#StevesLibrary: No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference
I’m sure you’re all aware of who Judging by the criticism levelled at who Greta Thunberg is, the Swedish climate activist who’s actions have seen similar strikes across the globe. As a conservationist, climate change not only scares me for the…
#StevesLibrary: Alien Places
This week’s review is for a book that I’m happy to bet you haven’t heard of, yet I highly recommend it. Alien Places by Atul Kumar in my eyes is unique among the books I own. My library is heavily…
#StevesLibrary: Pink Pigeons and Golden Bats
Gerald Durrell is one of those figures that I’ve always wanted to meet, unfortunately along with my chance to fly on Concorde – I was born too late. As well as being the founder of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust,…
#StevesLibrary: Death on Earth
I know you’ve all been waiting for another one of these for a long time. fear not as a number of book reviews are coming over the next few weeks. Thankfully the lockdown has given me ample opportunity to catch…
#StevesLibrary: Cuckoo – Cheating by Nature
One of the last books I read was Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature written by the talented Nick Davies from the University of Cambridge. I’m not one to often read books about birds (I like to keep things nice and broad…
#StevesLibrary: How to Build a Dinosaur
Now with a title like that, you’d expect the book to deliver right? Well you can be sure that it does! I first read this book during my undergraduate days and passed it between a few friends (who were dying…
#StevesLibrary: Where Do Camels Belong?
Some of you will be aware that I have recently returned from the World Congress of Herpetology, held at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. I shall be blogging about my adventures on the other side of the…
#StevesLibrary: The Missing Lynx
2019 is almost over! I hope that everyone had an amazing Christmas and let me wish you all the best for 2020! Despite the festivities I managed to find the time to finish off one final book before the year…
#StevesLibrary: Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects
In this insightful book, Jack Ashby, the former Manager of the Grant Museum (at UCL) offers something that I feel is unique within a science book. Ashby tells the story of life, evolution and how natural history museums work by…
#StevesLibrary: Sloths!
Regular readers of my blog will know that I read quite a few popular science books, I’ve got a few lined up for the coming months to keep me busy throughout the Christmas period so expect a number of reviews…
