Your most anticipated futures books (3 Viewers)

[Melanie]

Feather and brush by Penny Olsen.

This is the second edition of a work previously published in 2002. (The first edition is out of print). Olsen described the history of Australian bird Art from the Rock Art via historical artists like Elisabeth Gould to contemporary artists like Frank Knight

"Feather and Brush, Penny Olsen, 9781486314171" Feather and Brush

 

[Melanie]

Yes, according to the author the publishing year is 2023.

According to Twitter the title will be "Deer, Pronghorn, and Giraffids of the World" (a release date is not announced)

 

[Melanie]

Birds of Bali, Sumatra and Java by Tony Tilford

A nice photo guide (scheduled for February 2023)

Birds of Bali, Sumatra and Java

Buy Birds of Bali, Sumatra and Java (9781472986870): NHBS - Tony Tilford, Bloomsbury Publishing

www.nhbs.com

 

[Butty]

New book or re-hash of an old one? Looking at some of the sample photos on that link, it seems to be the same Tony Tilford who, 35-odd years ago, used to specialise in photos of birds held captive in garishly-lit boxes containing bits of vegetation. I thought that era had passed ☹️

 

[Melanie]

Birds of China

scheduled for October 2023

by Yang Liu and Chen Shuihua

Birds of China

Buy Birds of China (9780691237527): NHBS - Liu Yang, Chen Shuihua, Cai Shangxiao, Yang Ziyou, Liang Dan, Mu Tong, Paul Holt, Sun Lili, Princeton University Press

www.nhbs.com

 

[Melanie]

There is a new collaboration by Joseph Forshaw and Frank Knight (this time not about parrots):

Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand

(might be a contender of the Whitley Award of the RZSNSW in Autumn 2023)

Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand

Although not closely related, quail, buttonquail and the Plains-wanderer have much in common. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand examines 14 species of these small, secretive ground-dwelling birds, including Old World and New World quail, the endangered...

www.publish.csiro.au

 

[Melanie]

A new book for Thylacine admirers:

Thylacine - The History, Ecology and Loss of the Tasmanian Tiger

Thylacine

Until the mid-20th century, the thylacine was the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial, and its disappearance has left many questions and contradictions. Alternately portrayed as a scourge and as a high value commodity, the thylacine’s ecology and behaviour were known only anecdotally. In...

www.publish.csiro.au

 

[Jim Martin]

New book or re-hash of an old one? Looking at some of the sample photos on that link, it seems to be the same Tony Tilford who, 35-odd years ago, used to specialise in photos of birds held captive in garishly-lit boxes containing bits of vegetation. I thought that era had passed ☹️

What a nasty comment.

This is a nice little guide for non-specialists that supersedes Tony's book of a similar title that was published about 15 years ago.

Photographs and text revised and updated throughout.

 

[Butty]

What a nasty comment.

If I said anything that's factually incorrect or inappropriate you're welcome to point that out and give reasons.

 

[DMW]

Birds of China

scheduled for October 2023

by Yang Liu and Chen Shuihua

Birds of China

Buy Birds of China (9780691237527): NHBS - Liu Yang, Chen Shuihua, Cai Shangxiao, Yang Ziyou, Liang Dan, Mu Tong, Paul Holt, Sun Lili, Princeton University Press

www.nhbs.com

I hope this is the high standard modern field guide China needs.

 

[Murray Lord]

Birds of China

Buy Birds of China (9780691237527): NHBS - Liu Yang, Chen Shuihua, Cai Shangxiao, Yang Ziyou, Liang Dan, Mu Tong, Paul Holt, Sun Lili, Princeton University Press

www.nhbs.com

It's perhaps the English language version of this book?

Chinese National Geography publishes new Field Guide to the Birds of China

For many years, the primary field guide to the birds of China has been the MacKinnon and Phillips guide. Hugely popular in China, given its translation into Mandarin, it has been the gateway …

birdingbeijing.com

 

[Melanie]

A nice guide on all extant Madagascan mammals with comprehensive accounts:

Nick Garbutt:
Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar

Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar

Buy Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar (9781472985934): NHBS - Nick Garbutt, Bloomsbury Publishing

www.nhbs.com

 

[Melanie]

The Snow leopard is the most enigmatic big cat in the World.

This summer a new book with stunning photographes will be published.

Snow Leopards

Buy Snow Leopards (9780323857758): NHBS - David P Mallon, Tom McCarthy, Academic Press

www.nhbs.com

 

[Murray Lord]

Princeton are showing a January 2024 publication date for the third edition of Birds of the Middle East

Birds of the Middle East Third Edition

A fully revised edition of the acclaimed field guide to the birds of the Middle East

press.princeton.edu

 

[Melanie]

Tim Flannery will publish the second edition of Mammals of the South-West Pacific in June 2023

Mammals of the South-west Pacific

Islands are special because they promote unique forms of life, and large proportions of the species they hold are found nowhere else on Earth. The mammals of the South-west Pacific are no exception, with many distributed only across single islands or archipelagos. Mammals of the South-west...

www.publish.csiro.au

 

[twilighter]

And finally the 4th edition of the Strahan's Mammals of Australia is on the way :

Strahan's Mammals of Australia

Fully updated and with completely reworked text and images, this is essentially the Fourth Edition of the acclaimed "The Mammals of Australia", with the name change acknowledging the contribution of the late Ronald Strahan, who authored the First Edition of the book in the 1970s. The previous...

au.newhollandpublishers.com

 

[Melanie]

And finally the 4th edition of the Strahan's Mammals of Australia is on the way :

Strahan's Mammals of Australia

Fully updated and with completely reworked text and images, this is essentially the Fourth Edition of the acclaimed "The Mammals of Australia", with the name change acknowledging the contribution of the late Ronald Strahan, who authored the First Edition of the book in the 1970s. The previous...

au.newhollandpublishers.com

This is long overdue. I have waited so long for a publication, especially because the 3rd edition has been out of print for years.

 

[Melanie]

Prehistoric Australasia

By: Michael Archer, Suzanne Hand, John Long, Trevor Worthy Illustrated by: Peter Schouten

Prehistoric Australasia

For most of the past 300 million years, the world’s continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated island it is today. Over time, its creatures began to...

www.publish.csiro.au

 

[Jim Martin]

Princeton are showing a January 2024 publication date for the third edition of Birds of the Middle East

Birds of the Middle East Third Edition

A fully revised edition of the acclaimed field guide to the birds of the Middle East

press.princeton.edu

it'll be a bit later than that. Our edition is out in March. JM

 

[Melanie]

Alan Poole will publish a new book on Quetzals in September 2023

Quetzals Icons of the Cloud Forest

Quetzals: Icons of the Cloud Forest

Buy Quetzals (9781501772214): Icons of the Cloud Forest: NHBS - Alan F Poole, Comstock Publishing Associates

www.nhbs.com