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When I review a book, I spend a few days foregoing all other books and focus on the book at hand. For me, the reason is simple: I want to give each book the consideration that authors deserve. But before I discuss Michael Brown’s work, though, I do need to mention the book’s graphic designer(s). I don’t know who designed the book, only that SJmagic Design Services of India was responsible for the typesetting. And let me tell you, they did a beautiful job with the type. The author included his own color photographs, with many of them being full-page images. But whoever was responsible for the actual graphic design of the book—the placement of photographs, the design of the plants next to the page numbers, and etc.—did a fantastic job. The minute that I opened it, I said to myself: Now THIS is what I expect from a non-fiction book on herbs and plants. All of the pages are 100% full color, and it is this color—along with the small plant images sitting next to the page numbers—that.. Read more
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Well-researched, well-written and covers areas where the author has quite a specialised interest and knowledge...the best of a very fine trio and it goes into my shortlist of Books of 2022. Read the full review [link=https://markavery.info/2022/11/13/sunday-book-review-the-role-of-birds-in-world-war-one-by-nicholas-milton/]here![/link]
Mark Avery, former RSPB Conservation Director