Not long ago I reported that Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks was soon to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press. However in doing so I neglected also to mention the recent publication by this same publisher of the ninth volume in their definitive series cataloging Olmsted’s papers.
For those who are either already fascinated by them, or those who are simply curious to learn a bit more about some of the world’s most widely and notoriously misunderstood mammals, news of the forthcoming publication of M. Brock Fenton’s and Nancy Simmons’ “Bats; A World of Science and Mystery” by The University of Chicago Press should come as very welcome news indeed.
It wasn’t three days since I’d listened to the brilliant Palaeocast episode about Isotelus rex that a copy of Riccardo Levi-Setti’s The Trilobite Book; A Visual Journey from The University of Chicago Press serendipitously showed up on my desk.
Back in July of 2014, The University of Chicago Press published Mark W. Person’s new English translation of Alexander von Humboldt’s famous collection of essays titled Ansichten der Natur (Views of Nature). This work, one of von Humboldt’s most influential – as well as reportedly his own personal favorite – has not seen a new English translation, […]