Books Received for Review
Books for review are available to members of the Botanical Society of America. If you are a BSA member and would like to review a book or books for PSB, the easiest way to do so is to: highlight and copy the book details, click on the Reviewer Requested link to the right of the book's details and paste the information into the email form that pops up. Remember to include your name, University/Department, all of your mailing details and the date by which the book will be reviewed. Book reviews should not exceed 800-1000 words. Alternatively, e-mail Mackenzie Taylor, the editor-in-chief, at psb@botany.org, including the details noted above, as soon as you notice the book of interest in this list, because they go quickly!
Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World: Conservation and Displacement in the Global Tropics Thaler, Gregory. 2024. ISBN: 978-0-300-27248-2. (paper US$40) 312 pp. Yale University Press |
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Frustrating Flowers & Puzzling Plants: Identifying the difficult species of Britain and Ireland. Warren, John M. 2024. ISBN: 978-1-78427-331-6. (paper US$40). 290 pp. Pelagic |
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Botanical Icons: Critical Practices of Illustration in the Premodern Mediterranean Griebeler, Andrew. 2024. ISBN: 9780226826790. (cloth, US$54.99) 334 pp. University of Chicago Press |
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Botánicos: A novel Meerow, Alan. 2023. ISBN: 979-8-9891677-0-82. (Paper US$14.99) 92 pp. Griffinia Press. |
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Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms: Forays with Fungi Pouliot, Alison. 2023. ISBN: 978-0-226-82963-0 (Paper US$26) 320 pp. University of Chicago Press. |
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Rowan Southall, Oliver. 2023. ISBN: 978-1789147124. (Hardcover, US$27). 248 pp. Reaktion Books. |
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Edible Alliums: Botany, Production, and Uses Rabinowitch, Haim D. and Brian Thomas (eds.). 2023. ISBN: 9781789249972. (Hardback US$155). 307 pp. CABI |
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A Splendor of Succulents and Cacti Ball, Caroline. 2023. ISBN: 9781851245970 (cloth, US$25). 144 pp. Bodleian Library Publishing |
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A guide to the Flora of the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir | Una guía a la de de la Sierra de San Pedro Mártir Harper, Alan, Sula Vanderplank, and Jon Rebman. 2021. ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-64-5 (flex-binding US$35). 320 pp. BRIT Press. |
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Plant Guide: Geology, Archaeology, Tide Pools, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals, Channel Islands, California. (Sida, Bot. Misc. 61) Riley, Jim and editors. 2023. ISBN 13: 978-1-889878-70-6 (Flex-binding US$55). 290 pp. BRIT Press. |
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Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition Lesica, Peter with Contributions by Matt Lavin and Peter F. Stickney. 2022. ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-87-4. (flex binding US$65). 729 pp. BRIT Press. |
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Tidal Marshes of Long Island, New York. Potente, John E (ed). 2022. ISSN: 22380 128x. (Hardback) Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society Vol 26. 4th edition. 171 pp. Torrey Botanical Society. |
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Grasses of the Northern Forest: Quick Guides Jenkins, Jerry. 2022. ISBN: 9781501764318. (digital; US$11.95) 4 pp. Cornell University Press (physical copy available by request). |
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Field Guide to Manzanitas: California, North America, and Mexico Kauffmann, Michael, Tom Parker, and Michael Vasey. Photography by Jeff Bisbee. 2021. ISBN: 978-1-941624-15-9. (Paper US$27.95). 175 pp. Backcountry Press. |
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Tropical Arctic: Lost Plants, Future Climates, and the Discovery of Ancient Greenland McElwain, Jennifer C., Marlene Hill Donnelly, and Ian J. Glasspool. 2021. ISBN: 978-0-226-53443-5. (Cloth US$30). 144 pp. University of Chicago Press |
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Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Food, Materials and Medicines Charlie, Luschiim Arvid and Nancy J. Turner. 2021. ISBN: 9781550179453. (Paperback US$29.95). 288 pp. Harbour Publishing. |
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Flora of Oregon. Volume 2: Dicots A-F Meyers, Stephen, Thea Jaster, Katie E. Mitchell, Tanya Harvey, and Linda K. Hardison (eds.). 2020. 978-1-889878-61-4 (Hardback US$85). 880 pp. BRIT Press. |
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Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes: A California Study in Rebalancing the Needs of People and Nature Butterfield, H. Scott, T. Rodd Kelsey, and Abigail K. Hart (eds). 2021. ISBN: 9781642831269. (Paper US$39). 252 pp. Island Press |
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Himalayan Medicinal Plants: Advances in Botany, Production & Research Malhotra, Nikhil and Mohar Singh (eds). 2021. ISBN: 978-0-12-823151-7. (Paper US$110.50) 434 pp. Academic Press. |
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