The 2016 winners of the National Outdoor Book Awards have been announced. While all are indeed worthy of the distinction, there were three that I was particularly pleased to see recognized.
2016 National Outdoor Book Awards
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Items of Interest Worth Remembering
Darrin Lunde on his new book The Naturalist
Darrin Lunde does such a superb job of presenting his new book The Naturalist; Theodore Roosevelt, a Lifetime of Exploration, and the Triumph of American Natural History in this recent podcast from the American Museum of Natural History that I scarcely think there’s any more I could write in a review that wold make you even more […]
Roland Kays on Quirks & Quarks
Recently, when I downloaded the latest Quirks & Quarks podcast, to my great delight I learned that Dr. Roland Kays was to be discussing his work with camera traps as well as his recently published book on the subject “Candid Creatures; How Camera Traps Reveal the Mysteries of Nature” from Johns Hopkins University Press.
Forthcoming Very Short Introductions
For those who, like me, place great value in Oxford University Press’ brilliant Very Short Introductions volumes not only for the consistently high quality of the information they contain but also for their perfectly pocketable size (you’ll never find my beloved old Harris tweed sport coat lacking one in its lower left-hand pocket), I am happy to report that 2016 will see a number of new natural history related titles added to the series’ expanding roster.