From last spring’s Derby – came in the mail today. Good girl!
Three groups of three
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.
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.
Water sounds
Peepers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Canadas, ducks (Mallards, I think – I lost them in the setting sun), Dinah’s bell and, if you listen closely towards the end, Great Blue Herons.
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Hint for those with dogs – turn the volume down. Dinah is pissed that there are birds and a dog wearing her bell here in the office. Now, if she can just figure out where they are (and why she can’t smell them) there’ll be hell to pay.
Powered BMX bike
This is not at all what I had in mind – but is awesome in a “Holy crap! No, YOU ride it.” kind of way. Via new Cafe (racer) Society -> Krt Schmidt -> Open Bike -> Jonny Pocket’s Blog. Check out the Norton (Manx?) immediately above the BMXer on Jonny’s blog – yowza!
