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BOOKS ON INTERESTING SCIENCE TOPICS

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AMONG OUR FAVORITES

Vampiro: The Vampire Bat in Fact and Fiction: By David E. Brown, paperback, 148 pages, 1994. This is a fascinating look at the three known species of vampire bat; included topics are the vampire bat's place in history and folklore, its biology and distribution, and the methods used to control the common vampire bat in heavily infested areas of Mexico, and Central and South America. This book is well illustrated with buy Vampiro photographs, drawings and maps, and is highly readable and enjoyable: A must for anyone interested in natural history.

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FIELD AND IDENTIFICATION GUIDES

A Guide to Biting and Stinging Insects and Other Arthropods: By Charles Papp and Lester A. Swan: paperback, 2nd edition, 1983. This is a popular guide to biting buy Biting and Stinging Insects and stinging insects, and includes material on spiders and other arthrpods as well; it is useful to the outdoorsman as well as to the urbanite.

Furtive Fauna

Furtive Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You: By Roger M. Knutson: Paperback, 86 pages, 1996. A guide to the little creatures that live on human bodies, this unusual publication discusses such entities as ticks, fleas, face mites, mosquitoes, chiggers, bed bugs, body and head lice, tooth amoebas and bacteria: Not for the dinner table, buy Furtive Fauna but a fun book just to say that you own!.


Peterson Field Guides

Eastern Birds Field Guide Rocks and Minerals Field Guide Mammals Field Guide Freshwater Fishes Field Guide Insects Field Guide Pacific States Wildflowers Field Guide Stars and Planets Field Guide

The Peterson Field Guide series is among the most read and respected field guide collections on this planet. Eagle Rock Research has used many of these guides in field studies over the past thirty years, and considers the majority of them to be the finest field guides available on their specific topics. These guides are richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps and etc., and are full of accurate, useful information. We are pleased to offer the paperback editions of these guides here, and recommend them highly!

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BOOKS ON MISCELLANEOUS SCIENCE TOPICS

Alien Invasion

Alien Invasion: America's Battle With Non-Native Animals and Plants: By Robert S. Devine, paperback, 288 pages, 1999. Published by the National Geographic Society, this book explores the effects of introduced species in the United States. While just made available, and not yet not yet reviewed by Eagle Rock Research, this bookbuy Alien promises to be an eye opening publication on a topic of rapidly growing importance.


Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America: By Nancy J. Turner et.al., paperback, 1995. A guide for parents, outdoorsmen, health care workers and others interested in toxic flora. buy Poisonous Plants This book contains beautiful color photographs and guides for quick identification.

The Red Hourglass

The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators: By Gordon Grice, hardcover, 1988. This book contains chapters on the lives of several predatory animals, including chapters on the black widow, the mantid, the rattlesnake, the tarantula, the pig, the canid, and the recluse spider.buy Red Hourglass "The Red Hourglass" is getting five star reviews from it's readers.


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