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    PUBLISHED BOOK REVIEWS

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    review cover Australian spiders
    review cover Australian spiders
    Review cover Issues Palaeobiology
    Review cover Issues Palaeobiology
    Las Hoyas book cover 300dpi
    Las Hoyas book cover 300dpi
    Review cover Alderley Edge
    Review cover Alderley Edge
    Review cover - Planet of the Bugs
    Review cover - Planet of the Bugs
    Review cover spider families_jpeg
    Review cover spider families_jpeg
    Review cover Spiders North America_jpg
    Review cover Spiders North America_jpg
    Review cover Tarantulas_jpg
    Review cover Tarantulas_jpg
    Review cover WichardTrichoptera300dpi
    Review cover WichardTrichoptera300dpi
    Review cover the trilobite book
    Review cover the trilobite book
    review Cover The Great Extinctions
    review Cover The Great Extinctions
    review cover stratigraphic paleobiology
    review cover stratigraphic paleobiology
    Review cover South African Spiders field guide
    Review cover South African Spiders field guide
    review cover savannah spiders
    review cover savannah spiders
    review cover palaeogeography-palaeobiogeography-biodiversity-in-space-time
    review cover palaeogeography-palaeobiogeography-biodiversity-in-space-time
    review cover insect morphology and phylogeny
    review cover insect morphology and phylogeny
    Review cover Fossils x3 2013 Brill
    Review cover Fossils x3 2013 Brill
    Review cover bringing fossils to life
    Review cover bringing fossils to life
    Review cover - The lost world of fossil lake
    Review cover - The lost world of fossil lake
    review cover - techniques virtual palaeontology
    review cover - techniques virtual palaeontology
    Review cover - Scottish Fossils
    Review cover - Scottish Fossils
    Review cover - Saving a million species
    Review cover - Saving a million species
    Review cover - Marusik Russian spiders book
    Review cover - Marusik Russian spiders book
    Review cover - fossil behaviour compendium
    Review cover - fossil behaviour compendium
    Review cover - amazing amber
    Review cover - amazing amber
    Review cover - a dictionar of entomology
    Review cover - a dictionar of entomology
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         BR29. Penney, D. (2017, submitted) Review of: Whyte, R. & Anderson, G. 2017. A field guide to spiders of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 139: 8-9.

         BR28. Penney, D. (2017) Review of: Poyato-Ariza, F.J. & Buscalioni, A.D. (eds). 2016. Las Hoyas: A Cretaceous wetland. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsl., 94: 98-100.

         BR27. Penney, D. (2016) Review of: Prag, A.J.N.W. (ed). 2016. The Story of Alderley: Living with The Edge. Manchester University Press. Antenna, 40: 142.

         BR26. Penney, D. (submitted) Review of: Sanchez-Villagra, M.R. & MacLeod, N. (eds). 2014. Issues in Palaeobiology: A global view - interviews and essays. Scidinge Hall. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsl., XX: XX-XX.   

         BR25. Penney, D. (2015) Review of Teyssie, F. 2015. Tarantulas of the World: Theraphosidae. N.A.P. Editions. Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 133: 10-11. Read now  

         BR24. Penney, D. (2015) Review of Murphy, J.A. & Roberts, M.J. 2015. Spider Families of the World and their Spinnerets. British Arachnological Society. Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 133: 12-13. Read now  

         BR23. Penney, D. (in prep.) Review of: New Fossil Insects Academic Volumes (Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh/Cretaceous Research). Antenna.   

         BR22. Penney, D. (2015) Review of: Shaw, S.R. 2014. Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the rise of insects. University of Chicago Press. Antenna, 39: 47-48. Read now  

         BR21. Penney, D. (2014) Review of: Levi-Setti, R. 2014. The trilobite book: A visual journey. University of Chicago Press. Acta Paleont. Pol., 59: 662. Read now   

         BR20. Penney, D. (2014) Review of: Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. 2014. Field Guide to the Spiders of South Africa. Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 130: 10-11. Read now   

         BR19. Penney, D. (2014) Review of: Wichard, W. 2013. Overview and Descriptions of Trichoptera in Baltic Amber – Spicipalpia and Integripalpia. VerlagKessel. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsl., 86: 89-90. Read now  

         BR18. Penney, D. (2014) Review of: Sutton, M., Rahman, I. & Garwood, R. 2014. Techniques for Virtual Palaeontology. Wiley-Blackwell. Acta Paleont. Pol., 59: 146. Read now

         BR17. Penney, D. (2014) Review of: Beutel, R.G. et al. 2014. Insect Morphology and Phylogeny: A textbook for students of entomology. Antenna, 38: 67-68. Read now  

         BR16. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Azar et al. (eds) 2013. Insect Evolution in an Amberiferous and Stone Alphabet: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber. Brill. Antenna, 37: 218. Read now  

         BR15. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Prothero, D.R. 2013. Bringing Fossils to Life third edition. An Introduction to Paleobiology. Columbia University Press. Acta Paleont. Pol., 58: 836. Read now  

         BR14. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Ross, A. & Shridan A. 2013. Amazing Amber. National Museums Scotland. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsl., 83: 92–94. Read now   

         BR13. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Trewin, N. 2013. Scottish Fossils. Dunedin Academic Press. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsl., 83: 94–95. Read now  

         BR12. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: MacLeod, N. 2013. The Great Extinctions. What causes them and how they shape life. The Natural History Museum, London. Acta Paleont. Pol., 58: 560. Read now

         BR11. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Grande, L. 2013. The Lost World of Fossil Lake. University of Chicago Press. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsl., 84: 73–74. Read now

         BR10. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Dippenaar-Schoeman, Foord, S. & Haddad, C. 2013. Spiders of the Savanna Biome. University of Venda & ARC, Pretoria. Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 128: 13. Read now  

         BR9. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Upchurch, P., McGowan, A.J. & Slater, C.S.C. (eds) 2011. Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography: Biodiversity in Space and Time (Systematics Association Special Volumes). CRC Press. Acta Paleont. Pol., 58: 444. (Note when you click the cover above you will see an extended review, which was subsequently shortened to occupy a single page) Read now 

         BR8. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Bradley, R.A. 2012. Common Spiders of North America. University of California Press. Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 126: 10–11. Read now  

         BR7. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Patzkowsky, M. & Holland, S. 2012. Stratigraphic Paleobiology: Understanding the Distribution of Fossil Taxa in Time and Space. University of Chicago Press. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsl. 82: 96–100. Read now  

         BR6. Penney, D. (2013) Review of: Hannah, L. (ed.) 2012. Saving a Million Species: extinction risk from climate change. Island Press, London. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 26: 61–63. Read now  

         BR5. Penney, D. (2012) Palaeoenvironmental Habitat Reconstructions: A palaeoentomological perspective. Antenna, 36: 208–209.   

         BR4. Penney, D. (2012) Palaeoenvironmental Habitat Reconstructions: A palaeoentomological perspective. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsl., 81: 70–72.   

         BR3. Penney, D. (2012) Review of: Gordh, G. & Headrick, D. 2011. A dictionary of entomology, second edition. CSIRO Publishing, Victoria, Australia. Antenna, 36: 136–137. Read now  

         BR2. Omelko, M.M. & Penney, D. (2011) A long-awaited book about spiders from the Asian part of Russia. Review of: Marusik, Yu.M., Kovblyuk, M.M. 2011. Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of Siberia and the Russian Far East. KMK Scientific Press Ltd, Moscow. ZooKeys, 154: 89–93. Read now

         BR1. Penney, D. (2011) Book review: Fossil Behavior Compendium by A.J. Boucot & G.O. Poinar Jr. (2010). Palaeont. Assoc. Newsl., 78: 79–82. Read now

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