tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, animal books, natural history books, ecology books
"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).
The Birdbooker Report is a special weekly report of a wide variety of science, nature and behavior books that currently are, or soon will be available for purchase. This report is written by one of my Seattle birding pals and book collector, Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, and is edited by me and published here for your information and enjoyment. Below the fold is this week's issue of The Birdbooker Report which lists ecology, environment, natural history and bird books that are (or will soon be) available for purchase.
New and Recent Titles:
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Casey, Susan. The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks. 2005. Henry Holt and Company. Hardbound: 292 pages. Price: $25.00 U.S. [Amazon: $11.20]. SUMMARY: The author sets out to learn about Great White Sharks from biologists, Peter Pyle and Scot Anderson, who studies them at California's Southeast Farallon Islands. While reporting numerous discoveries about these sharks in this book, she also ends up becoming part of the story. -
Eckhart, Gene and Annette Lanjouw. Mountain Gorillas: Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence. 2008. Johns Hopkins University Press. Hardbound: 306 pages. Price: $34.95 U.S. [Amazon: $23.07]. SUMMARY: Informative and compassionate book about the biology and conservation of the Mountain Gorilla. Gorgeous photography by Gene Eckhart makes this book a must-have. -
Sawyer, G.J. and Viktor Deak (creators). The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-two species of extinct humans. 2007. Yale University Press. Hardbound: 256 pages. Price: $45.00 U.S. [Amazon: $29.70]. SUMMARY: Using forensic reconstruction techniques, the collaborators create a portrait gallery of the 22 known species of extinct hominids. The project began when the Fossil Hominid Reconstruction and Research Team, led by anthropologist G. J. Sawyer and paleoartist Viktor Deak, began reconstructing fossilized skulls and skeletons, using meticulous procedures of forensic anatomical reconstruction to build three-dimensional models of contemporary humankind's known predecessors. Paleontological and anatomical data for each species were combined with anthropological and climatological research to produce this volume, covering 22 species and 7 million years. The accompanying text by Esteban Sarmiento gives details about each species. Anyone interested in human evolution or physical anthropology will enjoy this book!
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