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SOCTRA: WHAT TO READ?
Socotra A Natural History of the Islands and their People
(2006) Catherine Cheung and Lyndon DeVantier Science Editor: Kay Van Damme Published by Odyssey Books and Guides. Hong Kong. 408 pages. Price £39.50 plus postage. Obtainable in Yemen from SCDP (Tel: 00967-1-425310) and online from www.nhbs.com A comprehensive review of the islands’ natural history – geology, land and marine environments, ecology, biogeography and evolution of the flora and fauna. The book also provides insights into the history of human settlement, the islanders today, and conservation and development issues. It incorporates the work of numerous scientists and is well illustrated.
INSERT PIC OF COVER - ATTACHED A faunistic field guide covering some 100 animal species, illustrated with colour plates and line drawings, including a great number of forms not illustrated before. The book also provides insight into the physical fea-tures and climate, the vegetation, the evolutionary history and biogeogra-phy, the people and the history of biological exploration. INSERT PIC OF COVER – ATTACHED
Island of the Dragon’s Blood' A new illustrated paperback edition of this highly regarded account of the pioneer scientific exploration of the island - anthropological, archeo-logical, botanical, zoological, linguistic and medical - by the six members of the Oxford University Expedition to Socotra 1956, the kick-start for all the scientific research that followed. 'A little masterpiece, a work of genius - up there with the travel classics, a wonderful, wonderful piece of writing - his island, a unique and remarkable place, so lovingly and warmly portrayed.' (The Observer newspaper, London, 2006) INSERT PIC OF COVER - ATTACHED
Ethnoflora of Socotra
Birds of the Middle East (1996) IN ENGLISH A field guide covering over 700 species recorded in the Middle East, in-cluding the 195 observed on Socotra. All are illustrated in colour on the 112 plates. The accompanying Arabic text covers identification, distribu-tion (with maps), status and habitat. INSERT PIC OF COVER - ATTACHED
Birds of the Middle East (2006)
IN ARABIC This is the Arabic edition
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