cheap books on Natural History

Tucanos, Lost Land Of The Dodo, European Reptile and Amphibian Guide, and The Naturalized Animals of Britain and Ireland (of which I only have the early edition so I need to update). It only comes to about $100 so actually very cheap for four books, but still more than I should have spent. I'm particularly looking forward to the toucan book.

As an aside, I also recently got Squirrels Of The World which covers every species. A very good buy. Squirrels of the World : Hardback : Richard W. Thorington, John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, James F. Whatton : 9781421404691
 
Chlidonias said:
Tucanos, Lost Land Of The Dodo, European Reptile and Amphibian Guide, and The Naturalized Animals of Britain and Ireland (of which I only have the early edition so I need to update). It only comes to about $100 so actually very cheap for four books, but still more than I should have spent. I'm particularly looking forward to the toucan book.

As an aside, I also recently got Squirrels Of The World which covers every species. A very good buy. Squirrels of the World : Hardback : Richard W. Thorington, John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, James F. Whatton : 9781421404691
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They all sound quite good, but I won't be buying any at this time. I'll wait to learn about the Pakistani Woolly Flying Squirrels in HMW vol. 6 :D

I've been stocking up on zoo books recently (aswell as HMW vol. 1 & 2), got both the Staglands and Cotswold Wildlife Park histories recently, as well as a few guidebooks (including Orana Park 1986).
 
Chlidonias said:
Tucanos, Lost Land Of The Dodo, European Reptile and Amphibian Guide, and The Naturalized Animals of Britain and Ireland (of which I only have the early edition so I need to update). It only comes to about $100 so actually very cheap for four books, but still more than I should have spent. I'm particularly looking forward to the toucan book.

As an aside, I also recently got Squirrels Of The World which covers every species. A very good buy. Squirrels of the World : Hardback : Richard W. Thorington, John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, James F. Whatton : 9781421404691
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I don't have the Lost Land Of The Dodo, but the other three books are all excellent.

I hadn't heard about Squirrels of the World before, but it's certainly whet my nerdy appetite. Is each species illustrated (where possible)?
 
Land of the Dodo is very good book. I just realised I spent way too much on it. I was interested in Samuel Turvey's book on Holocene extinctions but it's unfortunately already sold out.
 
robmv said:
I hadn't heard about Squirrels of the World before, but it's certainly whet my nerdy appetite. Is each species illustrated (where possible)?
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I haven't had a chance to read it properly yet, but yes where possible every species is illustrated with a photo of a living specimen (231 out of 285 species have photos). Distribution maps are included for all species. The skulls of all genera are also illustrated at the back.

Sample pages here: Squirrels of the World - Richard W. Thorington, Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, James F. Whatton - Google Books
 
Chlidonias said:
I haven't had a chance to read it properly yet, but yes where possible every species is illustrated with a photo of a living specimen (231 out of 285 species have photos). Distribution maps are included for all species. The skulls of all genera are also illustrated at the back.

Sample pages here: Squirrels of the World - Richard W. Thorington, Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, James F. Whatton - Google Books
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Very nice - this just got elevated from desirable to essential purchase!
 
Oh wicked Chlidonias, tempting us like this :rolleyes:

I may choose something more literary, J A Baker's classic meditation The Peregrine.

Alan
 
Chlidonias said:
I haven't had a chance to read it properly yet, but yes where possible every species is illustrated with a photo of a living specimen (231 out of 285 species have photos). Distribution maps are included for all species. The skulls of all genera are also illustrated at the back.

Sample pages here: Squirrels of the World - Richard W. Thorington, Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, James F. Whatton - Google Books
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That link cost me £55 (the book plus 2cd's I fancied on Amazon). Many thanks (beans on toast for a fortnight now).:)
 
I got a copy of the squirrels of the world book recently! It's a great a book although I was disappointed they don't list every prevost sub-species! But that's just being picky :)
 
Shorts said:
That link cost me £55 (the book plus 2cd's I fancied on Amazon). Many thanks (beans on toast for a fortnight now).:)
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I look forward to an in-depth discussion on subspecific variation in Ratufa when we next meet!
 
zooboy28 said:
Which ones did you buy?

I'm putting my money on "Poisonous Plants of Pakistan" :D
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I thought that you were joking about this title zooboy28, but see that it really does exist.

I wonder if the CIA or some other anti-terrorist organization has distributed copies of this book in the areas where the Al Quaeda guys are living in caves and retitled it "Things That Are Good To Eat"?
 
DavidBrown said:
I thought that you were joking about this title zooboy28, but see that it really does exist.

I wonder if the CIA or some other anti-terrorist organization has distributed copies of this book in the areas where the Al Quaeda guys are living in caves and retitled it "Things That Are Good To Eat"?
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I doubt you can find idiots which don't know their native nature including plants in this region.
 
I'd snap up the squirrels book in a shot if it didn't cost so much :p
 
robmv said:
I look forward to an in-depth discussion on subspecific variation in Ratufa when we next meet!
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Absolutely, but if it's before I've sat the exams I'm currently studying for we may have to restrict it to our opinions on all the pretty pictures:).
 
I would also like to recommend this recently published book to fellow natural history bibliophiles: [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Owls-World-Photographic-Guide-Guides/dp/1408130289"]Owls Of The World: A Photographic Guide[/ame].

Considerably cheaper and (in my opinion) better than the König and Weick book that came out a couple of years ago - an excellent book in itself, but let down by substandard illustrations.
 
nanoboy said:
Haha. Well, the war on terror is mired in ignorance on all sides.
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Also, many of the jahadists within Pakistan are from Saudi Arabia and other places, so they probably really don't know their poisonous plants of Pakistan.
 
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