He’s made a list.
He’s checked it twice.
It must have been quite a job
To pick a single winner among books this nice.
He’s made a list.
He’s checked it twice.
It must have been quite a job
To pick a single winner among books this nice.
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.
Back when I was a wee lad, I delighted in watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. Every Sunday evening, I sat in rapt attention as Marlin Perkins narrated a new wildlife conservation research project that he had recently filmed with Jim Fowler. Particularly intriguing to me (technophilic child of the space race that I was) was their use of radio tracking collars and related devices to monitor and relocate particular animals as part of their research. At the time, such devices were among the most advanced forms of field-level scientific technology imaginable.
“…a thoughtful and well-informed look at nature conservation in the UK and every few pages I was thinking ‘That’s a very good point’ or ‘That’s an interesting way of putting it – and true too!’ or ‘I’d never thought of it that way’.” So begins Mark in his assessment of Laurence Rose’s new book “Framing Nature; Conservation and Culture,” the subject of his most recent Sunday Book Review.