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FOSSILS OF THE MILWAUKEE FORMATION: A DIVERSE MIDDLE DEVONIAN BIOTA FROM WISCONSIN, USA available for pre-publication orders
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We are pleased to announce that FOSSILS OF THE MILWAUKEE FORMATION: A DIVERSE MIDDLE DEVONIAN BIOTA FROM WISCONSIN, USA by Kenneth C. Gass, Joanne Kluessendorf, Donald G. Mikulic and Carlton E. Brett is now in the very final stages of production and is available to pre-order at 20% discount (first 100 copies only). We expect to have hard copies for shipping by the end of April. Please click the cover image below to go to the product page for more info and to pre-order your copy. What people are saying A richly illustrated glimpse of the wonderfully diverse life of...
Book Review: TRILOBITES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
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We are very pleased to announce that a new book review of our forthcoming title: Trilobites of the British Isles by Robert Kennedy and Sinclair Stammers has just been published on the American Museum of Natural History Trilobite Website (April 2018; some abridged snippets follow): … when all is said-and-done, perhaps no country on Earth can match Great Britain in terms of either its ground-breaking academic pursuit of the subject, or its available trilobite resources. Written by noted trilobite collector/researcher Dr. Robert Kennedy, with the able assistance of photographer Sinclair Stammers, this highly informative, richly illustrated, 384-page volume goes to...
Trilobites of the British Isles: Advance copies just in!
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We are very pleased to announce that a limited number of advance copies of Trilobites of the British Isles by Dr Robert Kennedy and Sinclair Stammers are now available at 20% discount. For more info about this lavishly illustrated volume (approximately 800 colour photos over 384 pages) see below or click the image to go to the product page and order your copy, but hurry as the discount offer will expire shortly. From the back cover Trilobites of the British Isles is the first illustrated modern overview of the trilobite faunas of Great Britain and the Irish Republic. It is...
Fossils of Folkestone, Kent: PRE-ORDER NOW and SAVE 20%
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We are very pleased to announce that our forthcoming title: Fossils of Folkestone, Kent by Philip Hadland is almost ready to go to the printer. Folkestone is arguably one of the best fossil-hunting grounds in the UK and is especially famed for its great diversity of exceptionally well preserved ammonites. In this family friendly photographic field guide the author covers the major different fossil groups likely to be found in the Lower Greensand, Gault Clay, Chalk and Pleistocene settings. More than 200 fossil species are illustrated in a series of 100 full-page, colour plates. The author has been collecting fossils at Folkestone...
Philippines Butterflies: Advance copies now available
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We have just received our advance copies of Field Guide to Butterflies of The Philippines by Peter B. Hardy and James M. Lawrence and they look GREAT! All the 947 known Philippine butterfly species are listed in this book, with two-thirds of them illustrated in 1,080 photographs on 157 colour plates, representing the most comprehensive treatment of the fauna to date. “This work will undoubtedly generate a new era in the study of butterflies of this region, an accessible guide that will underpin many a serious study to come in butterfly biology, ecology and, most importantly, conservation.”Prof Roger L.H. Dennis...