GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning a BS in Microbiology (emphasis in Virology) and PhD in Zoology (Ornithology) from the University of Washington. In NYC, she was the Chapman Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History for two years, pursuing part of her "dream" research project by reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist and her five parrots are currently relocating to Germany, where she will continue writing her blog while also writing a book and learning German. (Meanwhile, her parrots will continue to nibble on her extensive personal library.) If you appreciate GrrlScientist's writing, you can help pay her living expenses by hiring her to "blog" your conference, speak at your club or write articles for your publication (or by clicking on the Paypal button below). If you read an essay on this blog that you especially enjoyed, please nominate it for inclusion in 
I receive a fair number of books to review each month, so I thought I should do what several magazines and other publications do; list those books that have arrived in my mailbox so you know that this is the pool of books from which I will be reading and reviewing on my blog.
I should point out that (sadly!), my book reviewing days may be (possibly) ending soon because I will be relocating to Frankfurt, Germany in two weeks. According to my experiences, postage to Germany is at least three times what it is to anywhere in the USA, and I get an impressive headache when I read electronic PDFs, so unless the publishers decide I am worth the extra cost of shipping a hard copy of their books to Germany, I doubt I will be receiving (m)any more books for review after I leave. In that case, here's hoping that I receive a substantial pile of books to bring with me so I can review them on my blog for the next few months while I wait to begin taking German language classes in January.
The "Origin" Then and Now: An Interpretive Guide to the "Origin of Species" by David N. Reznick. Hardcover. Review copy.
Vesuvius: A Biography by Alwyn Scarth. Hardcover. Review copy.
Am I Making Myself Clear?: A Scientist's Guide to Talking to the Public by Cornelia Dean. Hardcover. Review copy.
Mammals of India (Princeton Field Guides) by Vivek Menon. Paperback. Review copy.
Birds of Western North America: A Photographic Guide (Princeton Field Guides) by Paul Sterry and Brian E. Small. Paperback. Review copy.
Birds of Eastern North America: A Photographic Guide (Princeton Field Guides) by Paul Sterry and Brian E. Small. Paperback. Review copy.
Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes by Will Self. Hardcover. Review copy.
The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily by Nancy Goldstone. Hardcover. Review copy.
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett. Hardcover. Review copy.
The Truth about Santa: Wormholes, Robots, and What Really Happens on Christmas Eve by Gregory Mone. Hardcover. Review copy.
A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil by Ber van Perlo. Paperback. Review copy.
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel. Hardcover. Review copy.
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Willkommen in Europa! :-) Welcome to Europe. Wherever you are going, they are lucky to be getting you if I may say so.
Posted by: Samia | November 2, 2009 2:38 PM
Hi,
Please send us the following 3 books:
Birds of Western North America: A Photographic Guide (Princeton Field Guides) by Paul Sterry and Brian E. Small. Paperback. Review copy.
Birds of Eastern North America: A Photographic Guide (Princeton Field Guides) by Paul Sterry and Brian E. Small. Paperback. Review copy.
A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil
Posted by: Michelle Scholz | November 3, 2009 12:12 PM