Boria Sax’s “The Butterfly Who Dreamt He Was A Man” may be his most eclectic book yes, an for a scholar as famous for his eclectic as Dr. Sax is, that is no small accomplishment.
The Butterfly Who Dreamt He Was a Man
Newly Noted Books
New and forthcoming books that are worthy of attention but that have not yet been fully reviewed.
Foundations of Conservation Biology
I’ve long followed the maxim “you’ll never know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been.” It’s been a guidepost for me in more or less everything I’ve ever set out to learn. And as the editors of the new “Foundations of Conservation Biology; A Guide to the Classic Literature” clearly demonstrate in their creation and organization of the book, it’s a maxim that they very much believe to be one worthy of following as well.
The Bird Guide: North America
“Great googly moogly!” … was what I exclaimed upon opening the email message from Princeton University Press that contained the announcement that they would be publishing a truly monumental new field guide to the birds of North America in the early Spring of 2027.
Cannabis; A Global History
In his recently published book “Cannabis; A Global History,” Prof. Borougerdi presents his readers with the remarkable, complex, millennia-spanning history of how humans discovered, investigated, cultivated, employed, cherished, and even worshiped with species of Cannabis plants.