The book sales of summer continue. The most recent one to come to appear is the New York University Press Summer Sale 2025 offering 60% off their books’ cover prices.
New York University Press’ Summer Sale 2025
“Of Interest” is the blog of The Well-read Naturalist. Here are published items, as the title indicates, of interest.
The book sales of summer continue. The most recent one to come to appear is the New York University Press Summer Sale 2025 offering 60% off their books’ cover prices.
The podcasts featuring interviews with authors of books about natural history or history of science topics were particularly interesting this past week. Books about pigs, mudlarking, and microscopy are the topics of discussion.
The smaller number of noteworthy podcast episodes this week is balanced by the particularly high levels of quality and interesting content in those noted.
Lulu Miller’s “Why Fish Don’t Exist; A Story of Finding Our Way in a Chaotic World,” has been selected by Blackwell’s as their pick for the non-fiction Book of the Month for July 2025.