Alex Maki's home region, I'm familiar with the history of the Japanese-American internment during World War II. Students of World War II history should read this book!</span></p><p><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwCUxCyfJqxoCM2ZRJh3P9xdaXubZtyJMU_w2gyOusEmg5pRE9OytXC-t1UBwZ92inoitwQ_HyRxkXUvTFUfhaDKByH3_0lCcN-WyLBQ3ywY5euaxlXkvS-ZvmK1ivkSwIu2H5Ikaagvi2ykv68-ID4tD9mVwF0YqQGE_7re2nJO7XsgXQsTKIWqZ3Hc/s1168/crimologyhuman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="827" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwCUxCyfJqxoCM2ZRJh3P9xdaXubZtyJMU_w2gyOusEmg5pRE9OytXC-t1UBwZ92inoitwQ_HyRxkXUvTFUfhaDKByH3_0lCcN-WyLBQ3ywY5euaxlXkvS-ZvmK1ivkSwIu2H5Ikaagvi2ykv68-ID4tD9mVwF0YqQGE_7re2nJO7XsgXQsTKIWqZ3Hc/s320/crimologyhuman.jpg" width="227" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>7) </span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Eski,</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Yarin</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="vq572x-oz4bib-kvxxc3-qz996h" id="productTitle"><b>A Criminology of the Human Species: Setting an Unsettling Tone.</b> 2023. </span><span>Palgrave Macmillan. Hardbound: 142 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">44.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The book sketches out how the criminological lens could be used in
the climate change debate around possible human extinction. It explores
the extent to which the human species can be considered deviant in
relation to other species of the contemporary biosphere, as humans seem
to be the only species on Earth that does not live in natural balance
with their environment (anymore). It discusses several unsettling topics
in the public debate on climate change, specifically the taboo of how
humans may not survive the ongoing climate change. It includes chapters
on the Earth’s history of mass-extinctions, the global state of denial
including toward the possibility that the human species could go
extinct, and it considers humans' future as a deviant, fatal species
outside of Earth, in outer-space, possibly on other planets. It puts
forward and enriches the critical criminological tradition by
conceptualizing and setting an unsettling tone within criminology and
criminological research on the human species and our extinction, by
daring criminologists (and victimologists) to ponder and seek empirical
answers to controversial imaginations and questions about our possible
extinction.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: An introduction to the field of "</span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="vq572x-oz4bib-kvxxc3-qz996h" id="productTitle">Green Criminology".</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="vq572x-oz4bib-kvxxc3-qz996h" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"></span><span class="a-text-bold"><br /></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="exlv0n-fkvg3r-pwejp9-guhqgi" id="productTitle"> </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p> </div><p></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="pk0sbu-5zedlv-llh4ye-3gkpc9" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary celwidget" data-csa-c-id="q0fxeh-fyttee-1s9q7k-ng5npi" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span itemprop="name"></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-26681018645620030782023-07-30T18:01:00.001-07:002023-08-06T16:29:33.790-07:00New Titles<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <img height="400" src="https://mediacdn.nhbs.com/jackets/jackets_resizer/26/261235.jpg" width="308" /><br /><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="prodigal_large_preview" height="207" src="https://mediacdn.nhbs.com/jackets/jackets_resizer_xlarge/26/261235_2.jpg" style="visibility: visible;" width="320" /><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"></span></span><img class="prodigal_large_preview" height="207" src="https://mediacdn.nhbs.com/jackets/jackets_resizer_xlarge/26/261235_4.jpg" style="visibility: visible;" width="320" /></p><p> </p><p>1) Monadjem, Ara (Foreword).<b> All the Mammals of the World.</b> 2023. Lynx Nature Books. Hardbound: 799 pages. Price: 89.00 Euros (about $99.05 U.S.).</p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>For the first time ever, you can contemplate all the mammals of the
World together in a single easy-to-use, fully illustrated volume.
Created for a broad public, from wildlife enthusiasts to expert
mammalogists, researchers, conservationists, and anyone interested in
the spectacular diversity of mammals, this book has something for
everyone.<br /><br />- Presents 6581 species in total, including 6459 extant wild species, 19 domestic species and 103 extinct species.<br />- 7349 illustrations covering all species as well as sexual dimorphism, morphs and some distinctive subspecies.<br />- Relevant measurements for length and mass provided when available, as well additional data for groups where important.<br />- 6459 distribution maps, with written summary and notes on altitudinal ranges.<br />- All 2834 one-country endemic species marked.<br />- Species common names provided in English, French, German and Spanish, as well as scientific names.<br />- The IUCN Red List category of extinction risk is given for each species to highlight the importance of study and conservation.<br />- Taxonomic summary of the number of subspecies for each taxon.<br />-
Appendix listing all taxonomic changes from the Illustrated Checklist
of the Mammals of the World to the present, including 107 newly
described species and 106 split species, and explaining the most
important cases.<br />- More than 100 species known to have become extinct since the year 1500 are presented separately in their own appendix.<br />- Summary of recognized domestic species is provided in a separate appendix.<br />- A 37-page world atlas of colour reference maps, with relevant details of interest to mammal enthusiasts and professionals.<br />- The easiest and most enjoyable way to browse through all the mammals of the world.<br /><br /><i> All the Mammals of the World</i>
has two clear antecedents, with which it shares many of its goals,
especially that of spreading and promoting interest in mammals and
wildlife worldwide: the <i>Handbook of the Mammals of the World</i> series in 9 volumes, the first printed work to include all the mammals of the world; and the <i>Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World</i> in two volumes, which provides a taxonomic review of the previous publication. <i>All the Mammals of the World</i> in a single volume aims to bring the extraordinary richness and diversity of the world’s mammals closer to a wider audience.</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST have for anyone with an interest in mammals! </span></span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">This title is a companion to<i> All
the Birds of the World</i> but that title includes taxonomic details (not useful in
mammals where 1 source is basically followed) and QR codes to eBird
(unfortunately there is no online resource this vast for mammals yet!),
while <i>All the Mammals of the World </i>takes advantage of that space for
names in French, German and Spanish and more detailed measurements.This book can be ordered <a href="https://www.lynxeds.com/product/all-the-mammals-of-the-world/">here</a>.</span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <img class="image-stretch-vertical" height="320" id="igImage" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71LXTyzcvCL.jpg" style="max-height: 2303px; max-width: 1594px;" width="221" /></p><p> </p><p>2) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Svensson,</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> Lars</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">.<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Birds of Europe: Third Edition. </b>2023. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Paperback: </span><span>476 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">An
expanded, comprehensively revised, and completely up-to-date new
edition of the leading illustrated field guide to Europe’s birds.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"> </span><span>Since it was first published, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Birds of Europe</i></span><span>
has established itself as the definitive illustrated field guide to the
continent’s fascinating birdlife. Now in its third edition, this superb
guide has been expanded and brought completely up to date with revised
text, illustrations, and maps.<br /><br /> More than 50 plates are either new
or have been completely or partly repainted, and more pages,
illustrations, and text have been added for several bird groups,
including grouse, loons, raptors, terns, owls, swifts, woodpeckers,
swallows, redstarts, tits, finches, and buntings. Newly discovered
species are included, species that have expanded their range are now
found in the main text, and species that have only recently been seen
more than five times are gathered in an accidentals section.<br /><br /> Combining unmatched illustrations, text, and maps in a single, portable, and easy-to-use volume, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Birds of Europe</span></i><span> is the ultimate field guide to the continent’s birdlife―essential for every birdwatching trip and bookshelf.<br /></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Provides all the information needed to identify any species at any time of the year</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Detailed text covers size, habitat, range, identification, and voice</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Comprehensively illustrated with the best field guide artwork ever painted</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Up-to-date distribution maps with information on breeding, wintering, and migrations</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers all the species that are new to the continent or have been newly discovered</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features text and illustrations on facing pages for easy use in the field</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes an introduction to each bird group that addresses major problems of observation and identification</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST have for anyone birding Europe!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><img class="image-stretch-horizontal" height="320" id="igImage" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-vkJePLvL.jpg" style="left: auto; max-height: 2560px; max-width: 1810px; top: auto;" width="226" /></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3)</span></span></span><span itemprop="name"> Serjeantson, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span itemprop="name">Dale</span><span itemprop="name">.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland.</b> 2023. </span><span>Oxbow Books. Hardbound: 238 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">95.00 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span><span class="a-text-italic">The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland</span></i><span><i>
</i>tells the story of human engagement with birds from the end of the last
Ice Age to about AD 1650. It is based on archaeological bird remains
integrated with ethnography and the history of birds and avian biology.
In addition to their food value, the book examines birds in ritual
activities and their capture and role in falconry and as companion
animals. It is an essential guide for archaeologists and
zooarchaeologists and will interest historians and naturalists concerned
with the history and former distribution of birds.</span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span><a aria-label="Dale Serjeantson" itemprop="item" role="navigation"><span itemprop="name"></span></a></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone</span></span></span><span> with an interest in the ornithological history of Britain and Ireland.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"><span> </span><img alt="" class="a-dynamic-image image-stretch-vertical frontImage" data-a-dynamic-image="{"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61wZlKcgwcL._SX352_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg":[354,499],"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61wZlKcgwcL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg":[246,346]}" id="imgBlkFront" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61wZlKcgwcL._SX352_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" style="left: 0px; max-height: 346px; max-width: 246px; position: relative; top: 0px;" /></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>4)</span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> Yoxon, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"></span><span class="a-size-base">Paul & Grace M..<b> </b></span></span><b><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="27lxz8-vj4yq8-wbkg72-jisvxw" id="productTitle">Otters of the World. </span></b><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary celwidget" data-cel-widget="productSubtitle" data-csa-c-id="iq4k5z-6154xv-dtt028-oypom5" id="productSubtitle">2015. </span><span>Whittles Publishing. Paperback: 154 pages. Price: $24.95 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>This is an introduction to the magical world of otters with many wonderful photos and distribution maps for each species. <br /><br /> The
Asian small-clawed otters, often found in zoos, or the sea otter,
well-known for lying on its back cracking open shells, may be familiar
to many but there are many more fascinating species. Having worked for
over 20 years on otter conservation the authors want to share their
enthusiasm and passion for these animals.<br /><br /> Each species is listed
in the IUCN Red Data List and yet little attention is given to their
predicament. The illegal wildlife trade in otters is huge—not just for
furs and body parts but as pets. In some parts of the world otters are
disappearing rapidly and unless urgent action is taken they will be gone
forever. It is hoped the book will increase awareness and support for
the work of the IOSF (International Otter Survival Fund) which is
battling the threat of extinction to several species.<br />Otters stand at
the top of the food chain on both land and water so they are an ideal
indicator of a healthy environment. With greater awareness and support
the IOSF will be able to do more on the world stage to conserve otters
as exemplified by the Hairy-Nosed Otter which was rediscovered and
helped having been thought extinct. This type of conservation work is
vital because so often the plight of otters is overlooked for other high
profile species such as tigers and elephants.<br /><br /> Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to the IOSF.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a readable overview of the World's otters.</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><img class="image-stretch-horizontal" height="320" id="igImage" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61DnewioquL.jpg" style="max-height: 1200px; max-width: 795px;" width="212" /><span> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="27lxz8-vj4yq8-wbkg72-jisvxw" id="productTitle"></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span>Dickie, </span><span>Gloria</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future. </b>2023. </span><span>W. W. Norton. Hardbound: </span><span>272 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">30.00 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-text-bold">A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears―and the dangers they face.</span><p><span> Bears
have always held a central place in our collective memory, from
Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales
and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer
contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the
eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such
as the panda bear and the polar bear, are icons of the natural world;
others, such as the spectacled bear and the sloth bear, are far less
known.</span></p><p><span> In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Eight Bears</span></i><span>,
journalist Gloria Dickie embarks on a globe-trotting journey to explore
each bear’s story, whisking readers from the cloud forests of the Andes
to the ice floes of the Arctic; from the jungles of India to the
backwoods of the Rocky Mountain West. She meets with key figures on the
frontlines of modern conservation efforts―the head of a rescue center
for sun and moon bears freed from bile farms, a biologist known as Papa
Panda, who has led China’s panda-breeding efforts for almost four
decades, a conservationist retraining a military radar system to detect
and track polar bears near towns―to reveal the unparalleled challenges
bears face as they contend with a rapidly changing climate and
encroaching human populations.</span></p><p><span> Weaving together
ecology, history, mythology, and a captivating account of her travels
and observations, Dickie offers a closer look at our volatile
relationship with these magnificent mammals. Engrossing and deeply
reported, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Eight Bears</i></span><span>
delivers a clear warning for what we risk losing if we don’t learn to
live alongside the animals that have shaped our cultures, geographies,
and stories.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone</span></span></span><span> with an interest in bears.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><img class="image-stretch-vertical" height="320" id="igImage" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81NWEQGd6TL.jpg" style="max-height: 2100px; max-width: 2100px;" width="320" /></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>6)</span><span> Iselin, </span><span> </span><span> Josie</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed. </b>2023. OSU Press. Paperback: 143 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>In
this captivating book, artist and avid beachcomber Josie Iselin reveals
the unexpected beauty of seaweed. Produced on a flatbed scanner,
Iselin’s vibrant portraits of ocean flora reveal the exquisite color and
extraordinary forms of more than two hundred specimens gathered from
tidal pools along the California and Maine coasts. Her engaging text,
which accompanies the images, blends personal observation and
philosophical musings with scientific fact. Now available in paperback
for the first time, this edition includes a new foreword and updated
nomenclature. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">An Ocean Garden</span></i><span><i> </i>is a poetic and compelling tribute to the natural world and the wonder it evokes. </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: The artwork in this book is worth the price of the book alone!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><img class="image-stretch-vertical" height="320" id="igImage" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91P8X3NCOiL.jpg" style="max-height: 2560px; max-width: 1920px;" width="240" /></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7)</span></span></span><span> Brenner, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Kelly</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-cel-widget="productTitle" data-csa-c-id="9zwokh-1ywnmf-uoxs5r-kdvomd" id="productTitle"><b>The Naturalist at Home: Projects for Discovering the Hidden World Around Us.</b> 2023. </span><span>Mountaineers Books. Paperback: 221 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">19.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:<i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Naturalist at Home</span></i><span><i> </i>
emphasizes hands-on exploration with easy outdoor projects designed to
help naturalists observe and study everything from invertebrates to
mushrooms to mammals. Critically-acclaimed writer and naturalist Kelly
Brenner developed these projects based on real techniques used by
naturalists and scientists in the field. Easy to adapt, they are
suitable for naturalists at all levels of experience and expertise.<br /><br /> These projects bridge the gap between sophisticated science experiments
and easy nature activities and between reading about nature and
experiencing it in a real and tangible way. They are simple to carry
out, and naturalists can repurpose items they have at home, find them at
a thrift store, or purchase inexpensive tools and materials. Detailed
descriptions of organisms, along with the author’s hand-drawn
illustrations, help naturalists visualize what they may discover.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features 20 projects with clear descriptions of materials and tools, plus a few bonus activities</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes step-by-step instructions with charming, informative illustrations</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Tips for troubleshooting and taking the project to the next level</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: I think children will like these projects! </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary celwidget" data-cel-widget="productSubtitle" data-csa-c-id="1glyan-4kmnk7-xy3p4x-3sr8xv" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><img class="image-stretch-vertical" height="320" id="igImage" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51OrU+-TGeL.jpg" style="max-height: 648px; max-width: 429px;" width="212" /> </p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>8)</span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> Broberg, </span></span><span> </span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> Gunnar</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">.<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus.</b> 2023. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Hardbound: </span><span>484 pages. Price: </span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">$39.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), known as the father of modern
biological taxonomy, formalized and popularized the system of binomial
nomenclature used to classify plants and animals. Linnaeus himself
classified thousands of species; the simple and immediately recognizable
abbreviation “L” is used to mark classifications originally made by
Linnaeus. This biography, by the leading authority on Linnaeus, offers a
vivid portrait of Linnaeus’s life and work. Drawing on a wide range of
previously unpublished sources―including diaries and personal
correspondence―as well as new research, it presents revealing and
original accounts of his family life, the political context in which he
pursued his work, and his eccentric views on sexuality.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i> The Man Who Organized Nature</i></span><span>
describes Linnaeus’s childhood in a landscape of striking natural
beauty and how this influenced his later work. Linnaeus’s Lutheran
pastor father, knowledgeable about plants and an enthusiastic gardener,
helped foster an early interest in botany. The book examines the
political connections that helped Linnaeus secure patronage for his
work, and untangles his ideas about sexuality. These were not, as often
assumed, an attempt to naturalize gender categories but more likely
reflected the laissez-faire attitudes of the era. Linnaeus, like many
other brilliant scientists, could be moody and egotistical; the book
describes his human failings as well as his medical and scientific
achievements. Written in an engaging and accessible style, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Man Who Organized Nature</span></i><span>―one
of the only biographies of Linnaeus to appear in English―provides new
and fascinating insights into the life of one of history’s most
consequential and enigmatic scientists.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone</span></span></span><span> with an interest in Carl Linnaeus.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><img class="image-stretch-vertical" height="320" id="igImage" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91LPZ57cYQL.jpg" style="max-height: 2560px; max-width: 1842px;" width="230" /></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>9) </span><span itemprop="name">McCarthy, </span><span itemprop="name">James</span><span itemprop="name">.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-csa-c-id="ph7zr5-1qhx6o-fn8815-poryrb" id="productTitle"><b>Monkey Puzzle Man: Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter.</b> 2008.</span><span> Whittles Publishing. Paperback: 223 pages. Price: $29.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Archibald Menzies was one of a legion of intrepid Scots plant
collectors in the 18th and 19th centuries who roamed the world and, by a
combination of toughness and knowledge, established the foundations of
the botany of the British Empire. This is a fascinating tale of how he
brought the monkey puzzle to England for the first time and provides an
insight to international plant collecting in the 18th century.</span></p><p><span> Based
on his diaries, the author recounts how Menzies, whilst on a classic
voyage of exploration in which he circumnavigated the world twice, is
the only naval surgeon to be placed under arrest for insubordination -
and all because his precious plants were washed away! He is also the
only man to have pocketed his dessert at a foreign presidential banquet,
which subsequently resulted in the introduction of one of the most
curious trees to Britain's parks and estates.</span></p><p><span> The author
tells a tale of high adventure on land and sea in the latter part of the
18th century, from a surgeon's grisly work at the Battle of the Saints
in the West Indies to the seductive allure of Tahitian maidens and plant
collecting in freezing Alaska. Menzies was the first to ascend the
fiery volcano of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, where the natives aptly described
him as 'the red-faced man who gathered grass and cut off men's limbs'.
An acclaimed naturalist, Menzies made major botanical discoveries during
the epic journey of HMS Discovery under Captain George Vancouver along
the north-west coast of America in the early 1790s, discovering many
plants which now adorn British and continental gardens. He also
described the California Condor and made important early
anthropological observations on the native peoples of North America.</span></p><p><span> In
this highly readable book, the author recounts the story of how a young
Scots gardener from humble origins became a distinguished plant pioneer
who changed the face of gardens throughout Europe by his botanical
discoveries.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone</span></span></span><span> with an interest in botanical history.</span></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large celwidget" data-csa-c-id="ph7zr5-1qhx6o-fn8815-poryrb" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><a aria-label="James McCarthy" itemprop="item" role="navigation"><span itemprop="name"></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><img class="image-stretch-vertical" height="320" id="igImage" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QgLe7Zi9L.jpg" style="max-height: 1500px; max-width: 1000px;" width="213" /></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>10) </span>Wheeler, <span> </span>Quentin. <span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Species, Science and Society: The Role of Systematic Biology.</b> 2023. </span><span>Routledge. Paperback: 246 pages. Price: </span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">$42.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>This
book presents an engaging and accessible examination of the role of
systematic biology in species exploration and biodiversity conservation.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> Our
planet and systematic biology are at a crossroads. Millions of species
face an imminent threat of extinction, and, with knowledge of only a
fraction of earth’s species we are unprepared to respond. </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Species, Science and Society</i></span><span>
explains what is at stake if we continue to ignore the traditional
mission of systematics. Rejecting claims that it is too late to document
earth’s species, that molecular evidence is sufficient and that
comparative morphology and the grand traditions of systematics are
outdated, this book makes a compelling argument for a taxonomic
renaissance. The book challenges readers to rethink assumptions about
systematics. Shattering myths and misconceptions and clarifying the role
of systematics in confronting mass extinction, it hopes to inspire a
new generation of systematists. Readers are given a deeply personal view
of the mission, motivations and rewards of systematic biology. Written
in narrative style with passion, wit and optimism, it is the first book
to question the growing dominance of molecular data, defend descriptive
taxonomy and propose a mission to discover, describe and classify all
species. Our evolutionary heritage, the fate of society and the future
of the planet depend on what we do next.</span></p><p><span> This book
will be of great interest to academics, researchers and professionals
working in systematics, taxonomy and biodiversity conservation, as well
as students with a basic background in biology.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone</span></span></span><span> with a serious interest in systematic biology. </span></p> </div><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span> </p><h5> </h5><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p> </div><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="4" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"></span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-34886751120867334022023-06-25T15:58:00.000-07:002023-06-25T15:58:23.830-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3eXZYV7k5haz1LQh605Pp-ev0enwKZw523MbPb2WLO-MWnpglnzbvZDe3lrws3q1jzPu1zsrBAmsCCliGZZdSMg03ZRoGU3kDGHkrtFdbO0Mt1shf--8JLHL5EV_6kF4f2BJPos7P6mUHstbdof28Z8txocWPysRG_CilgGWD-xGF8CkCBbRTHWHdh5U/s500/grrenwo..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3eXZYV7k5haz1LQh605Pp-ev0enwKZw523MbPb2WLO-MWnpglnzbvZDe3lrws3q1jzPu1zsrBAmsCCliGZZdSMg03ZRoGU3kDGHkrtFdbO0Mt1shf--8JLHL5EV_6kF4f2BJPos7P6mUHstbdof28Z8txocWPysRG_CilgGWD-xGF8CkCBbRTHWHdh5U/s320/grrenwo..jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) Gorman, Gerard. <span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Green Woodpecker: The Natural and Cultural History of Picus viridis.</b> 2023. </span><span>Pelagic Publishing. 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and unusual woodpecker – a species that nests in tree cavities but which
forages mostly on the ground. The Green Woodpecker, known in folk
English as the Yaffle, is afforded comprehensive coverage in this work,
with information on its origins, taxonomy, anatomy, appearance, moult,
calls, distribution, conservation status, habitats, movements, breeding,
diet and relationships with other wildlife and humans all
presented. The text is richly illustrated throughout
with quality photographs as well as sound spectrograms. Many eye-opening
observations of Green Woodpecker behaviour are detailed. This
all-encompassing and engaging account has been written for a wide
audience, whether professional ornithologist, citizen scientist, amateur
birder, woodpecker aficionado and simply someone who wishes to learn
more about this curious and remarkable bird.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in this species or with woodpeckers in general. </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkCpiHyNjW0FexATt86KEGpPi0vEb38TMnmpi9utQCHD5Y3z3dRgMHl8S0v_XbBoCK9e8ourLFPW8U2-M4H96-XNfQA_xRKMUtr0MhtFNTjXeNkDC1doQGo9QdM-EqST6t0l4fT5XimtH4C2elbB29YqWwKg05gBT1I6ir5hO5Dl-L4rj1wZHPlFR0Ko/s499/seabirdSA2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="351" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkCpiHyNjW0FexATt86KEGpPi0vEb38TMnmpi9utQCHD5Y3z3dRgMHl8S0v_XbBoCK9e8ourLFPW8U2-M4H96-XNfQA_xRKMUtr0MhtFNTjXeNkDC1doQGo9QdM-EqST6t0l4fT5XimtH4C2elbB29YqWwKg05gBT1I6ir5hO5Dl-L4rj1wZHPlFR0Ko/s320/seabirdSA2.jpg" width="225" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2)</span></span></span><span> Ryan,</span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Peter</span><span>.<b> Guide to </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Seabirds of Southern Africa (2nd edition).</b> 2023. Struik Nature. Paperback: 200 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">17.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Guide to Seabirds of Southern Africa</i></span><span>
is the only book focusing exclusively on all the seabird species that
occur around the southern African coastline and adjacent Southern Ocean.
Authoritative, fully illustrated and detailed, this new edition has
been fully updated and expanded to reflect the latest data and taxonomy.
A section on flying fish and squid has been added, revealing some of
the amazing marine creatures that birders may encounter in the waters
around southern Africa.</span></p><p> <span>Written by the region’s foremost seabird
specialist, the species accounts include informative text, multiple
full-color photographs and distribution maps. A fascinating introduction
covers seabird origins, havens, feeding, breeding and conservation, as
well as how best to watch and photograph these enigmatic birds.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone who goes pelagic birding off Southern Africa!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjtkvrxmIXzgrAUlx1zPBG7Lsw697M4jB2hoaRjxhhmeBxxnrn5Sc_com4FuwPCPyAyMi-SM5TwSCdhFOLw2HWGnswiG81uteKUMNJx-EGKk9r_f4rfgQzs_eKJG-cuvlITtFPGelNQBtMWMMdZtBwhuaDRhMKdLsQsnOnTsBuAgWUdJEYjED--lGg_Y/s2560/quailAUNZ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="2560" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjtkvrxmIXzgrAUlx1zPBG7Lsw697M4jB2hoaRjxhhmeBxxnrn5Sc_com4FuwPCPyAyMi-SM5TwSCdhFOLw2HWGnswiG81uteKUMNJx-EGKk9r_f4rfgQzs_eKJG-cuvlITtFPGelNQBtMWMMdZtBwhuaDRhMKdLsQsnOnTsBuAgWUdJEYjED--lGg_Y/s320/quailAUNZ.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3)</span></span></span><span> Forshaw, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Joseph</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand.</b> 2023. </span><span>CSIRO Publishing. Hardbound: 183 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">117.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Although not closely related, quail, buttonquail and the Plains-wanderer have much in common. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand</span></i><span><i> </i>examines
14 species of these small, secretive ground-dwelling birds, including
Old World and New World quail, the endangered Buff-breasted Buttonquail,
the elusive Plains-wanderer and the extinct New Zealand Quail.</span></p><div class="celwidget" data-cel-widget="bookDescription_feature_div" data-csa-c-asin="1486312594" data-csa-c-content-id="bookDescription" data-csa-c-id="l8pejh-cm5iu9-wqkxpt-ctyfrp" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row="false" data-csa-c-slot-id="bookDescription_feature_div" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-feature-name="bookDescription" id="bookDescription_feature_div"><div class="a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container" data-a-expander-collapsed-height="140" data-a-expander-name="book_description_expander" style="height: auto; max-height: none;"><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> Joseph
Forshaw presents a comprehensive review of recent studies for these
often hard to observe birds. Detailed species descriptions include key
features, habitat, status, diet and breeding, along with information on
eggs, calls, and distribution. Each species is fully illustrated with
exquisite color identification plates by renowned wildlife artist Frank
Knight. This is an essential reference for anyone fascinated by these
elusive birds.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-bold">Features:<br /></span><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>A
comprehensive account of six species of quail, seven species of
buttonquail and the quail-like Plains-wanderer in Australia and New
Zealand.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes the extinct New Zealand Quail.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features
detailed species descriptions, including habitats, breeding,
subspecies, distribution, historical notes, eggs, diet and status.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>All species are illustrated in fine color plates by Frank Knight, one of Australia’s leading wildlife artists.</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with a serious interest in the birds of the region!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span> </div> <div class="a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header" style="display: block; opacity: 1;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiKyYQquNro5ZwptU-tQImyWaAqEZZfemI-uj4pVIMy6paAhzEAcbYux0AT4JBnTDgLuEMX6kjdLK13-WjzOtAZSkNKXNQr-imAWuZxgyvfMqa3MW61Ond7qkf3cbX4UWoU1Xxa02NAU3PcQg6KFprrN6LAQoXkbd5vhyVzXlCbyVYkjrR8PPeWkPY-g/s500/51k5hTz12TL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="347" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiKyYQquNro5ZwptU-tQImyWaAqEZZfemI-uj4pVIMy6paAhzEAcbYux0AT4JBnTDgLuEMX6kjdLK13-WjzOtAZSkNKXNQr-imAWuZxgyvfMqa3MW61Ond7qkf3cbX4UWoU1Xxa02NAU3PcQg6KFprrN6LAQoXkbd5vhyVzXlCbyVYkjrR8PPeWkPY-g/s320/51k5hTz12TL.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><br /><span class="a-expander-prompt"><br /></span></div> </div> </div><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Lavery, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Tyrone</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> and </span><span class="a-size-base">Tim Flannery</span><span class="a-letter-space">.<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Mammals of the South-West Pacific. </b>2023. </span><span>CRC Press. Hardbound: 345 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">140.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Islands
are special because they promote unique forms of life, and large
proportions of the species they hold are found nowhere else on Earth.
The mammals of the South-west Pacific are no exception, with many
distributed only across single islands or archipelagos.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>Mammals of the South-west Pacific</i></span><span>
details the natural history for more than 180 species of marsupials,
bats and rodents from 24 Pacific nations and territories. Species
profiles are accompanied by distribution maps, illustrations and
photographs – many being the first images ever captured for the species.
By combining available knowledge with unpublished data collected over
years of field work, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Mammals of the South-west Pacific</i></span><span> forms a definitive guide to the mammals from this region. </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with a serious interest in the mammals of the region!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9B3MlK3OD5yjWG63BoQ7pS7caHrYhb8dSham8CURP4KM09f37KtGBwyxvnvVlfE_iidTDgkzLijI3DCE0yqghFZz-M1VJY0NOlM47jN5ELXlwpY2Esb6qYAiUHOP2sgW2DmeZkM665IaHox0COFvu7DshA9VST3wo7EceYJcnLf9lXDHN4jqqG5vylMk/s1800/frogsUS2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9B3MlK3OD5yjWG63BoQ7pS7caHrYhb8dSham8CURP4KM09f37KtGBwyxvnvVlfE_iidTDgkzLijI3DCE0yqghFZz-M1VJY0NOlM47jN5ELXlwpY2Esb6qYAiUHOP2sgW2DmeZkM665IaHox0COFvu7DshA9VST3wo7EceYJcnLf9lXDHN4jqqG5vylMk/s320/frogsUS2.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>5)</span><span> Dodd Jr., </span><span> </span><span> C. Kenneth</span><span>. </span><b><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">Frogs of the United States and Canada </span> </b><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><b> (second edition). </b>2023. </span><span>Johns Hopkins University Press. Hardbound: 954 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">199.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">The most thorough, updated guide to frogs and toads in the United States and Canada available.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> A
stunning diversity of frog species can be found from coastal swamps to
lofty mountain peaks, and from the Florida Keys to the Arctic Ocean.
They live in subtropical lowlands, grassland prairies, deserts, and
alpine-tundra habitats. Some species have restricted habitat
requirements, whereas others occur contiguously from the arid plains or
humid southeastern forests to the high tundra. </span></p><p><span> In this new edition of</span><span class="a-text-italic"><i> Frogs of the United States and Canada</i></span><span>,
C. Kenneth Dodd Jr. tours the reader through the marvelous world of
North American frogs. Covering 114 native and introduced species from
all US states and Canadian provinces, this comprehensive reference on
the biology, behavior, and conservation of the Order Anura includes
detailed and updated information on:</span></p><p><span>• past and present distribution <br />• life history and demography <br />• reproduction and diet<br />• landscape ecology and evolution<br />• diseases, parasites, and threats from toxic substances<br />• conservation and management </span></p><p><span> Hundreds
of occurrence maps, line drawings, and new color photographs of frogs
and their habitats enhance the text. The most thorough treatment of the
life histories, distribution, and status of North American frogs ever
produced, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Frogs of the United States and Canada</i></span><span>
has been the go-to reference for naturalists, scientists, and resource
managers in their efforts to understand and conserve frogs, their
habitats, and biodiversity for over a decade. Based on a meticulously
updated examination of more than 8,000 references current through 2021,
this second edition ensures Dodd's master work will remain an
unparalleled resource for years to come.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with a serious interest in the frogs of the region!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApVvs_s1xtJUtPW4_HEQ0eQ_4ZIG_Et3_X2Txobt58Te1l9dWJy8xBsuEu5nYO0Igs0EJ1QES_3iN7g95LTN4DhZnQJ-cvjlIk-QWbTjnqiDpSDjBh-pOGuyuAlVYjHHg4z5OFsV-WxWDdzM0GogCG9PPf9GBStcxJttt1jw-_9zVDB_dPnOC35rcR34/s2560/PACSalmon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1656" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApVvs_s1xtJUtPW4_HEQ0eQ_4ZIG_Et3_X2Txobt58Te1l9dWJy8xBsuEu5nYO0Igs0EJ1QES_3iN7g95LTN4DhZnQJ-cvjlIk-QWbTjnqiDpSDjBh-pOGuyuAlVYjHHg4z5OFsV-WxWDdzM0GogCG9PPf9GBStcxJttt1jw-_9zVDB_dPnOC35rcR34/s320/PACSalmon.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Godwin</span><span class="a-size-base">,</span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Sean and</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> </span><span class="a-size-base">Martin Krkosek.<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Pacific Salmon Field Guide.</b> 2022. </span><span>Lone Pine Publishing. Paperback: </span><span>160 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">24.95 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Pacific salmon are of immense cultural, ecological and economic
importance to the west coast of North America. They are the most
commonly seen fish on the western side of North America but identifying
among the seven species is difficult for most of their life stages. Two
salmon researchers have worked extensively in the field with this iconic
group of fish and have developed the first comprehensive field
identification guide for Pacific salmon in a functional format. </span></p><p><span> This
guide presents information and identifying characteristics for the seven
Pacific salmon species—sockeye, coho, Chinook, pink, chum, steelhead
and coastal cutthroat—across five life stages, with strong emphasis on
detailed and intuitive illustrations. This guide is an identification
resource that includes natural history, life stage descriptions and
conservation status of Pacific salmon and how to observe these fish in
the wild. The identification portions are organized into five life
stages: fry, smolt, post smolt, ocean adult, and spawner. The many
scientific illustrations for each species are drawn from real specimens
representative of their species and life stage. Joseph Tomelleri, who
drew all the brilliant illustrations in this book, painstakingly
measured every part of each fish, counting every fin ray and row of
scales while layering colour upon colour. In addition, dozens of photos
show these fish in incredible detail.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in Pacific salmon!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tAVqr651-Y2mbSy56-monnJNDtsonIWwzDdYfkEax-Gn32pE5Ihqff3Cmk7skgUPKLYo8WX_K7_WWM3xHVgGb7dZ01J3326EP6U6zR11WMQE_lE9z6a16FBcRoJqR8-P_x__Vd4HcmJgDjzNGj2Zpho-1RE8Fz1B4Q2vvzeJMm-9MPuUr3a2RiLBFK8/s2560/PreAUSTASIA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1969" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tAVqr651-Y2mbSy56-monnJNDtsonIWwzDdYfkEax-Gn32pE5Ihqff3Cmk7skgUPKLYo8WX_K7_WWM3xHVgGb7dZ01J3326EP6U6zR11WMQE_lE9z6a16FBcRoJqR8-P_x__Vd4HcmJgDjzNGj2Zpho-1RE8Fz1B4Q2vvzeJMm-9MPuUr3a2RiLBFK8/s320/PreAUSTASIA.jpg" width="246" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Archer, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Michael</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"> <span class="a-size-base">et al.. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction.</b> 2023. </span><span>CSIRO Publishing. 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Price: $</span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">65.99 </span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span>For
most of the past 300 million years, the world’s continents were
interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50
million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become
the huge, splendidly isolated island it is today. Over time, its
creatures began to evolve in ways not seen anywhere else on Earth, with
tree-climbing crocodiles, gigantic venomous lizards, walking omnivorous
bats and flesh-eating kangaroos roaming the continent.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i> Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction</i></span><span><i> </i>presents
some of the most extraordinary creatures the world has ever seen – all
unique to Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and their surrounding
islands.<br /><br /> Over 100 meticulously painted panoramas by palaeoartist
Peter Schouten are accompanied by descriptions of the unique
environments and features of these animals, written by four of
Australia’s foremost palaeontologists. This book explores the nature and
timing of extinction events in the Southern Hemisphere, considers
whether some of these losses might be able to be reversed, and how we
can use the fossil record to help save today’s critically endangered
species. Through stunning artwork and fascinating text, </span><span class="a-text-italic">Prehistoric Australasia</span><span> brings this globally unique transformation over time to glorious, colorful life.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-bold">Features:</span><span><br /></span><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Offers fascinating glimpses into the prehistoric past of Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>More than 100 paintings showcasing the changing biotas of Australasia over the last 3.6 billion years.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Reveals the unique features of prehistoric animals and the environments where they lived.</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span>Peter Schouten's artwork highlights this book! </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>This title is a must have for anyone with an interest in the prehistory of the region!</span></span></span> </div><p> </p>
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beautifully illustrated exploration of the diversity, anatomy, and evolution of dinosaur feeding adaptations is the first and only in-depth
look at this crucial aspect of paleoecology. </span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"> </span><span>In </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology</i>, </span><span>experts
Ali Nabavizadeh and David B. Weishampel bring dinosaurs to life on the
page by exploring and illustrating their feeding adaptations. Whether
dinosaurs were carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous, their evolution
produced a multitude of specialized adaptations that helped shape their
ecologies. Dinosaur skulls show a variety of bone and joint
specializations ideal for withstanding stresses and strains induced by
high bite forces with strong jaw musculature. The bladed, steak-knife
dentition of many carnivorous dinosaurs was well-suited for slicing meat
and crushing bones, while the leaf-shaped, sometimes tightly packed
dentition of many herbivorous dinosaurs was ideal for grinding up a
variety of plant material.</span></p><p><span> The first book of its kind,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology</span></i><span>
is a synthesis of over a century of dinosaur feeding biology research,
from the earliest hypotheses in the 1800s to today's studies using
advanced techniques. Intended for both researchers and dinosaur
enthusiasts alike, this book discusses functional morphological studies
highlighting comparative anatomy, tooth wear, muscle reconstruction, and
biomechanical analysis using modeling techniques like finite element
analysis and multibody dynamics analysis. In addition to the feeding
apparatus, Nabavizadeh and Weishampel explore postcranial adaptations
and discuss the evolution of dinosaurs and their paleoecology more
broadly. Integrating these various factors improves our understanding of
dinosaurs as the living beings they were in their ecosystems millions
of years ago and ultimately expands our knowledge and perspective of
today's ecosystems by framing them in a broader evolutionary context.</span></p><p><span> </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with a serious interest in dinosaur biology!<br /></span></span></span></p></div></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> </span></p> </div><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-letter-space"></span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-916330314559306152023-05-28T16:18:00.000-07:002023-05-28T16:18:36.624-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCq6bWoGzHraQt8A-wPICCHNWjqb3betbxPIbxPOkfi4Wx9DWubD1lP3v9BB4Y4BVRovjBtEYoZeSu3T7YUwoYNt6o9_9e8iuMFc2UOp1v11MhLpgV17ogQRKwBwWJhbcz24A2lTitzVr439FJiR8YnpmpnVCr60jQKbt5eOQFuXwIDj--56me7lJ/s2400/birdsCS2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCq6bWoGzHraQt8A-wPICCHNWjqb3betbxPIbxPOkfi4Wx9DWubD1lP3v9BB4Y4BVRovjBtEYoZeSu3T7YUwoYNt6o9_9e8iuMFc2UOp1v11MhLpgV17ogQRKwBwWJhbcz24A2lTitzVr439FJiR8YnpmpnVCr60jQKbt5eOQFuXwIDj--56me7lJ/s320/birdsCS2.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>1) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Dyer, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Dale</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> and </span><span class="a-size-base">Steve N. G. Howell</span><span class="a-letter-space">.<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Birds of Costa Rica.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 456 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">29.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">A state-of-the-art illustrated field guide to the birds of Costa Rica.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"> </span><span>Costa
Rica is among the most popular birding destinations in the world, with a
breathtaking diversity of neotropical birdlife and stunningly beautiful
habitats ranging from shady mangrove swamps to mist-enshrouded
mountaintops and verdant rainforest.<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Birds of Costa Rica</span></i><span>
is the essential illustrated pocket guide to this biologically rich
country. It covers all regularly occurring bird species found in the
region and features facing-page plates and text that make field
identification easy. Concise species accounts describe everything from
size and distribution to voice, habitat, and status. This compact guide
also features progressive taxonomy and a wealth of color range maps.<br /></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers more than 800 species of birds found in Costa Rica</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes more than 200 superb color plates</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features concise species accounts, facing-page plates and text, and up-to-date range maps</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Its compact size and field-friendly layout make it the ideal travel companion for any birder</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST have for anyone birding Costa Rica!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9H5-XF8YBqCnkWqxl2AkDx8m2_eegOrIazZ2gbX6oLtWFKNhYD7OQOZwjzTf7bGjxv5To-jzCuKztv6hMf6unRLcb03aHKqtUPvy8dox0tVX5NAdo5Y2lYx4ej7luyRohSABOZht2uIXmEiE_euhTdZL3XE9ckQM5Y8ADHov6lap3THUr8XQQmot/s2538/InsctsNAPUP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2538" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9H5-XF8YBqCnkWqxl2AkDx8m2_eegOrIazZ2gbX6oLtWFKNhYD7OQOZwjzTf7bGjxv5To-jzCuKztv6hMf6unRLcb03aHKqtUPvy8dox0tVX5NAdo5Y2lYx4ej7luyRohSABOZht2uIXmEiE_euhTdZL3XE9ckQM5Y8ADHov6lap3THUr8XQQmot/s320/InsctsNAPUP.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Abbott, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">John C.</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"> <span class="a-size-base">and </span><span class="a-size-base">Kendra K. Abbott.<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Insects of North America.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 585 pages. 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families of insects currently recognized in the United States and
Canada. Richly illustrated with more than 3,700 stunning photos along
with keys to families for many of the orders, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Insects of North America</i></span><span>
features a comprehensive introduction that discusses classification and
nomenclature, insect diversity, global threats, the latest collecting
and curatorial techniques, and the many ways these remarkable organisms
impact society. Combined with in-depth taxonomic coverage, this is the
essential resource for both professionals and amateurs interested in the
most diverse group of animals on the planet.<br /></span><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers all 783 insect families known to occur in the United States and Canada</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features more than 3,700 color photos, with nearly every photo identified to species level</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes an illustrated glossary for easy reference in the field</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>The first field companion of its kind since the publication of the Peterson guide in 1970</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Ideal for entomology courses of all levels</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>An invaluable resource for anyone interested in insects</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in the insects of North America (north of Mexico).</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaErTQoEB-wS79e62tQSmkUJdc03nQNVCTJRcTHuc3IUfmjnOmrgLkjuK6bWBBAQAjrsn_Db8gr4aYqQ1i-uhDYvq-zHVprOtAGWgLFVh5f0Piw8XvfFl7ksZ7_WF55MuCgo77IUMJ9rrrIBq1wvmw41v-X8qlGElu6omMFxEAS4XZNg3swcjbf_aN/s2550/commonbeesW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaErTQoEB-wS79e62tQSmkUJdc03nQNVCTJRcTHuc3IUfmjnOmrgLkjuK6bWBBAQAjrsn_Db8gr4aYqQ1i-uhDYvq-zHVprOtAGWgLFVh5f0Piw8XvfFl7ksZ7_WF55MuCgo77IUMJ9rrrIBq1wvmw41v-X8qlGElu6omMFxEAS4XZNg3swcjbf_aN/s320/commonbeesW.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Messinger Carril</span><span class="a-size-base">, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> </span><span class="a-size-base">Olivia</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> and </span><span class="a-size-base">Joseph S. Wilson.<b> </b></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Common Bees of Western North America.</b> 2023. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 415 pages. 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plants and agricultural crops around the globe. These stunningly
beautiful insects come in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors.
There are more than 3,000 species in western North America, and
identifying them is a challenging task even for taxonomists. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Common Bees of Western North America</span></i><span><i>
</i> is the first species-level photographic field guide to the most
commonly seen bees in the western United States and Canada, focusing on
those that are found in urban environments, specialize on unique plants,
or are especially distinctive in appearance. This book walks you
through the process of bee identification using breathtaking
high-resolution color photos that highlight the key characteristics of
each species, making identification easier. Full of essential facts
about the natural history of these magnificent creatures, this is a
must-have field guide for naturalists and backyard gardeners alike.<br /></span><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers more than 200 species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features more than 1,100 stunning close-up color photos</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Shows multiple images of each species, with arrows indicating key features</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes a range map for every species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Provides silhouette images depicting the actual size of each species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Describes key identification features, size, phenology, floral preference, nesting, and related species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Contains a taxonomic key to the bee genera of the region</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in the bees of western North America (north of Mexico).</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8MPIfIWLORTGglU0zYu_L39SrlMYv7VT_Cc8F2WluFW6fI0VKJW_y0U0duhzOt5oe6mUy3CzmWv9L57JflUt-4zkt6veNWEVxCaWrqbe_z06rUiBjn9QQnB3VNWTH3gpAwoLgzdBcls4Gk4TuttAH5EIyGRNQvegwcg5PR8nc5Kkf6clAp2NbLAC/s2560/enchanted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8MPIfIWLORTGglU0zYu_L39SrlMYv7VT_Cc8F2WluFW6fI0VKJW_y0U0duhzOt5oe6mUy3CzmWv9L57JflUt-4zkt6veNWEVxCaWrqbe_z06rUiBjn9QQnB3VNWTH3gpAwoLgzdBcls4Gk4TuttAH5EIyGRNQvegwcg5PR8nc5Kkf6clAp2NbLAC/s320/enchanted.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span>Grant, </span><span>Peter</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Enchanted by Daphne: The Life of an Evolutionary Naturalist. </b>2023. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 346 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">The extraordinary life story of the celebrated naturalist who transformed our understanding of evolution.</span><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>Enchanted by Daphne</i></span><span>
is legendary ecologist Peter Grant’s personal account of his remarkable
life and career. In this revelatory book, Grant takes readers from his
childhood in World War II–era Britain to his ongoing research today in
the Galápagos archipelago, vividly describing what it's like to do
fieldwork in one of the most magnificent yet inhospitable places on
Earth. This is also the story of two brilliant and courageous biologists
raising a family together while balancing the demands of professional
lives that would take them to the far corners of the globe.<br /><br /> In
1973, Grant and his wife, Rosemary, embarked on a journey that would
fundamentally change how we think about evolution. Over the next four
decades, they visited the Galápagos every year to observe Darwin’s
famous finches on the remote, uninhabited island of Daphne Major.
Documenting how eighteen species have diversified from a single
ancestral species, they demonstrated that we could actually see and
measure evolution in a natural setting. Grant recounts the blind alleys
and breathtaking triumphs of this historic research as he and Rosemary
followed in Darwin’s footsteps―and ushered in a new era in ecology.<br /><br /> A wonderfully absorbing portrait of a life in science, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Enchanted by Daphne</span></i><span> is an unforgettable chronicle of the travels and discoveries of one of the world’s most influential naturalists.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in Peter Grant's career. </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5n3VHApaxgtfH3F-CQl2zAT6JNOh_Hf3A4bGakgQyE84xFXgON2JeAIJ-5pnft-qR7fSUd71u0uLcEmfroK_P0kh5dO1av-jv4DMpOUB3mIj_frPPySfzquZr_Ns8343URxuJIN9CHG1L7IVgM7DeZWEeKhsUB1BEnZ1GlmsvYhdndxcMnz92bPw/s1500/greateagles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5n3VHApaxgtfH3F-CQl2zAT6JNOh_Hf3A4bGakgQyE84xFXgON2JeAIJ-5pnft-qR7fSUd71u0uLcEmfroK_P0kh5dO1av-jv4DMpOUB3mIj_frPPySfzquZr_Ns8343URxuJIN9CHG1L7IVgM7DeZWEeKhsUB1BEnZ1GlmsvYhdndxcMnz92bPw/s320/greateagles.jpg" width="192" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span>Campbell, </span><span>Michael O'Neal</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Great Eagles: Their Evolution, Ecology and Conservation. </b>2022. CRC Press. Hardbound: 623 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">325.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>This book examines the current literature and knowledge on the
evolution and ecology of all the birds named as eagles, with particular
emphasis on the larger species. It also examines the past and current
relations between eagles and people, including habitat change and
conservation issues. Eagle ecologies and conservation are currently
seriously impacted by human activities such as industrialization,
urbanization, pollution, deforestation and hunting. Some eagle species
have consequently experienced extreme population changes. There are,
however, some positive developments. Eagles have a strong, historic bond
with human civilization, due to their status as the world’s most
charismatic birds. Conservation policies have also been successful in
repopulating some ecosystems with breeding eagles. Therefore, despite
the complexity of this relationship, there may yet be hope for this
unique species group, frequently rated as the kings of birds, and
symbolic of human power, ambition, royalty, nationality, and even
concepts of God. It is hoped that this book will contribute to the
further understanding of these unique and fantastic birds.</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with a serious interest in eagles. A paperback version for $</span></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">88.95 U.S. is due out in September 2023.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMp9ukER8nAToB9JMv8ju__wDKdiVMMASvn-ccgw2pEky18f35maPn9-M0pxZFlqly37AGq72Y0iKl2ors4SQd6ldgg6nlbEWFUETjnRnueWsk4gxB2CIOuA2EIXbXhhoDO2BMuyATwIF5MMaugUXBtVUHwhi3B3awx7oPu1e0DL1fPXvUh8lLnpFv/s2560/abobirds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1776" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMp9ukER8nAToB9JMv8ju__wDKdiVMMASvn-ccgw2pEky18f35maPn9-M0pxZFlqly37AGq72Y0iKl2ors4SQd6ldgg6nlbEWFUETjnRnueWsk4gxB2CIOuA2EIXbXhhoDO2BMuyATwIF5MMaugUXBtVUHwhi3B3awx7oPu1e0DL1fPXvUh8lLnpFv/s320/abobirds.jpg" width="222" /></a></span></div><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><br /></span><p></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">6) </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">Clarke, </span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span> <span class="author notFaded" data-width="">
Philip A.</span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="">.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and Cultural Relationships. </b>2023. </span><span>CSIRO Publishing. Paperback: 332 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">38.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Australia is home to many distinctive species of birds, and
Aboriginal peoples have developed close alliances with them over the
millennia of their custodianship of this country. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and Cultural Relationships</span></i><span><i> </i>provides
a review of the broad physical, historical and cultural relationships
that Aboriginal people have had with the Australian avifauna.<br /><br /> This
book raises awareness of the alternative bodies of ornithological
knowledge that reside outside of Western science. It describes the role
of birds as totemic ancestors and spirit beings, and explores Aboriginal
bird nomenclature, foraging techniques and the use of avian materials
to make food, medicine and artefacts. Through a historical perspective,
this book examines the gaps between knowledge systems of Indigenous
peoples and Western science, to encourage greater collaboration and
acknowledgment in the future.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-bold">Features:</span><span><br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Provides a historical review of the cultural roles of birds and their importance to Aboriginal peoples in Australia.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Explores Indigenous knowledge, to inform future research in ornithology, anthropology and ethnoscience.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Illustrated with photos taken by the author over 40 years of fieldwork.</span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in ethno-ornithology! <br /></span></span></span><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span class="author notFaded" data-width=""></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF7CDa1DMniPcrKqWNA3gscA-0EDlIPHQEBG1R9yayzrWz4tSC9HRgmLVQb6Atlx9O9a-bSkwaJ1-JiUoDL210EZtZdRSLVuUecGljlfeoXyHY8JC30Xv04mEKMEex7iJ0y4GM8FAicrdtnhypM5-e4lrkSGSZvU_XPoKgkQNQepQF8ICS5cCsGfU/s2560/boasWIndes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF7CDa1DMniPcrKqWNA3gscA-0EDlIPHQEBG1R9yayzrWz4tSC9HRgmLVQb6Atlx9O9a-bSkwaJ1-JiUoDL210EZtZdRSLVuUecGljlfeoXyHY8JC30Xv04mEKMEex7iJ0y4GM8FAicrdtnhypM5-e4lrkSGSZvU_XPoKgkQNQepQF8ICS5cCsGfU/s320/boasWIndes.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></div><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><br /></span><p></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">7) </span><span>Reynolds, </span><span>R. Graham </span><span> et al.. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Boas of the West Indies: Evolution, Natural History, and Conservation. </b>2023. Cornell/Comstock. Hardbound: 270 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">59.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Boas of the West Indies</span></i><span class="a-text-bold">
is a comprehensive survey of boid snakes, commonly known as boas, found
on the islands of the Lucayan Archipelago, the Greater Antilles, and
the Lesser Antilles.</span><span> Bringing together the expertise of
leading herpetologists R. Graham Reynolds, Robert W. Henderson, Luis M.
Díaz, Tomás Michel Rodríguez, and Alberto R. Puente-Rolón, this volume
synthesizes established knowledge and new findings on the evolutionary
biology, natural history, and conservation statuses of these iconic
snakes.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> One of the most ecologically diverse snake
families, boas have inhabited the West Indies for millions of years.
From the Cuban boa, which in many folk legends may grow to over twice a
person's height, to the Hispaniolan vineboa, discovered only in 2020 and
known to measure less than a meter long, <i>Boas of the West Indies </i>
examines the eighteen species extant on these islands along with several
others now extinct. Species accounts include details such as phenotypic
traits, distribution, and behavior. Introductory chapters discuss the
history of human-boa interaction, differences between West Indian and
neotropical mainland boids, current conservation efforts, and more. </span></p><p><span> Illustrated with over a hundred color photographs and range maps, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Boas of the West Indies</span></i><span><i>
</i>is a benchmark reference for herpetologists, conservationists, and
snake hobbyists that expands our knowledge of―and celebrates―these
fascinating creatures so integral to the ecology of these islands.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in Boas!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0H2XrFGfNWoe2Z5NHqhluQQAXnLI1QH2xIGxDIs6N68IKJLu-iB3YivZ-RP-EQeJA-wWktC3TuN6TDFjIUD_tmiBqwkvWpiygbSXCNgWYG41m5HvKEH1zSgijJ97vTxMZBMHdmE0dqzOfCie0gXVNG8tXRWkIJzsnWcNChbcQ2LBKpvJaCUkYYREx/s648/THREXTVERT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="496" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0H2XrFGfNWoe2Z5NHqhluQQAXnLI1QH2xIGxDIs6N68IKJLu-iB3YivZ-RP-EQeJA-wWktC3TuN6TDFjIUD_tmiBqwkvWpiygbSXCNgWYG41m5HvKEH1zSgijJ97vTxMZBMHdmE0dqzOfCie0gXVNG8tXRWkIJzsnWcNChbcQ2LBKpvJaCUkYYREx/s320/THREXTVERT.jpg" width="245" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">8) </span><span itemprop="name">Richardson, </span><span itemprop="name">Matthew. </span><span itemprop="name"> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World: A Biogeographic Approach. </b>2023. Cambridge University Press. Hardbound: 729 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">110.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Habitat loss and degradation are currently the main anthropogenic
causes of species extinctions. The root cause is human overpopulation.
This unique volume provides, for the very first time, a comprehensive
overview of all threatened and recently extinct mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibians, and fishes within the context of their locations
and habitats. The approach takes a systematic examination of each
biogeographic realm and region of the world, both terrestrial and
marine, but with a particular emphasis on geographic features such as
mountains, islands, and coral reefs. It reveals patterns useful in
biodiversity conservation, helps to put it all into perspective, and
ultimately serves as both a baseline from which to compare subsequent
developments as well as a standardization of the way threatened species
are studied.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>This book is a must have for anyone with a serious interest in </span></span></span><span>biodiversity conservation!</span></p></div><p><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpky8DbdCFVoSyUQPdcvqeo89M4ibmU4LlT-THb72H00S0KRRF051wFofLG86NDecLACU3isCVEKIfaxhWNXprkfuR8jXXy9UWTC1T9I85w0ebgRqqfkddVf_jwxfnIhq8uklZsDjcAsJGS6WmKqy-3y8lwCiiRizQhUw5UGsLS7xzSoBL5UW3NhpG/s1200/bravewild.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpky8DbdCFVoSyUQPdcvqeo89M4ibmU4LlT-THb72H00S0KRRF051wFofLG86NDecLACU3isCVEKIfaxhWNXprkfuR8jXXy9UWTC1T9I85w0ebgRqqfkddVf_jwxfnIhq8uklZsDjcAsJGS6WmKqy-3y8lwCiiRizQhUw5UGsLS7xzSoBL5UW3NhpG/s320/bravewild.jpg" width="212" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>9) </span><span>Sevigny, </span><span> Melissa L.</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon.</b> 2023. </span><span>W. W. Norton. Hardbound: 290 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">30.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.</span></p><p><span> In
the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to
run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial
expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its
churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado was famed as the
most dangerous river in the world. Journalists and veteran river runners
boldly proclaimed that the motley crew would never make it out alive.
But for Clover and Jotter, the expedition held a tantalizing appeal: no
one had yet surveyed the plant life of the Grand Canyon, and they were
determined to be the first.</span></p><p><span> Through the vibrant
letters and diaries of the two women, science journalist Melissa L.
Sevigny traces their daring forty-three-day journey down the river,
during which they meticulously cataloged the thorny plants that thrived
in the Grand Canyon’s secret nooks and crannies. Along the way, they
chased a runaway boat, ran the river’s most fearsome rapids, and turned
the harshest critic of female river runners into an ally. Clover and
Jotter’s plant list, including four new cactus species, would one day
become vital for efforts to protect and restore the river ecosystem.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>Brave the Wild River</i></span><span><i>
</i> is a spellbinding adventure of two women who risked their lives to make
an unprecedented botanical survey of a defining landscape in the
American West, at a time when human influences had begun to change it
forever.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in </span></span></span>United States botanical history. <br /></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span 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id="listPrice"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span> </span><span></span></p><p><a aria-label="Matthew Richardson" itemprop="item" role="navigation"><span itemprop="name"></span></a></p><p></p><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p> </div></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><br /> </div><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-letter-space"></span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-31558520490308091772023-04-30T15:05:00.000-07:002023-04-30T15:05:05.183-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIDJFXksAFMkTVAcLYvG437CqJfNiaQG0Upqetnfkvr7HK9cUxqjXKi7YhEDkmUdTeKWMRc8r5avArU9sbGyxyPOaa-lEugKsGysHHmhdqm9E2L8A1NIwJgOrbVHLgeQNQz8ybyLSxlmlnXU3ysXvsb_5fV7OQUpdcMRjt7SVdAhGlgjmitvYVV_W/s2560/NAFly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" 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</b>2023. Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 157 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">19.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The identification of </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Empidonax</i></span><span> flycatchers and pewees can be a daunting challenge for even the most seasoned birder. </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Field Guide to North American Flycatchers</i></span><span>
takes bird identification to an entirely new level by training readers
to observe subtle differences in structure, color patterns, and
vocalizations before delving into the finer details of a particular
species. Because the plumages of flycatchers are so similar, this
one-of-a-kind guide uses illustrations that highlight slight variances
among species that photos often miss. One of the last frontiers of bird
identification is now accessible to everyone―once one knows what to look
for. </span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Uses a holistic approach that makes flycatcher identification possible even for beginners</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features a wealth of beautiful illustrations that depict every species in North America</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Shows
how to observe subtle differences in structure, plumage contrasts, and
vocalizations, which together create a distinctive overall impression of
the bird</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes detailed audio spectrograms and seasonal distribution maps for each species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Shares invaluable tips for successful identification in all kinds of field settings</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Its compact size and field-friendly layout make it the ideal travel companion for any birder.</span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST have for anyone birding North America!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbo0XcxFRICgDPLlcL4CGYza2oqwUwblrHfcQra7n0MIcz-VgmaubgiDRvVFstEOptggAfqmCOnX7IccU1LDIpyFezDS_RGEWzZCMstrXv9EBbtO-ZnvTiYosBqDuX6pXOFdmgS0zfD43-H_4b6mV_uES4M0TjwuZ5vHcGNGzxxNJsFzApyA4adLz/s2400/bbelize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbo0XcxFRICgDPLlcL4CGYza2oqwUwblrHfcQra7n0MIcz-VgmaubgiDRvVFstEOptggAfqmCOnX7IccU1LDIpyFezDS_RGEWzZCMstrXv9EBbtO-ZnvTiYosBqDuX6pXOFdmgS0zfD43-H_4b6mV_uES4M0TjwuZ5vHcGNGzxxNJsFzApyA4adLz/s320/bbelize.jpg" width="210" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2)</span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-label a-checkbox-label"><span class="a-size-small _p13n-desktop-sims-fbt_fbt-desktop_detail-row-element__2WDgq a-nowrap"> Howell, </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-label a-checkbox-label"><span class="a-size-small _p13n-desktop-sims-fbt_fbt-desktop_detail-row-element__2WDgq a-nowrap">Steve N. G.</span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-label a-checkbox-label"><span class="a-size-small _p13n-desktop-sims-fbt_fbt-desktop_detail-row-element__2WDgq a-nowrap"> and </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-label a-checkbox-label"><span class="a-size-small _p13n-desktop-sims-fbt_fbt-desktop_detail-row-element__2WDgq a-nowrap">Dale Dyer. </span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Birds of Belize.</b> 2023. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 304 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Belize is one of the world’s premier birding destinations, home
to a marvelous array of tropical birds and beautiful habitats ranging
from verdant rain forests and extensive wetlands to rolling pine
savannas and the country’s famed barrier reef.<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Birds of Belize</span></i><span>
is the essential illustrated pocket guide to this birder’s paradise. It
covers all regularly occurring bird species found in the region and
features facing-page plates and text that make field identification
easy. Concise species accounts describe everything from size and
distribution to voice, habitat, and status. This compact guide also
features progressive taxonomy and a wealth of color range maps.<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers more than 500 species of birds found in Belize</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes 116 superb color plates</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features concise species accounts, facing-page plates and text, and up-to-date range maps</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Its compact size and field-friendly layout make it the ideal travel companion for any birder</span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-label a-checkbox-label"><span class="a-size-small _p13n-desktop-sims-fbt_fbt-desktop_detail-row-element__2WDgq a-nowrap"></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a MUST have for anyone birding Belize!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8UssAAKJbBfS6vejNjy7LZZt6kbYr4KSenBceRccd8RyS9mwRwpDcyxT3lQJBoODkZKnplUlsVEr_ANQ0sgbGjnUAWj8rW3OqkBCfDAw6rO713afzkqm7pviNJbo0eIhlJhJ9pKAg27_Sn5mvtJQ0sCDjbh9rWTqqNXjZWbA1GkPMgJQb9FqKaG-/s2550/bigyearflewby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8UssAAKJbBfS6vejNjy7LZZt6kbYr4KSenBceRccd8RyS9mwRwpDcyxT3lQJBoODkZKnplUlsVEr_ANQ0sgbGjnUAWj8rW3OqkBCfDAw6rO713afzkqm7pviNJbo0eIhlJhJ9pKAg27_Sn5mvtJQ0sCDjbh9rWTqqNXjZWbA1GkPMgJQb9FqKaG-/s320/bigyearflewby.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span>Dwarshuis, </span><span>Arjan</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The (Big) Year that Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record.</b> 2023. </span><span>Chelsea Green. Paperback: 238 pages. 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record-breaking adventure through 40 countries over 6 continents―in just
one year―to see 6,852 bird species, rare and common, before many go
extinct.</span><p><span> When Arjan Dwarshuis first heard of the “Big
Year”―the legendary record for birdwatching―he was twenty years old, it
was midnight, and he was sitting on the roof of a truck in the Andean
Mountains. In that moment he promised himself that, someday, somehow, he
would become a world-record-holding birder.</span></p><p><span> Ten
years later, he embarked on an incredible, arduous, and perilous journey
that took him around the globe; over uninhabited islands, through dense
unforgiving rainforests, across snowy mountain peaks and unrelenting
deserts―in just a single year. Would he survive? Would he be able to
break the “Big Year” record, navigating through a world filled with
shifting climate and geopolitical challenges?</span></p><p><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>The (Big) Year that Flew By</i></span><span>
is an unforgettable, personal exploration of the limits of human
potential when engaging with the natural world. It is a book about birds
and birding and Arjan’s attempts to raise awareness for critically
endangered species, but it is also a book about overcoming mental
challenges, extreme physical danger, and human competition and fully
realizing your passions through nature, adventure, and conservation.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for all world birders!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqavODD6JjHyXbBRjpsx3QshdqLQHxB-W8jXzPQUwkk4_2NSVz2Q2ufj0jxLwhHME_6SwNhMrV_s3BwXsvCLzeW0S7hpNWp64vhXnoR2Kb7yObldjLBqCaddaTv9dvByjE0MytTO0M6syZdzfmyXhd9c4MBZHYFwJaNKrprUw4Oe1Smv2Ha_ycxfA4/s2560/birdsWWI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqavODD6JjHyXbBRjpsx3QshdqLQHxB-W8jXzPQUwkk4_2NSVz2Q2ufj0jxLwhHME_6SwNhMrV_s3BwXsvCLzeW0S7hpNWp64vhXnoR2Kb7yObldjLBqCaddaTv9dvByjE0MytTO0M6syZdzfmyXhd9c4MBZHYFwJaNKrprUw4Oe1Smv2Ha_ycxfA4/s320/birdsWWI.jpg" width="211" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> 4) </span></span></span><span>Milton, </span><span>Nicholas</span>. <span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Role of Birds in World War One: How Ornithology Helped to Win the Great War.</b> 2022. </span><span>Pen and Sword History. Hardbound: 232 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">42.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The British Expeditionary Force sent to France in the late summer
of 1914 has been referred to as ‘The Best British Army Ever Sent to War’
as it was one of the most highly trained and disciplined forces in the
world. It was also the ‘Best Birdwatching Army Ever Sent to War’ for
among its ranks were hundreds of both amateur and professional
ornithologists. When not fighting many soldiers turned to birdwatching
as a way of wiling away the long hours spent on guard duty or watching
over ‘no man's land’. As a result, the hobby ranked as one of the most
popular past-times for soldiers at the front, on a par with smoking,
writing, games, gambling, sport and shooting rats. The list of birds
seen by soldiers serving in all the theaters of war was truly impressive
ranging from the common like sparrows, skylarks and swallows to the
exotic like golden orioles, hoopoes and bee-eaters.<br /><br /> It was not
just at the battle front that birds found themselves in the firing line
but also on the home front. Birds provided inspiration for politicians,
poets and painters who carried on despite the terrible conflict raging
all around them. For the Foreign Secretary Edward Grey, who worked
tirelessly to preserve peace but ended up convincing the House of
Commons to go to war, birds were his hinterland. But as well as
declaring war on Germany on 4 August 1914 the government also declared
war on the humble house sparrow, farmers falsely accusing it of
destroying Britain’s dwindling wheat and oat supplies.<br /><br /> When the
guns finally fell silent on the 11 November 1918 and the Great War came
to an ignoble end, a generation of birdwatchers lay dead. Among them
were scientists, researchers, lords, librarians, artists, authors,
professors, poets, lawyers, surgeons and explorers, many barely having
entered manhood. If they had lived the science of ornithology and the
hobby of birdwatching would have undoubtedly been much the richer. A
selection of them is included in the Ornithological Roll of honor at the
back of this book.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in ornithological history and/or World War One.</span></span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqd_SAet9QN5g8-OGNhnoaMjIAzKS8sGH_dJR1QRhJTxEY94WksE8xlzKaUBhXoeqWSFAAPhOG5kxX3_5tgNJQrEIEmajKmCXJwJbFl4jJPxJAvpCs3WywiKmZt9azO4gRskyKycO4viExjJFyHpSDwOfI7MJJHAxIKJdcR8KIaVUkQ35WAZ2tEju/s3257/IMG_3407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3257" data-original-width="2180" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqd_SAet9QN5g8-OGNhnoaMjIAzKS8sGH_dJR1QRhJTxEY94WksE8xlzKaUBhXoeqWSFAAPhOG5kxX3_5tgNJQrEIEmajKmCXJwJbFl4jJPxJAvpCs3WywiKmZt9azO4gRskyKycO4viExjJFyHpSDwOfI7MJJHAxIKJdcR8KIaVUkQ35WAZ2tEju/s320/IMG_3407.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>5) Brown, Linda R. and Josef Kren (editors).<b> Remembering Paul Johnsgard.</b> 2023. Zea Books. Paperback: 161 pages. Price: $29.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: Paul A. Johnsgard (1931-2021) was a friend of many, an artist, prolific author, teacher, and humble admirer of all living creatures. It was impossible to find someone at Nebraska Audubon Society or Nebraska Ornithologists' Union meetings who did not know Paul Johnsgard. His more than 100 published books made him known not just in a community of ornithologists, birdwatchers, and bird lovers in the United States but also abroad. He was a world-renowned ornithologist and naturalist who remained deeply embedded in his local culture and its prairie environment. We invited about 75 people to write a short memory of Paul. We received about 40 responses, which are published in this book, along with Paul Johnsgard's own writing on his life.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in Paul Johnsgard's life.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8Hbps0X9JphYg9Qz1ScuoIXWWPiqlgS8mpHCfol9_CS5YNIXtMJMdQEC5J3tBv2X4qKejyLEwaUhSdE1CrJHIKr0RKyajAAiCe6l_SjRt7CGapZ_y02nW7ZDrBs5t8YHotAZ4rRoNuySRjsnpJI5HeIRRVBo0vXM8h3PqKyxl0Jq2pkRqLLvW1Ja/s2550/bigbend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8Hbps0X9JphYg9Qz1ScuoIXWWPiqlgS8mpHCfol9_CS5YNIXtMJMdQEC5J3tBv2X4qKejyLEwaUhSdE1CrJHIKr0RKyajAAiCe6l_SjRt7CGapZ_y02nW7ZDrBs5t8YHotAZ4rRoNuySRjsnpJI5HeIRRVBo0vXM8h3PqKyxl0Jq2pkRqLLvW1Ja/s320/bigbend.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span><span>Sirois Collins, </span><span>Cindi </span><span> and Asher Elbein.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals of Big Bend.</b> 2023. </span><span>University of Texas Press. Paperback: 226 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">24.95 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The sheer beauty of Big Bend National Park, along the shores of
the Rio Grande in west Texas, never fails to astonish. Yet what lies
beneath this natural treasure may be even more extraordinary than what
meets the eye. Hidden in the rocks of Big Bend are the remains of
giants: toothy sea lizards, enormous flying reptiles, and dinosaurs. </span></p><p><span class="a-text-italic"><i> Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals of Big Bend</i></span><span>
is a field guide to what once was. Inspired by the latest research,
Cindi Sirois Collins and Asher Elbein imagine what it was like to walk
among the plants and animals whose fossil remains tell the story of
evolution and geological transformation in this singular landscape. We
glimpse the drama of Big Bend’s rugged landscape in creation—the
desert’s emergence from retreating oceans and volcanic eruptions.
Immersive vignettes introduce dinosaurs, giant fish, and saber-toothed
cats. And the history of discovery in the park proves a gripping tale,
as paleontologists sifted major scientific insights from the soils,
rocks, and riverbeds. Complete with vivid illustrations, this is a
wholly original sensory and narrative experience that will deepen any
reader’s knowledge and sense of wonder. </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: The artwork by </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"></span><span class="a-size-base">Julius Csotonyi highlights this book!</span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0ey5h9bOnivCiFoUvVpqGvzjHJ1LO2pcUCRXW2L5Sprk8fLEG93E82SA1-A9y6Z3hI-3T3NvYbU8dPUfbyMtYEi8xQL_wKb6ODwTmLa_P1FCvxUK57MYd3jFwFzPsmHC39Efzioa6xhjQA6_mz62WDuuNM1I0r6HwSbBHwE2llsHdcREVCxyVDdy/s2560/returnwolves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0ey5h9bOnivCiFoUvVpqGvzjHJ1LO2pcUCRXW2L5Sprk8fLEG93E82SA1-A9y6Z3hI-3T3NvYbU8dPUfbyMtYEi8xQL_wKb6ODwTmLa_P1FCvxUK57MYd3jFwFzPsmHC39Efzioa6xhjQA6_mz62WDuuNM1I0r6HwSbBHwE2llsHdcREVCxyVDdy/s320/returnwolves.jpg" width="214" /></a></span></span></span></div><span> </span><p></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><span class="a-text-bold"></span></div><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span>Francovich, </span><span>Eli</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Return of Wolves: An Iconic Predator’s Struggle to Survive in the American West. </b>2023. Timber Press. Hardbound: 256 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">28.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">Uncover
on-the-ground reporting on the conflict between conservationists,
ranchers, and an iconic predator—and discover the solution that might
appease them all. </span><br /></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> The Gray Wolf has made an
astonishing comeback in Washington. Nearly eradicated by the 1990s,
conservationists and environmentalists have cheered its robust return to
the state over the last two decades. But Washington ranchers are not so
joyous. When wolves prey on livestock, ranchers view their livelihood
as under attack.<br /><br /> In<i> </i></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>The Return of Wolves</i>,</span><span>
journalist Eli Francovich investigates how we might mend this divide
while keeping wolf populations thriving. He finds an answer in the
time-honored tradition of range riding and one passionate range rider,
Daniel Curry, who has jumped directly into the fray by patrolling the
rural Washington landscape on horseback. Curry engages directly with
farmers, seeking to protect livestock from wolves while also protecting
and proliferating wolf populations. In </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>The Return of Wolves</i></span><span>,
we meet an eclectic cast of players—local ranchers, politicians,
environmentalists, and everyday folks caught in the middle—and find hope
for the future of wolves, and perhaps for our divided nation.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in wolf conservation.</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQG4W9G5m27rm9umjNJciV-F53URgRANY6uc8ZCcI8ByNKNwF13jMqLlAjWdBup_QuIwuXjyezsLOg_rOczCTCSmBHHBTleLmLzNXjlJlaFnKMmoQYN4dovjbb9Bmiz8BqCFE7ZLqal0h_yAKOvQrpSYgA7yNYTQj9xZ8AlIS78MefgZgQztHVtOa/s2550/untethered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1641" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQG4W9G5m27rm9umjNJciV-F53URgRANY6uc8ZCcI8ByNKNwF13jMqLlAjWdBup_QuIwuXjyezsLOg_rOczCTCSmBHHBTleLmLzNXjlJlaFnKMmoQYN4dovjbb9Bmiz8BqCFE7ZLqal0h_yAKOvQrpSYgA7yNYTQj9xZ8AlIS78MefgZgQztHVtOa/s320/untethered.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>8)</span></span></span> Lee, <span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span>Fonda.<b> </b><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Untethered Sky.</b> 2023. </span><span>Tordotcom. Hardbound: 152 pages. Price: </span> <span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">$22.99 U.S.</span><div class="celwidget" data-csa-c-asin="1250842468" data-csa-c-content-id="bookDescription" data-csa-c-id="htq1cp-hd5k5m-mn7595-su2s2a" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row="false" data-csa-c-slot-id="bookDescription_feature_div" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-feature-name="bookDescription" id="bookDescription_feature_div">
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family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby
brother, leaving her with nothing but her father’s painful silence and a
single, overwhelming need to kill the monsters that took her family.<br /><br /> Ester’s
path leads her to the King’s Royal Mews, where the giant rocs of legend
are flown to hunt manticores by their brave and dedicated ruhkers.
Paired with a fledgling roc named Zahra, Ester finds purpose and acclaim
by devoting herself to a calling that demands absolute sacrifice and a
creature that will never return her love. The terrifying partnership
between woman and roc leads Ester not only on the empire’s most
dangerous manticore hunt, but on a journey of perseverance and
acceptance.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Fans of the author's other books should enjoy this one! </span></span></span><span><br /></span></p> </div> </div> </div></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span> </div><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div><p><span></span></p><div><div><div><div><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-letter-space"></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-33821443864397021382023-04-16T18:01:00.000-07:002023-04-16T18:01:35.229-07:00Books by Adrienne Mayor<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGp4DZsBhTBEwj0iKm2IlEKqqtttzGaNKeDcrM2oTxYLhf0f2wVU6Uwzf8inOtgQ_RvclFSbl2QYCNnaJClt5EEwgzhcw7cUR13A1-XF0vTQvYxLXnwdUuPsgkXJyYgzaICf3ZOax4vQAlpdDrSGfh1iJ685wFWjOvbwpd2hbwxcILMkWOBQbYY9AL/s3192/IMG_3370.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3020" data-original-width="3192" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGp4DZsBhTBEwj0iKm2IlEKqqtttzGaNKeDcrM2oTxYLhf0f2wVU6Uwzf8inOtgQ_RvclFSbl2QYCNnaJClt5EEwgzhcw7cUR13A1-XF0vTQvYxLXnwdUuPsgkXJyYgzaICf3ZOax4vQAlpdDrSGfh1iJ685wFWjOvbwpd2hbwxcILMkWOBQbYY9AL/s320/IMG_3370.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The following books by Adrienne Mayor were published by Princeton University Press. Of these five, the two fossil ones are my favorites. </p><p>1)<b> </b><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities.</b> 2022. Paperback: 420 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">19.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history,
science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find
historical realities and scientific insights―glimmering, long-buried
nuggets of truth―embedded in myth, legends, and folklore. Combing
through ancient texts and obscure sources, she has spent decades
prospecting for intriguing wonders and marvels, historical mysteries,
diverting anecdotes, and hidden gems from ancient, medieval, and modern
times. </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws</i> </span><span>is a treasury of fifty of her most amazing and amusing discoveries.<br /><br /> The
book explores such subjects as how mirages inspired legends of cities
in the sky; the true identity of winged serpents in ancient Egypt; how
ghost ships led to the discovery of the Gulf Stream; and the beauty
secrets of ancient Amazons. Other pieces examine Arthur Conan Doyle’s
sea serpent and Geronimo’s dragon; Flaubert’s obsession with ancient
Carthage; ancient tattooing practices; and the strange relationship
between wine goblets and women’s breasts since the times of Helen of
Troy and Marie Antoinette. And there’s much, much more.<br /><br /> Showcasing Mayor’s trademark passion not to demythologize myths, but to uncover the fascinating truths buried beneath them, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws</i></span><span> is a wonder cabinet of delightful curiosities.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">2) </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World. </b>2022. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">Paperback: 384 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">19.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale
spreading of disease: are these terrifying agents of warfare modern
inventions? Not by a long shot. In this riveting history of the origins
of unconventional war, Adrienne Mayor shows that cultures around the
world have used biological and chemical weapons for thousands of
years―and debated the morality of doing so. Drawing extraordinary
connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War,
the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods of war and
terrorism, this richly illustrated history catapults readers into the
dark and fascinating realm of ancient war and mythic treachery. Updated,
revised, lavishly illustrated new edition.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>3)<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World.</b> 2014 (2016). </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">Paperback: 519 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">17.95 U.S. </span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Amazons―fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known
world―were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and
Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the
Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In
historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman
general Pompey tangled with Amazons.<br /><br /> But just who were these bold
barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and
sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched,
wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award
finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons as they have never been
seen before. This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in
myth and history across the ancient world, from the Mediterranean Sea
to the Great Wall of China.<br /><br /> Mayor tells how amazing new
archaeological discoveries of battle-scarred female skeletons buried
with their weapons prove that women warriors were not merely figments of
the Greek imagination. Combining classical myth and art, nomad
traditions, and scientific archaeology, she reveals intimate, surprising
details and original insights about the lives and legends of the women
known as Amazons. Provocatively arguing that a timeless search for a
balance between the sexes explains the allure of the Amazons, Mayor
reminds us that there were as many Amazon love stories as there were war
stories. The Greeks were not the only people enchanted by Amazons―Mayor
shows that warlike women of nomadic cultures inspired exciting tales in
ancient Egypt, Persia, India, Central Asia, and China.<br /><br /> Driven by
a detective's curiosity, Mayor unearths long-buried evidence and sifts
fact from fiction to show how flesh-and-blood women of the Eurasian
steppes were mythologized as Amazons, the equals of men. The result is
likely to become a classic.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>4) </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Fossil Legends of the First Americans.</b> 2005 (2023). Paperback: 446 pages. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">19.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The
burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the
Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were,
much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the
first people to encounter the dinosaur fossils exposed by the elements.
What did Native Americans make of these stone skeletons, and how did
they explain the teeth and claws of gargantuan animals no one had seen
alive? Did they speculate about their deaths? Did they collect fossils?</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> Beginning
in the East, with its Ice Age monsters, and ending in the West, where
dinosaurs lived and died, this richly illustrated and elegantly written
book examines the discoveries of enormous bones and uses of fossils for
medicine, hunting magic, and spells. Well before Columbus, Native
Americans observed the mysterious petrified remains of extinct creatures
and sought to understand their transformation to stone. In perceptive
creation stories, they visualized the remains of extinct mammoths,
dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine creatures as Monster Bears, Giant
Lizards, Thunder Birds, and Water Monsters. Their insights, some so
sophisticated that they anticipate modern scientific theories, were
passed down in oral histories over many centuries.<br /><br /> Drawing on
historical sources, archaeology, traditional accounts, and extensive
personal interviews, Adrienne Mayor takes us from Aztec and Inca fossil
tales to the traditions of the Iroquois, Navajos, Apaches, Cheyennes,
and Pawnees.<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Fossil Legends of the First Americans</span></i><span><i> </i>represents a major step forward in our understanding of how humans made sense of fossils before evolutionary theory developed.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>5) </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times. </b>2000 (2023). Paperback: 361 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">21.95 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">The
fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other
extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of
classical mythology</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes,
and Giants―these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to
live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come
down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings
were more than merely fictions? What if monstrous creatures once roamed
the earth in the very places where their legends first arose? This is
the arresting and original thesis that Adrienne Mayor explores in<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The First Fossil Hunters</span></i><span><i>.</i>
Through careful research and meticulous documentation, she convincingly
shows that many of the giants and monsters of myth did have a basis in
fact―in the enormous bones of long-extinct species that were once
abundant in the lands of the Greeks and Romans.<br /><br /> As Mayor shows,
the Greeks and Romans were well aware that a different breed of
creatures once inhabited their lands. They frequently encountered the
fossilized bones of these primeval beings, and they developed
sophisticated concepts to explain the fossil evidence, concepts that
were expressed in mythological stories. The legend of the gold-guarding
griffin, for example, sprang from tales first told by Scythian
gold-miners, who, passing through the Gobi Desert at the foot of the
Altai Mountains, encountered the skeletons of Protoceratops and other
dinosaurs that littered the ground.<br /><br /> Like their modern
counterparts, the ancient fossil hunters collected and measured
impressive petrified remains and displayed them in temples and museums;
they attempted to reconstruct the appearance of these prehistoric
creatures and to explain their extinction. Long thought to be fantasy,
the remarkably detailed and perceptive Greek and Roman accounts of giant
bone finds were actually based on solid paleontological facts. By
reading these neglected narratives for the first time in the light of
modern scientific discoveries, Adrienne Mayor illuminates a lost world
of ancient paleontology.</span></p> </div><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p> </div><p><span></span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span> </span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span></p><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span> </span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-3592333916906199052023-03-26T16:31:00.000-07:002023-03-26T16:31:37.346-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3hCNtkBHyp5-3noyNPjGuOf99wO2-bqpuWdN6Wx2OCkZnvBx9Ge7JjUb4DKKGjKXCyEBCiLygS-nz2yWH_zRV8SnHIk7r1ZC2aBj4WOBHWPRb88eAzB_mDY6PdqYDzYJJS9-Kae8eEE2wIdeFUbBT2GYjUmUiV1RfqzuEMWqolRx32tBK7Aq-Gun/s1000/MADmammals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="711" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3hCNtkBHyp5-3noyNPjGuOf99wO2-bqpuWdN6Wx2OCkZnvBx9Ge7JjUb4DKKGjKXCyEBCiLygS-nz2yWH_zRV8SnHIk7r1ZC2aBj4WOBHWPRb88eAzB_mDY6PdqYDzYJJS9-Kae8eEE2wIdeFUbBT2GYjUmUiV1RfqzuEMWqolRx32tBK7Aq-Gun/s320/MADmammals.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span aria-label="Nick Garbutt" itemprop="item" role="navigation" tabindex="0"><span itemprop="name">Garbutt, </span></span><span aria-label="Nick Garbutt" itemprop="item" role="navigation" tabindex="0"><span itemprop="name">Nick</span></span><span aria-label="Nick Garbutt" itemprop="item" role="navigation" tabindex="0"><span itemprop="name">.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar.</b> 2023. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 448 pages. Price: $49.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Madagascar’s mammals are some of the most remarkable on earth,
having evolved in isolation over millions of years. All of the country’s
approximately 175 native non-flying species are endemic, with an
extraordinary diversity of body forms and lifestyles, some utterly
unique. No other place boasts such a combination of species richness and
endemism. In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Handbook of</span><span> </span><span class="a-text-italic">Mammals of Madagascar</span></i><span>,
Nick Garbutt, an award-winning photographer and leading authority on
the island’s wildlife, provides an authoritative and beautifully
illustrated guide to all of its mammal fauna.<br /><br /> Illustrated
throughout with more than 370 exceptional photographs, including of
species rarely photographed before, the book covers all 217 native
species, including tenrecs, bats, lemurs, carnivores, and rodents, plus a
small number of introduced species. The species accounts are up to date
and include description, identification, habitat, distribution,
behavior, and where to see the species. The book also includes chapters
on Madagascar’s regions and habitats, threats to the mammals,
conservation and protected areas, and important mammal-watching sites,
as well as a section on extinct mammals.</span><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in the mammals of Madagascar!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj5BZ2gvRTYFFSsM70uPceCQiGCxXGss-tp8kkfcC1XV3lmSYvL3ASkD0cdTSNyrPZfQxWfhfyFZGPeTimkCB8J8hSf7RL5Nz8kUT_lRdE1agbXiqA9svPskDoulHAD68zDwF9UQFlJxu5BqDEqBHbVLYga0mVzyB240g_Drcbuvvq1yisDwKb7gc/s2400/flightpaths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj5BZ2gvRTYFFSsM70uPceCQiGCxXGss-tp8kkfcC1XV3lmSYvL3ASkD0cdTSNyrPZfQxWfhfyFZGPeTimkCB8J8hSf7RL5Nz8kUT_lRdE1agbXiqA9svPskDoulHAD68zDwF9UQFlJxu5BqDEqBHbVLYga0mVzyB240g_Drcbuvvq1yisDwKb7gc/s320/flightpaths.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span><span>Heisman,</span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span> Rebecca</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration.</b> 2023. Harper. Hardbound: 267 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">30.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>For the past century, scientists and naturalists have been
steadily unraveling the secrets of bird migration. How and why birds
navigate the skies, traveling from continent to continent—flying
thousands of miles across the earth each fall and spring—has continually
fascinated the human imagination, but only recently have we been able
to fully understand these amazing journeys. Although we know much more
than ever before, even the most enthusiastic birdwatcher may not know
how we got here, the ways that the full breadth of scientific
disciplines have come together to reveal these annual avian travels.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-italic"><i> Flight Paths</i></span><span>
is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed
scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly
every branch of science to understand bird migration—from where and when
they take off to their flight paths and behaviors, their destinations
and the challenges they encounter getting there. Uniting curious minds
from across generations, continents, and disciplines, bird enthusiast
and science writer Rebecca Heisman traces the development of each
technique used for tracking migratory birds, from the first attempts to
mark individual birds to the cutting-edge technology that lets
ornithologists trace where a bird has been, based on unique DNA markers.
Along the way, she touches on the biggest technological breakthroughs
of modern science and reveals the almost-forgotten stories of the
scientists who harnessed these inventions in service of furthering our
understanding of nature (and their personal obsession with birds).</span></p><p><span> The
compelling and fascinating story of how scientists solved the great
mystery of bird migration, <i>Flight Paths</i> is an unprecedented look into
exciting, behind-the-scenes moments of groundbreaking discovery. Heisman
demonstrates that the real power of science happens when people work
together, focusing their minds and knowledge on a common goal. While the
world looks to tackle massive challenges involving conservation and
climate, the story of migration research offers a beacon of hope that we
can find solutions to difficult and complex problems.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in bird migration.</span></span></span><span><br /></span></p><p><span></span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksnlANDUmC8dUF_QpL9bnBSA4_Yx1B4Bh6lwFNl_oYY-BF0FQcJ_Ahz05KryYLuqqG8NhTbInFmP2Q1yGGq3PBqzBvkEmPmmJJRtQt7j7FZpco45Nhcqs9tA4RpV1IqgZ0IDng0gCnxMOtvnCHYwGsfYr_K_GQ1uzz4qVVDzQH9TnxcKekSkc0f6K/s2560/CTYankee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksnlANDUmC8dUF_QpL9bnBSA4_Yx1B4Bh6lwFNl_oYY-BF0FQcJ_Ahz05KryYLuqqG8NhTbInFmP2Q1yGGq3PBqzBvkEmPmmJJRtQt7j7FZpco45Nhcqs9tA4RpV1IqgZ0IDng0gCnxMOtvnCHYwGsfYr_K_GQ1uzz4qVVDzQH9TnxcKekSkc0f6K/s320/CTYankee.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span>McLean Greeley, </span><span>Will</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate.</b> 2023. </span><span>RIT Press. Paperback: 316 pages. Price: $34.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span>Senator George P. McLean’s crowning achievement was overseeing
passage of one of the country’s first and most important wildlife
conservation laws, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The MBTA,
which is still in effect today, has saved billions of birds from
senseless killing and likely prevented the extinction of entire bird
species. <i>A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: George P. McLean,
Birdman of the Senate</i> puts McLean’s victory for birds in the context of
his distinguished forty-five-year career marked by many acts of reform
during a time of widespread corruption and political instability. Author
Will McLean Greeley traces McLean’s rise from obscurity as a
Connecticut farm boy to national prominence when he advised five US
presidents and helped lead change and shape events as a US senator from
1911 to 1929. One reviewer writes: “And there’s a bonus: This book is
also a love song to a distant relative. We need more historians who
truly care about the people they’re writing about, and Greeley does just
that.”</span><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in the history of bird conservation.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhiuusto7xsjiO1vRsFVATBoFHnPIPvC71Ey0vxe_6_XOCSh6nkT6KfR5ET-r862KMvVTN-vWWd4OBrniWfcOyekV9SCmgGHl7UOLP1zJ-gKt17680DD278qGGTCqVCsnci88VDbfksPMroEZ4omChtYesslG7u8NBKyr4H4MvuLqOmd-FWHkMvoXt/s2560/radical.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1696" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhiuusto7xsjiO1vRsFVATBoFHnPIPvC71Ey0vxe_6_XOCSh6nkT6KfR5ET-r862KMvVTN-vWWd4OBrniWfcOyekV9SCmgGHl7UOLP1zJ-gKt17680DD278qGGTCqVCsnci88VDbfksPMroEZ4omChtYesslG7u8NBKyr4H4MvuLqOmd-FWHkMvoXt/s320/radical.jpg" width="212" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span>Costa, </span><span>James</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 515 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">39.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">A major new biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection</span><span>. <br /></span></p><p><span> Alfred
Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the
Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast Asia
were the stuff of legend. A collector of thousands of species new to
science, he shared in the discovery of natural selection and founded the
discipline of evolutionary biogeography.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i> Radical by Nature</i></span><span>
tells the story of Wallace’s epic life and achievements, from his
stellar rise from humble origins to his complicated friendship with
Charles Darwin and other leading scientific lights of Britain to his
devotion to social causes and movements that threatened to alienate him
from scientific society.<br /><br /> James Costa draws on letters, notebooks,
and journals to provide a multifaceted account of a revolutionary life
in science as well as Wallace’s family life. He shows how the
self-taught Wallace doggedly pursued bold, even radical ideas that
caused a seismic shift in the natural sciences, and how he also courted
controversy with nonscientific pursuits such as spiritualism and
socialism. Costa describes Wallace’s courageous social advocacy of
women’s rights, labor reform, and other important issues. He also sheds
light on Wallace’s complex relationship with Darwin, describing how
Wallace graciously applauded his friend and rival, becoming one of his
most ardent defenders.<br /><br /> Weaving a revelatory narrative with the latest scholarship, </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Radical by Nature</i></span><span>
paints a mesmerizing portrait of a multifaceted thinker driven by a
singular passion for science, a commitment to social justice, and a
lifelong sense of wonder.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"> <span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in Alfred Russell Wallace.</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3n2bTToxdvfNmkoqcfkd-m8Qw5DZE94VwaFqf44oGXqDH7GPXRiVvvdNjcN1IBa7VNrDpad5PJGJfNx_5RBluwCnV_UKARidNmLK5wd4922kqYydr5kdlY-C1dYvahvs-YDHtv4Bim_qPQN4Z7ZYKYX1-ll7Gafyii6EH_slBBIpskNjLjtsmaLCH/s2550/lastbeekeeper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3n2bTToxdvfNmkoqcfkd-m8Qw5DZE94VwaFqf44oGXqDH7GPXRiVvvdNjcN1IBa7VNrDpad5PJGJfNx_5RBluwCnV_UKARidNmLK5wd4922kqYydr5kdlY-C1dYvahvs-YDHtv4Bim_qPQN4Z7ZYKYX1-ll7Gafyii6EH_slBBIpskNjLjtsmaLCH/s320/lastbeekeeper.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span>Carrick Dalton, </span><span>Julie</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Last Beekeeper. </b>2023. </span><span>Forge. Hardbound: </span><span>384 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">27.99 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>It’s been more than a decade since the world has come undone, and
Sasha Severn has returned to her childhood home with one goal in
mind―find the mythic research her father, the infamous Last Beekeeper,
hid before he was incarcerated. There, Sasha is confronted with a group
of squatters who have claimed the quiet, idyllic farm as their own.
While she initially feels threatened, the group soon becomes her
newfound family, offering what she hasn't felt since her father was
imprisoned: security and hope. Maybe it's time to forget the family
secrets buried on the farm and focus on her future.<br /><br /> But just as
she settles into her new life, Sasha witnesses the impossible. She sees a
honey bee, presumed extinct. People who claim to see bees are ridiculed
and silenced for reasons Sasha doesn't understand, but she can't shake
the feeling that this impossible bee is connected to her father's
missing research. Fighting to uncover the truth could shatter Sasha's
fragile security and threaten the lives of her newfound family―or it
could save them all.<br /><br /> Julie Carrick Dalton's<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Last Beekeeper</span></i><span>
is a celebration of found family, an exploration of truth versus power,
and the triumph of hope in the face of despair. It is a meditation on
forgiveness and redemption and a reminder to cherish the beauty that
still exists in this fragile world.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: If you enjoyed the author's </span></span></span><i><span></span></i><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Waiting for the Night Song</i>, you should enjoy this book.</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span><span></span></div><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span aria-label="Nick Garbutt" itemprop="item" role="navigation" tabindex="0"><span itemprop="name"></span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-38561064005915750262023-02-26T16:27:00.000-08:002023-02-26T16:27:47.880-08:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuABKxOwP6HmRpANh3J1YdabRIsLjvjMl0KBDaC9DJpEqHUA2rck8Qtyf5BAitTRQyCWm4cy69_rsy5o7meJxOjU0fG5Fqm5O6JjcjEmJD618HoyKmboK72wGFgok3m-ap7SCXHMLaZLKvDui1XpvUjHrYpptmZg99G2AP8MvMyZXSG7mSAGDvCx47/s2481/BOSA-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2481" data-original-width="1751" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuABKxOwP6HmRpANh3J1YdabRIsLjvjMl0KBDaC9DJpEqHUA2rck8Qtyf5BAitTRQyCWm4cy69_rsy5o7meJxOjU0fG5Fqm5O6JjcjEmJD618HoyKmboK72wGFgok3m-ap7SCXHMLaZLKvDui1XpvUjHrYpptmZg99G2AP8MvMyZXSG7mSAGDvCx47/s320/BOSA-5.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Sinclair</span><span class="a-size-base">, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"></span><span class="a-size-base">Ian,</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> </span><span class="a-size-base">Phil Hockey</span><span class="a-size-base"> et al..</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> Birds of Southern Africa: Fifth Revised Edition.</b> 2023. Princeton University Press. Paperback: 488 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">39.95 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Now in its fifth edition, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Birds of Southern Africa</span></i><span>
has been brought fully up to date by its expert authors and greatly
enhanced with a wide range of new information and features. Providing
comprehensive coverage of the bird life of South Africa, Lesotho,
Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique, this
comprehensive book is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa’s most
trusted field guides.<br /><br /> This fifth edition offers:<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>New “bird-call” feature―access calls by scanning QR codes in the guide with a free downloadable app</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>More than 800 new illustrations, including all-new plates for raptors and seabirds</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Comprehensive coverage of southern Africa’s birds, including the latest species records</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Redesigned plates noting identification features</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Calendar bars depicting species’ occurrence and breeding periods</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Fully updated species accounts and distribution maps</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Fresh contributions from new authors and illustrators</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Alphabetical and illustrated quick references to bird groups </span></span> </li></ul><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in birding Southern Africa!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-n3X9wIT_eMgOrY_7K75hjE4HfBl5ANJLt4LSR6LlZNNfq6UhMu9LsjcK1qcQt6RU4c3SzCIcNDAHW-jJgzM3i5KtnBwAx43gI1l_jc2ky8j4CUtCA-a-47FfesWN_TmlwralvRIPNTQEpbPsWK0niDUOOPbuwZvMGO7C39VQ7s35-9DxRmLKKD5E/s1000/PGBOAU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="613" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-n3X9wIT_eMgOrY_7K75hjE4HfBl5ANJLt4LSR6LlZNNfq6UhMu9LsjcK1qcQt6RU4c3SzCIcNDAHW-jJgzM3i5KtnBwAx43gI1l_jc2ky8j4CUtCA-a-47FfesWN_TmlwralvRIPNTQEpbPsWK0niDUOOPbuwZvMGO7C39VQ7s35-9DxRmLKKD5E/s320/PGBOAU.jpg" width="196" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p>2) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Davies, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Jeff </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> et al..</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> Pocket Guide to Birds of Australia.</b> 2023. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 252 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">27.95 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>This book is an easy-to-use and beautifully illustrated quick
identification guide to all regularly occurring bird species in
Australia. Carefully designed to provide key information at your
fingertips to enable rapid identification, it covers more than 700 bird
species that are resident or regular visitors to the Australian
mainland, Tasmania, and surrounding waters accessible in a day trip by
boat. Based on the award-winning</span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>Australian Bird Guide</i></span><span>,
this convenient pocket guide features stunning images, up-to-date
species descriptions, distribution maps, and quick guide comparison
pages for all major groups.<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers more than 700 species, including regular visitors</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features a wealth of breathtaking color images by leading Australian artists</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Provides incisive species descriptions that make identification easy</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes quick guide comparison pages and the most up-to-date distribution maps</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Its compact size makes it the perfect travel companion</span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true"> </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in birding Australia!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxF2nwG9MU8ny_1xBUs9zgwRB4FCwZweQAHIiFnjukVwe2eTUahfNtG2Z2Wxds1U7RBAvIzmk6gPU9Jg_JXRAcKil_1212UJ4k5_GGGCxg-mlxbacYh7-CTyZ1E9V3FjZoOMKy7e0dwnD5JF7V6ZDE98MRM7FJxEEPZU5FFjBQXSSRWZYrQeyfC5h/s3810/IMG_3212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3810" data-original-width="2593" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxF2nwG9MU8ny_1xBUs9zgwRB4FCwZweQAHIiFnjukVwe2eTUahfNtG2Z2Wxds1U7RBAvIzmk6gPU9Jg_JXRAcKil_1212UJ4k5_GGGCxg-mlxbacYh7-CTyZ1E9V3FjZoOMKy7e0dwnD5JF7V6ZDE98MRM7FJxEEPZU5FFjBQXSSRWZYrQeyfC5h/s320/IMG_3212.jpg" width="218" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span class="title-author"> Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS).<b> </b></span><b>HKBWS Field Guide to the Birds of Hong Kong and South China (Ninth Edition).</b> 2022. <span class="title-author"> Hong Kong Birdwatching Society. Paperback: 372 pages. Price: about $43.00 U.S. (plus postage).</span></p><p><span class="title-author"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> The <i>HKBWS Field Guide to the Birds of Hong Kong and South China</i>, previously published in eight editions simply as <i>The Birds of Hong Kong and South China</i>,
is a birding guidebook which records the bird species in Hong Kong and
the South China region and describes in great detail their appearance,
behaviours, distributions and migratory patterns. The book contains
careful bird drawings which are instrumental for birders to identify
birds in the field.<br /><br /> This field guide was first published in 1977
and ever since then, it has become one of the most important guidebooks
for birders regionally. In the early years, the book was available in
English only. In 1994, the first Chinese version of the book was
translated and edited by Mr Chiu-ying Lam, Honorary President of The
Hong Kong Bird Watching Society. The year 2022 does not only celebrate
the 65th anniversary of The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, but it also
marks the 45th year since the first edition of <i>The Birds of Hong Kong and South China</i> was published. After almost a half century, the book remains to be one of the most comprehensive reference book of birding.</p><p> Highlights of the 9th edition:</p><p>- The most comprehensive guidebook of birds in Hong Kong and South China<br />- A complete update since the last edition 16 years ago<br />- Covers 784 bird species and 78 newly added escaped and introduced species<br />- Include drawings of newly added birds<br />- Bilingual content in English and Chinese</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in birding this region of China! You can order the book <a href="https://cms.hkbws.org.hk/eshop/index.php/en/products/categories/birding-gear/sc-field-guide?fbclid=IwAR1Zq4alfklsxhJuM2DgeaDGLVswgf_gK3jEC5cvaZinVo6C4uI_HSob_JM">here</a>.<br /></span></span></span></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNI4ylpnXhOVJDUS_zFrx-oLLA6NI9HJaXGFFcdANT4RCATBA-vsV7DuW-GIGlwuqYExZvDBOJ1K_Saq-kg2bjPQE7qIwjnkuta657427Sux2e4WHCwvoTSNpmA2D6Pye9dJ-j4CBR9TP9IUWkDALEjHldb4pW9DBvXZ-SUb7TMV6_pCSQGl1sZ-X/s1000/BATSBC2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNI4ylpnXhOVJDUS_zFrx-oLLA6NI9HJaXGFFcdANT4RCATBA-vsV7DuW-GIGlwuqYExZvDBOJ1K_Saq-kg2bjPQE7qIwjnkuta657427Sux2e4WHCwvoTSNpmA2D6Pye9dJ-j4CBR9TP9IUWkDALEjHldb4pW9DBvXZ-SUb7TMV6_pCSQGl1sZ-X/s320/BATSBC2.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>4) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Lausen, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Cori</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> et al..</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Bats of British Columbia (Second Edition). </b>2022. </span><span>The Royal British Columbia Museum. Paperback: 375 pages. Price: $29.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>With more than 1,400 species worldwide, bats live on every
continent except Antarctica and in virtually every type of habitat, from
desert to forest. Around the globe, bats fill important ecological
roles by controlling insect populations, pollinating plants, dispersing
seeds, and even providing humans with medicines—the saliva of the famous
vampire bat can be used to treat strokes! Yet despite their importance
to the planet’s ecosystems, there remains more misinformation than fact
and more fear than respect for these diminutive guardians of the night.<br /><br /> Since the first edition of </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Bats of British Columbia</i> </span><span>was
published in 1993, an explosion in field studies of the province’s bat
fauna, applying new tools such as genetic techniques and acoustic bat
detectors, has added a wealth of new knowledge. This fully updated
second edition includes new colour photographs throughout, with new
material on acoustic identification. With in-depth information on
biology, conservation, ecology, and identification of the 18 species
found in the province, the new<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Bats of British Columbia</span></i><span><i> </i>will help create an appreciation of this fascinating group of mammals.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in the bats of British Columbia!</span></span></span><br /><span><br /></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-v92BO1aL2Er-yyZy-QV2m5TVJPz1KjQXsQPbPdssftDyzIXdFxQ4n4JE5u9SR6PVEf9uANkVPUWU5r1nr9HO64yN5UOBSPmrQz03RfcsRcif-U4FPmicOycScINAx79fKYTC0Q-rj9b7DStaHwJZ4fV0mRxDTxI3OqSc2oqHjFchKnQthWLEBM7r/s2560/VOLW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-v92BO1aL2Er-yyZy-QV2m5TVJPz1KjQXsQPbPdssftDyzIXdFxQ4n4JE5u9SR6PVEf9uANkVPUWU5r1nr9HO64yN5UOBSPmrQz03RfcsRcif-U4FPmicOycScINAx79fKYTC0Q-rj9b7DStaHwJZ4fV0mRxDTxI3OqSc2oqHjFchKnQthWLEBM7r/s320/VOLW.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>5) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results">Carrano, </span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results">Matthew T.</span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="5" data-component-type="s-search-results"> <span class="a-size-base">et al..<b> </b></span></span><b><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">Visions of Lost Worlds: The Paleoart of Jay Matternes. </span></b><span>2019. </span><span>Smithsonian Books. </span><span> Hardbound: 230 pages. 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fossil halls of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
These treasured Matternes murals documenting mammal evolution over the
past 56 million years and dioramas showing dinosaurs from the Mesozoic
Era are significant works of one of the most influential paleoartists in
history. Simultaneously epic in size and scope and minutely detailed,
they also provide a window into the study and interpretation of
vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology. <br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i> Visions of Lost Worlds</i></span><span>
presents these unparalleled works of art, and also includes the
sketches and drawings Matternes prepared as he planned the murals. Known
for his technical genius and eye for detail, Matternes sketched from
skeletons in museum collections and added muscle, skin, and fur to bring
mammals and dinosaurs from prehistory to vivid life. This book offers a
close look at these works of art, a peek inside the artist's process,
and an examination of the works' impact and legacy.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in paleoart!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93WoBz5bNvjKhu3gMDANu98bOriTMfGHrc07_AWGioDG_YzQ6rYkIQl5sM_mDLQIKLC-np9amZF2-461KhVYqHACxQwhjwinIKpastsU_-aVTPxulBc0pfqHKir2GNodU-K9bNxNdyCCYt3fdl1wGh3GxzKPNRMl4iXvWXyJ0ww9m_-5cjMwJqRZN/s1200/WOFossils.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="930" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93WoBz5bNvjKhu3gMDANu98bOriTMfGHrc07_AWGioDG_YzQ6rYkIQl5sM_mDLQIKLC-np9amZF2-461KhVYqHACxQwhjwinIKpastsU_-aVTPxulBc0pfqHKir2GNodU-K9bNxNdyCCYt3fdl1wGh3GxzKPNRMl4iXvWXyJ0ww9m_-5cjMwJqRZN/s320/WOFossils.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRDMOMZh1Qm6zyaBnu_Bsuv18HCk1MTTQj5iZNzkPWU6wNWBZfTjGcDRwgA8xI6LPtyHQ7ChLZn6NlKi4BaxlS8eLctbLu0k6WR-76CV_M5-bxSm3XSmSOk2R-_IcFHESZEYkMaJVAiaFrBMNh6SGibY1htayh1DJevjtiRtujw-MMkEc9SrNz5ys/s1800/CENOFossils.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1392" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRDMOMZh1Qm6zyaBnu_Bsuv18HCk1MTTQj5iZNzkPWU6wNWBZfTjGcDRwgA8xI6LPtyHQ7ChLZn6NlKi4BaxlS8eLctbLu0k6WR-76CV_M5-bxSm3XSmSOk2R-_IcFHESZEYkMaJVAiaFrBMNh6SGibY1htayh1DJevjtiRtujw-MMkEc9SrNz5ys/s320/CENOFossils.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>6-7)</span><span aria-label="Bruce L. Stinchcomb" itemprop="item" role="navigation" tabindex="0"><span itemprop="name"> Stinchcomb, </span></span><span aria-label="Bruce L. Stinchcomb" itemprop="item" role="navigation" tabindex="0"><span itemprop="name"> Bruce L.</span></span><span aria-label="Bruce L. Stinchcomb" itemprop="item" role="navigation" tabindex="0"><span itemprop="name">.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>World's Oldest Fossils and</b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> Cenozoic Fossils 1: Paleogene.</b> 2007 and 2010 respectively. </span><span>Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Paperbacks: 160 pages each. Prices: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">29.95 and $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">29.99 U.S. respectively.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span aria-label="Bruce L. 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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">World's Oldest Fossils</span></i><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">:</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" 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a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> T</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>his valuable book provides information on fossils, fossil
collecting, and price ranges for most specimens illustrated. The
comprehensive text begins with the earliest fossil record of life from
strata representative of deep time, called the Precambrian by
geologists. Foremost in this early record of life are stromatolites,
structures formed by very primitive photosynthetic life forms.
Attractive, color photographs illustrate this highly informative section
of the book. Also discussed and illustrated are various problematic
fossil-like objects found in very ancient rock strata and the different
ways in which they have been interpreted. Paleontological puzzles, such
as latest Precambrian vendozoans, are covered as well. Other chapters
feature fossils of the Cambrian Period, when animal life became obvious.
Fascinating color photographs show trilobites (prehistoric creatures
second only to dinosaurs in popularity), plus other Cambrian fossils.
Includes helpful glossary of terms.</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><i>Cenozoic Fossils 1: Paleogene</i>: </span><span>Over 370 color photos detail the fossil record of the early
Cenozoic Era--the Age of Mammals--from small sea creatures to the
lumbering rhinoceros and rare fossilized bats. Included are fossils from
famous sites including Florissant, Colorado; Grube Messel, Germany; the
Green River Formation; and the Oligocene White River Group.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> If you enjoyed the author's other books, you will enjoy these two books.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXWs8jQ3LzfWITOkSCXCZfLgT25-w9GJE3-QneC1-SSFa6WwUQkLiEJxNfGSYLAwgVEuNGNEJfVqq8gEULodL1-BhX419AixbJkxbZonBBFpWyypX-MgpDHFgQJJlEiz3QVimIgbFSCTqNf5orVM7yrnRp1zAz8sBo77t7cKJE3rQ9jS5ZTiG4Pz2/s2560/OriginRaff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXWs8jQ3LzfWITOkSCXCZfLgT25-w9GJE3-QneC1-SSFa6WwUQkLiEJxNfGSYLAwgVEuNGNEJfVqq8gEULodL1-BhX419AixbJkxbZonBBFpWyypX-MgpDHFgQJJlEiz3QVimIgbFSCTqNf5orVM7yrnRp1zAz8sBo77t7cKJE3rQ9jS5ZTiG4Pz2/s320/OriginRaff.jpg" width="212" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span> </span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span></span><br /></p><p>8) <span class="a-text-bold">Raff, </span><span class="a-text-bold">Jennifer. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas.</b> 2023. </span><span>Twelve. Paperback: 328 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">19.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> <i>ORIGIN</i> is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were,
how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how
they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete
genomes. <i>ORIGIN</i> provides an overview of these new histories throughout
North and South America, and a glimpse into how the tools of genetics
reveal details about human history and evolution.<br /><br /> 20,000 years
ago, people crossed a great land bridge from Siberia into Western Alaska
and then dispersed southward into what is now called the Americas.
Until we venture out to other worlds, this remains the last time our
species has populated an entirely new place, and this event has been a
subject of deep fascination and controversy. No written records—and
scant archaeological evidence—exist to tell us what happened or how it
took place. Many different models have been proposed to explain how the
Americas were peopled and what happened in the thousands of years that
followed. <br /> <br /> A study of both past and present, <i>ORIGIN</i> explores
how genetics is currently being used to construct narratives that
profoundly impact Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It serves as a
primer for anyone interested in how genetics has become entangled with
identity in the way that society addresses the question "Who is
indigenous?"</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> This bo</span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>ok is a must read for anyone with an interest in the origins of the </span></span></span><span>Indigenous peoples of the Americas!</span></p><p><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5er2ytid7MerEIfuQQ_F5L9lkfj93AlmqhCneZgwJVI9hpSa4XHolfXJ5f9UwbvWetM78bCG6E15trScAhm8d-6qRNm_mRKqZZXmcr5ldhK6mndlOO2Pps_Lpde37MLv44xyTamEwzHjq5fOSYms5hDnaw-_OAw3NLDEWKH9JPVfEsL27VUsnSm_/s2087/MurderYE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2087" data-original-width="1399" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5er2ytid7MerEIfuQQ_F5L9lkfj93AlmqhCneZgwJVI9hpSa4XHolfXJ5f9UwbvWetM78bCG6E15trScAhm8d-6qRNm_mRKqZZXmcr5ldhK6mndlOO2Pps_Lpde37MLv44xyTamEwzHjq5fOSYms5hDnaw-_OAw3NLDEWKH9JPVfEsL27VUsnSm_/s320/MurderYE.jpg" width="215" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>9) </span><span>Holmes, </span><span>Rupert</span><span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide.</b> 2023. </span><span>Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. Hardbound: 388 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">28.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold"> From
the diabolical imagination of Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright,
and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a devilish thriller with a
killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, a
luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder where
earnest students study how best to “delete” their most deserving
victim.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what
the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction
ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters
Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal
arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for
erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than
death. The campus of this “Poison Ivy League” college—its location
unknown to even those who study there—is where you might find yourself
the practice target of a classmate…and where one’s mandatory graduation
thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death
will make the world a much better place to live.<br /> <br /> Prepare for an education you’ll never forget. A delightful mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists and genuine intrigue,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Murder Your Employer</span></i><span><i>
</i>will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within
the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers
you’ll ever read.<br /> <br /> Rupert Holmes’s much celebrated career ranges
from chart-topping story songs with surprising twists—“<i>Escape </i>(The Pina
Colada Song)”—to Tony Award–winning whodunit musicals—</span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Mystery of Edwin Drood</span></i><span>—Edgar Award–winning comedy-thrillers—</span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Accomplice</span></i><span>—and the Nero Wolfe Best American Mystery Novel nominated </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Where the Truth Lies</span></i><span>, made into an Atom Egoyan motion picture starring Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon. Called “an American treasure” (</span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Los Angeles Times</span></i><span>), “a true Renaissance man” by </span><span class="a-text-italic">Newsweek</span><span>, “a comic genius” (</span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Kirkus Reviews</span></i><span>) and simply “a genius” (</span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Times</span></i><span><i>,
London</i>), Rupert Holmes brings his wickedly clever storytelling talents
to this outrageous and darkly comic mystery set in a secret, idyllic
campus where students learn how to “do in others as you would have
others do you in.”</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>This bo</span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>ok is a hybrid between Harry Potter's Hogwarts and Discworld's Assassins' Guild. If you enjoy dark humored thrillers, you should enjoy this book! </span></span></span> </div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"> <span class="a-text-bold"><br /></span> </div><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><br /></span></p><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-61641905784932510522023-01-29T11:43:00.002-08:002023-01-29T11:47:08.841-08:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKkgR-3OOCoR4YwRnM9N9mWkSIQUyH5kpwp4jl3PdTqcRNXUQRwDZUTzKqnW6A7wUGDimNFFwD9Myo0yQfzhjPRKICVcScEfDRgeR62AKVVUDKL4H7kwLw5MXP3QhR8osMp7iSkx_2r4W-Y3rHjVzNRQ-pjbl4VmXujSFDAwTDBOqVU734blSVvre/s3692/IMG_3120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3692" data-original-width="2413" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKkgR-3OOCoR4YwRnM9N9mWkSIQUyH5kpwp4jl3PdTqcRNXUQRwDZUTzKqnW6A7wUGDimNFFwD9Myo0yQfzhjPRKICVcScEfDRgeR62AKVVUDKL4H7kwLw5MXP3QhR8osMp7iSkx_2r4W-Y3rHjVzNRQ-pjbl4VmXujSFDAwTDBOqVU734blSVvre/s320/IMG_3120.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span class="title-author">Pyle, </span><span class="title-author">Peter</span><span class="title-author"><span>. </span></span><b> Identification Guide to North American Birds <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">(Part 1,</span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> Second Edition). </span></b><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">2022.</span><b><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> </span></b>Slate Creek Press. Paperback: <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">698 pages. Price: $80.00 U.S.</span></p><p>SUMMARY: This second edition of the <i>Identification Guide to North American Birds (Part 1)</i> is the definitive guide for identifying and ageing the North
American (north of Mexico) passerines and near passerines (<span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Pigeons to Tropical Tanagers</span>) in the hand, and although aimed primarily at banders, it is a useful reference for any serious birder. It now treats 421 species in all. There are descriptors for 1736
subspecies, expanded and detailed sections on molt for all species, and
all known hybrids are listed. <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">
Most of the literature cited is now available on-line, so the book is a
little smaller than the first (732 pages for the first vs 698 pages in
the 2nd).</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for all banders of the region! Hard core birders will find the detailed identification information very useful! The book can be ordered from Buteo Books <a href="https://www.buteobooks.com/product/PYLE1.html">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54lbKXBOo65Hue78NslqCn6hu_N10EcSoC5vPKu0GZAw9ctlcVpyk-SOS6VpzSdj5nWH8CcZorbFc4fc7pFNFDnouU2AbCMyRFYlSP4bTd6V0OZM147AP66zwT6BznzweAGBEgOtHYqaDak-LqVoe2_2RBWoSZgYMJPs4MASwuReelgnAj9jIbOT-/s999/mesozoicbirds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="999" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54lbKXBOo65Hue78NslqCn6hu_N10EcSoC5vPKu0GZAw9ctlcVpyk-SOS6VpzSdj5nWH8CcZorbFc4fc7pFNFDnouU2AbCMyRFYlSP4bTd6V0OZM147AP66zwT6BznzweAGBEgOtHYqaDak-LqVoe2_2RBWoSZgYMJPs4MASwuReelgnAj9jIbOT-/s320/mesozoicbirds.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span><span class="title-author">Benito, </span><span class="title-author">Juan</span><span class="title-author"> and Roc Olivé Pous<span>.</span></span><b> Birds of the Mesozoic: </b><span class="title-title-subtitle"><b>An Illustrated Field Guide. </b>2022. Lynx Edicions. Paperback: 272 pages. Price: 29.00 Euros (about $32.00 U.S.).</span></p><p><span class="title-title-subtitle"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Birds are the most diverse tetrapod group today, but they have a rich
and complex evolutionary history beyond that of their modern radiation.
Appearing during the Jurassic, more than 160 million years ago, birds
took to the skies and evolved into a plethora of forms during the Age of
the Dinosaurs.<br /><br /> This comprehensive and up to date illustrated
field guide, by palaeontologist Juan Benito and palaeoartist Roc Olivé,
aims to illustrate in unprecedented detail the staggering diversity of
avialans (modern birds and their closest fossil relatives) that lived
from the origin of the group until the Mass Extinction that ended the
reign of the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago: the birds of the
Mesozoic.<br /><br /> This beautifully illustrated field guide includes over
250 full-colour illustrations covering more than 200 types of bird that
populated the world during the Mesozoic Era. In addition to detailed
fact files on the diverse avifauna of the Mesozoic, including a
description of each species, with information on its name, location,
size, period, habitat, and general characteristics, <i>Birds of the Mesozoic</i>
also seeks to explain the origins of the group and their evolution from
other feathered dinosaurs up to the origins of modern birds in the Late
Cretaceous. It also covers in detail multiple facets of their
phylogenetic, morphological, and ecological diversity, and provides an
introduction to bird skeletal anatomy and several of the most recent and
cutting-edge methods palaeontologists use to reconstruct fossil bird
colour, diet, and biology.<br /><br /> Easy-to-use and pleasant to contemplate, this book is a must for both bird and palaeontology enthusiasts!</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in prehistoric birds!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExt5TR6YiLE3ED6nZY2OTyz4MOJSfKQOEAKmFjVHBfByJZnNep9kunQQ6dQaqM73fJ2QZ_WcqCAtq09oNN49CiBoZ4s0Kp5wwBLjAJOD3M6zs98DItewCpKXEfu6vCo-eicqb72rK6ytQXshmDhZ9g9i0A-ZjyuGpOo0E2n4sUlaXaunqtssMllu2/s2560/Australianfalcons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1776" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExt5TR6YiLE3ED6nZY2OTyz4MOJSfKQOEAKmFjVHBfByJZnNep9kunQQ6dQaqM73fJ2QZ_WcqCAtq09oNN49CiBoZ4s0Kp5wwBLjAJOD3M6zs98DItewCpKXEfu6vCo-eicqb72rK6ytQXshmDhZ9g9i0A-ZjyuGpOo0E2n4sUlaXaunqtssMllu2/s320/Australianfalcons.jpg" width="222" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span>Debus, </span><span>Stephen</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Australian Falcons: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation.</b> 2022. </span><span>CSIRO Publishing. Paperback: 207 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-declarative" data-a-popover="{"closeButton":"false","name":"MbcPopOver_0","width":"280","position":"triggerLeft","scrollable":"false"}" data-action="a-popover" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-a-popover" data-csa-c-id="15mjj5-hont9t-3jwwq5-ftew7z" data-csa-c-type="widget"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price" id="mbc-price-1">36.99 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> Falcons
are stunning and iconic birds. Australia has six falcon species, with
two endemic to the continent and two others endemic to the Australasian
region. They are important indicators of the health of our ecosystems,
due to their position at the top of the food chain. But several species
are declining, with two species threatened in some states.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Australian Falcons: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation</span></i><span>,
Dr. Stephen Debus provides a 30-year update of knowledge on these six
species, as well as a falcon-like hawk, the Black-shouldered Kite. This
book is based partly on the author’s field studies, as well as being a
supplement to the </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds</span></i><span> (</span><span class="a-text-italic">HANZAB</span><span>)
and recent global treatises. It offers up-to-date information on the
Australian species, including their behaviors, ecology, and biology. It
reviews their population status and threats, and suggests what needs to
be done to ensure the future of these spectacular birds.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i> Australian Falcons</i></span><span><i><b> </b></i>is
an invaluable resource for raptor biologists, birdwatchers, wildlife
rescuers and carers, raptor rehabilitators and zookeepers.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-bold">Features:</span><span><br /></span><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Provides
up-to-date information on the biology, ecology, behavior, conservation
and management of the six falcon species, and one falcon-like hawk.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Reviews the population status and threats of the Australian falcons.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>First comprehensive book on Australian falcons since the 1993 publication of </span><span class="a-text-italic">HANZAB Volume 2</span><span>. <br /></span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features striking color photos by photographer David</span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span> Whelan. <br /></span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in Australian falcons! <br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD99WzuVlicVBKqbNw0Gx1Gp0vtO4uHR1MrS-YV9ZcpdVqm_GkAu4cDSDWc_bIw6F96rZNqgJ4wQLj49CUHyLl8FUH9IRyGDTP1RYjih5-fpVerUFxi8y17ZgFsR9o1V35SpvDjJPtsy9YbAYsJbq-yEddJsWIu1LN432JbL_qO8kdjwYdScHUCtcP/s1466/duckwalk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD99WzuVlicVBKqbNw0Gx1Gp0vtO4uHR1MrS-YV9ZcpdVqm_GkAu4cDSDWc_bIw6F96rZNqgJ4wQLj49CUHyLl8FUH9IRyGDTP1RYjih5-fpVerUFxi8y17ZgFsR9o1V35SpvDjJPtsy9YbAYsJbq-yEddJsWIu1LN432JbL_qO8kdjwYdScHUCtcP/s320/duckwalk.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br /></div><p>4)<span> Crisp, </span> <span>Margie</span><span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> Duck Walk: A Birder's Improbable Path to Hunting as Conservation.</b> 2023. </span><span>Texas A&M University Press. Hardbound: 217 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">33.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> In fall 2016, lifelong birdwatcher, naturalist, and esteemed Texas
artist Margie Crisp decided to take up a shotgun and start hunting
ducks. </span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> Few nature enthusiasts understand the role
that the hunting industry plays in the conservation of wildlands and
wildlife—protecting far more critical habitat than birdwatchers do. With
many bird species in a precipitous decline, duck and geese populations
continue to rise steadily year after year. Why? Because of the money
waterfowl hunters spend on licenses, firearms, and ammunition, or donate
to nonprofit conservation organizations. </span></p><p><span> Here,
Crisp goes beyond birdwatching to challenge her notions about hunting.
Could duck hunters be considered conservationists? Could she overcome a
life-long aversion to guns and learn to shoot birds? And could doing so
help conservation of habitats for ducks and other migratory bird
species? In writing her experiences, Crisp explores these questions and
illustrates to both communities—hunters and naturalists—that one woman
can be a birdwatcher, a bird hunter, and above all, a conservationist
devoted to preserving habitat for birds and other wildlife. </span></p><p><span> Readers journey with the author as she learns to hunt—to experience the
emotional impacts of killing, cleaning, cooking and eating birds.
First-hand accounts are seamlessly integrated with information about
conservation history as well as interviews with hunters, biologists, and
birdwatchers. Along the Central Flyway from the Texas coast to Canada,
this revealing personal narrative traces hunting and birdwatching trips,
and even a solo road trip following the birds’ migration, all through
the eye of an artist whose words and drawings bring her journey to life. </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in </span></span></span><span>waterfowl conservation.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCAHjVX_LC9z8mI2j5vLGE3kwx3L3H7QejEZk1ExnMjIVPq6v4qocQkw8KNaWkuRH3g3YQo6JIxTYGxrjUmlhAlpd3cBXloVbBNQ9LYUkin1sM-uKYHDcfWZnvoENlDHeFkQXYsIDtxmrxMB5lJlWgoTVp2UHvCF54G7JOZbQNocHMUcXPSmC-qIc/s1000/DDSingapore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="717" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCAHjVX_LC9z8mI2j5vLGE3kwx3L3H7QejEZk1ExnMjIVPq6v4qocQkw8KNaWkuRH3g3YQo6JIxTYGxrjUmlhAlpd3cBXloVbBNQ9LYUkin1sM-uKYHDcfWZnvoENlDHeFkQXYsIDtxmrxMB5lJlWgoTVp2UHvCF54G7JOZbQNocHMUcXPSmC-qIc/s320/DDSingapore.jpg" width="229" /></a></div> <p></p><p>5) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="6" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Ngiam, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="6" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Robin</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="6" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> and </span><span class="a-size-base">Marcus Ng.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> A Photographic Field Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of Singapore.</b> 2022. </span><span>John Beaufoy Publishing. Hardbound: 340 pages. Price: </span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">$59.99 U.S.</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span 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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" 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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">A Photographic Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Singapore</span></i><span>
is a fully comprehensive field guide to the 136 species of dragonfly
and damselfly found in Singapore. With stunning, close-up photographs
from the authors, each species is illustrated with multiple variants.
The general introduction provides a comprehensive overview of dragonfly
anatomy, feeding habits, courtship, and reproduction; also dragonfly
research and conservation in Singapore, plus the best places for
dragonfly watching in Singapore. Detailed coverage of every species
includes key features for field identification; telling apart similar
species; habitat and habits; presence in Singapore; etymology; wider
distribution; national and IUCN conservation statuses; and larval
features. Additionally, a QR code links to detailed larvae images from
the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum website. The final section
gives a checklist of the country status and conservation status of all
of Singapore's odonates.</span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in the Odonata of Singapore! </span></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pSlJhZoWak5lo7RIRyO4nnk6h7lydURHXMEGJCSvxsNv8LoYkTew0bzFqCp-jz9iPa_eNXeew4v5sS95GZt_xdPvFtPdNCtgY3fWdI9YCmKzUM3kGVNss2tLlknTtSTYtu39I11PNXXUoGk_yX29oVezEraMn-4HdMTYwqk8_lgx6A-JRJ411aaK/s2480/mushroomsPNW2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="1728" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pSlJhZoWak5lo7RIRyO4nnk6h7lydURHXMEGJCSvxsNv8LoYkTew0bzFqCp-jz9iPa_eNXeew4v5sS95GZt_xdPvFtPdNCtgY3fWdI9YCmKzUM3kGVNss2tLlknTtSTYtu39I11PNXXUoGk_yX29oVezEraMn-4HdMTYwqk8_lgx6A-JRJ411aaK/s320/mushroomsPNW2.jpg" width="223" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span><span>Trudell, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span> Steve</span><span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Revised Edition.</b> 2022. </span><span>Timber Press.</span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold"> Flexibound:
</span> <span>416 pages. </span></span><span>Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">29.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest</span></i><span>,
Steve Trudell describes and illustrates 493 species of the most
conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found in
Oregon, Washington, southern British Columbia, Idaho, and western
Montana. With helpful identification keys and photographs and a clear,
color-coded layout, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest</span></i><span> is ideal for hikers, foragers, and natural history buffs and is the perfect tool for loving where you live.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in the mushrooms of the region! </span></span></span> </p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVWs4QpgwKWZRfmMxkZNNzSaPJcUNwGpAGvn1h1DIXBCCrrKMgLXYAyjkkD3i9cLZorE4-rEetc53TJP58T6IeGPueRzu49GN1MTEsLvBA5tZpaRTOpgw-nD8UDC90VHW2sYJhDQbbQCcTEfFdzCpFSBIbVt_bYx0DrosShRrZ6JRCO8NZu_MiNY5/s2560/remnantsalife.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1682" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVWs4QpgwKWZRfmMxkZNNzSaPJcUNwGpAGvn1h1DIXBCCrrKMgLXYAyjkkD3i9cLZorE4-rEetc53TJP58T6IeGPueRzu49GN1MTEsLvBA5tZpaRTOpgw-nD8UDC90VHW2sYJhDQbbQCcTEfFdzCpFSBIbVt_bYx0DrosShRrZ6JRCO8NZu_MiNY5/s320/remnantsalife.jpg" width="210" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span>Greenwalt, </span><span>Dale</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils. </b>2022. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 278 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">27.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock
and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago. We
were wrong. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Remnants of Ancient Life</span></i><span><i>
</i>reveals how the new science of ancient biomolecules―pigments, proteins,
and DNA that once functioned in living organisms tens of millions of
years ago―is opening a new window onto the evolution of life on Earth.<br /><br /> Paleobiologists
are now uncovering these ancient remnants in the fossil record with
increasing frequency, shedding vital new light on long-extinct creatures
and the lost world they inhabited. Dale Greenwalt is your guide to
these astonishing breakthroughs. He explains how ancient biomolecules
hold the secrets to how mammoths dealt with the bitter cold, what colors
dinosaurs exhibited in mating displays, how ancient viruses evolved to
become more dangerous, and much more. Each chapter discusses different
types of biomolecules and the insights they provide about the
physiology, behavior, and evolution of extinct organisms, many of which
existed long before the age of dinosaurs.<br /><br /> A marvelous adventure of discovery,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Remnants of Ancient Life</span></i><span>
offers an unparalleled look at an emerging science that is transforming
our picture of the remote past. You will never think of fossils in the
same way again.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in </span></span></span><span></span><span>biomolecular paleontology. </span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p> </p><p><span> </span> </p><h5> </h5><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-50165688539710809292022-12-29T16:34:00.000-08:002022-12-29T16:34:51.520-08:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXAIkclQmDUB7klAGNPN0O8waCj1IZ3IyscwL1RIVEA7SWO9ona8NjPTKDabJ7dA7tcm_E5wAQi7BAfb47bPrT_vtVcY8KvyiBUi0H7p6_TgGmFq0OrsuDXVpBbBv-z84lxTWGhMEEUqfsWkhXRP8oO_LARLsggVvW_tYkonqBTA8NTu7DsX_9YnG/s500/henh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXAIkclQmDUB7klAGNPN0O8waCj1IZ3IyscwL1RIVEA7SWO9ona8NjPTKDabJ7dA7tcm_E5wAQi7BAfb47bPrT_vtVcY8KvyiBUi0H7p6_TgGmFq0OrsuDXVpBbBv-z84lxTWGhMEEUqfsWkhXRP8oO_LARLsggVvW_tYkonqBTA8NTu7DsX_9YnG/s320/henh.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span>Carter,</span><span> Ian</span><span> and Dan Powell.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> The Hen Harrier's Year.</b> 2022. </span><span>Pelagic Publishing. Paperback: 172 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">30.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> Most
British birds of prey have largely recovered from historical
persecution, but the beleaguered Hen Harrier is still struggling and
remains far less common than it should be. This is a particular shame,
because it is one of our most inspiring raptors. Spectacular sky-dancing
displays and balletic food passes from male to female brighten up the
moors in summer. And in winter, communal roosts in the lowlands attract
birders from far and wide to catch sight of this now-elusive species.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p></p><p><span> This
book follows the Hen Harrier over a year: from rearing young hidden
away in dense heather, to the fight for survival in the harshest months
of winter. Interspersed among the monthly accounts are chapters on the
history and status of this iconic bird, as well as an overview of one of
the most intractable conflicts in modern conservation: the Hen
Harrier’s liking for grouse moors (and the grouse that are raised there)
wins it few friends among shooters, and ongoing persecution continues
to hamper its recovery. There are tentative signs of progress, but its
fate as a breeding bird in England hangs in the balance.</span></p><p></p><p><span> Evocative
illustrations, in part based on privileged access to the handful of
breeding birds that remain on England’s moors, showcase the Hen
Harrier’s exploits through the seasons. These will delight admirers of
this species and hopefully foster a greater interest in its well-being.
The Hen Harrier needs all the help it can get.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Powell's artwork highlights this book! This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in the Hen Harrier!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSmK0ZKg716eAVc5zkp-zlRcs_ZZsx0WKbUytVmW7TO6g_x_DkLIAS8Rg6WVXPkmoGV6slg6xmDTwSCvuD4B0nMg9QMVDytALIIwDAMduxJy2OLi6Vek747hzLEbqwUM4K8TFL7ya0xBiYgwfXY5Ut3WKhElBPxHdDDCZkoItKGp5TJgYmgwFaY0i/s499/ascondor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSmK0ZKg716eAVc5zkp-zlRcs_ZZsx0WKbUytVmW7TO6g_x_DkLIAS8Rg6WVXPkmoGV6slg6xmDTwSCvuD4B0nMg9QMVDytALIIwDAMduxJy2OLi6Vek747hzLEbqwUM4K8TFL7ya0xBiYgwfXY5Ut3WKhElBPxHdDDCZkoItKGp5TJgYmgwFaY0i/s320/ascondor.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2)</span></span></span> <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="18" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Haig, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="18" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Susan M.</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="18" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> et al. (editors). </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>As the Condor Soars: Conserving and Restoring Oregon's Birds.</b> 2022. </span><span>Oregon State University Press. Paperback: 334 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">39.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>In the early part of this century, few dared imagine that Oregon
would ever welcome back the majestic California Condor. Nobody would
have predicted record numbers of Snowy Plovers on the coast. Oregon’s
raptors and fish-eating birds were almost decimated. Yet, thanks to the
heroic efforts of Oregon’s ornithologists, the birds are returning. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">As the Condor Soars</span></i><span>
presents a series of engaging essays about the efforts these scientists
have made, and continue to make, to reduce the decline of Oregon’s bird
species and restore their habitats.</span></p><p><span> The essays collected in </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">As the Condor Soars</span></i><span>
focus on the role that ornithologists have played in research,
management, and conservation debates across the state over the past
century. Contributors to this volume discuss new developments in the
study of birds, from sophisticated tracking devices to the evolving
connections between ornithologists and artists. Readers also learn about
the important role of citizen scientists in saving our treasured birds.
These essays provide hope for species recovery, despite environmental
threats, when scientists and the public work together. They also offer
to other regions examples of adaptive management learned through these
efforts.</span></p><p><span> This full-color book is beautifully illustrated by
noted Oregon Coast artist Ram Papish and includes over eighty stunning
photographs donated by some of the state’s finest nature photographers.
Fifty capsule biographies of noted Oregon avian scientists round out the
inspirational stories about the monumental efforts that have taken
shape in recent decades. Accessibly written for scientists and laypeople
alike,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">As the Condor Soars</span></i><span> is a gift to everyone who cares about the conservation and restoration of Oregon’s birds.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with a serious interest in the birds of Oregon!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviUARGfs9Fh1C_E1BHUOw11mjZezJHH7sC9cPY4WKsSEiN337_skl3iXIfpONrUVN2SMoACrHAbpw4F9A3GmysGvblkgQR7hiWT2n-k9hhUhoqgNxD5yEj0oFgLAABQwoGHwbwFic0llzZdhnBe8LHASbhdfgXS0iqX-4q-2zd4RQnvXMAwSxHX-E/s2560/onthetrail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviUARGfs9Fh1C_E1BHUOw11mjZezJHH7sC9cPY4WKsSEiN337_skl3iXIfpONrUVN2SMoACrHAbpw4F9A3GmysGvblkgQR7hiWT2n-k9hhUhoqgNxD5yEj0oFgLAABQwoGHwbwFic0llzZdhnBe8LHASbhdfgXS0iqX-4q-2zd4RQnvXMAwSxHX-E/s320/onthetrail.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3)</span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="8" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> Cleave, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="8" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Rohan</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="8" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> and </span><span class="a-size-base">Julian Teh</span><span class="a-letter-space">.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>On the Trail of the Plains-wanderer: A Precious Australian Bird. </b>2022. </span><span>CSIRO Publishing. Hardbound: 32 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">19.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">On the Trail of the Plains-wanderer</span></i><span> tells
the true story of one of Australia's most critically endangered bird
species. This unique, quirky and precious bird faces many threats, but
continues to survive against the odds. Discover more about this
fascinating bird and see how people are providing hope for their future.<br /><br /> Reading level varies from child to child, but we recommend this book for ages 5 to 9.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-bold"> Features:<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Introduces
kids to the life of the Plains-wanderer – an ancient bird species that
is unique as it is the sole member of its family.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Because
of its evolutionary uniqueness and risk of extinction, researchers have
ranked the Plains-wanderer as Australia's most important bird and the
fourth most important bird species in the world.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>The Plains-wanderer has been nicknamed the Goldilocks bird, as they are quite particular about their habitat.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>The books shares a message of hope, highlighting how farmers are working with researchers to make their properties just right.</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Explores how Zoos are helping save the Plains-wanderer with captive breeding programs and creative thinking. <br /></span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="8" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-letter-space"></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: It was nice to see this children's book on an unusual bird! </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKw-1AjSRkiTwj7hedAhqT7M1iyp0EkJL7ukz96fjY9hnEIGVj-PqKf4vxL5HXTbvtnXkWvOBUc6I02KxUo-PiagxcOYr6gaOs6gmqVM3L-GJR_e4Xr2mE60d0bvlv4ubku2tuK7sqd0ZKakePfZfH_enTPIkecu6MjJV9vjTOaJwKezSh8CoUjYFq/s500/valcfish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKw-1AjSRkiTwj7hedAhqT7M1iyp0EkJL7ukz96fjY9hnEIGVj-PqKf4vxL5HXTbvtnXkWvOBUc6I02KxUo-PiagxcOYr6gaOs6gmqVM3L-GJR_e4Xr2mE60d0bvlv4ubku2tuK7sqd0ZKakePfZfH_enTPIkecu6MjJV9vjTOaJwKezSh8CoUjYFq/s320/valcfish.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="16" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Kells</span>,</span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="16" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Valerie A., </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="16" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Luiz A. Rocha</span><span class="a-size-base">, et al..</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes of Bermuda, Bahamas, and the Caribbean Sea. </b>2022. </span><span>Johns Hopkins University Press. Paperback: 569 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">30.00 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> Capturing the remarkable diversity of fishes from estuaries,
mangrove nurseries, coralline and rocky reefs to well offshore, this
fully illustrated guide to the subtropical coast of Bermuda, the
tropical waters of the Bahamas, and the entire Caribbean Sea is the most
comprehensive guide of its kind. The combined work of award-winning
marine science illustrator Val Kells and distinguished ichthyologists
Luiz A. Rocha and Carole C. Baldwin, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes of Bermuda, Bahamas, and the Caribbean Sea</span></i><span> is the region's newest and most thorough fish identification guide available. </span></p><p><span> Whether
you are an angler, scuba diver, snorkeler, traveler, naturalist,
student, teacher, or researcher, you'll find both common and rare fishes
to identify―each illustrated in lifelike detail. The book's coverage
extends from inshore brackish waters to depths of about 200 meters.<br /> <br /> Key features include:</span></p><p><span>• Over 1,470 illustrations of adults, juveniles, and other color variants<br />• Descriptions of 161 fish families and around 1,300 species<br />• Concise details about the features, range, and biology of each species <br /> <br /> This guide is your go-to reference for fish identification on your boat, in your travel case, or on your bookshelf.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="16" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-letter-space"></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Val Kells artwork highlights this book! This title is a must have for anyone with an interest in the coastal fishes of the region.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4M7OZJJ4bKKXDZrMaRVZffVb6gy_zN90OtrSbD1ksC15MGa3ijBk15aK6IzAuL6ybDeSgVwGs1p5uizxHTXUzkTH_k_7zzt0CVcNh-z9IDFGI-5k2ROPGVTLd_BrF0DmrMc4emvaW6sNww4Jw66gIRD4dDLnR9c1ROTyug74vYxwfIU-ljQQ7y9o0/s2560/beaverland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1696" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4M7OZJJ4bKKXDZrMaRVZffVb6gy_zN90OtrSbD1ksC15MGa3ijBk15aK6IzAuL6ybDeSgVwGs1p5uizxHTXUzkTH_k_7zzt0CVcNh-z9IDFGI-5k2ROPGVTLd_BrF0DmrMc4emvaW6sNww4Jw66gIRD4dDLnR9c1ROTyug74vYxwfIU-ljQQ7y9o0/s320/beaverland.jpg" width="212" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span>Philip,</span><span> Leila</span><span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America.</b> 2022. </span><span>Twelve. Hardbound: 317 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">30.00 U.S</span>.</p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>From award-winning writer Leila Philip, BEAVERLAND is a masterful
work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, though
history and contemporary storytelling, how this weird rodent plays an
oversized role in American history and its future. She follows fur
trappers who lead her through waist high water, fur traders and fur
auctioneers, as well as wildlife managers, PETA activists, Native
American environmental vigilantes, scientists, engineers, and the
colorful group of activists known as </span><span class="a-text-italic">beaver believers</span><span>.<br /> <br /> Beginning with the early trans-Atlantic trade in North America, Leila
Philip traces the beaver’s profound influence on our nation’s early
economy and feverish western expansion, its first corporations and
multi-millionaires. In her pursuit of this weird and wonderful animal,
she introduces us to people whose lives are devoted to the beaver,
including a Harvard scientist from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana,
who uses drones to create 3-dimensional images of beaver dams; and an
environmental restoration consultant in the Chesapeake whose nickname is
the “beaver whisperer”.<br /> <br /> What emerges is a poignant personal
narrative, a startling portrait of the secretive world of the
contemporary fur trade, and an engrossing ecological and historical
investigation of these heroic animals who, once trapped to the point of
extinction, have returned to the landscape as one of the greatest
conservation stories of the 20th century. Beautifully written and
impeccably researched, BEAVERLAND reveals the profound ways in which one
odd creature and the trade surrounding it has shaped history, culture,
and our environment.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in </span></span></span><span>the American Beaver! </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluMQ5KbZ94iYvIJ2czYknrD9HRbNAFCYOpX9vkdohtGfMbriO8_eGVHxBuafMF7kP2Qhft9GzYlTbkwSpEbfo1E3p9DxIhdEf_2UdtFJj4nfo2RVqIwbZDKuBTqtRmSZMrx1IWVRx3l5w9kchOo0NM1tRHrMWBR0tWCeCQapr_FpSaQFiyuw2Hofj/s2550/Betweentides.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluMQ5KbZ94iYvIJ2czYknrD9HRbNAFCYOpX9vkdohtGfMbriO8_eGVHxBuafMF7kP2Qhft9GzYlTbkwSpEbfo1E3p9DxIhdEf_2UdtFJj4nfo2RVqIwbZDKuBTqtRmSZMrx1IWVRx3l5w9kchOo0NM1tRHrMWBR0tWCeCQapr_FpSaQFiyuw2Hofj/s320/Betweentides.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="17" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Kelly,</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="17" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> </span><span class="a-size-base">Ryan P.</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="17" data-component-type="s-search-results"> et al.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">. <b>Between the Tides in Washington and Oregon: Exploring Beaches and Tidepools.</b> 2022. </span><span>University of Washington Press.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> Paperback: 253 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>A spectacular variety of life flourishes between the ebb and flow
of high and low tide. Anemones talk to each other through chemical
signaling, clingfish grip rocks and resist the surging tide, and
bioluminescent dinoflagellates―single-celled algae―light up disturbances
in the shallow water like glowing fingerprints.<br /><br /> This guidebook
helps readers uncover the hidden workings of the natural world of the
shoreline. Richly illustrated and accessibly written, <i>Between the Tides
in Washington and Oregon </i>illuminates the scientific forces that shape
the diversity of life at each beach and tidepool―perfect for beachgoers
who want to know why.<br /><br /> Features include:<br /><br />• profiles of
popular and off-the-beaten-track sites to visit along the Greater Salish
Sea, Puget Sound, and Washington and Oregon coasts<br />• the fascinating stories behind both common and less familiar species<br />• a lively introduction to how coastal ecosystems work and why no two beaches are ever alike</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in </span></span></span><span>the marine ecology of the region.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSal3xhXdtcRwbM2QHSialbq9DfZer4-1_GnL3JY-WcTJK0avbGONFajnzx_ekPrZY9rczX3EwHZmUeWlC9xnm0raQVql63yfSXdCOsl8ed6xvvrVNNVmYtkhXTIZk0YipnKDeT6JwBb5DRbSDNMK_rigf76TKt0y7pkWDGaQvkPDbTaJ9g8NDvq_k/s2550/where.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSal3xhXdtcRwbM2QHSialbq9DfZer4-1_GnL3JY-WcTJK0avbGONFajnzx_ekPrZY9rczX3EwHZmUeWlC9xnm0raQVql63yfSXdCOsl8ed6xvvrVNNVmYtkhXTIZk0YipnKDeT6JwBb5DRbSDNMK_rigf76TKt0y7pkWDGaQvkPDbTaJ9g8NDvq_k/s320/where.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span> 7)</span><span> Woolington, </span><span>Josephine</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest.</b> 2022. </span><span>Ooligan Press. Paperback: 258 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold"> Reconnect with the natural world through essays that blend science and prose. </span><span>In
her debut work, Josephine Woolington turns back the clock to review the
events that have challenged Pacific Northwest wildlife in an effort to
provide a deeper sense of place. Only then can we imagine how these
imperious effects might be overcome.</span></p><span>
</span><p><span> Join Woolington as she sheds light on the diverse
species whose populations are slowly declining from the lands, seas, and
skies of the Pacific Northwest. Only by acknowledging this truth can we
understand that our impact on the Earth is deeper and far more
significant than we ever imagined. Through interviews with local
educators, Indigenous leaders, scientists, and artists from the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, the Haida Nation, the Yakama Nation,
the Makah Tribe, and beyond, we are invited to decenter our singular
perspective in favor of a more empathic, collective approach. </span></p><span>
</span><p><span> The flora and fauna of the Pacific Northwest are
resilient. As they adapt to a world far removed from its wonders, we
must realize our own interconnectedness to nature and to one another.
Woolington colors the rich history of the Pacific Northwest within the
eye of its beholder so that society can learn to live intentionally in
the land that sustains us all. From the coastal tailed frog to the
sandhill crane, the yellow-cedar to the camas flower, these stories
reimagine what it means to live mindfully in the colorful region we call
home.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Anyone with an interest in the natural history of the Pacific Northwest should read this book!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEMARZg5VmmH0bArcfXVPUlTEAtIhozQpK1C9vnjM9Ws6H1AFw43aXwIYCvZwFx_DPUxWwlAyj38bQAiuo6RjFYrgQvCKFCpWL_5xsWz9sTKpOpkJPSEu_slW4fsRrRzcP7aXUQ2-2BKpmYs6lvU7rEwaCxMcMdMX--i3n8VY_gAGDgjH9Tiw0RP4/s2560/howfar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1696" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEMARZg5VmmH0bArcfXVPUlTEAtIhozQpK1C9vnjM9Ws6H1AFw43aXwIYCvZwFx_DPUxWwlAyj38bQAiuo6RjFYrgQvCKFCpWL_5xsWz9sTKpOpkJPSEu_slW4fsRrRzcP7aXUQ2-2BKpmYs6lvU7rEwaCxMcMdMX--i3n8VY_gAGDgjH9Tiw0RP4/s320/howfar.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>8) </span><span>Imbler, </span><span>Sabrina</span><span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures.</b> 2022. </span><span>Little, Brown and Company. Hardbound: 263 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">27.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span><span>A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field,
science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been
drawn to the mystery of life in the sea, and particularly to creatures
living in hostile or remote environments. Each essay in their debut
collection profiles one such creature, including: </span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> the mother octopus who starves herself while watching over her eggs, </span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> the Chinese sturgeon whose migration route has been decimated by pollution and dams, </span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> the bizarre, predatory Bobbitt worm (named after Lorena), </span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> the common goldfish that flourishes in the wild, </span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> and more. </span></span></li></ul><span> Imbler discovers that some of the most radical models of family,
community, and care can be found in the sea, from gelatinous chains that
are both individual organisms and colonies of clones to deep-sea crabs
that have no need for the sun, nourished instead by the chemicals and
heat throbbing from the core of the Earth. Exploring themes of
adaptation, survival, sexuality, and care, and weaving the wonders of
marine biology with stories of their own family, relationships, and
coming of age, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">How Far the Light Reaches</span></i><span><i> </i>is a shimmering, otherworldly debut that attunes us to new visions of our world and its miracles.</span><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in </span></span></span><span>marine life!</span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p> </div><p><i><span class="a-text-italic"></span></i></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-88046783676863825052022-12-15T14:54:00.000-08:002022-12-15T14:54:36.071-08:00BEST BIRD BOOKS OF 2022<p> </p><p class="graf graf--p" name="7879"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">The following are my picks for the best bird books of 2022:</b></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">BEST BOOK:</b></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJnPtH7Lot21z8ClQ9D2NjRrCh4vNioO0kLh3ewyJAsZQw5uF5U8BAo_BtZruLMtJe8KGxFNQMsuLH7wtEP8trSqB8_erCv4zFX_zEyVEEaWInM2ex31MLhexS5OXez1_bwm7qEf5yHePAx1UdvDCB8SlaPO4jnpW_EsfwmlURl126NggDVCK7jpm/s320/baby2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="226" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJnPtH7Lot21z8ClQ9D2NjRrCh4vNioO0kLh3ewyJAsZQw5uF5U8BAo_BtZruLMtJe8KGxFNQMsuLH7wtEP8trSqB8_erCv4zFX_zEyVEEaWInM2ex31MLhexS5OXez1_bwm7qEf5yHePAx1UdvDCB8SlaPO4jnpW_EsfwmlURl126NggDVCK7jpm/s1600/baby2.jpg" width="226" /></a></b></div><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><br /></b><p></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"> </p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe">1) <span>Tuttle-Adams, </span><span>Linda</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide.</b> 2022. </span><span>Comstock/Cornell University Press. Paperback: 401 pages. Price: $39.95 U.S.</span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"> Baby Bird Identification</span></i><span class="a-text-bold"> is a comprehensive illustrated guide for distinguishing hundreds of North American bird species in their early stages of life.</span><span>
From the just hatched to the fledgling, Linda Tuttle-Adams walks
readers through the process of identifying baby birds that they may
encounter in the wild―a first step to ensuring proper care and
rehabilitation. </span></p><p><span> Successful rehabilitation of birds
found in the wild requires species-specific attention. But the
identification of a baby bird, whether altricial or precocial, may seem
overwhelming at first, even to a trained ornithologist. Tuttle-Adams
lays out an approachable and systematic method for discerning a baby
bird's identity, offering descriptions of telling anatomical and
environmental features as well as details of a bird's day-to-day growth.
</span></p><p><span> With over four hundred original watercolor paintings and an illustrated glossary, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Baby Bird Identification</span></i><span>
is an invaluable resource for wildlife rehabilitators, those who find
baby birds in their yards or recreational places, and anyone who enjoys
watching or studying birds in the wild.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST have for all bird </span></span></span><span>rehabilitators in the continental United States and Canada! </span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p> <b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">HONORABLE MENTIONS:</b></p><p><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b></p><p><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9W-LDTnFPnrUcmgmITuPYl8d4UnEdvAHMNOThQX9mtj2u3zA_CF6bONFN4vuFBrRXZRkRn4pDxRi4msmEN0TT8CTbNxw2kU9f6QHKbRj6uRHCpDDcRVnQNSgFF4Do8lCsaOuMCGiTHYCmZRnYe3z_1BvHeEkiIj00FPg7iTOUIqtmVdw8bZQqQn4/s320/vagrancy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="224" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9W-LDTnFPnrUcmgmITuPYl8d4UnEdvAHMNOThQX9mtj2u3zA_CF6bONFN4vuFBrRXZRkRn4pDxRi4msmEN0TT8CTbNxw2kU9f6QHKbRj6uRHCpDDcRVnQNSgFF4Do8lCsaOuMCGiTHYCmZRnYe3z_1BvHeEkiIj00FPg7iTOUIqtmVdw8bZQqQn4/s1600/vagrancy2.jpg" width="224" /></a></b></div><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b><p></p><p><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b></p><p><span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">1) </span><span class="a-size-small">Lees, </span><span class="a-size-small"><span class="a-size-small">Alexander a</span>nd </span><span class="a-size-small">James Gilroy.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Vagrancy in Birds.</b> 2022. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 400 pages. Price: $35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Avian vagrancy―the appearance of birds outside of their expected
habitat―is a phenomenon that has fascinated natural historians for
centuries, from Victorian collectors willing to spend fortunes on a rare
specimen to today’s bird-chasing “twitchers.” Yet despite the
obsessions of countless ornithologists, what do we actually know about
the enigma of vagrancy? In <i>Vagrancy in Birds</i>, Alexander Lees and James Gilroy explore the causes, patterns, and processes behind the occurrences of these unique birds.<br /><br /> Lees
and Gilroy draw on recent research to answer fundamental questions:
What causes avian vagrancy? Why do some places attract so many vagrant
birds? Why are some species more predisposed to long-range vagrancy than
others? The authors present readers with everything known about the
subject, and bring together different lines of evidence to make the case
for vagrancy as a biological phenomenon with important implications for
avian ecology and evolution.<br /><br /> Filled with a wealth of photographs, <i>Vagrancy in Birds</i> will fascinate avian enthusiasts everywhere.</span></p><p>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST have for anyone with an interest in this aspect of bird migration!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjieZjauuuqJ-lunSnrlX0285jpJr1fD48IUtwXHq9ut-Lk736eK32knksAny6d1qygcAiC9HgTQVWSPLw8D7wt0zpnxM3xanSyay2zxin45OIjHR_2tgyQoePDIPyaAi2iNqxNKJmuKtiBbEXo9UIrhMi3274CnF_J4QWyVpVb9BzsepCWy-pG_UG/s320/birdname2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="212" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjieZjauuuqJ-lunSnrlX0285jpJr1fD48IUtwXHq9ut-Lk736eK32knksAny6d1qygcAiC9HgTQVWSPLw8D7wt0zpnxM3xanSyay2zxin45OIjHR_2tgyQoePDIPyaAi2iNqxNKJmuKtiBbEXo9UIrhMi3274CnF_J4QWyVpVb9BzsepCWy-pG_UG/s1600/birdname2.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p>2) <span id="author_biography"><span>Myers, </span></span> <span id="author_biography"><span>Susan</span></span><span id="author_biography"><span>.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>The Bird Name Book: A History of English Bird Names.</b> 2022. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 416 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">39.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Bird Name Book</span></i><span> is an
alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group
bird names, from “accentor” to “zeledonia.” A cornucopia of engaging
facts and anecdotes, this superbly researched compendium presents a
wealth of incisive entries alongside stunning photos by the author and
beautiful historic prints and watercolors. Myers provides brief
biographies of prominent figures in ornithology―such as John Gould, John
Latham, Alfred Newton, and Robert Ridgway―and goes on to describe the
etymological history of every common group bird name found in
standardized English. She interweaves the stories behind the names with
quotes from publications dating back to the 1400s, illuminating the
shared evolution of language and our relationships with birds, and
rooting the names in the history of ornithological discovery.<br /><br /> Whether you are a well-traveled birder or have ever wondered how the birds in your backyard got their names, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Bird Name Book</span></i><span><i> </i>is an ideal companion.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for those with an interest in ornithological </span></span></span><span>etymology!</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJJXRWHV3gOnjS3bn5v876yNzi6Le0Y1yqbWSxTZJM1PO7-g70R2P9QJn21IDHmo8Q86FsNr8rk92N0TCxNK-EBaR03PWfSZ3pxeMgFMAi7xPwS5lh6NoDtUu0eDdmS0XMPONjWOQHzZhiYQUzjr2WsV3cMbCLCL8ymuRpP9_sI_Ne3DUfQd7gMgT/s320/hummingbirds2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="247" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJJXRWHV3gOnjS3bn5v876yNzi6Le0Y1yqbWSxTZJM1PO7-g70R2P9QJn21IDHmo8Q86FsNr8rk92N0TCxNK-EBaR03PWfSZ3pxeMgFMAi7xPwS5lh6NoDtUu0eDdmS0XMPONjWOQHzZhiYQUzjr2WsV3cMbCLCL8ymuRpP9_sI_Ne3DUfQd7gMgT/s1600/hummingbirds2.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>3) </span><span class="a-size-small">Bartley, </span><span class="a-size-small"><span class="a-size-small">Glenn</span>
</span>
and <span class="a-size-small">Andy Swash. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Hummingbirds: A Celebration of Nature's Jewels. </b>2022. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 288 pages. Price: </span><span>$</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" 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iridescence, astonishing
powers of flight, and many characteristics unique in the world of
birds, hummingbirds are extraordinary―true jewels of nature. This
beautiful book is a celebration of all aspects of hummingbirds and their
world. It features hundreds of the most spectacular photographs of
hummingbirds ever taken, exquisite illustrations, and a lively, readable
text that presents the latest scientific information and includes
up-to-date details about every species.<br /><br /> A familiar sight across
much of the Americas, hummingbirds have long captured the imagination
and played an important part in myths, legends, and other aspects of
human culture. Today, hummingbirds are among the most popular of all
birds, sought after by serious and casual birders alike. They inspire
questions in anyone lucky enough to see them. How can they fly like
that? Why are they so colorful? How many are there? Where and how do
they live? How do they survive? This book answers these and many other
questions, providing an enlightening and enjoyable guide to hummingbirds
that can only deepen their wonder.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>A definitive yet accessible account of all aspects of hummingbird life</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>More
than 540 spectacular color photographs, illustrating all 101
hummingbird genera and over two-thirds of the world’s 369 species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Specially commissioned illustrations revealing details of anatomy and behavior</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Meticulously
researched facts and figures on status, population, distribution, and
conservation designations of all the world’s hummingbirds <br /></span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><p><span class="a-size-small"></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for hummingbird fans!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZFfJObZWgxj9vCgR1TgDaa-kY-c1zkFywxk3o_lSidcRN6NPSY1zhHhO_Otx_KICPW-lqeIx2N25lSWw04m-fwqQ5iao20_9lKWZ-nJj9qPUkHIh7AeXWznKauzBUPzCkIwWlCFZi37s15Ib1hS9OkgJ2RcC-C89SaJCnvaSErOwJmt0qQLMn5OL/s320/birdsus2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="212" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZFfJObZWgxj9vCgR1TgDaa-kY-c1zkFywxk3o_lSidcRN6NPSY1zhHhO_Otx_KICPW-lqeIx2N25lSWw04m-fwqQ5iao20_9lKWZ-nJj9qPUkHIh7AeXWznKauzBUPzCkIwWlCFZi37s15Ib1hS9OkgJ2RcC-C89SaJCnvaSErOwJmt0qQLMn5OL/s1600/birdsus2.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span>Birkhead,</span><span> <span>Tim</span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Birds and Us: A 12,000-Year History from Cave Art to Conservation.</b> 2022. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 441 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>S</span><span>ince the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our
imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith,
art, and philosophy. We have worshipped birds as gods, hunted them for
sustenance, adorned ourselves with their feathers, studied their wings
to engineer flight, and, more recently, attempted to protect them. In </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Birds and Us</i>, </span><span>award-winning
writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on a dazzling epic
journey through our mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified
and deified by Ancient Egyptians to the Renaissance fascination with
woodpecker anatomy―and from the Victorian obsession with egg collecting
to today’s fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats.<br /><br /> Spanning continents and millennia, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Birds and Us</span></i><span>
chronicles the beginnings of a written history of birds in ancient
Greece and Rome, the obsession with falconry in the Middle Ages, and the
development of ornithological science. Moving to the twentieth century,
the book tells the story of the emergence of birdwatching and the field
study of birds, and how they triggered an extraordinary flowering of
knowledge and empathy for birds, eventually leading to today’s massive
worldwide interest in birds―and the realization of the urgent need to
save them.<br /><br /> Weaving in stories from Birkhead’s life as scientist,
including far-flung expeditions to wondrous Neolithic caves in Spain and
the bustling guillemot (murre) colonies of the Faroe Islands, this rich and
fascinating book is an unforgettable account of how birds have shaped
us, and how we have shaped them.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: If you liked the author's other books, you will want to read this one!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><p><span></span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="18fe"><b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"> </b></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-54002236378863943772022-11-27T15:05:00.000-08:002022-11-27T15:05:09.618-08:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2lsr_GAeI7gHmLetmCLh6DDPJyKYlHNBkMtesC-ueHtKWTKV1eEZVUdguMLE0CCNLSDa4L5NcdSMUq9At8hr11vmxIJH6mc-B7cUqeOetpCFUjfh3EO_5JUOaG1YZEfM83v0njG4Z3eRsaquHCkOwPvrPyi44QiqEEdNed-fsqV8_OrGkjHoOJGY/s2560/birdname.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1696" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2lsr_GAeI7gHmLetmCLh6DDPJyKYlHNBkMtesC-ueHtKWTKV1eEZVUdguMLE0CCNLSDa4L5NcdSMUq9At8hr11vmxIJH6mc-B7cUqeOetpCFUjfh3EO_5JUOaG1YZEfM83v0njG4Z3eRsaquHCkOwPvrPyi44QiqEEdNed-fsqV8_OrGkjHoOJGY/s320/birdname.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span id="author_biography"><span>Myers, </span></span> <span id="author_biography"><span>Susan</span></span><span id="author_biography"><span>.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>The Bird Name Book: A History of English Bird Names.</b> 2022. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 416 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">39.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Bird Name Book</span></i><span> is an
alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group
bird names, from “accentor” to “zeledonia.” A cornucopia of engaging
facts and anecdotes, this superbly researched compendium presents a
wealth of incisive entries alongside stunning photos by the author and
beautiful historic prints and watercolors. Myers provides brief
biographies of prominent figures in ornithology―such as John Gould, John
Latham, Alfred Newton, and Robert Ridgway―and goes on to describe the
etymological history of every common group bird name found in
standardized English. She interweaves the stories behind the names with
quotes from publications dating back to the 1400s, illuminating the
shared evolution of language and our relationships with birds, and
rooting the names in the history of ornithological discovery.<br /><br /> Whether you are a well-traveled birder or have ever wondered how the birds in your backyard got their names, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Bird Name Book</span></i><span><i> </i>is an ideal companion.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for those with an interest in ornithological </span></span></span><span>etymology!</span></p><p><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr60qqTZpnkry93rheyh56uzPCXJyf2A_0me0gpAP4AhMLOmTGMNII2uklCIU48SVO4Pn5yrPgPFRvXB6XKFHKu5e9ZpsjYrQqhj2Kzq1beuJtbLxUI-iZGlZ3ZK75RZ4bhiwyRP5m2vyheyjlsBb8NOpQzwFJUK9KBSjviIgdjYPNbxOV__Ao7fXP/s1949/PCGBirds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="1476" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr60qqTZpnkry93rheyh56uzPCXJyf2A_0me0gpAP4AhMLOmTGMNII2uklCIU48SVO4Pn5yrPgPFRvXB6XKFHKu5e9ZpsjYrQqhj2Kzq1beuJtbLxUI-iZGlZ3ZK75RZ4bhiwyRP5m2vyheyjlsBb8NOpQzwFJUK9KBSjviIgdjYPNbxOV__Ao7fXP/s320/PCGBirds.jpg" width="242" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>2)</span><span> De Roy,</span><span> Tui</span><span>. </span><b><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">A Pocket Guide to Birds of Galápagos. </span></b><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">2022. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 136 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">17.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>A lifelong resident of Galápagos, Tui De Roy has been
observing, studying, and photographing the islands’ astonishing birdlife
for sixty years. In<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">A Pocket Guide to Birds of Galápagos</span></i><span>,
she distills everything she has learned to create a one-of-a-kind field
guide that every birder visiting the archipelago will want to carry
with them wherever they go.<br /><br /> A compact yet comprehensive
combination of field guide and natural history, the book features more
than 600 of De Roy’s superb photographs and is packed with detailed,
easy-to-access information in bullet-point format. Every resident bird
species is fully described and abundantly illustrated, showing different
aspects of their life cycle, habitat, and behavior. And the islands’
most iconic bird group―Darwin’s Finches―is given special attention. With
precise descriptions including plumage and beak variations, the book
corrects many common identification errors about this group.<br /><br /> Unique in design and content,<i> </i></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>A Pocket Guide to Birds of Galápagos</i> </span><span>is
a must-have for all wildlife enthusiasts traveling to this fabled
archipelago―and anyone who wants to better understand its spectacular
birds.<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>A compact yet comprehensive photographic identification guide</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers all resident species and frequent migrants</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features more than 600 of Tui De Roy’s superb color photographs</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes
distribution maps and easy-to-find information for identifying and
understanding each species, including life cycles, habits, range, and
conservation status <br /></span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Also available from </span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span><span>Princeton University Press is</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">: <i>Galápagos: A Natural History (Second Edition)</i> by </span><span>John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin. Both these titles are a must have for any naturalist interested in the Galapagos Islands!</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyd4ETU_lU2iBOyUMAtI6QyCPRtWp0HWt0fD_pJjrw4Gt6-2XS7yvISRDSvSL6yPlOzccPTuCmqV1AL2mb0Sk1B8LtcDKGUw_taMVNhJv4QnT01o4hxErYW9abgGBL5PXOo1hUCPgHBnjvUDGK-A3ieVw31AQYoHPODhUqCCwseAcsyb3G9sN3dWo/s2560/dinoskies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1837" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyd4ETU_lU2iBOyUMAtI6QyCPRtWp0HWt0fD_pJjrw4Gt6-2XS7yvISRDSvSL6yPlOzccPTuCmqV1AL2mb0Sk1B8LtcDKGUw_taMVNhJv4QnT01o4hxErYW9abgGBL5PXOo1hUCPgHBnjvUDGK-A3ieVw31AQYoHPODhUqCCwseAcsyb3G9sN3dWo/s320/dinoskies.jpg" width="230" /></a></span></div><span><br /> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span><p></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span id="author_biography"><span></span></span></p><p>3)<span id="author_biography"><span> O’Connor,</span></span> <span id="author_biography"><span>Jingmai</span></span><span id="author_biography"><span>. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies: The incredible story of bird evolution. </b>2022. </span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">
</span> <span>words & pictures. Hardbound: 64 pages. Price: $</span></span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">19.99 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>What are birds, and where did they come from? Discover</span><span class="a-text-bold"> fascinating facts about bird evolution</span><span>, including: </span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> How the </span><span class="a-text-bold">oldest bird fossils </span><span>are about </span><span class="a-text-bold">150 million years old</span><span>. </span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> That birds evolved from a group of meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods. That’s the same group that </span><span class="a-text-bold">Tyrannosaurus Rex</span><span> belonged to, although birds evolved from small theropods. </span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> How these ancient birds looked quite a lot like</span><span class="a-text-bold"> small, feathered dinosaurs </span><span>and they had much in common. Their mouths still contained sharp teeth. </span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span> That over time, birds lost their teeth and evolved beaks. </span></span></li></ul><span> And more! The story of bird evolution is fascinating, and </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies</span></i><span> explores this incredible history in a digestible, accessible way. This book from the successful </span><span class="a-text-bold">Incredible Evolution series</span><span>
proves that fact can definitely be stranger and more exciting than
fiction! Can you imagine coming face-to-face with a toothy pigeon?!<br /><br /> Through </span><span class="a-text-bold">digestible information</span><span> and </span><span class="a-text-bold">absorbing illustrations</span><span>, young readers will be given an insight into how dinosaurs evolved flight and conquered the skies. </span><p><span> This book is from the </span><span class="a-text-bold">Incredible Evolution </span><span>series,
a fascinating, informative collection of books which examine the
development of life on earth. Other titles available include: </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">When Plants Took Over the Planet</span><span>, </span><span class="a-text-italic">When We Became Humans</span><span>, and </span><span class="a-text-italic">When the Whales Walked.</span></i></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: For ages </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">
</span> <span>8 - 12 years. A must read for any kid with an interest in dinosaurs and their relatives the birds!</span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzcSAxOIr4YlIUQX8z0t8fb2xBgdE5LpWkoAU33q74ycRCYaRg_K0_A6Z7qpA76B_r5X78uEXJtvUBro249o65SJGY_Td8xYg3ixu9xQSb-w8s9q1rmXPl5-WbHPDlXp4g8_pkIeE0pE4RdaIj_hFp4mXk-kF7nqhaG9KFLH957I7wEneM7pj4jq9/s2560/footsteps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="2560" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzcSAxOIr4YlIUQX8z0t8fb2xBgdE5LpWkoAU33q74ycRCYaRg_K0_A6Z7qpA76B_r5X78uEXJtvUBro249o65SJGY_Td8xYg3ixu9xQSb-w8s9q1rmXPl5-WbHPDlXp4g8_pkIeE0pE4RdaIj_hFp4mXk-kF7nqhaG9KFLH957I7wEneM7pj4jq9/s320/footsteps.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span>4) </span></span><span>Clavreul, </span><span> Denis</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>In the Footsteps of Audubon.</b> 2022. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 242 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">39.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>In the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James
Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American
birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the Gulf of
Saint Lawrence and the cliffs of the Yellowstone River. The resulting
work, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Birds of America</span></i><span>,
stands as a monumental achievement in American art. Over a period of
sixteen years, recording his own journey in journals and hundreds of
original paintings, renowned French watercolorist Denis Clavreul
followed in the naturalist’s footsteps.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>In the Footsteps of Audubon</i></span><span><i>
</i> brings together some 250 of Clavreul’s stunning watercolors along with
illuminating selections from Audubon’s journals and several of his
paintings. With pencil and brush in hand, Clavreul turns his
naturalist’s eye and painterly skill to the landscapes that Audubon
encountered on his travels, and to the animals and plants that Audubon
depicted in his art. A passionate ornithologist, Clavreul sketches birds
in the wild with rare dexterity, bringing them vividly to life on the
page. He documents his encounters along the way with people who live
with nature, many of whom are passionately engaged in preserving it,
drawing on his insights as both a biologist and an artist to connect the
past, present, and future.<br /><br /> A spellbinding, richly evocative journey,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">In the Footsteps of Audubon</span></i><span> is an invitation to see the natural world as Audubon saw it―and to see with new eyes what it has become today.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with </span></span></span><span>an in interest Audubon and/or bird art!</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Hw8zAg72W5nj9lrbV0qMpOWtK7m8Q2DQXgwymp68kvkZ1sv7XtwlCzl3MXPLbdtWRGjDaONGZbBr96LfV1hPQb-o04ZIOnxdKfeAZPyHfKp2dEO9v8CE8J06PrsYFamAcD-oKOfdUJuFeFFxWBgYqt7IXiRLNtvJLOJq03O_ULjoBSyhUasJeo9Q/s2244/robin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2244" data-original-width="1594" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Hw8zAg72W5nj9lrbV0qMpOWtK7m8Q2DQXgwymp68kvkZ1sv7XtwlCzl3MXPLbdtWRGjDaONGZbBr96LfV1hPQb-o04ZIOnxdKfeAZPyHfKp2dEO9v8CE8J06PrsYFamAcD-oKOfdUJuFeFFxWBgYqt7IXiRLNtvJLOJq03O_ULjoBSyhUasJeo9Q/s320/robin.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p> </p>
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a British national treasure and a bird with a global reputation. In
this superbly illustrated account, Helen F. Wilson looks at many aspects
of the cherished robin, from its status as a harbinger of seasonal
change and, in the United Kingdom, an icon of Christmas, to its place in
fairy tales, environmental campaigns, and scientific discovery. In
moving between cultural and natural histories, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Robin</span></i><span>
asks wide-ranging questions, such as how did the robin’s name travel
the world? Why is the robin so melancholy? Who was Cock Robin? And how
has the history of the color red shaped the robin’s ambivalent
associations and unusual origin stories?</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must read for those with an interest in the European Robin.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn06Js1ygj9nrUJjMrkquVEW-qzt3pkUrzU8K1PY2QQlVngEVEhSXmFHtzRXGR4B8IYqFBHSYt3Trmjrd1UWbkAIGuxrYhH9G17m7Km5mZgFfOtF0xZqNoNsALBJBTv7zwWVRlN9AX3g-9WI-swIMDUOczsjCvBo7WFtXZhxnNx_plCopActuUjzB/s499/mammalsCRica.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="323" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn06Js1ygj9nrUJjMrkquVEW-qzt3pkUrzU8K1PY2QQlVngEVEhSXmFHtzRXGR4B8IYqFBHSYt3Trmjrd1UWbkAIGuxrYhH9G17m7Km5mZgFfOtF0xZqNoNsALBJBTv7zwWVRlN9AX3g-9WI-swIMDUOczsjCvBo7WFtXZhxnNx_plCopActuUjzB/s320/mammalsCRica.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6)</span></span></span><span> Reid,</span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Fiona A.</span><span> and Gianfranco Gómez Zamora.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Pocket Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica.</b> 2022. </span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">
</span> <span>Comstock Publishing Associates. Paperback: 286 pages. Price: $</span></span><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true">31.95 U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-price a-text-price header-price a-size-base a-text-normal" data-a-color="price" data-a-size="b"><span aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"> <i>Pocket Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica</i></span><span class="a-text-bold"> is the first guide to provide comprehensive coverage of every currently known mammal species found in Costa Rica.</span><span>
From the Central American Silky Anteater to the West Indian Manatee,
Fiona A. Reid and Gianfranco Gómez Zamora introduce readers to over 200
species inhabiting the country and its waters. This pocket guide
features:</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span>• 60 plates with full-color illustrations and over 100 photographs <br />• An illustrated introduction covering the history of mammalogy in Costa Rica, how to find mammals, and more<br />• Up-to-date species accounts, range maps, and natural history vignettes </span></p><p><span> Lavishly illustrated and highly portable, the<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Pocket Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica</span></i><span>
is indispensable for biologists, eco-tourists, and naturalists eager to
learn more about the mammalian fauna of this small but biologically
rich country.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for those with an interest in the mammals of Costa Rica!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9xtw6AH_uK8lpk-tBqElCjlK4ilJDGa2F1MFSavJuY4uvA7Tv3mzRHdAZmRpUl6LAwX4YmB3ngjargG_4n0k3OTsvgBE0vvOEeuDLOZ83r35aUx3iCK01RyvHLZrRtDD53eWBPiT6Pj4ry1_Fyf8d_4FxyqefQfmyHFElIKVeRhC3TdWIrY1WPTM/s2420/mesozoicsea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2420" data-original-width="1870" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9xtw6AH_uK8lpk-tBqElCjlK4ilJDGa2F1MFSavJuY4uvA7Tv3mzRHdAZmRpUl6LAwX4YmB3ngjargG_4n0k3OTsvgBE0vvOEeuDLOZ83r35aUx3iCK01RyvHLZrRtDD53eWBPiT6Pj4ry1_Fyf8d_4FxyqefQfmyHFElIKVeRhC3TdWIrY1WPTM/s320/mesozoicsea.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span>Paul, Gregory S.. <span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles.</b> 2022. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 208 pages. 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discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing
reptiles were energetic animals capable of inhabiting an array of watery
habitats and climates, including polar winters. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles</span></i><span>
provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the great
Mesozoic groups that commanded the seas for tens of millions of years.
This incredible field guide covers 435 species and features stunning
illustrations of swimming reptiles ranging in size from little lizards
to others with great necks longer than their bodies. It discusses the
history of sea reptiles through 185 million years of the Mesozoic, their
anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction and growth, and
extinction, and even gives a taste of what it might be like to travel
back to the Mesozoic. This one-of-a-kind guide also challenges the
common image of these reptiles as giants of the prehistoric waters,
showing how the largest weighed far less than today’s biggest whales.<br /></span></p></div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features detailed species accounts of 435 different kinds of sea reptiles, with the latest size and mass estimates</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Written and illustrated by the acclaimed researcher and artist who helped to redefine our understanding of dinosaur anatomy</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Describes placodonts, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, sea snakes, sea turtles, marine crocs, and more</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers everything from biology to the colorful history of sea reptile paleontology</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes dozens of original skeletal drawings and full-color life scenes <br /></span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in these extinct marine reptiles!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZA2JJfNvcEedQC4b6TacOZ0lg4KQilbxem5QBDTpzDLY0b45OHZ2vknDJPh9gdB0Ntcfcr7J8FuhkHR0Ok8-Uhq3YfoWXG6TQI5he1zX0NmVJmW4jME1_j3da0c6vmUfsO1-nTlehOfcEHR5wrF4XOI-5cHrDCoDZaQKuDowFCNFjJl9782elZyNk/s1897/originevolution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1897" data-original-width="1367" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZA2JJfNvcEedQC4b6TacOZ0lg4KQilbxem5QBDTpzDLY0b45OHZ2vknDJPh9gdB0Ntcfcr7J8FuhkHR0Ok8-Uhq3YfoWXG6TQI5he1zX0NmVJmW4jME1_j3da0c6vmUfsO1-nTlehOfcEHR5wrF4XOI-5cHrDCoDZaQKuDowFCNFjJl9782elZyNk/s320/originevolution.jpg" width="231" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>8) Darwin, Charles.<b> </b></span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>On The Origin of Species: Evolutionary Edition.</b> 2014. </span><span>Simon Phillipson. Paperback: </span>964 pages. Price: $27.00 Euros (about $28.00 U.S.).</p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>This "evolutionary edition" is a typographic inspired variorum edition of <i>On the Origin of Species</i>
that highlights all the linguistic changes Charles Darwin introduced to
the book since its first publication in 1859, by presenting them
alongside the complete sixth and final edition of the book later
published in 1872. The evolutionary format of this book allows you to
compare all the alterations Darwin made over thirteen years due to his
further understanding and testing on his own theories.<br /><br /> The book
is printed on 30gsm semi-translucent ‘bible paper’. The text is printed
with black and special metallic bronze ink. The special double fold-out
of Charles Darwin’s ‘Tree of Life’ diagram that was included in the
original book from 1872 also features in this book.</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in Darwin's writings! The book can be ordered <a href="https://www.simonphillipson.com/darwin-book/on-the-origin-of-species-charles-darwin-evolutionary-edition">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDaV5JBT8irWTSCgj9ges_CngL7_VYX5-SDEJVf-jpg5HPl18MOOXXZrcsTxYrZvAYB-zQicoGog1n9ds0o2HB49GYbV3LrG_HVBbpy0jTqG9csFMfXxpx3FGxRm5RxjE3-c1i_jlIlhO1d4gQ0_Zzmd53C4iPzp12EKXcnJkvVmIrJsvdvBbtkCI/s1874/huxleys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="1249" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDaV5JBT8irWTSCgj9ges_CngL7_VYX5-SDEJVf-jpg5HPl18MOOXXZrcsTxYrZvAYB-zQicoGog1n9ds0o2HB49GYbV3LrG_HVBbpy0jTqG9csFMfXxpx3FGxRm5RxjE3-c1i_jlIlhO1d4gQ0_Zzmd53C4iPzp12EKXcnJkvVmIrJsvdvBbtkCI/s320/huxleys.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>9) </span></span></span><span>Bashford, </span><span>Alison</span><span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution.</b> 2022. </span><span>University of Chicago Press. Hardbound: 529 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">30.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold"> Two hundred years of modern science and culture told through one family history.</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"> <span>This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian
natural historian T. H. Huxley (“Darwin’s Bulldog”) and his grandson,
the scientist, conservationist, and zoologist Julian Huxley. Between
them, they communicated to the world the great modern story of the
theory of evolution by natural selection. In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Huxleys</span></i><span>,
celebrated historian Alison Bashford writes seamlessly about these
omnivorous intellects together, almost as if they were a single man
whose long, vital life bookended the colossal shifts in world history
from the age of sail to the Space Age, and from colonial wars to world
wars to the cold war.<br /><br /> The Huxleys’ specialty was evolution in
all its forms—at the grandest level of species, deep time, the Earth,
and at the most personal and intimate. They illuminated the problems and
wonders of the modern world and they fundamentally shaped how we see
ourselves, as individuals and as a species.<br /><br /> But perhaps their
greatest subject was themselves. Bashford’s engaging, brilliantly
ambitious book interweaves the Huxleys’ momentous public achievements
with their private triumphs and tragedies. The result is the history of a
family, but also a history of humanity grappling with its place in
nature. This book shows how much we owe—for better or worse—to the
unceasing curiosity, self-absorption, and enthusiasms of a small,
strange group of men and women.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in the history of science!</span></span></span> </div><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p> <br /></p><p></p><p></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-77285417699218050932022-10-30T14:17:00.000-07:002022-10-30T14:17:08.936-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5Yfhk7AOPvCi5_JqaqxB2Zg0lWBTSnTnNBIEkIouW6UpospB38Okr1iTC59AwgtU2YPBSSEQjd9ZmgqOEJCBKzq63cypADjeBzrykmjjCxTAjMNthnm9DexSVAoF3FI2QUAyNmVBY5YHxHNonC0McjsJc4vBtkdXUqsceD84AHuclCg5VifCgAzR/s499/baby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5Yfhk7AOPvCi5_JqaqxB2Zg0lWBTSnTnNBIEkIouW6UpospB38Okr1iTC59AwgtU2YPBSSEQjd9ZmgqOEJCBKzq63cypADjeBzrykmjjCxTAjMNthnm9DexSVAoF3FI2QUAyNmVBY5YHxHNonC0McjsJc4vBtkdXUqsceD84AHuclCg5VifCgAzR/s320/baby.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span>Tuttle-Adams, </span><span>Linda</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide.</b> 2022. </span><span>Comstock/Cornell University Press. Paperback: 401 pages. Price: $39.95 U.S.</span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"> Baby Bird Identification</span></i><span class="a-text-bold"> is a comprehensive illustrated guide for distinguishing hundreds of North American bird species in their early stages of life.</span><span>
From the just hatched to the fledgling, Linda Tuttle-Adams walks
readers through the process of identifying baby birds that they may
encounter in the wild―a first step to ensuring proper care and
rehabilitation. </span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> Successful rehabilitation of birds
found in the wild requires species-specific attention. But the
identification of a baby bird, whether altricial or precocial, may seem
overwhelming at first, even to a trained ornithologist. Tuttle-Adams
lays out an approachable and systematic method for discerning a baby
bird's identity, offering descriptions of telling anatomical and
environmental features as well as details of a bird's day-to-day growth.
</span></p><p><span> With over four hundred original watercolor paintings and an illustrated glossary, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Baby Bird Identification</span></i><span>
is an invaluable resource for wildlife rehabilitators, those who find
baby birds in their yards or recreational places, and anyone who enjoys
watching or studying birds in the wild.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST have for all bird </span></span></span><span>rehabilitators in the continental United States and Canada! </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_C2bSoFcww2unZ6Z0I6MgQzEuvnwvItmExOJLBzMACNUOwo8RP4_w3hhIC5KLmyH6oT_Sdf3CroI-krwO3XUrfofHwe58JYcJuZV7eFJgKJvvNCyq2Q0tqnHBN09h4G0YxrOD9IawFwTTEYk9HQk7oEORPHQNgHxZSjmX7AAeWDaVkDDLjdX74Se/s499/EBHI2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_C2bSoFcww2unZ6Z0I6MgQzEuvnwvItmExOJLBzMACNUOwo8RP4_w3hhIC5KLmyH6oT_Sdf3CroI-krwO3XUrfofHwe58JYcJuZV7eFJgKJvvNCyq2Q0tqnHBN09h4G0YxrOD9IawFwTTEYk9HQk7oEORPHQNgHxZSjmX7AAeWDaVkDDLjdX74Se/s320/EBHI2.jpg" width="217" /></a></span></div><span><br /> <br /></span><p></p> </div><p>2) <span class="a-size-small">Walther, </span><span class="a-size-small">Michael </span><span class="a-size-small"> and </span><span>Julian P. Hume.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Extinct Birds of Hawaii (Second Edition).</b> 2022. </span><span>Mutual Publishing. Hardbound: 260 pages. Price: $23.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic"> Extinct Birds of Hawai'i</span></i><span>
captures the vanishing world of unique bird species that has slipped
away in the Islands mostly due to human frivolity and unconcern. Richly
illustrated, including paintings by Julian P. Hume (many painted
specifically for this volume), it enables us to enjoy vicariously avian
life unique to Hawai'i that exists no longer. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Extinct Birds of Hawai'i</span></i><span>
also sends a powerful message: Although Hawai'i is well-known for its
unique scenic beauty and its fascinating native flora, fauna, bird and
marine life, it is also called the extinction capital of the world. The
Islands' seventy-seven bird species and sub-species extinctions account
for approximately fifteen percent of global bird extinctions during the
last seven-hundred years. On some islands over eighty percent of the
original land bird species are now extinct. </span></p><p><span> This new edition includes many new paintings, photographs, charts, and updates on all of the recently extinct species. The extinction of an entire family, the <i>Mohoidae</i>, receives expanded coverage and new artwork. </span><br /><span></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> With the many agents of
extinction still operating in the Islands' forests, Hawai'i's remaining
native land birds are at a high risk of being lost forever. Many
birdwatchers, nature lovers, and eco-tourists are unaware of the
tremendous loss of species that has occurred in this remote archipelago.
</span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Extinct Birds of Hawai'i</span></i><span><i> </i>shows the bird life that has been lost and calls attention to the urgent need for preservation action.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: </span></span></span><span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">The page count has increased from 238 to 260. </span><span>Julian P. Hume's artwork highlights this book! This title is a </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>must have for those with an interest in extinct birds!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFeGZrrMLMF7P4zwXAGjmnxXvpb-DAFWvNwiHk1Z7wcXD3WqVj_h5YOnTaEGpmJXsz5UDW59KzQjStFoWqKPCDWtBul8ZztjxKsPRHu1eq4kZcuv1mqflhMGI2kD7n8gznKTeMixUMX5vKYJ-mn8aCrlHcfIDyfxCLiXlO7tXNpgyP7m6po_jYuBxd/s1200/dinonovel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="794" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFeGZrrMLMF7P4zwXAGjmnxXvpb-DAFWvNwiHk1Z7wcXD3WqVj_h5YOnTaEGpmJXsz5UDW59KzQjStFoWqKPCDWtBul8ZztjxKsPRHu1eq4kZcuv1mqflhMGI2kD7n8gznKTeMixUMX5vKYJ-mn8aCrlHcfIDyfxCLiXlO7tXNpgyP7m6po_jYuBxd/s320/dinonovel.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span>Millet, </span><span>Lydia</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Dinosaurs: A Novel.</b> 2022. </span><span>W. W. Norton. Hardbound: 230 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">26.95 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> Over twelve novels and two collections Lydia Millet has emerged
as a major American novelist. Hailed as "a writer without limits"
(Karen Russell) and "a stone-cold genius" (Jenny Offill), Millet makes
fiction that vividly evokes the ties between people and other animals
and the crisis of extinction.</span><p><span> Her exquisite new novel
is the story of a man named Gil who walks from New York to Arizona to
recover from a failed love. After he arrives, new neighbors move into
the glass-walled house next door and his life begins to mesh with
theirs. In this warmly textured, drily funny, and philosophical account
of Gil’s unexpected devotion to the family, Millet explores the uncanny
territory where the self ends and community begins―what one person can
do in a world beset by emergencies.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-italic"> <i> Dinosaurs</i></span><span><i>
</i> is both sharp-edged and tender, an emotionally moving, intellectually
resonant novel that asks: In the shadow of existential threat, where
does hope live?</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: If you enjoyed the author's other books, you will enjoy this one!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AWchYzXZunJMivXxmAFht44rzvFxD4LCQiucsE_q6jsbftGhKUpc4K9GoYfTrEKSVsAZBhTdF0fTp1e8JxAW9XrkJxQDR3yYxKPvA6ZehnhM3PUiAvn8yWL6JRDpUT61_LWs1FDfA8_gbKRY-4a2SQkUTpn52aIqaetY9M_HdzbGWugfA7q6E-gI/s499/Hist%20OROrn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AWchYzXZunJMivXxmAFht44rzvFxD4LCQiucsE_q6jsbftGhKUpc4K9GoYfTrEKSVsAZBhTdF0fTp1e8JxAW9XrkJxQDR3yYxKPvA6ZehnhM3PUiAvn8yWL6JRDpUT61_LWs1FDfA8_gbKRY-4a2SQkUTpn52aIqaetY9M_HdzbGWugfA7q6E-gI/s320/Hist%20OROrn.jpg" width="214" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><span></span> </div><p>4) <span>Contreras, </span><span>Alan,</span><span> Vjera Thompson, and Nolan Clements (editors).</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>A History of Oregon Ornithology: From Territorial Days to the Rise of Birding. </b>2022. </span><span>Oregon State University Press. Paperback: 284 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">34.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The study of birds was, in its early years, often driven by passionate amateurs in a localized context.<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">A History of Oregon Ornithology</span></i><span>
takes readers from the Lewis and Clark expedition, through the
professionalization of the field, and to the mid-twentieth century,
focusing on how birding and related amateur field observation grew
outside the realms of academia and conservation agencies.<br /> <br /> Editors Alan Contreras, Vjera Thompson, and Nolan Clements have
assembled chapters exploring the differences and interplay between the
amateur and professional study of birds, along with discussions of early
birding societies, notable observers, and ornithological studies. The
book includes chapters on such significant ornithologists as Charles
Bendire, William L. Finley, Ira Gabrielson, Stanley Jewett, and David B.
Marshall. It also notes the sometimes-overlooked contributions of women
to our expanding knowledge of western birds. Special attention is paid
to the development of seabird observation, the impact of the Internet,
and the rise of digital resources for bird observers.<br /> <br /> Intended
for readers interested in the history of Oregon, scientific
explorations in the West, and the origins of modern birding and field
ornithology, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">A History of Oregon Ornithology</span></i><span> offers a detailed and entertaining account of the study of birds in the Pacific Northwest.</span><span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for those with an interest in Oregon's ornithological history!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3K3tNN35SCpasLqASrHc6aSNAfE5Rf49zpLERVLhGfIYCH2E6hM8i_iW0TCF1MYZD1A37HIyKYP2k3NgQzr9VaeuMUvV3FghiMK5j5_PI4jsR55qG0mMp0hLNyLwKC2U-MNMQ4DBNSQPGkhh5GQB-jDSkQjavPIno_O7x37-0XwHKqWjC_ILYj7C/s1874/medswan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="1219" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3K3tNN35SCpasLqASrHc6aSNAfE5Rf49zpLERVLhGfIYCH2E6hM8i_iW0TCF1MYZD1A37HIyKYP2k3NgQzr9VaeuMUvV3FghiMK5j5_PI4jsR55qG0mMp0hLNyLwKC2U-MNMQ4DBNSQPGkhh5GQB-jDSkQjavPIno_O7x37-0XwHKqWjC_ILYj7C/s320/medswan.jpg" width="208" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="9" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base puis-light-weight-text">Goodison, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="9" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base puis-light-weight-text">Natalie Jayne</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="9" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base puis-light-weight-text">.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Introducing the Medieval Swan.</b> 2022. </span><span>University of Wales Press. Paperback: 197 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">15.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Swans possess a striking beauty, and they are imbued with a sense
of regal mystery that makes them some of the most fascinating of wild
creatures. </span><span class="a-text-italic">Introducing the Medieval Swan</span><span>
traces those characteristics to their roots in the medieval era.
Opening with a study of the natural history of the swan as understood in
the period, the book then moves to literary motifs that feature swans
transforming into humans, particularly the legend of the Knight of the
Swan. The third chapter examines the place of the swan as an icon of the
Lancasters, and the book then explores the swan’s place as a delicacy
at extravagant feasts. Finally, we learn how the characteristics the
medieval era associated with swans developed over the centuries to the
present.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for those with an interest in medieval history and/or swans.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="9" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base puis-light-weight-text"></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgdjgCuWDOjg96L0svNtuTaTzdJ-YQU-UC1cj-UYHK4H-nztvg8Fu7-i2UR9oIOxNJDc9iTGxtP4KqWMr8vDKBtPwoBNsqGB3zLa5dnMJi6AbfzUBdvoWBi4dZLoFAR4eWOad44MIrmUHH75cJNFjsP8if92s7aYkgKfyBDUJOg57lK-BNSiCLvtI/s1200/wildnew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="790" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgdjgCuWDOjg96L0svNtuTaTzdJ-YQU-UC1cj-UYHK4H-nztvg8Fu7-i2UR9oIOxNJDc9iTGxtP4KqWMr8vDKBtPwoBNsqGB3zLa5dnMJi6AbfzUBdvoWBi4dZLoFAR4eWOad44MIrmUHH75cJNFjsP8if92s7aYkgKfyBDUJOg57lK-BNSiCLvtI/s320/wildnew.jpg" width="211" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6)</span></span></span><span> Flores, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Dan</span><span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America.</b> 2022. </span><span>W. W. Norton & Company. Hardbound: </span><span>448 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">30.00</span><span> U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> In 1908, near Folsom, New Mexico, a cowboy discovered the
remains of a herd of extinct giant bison. By examining flint points
embedded in the bones, archeologists later determined that a band of
humans had killed and butchered the animals 12,450 years ago. This
discovery vastly expanded America’s known human history but also
revealed the long-standing danger </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Homo sapiens</span></i><span> presented to the continent’s evolutionary richness.</span></p><p><span> Distinguished
author Dan Flores’s ambitious history chronicles the epoch in which
humans and animals have coexisted in the “wild new world” of North
America―a place shaped both by its own grand evolutionary forces and by
momentous arrivals from Asia, Africa, and Europe. With portraits of
iconic creatures such as mammoths, horses, wolves, and bison, Flores
describes the evolution and historical ecology of North America like
never before.</span></p><p><span> The arrival of humans precipitated an
extraordinary disruption of this teeming environment. Flores treats
humans not as a species apart but as a new animal entering two
continents that had never seen our likes before. He shows how our long
past as carnivorous hunters helped us settle America, initially
establishing a coast-to-coast culture that lasted longer than the
present United States. But humanity’s success had devastating
consequences for other creatures. In telling this epic story, Flores
traces the origins of today’s “Sixth Extinction” to the spread of humans
around the world; tracks the story of a hundred centuries of Native
America; explains how Old World ideologies precipitated 400 years of
market-driven slaughter that devastated so many ancient American
species; and explores the decline and miraculous recovery of species in
recent decades.</span></p><p><span> In thrilling narrative style,
informed by genomic science, evolutionary biology, and environmental
history, Flores celebrates the astonishing bestiary that arose on our
continent and introduces the complex human cultures and individuals who
hastened its eradication, studied America’s animals, and moved heaven
and earth to rescue them. Eons in scope and continental in scale, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Wild New World</span></i><span><i> </i>is a sweeping yet intimate Big History of the animal-human story in America.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: If you enjoyed the author's other books, you will enjoy this one!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DvmhWWsP58T8N-2gzqj0ftjXXMW1p8J0J5G_6utnGgSainEDdaslmSdm6tAl7Fjzc01gz9Aim6NstiVWqccx8fv82lERfUc5XUIj7umB_8cyMcH3qOUZf4115wKZ3f3vueXDyGTSaQ-qTOg_OXlNvBFM_Ttg_0ruQ83BAU4i0VmQydqgCKHrMC4x/s1874/chasingplants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="1241" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DvmhWWsP58T8N-2gzqj0ftjXXMW1p8J0J5G_6utnGgSainEDdaslmSdm6tAl7Fjzc01gz9Aim6NstiVWqccx8fv82lERfUc5XUIj7umB_8cyMcH3qOUZf4115wKZ3f3vueXDyGTSaQ-qTOg_OXlNvBFM_Ttg_0ruQ83BAU4i0VmQydqgCKHrMC4x/s320/chasingplants.jpg" width="212" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span>Thorogood,</span><span> Chris</span><span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Chasing Plants: Journeys with a Botanist through Rainforests, Swamps, and Mountains.</b> 2022. Kew/</span><span>University of Chicago Press. Hardbound: 288 pages. Price: $27.50 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold">From
an acclaimed botanist and artist, a thrilling and beautifully
illustrated expedition around the globe in search of the world’s most
extraordinary plants. </span><span></span><br /><span></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> After making a strange
discovery on a childhood trip to Ikea—a stand of sap-sucking, leafless
broomrapes, stealing nutrients from their neighbors’ roots—Chris
Thorogood dreamed of becoming a botanist and would stop at nothing to
feed his growing addiction to plants. In his hair-raising adventures
across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, Thorogood treads a
death-defying path over cliffs, up erupting volcanoes, through typhoons,
and out into the very heart of the world’s vast, green wilderness.
Along the way, he encounters pitcher plants, irises, and orchids more
heart-piercingly beautiful than could ever be imagined.<br /> <br /> But with Thorogood as our guide in </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Chasing Plants</span></i><span>,
we not only imagine: we see. An internationally acclaimed botanical
illustrator, Thorogood conjures his adventures spent seed-collecting and
conserving plants around the world back to life in his electric
paintings, which feature throughout the book. They bring plants out of
the shadows, challenging us to see their intrigue and their character,
and helping us to understand why plant species must be protected. To
join Thorogood in his wild adventures is to be cast under his green
spell: readers will never think of plants the same way again.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: The author's artwork is worth the price of the book alone!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lesDDUnUhnzFvCqmXGU4xrm6ZK90a5God2DY2z1RQSSkfkQWucwFehVXSPAU4he8W4bJINmiQ0m9HJwTGbKwnbH2Np0Arilk8h9Sl00pc7p6OaSikXYk9U3IU9ElAcClK8SDH_48vGdOSezPZrcjCHbzbrAsox9yv9TjaF0f2Ewc2jSAR4v_DP8y/s1513/classics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lesDDUnUhnzFvCqmXGU4xrm6ZK90a5God2DY2z1RQSSkfkQWucwFehVXSPAU4he8W4bJINmiQ0m9HJwTGbKwnbH2Np0Arilk8h9Sl00pc7p6OaSikXYk9U3IU9ElAcClK8SDH_48vGdOSezPZrcjCHbzbrAsox9yv9TjaF0f2Ewc2jSAR4v_DP8y/s320/classics.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>8)</span></span></span><span> Gruesser, </span><span>John Cullen</span><span> (editor).</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Animals in the American Classics: How Natural History Inspired Great Fiction. </b>2022. </span><span>Texas A&M University Press. Hardbound: 298 pages. Price: $38.00 U.S.</span><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> As
defined by conservation biologist Thomas Fleishner, natural history is
“a practice of intentional, focused receptivity to the more-than-human
world . . . one of the oldest continuous human traditions.” Seldom is
this idea so clearly reflected as in classic works of American fiction
of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.</span></p><p><span> John Cullen Gruesser’s edited volume </span><span class="a-text-italic">Animals in the American Classics: How Natural History Inspired Great Fiction</span><span>
features essays by prominent literary scholars that showcase natural
history and the multifaceted role of animals in well-known works of
fiction, from Washington Irving in the early nineteenth century to
Cormac McCarthy in the late twentieth century, and including short
stories and novels by Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Zora
Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, John
Steinbeck, and Harper Lee.</span></p><p><span> As an introduction to or a
new way of thinking about some of the best-known and most beloved
literary texts this nation has produced, </span><span class="a-text-italic">Animals in the American Classics</span><span>
considers fundamental questions of ethics and animal intelligence as
well as similarities among racism, ageism, misogyny, and speciesism. </span></p><p><span> With
their awareness of Poe’s “more-than-casual knowledge of natural
science,” Mark Twain’s proto–animal rights sensibilities, and Hurston’s
training as an anthropologist, the contributors show that by drawing
attention to and thinking like an animal, fiction tests the limits of
humanity.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must read for anyone with an interest in American literature.</span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"> </span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGjxyw7J6ZZhPXOS4nyE94AiqRbr0-ezmuVSQkpQyUKB8bhTLS5kih3FkWJf-N_rZArEbVGqqSI6mB9MlZD8WZyARJQNj04kkRWfkwjGkY_gsCrFCSWmv6yyQ5REHe-U5fXMzcAsOiPl6fp9mWZFukknMeiBw97XTCsVBdMlkALxEjNmCPKQZ5ULr/s2550/spareman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1659" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGjxyw7J6ZZhPXOS4nyE94AiqRbr0-ezmuVSQkpQyUKB8bhTLS5kih3FkWJf-N_rZArEbVGqqSI6mB9MlZD8WZyARJQNj04kkRWfkwjGkY_gsCrFCSWmv6yyQ5REHe-U5fXMzcAsOiPl6fp9mWZFukknMeiBw97XTCsVBdMlkALxEjNmCPKQZ5ULr/s320/spareman.jpg" width="208" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>9) </span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold"> Kowal, </span><span class="a-text-bold">Mary Robinette. <b>The </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Spare Man.</b> 2022. </span><span>Tor Trade. Paperback: 357 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">19.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-text-bold"> Hugo,
Locus, and Nebula-Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal blends her
no-nonsense approach to life in space with her talent for creating
glittering high-society in this stylish SF mystery,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">The Spare Man.</span></i><span></span><br /><span></span></p><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><p><span> Tesla
Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an
interplanetary space liner, cruising between the Moon and Mars. She’s
traveling incognito and is reveling in her anonymity. Then someone is
murdered and the festering chowderheads who run security have the
audacity to arrest her spouse. Armed with banter, martinis and her small
service dog, Tesla is determined to solve the crime so that the
newlyweds can get back to canoodling―and keep the real killer from
striking again.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: This book is basically <i>The Thin Man </i>set in Space! If you enjoyed the author's other works you should enjoy this one.<br /></span></span></span></p> </div></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"> </div><p><span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-34912332022700212932022-09-29T15:30:00.000-07:002022-09-29T15:30:29.227-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7hn22_757mfQ3Imm04k2AkuNEGGPOcGYH4MS-HwjbNXF2_nYSVYcfMNMY5U8_iVwo0_xpcBnr7trv5WOvYs-H6WLO3i1gcFmJJ1LjAqJSwiNec5NHKP1bEchvFq_9rgb0zND3b4trd2QZzN_S8oJIhlyUmHzSJ_89s-lOOheo4T_IsH0VFW1Rzpc/s2560/birdsus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7hn22_757mfQ3Imm04k2AkuNEGGPOcGYH4MS-HwjbNXF2_nYSVYcfMNMY5U8_iVwo0_xpcBnr7trv5WOvYs-H6WLO3i1gcFmJJ1LjAqJSwiNec5NHKP1bEchvFq_9rgb0zND3b4trd2QZzN_S8oJIhlyUmHzSJ_89s-lOOheo4T_IsH0VFW1Rzpc/s320/birdsus.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>1)<span> Birkhead,</span><span> <span>Tim</span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Birds and Us: A 12,000-Year History from Cave Art to Conservation.</b> 2022. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 441 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>S</span><span>ince the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our
imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith,
art, and philosophy. We have worshipped birds as gods, hunted them for
sustenance, adorned ourselves with their feathers, studied their wings
to engineer flight, and, more recently, attempted to protect them. In </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Birds and Us</i>, </span><span>award-winning
writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on a dazzling epic
journey through our mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified
and deified by Ancient Egyptians to the Renaissance fascination with
woodpecker anatomy―and from the Victorian obsession with egg collecting
to today’s fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats.<br /><br /> Spanning continents and millennia, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Birds and Us</span></i><span>
chronicles the beginnings of a written history of birds in ancient
Greece and Rome, the obsession with falconry in the Middle Ages, and the
development of ornithological science. Moving to the twentieth century,
the book tells the story of the emergence of birdwatching and the field
study of birds, and how they triggered an extraordinary flowering of
knowledge and empathy for birds, eventually leading to today’s massive
worldwide interest in birds―and the realization of the urgent need to
save them.<br /><br /> Weaving in stories from Birkhead’s life as scientist,
including far-flung expeditions to wondrous Neolithic caves in Spain and
the bustling guillemot (murre) colonies of the Faroe Islands, this rich and
fascinating book is an unforgettable account of how birds have shaped
us, and how we have shaped them.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: If you liked the author's other books, you will want to read this one!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SkMR8Ve1isSSF5fuLCUIBw37GR4c5yFoGNm1-Re8lw8U5SC8ZQDxcRCe2ddg8Ef2AFgw-QYRZmJCFbSjfaNafAbEaeqyoa_Sau_GmHPQNxwBaBZ57yAWLe0fplcWg1DG59J7G2jErIWRWch4n_Ll_dUjOEnvtAUGrOoBkVzI36hEKLzwDFNKOyD-/s4032/IMG_2678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SkMR8Ve1isSSF5fuLCUIBw37GR4c5yFoGNm1-Re8lw8U5SC8ZQDxcRCe2ddg8Ef2AFgw-QYRZmJCFbSjfaNafAbEaeqyoa_Sau_GmHPQNxwBaBZ57yAWLe0fplcWg1DG59J7G2jErIWRWch4n_Ll_dUjOEnvtAUGrOoBkVzI36hEKLzwDFNKOyD-/s320/IMG_2678.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span>Benn, Bryan. <b>Short-eared Owls: </b><span class="title-title-subtitle"><b>An Extensive Study of Short-eared Owls in Britain.</b> 2021. Self-published. Hardbound: 431 pages. Price: </span>GBP 34.99 (about $37.75 U.S.).</p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Author Bryan Benn was, in February 2011 a non-birder when, with a
friend, he visited the Isle of Sheppey and saw a Short-eared Owl for the
first time; immediately being captivated by it. With no detailed books
available, Bryan started a still continuing journey to find out as much
as possible about these enigmatic birds, and documents all of that in
the book he has now published.<br /><br /> And what a journey it has been, so
far covering 68 locations from Kent to the Outer Hebrides, and from
Land’s End to the Orkney mainland. With extensive observations revealing
that these owls were mainly nocturnally active; had a wide, and at
times, very noisy range of calls; and, when needed, could hunt
successfully in wind and rain when most other creatures had taken cover.
All this makes it an owl that, when studied in great detail, defies a
number of the labels often attached to Short-eareds.<br /><br /> After
chapters setting the scene with a description of the owls; their
locations and movements; and their habitat, the book moves on to cover
hearing, vision and voice. The book is richly illustrated throughout,
with photos supporting the detailed text, and wherever possible, showing
the owls the text relates to. That feature of the book becomes more
obvious in the chapters covering food and hunting, and then breeding.
That latter chapter is the longest in the book and includes data (rather
than consigning it to appendices) with relevant photos alongside it.<br /><br /> A
chapter on the daily life of Short-eared Owls describes their
incredible flying skills and then covers several years of extensive
observations of a large over-winter roost in Kent. A further chapter
covers the dangers and early demise these owls face at times, but also
touches, more positively, on conservation efforts being made for the
species. Finally, as a celebration of the wide coverage of Short-eared
Owls in Britain in the book, a mainly photographic chapter features some
of the locations visited during the ten-year study. That chapter, and
the book, concludes with descriptions and photographic coverage of some
of many very close encounters enjoyed with the owls.</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A copy of this book can be ordered through NHBS <a href="https://www.nhbs.com/short-eared-owls-book">here</a>. The author's photography highlights this book! It's a must have for anyone with an interest in Short-eared Owls!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9t0AvNp2XHSdSuUq6zPYRSZecaiP4p5RpYBwXEJJy7m0oqLsQFJM4OSz31Fux-O4rfjT9PQOUaLNOJmuaxEG8LnE0_mclZEnUbqoviP0Awm2DRQZFFSQudIJ0fP66iVTtUaJMhwtCjj-pBUNzPyvEGunp9e9g_Vpy-XHqfZCOV0ZIp5J5Yj23fo8i/s499/corncrake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="354" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9t0AvNp2XHSdSuUq6zPYRSZecaiP4p5RpYBwXEJJy7m0oqLsQFJM4OSz31Fux-O4rfjT9PQOUaLNOJmuaxEG8LnE0_mclZEnUbqoviP0Awm2DRQZFFSQudIJ0fP66iVTtUaJMhwtCjj-pBUNzPyvEGunp9e9g_Vpy-XHqfZCOV0ZIp5J5Yj23fo8i/s320/corncrake.jpg" width="227" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p>3) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Rennie, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-letter-space"><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Frank</span></span>. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Corncrake: An Ecology of an Enigma.</b> 2022. </span><span>Whittles Publishing. Paperback: 181 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> Changes
in farmland management throughout the twentieth century, including
agricultural intensification and increasing mechanisation, have resulted
in the loss of habitat for many species. The Corncrake is one such
species that has faced multiple challenges to its survival. Although it
was once a common bird throughout northern Europe, the breeding areas of
Corncrakes have been steadily reduced to a fraction of what they once
were, and in many areas their continuation as a regularly breeding bird
is in serious doubt. </span></p><div class="celwidget" data-cel-widget="bookDescription_feature_div" data-csa-c-id="paeugf-4qvcxq-hu3b2g-39zdse" data-feature-name="bookDescription" id="bookDescription_feature_div"><div class="a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container" data-a-expander-collapsed-height="140" data-a-expander-name="book_description_expander" style="height: auto; max-height: none;"><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p></p><p><span> In addition, the
behaviour of the Corncrake, nesting under the cover of tall grass and
undertaking annual long-distance migrations, means that for most of the
last hundred years, its detailed ecology has remained mysterious and
little understood. Although there have been millions of words written
about the Corncrake in scientific papers, until now there has been no
full-length book that attempts to capture all the aspects of its
ecology, and to present this information to non-specialists. As a
result, until very recently, many important facts about its lifestyle
and behaviour have not been widely known, even among ornithologists. </span></p><p></p><p><span> Although
scarcely seen in its natural habitat, the Corncrake is well-known in
many rural areas due to its characteristic (and persistent) night-time
calling, but new discoveries with the aid of acoustic science have
proved surprising, and may offer new ways of improving the location,
identification, and management options to protect and enable the
population of this iconic species to recover, even to thrive in our
countryside. A new appreciation of the requirements of this species and
the ways in which our sensitive management of the whole landscape, both
in its potential breeding areas across Europe and Asia and in the
seasonal quarters in regions of Africa, offer new hope for the future of
this fascinating bird. </span></p><p><span> </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST have for anyone with an interest in this species!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Tn0TBNUeymkpDB_NdT-LXrNLhHINZLw8HDnXnM2Qsx-ZqfKbRdBcXVR4XdmQRn8hf2s0zyxg_gV5vykKTX5vyi5-W8Q2P1G0k09Zv4yCzH3uNaghO7g85mylYsSvnryD-0ZphxvVUPH8YdutGvi4c8wsDCHJYykPete0SlCP1wKox4A4KKv1oBCJ/s2560/festherbrush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1805" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Tn0TBNUeymkpDB_NdT-LXrNLhHINZLw8HDnXnM2Qsx-ZqfKbRdBcXVR4XdmQRn8hf2s0zyxg_gV5vykKTX5vyi5-W8Q2P1G0k09Zv4yCzH3uNaghO7g85mylYsSvnryD-0ZphxvVUPH8YdutGvi4c8wsDCHJYykPete0SlCP1wKox4A4KKv1oBCJ/s320/festherbrush.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>4) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Olsen, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Penny</span></span></span><span class="a-letter-space">.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art (Second Edition).</b> 2022. </span><span>CSIRO Publishing. Hardbound: 338 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">51.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Feather and Brush</span></i><span><i> </i>traces the
history of bird art in Australia – from the simple engravings
illustrating accounts of the earliest European voyages of discovery to
the diversity of artwork available today. It explores the early European
approach, in which naval draughtsmen, officers, convicts, settlers,
naturalists, artists and scientists alike contributed both to the art
and the science of ornithology, through to a wealth of contemporary
artists who feature birds in their works.<br /><br /> This book contains more
than 400 images, representing the work of 158 artists; some well-known,
others published for the first time. The illustrations have been
selected for their interest, whether ornithological, historical or
artistic. They range from classical to quirky, decorative to functional,
monumental to intimate. Together they demonstrate the rich history of
Australian bird art, as it evolved in Europe and Australia, and
continues today, along with the trends and technologies of the times.<br /><br /> This
second edition includes new and revised chapters, and features about
200 new artworks, including some by Indigenous artists</span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A MUST have for anyone with an interest in bird art!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EBOh8X6M9s2HMCoKvY2eI8-K-cQI8odxqMdcghZN4AVgGNfAPt6rwWfFCGzq-AaeK6KfHeFaqzSbkFqnz-tFXNqAJd9bLLZw3u_rE46mwAR4QJmEoWLp9Amj96f-Qri7L-ElgYXRN6Iw0vbSQAN0ejFLxDQNz9afKM7xP8KAP61g_pzpU6KRlBGT/s500/dino7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="386" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EBOh8X6M9s2HMCoKvY2eI8-K-cQI8odxqMdcghZN4AVgGNfAPt6rwWfFCGzq-AaeK6KfHeFaqzSbkFqnz-tFXNqAJd9bLLZw3u_rE46mwAR4QJmEoWLp9Amj96f-Qri7L-ElgYXRN6Iw0vbSQAN0ejFLxDQNz9afKM7xP8KAP61g_pzpU6KRlBGT/s320/dino7.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span>Lucas, </span><span>Spencer G.</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Dinosaurs: The Textbook (7th edition).</b> 2022. Columbia University Press. Paperback: 368 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">90.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Geared toward a broad variety of students, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Dinosaurs: The Textbook</span></i><span>
offers a concise and lucid presentation of the core biological and
geological concepts of dinosaur science. Revised throughout to reflect
recent fossil discoveries and the current scientific consensus, this
seventh edition details the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of
various dinosaur species while modeling the best approach for navigating
new and existing research.</span><br /><span></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> Spencer G. Lucas takes readers
through the major taxonomic groups, including theropods,
sauropodomorphs, ornithopods, ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs. He also examines the behavior and
extinction of the dinosaurs, their biological relationship to birds, and
their representation (or misrepresentation) in art, literature, film,
and other forms of popular culture.<br /><br /> This seventh edition of the
leading text for introductory courses on dinosaurs incorporates
comprehensive updates based on the latest research. Lucas highlights how
dinosaur science is rapidly evolving, exploring how new discoveries,
methods, and ideas are expanding the frontiers of knowledge. The book
features cutting-edge and scientifically rigorous illustrations by
leading paleoartists. It also includes extensive and reader-friendly
end-of-chapter summary tools, review questions, a detailed glossary, a
dinosaur dictionary, and a comprehensive index.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Best for undergraduate level courses.</span></span></span> </div><p><i><span class="a-text-italic"></span></i><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ35Oht3MpkKBQoErWEGZMHgIFJ4PHxRP4AU0nCDlAzUDYUoi8oCUjx1LBf1UBv80TsVaGQW2flyQgP8XefkFR8dwr8v2SKV-5UMHNiYj4KzTIyS7O8LQJwbd5pUJTScbU0CbCR6nuQKo9UqvMHusCibT6ffROcUx1qOv7o5HYPALX4bH3b3xP577f/s1000/extinction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="746" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ35Oht3MpkKBQoErWEGZMHgIFJ4PHxRP4AU0nCDlAzUDYUoi8oCUjx1LBf1UBv80TsVaGQW2flyQgP8XefkFR8dwr8v2SKV-5UMHNiYj4KzTIyS7O8LQJwbd5pUJTScbU0CbCR6nuQKo9UqvMHusCibT6ffROcUx1qOv7o5HYPALX4bH3b3xP577f/s320/extinction.jpg" width="239" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span><span>Schlossman, Marc. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Extinction: Our Fragile Relationship with Life on Earth.</b> 2022. Ammonite Press. Hardbound: 224. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">45.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"> Extinction</span></i><span class="a-text-bold">
explores endangered and extinct species and the factors threatening
them through a behind-the-scenes lens on one of the most important sets
of natural history collections in the world, at the Field Museum in
Chicago.</span><span></span><br /><span></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> Schlossman combines unique photographs of
specimens from the Field Museum in Chicago with informative and
insightful text about the species themselves, reasons for decline, and
the conservation efforts in place to prevent further extinction.<br /><br /> The specimens revealed in this book are not on public display and the
only way to see many of them is through these photographs, the result of
ten years cataloguing key species from the museum’s zoology and botany
collections. The images lead the reader to the species’ stories,
promoting a greater understanding of mankind’s stewardship of life on
Earth at a critical time in history.<br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-italic"> <i>Extinction</i></span><span> illustrates the crucial importance of museum collections for conservation, education and research.<br /><br /> The book has been designed to have pages with black backgrounds for
extinct species and white backgrounds for species nearing extinction. A
yellow flag highlights conservation successes, which are interspersed
throughout. The conservation success stories highlight the positive work
that is happening and the potential there is to prevent the extinction
of these and other species.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in endangered and/or extinct species.</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDJXquB8TSSB36THa2l4WC6sCMwugZWnpGXBBMuqOiPRoepE1NM687EAncqCFJVjn88LIxJVOLsHqZwfFSsD8_6sgqT1eTgVTJR09tFrR6d8spayHGcTzitGxPFDSXjGSOiDX_gKtW0Nk81CR3y6ueTJMPKM6-uJmY9AWNVWqubtkP0veppIrgzQi/s2323/worldshell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2323" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDJXquB8TSSB36THa2l4WC6sCMwugZWnpGXBBMuqOiPRoepE1NM687EAncqCFJVjn88LIxJVOLsHqZwfFSsD8_6sgqT1eTgVTJR09tFrR6d8spayHGcTzitGxPFDSXjGSOiDX_gKtW0Nk81CR3y6ueTJMPKM6-uJmY9AWNVWqubtkP0veppIrgzQi/s320/worldshell.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span> </div><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7)</span></span></span><span> van Dooren, </span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Thom</span><span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions. </b>2022. </span><span>The MIT Press. Hardbound: 273 pages. Price: $29.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"> </span></i><span>In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a
mention. And yet snails are disappearing faster than any other species.
In<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">A World in a Shell</span></i><span>,
Thom van Dooren offers a collection of snail stories from Hawai‘i—once
home to more than 750 species of land snails, almost two-thirds of which
are now gone. Following snail trails through forests, laboratories,
museums, and even a military training facility, and meeting with
scientists and Native Hawaiians, van Dooren explores ongoing processes
of ecological and cultural loss as they are woven through with
possibilities for hope, care, mourning, and resilience.<br /> <br /> Van
Dooren recounts the fascinating history of snail decline in the Hawaiian
Islands: from deforestation for agriculture, timber, and more, through
the nineteenth century shell collecting mania of missionary settlers,
and on to the contemporary impacts of introduced predators. Along the
way he asks how both snail loss and conservation efforts have been
tangled up with larger processes of colonization, militarization, and
globalization. These snail stories provide a potent window into ongoing
global process of environmental and cultural change, including the
largely unnoticed disappearance of countless snails, insects, and other
less charismatic species. Ultimately, van Dooren seeks to cultivate a
sense of wonder and appreciation for our damaged planet, revealing the
world of possibilities and relationships that lies coiled within a
snail’s shell.</span></p><p><span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in Hawaiian land snails!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgvOgk4BOeJ7s627QkUc715XRm71oqrl6vkAmvbtySzf4rVDS3KPPgXYwh1paul6VZquQmOy3zZznVRk50fNVeRt7BY1YGBzWkmDLUz5-xlLn9A4csoZAeVEp_LGOsC8gyayAyriw-74XbZOaKx725pVQBBqUnl3cD4RH7snJ45MaYUwYKOYKkbiz/s2400/natcomp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1553" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgvOgk4BOeJ7s627QkUc715XRm71oqrl6vkAmvbtySzf4rVDS3KPPgXYwh1paul6VZquQmOy3zZznVRk50fNVeRt7BY1YGBzWkmDLUz5-xlLn9A4csoZAeVEp_LGOsC8gyayAyriw-74XbZOaKx725pVQBBqUnl3cD4RH7snJ45MaYUwYKOYKkbiz/s320/natcomp.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>8) </span></span></span><span>Hall, </span><span><span>Dave</span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Naturalist's Companion: A Field Guide to Observing and Understanding Wildlife. </b>2022. </span><span>Mountaineers Books. Paperback: 204 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">19.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Naturalist’s Companion</span></i><span>
fills an important void in outdoor education by teaching readers how to
become more learned and patient observers and, ultimately, more
proficient naturalists.</span></p><p><span> Through exhaustive time in the field,
author Dave Hall has developed a comprehensive understanding of nature
awareness and refined his skills to enhance any time spent outdoors and
to foster closer, more respectful encounters with wildlife. Through
personal anecdotes and detailed explanations, Hall teaches the
principles and ethics of stealth walking, calling, tracking,
interpreting basic animal behavior, and much more. Each chapter
concludes with a list of exercises, prompting readers to study and put
these skills into use, while introductory sections discuss gear, safety,
ethics, and thoughtful engagement.<br /><br /> </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Naturalist’s Companion</span></i><span>
will deepen readers’ connection with the outdoors and help them to
establish and maintain consistent, intimate, and informed wildlife
observations.</span></p><p><span></span><span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Best for beginning naturalists.</span></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p> </div> <div class="a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header" style="display: block; opacity: 1;"><a aria-expanded="true" class="a-declarative" data-a-expander-toggle="{"allowLinkDefault":true, "expand_prompt":"Read more", "collapse_prompt":"Read less"}" data-action="a-expander-toggle" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-a-expander-toggle" data-csa-c-id="mflmzk-lqze6t-lr4w9v-ffksqg" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-csa-interaction-events="click" role="button"><span class="a-expander-prompt"><br /></span></a></div> </div> </div><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-letter-space"></span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-68702922999750168382022-08-28T13:56:00.000-07:002022-08-28T13:56:59.909-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y9eaFoDqxODgIrAj37k8UrLT1RB0h309C3iFZRXQNRdLdSmjCBJhCn1ePrP6NPm1RN6WLLQLU4NLZHVSkJGcnyFQtcodXH2SO9Q78SU71MLGWrZJCToZEk0NOBiW5zSQ_cxUyOJ_GDOPUQAReMvi4ZnCF9mEPEKmXby2kyAtzumTiM01ilQhBQas/s500/audubonatsea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y9eaFoDqxODgIrAj37k8UrLT1RB0h309C3iFZRXQNRdLdSmjCBJhCn1ePrP6NPm1RN6WLLQLU4NLZHVSkJGcnyFQtcodXH2SO9Q78SU71MLGWrZJCToZEk0NOBiW5zSQ_cxUyOJ_GDOPUQAReMvi4ZnCF9mEPEKmXby2kyAtzumTiM01ilQhBQas/s320/audubonatsea.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1)<span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> Irmscher, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Christoph</span></span></span><span class="a-size-base"> and </span><span class="a-size-base">Richard J. King (editors). </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Audubon at Sea: The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon. </b>2022. </span><span>University of Chicago Press. Hardbound: 334 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">30.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The
American naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) is widely remembered
for his iconic paintings of American birdlife. But as this anthology
makes clear, Audubon was also a brilliant writer—and his keen gaze took
in far more than creatures of the sky. Culled from his published and
unpublished writings, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Audubon at Sea</span></i><span>
explores Audubon’s diverse observations of the ocean, the coast, and
their human and animal inhabitants. With Audubon expert Christoph
Irmscher and scholar of the sea Richard J. King as our guides, we set
sail from the humid expanses of the American South to the shores of
England and the chilly landscapes of the Canadian North. We learn not
only about the diversity of sea life Audubon documented—birds, sharks,
fish, and whales—but also about life aboard ship, travel in early
America, Audubon’s work habits, and the origins of beloved paintings. As
we face an unfathomable loss of seabirds today, Audubon’s warnings
about the fragility of birdlife in his time are prescient and newly
relevant.<br /><br /> Charting the course of Audubon’s life and work, from
his birth in Haiti to his death in New York City, Irmscher and King’s
sweeping introduction and carefully drawn commentary confront the
challenges Audubon’s legacy poses for us today, including his
participation in American slavery and the thousands of birds he killed
for his art. Rounded out by hundreds of historical and ornithological
notes and beautiful illustrations, and with a foreword by distinguished
photographer and conservationist Subhankar Banerjee, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Audubon at Sea</span></i><span> is the most comprehensively annotated collection of Audubon’s work ever published.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for those with an interest in Audubon and/or marine ornithology history.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44gKj4LE149XmMziULUhKCsew-5eTVT4jStIwgeIrQF_FiRZspl6JeEiTC3gjfcioiUu9V3eBuvKWy3GBN0NlCWmkDplIqexbBAJtFjuNX8z1btpBL-wgqnfRwG1CSh2TrhhU9XA9JBOIi011QJyWLGaeuqQHiGtz950IjJ8aNyswEXHeH3VtlXBJ/s499/galapagoscrucoses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44gKj4LE149XmMziULUhKCsew-5eTVT4jStIwgeIrQF_FiRZspl6JeEiTC3gjfcioiUu9V3eBuvKWy3GBN0NlCWmkDplIqexbBAJtFjuNX8z1btpBL-wgqnfRwG1CSh2TrhhU9XA9JBOIi011QJyWLGaeuqQHiGtz950IjJ8aNyswEXHeH3VtlXBJ/s320/galapagoscrucoses.jpg" width="210" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span>2) </span><span>Nelson, </span><span><span>Bryan </span> and June </span><span>Nelson.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Galapagos Crusoes: A Year Alone With the Birds.</b> 2022. </span><span>Bradt Travel Guides/Globe Pequot Press. Paperback: 253 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">18.99 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> A new, updated version of the celebrated 1968 title, <i>Galapagos:
Islands of Birds</i>, by the renowned late ornithologist Bryan Nelson, with
additional, previously unpublished reminiscences and lively and
irreverent memories from his wife June. This timely reissue breathes new
life into a classic work of natural history that will appeal to
bird-lovers and Galapagos-lovers alike. It is as memorable for its
groundbreaking descriptions of Galapagos wildlife as for June's naked
appearance in the News of the World accompanied by a quote from the Duke
of Edinburgh.</span></p><p></p><p><span> In 1964 the late Bryan Nelson, a
zoologist, and his wife June spent a year living on two uninhabited,
waterless Galapagos islands studying the three species of booby (‘we
couldn't resist also studying the great frigatebird and waved albatross,
too' says June). Bryan's book, <i>Galapagos: Islands of Birds</i> was
published in 1968 and, although by necessity a scientific study, his
light touch and the extraordinary hardships and delights of living in
total isolation with no means of rescue should things go wrong, make it
an exceptionally good read. Now, nearly 60 years later, June Nelson has
extracted the story of that extraordinary year and complemented it with
her own recollections. The couple's research and findings remain
relevant and interesting, so plenty of wildlife descriptions are
retained, but it is the mischievous mocking birds and friendly sea lions
which will captivate the reader as much as the famous blue-footed
boobies and waved albatrosses. At the end of their stay on Hood, when
their clothes were literally in tatters and they went barefoot, they had
news of the imminent visit of The Duke of Edinburgh and the Royal Yacht
Britannia. June's description of this visit and their lunch on board
with Prince Philip, make a surreal ending to a year of deteriorating
food: ‘Now our flour had around 50 maggots or beetles per pound... Dried
beans would have three or four beetles per bean... In spaghetti a black
shadow meant beetle, a grey one maggot. It took a long time, breaking
out each shadow, to make a meal.'</span></p><p><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must read for anyone with an interest in the Galapagos Islands, especially its birds!</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlb1e0qC71Hz1j--JpXxyXmnRBAbogIsx6FLH23z32hPLDh6XG9e1GbR78lmVykTN0DcyewrRlr6srLH8dgZgk7hIAu0IlvzVopPQCoFFbKGZyUeOcazuhw3P5tUtmK_a_X3v8RdvqSaJcQxmVTmDJNsdhsigrun7_r5QVUjXKIA1VF9kgP2UyQPkF/s1200/dancing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="783" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlb1e0qC71Hz1j--JpXxyXmnRBAbogIsx6FLH23z32hPLDh6XG9e1GbR78lmVykTN0DcyewrRlr6srLH8dgZgk7hIAu0IlvzVopPQCoFFbKGZyUeOcazuhw3P5tUtmK_a_X3v8RdvqSaJcQxmVTmDJNsdhsigrun7_r5QVUjXKIA1VF9kgP2UyQPkF/s320/dancing.jpg" width="209" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span></span><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><span>Zuk, </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><span><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><span>Marlene</span></span></span></span></span>.<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test: How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters. </b>2022. </span><span>W. W. Norton. Hardbound: 330 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">28.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired
nature-versus-nurture debate, trying to determine what we learn and what
we inherit. In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test</span></i><span>,
biologist Marlene Zuk goes beyond the binary and instead focuses on
interaction, or the way that genes and environment work together.
Driving her investigation is a simple but essential question: How does
behavior evolve?</span></p><p><span> Drawing from a wealth of research,
including her own on insects, Zuk answers this question by turning to a
wide range of animals and animal behavior. There are stories of
cockatoos that dance to rock music, ants that heal their injured
companions, dogs that exhibit signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder,
and so much more.</span></p><p><span> For insights into animal
intelligence, mating behavior, and an organism’s ability to fight
disease, she explores the behavior of smart spiders, silent crickets,
and crafty crows. In each example, she clearly demonstrates how these
traits were produced by the complex and diverse interactions of genes
and the environment and urges us to consider how that same process
evolves behavior in us humans.</span></p><p><span> Filled with delightful anecdotes and fresh insights,<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test</span></i><span>
helps us see both other animals and ourselves more clearly,
demonstrating that animal behavior can be remarkably similar to human
behavior, and wonderfully complicated in its own right.</span></p><p><span><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must read for anyone with an interest in animal behavior.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></span> <br /></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p> </p><div class="a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header" style="display: block; opacity: 1;"><a aria-expanded="true" class="a-declarative" data-a-expander-toggle="{"allowLinkDefault":true, "expand_prompt":"Read more", "collapse_prompt":"Read less"}" data-action="a-expander-toggle" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-a-expander-toggle" data-csa-c-id="z0dtad-au6mxq-tahf5t-dhi9s7" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-csa-interaction-events="click" role="button"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a aria-expanded="true" class="a-declarative" data-a-expander-toggle="{"allowLinkDefault":true, "expand_prompt":"Read more", "collapse_prompt":"Read less"}" data-action="a-expander-toggle" data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-a-expander-toggle" data-csa-c-id="z0dtad-au6mxq-tahf5t-dhi9s7" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-csa-interaction-events="click" role="button"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3Cx03EXfArpeE4G0kKd-gEg2u7VZo58RTZaSj5iqdipS2VRK6FaqnbjpcqkXvqND3j8ayo6Ek13hiXjmJIc7ICoJ67dY8fovSwDoAcjtt5l5KI_YbFnzsUPFnnsWxKbjVj0AWeN4Qn0OfN65WeMHpAGZOiNsy6uZ_B4uTTRLeGKOozNB3cZhI2hs/s850/gustsants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3Cx03EXfArpeE4G0kKd-gEg2u7VZo58RTZaSj5iqdipS2VRK6FaqnbjpcqkXvqND3j8ayo6Ek13hiXjmJIc7ICoJ67dY8fovSwDoAcjtt5l5KI_YbFnzsUPFnnsWxKbjVj0AWeN4Qn0OfN65WeMHpAGZOiNsy6uZ_B4uTTRLeGKOozNB3cZhI2hs/s320/gustsants.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><span class="a-expander-prompt"><br /></span></div><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="7" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"></span></span></p><p>4) <span>Hölldobler, </span><span><span>Bert </span>and Christina L. Kwapich.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Guests of Ants: How Myrmecophiles Interact with Their Hosts. </b>2022. </span><span>Belknap Press/Harvard University Press. Hardbound: 559 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">69.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Down below, on sidewalks, in fallen leaves, and across the forest
floor, a covert invasion is taking place. Ant colonies, revered and
studied for their complex collective behaviors, are being infiltrated by
tiny organisms called myrmecophiles. Using incredibly sophisticated
tactics, various species of butterflies, beetles, crickets, spiders,
fungi, and bacteria insert themselves into ant colonies and decode the
colonies’ communication system. Once able to “speak the language,” these
outsiders can masquerade as ants. Suddenly colony members can no longer
distinguish friend from foe.<br /><br /> Pulitzer Prize–winning author and
biologist Bert Hölldobler and behavioral ecologist Christina L. Kwapich
explore this remarkable phenomenon, showing how myrmecophiles manage
their feat of code-breaking and go on to exploit colony resources. Some
myrmecophiles slip themselves into their hosts’ food sharing system,
stealing liquid nutrition normally exchanged between ant nestmates.
Other intruders use specialized organs and glandular secretions to
entice ants or calm their aggression. Guiding readers through key
experiments and observations, Hölldobler and Kwapich reveal a universe
of behavioral mechanisms by which myrmecophiles turn ants into unwilling
servants.<br /><br /> As<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Guests of Ants</span></i><span><i>
</i>makes clear, symbiosis in ant societies can sometimes be mutualistic,
but, in most cases, these foreign intruders exhibit amazingly diverse
modes of parasitism. Like other unwelcome guests, many of these
myrmecophiles both disrupt and depend on their host, making for an
uneasy coexistence that nonetheless plays an important role in the
balance of nature.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must read for those with a serious interest in ant biology!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3Cy1bjpLvVyYJFp5nXoqtUrejND5ogAZ1lWHAdaU6jSJHlNgtrnpxarJtZYPIQ_08uoQBXxzrWhDbwQXO0NR4gzZ1MRMdwT7xNBbBWX62iP8nzuqf0ddd-OQrji4GAWnyyDnAkJFZkuJaOo8pIBYBP4rg09nJvDR0aCnn4BIALuCteeS9fgdhJhN/s2560/nativenw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3Cy1bjpLvVyYJFp5nXoqtUrejND5ogAZ1lWHAdaU6jSJHlNgtrnpxarJtZYPIQ_08uoQBXxzrWhDbwQXO0NR4gzZ1MRMdwT7xNBbBWX62iP8nzuqf0ddd-OQrji4GAWnyyDnAkJFZkuJaOo8pIBYBP4rg09nJvDR0aCnn4BIALuCteeS9fgdhJhN/s320/nativenw.jpg" width="214" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span>Price, </span><span><span>Elizabeth A.</span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Native and Ornamental Conifers in the Pacific Northwest: Identification, Botany and Natural History. </b>2022. OSU Press. Paperback: 330 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">24.95 U.S.</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span 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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" 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SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> Most conifer guides available for the Pacific Northwest focus on native species observed in the wild.<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Native and Ornamental Conifers in the Pacific Northwest</span></i><span>
presents an integrated perspective for understanding and identifying
conifers in any landscape where native and ornamental species grow
alongside each other. It is suitable for landscape designers,
horticulturalists, arborists, gardeners, environmental scientists, and
botanists.</span><br /><span></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> Based on her experiences teaching workshops on
conifer identification and cultivation, Elizabeth Price has developed
Jargon-free photographic charts, which allow for side-by-side comparison
of conifer features and guide the reader to species identification. The
charts are detailed enough for specialists yet accessible to amateurs.<br /><br /> The book includes extensive material on the characteristics, botany,
and natural history of conifer plant families, genera, and species, all
illustrated with original photographs. Research across many disciplines
is blended with direct observation and personal experience, creating a
book that goes beyond identification and is both rigorous and engaging.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for those with an interest in the conifers of the region.</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ih52Q9j3ypXzDflzzq7Or20ChkCckyJlQloWkspSut3Btg8M5cZB_jOHGGYExe0KPJqPXsGDYphOmBN7IEswjFZr1v_JuP_liWlkm99PYzRTKKNubGQKiThcIzE-cU2U88KZfNH-mjPBclz_hZvHX6y-JIKhJT3YqdYHIG4YRd4OObD3kcb8Y1xi/s500/flyingsnakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ih52Q9j3ypXzDflzzq7Or20ChkCckyJlQloWkspSut3Btg8M5cZB_jOHGGYExe0KPJqPXsGDYphOmBN7IEswjFZr1v_JuP_liWlkm99PYzRTKKNubGQKiThcIzE-cU2U88KZfNH-mjPBclz_hZvHX6y-JIKhJT3YqdYHIG4YRd4OObD3kcb8Y1xi/w210-h320/flyingsnakes.jpg" width="210" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9VvUNl0VhsGujQEdl6erTH9w_sHNRwv5Fwch4NnDcV_2DMDKlNm4scqpJ1OrxCE7TRFn_7WXsNsyqOpKUd9TIul3xQQAw2s9n8Cq0oouthXMa2IwicAvwumtGOhudtCHAw8kwjgfatKIxFSoxv5Adc1ciBp6P4h0ewsR9A5nYwMesdbewuWhNHfo/s500/greekfire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9VvUNl0VhsGujQEdl6erTH9w_sHNRwv5Fwch4NnDcV_2DMDKlNm4scqpJ1OrxCE7TRFn_7WXsNsyqOpKUd9TIul3xQQAw2s9n8Cq0oouthXMa2IwicAvwumtGOhudtCHAw8kwjgfatKIxFSoxv5Adc1ciBp6P4h0ewsR9A5nYwMesdbewuWhNHfo/s320/greekfire.jpg" width="210" /></a></div></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span><span>Mayor, </span><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Adrienne</span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities.</b> 2022. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Paperback: 420 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">19.95 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><span>Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history,
science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find
historical realities and scientific insights―glimmering, long-buried
nuggets of truth―embedded in myth, legends, and folklore. Combing
through ancient texts and obscure sources, she has spent decades
prospecting for intriguing wonders and marvels, historical mysteries,
diverting anecdotes, and hidden gems from ancient, medieval, and modern
times. </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws</i> </span><span>is a treasury of fifty of her most amazing and amusing discoveries.<br /><br /> The
book explores such subjects as how mirages inspired legends of cities
in the sky; the true identity of winged serpents in ancient Egypt; how
ghost ships led to the discovery of the Gulf Stream; and the beauty
secrets of ancient Amazons. Other pieces examine Arthur Conan Doyle’s
sea serpent and Geronimo’s dragon; Flaubert’s obsession with ancient
Carthage; ancient tattooing practices; and the strange relationship
between wine goblets and women’s breasts since the times of Helen of
Troy and Marie Antoinette. And there’s much, much more.<br /><br /> Showcasing Mayor’s trademark passion not to demythologize myths, but to uncover the fascinating truths buried beneath them, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws</span></i><span> is a wonder cabinet of delightful curiosities.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Also available from Princeton University Press is the second edition of Mayor's: </span></span></span><i><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World.</span></i><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> Fans of Mayor's works will want these books!</span><i><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><br /></span></i></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> </span><span></span> </div><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-10165452454289041232022-07-28T12:15:00.000-07:002022-07-28T12:15:22.453-07:00New Titles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-51pB56YUKB4uqnRfSKpAhWmDUGIKLdx-R3JBzI1OI7mw-JAsZUictMHwlMfHz8bU81-SsXEnVpIDP-3ZOBaVHsAIUm-GqjkSq_21lh9a5RWmLcVw6sohQAFhq8ViaEdnmQV8WN7JXPHmoJNwA_6GXPcxcuCKZo3mCoYS1f8CiytxdFoeh91TT-sE/s2560/hummingbirds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1978" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-51pB56YUKB4uqnRfSKpAhWmDUGIKLdx-R3JBzI1OI7mw-JAsZUictMHwlMfHz8bU81-SsXEnVpIDP-3ZOBaVHsAIUm-GqjkSq_21lh9a5RWmLcVw6sohQAFhq8ViaEdnmQV8WN7JXPHmoJNwA_6GXPcxcuCKZo3mCoYS1f8CiytxdFoeh91TT-sE/s320/hummingbirds.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span class="a-size-small">Bartley, </span><span class="a-size-small"><span class="a-size-small">Glenn</span>
</span>
and <span class="a-size-small">Andy Swash. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Hummingbirds: A Celebration of Nature's Jewels. </b>2022. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 288 pages. 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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span 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a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span>With their glorious colors, glittering iridescence, astonishing
powers of flight, and many characteristics unique in the world of
birds, hummingbirds are extraordinary―true jewels of nature. This
beautiful book is a celebration of all aspects of hummingbirds and their
world. It features hundreds of the most spectacular photographs of
hummingbirds ever taken, exquisite illustrations, and a lively, readable
text that presents the latest scientific information and includes
up-to-date details about every species.<br /><br /> A familiar sight across
much of the Americas, hummingbirds have long captured the imagination
and played an important part in myths, legends, and other aspects of
human culture. Today, hummingbirds are among the most popular of all
birds, sought after by serious and casual birders alike. They inspire
questions in anyone lucky enough to see them. How can they fly like
that? Why are they so colorful? How many are there? Where and how do
they live? How do they survive? This book answers these and many other
questions, providing an enlightening and enjoyable guide to hummingbirds
that can only deepen their wonder.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>A definitive yet accessible account of all aspects of hummingbird life</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>More
than 540 spectacular color photographs, illustrating all 101
hummingbird genera and over two-thirds of the world’s 369 species</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Specially commissioned illustrations revealing details of anatomy and behavior</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Meticulously
researched facts and figures on status, population, distribution, and
conservation designations of all the world’s hummingbirds <br /></span></span></li></ul><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><p><span class="a-size-small"></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for hummingbird fans!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_9Ic865uo7klRVeCr2EJYLz1fcamNGO1L8drQDUXblHMB85Oadgu9o7WKkoyHN4YHe5iCkngN0TZ88T4KvJ7jYSFp8kyBgyelW3AzVjM_J0oeZ_bKkZ3HkMugyZ_WeU_QFg-dRiaVFvsoMUpYuDUH_dynfonAThDUTNqYvpIdIEFovOEMc7m5pZd/s2550/DOMREP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_9Ic865uo7klRVeCr2EJYLz1fcamNGO1L8drQDUXblHMB85Oadgu9o7WKkoyHN4YHe5iCkngN0TZ88T4KvJ7jYSFp8kyBgyelW3AzVjM_J0oeZ_bKkZ3HkMugyZ_WeU_QFg-dRiaVFvsoMUpYuDUH_dynfonAThDUTNqYvpIdIEFovOEMc7m5pZd/s320/DOMREP.jpg" width="198" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span>Latta, Steven et al.. <span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Field Guide to the Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.</b> 2022. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 228 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Field Guide to the Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti</span></i><span>
is the essential guide to birdwatching in these tropical countries.
This completely revised and updated edition provides thorough accounts
for more than 300 species, including details on new and endemic species.<br /><br /> Now
conveniently organized by facing pages, the book features a wealth of
images that includes 150 new illustrations by renowned artist Dana
Gardner and range maps based on the most current data. Species
descriptions present facts about key field marks, similar species,
voice, habitats, geographic distribution, status, range, and local names
used in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The guide underscores the
importance of promoting the conservation of migratory and resident
birds, and building support for environmental measures.</span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Fully up-to-date text and maps</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Superb images include 150 new illustrations</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Facing-page treatment features more than 300 species</span></span></li></ul> <p> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span></p><p>
</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone birding </span></span></span><span>the Dominican Republic and Haiti!</span></p><p><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpZzCNgCHfypuzV4or1II1p80lrIUI_31GAbDMv5bUg0mkZGoQEiwAOaua9-BhzhvT2Q1Z_ZZ2Wc-2jLv3QE-mQZiUZBEt8ZrTQ6worJTuyApqax0K9MPeTAeVB6VQPWdBUh_nO6ZNIXjy1shLBef-vk34wYuZqoQJBdWLlF3stmzwXR2ETVswtZY/s1200/baldeagle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpZzCNgCHfypuzV4or1II1p80lrIUI_31GAbDMv5bUg0mkZGoQEiwAOaua9-BhzhvT2Q1Z_ZZ2Wc-2jLv3QE-mQZiUZBEt8ZrTQ6worJTuyApqax0K9MPeTAeVB6VQPWdBUh_nO6ZNIXjy1shLBef-vk34wYuZqoQJBdWLlF3stmzwXR2ETVswtZY/s320/baldeagle.jpg" width="210" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>3) </span><span>Davis, </span><span><span>Jack E.</span>.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird.</b> 2022. </span><span>Liveright. </span><span>Hardbound: 417 pages. </span><span>Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">29.95</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined
to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as “majestic”
and “noble,” yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol
as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies.
Taking us from before the nation’s founding through inconceivable
resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis
contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with
that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides,
twice pushed </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Haliaeetus leucocephalus</span></i><span><i> </i>to the brink of extinction.<br /><br /> Filled with spectacular stories of Founding Fathers, rapacious hunters,
heroic bird rescuers, and the lives of bald eagles
themselves―monogamous creatures, considered among the animal world’s
finest parents―</span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Bald Eagle</span></i><span>
is a much-awaited cultural and natural history that demonstrates how
this bird’s wondrous journey may provide inspiration today, as we
grapple with environmental peril on a larger scale.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in the Bald Eagle!<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"> </span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH71YCb0fOjGl4yOJJYJ_GVbHUN4a54rp7AMx8iQw3dTi2LSZrYQnCeMmfwQLcms6uNc0k4RDAxN-8RFMI87mXnVABAMUOoCtUGw9-GxtU48ErczCYyLVyxBVEdcNbbRF1f9ZwDAFnG8gj47TkNInFJTO8iOHVM7uBoxUlrHv1-lpLdP40lIq6waib/s499/raptorsTX.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="392" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH71YCb0fOjGl4yOJJYJ_GVbHUN4a54rp7AMx8iQw3dTi2LSZrYQnCeMmfwQLcms6uNc0k4RDAxN-8RFMI87mXnVABAMUOoCtUGw9-GxtU48ErczCYyLVyxBVEdcNbbRF1f9ZwDAFnG8gj47TkNInFJTO8iOHVM7uBoxUlrHv1-lpLdP40lIq6waib/s320/raptorsTX.jpg" width="251" /></a></span></div><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><br /> </span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span><p></p><p><span></span></p><p>4) <span>Farquhar, </span><span><span>C. Craig</span> and Clint W. Boal.<b> </b></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Raptors of Texas: A Natural History of Diurnal Birds of Prey. </b>2022. </span><span>Texas A&M University Press. Hardbound: 319 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">45.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> Diurnal
raptors—birds of prey that hunt during the day—include easily
recognizable birds like eagles, hawks, or falcons. They may be seen
perched on highway signs, electrical poles, or soaring overheard in
urban and rural spaces across North America. Here, avian ecology and
raptor experts C. Craig Farquhar and Clint W. Boal present the first
comprehensive volume on these birds of prey in Texas. Given the state’s
size, location, and biodiversity, it is not surprising that Texas leads
other states in the documented number of raptor species. </span><br /><span></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> The introductory chapters of </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Raptors of Texas</span></i><span> provide information
on raptor ecology, evolution, behavior, morphology, and the unique
conservation challenges raptors face in Texas and elsewhere. Detailed
species descriptions of Texas’ regularly occurring diurnal raptors come
next, illustrated with life-like graphite drawings and accompanied by
unique, up-to-date range maps. Additionally, shorter entries for rare
raptors sighted in the state are provided.<br /><br /> This reference is a
must-have for serious birders, ornithologists, avian ecologists, and
wildlife professionals who want to know more about these birds of prey
and the important roles they play in our urban and rural environments
alike.</span> </p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in the diurnal raptors of Texas!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzCvbVFcG-COttO0aw2zep7-AhgQjtN3nr1bRnZQ190abJnT6ccvf5yZN9lHgdAYeeoKd88qE8ZCw9BdsgMIy-i9nBJumLL6hxqwfUNZazr0XgFkXbr0ZtOlv487Tyksx6xDiN8mpM0yScFbKDbMZw6J5guc4CB8R36kWBmsWIKDJT87VoNpaoWn5/s944/parrotmirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzCvbVFcG-COttO0aw2zep7-AhgQjtN3nr1bRnZQ190abJnT6ccvf5yZN9lHgdAYeeoKd88qE8ZCw9BdsgMIy-i9nBJumLL6hxqwfUNZazr0XgFkXbr0ZtOlv487Tyksx6xDiN8mpM0yScFbKDbMZw6J5guc4CB8R36kWBmsWIKDJT87VoNpaoWn5/s320/parrotmirror.jpg" width="203" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span>Martinho-Truswell, </span><span><span>Antone</span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b> The Parrot in the Mirror: How evolving to be like birds makes us human. </b>2022. </span><span class="a-list-item"><span>Oxford University Press. </span></span><span> Hardbound: 213 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>We humans are not like other mammals. We look like them, but we
don't act like them. In fact, many of our defining human traits: our
longevity, intelligence, monogamy and childrearing, and learning and
language, all deep parts of what it means to be human, are far more
similar to birds than to our fellow mammals. These similarities
originate not from shared ancestors but from parallel histories. Our
evolutionary stories have pushed humans and birds to the same solutions.
In this book, Antone Martinho-Truswell explores these similarities to
argue that we can learn a great deal about ourselves by thinking of the
human species as 'the bird without feathers'. <br /><br /> This is also a
book about convergent evolution - evolution that drives very different
species to very similar outcomes and behaviours. The traits we share
with birds but not mammals are the result of similar, specific pressures
that demanded similar solutions - and exploring these similarities can
help us understand both why we evolved to be the way we are, and also
how very unusual some of our behaviours are in the animal kingdom,
Drawing on a rich array of examples across the natural world,
Martinho-Truswell also demonstrates the ways in which parrots are our
biological mirror image; an evolutionary parallel to ourselves. In
contemplating what we share with the birds, and especially the parrots,
we understand how close nature came to creating another lineage of
radical intelligence on Earth, and we also come to better understand
ourselves. </span></p><p><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must read for anyone with an interest in bird/Human behavior.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdzc8LOiDIg2fBBhCZeu8yvLHCOzq85sxP_JhwLU9jV1we03vXDICEQUgOTopOJfQFs03YFxDmg2XURheRVkAsOS3IrT9XLS-xDnHGcnhuWiyR58RNmZmd1iibQTkfZd0cJiRFKkxEIjU_0aF0ZxpP8oDMW8ZOhdo0D_zqTCWKfSqRzxw03MpZKhV/s2550/spidersNA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdzc8LOiDIg2fBBhCZeu8yvLHCOzq85sxP_JhwLU9jV1we03vXDICEQUgOTopOJfQFs03YFxDmg2XURheRVkAsOS3IrT9XLS-xDnHGcnhuWiyR58RNmZmd1iibQTkfZd0cJiRFKkxEIjU_0aF0ZxpP8oDMW8ZOhdo0D_zqTCWKfSqRzxw03MpZKhV/s320/spidersNA.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span>Rose, Sarah. <span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Spiders of North America.</b> 2022. </span><span>Princeton University Press. Flexibound: 611 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Of the more than 49,000 species of spider worldwide, some 4,000 are in North America. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Spiders of North America</span></i><span>
explores more than 500 of the most common and interesting spiders found
in this region of the world. This richly illustrated guide begins with
an overview of spiders―what they are exactly, how they can be found, how
they develop, and why they are important. The book features information
on all the major spider guilds: sensing web weavers, sheet web weavers,
orb web weavers, space web weavers, ambush hunters, ground active
hunters, other active hunters, and spider hunters. Chapters contain
accessible descriptions for identifying members of each spider family,
including helpful tips for distinguishing members of similar families,
and details at the genus and species levels. Stunning color photographs
and informative distribution maps accompany the text.<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Useful descriptions for identification of each spider family</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Stunningly detailed macro and in-situ photographs</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Information on all the major spider guilds</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Handy distribution maps <br /></span></span></li></ul><p><span></span></p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in the spiders of North America!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiI2YdGFnfSXeacznJMQRwnoOKVcPfKeftquZlur87v_YYE9u2g6-mvRHpxGy3HM2V8LUrdeMdGVsP8zSBtmcZmQqKCZt-X5Hlh6C-RyPl8367eKLIWH9kkYbORVh0YhDlACqadOHd_v94p8WMtLQP8GjAKv-N6wuCSt6dx1PbtFCG-PQWQOZ6_FGc/s500/fantastic%20fossils.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiI2YdGFnfSXeacznJMQRwnoOKVcPfKeftquZlur87v_YYE9u2g6-mvRHpxGy3HM2V8LUrdeMdGVsP8zSBtmcZmQqKCZt-X5Hlh6C-RyPl8367eKLIWH9kkYbORVh0YhDlACqadOHd_v94p8WMtLQP8GjAKv-N6wuCSt6dx1PbtFCG-PQWQOZ6_FGc/s320/fantastic%20fossils.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span>Prothero, </span><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Donald R.</span>.</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Fantastic Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Identifying Prehistoric Life.</b> 2022. </span><span>Columbia University Press. Paperback: 323 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">25.00 U.S.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Nothing
fills us with a sense of wonder like fossils. What looks at first like a
simple rock is in fact a clue that reveals the staggering diversity of
ancient environments, the winding pathways of evolution, and the majesty
of a vanished earth. But as much as one might daydream of digging a
hole in the backyard and finding a </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Tyrannosaurus</span></i><span><i>,</i>
only a few places contain these buried treasures, and when a scientist
comes across a remnant of prehistoric life, great care must be taken.
What do budding paleontologists need to know before starting their
search?</span><br /><span></span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span><br /> In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Fantastic Fossils</span></i><span>,
Donald R. Prothero offers an accessible, entertaining, and richly
illustrated guide to the paleontologist’s journey. He details the best
places to look for fossils, the art of how to find them, and how to
classify the major types. Prothero provides expert wisdom about typical
fossils that an average person can hope to collect and how to hunt
fossils responsibly and ethically. He also explores the lessons that
both common and rarer discoveries offer about paleontology and its
history, as well as what fossils can tell us about past climates and
present climate change. Captivating illustrations by the paleoartist
Mary Persis Williams bring to life hundreds of important specimens.
Offering valuable lessons for armchair enthusiasts and paleontology
students alike, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Fantastic Fossils</span></i><span> is an essential companion for all readers who have ever dreamed of going in search of traces of a lost world.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in fossils!</span></span></span> </div><span></span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span><span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span></span></span></span></p> </div><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-4830468500929040952022-06-26T13:10:00.000-07:002022-06-26T13:10:25.748-07:00New Titles<p><span class="a-list-item"><span> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI7AMqiNq6B4hScB9BQArEMQp0ULBSa92EwFvhd9Z5FffhNilKYfkzpcse0wZjXwaM7HJSGKG6uOBh1Z6xkFaQz1H7FRuOpQANnXzsWS_SLSzuBbhxoPHPP7M6wWBIL7dL1qzWSs3URGhoHXjGrEHaxlaA8SKtu6Yf6vcetbECYFjJWS2xy235vgc/s2560/pterosaursPUP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1978" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI7AMqiNq6B4hScB9BQArEMQp0ULBSa92EwFvhd9Z5FffhNilKYfkzpcse0wZjXwaM7HJSGKG6uOBh1Z6xkFaQz1H7FRuOpQANnXzsWS_SLSzuBbhxoPHPP7M6wWBIL7dL1qzWSs3URGhoHXjGrEHaxlaA8SKtu6Yf6vcetbECYFjJWS2xy235vgc/s320/pterosaursPUP.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span>1) Paul, </span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span>Gregory S.</span></span>. <span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs. </b>2022. Princeton University Press. Hardbound: 184 pages. Price:</span> $</span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">29.95</span> U.S.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span class="a-text-bold">The
most up-to-date and authoritative illustrated guide to the marvelous
flying reptiles that dominated the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million
years.</span><span></span><br /><span></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> Once seen by some as evolutionary
dead-enders, pterosaurs were vigorous winged reptiles capable of
thriving in an array of habitats and climates, including polar winters. </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs</span></i><span><i>
</i> transforms our understanding of these great Mesozoic archosaurs of the
air. This incredible guide covers 115 pterosaur species and features
stunning illustrations of pterosaurs ranging in size from swallows to
small sailplanes, some with enormous, bizarre head crests and elongated
beaks. It discusses the history of pterosaurs through 160 million years
of the Mesozoic―including their anatomy, physiology, locomotion,
reproduction, growth, and extinction―and even gives a taste of what it
might be like to travel back to the Mesozoic. This one-of-a-kind guide
also challenges the common image of big pterosaurs as ultralights that
only soared, showing how these spectacular creatures could be powerful
flappers as heavy as bears.<br /></span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Features detailed species accounts of 115 different kinds of pterosaurs, with the latest size and mass estimates</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Written
and illustrated by the acclaimed researcher and artist who helped to
redefine the anatomy and flight performance of pterosaurs</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Covers everything from pterosaur biology to the colorful history of pterosaur paleontology</span></span></li><li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Includes dozens of original skeletal drawings and full-color life studies <br /></span></span></li></ul><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in Pterosaurs!</span></span></span></div><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjs2-po2udgy9zBbQbeOZdav8I-eXI3a1k1MI0JROqPmsP1MLZURcfd8uUC_eLExxJPokY5jwbdP9qo2jdFECWDD8YDjNcnH0XV9D5rDLm_1Y1z5IK9RRPyg57ioKsSlVncqrQFAfkxGx-i-udUR5bwcAfAWGItSt5d0JRpYEMepQ4NgodCzflQKl/s2400/rise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjs2-po2udgy9zBbQbeOZdav8I-eXI3a1k1MI0JROqPmsP1MLZURcfd8uUC_eLExxJPokY5jwbdP9qo2jdFECWDD8YDjNcnH0XV9D5rDLm_1Y1z5IK9RRPyg57ioKsSlVncqrQFAfkxGx-i-udUR5bwcAfAWGItSt5d0JRpYEMepQ4NgodCzflQKl/s320/rise.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>2) </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>Brusatte, </span></span></span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>Steve</span></span></span>. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us. </b>2022. </span><span>Mariner Books. Hardbound: 500 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">29.99</span> U.S.</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>We humans are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over
the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice
ages: </span><span class="a-text-italic">the mammals</span><span>. Our
lineage includes saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, armadillos the
size of a car, cave bears three times the weight of a grizzly, clever
scurriers that outlasted<i> Tyrannosaurus rex</i>, and even other types of
humans, like Neanderthals. Indeed humankind and many of the beloved
fellow mammals we share the planet with today—lions, whales,
dogs—represent only the few survivors of a sprawling and astonishing
family tree that has been pruned by time and mass extinctions. </span><span class="a-text-italic">How did we get here?</span></p><p><span> In his acclaimed bestseller<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs</span></i><span>—hailed as “the ultimate dinosaur biography” by<i> </i></span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Scientific American</span></i><span>—American
paleontologist Steve Brusatte enchanted readers with his definitive history of the dinosaurs. Now, picking up the narrative in the ashes of
the extinction event that doomed <i>T. rex</i> and its kind, Brusatte explores
the remarkable story of the family of animals that inherited the
Earth—mammals— and brilliantly reveals that their story is every bit as
fascinating and complex as that of the dinosaurs.</span></p><p><span> Beginning
with the earliest days of our lineage some 325 million years ago,
Brusatte charts how mammals survived the asteroid that claimed the
dinosaurs and made the world their own, becoming the astonishingly
diverse range of animals that dominate today’s Earth. Brusatte also
brings alive the lost worlds mammals inhabited through time, from ice
ages to volcanic catastrophes. Entwined in this story is the detective
work he and other scientists have done to piece together our
understanding using fossil clues and cutting-edge technology.</span></p><p><span> A sterling example of scientific storytelling by one of our finest young researchers, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">The Rise and Reign of the Mammals</span></i><span> illustrates how this incredible history laid the foundation for today’s world, for us, and our future.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in mammalian evolution!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnJf8mooslADKG9K6IEo9GOqs2woO_oKehLOXJuKrQkQWgVP8XTJ1QCN1qAKfRYlZLkWcWuPyfU25nwwVeQRvyPKWZwiVO566kZqvWQQ4S4KBmXvfNRfjY8aJItxY8mWckWwk8co5LLES-ytYKjKeJze_-kQGx2Z_LfLZ6jeaK6xvCYQUiVkidjPt/s500/travels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="386" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnJf8mooslADKG9K6IEo9GOqs2woO_oKehLOXJuKrQkQWgVP8XTJ1QCN1qAKfRYlZLkWcWuPyfU25nwwVeQRvyPKWZwiVO566kZqvWQQ4S4KBmXvfNRfjY8aJItxY8mWckWwk8co5LLES-ytYKjKeJze_-kQGx2Z_LfLZ6jeaK6xvCYQUiVkidjPt/s320/travels.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>3) </span></span></span><span>Secher, </span><span><span>Andy</span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Travels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic. </b>2022. </span><span>Columbia University Press. Hardbound: 376 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold">39.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><span>Trilobites
were some of the most successful and versatile organisms ever to exist.
Among the earliest forms of complex animal life, these hard-shelled
marine invertebrates inhabited the primal seas of the Paleozoic Era.
Their march through evolutionary time began in the Lower Cambrian, some
521 million years ago, and lasted until their demise at the end of the
Permian, more than 250 million years later. During this vast stretch of
planetary history, these adaptable animals filled virtually every
available undersea niche, evolving into more than 25,000 scientifically
recognized species.</span><br /><span></span><span> In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Travels with Trilobites</span></i><span>,
Andy Secher invites readers to come along in search of the fossilized
remains of these ancient arthropods. He explores breathtaking
paleontological hot spots around the world―including Alnif, Morocco, on
the edge of the Sahara Desert; the Sakha Republic, deep in the Siberian
wilderness; and Kangaroo Island, off the coast of South Australia―and
offers a behind-the-scenes look at museums, fossil shows, and life on
the collectors’ circuit. The book features hundreds of photographs of
unique specimens drawn from Secher’s private collection, showcasing
stunning fossil finds that highlight the diversity, complexity, and
beauty of trilobites. Entertaining and informative, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Travels with Trilobites</span></i><span><i>
</i> combines key scientific information about these captivating creatures
with wry, colorful observations and inside stories from one of the
world’s most prolific collectors.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in trilobites!</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJYMHAlh7_-eJip8hCaxvQzyrD6DbqSrTzmSZ-s3J8jP0y1yNMHbcEHSQRv5XX9a5EQbaBs7W9fxNM5uKZeGvHQqZUe5qxRM-3mlC3qmv0oB3kgUFzJzCg4giT_X5Vvo_-KUSIvKhGdtHFMlJOsm-nAfa1CDNVv4EvZxU7QesTnSF2RsYFCUIgNQv/s2284/sinagote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="2172" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJYMHAlh7_-eJip8hCaxvQzyrD6DbqSrTzmSZ-s3J8jP0y1yNMHbcEHSQRv5XX9a5EQbaBs7W9fxNM5uKZeGvHQqZUe5qxRM-3mlC3qmv0oB3kgUFzJzCg4giT_X5Vvo_-KUSIvKhGdtHFMlJOsm-nAfa1CDNVv4EvZxU7QesTnSF2RsYFCUIgNQv/s320/sinagote.jpg" width="304" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>4) </span><span class="title-author">Piersma, </span><span class="title-author"><span class="title-author">Theunis</span> et al.. </span><b>Sinagote: </b><span class="title-title-subtitle"><b>The Biography of a Spoonbill.</b> 2022. Lynx Edicions. Paperback: 223 pages. Price: </span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">$39.17 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span>This book tells the story of a spoonbill the authors have called
Sinagote, a female bird born on the island of Vlieland, in the
Netherlands. In her name, she carries the words ‘Sina’, the Breton name
of the village in Britanny she returns to every autumn, and ‘gote’ which
means ‘girl from’.<br /><br /> This story is about more spoonbills than just
Sinagote. It’s even about much more than spoonbills and the connections
between them. It’s also about the connections between countries in
Europe and Africa, between the people who live and work there, who have
an affection for spoonbills and work for their well-being. Part love
story, part success story, <i>Sinagote, The Biography of a Spoonbill</i> describes the importance of looking beyond our national borders in the protection of migratory birds.<br /><br /> With
the involvement of more than 9000 citizen scientists and the volunteers
of the Spoonbill Working Group, the Dutch research on spoonbills along
the East Atlantic migratory route is considered authoritative. Based on
work at the University of Groningen, the NIOZ Royal Netherlands
Institute for Sea Research, the University of Amsterdam and the
Netherlands’ State Forest Service, together with amateur photographer
Michiel Muller, this is a passionately told story.</p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in the Eurasian Spoonbill!<br /></span></span></span></p><p> </p><h5> </h5><p><span class="title-title-subtitle"></span></p><p> </p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LLUDqmeyuPoxbqmUF5e3hXrTgTKNUytm8fckJBNfNH4R50-EAVGrwUpUj7VME1CdZxg5kTtmARIEPODvQJ_bhfk9xpic8RWHJnSBI-aOrehGlvVOWog4Cu2WpRj60l5IE7e-xQ_48ewMaeNUE7-lJ6lq3rlxJ57JugDkiR5bYZyOG581gXlYya-W/s500/NAHummingbirds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="311" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LLUDqmeyuPoxbqmUF5e3hXrTgTKNUytm8fckJBNfNH4R50-EAVGrwUpUj7VME1CdZxg5kTtmARIEPODvQJ_bhfk9xpic8RWHJnSBI-aOrehGlvVOWog4Cu2WpRj60l5IE7e-xQ_48ewMaeNUE7-lJ6lq3rlxJ57JugDkiR5bYZyOG581gXlYya-W/s320/NAHummingbirds.jpg" width="199" /></a></span></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>5) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">West, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">George C.</span></span>.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>North American Hummingbirds: An Identification Guide.</b> 2015. </span><span>University of New Mexico Press. Paperback: 233 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">24.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> Designed
to help birders and banders identify, age, and sex all seventeen
species of hummingbirds found in North America, this is the only
identification guide devoted entirely to hummingbirds that includes
up-close, easy-to-use illustrations. It also provides information on the
eight species that have been reported but rarely seen in North America.
</span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><p><span> On first viewing hummingbirds are often a blur of
fast-moving color. However, when they perch and hover they can be
observed, and the size, shape, and color; the proportions of the body,
bill, throat, and tail; the wing feather pattern; and the birds'
behavior are crucial to accurate identification. The author's concise
descriptions and illustrations pinpoint all these features in clear,
jargon-free language. Anyone who loves hummingbirds will welcome the
information he provides.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: Best for hummingbird banders.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span> </span></p> </div><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjbec8lsxNrHG0tN5KwVD8P4D3-52vrN-OyvusltLXT4PUuECuebdRkG55iYWZJXI1aXZ1MN19U82ymUeUcOVyUwgD8FD8ptSaymmfdHLXYYv7ab0-6maG_d5wBSIjbvt4YsNsl2Kww3W_MyXJoV4wuUpEpX4frLCbytWtfq_nWszCR6P-S-fRFMC/s499/origin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjbec8lsxNrHG0tN5KwVD8P4D3-52vrN-OyvusltLXT4PUuECuebdRkG55iYWZJXI1aXZ1MN19U82ymUeUcOVyUwgD8FD8ptSaymmfdHLXYYv7ab0-6maG_d5wBSIjbvt4YsNsl2Kww3W_MyXJoV4wuUpEpX4frLCbytWtfq_nWszCR6P-S-fRFMC/s320/origin.jpg" width="214" /></a></span></span></div><span class="a-list-item"><span><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>6) </span></span></span><span>Swarth, </span><span><span>Christopher W.</span> (editor). </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>The
Origin and Distribution of Birds in Coastal Alaska and British
Columbia: The Lost Manuscript of Ornithologist Harry S. Swarth.</b> 2022. </span><span>Oregon State University Press. Paperback: 152 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price">29.95 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> At
the time of his death in 1935, Harry S. Swarth, head of the Mammalogy
and Ornithology Departments at the California Academy of Sciences in San
Francisco, had been preparing a manuscript reflecting on twenty-five
years of his research in coastal Alaska and British Columbia. “<i>The
Distribution and Migrations of Birds in Adjacent Alaska and British
Columbia</i>” summarized Swarth’s research, ideas, and conjectures on the
bird life in the region, including theories about when and how birds
populated this vast territory after the retreat of glaciers near the end
of the Pleistocene. Drawing on his field experiences and his forty
published scientific papers, Swarth’s manuscript represented
state-of-the-art science for the time. And his ideas hold up; his papers
are still cited by ornithologists today.</span><br /><span></span></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> In 2019, Christopher
Swarth, Harry’s grandson and a scientist in his own right, discovered
the forgotten manuscript. This book includes the original unpublished
manuscript, accompanied by contextual essays from contemporary
ornithologists who examine the impact and relevance of Swarth’s research
on coastal bird diversity, fox sparrow migration, and the systematic
puzzle of the timberline sparrow. Expedition maps display field camps
and exploration routes, and species checklists illustrate the variety of
birds observed at key field sites. To bring additional color and
insight, </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Origin and Distribution of Birds in Coastal Alaska and British Columbia</span><span>
also includes excerpts from Harry Swarth’s field notes, a comprehensive
list of Harry Swarth’s publications, and a glossary with historic and
contemporary bird names. Naturalists, ornithologists, birders, and all
those who want to learn more about the natural history of the region
will delight in the rediscovery of this long-lost treasure.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in the ornithological history of the region!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi257o6r4ymKRrGZbBXNewsw0wkslCebdrSHoDvPxrHp5LJ08Xs9XhbSvg4wCcDL1ZFJ_ofU_I3sBaNE9TrO5gPpzJyNv4UBaWl6h_Q_Kep9nQCHBf1cN_NGQEjw3deiSLiPPqhCkKSG9xlFzYl-x_vaZxINl7rXiDep1sYAqlvzCkAwmYCn7D2zJkY/s499/shrubs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="332" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi257o6r4ymKRrGZbBXNewsw0wkslCebdrSHoDvPxrHp5LJ08Xs9XhbSvg4wCcDL1ZFJ_ofU_I3sBaNE9TrO5gPpzJyNv4UBaWl6h_Q_Kep9nQCHBf1cN_NGQEjw3deiSLiPPqhCkKSG9xlFzYl-x_vaZxINl7rXiDep1sYAqlvzCkAwmYCn7D2zJkY/s320/shrubs.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>7) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Jensen, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Edward C.</span></span>.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Shrubs to Know in Pacific Northwest Forests.</b> 2022. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> </span><span>Oregon State University Press. 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shrub
identification easy and fun. It features 100 of the most common shrubs
that grow in and around Pacific Northwest forests—from southern British
Columbia to northern California and from the Pacific Ocean to the
northern Rockies. It includes an overview of shrub communities in the
Pacific Northwest; more than five hundred color photos; individual range
maps and complete descriptions for each species; notes on range and
habitat, response to disturbance, traditional and current uses, and
origin of names; glossary of identification terms; and an easy-to-use,
well-tested identification key.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in the flora of the region!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtf3dd3-r2Y0oTLHVUWmHr7hRbDxFtHNM2huJMH9T6DUbCnOBfj1DLqk72Ydh4lJOFRWiLZbVkWTZ5im0mPlQ71dFWM7B6KaAW7tIhY2ScdHaXQaqEIBNiS2gZt7KcWNtIubxM3zs1CBRtshbdM2Ggl-FEZZM5_ZSjt2oAF7wKhuI9y7BET_GopS-r/s2560/gifted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtf3dd3-r2Y0oTLHVUWmHr7hRbDxFtHNM2huJMH9T6DUbCnOBfj1DLqk72Ydh4lJOFRWiLZbVkWTZ5im0mPlQ71dFWM7B6KaAW7tIhY2ScdHaXQaqEIBNiS2gZt7KcWNtIubxM3zs1CBRtshbdM2Ggl-FEZZM5_ZSjt2oAF7wKhuI9y7BET_GopS-r/s320/gifted.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>8) </span></span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="15" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Deur, </span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="15" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="15" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Douglas</span></span>.</span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"> <b>Gifted Earth: The Ethnobotany of the Quinault and Neighboring Tribes.</b> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">2022. </span><span>Oregon State University Press. Paperback: 250 pages. 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for food, medicines, and materials. It presents a rich and living
tradition of plant use within the Quinault Indian Nation in a volume
collaboratively developed and endorsed by that tribe.<br /><br /> The
Quinault Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state is a
diverse tribal community, embodying the traditional knowledge of tribes
along the entire Pacific Northwest coast. Its membership consists of
descendants of many tribes—from the northwestern Olympic Peninsula to
the northern Oregon coast—including the Quinault, but also many others
who were relocated to the reservation in the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. Individuals descended from these tribal
communities, including Chinook, Chehalis, Hoh, Quileute, Queets,
Cowlitz, Tillamook, Clatsop, and others, have contributed to </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Gifted Earth</i>,</span><span> giving it remarkable breadth and representation.<br /><br /> A celebration of enduring Native American knowledge, this book will
help non-specialists as they discover the potential of the region’s wild
plants, learning how to identify, gather, and use many of the plants
that they encounter in the Northwestern landscape. Part ethnobotanical
guide and part “how-to” manual, </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Gifted Earth</span></i><span>
also prepares plant users for the minor hazards and pitfalls that
accompany their quest—from how to avoid accidentally eating a bug hidden
within a salal berry to how to prevent blisters when peeling the tender
stalks of cow parsnip.<br /><br /> As beautiful as it is informative,<i> </i></span><span class="a-text-italic"><i>Gifted Earth</i> </span><span>sets
the standard for a new generation of ethnobotanical guides informed by
the values, vision, and voice of Native American communities eager to
promote a sustainable, balanced relationship between plant users and the
rich plant communities of traditional tribal lands.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in the ethnobotany of the region!</span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sbQWecRUW3ISC6esK9oxhovnI3jfYqVKq4aggSF-qqSWzpIEocyGI2AWFmne3CTZl-2suvRN6As5RF14ovalE1WqsTuyNf7YI1tfnA0Yf6Ad869kWaiR84zgmmznpz0jQhcd_AuDoOWwA7UCJ05AKRDLKOCLowrkO7eHeIVp7msycF5xBQWBPZk_/s2560/bitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1651" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sbQWecRUW3ISC6esK9oxhovnI3jfYqVKq4aggSF-qqSWzpIEocyGI2AWFmne3CTZl-2suvRN6As5RF14ovalE1WqsTuyNf7YI1tfnA0Yf6Ad869kWaiR84zgmmznpz0jQhcd_AuDoOWwA7UCJ05AKRDLKOCLowrkO7eHeIVp7msycF5xBQWBPZk_/s320/bitch.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>9) </span></span></span><span>Cooke, </span><span><span>Lucy</span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Bitch: On the Female of the Species. </b>2022. </span><span>Basic Books. </span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">Hardbound:
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zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak. Not because she loved
spiders or would root around in animal feces: all her friends shared the
same curious kinks. The problem was her sex. Being female
meant she was, by nature, a loser. </span><p><span> Since Charles
Darwin, evolutionary biologists have been convinced that the males of
the animal kingdom are the interesting
ones-- dominating and promiscuous, while females are dull, passive, and
devoted. </span></p><span> In </span><i><span class="a-text-italic">Bitch</span></i><span>, Cooke tells
a new story. Whether
investigating same-sex female albatross couples that raise chicks,
murderous mother meerkats, or the titanic battle of the sexes waged by
ducks, Cooke shows us a new evolutionary biology, one where females can
be as dynamic as any male. This isn't your grandfather’s evolutionary
biology. It’s more inclusive, truer to life, and, simply, more fun.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span>RECOMMENDATION: A must have for anyone with an interest in the female role in evolutionary biology. </span></span></span><i><span class="a-text-italic"></span></i><span class="a-list-item"><span></span></span><span></span> <span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"> </span><span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> </span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="15" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"></span></span><span></span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content 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id="productTitle"></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-87902462112173888442022-06-16T14:30:00.000-07:002022-06-16T14:30:32.660-07:00Crossbill Guides<p> </p><p>About Crossbill Guides: "In cooperation with Crossbill Guides Foundation, KNNV Publishing has a series of innovative travel guides to major European natural
areas. These attractive and handy-sized guides, designed for nature
enthusiasts,combine comprehensive information about fauna, flora,
ecology, landscape and cultural aspects of the area. Detailed
descriptions of hiking trails, canoe trips and car routes are
conveniently linked to information on everything you want to know about
the whats, wheres and whys of splendid nature."</p><p>Two of their recent guides are listed below: <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rneUv_l6rftTYKOlq7YB4SNnNyWXgulrRUIq4LVmCAjkkIZCJMoa16dNGyxHUiRaoM0Nw-9jPTOkOcDSSyr4S6hAvzI2xweTyz0wwKlIdELDOIiQ1mEt5RjyTWWM4TTKXO8BYj2_6IHV_xp5K0vt5CElxOHoyM3poII2anCP4LrKpJdRPu_SFEpY/s499/CBGireland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="358" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rneUv_l6rftTYKOlq7YB4SNnNyWXgulrRUIq4LVmCAjkkIZCJMoa16dNGyxHUiRaoM0Nw-9jPTOkOcDSSyr4S6hAvzI2xweTyz0wwKlIdELDOIiQ1mEt5RjyTWWM4TTKXO8BYj2_6IHV_xp5K0vt5CElxOHoyM3poII2anCP4LrKpJdRPu_SFEpY/s320/CBGireland.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>1) <span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base">Krieger</span><span class="a-letter-space">,</span></span><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-letter-space"><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-size-base"> Carsten</span></span>. </span></span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Ireland (Crossbill Guides).</b> 2022. Paperback: 287 pages. Price: $</span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">35.00 U.S.</span></p><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Ireland, the Emerald Isle, is famous for its checkerboard
landscape of green fields and hedgerows. Its coast showcases sandy
beaches, mudflats and saltmarshes, Atlantic Rainforests, rocky shores
and cliffs, all home to a staggering variety of wildlife. Ireland’s
coastal waters are among the best in Europe to see whales and dolphins
and other rare marine animals. The <i>Crossbill Guide Ireland</i> is the
authoritative wildlife and nature travel guidebook to that island and
includes both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The book
provides insights into how this varied landscape came into being with a
description of its flora and fauna. The book combines this background
with carefully selected hiking and driving routes that cover the best
places to discover Ireland’s wildlife and ecosystems. If you want to
explore Ireland’s wild side, this is the book you need.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCI_73MmXFISiubjBr55GZEcQsW-2RMsbHtUb7K-tM4pekV5X7tOXNB2GYnhEyLrvH_gqftUeqnqoG9wyg5-dzk-OgmkZGss8K9WHHioMhDuurRsPAJOohIXe3Yk59C4W9LJlKkUZuc7L-W45elqST7NYWAXhI-Ox5YYf3e1RMMXgAyM63GwMKKSz0/s499/CBGiceland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCI_73MmXFISiubjBr55GZEcQsW-2RMsbHtUb7K-tM4pekV5X7tOXNB2GYnhEyLrvH_gqftUeqnqoG9wyg5-dzk-OgmkZGss8K9WHHioMhDuurRsPAJOohIXe3Yk59C4W9LJlKkUZuc7L-W45elqST7NYWAXhI-Ox5YYf3e1RMMXgAyM63GwMKKSz0/s320/CBGiceland.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span>2) </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">Hilbers, </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">Dirk</span>. </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><b>Iceland (Crossbill Guide). </b>2017. Paperback: 263 pages. Price: $35.00 U.S.<br /></span></p><p><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-size-base a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="newBuyBoxPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="rentListPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-size-base-plus a-color-price a-text-bold"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-list-item"><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span><span><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-medium a-color-price header-price a-text-normal" id="price"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="title-title-subtitle"><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary" id="productSubtitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"><span class="a-color-secondary a-text-strike" id="listPrice">PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Iceland is famous for its stunning landscapes, unique geology, and rich
birdlife. There are few places on Earth where volcanism has resulted in
such a multitude of different landscapes, and where such vast numbers of
birds are easy to watch and photograph. The <em>Crossbill Guide: Iceland</em>
shows everything Iceland's nature has to offer, and contains 16
detailed itineraries for the best places to go. The guide also describes
close to 50 sites with tips for visitors interested in geology, birds,
marine mammals, flora, and history of the landscape.</p><p> </p><p>RECOMMENDATION: These guides are a must have for naturalists visiting these countries! <br /></p><p></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle"></span></p><p><span class="rush-component s-latency-cf-section" data-component-id="23" data-component-type="s-search-results"><span class="a-letter-space"></span></span></p>Birdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.com0