Social insects.

• Six Legs Better – a history of myrmecology.
• The Superorganism – group-level evo strategies.
• Slant – social insects, info theory and echoes of Brunner’s great Stand on Zanzibar.

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Tepuis.

• Lost Worlds of the Guiana Highlands. Outstanding – geology, history, biology and lots of gorgeous pictures.
• Climb to the Lost World – I need to read this. Among other things, it may stop me from thinking ‘Ben Nevis’ as soon as I hear Dr. MacInnes’ name (it’s a hell of a thing to be type-cast).
• The Lost World – the original trip to Maple White Land.

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The Ottoman Empire (and the world to its west).

• The Snake Stone (or The Janissary Tree or The Bellini Card) – great very-late Ottoman mystery.
• The Siege – on it’s way to me from #amazonfail (current events Twitter-joke).
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Hurray for the Sultan’s cannons – I want one.