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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...

We are very pleased to announce that a nice new review of our recent title: British Polacanthid Dinosaurs by William T. Blows, has just been published in the latest Newsletter of the Palaeontological Association (March 2017, number 94: 97-98) and are pleased to offer a further reduction of £5.00 on our already discounted price using the code: PALASS17 until Sunday. The following is taken from the review (slightly edited): The bulk of the monograph, chapters 3 to 7, are a description of the skeleton as preserved in individual specimens in museum collections. These chapters are richly illustrated with photographs, mostly...

We are very pleased to announce a new review of our title: Western Indian Ocean Tortoises: Ecology, Diversity, Evolution, Conservation, Palaeontology edited by J. Gerlach, which was published in the latest edition of Copeia 104(4):965-976 (December, 2016). From the review: "... a masterful account of the extinct and extant tortoises of these islands. It deserves a place in any herpetologists' or natural historian's library and we highly recommend it. The extensive references alone are worth the price of the book, as they compile a wealth of scattered, difficult-to-access literature. Eminent turtle and primate conservationist Russ Mittermeier wrote a short but...

We are very pleased to announce the latest title that is currently in the early stages of preparation, so probably will not be ready for release until late 2018 or early 2019. The title is: Fossils of the Milwaukee Formation: A Middle Devonian Paleoecosystem from Wisconsin, USA by Kenneth (Chris) Gass. This will be a pictorial guide to the animals and plants that lived during the Devonian Period in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, over 380 million years ago, as told by the fossils they left behind. This heavily illustrated book (600 colour photos and line drawings) is supported by the author’s more...

We are very pleased to announce that our latest title: A Guide to Fossil Collecting in England and Wales by Steve Snowball and Craig Chapman of UKAFH (UK Amateur Fossil Hunters) has been formally released today. We have had advance copies available for some time now and the book has already been very well received by young and old alike. We expect that this year you will see more people rummaging around in the shingle looking for fossils than you may have done previously ... maybe you will be one of them. Our friend Gabs has already found her local...