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Book Review: Solving the Mystery of the First Animals on Land - The Fossils of Blackberry Hill

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We are pleased to announce an excellent review of our title: Solving the Mystery of the First Animals on Land - The Fossils of Blackberry Hill by Kenneth (Chris) Gass has just been published in the Newsletter of the Palaeontological Association (2016, number 91, pages 107-108). From the review"To cite the author from his first line of the preface to the book: 'A picture book on Blackberry Hills was inevitable. The place is simply too intriguing to remain buried in scientific journals…' I couldn’t agree more." ... "... an excellent introduction for readers who want to dig deeper into the...

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Book Review: Fossil Insects: An introduction to palaeoentomology

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A nice review of our recent title: Fossil Insects: An introduction to palaeoentomology by David Penney & James E. Jepson has just been published in Priscum, the newsletter of the Paleontological Society (USA, Winter 2016 - volume 23, part 1, pages 42-43). The summary paragraph reads as follows: "In summary, Fossil Insects: An Introduction to Palaeoentomology is illustrated with 240 high-quality figures; most of them color photographs and found only published in this book. Overall this book is a great addition for everyone with an interest in entomology/ paleoentomology. For amateurs, it gives a nice introduction to the fossil record...

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Book Review: Homo sapiens: An appraisal of modern humans

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A nice review of our recent title: Homo sapiens: An appraisal of modern humans by Rajan Jaisinghani has just been published in the Spring 2016 edition of Population Matters Magazine. clicking the cover will take you to the product page The full review (pages 23-24) can be read by clicking here. Unfortunately, the author of the review, Richard Vernon (Secretary of the Oxford Branch of Population Matters), was limited in the word count by the magazine, which allowed him to do little more than cover the content of the book, without being able to expand on his perceived importance of...

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Homo sapiens: an appraisal of modern humans submitted for the Royal Society of Biology book awards 2016

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We are pleased to announce that our title: Homo sapiens: an appraisal of modern humans by Rajan Jaisinghani has been submitted for the prestigious Royal Society of Biology book awards 2016. We believe that the concluding comments of Richard Vernon's (Secretary of the Oxford Branch of Population Matters) Amazon.co.uk review of January 23, 2016, say it all: "...this is one of the most important books, for humanity, the environment and hence our future, that I have read." It is for this very reason that we kept the RRP at only £12.00 in the hope that it would be accessible to...

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Book Review: Dear Sir: Sixty-nine years of Alfred Russel Wallace letters to the editor

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We are pleased to announce a nice review of our recent title Dear Sir: Sixty-nine years of Alfred Russel Wallace letters to the editor, edited by Charles H. Smith and Kelsey Patterson, just published in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (2016, volume 152, pages 65-66). The concluding statement of the review, by another acclaimed Wallace author and scholar, Ted Benton, reads: "This edited collection must be one of the best ways into the phenomenon that was Wallace, and is a ‘must-read’ for anyone with an interest in the ferment of ideas to which he made such an immense contribution." Clicking the...

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