Blog entries tagged Book Reviews http://www.herplit.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:43:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.herplit.com/index.php/home/in-pursuit-of-the-gene.html <p> </p><br/>In Pursuit of the Gene<br/>From Darwin to DNA<br/><p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p><br/>by James Schwartz<br/><p><br /><br /></p><br/>This wonderul book is a nice mix of history of genetics and biography of&nbsp;<img style="float: right;" src="http://www.herplit.com/images/Pursuit-GeneTB.png" alt="" /><br/>the key figures in genetics, beginning with Darwin and ending with Muller - a span of about 75 years. It is written with the layman in mind, but anyone with some background in genetics will probably Read More... Breck Bartholomew Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:58:18 +0100 New Books Book Reviews Biographies http://www.herplit.com/index.php/home/the-last-tortoise.html <p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Georgia;">The Last Tortoise</p><br/><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Georgia;">A Tale of Extinction in Our Lifetime</p><br/><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; min-height: 19.0px;">&nbsp;</p><br/><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 16.0px Georgia;">by Craig B. Stanford</p><br/><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; Read More... Breck Bartholomew Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:23:38 +0100 New Books Book Reviews http://www.herplit.com/index.php/home/swimming-with-crocodiles.html Swimming with Crocodiles:<br />A true story of adventure and survivalWill Chaffey<br />Arcade Publishing, New York, x, 300 p., 16 plates<br />ISBN: 978-1-55970-902-6. $26.95&nbsp;<p><img src="http://www.herplit.com/images//Chaffey.png" alt="" align="right" />Dispite the herpetological title and cover, this book is primarily a coming of age story with a herpetological subtext. After graduating from a private high school and finding himself unable to get into any of the universities that he had apRead More... Breck Bartholomew Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:54:28 +0100 New Books Book Reviews http://www.herplit.com/index.php/home/snakebit-confessions-of-a-herpetologist.html Snakebit: Confessions of a Herpetologist<p style="text-align: center">Leslie Anthony</p>2009 Greystone Books, Vancouver, xii, 292 pagesClothbound with a dust-jacket. ISBN:&nbsp;9781553652366Suggested Retail $27.95&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.herplit.com/images/Snakebit.png" alt="" align="right" /><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px">When I first heard about this book, I was somewhat Read More... Breck Bartholomew Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:51:59 +0100 New Books Book Reviews