#StevesLibrary: The Butchering Art
Many of you will be familiar from my recent blog posts and those on social media that I have had a fun time exploring medical history recently. This has extended beyond the museums and exhibitions to books, which I am…
#StevesLibrary: The Lives of Frogs – A Natural History
It is not very often that we get a new mainstream book on frogs, which are an animal group which I have a close affinity to. On the surface, frogs might seem like simple, ordinary creatures, those small amphibians you…
#StevesLibrary: Top 10 books on Rewilding
These Top 10 lists I’ve been writing every now and again seem to be popular, so I may try to write one every month or so. The topic of this list is books on rewilding. But what is it? Rewilding…
#StevesLibrary: Gone – Stories of Extinction
Many of you will be aware that I am extremely passionate about conservation and trying to prevent extinction. I do not feel that the majority of humans understand or have the ability to comprehend extinction and unfortunately a book a…
#StevesLibrary: Gathering Moss – A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Regular readers of the blog will know that I am doing my best to try to combat plant-blindness. I’ve been visiting more botanical gardens and purchased some books on the topic of plant conservation. One of these is Robin Wall…
#StevesLibrary: Turing and the Universal Machine
Okay, time for something a little different. Jon Agar’s Turing and the Universal Machine: The Making of the Modern Computer is a concise, thoughtful entry in the Icons Science series that does more than recount the life of Alan Turing….
#StevesLibrary: Neurodivergent, By Nature
First of all must come a confession. This is a book that I have been reading since August and have had to go back through a couple of times in order to really absorb it. The main reason for this…
#StevesLibrary: Tortoise Husbandry and Welfare
There are few books out there that comprehensively summarise everything you need to know in order to provide your pet tortoise the best possible care. However, a new book titled Tortoise Husbandry and Welfare by Jane Williams bridges this gap…
#StevesLibrary: Top 10 Books on the Illegal Wildlife Trade
After a few conservations with some friends, I thought I’d do something a little different and put together a list of my Top 10 popular science books on the illegal wildlife trade. As a reminder, the illegal wildlife trade (IWT)…
#StevesLibrary: Slime – A Natural History
If you’ve ever picked up a frog or held frogspawn, one word may come to mind to describe the sensation that you feel. Slime. I am no stranger to this feeling and so I was surprised recently when I found…
