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Birdbooker Report 23

Topic Categories: The Birdbooker Report
Posted on: July 20, 2008 11:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"

tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, natural history books, ecology books

"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).

Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, which lists ecology, environment, natural history and bird books that are (or will soon be) available for purchase. If you despair of ever having enough summer reading material, this issue is just for you because you will find that the total page count in these books is 4277 pages!

FEATURED TITLE:

Olsen, Penny. Glimpses of Paradise: The Quest for the Beautiful Parrakeet. 2007. National Library of Australia. Paperback: 259 pages. Price: about $31.00 U.S. (plus shipping). SUMMARY: A detailed and well illustrated monograph on the extinct Paradise Parrot of Australia.

New and Recent Titles:

Denny, Mark W. and Steven D. Gaines (editors). Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores. 2007. University of California Press. Hardbound: 707 pages. Price: $95.00 U.S. [Amazon: $76.40]. SUMMARY: A comprehensive review of the marine life and ecology of tidepools and rocky shores.

Fogden, Michael and Patricia Fogden. Hummingbirds of Costa Rica. 2006. Firefly Books. Harbound: 153 pages. Price: $49.95 U.S. [Amazon: $37.96]. SUMMARY: Excellent photographs highlight this account of Costa Rican hummingbirds.

Goodman, Steven M. and Jonathan P. Benstead (editors). The Natural History of Madagascar. 2003. University of Chicago Press. Paperback: 1709 pages. Price: $50.00 U.S. [Amazon: $36.00]. SUMMARY: This title is the standard reference for Malagasy natural history.

Guthrie, R. Dale. The Nature of Paleolithic Art. 2005. University of Chicago Press. Hardbound: 507 pages. Price: $45.00 U.S. [Amazon: $29.70]. SUMMARY: The author's views on paleolithic art are interesting, if not controversial.

Ratsch, Christian. The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and its Applications. 2005. Park Street Press. Hardbound: 942 pages. Price: $125.00 U.S. [Amazon: $78.75]. SUMMARY: This book will become the standard reference on the subject of psychoactive plants. [GrrlScientist comment: Wow, I'd sure love to field test this book!]