Interview with James Lowen, author of Much Ado About Mothing: A Year Intoxicated by Britain’s Rare and Remarkable Moths
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James Lowen is an award-winning writer whose work is regularly featured in The Telegraph, BBC Wildlife and Nature's Home, among other publications. He is also an editor, lecturer, consultant and keen photographer.
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In this book James embarks on a year-long quest to celebrate the joy of Britain's rarest and most remarkable moths. By hiking up mountains, wading through marshes and roaming by night amid ancient woodlands, James follows the trails of both Victorian collectors and present-day conservationists. Seeking to understand why they and many ordinary folk love the species that the general public purports to hate, his investigations reveal a heady world of criminality and controversy.
We will have a limited number of signed bookplates on publication.
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James kindly agreed to answer some of our questions about his latest book.
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This month, we tested the Motic SMZ-140 Series Stereo Microscope. Motic Europe are known for their good quality, robust entry-level optics as well as their laboratory standard equipment, and they have an excellent reputation among industry professionals and hobbyists alike. Click here to find out how the Motic SMZ-140 performed.
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This month, browse our newly catalogued books in Leon's bookshelf.
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Broomrapes of Britain & Ireland - May 2021
Broomrapes and their close relatives, the Toothworts (family Orobanchaceae) are among our most curiously attractive and least understood plants. Renowned for being taxonomically challenging, these unusual parasitic genera include several of Britain and Ireland's rarest plants. The handbook includes an introduction to the Broomrape family, their life-cycle and biology, habitats and ecology as well as past taxonomy.
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Wasps: The Astonishing Diversity of a Misunderstood Insect - May 2021
This richly illustrated book introduces you to some of the most spectacular members of the wasp realm, colourful in both appearance and lifestyle. From minute fairyflies to gargantuan tarantula hawks, wasps exploit almost every niche on the planet. So successful are they at survival that other organisms emulate their appearance and behaviour. Written by a leading authority on these remarkable insects, Wasps reveals a world of staggering variety and endless fascination.
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Seabirds, and a Short History of Illustrated Bird Guides
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The soon to be published Seabirds by Peter Harrison, Martin Perrow and Hans Larsson represents the latest in a long history of exquisitely illustrated bird identification guides. An update of the original 1983 publication of Harrison’s, it covers all 437 known species of seabird, from seaducks and grebes to cormorants and pelicans. The publication of this beautiful and comprehensive book has prompted us to take a look at some of the history surrounding illustrated bird guides over the past century.
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