When a copy of Dr. Andrew A. Robichaud’s recently published “Animal City; The Domestication of America” from Harvard University Press arrived on my desk, I began reading it that very evening.
Animal City
Natural History
The Wardian Case
If you are already familiar with Wardian cases, you’ll be delighted with this opportunity to learn the fascinating history of their discovery and development. And if you’re unfamiliar with them, this book will introduce you to one of the most on-the-surface mundane but in reality most world-changing technological innovations of the nineteenth century.
Britain’s Habitats
One of the many things I love about Great Britain is the combination of its remarkable number of natural habitats and their relative close proximity to one another. Even if time spent exploring is limited to a mere weekend, one can traverse multiple natural habitats and in the process be afforded the delights to be found observing the flora, fauna, geology, and geography each has to offer.
Shark Biology and Conservation
Looking back over some of my recent favorite books about sharks, it caught my attention that two of them – “Sharks; the Animal Answer Guide” and “Sharks of the Shallows” – were published by Johns Hopkins University Press. And if how impressed I have thus far been by what I’ve discovered through my initial readings in their newly published “Shark Biology and Conservation; Essentials for Educators, Students, and Enthusiasts” holds true, three of my most favorite recent books about sharks will be JHUP publications.