Book Reviews

A: Technical books reviewed for refereed journals
Beaudoin, A. B. (2018)
Curators: Behind the Scenes of Natural History Museums, by Lance Grande. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 132(3): 307-309. DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v132i3.2263
Beaudoin, A. B. (2017)
Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America. Volumes 1 and 2. by Nancy J. Turner, 2014. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 131(2): 187-188. DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v131i2.1998
Beaudoin, A. B. (2017)
Field Notes on Science and Nature edited by Michael R. Canfield. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 130(4): 376-377.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2014)
Bootstrap Geologist: My Life in Science by Gene Shinn. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 128(1): 103-104.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2014)
On the Organic Law of Change: A Facsimile Edition and Annotated Transcription of Alfred Russel Wallace's Species Notebook of 1855-1859 annotated by James T. Costa. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 128(1): 105-107.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
Okanagan Geology South: Geologic Highlights of the South Okanagan Valley, British Columbia by Murray A. Roed and Robert J. Fulton. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 126(3): 263-264.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
In the Memory of the Map: A Cartographic Memoir by C. Norment. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 126(2): 179-180.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
Global Warming by Brian C. Black and Gary J. Weisel. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 126(1): 77-79.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2010)
The Legacy of the Mastodon: The Golden Age of Fossils in America by Keith Thomson. Reviewed in Geoscience Canada 37(3): 141-143.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
Innocents in the Dry Valleys: An Account of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59 by Colin Bull. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 123(4): 385-386. [Vol. published in 2011]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
Earth Matters edited by Elinor Greenwood and Elizabeth Haldane. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 123(1): 89-91. [Vol. published in 2010]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
Arc of the Medicine Line: Mapping the World's Longest Undefended Border Across the Western Plains by Tony Rees. Reviewed in Prairie Forum 34(2): 455-461.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum by Richard Fortey. Reviewed in Geoscience Canada 36(1): 45-46.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2007)
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin. Reviewed in Prairie Forum 32(1): 201-205.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2007)
Archaeomalacology: Molluscs in Former Environments of Human Behaviour edited by Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer. Reviewed in Canadian Journal of Archaeology 31: 103-107.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 120(4): 494-495. [Vol. published in 2008] DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v120i4.378
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
The Atlas of Climate Change by Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 120(4): 493-494. [Vol. published in 2008]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
Land Snails of British Columbia by Robert G. Forsyth. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 120(3): 383-384. [Vol. published in 2007]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
The Last Giant of Beringia: The Mystery of the Bering Land Bridge by Dan O'Neill. Reviewed in Earth Sciences History 25(1): 162-163.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
Islands on the Plains: Ecological, Social, and Ritual Use of Landscapes edited by M. Kornfeld and A. J. Osborn. Reviewed in American Antiquity 71(3): 588-589.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
Canada's Forests: A History by Ken Drushka. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 119(4): 603-604. [Vol. published in 2007]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
Portraits of the Bison by Wes Olson. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 119(4): 596-597. [Vol. published in 2007]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
Survival by Hunting: Prehistoric Human Predators and Animal Prey by George C. Frison. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 119(3): 465-466. [Vol. published in 2006]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
Boreal Forest of Canada and Russia by W. O. Pruitt and L. M. Baskin. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 119(1): 150-151. [Vol. published in 2006]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
Five Billion Years of Global Change by Denis Wood. Reviewed in The Canadian Geographer 49(2): 223-224.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2003)
The War on Weeds in the Prairie West: An Environmental History by Clinton L. Evans. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 117(4): 670-671. [Vol. published in 2004]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2003)
American Beginnings: The Prehistory and Palaeoecology of Beringia edited by F. H. West. Reviewed in Canadian Journal of Archaeology 27(2): 314-317.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2003)
The Dinosaur Hunters: A Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World by Deborah Cadbury. Reviewed in Geoscience Canada 30(3): 141-142.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2002)
The Fisher Site: Archaeological, Geological and Paleobotanical Studies at an Early Paleo-Indian Site in Southern Ontario, Canada by Peter Storck. Reviewed in Canadian Journal of Archaeology 26(1): 66-72.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2001)
Alluvial Geoarchaeology: Floodplain Archaeology and Environmental Change by A. G. Brown. Reviewed in Geoscience Canada 28(2): 101-102.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1999)
Geoarchaeology: The Earth Science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation by G. Rapp Jr and C. L. Hill. Reviewed in Geoscience Canada 26(2): 89-91.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1999)
Holocene Treeline Oscillations, Dendrochronology and Palaeoclimate edited by Burkhard Frenzel, with Hilary H. Birks, Torbjørn Alm, and Karl-Dag Vorren (co-editors). Reviewed in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 147: 299-306.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1999)
Paleoindian Geoarchaeology of the Southern High Plains by Vance T. Holliday. Reviewed in Quaternary Science Reviews 18(1): 161-163.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1998)
The Private Life of Plants by David Attenborough. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 112(3): 569-570.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1996)
Prehistoric Alaska, Alaska Geographic Vol. 21, No. 4. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 110(2): 379-380.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1995)
Shield Country: Life and Times of the Oldest Piece of the Planet by Jamie Bastedo. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 109(4): 505-507.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1995)
Quaternary Insects and Their Environments by Scott A. Elias. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 109(4): 489-490.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1994)
Flag Fen: Prehistoric Fenland Centre by Francis Pryor. Reviewed in Canadian Journal of Archaeology 18: 149-150.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1993)
Quaternary Ecology: A Paleoecological Perspective by Hazel R. Delcourt and Paul A. Delcourt. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 107: 556-557.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1992)
After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America by E. C. Pielou. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 106: 293-294.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1992)
An Outline of China's Physical Geography by Ren Mei'i, Yang Renzhang and Bao Haosheng, translated by Zhang Tingquan and Hu Genkang. Reviewed in Journal of Geography 91(1): 45.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1991)
Physical Geography of China by Zhao Songqiao. Reviewed in Journal of Geography 90(1): 43-44.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1990)
Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures by Deborah M. Pearsall. Reviewed in Geoarchaeology 5: 286-288. DOI: 10.1002/gea.3340050307
Beaudoin, A. B. (1989)
The World of Northern Evergreens by E. C. Pielou. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 103: 626-627.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1989)
The Palynology of Archaeological Sites by G. W. Dimbleby. Reviewed in Canadian Journal of Archaeology 13: 227-230.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1983)
Green Planet: The Story of Plant Life on Earth edited by David M. Moore. Reviewed in Ontario Geography No. 22: 74-77.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1983)
Genes, Mind and Culture by Charles J. Lumsden and Edward O. Wilson. Reviewed in Ontario Geography No. 21: 104-106.
Burns, J. A., and A. B. Beaudoin (1992)
Frozen Fauna of the Mammoth Steppe: The Story of Blue Babe by R. Dale Guthrie. Reviewed in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 106: 282-283.
B: Other technical or general interest books reviewed for professional association newsletters
Beaudoin, Alwynne B. (2020)
Underland by Robert MacFarlane. Geolog 49(3) 7. Issued 2022.
Beaudoin, Alwynne B. (2019)
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester. Geolog 48(2): 15. Issued 2022
Beaudoin, Alwynne B. (2018)
Cascadia's Fault by Jerry Thompson. Reviewed in Geolog 47(4): 11. Issued 2021.
Beaudoin, Alwynne B. (2017)
Darwin's Mentor: John Stevens Henslow, 1796 - 1861 by S. M. Walters and E. A. Stow. Reviewed in Geolog 46(2): 30.
Beaudoin, Alwynne B. (2017)
The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity by Jack Repcheck. Reviewed in Geolog 46(1): 5.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2016)
In the Path of Destruction: Eyewitness Chronicles of Mount St. Helens by Richard Waitt. Reviewed in Geolog 45(1): 7-8.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2015)
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester. Geolog 44(1): 19-21.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
Pollen Terminology: An Illustrated Handbook by Michael Hesse, Heidemarie Halbritter, Reinhard Zetter, Martina Weber, Ralf Buchner, Andrea Frosch-Radivo, and Silvia Ulrich. Reviewed in AASP Newsletter 45(2): 12-14.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2011)
The Making of the Geological Society of London edited by C. L. E. Lewis and S. J. Knell. Reviewed in Geolog 40(3): 14-17.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2011)
Microcosmos: Discovering the World Through Microscopic Images from 20 X to Over 22 Million X Magnification by Brandon Broll. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 34(1): 6-8.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2010)
Mt. St. Helens: Surviving the Stone Wind by Catherine Hickson. Reviewed in Geolog 39(2): 14-15. [Issue published February 2011]
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography by Janet Browne. Reviewed in AASP Newsletter 42(2): 20-21.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2008)
Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities: The Causes of Mass Extinctions by Tony Hallam. Reviewed in AASP Newsletter 41(3): 20-24.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2007)
Pollen: The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers by Rob Kesseler and Madeline Harley. Reviewed in AASP Newsletter 40(3): 12-15.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2001)
Ronald O. Kapp's Pollen and Spores, by R. O. Kapp, O. K. Davis, and J. E. King. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 24(2): 5-8.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1999)
New Developments in Palynomorph Sampling, Extraction, and Analysis edited by Vaughn M. Bryant Jr and John H. Wrenn. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 22(1):5-11 and reprinted in PALYNOS 22(1): 7-12.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1996)
Aspects of Archaeological Palynology, edited by Owen K. Davis. Reviewed in C.A.A. Newsletter 16(1): 32.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1994)
Erdtman's Handbook of Palynology, edited by S. Nilsson and J. Praglowski. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 17(1): 14.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1994)
Glossary of Pollen and Spore Terminology, by W. Punt, S. Blackmore, S. Nilsson, and A. Le Thomas. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 17(1): 14.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1991)
The Control of Nature by John McPhee. Reviewed in Geolog 20(3): 64-65.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1991)
The Prospector: North of Sixty by Ted Nagle and Jordan Zinovich. Reviewed in Geolog 20(3): 66-67.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1991)
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by R. A. Day. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 14(1): 15.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1990)
Methods in Quaternary Ecology edited by B.G. Warner. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 13(2):25.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1990)
Harvest from the Rock: A History of Mining in Ontario by Philip Smith. Reviewed in Geolog 19(4):39-41.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1989)
Postglacial Vegetation of Canada by J. C. Ritchie. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 12(1):14.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1988)
Paleopalynology by Alfred Traverse. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 11(2):23-25.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1985)
Airborne and Allergenic Pollen of North America by Walter H. Lewis, Prathibha Vinay and Vincent E. Zenger. Reviewed in C.A.P. Newsletter 8(2):16-17.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1985)
Airborne and Allergenic Pollen of North America by Walter H. Lewis, Prathibha Vinay and Vincent E. Zenger. Reviewed in The Plant Press 3(4):146-147.
C: General interest books and fiction reviewed for professional association newsletters and other publications. Most fiction books reviewed have geological, environmental, or archaeological themes.
i) Book reviews, fantasy/science fiction/speculative fiction/alternate history
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel. Reviewed in Geolog 41(3):12-14.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2011)
"Mars" trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) by Kim Stanley Robinson. Reviewed in Geolog 40(4):15-17.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
Extinction by Ray Hammond. Reviewed in Geolog 35(2):22.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear. Reviewed in Geolog 34(4):28-29.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick. Reviewed in Geolog 34(3):24.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson. Reviewed in Geolog 34(1):24-25.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2003)
End of an Era by Robert J. Sawyer. Reviewed in AASP Newsletter 36(3):11-12.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2003)
Sea Change by James Powlik. Reviewed in Geolog 32(1):18.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2002)
The Bone Hunter by Tom Holland. Reviewed in Geolog 31(4):18.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2002)
The Drought by J. G. Ballard. Reviewed in Geolog 31(2):26.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2001)
Dust by Charles Pellegrino. Reviewed in Geolog 30(4):31.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2001)
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson. Reviewed in Geolog 30(2):28.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2001)
Mammoth: Book 1: Silverhair by Stephen Baxter. Reviewed in Geolog 30(1):31.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1999)
Footprints of Thunder by James F. David. Reviewed in Geolog 28(1):34-35.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1997)
Mother of Storms by John Barnes. Reviewed in Geolog 26(3):58-59.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1997)
The Empire of Ice by Richard Moran. Reviewed in Geolog 26(2):31.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1993)
"West of Eden" trilogy (West of Eden, Winter in Eden, and Return to Eden) by Harry Harrison. Reviewed in Geolog 22(3):70.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1992)
The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel. Reviewed in Geolog 21(4):25.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1990)
"Pellucidar", six book series (At the Earth's Core, Pellucidar, Tanar of Pellucidar, Tarzan at the Earth's Core, Back to the Stone Age, and Savage Pellucidar) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Reviewed in Geolog 19(4):38-39.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1990)
The New Dinosaurs by Dougal Dixon. Reviewed in Geolog 19(2):39.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1990)
"The Saga of the Pliocene Exile" tetralogy (The Many-Colored Land, The Golden Torc, The Non-Born King, and The Adversary) by Julian May. Reviewed in Geolog 19(2):38-39.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1989)
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle. Reviewed in Geolog 18(4):37-39.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1989)
Icequake by Crawford Kilian. Reviewed in Geolog 18(2):44-45.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1988)
"Helliconia" trilogy (Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, and Helliconia Winter) by Brian Aldiss. Reviewed in Geolog 17(3):84-85.
ii) Book reviews, mystery/thriller/techno-thriller/eco-thriller/police procedural/detective fiction
Beaudoin, A. B. (2017)
Deception Point by Dan Brown. Reviewed in Geolog 46(3): 16.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2016)
A Night Too Dark by Dana Stabenow. Reviewed in Geolog 45(4): 6.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2016)
The Whisper of Legends by Barbara Fradkin. Reviewed in Geolog 45(2): 20.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2014)
Golden Fleece: Mine-Finding and Adventure in the Pacific Northwest by Kenneth C. McTaggart. Reviewed in Geolog 43(2): 9-10.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2013)
The Dark Place by Aaron Elkins. Reviewed in CAA Newsletter 31(2): 7-9.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2013)
Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston. Reviewed in Geolog 42(4): 13-15.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
Aqua Alta by Donna Leon. Reviewed in CAA Newsletter 29(2): 121-122.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
In Cold Pursuit by Sarah Andrews. Reviewed in Geolog 38(4): 14-15.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
The Trudeau Vector by Juris Jurjevics. Reviewed in Geolog 38(1): 16-17.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2008)
Deep Current by Benjamin E. Miller. Reviewed in Geolog 37(1): 17.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2007)
Detachment Fault by Susan Cummins Miller. Reviewed in Geolog 36(4): 17-18.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2007)
Water, Inc. by Varda Burstyn. Reviewed in Geolog 36(1): 25-26.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
State of Fear by Michael Crichton. Reviewed in Geolog 35(4): 17-18.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
The Wailing Wind by Tony Hillerman. Reviewed in Geolog 35(3): 21.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Reviewed in Geolog 34(2): 31.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2003)
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters. Reviewed in CAA Newsletter 23(2): 29.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2002)
Bone Hunter by Sarah Andrews. Reviewed in Geolog 31(3): 26.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2002)
Icefire by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Reviewed in Geolog 31(1): 32.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1999)
Vulcan's Forge by Jack B. Du Brul. Reviewed in Geolog 28(2): 29.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1998)
Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Reviewed in Geolog 27(1): 26.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1995)
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg. Reviewed in Geolog 24(2): 74-75.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1991)
People of Darkness by Tony Hillerman. Reviewed in Geolog 20(3): 65-66.
iii) Book reviews, adventure/action/disaster fiction
Beaudoin, A. B. (2015)
Flood by Stephen Baxter. Reviewed in Geolog 44(2):30-31.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2007)
Flood: A Disaster That Could Happen by Richard Martin Stern. Reviewed in Geolog 36(3):16-17.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2007)
Black Ice by Matt Dickinson. Reviewed in Geolog 36(2):22.
iv) Book reviews, general fiction/historical fiction/short stories
Beaudoin, A. B. (2015)
Beyond the Black Stump by Nevil Shute. Reviewed in Geolog 44(4):8.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2014)
The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne by Jack Hodgins. Reviewed in Geolog 43(1):11-12.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2013)
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. Reviewed in Geolog 42(3):6-8.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2013)
The Tent Peg by Aritha van Herk. Reviewed in Geolog 42(1):16-18.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
First Light by Peter Ackroyd. Reviewed in CAA Newsletter 30(1):11-12.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
Curiosity: A Love Story by Joan Thomas. Reviewed in Geolog 41(2):11-13.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
Pictures from an Expedition by Diane Smith. Reviewed in Geolog 41(1):8-10.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2011)
Winter Count by Barry Lopez. Reviewed in CAA Newsletter 29(1):30-31.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2008)
This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson. Reviewed in Geolog 37(4):17-18.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2008)
Badlands by Robert Kroetsch. Reviewed in Geolog 37(3):20-21.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2008)
Mr. Darwin's Shooter by Roger McDonald. Reviewed in Geolog 37(2):28-29.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
English Passengers by Matthew Kneale. Reviewed in Geolog 35(1):20-21.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2002)
The Piltdown Confession by Irwin Schwartz. Reviewed in CAA Bulletin 22(2):16.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1998)
Field Notes by Barry Lopez. Reviewed in Geolog 27(3):51.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1996)
Icefields by Thomas Wharton. Reviewed in Legacy 1(4):40-41.
v) Book reviews, poetry
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
Looking Through Stone: Poems about the Earth by Susan Ioannou. Reviewed in Geolog 38(3):12-13.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2002)
Sky Humour by Sid Marty. Reviewed in Legacy 7(3):28.
vi) Book reviews, non-fiction
Beaudoin, A. B. (2010)
Travels with the Fossil Hunters edited by Peter J. Whybrow. Reviewed in Geolog 39(1):13-14.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
Evolution's Captain: The Story of the Kidnapping That Led to Charles Darwin's Voyage Aboard the 'Beagle' by Peter Nichols. Reviewed in Geolog 38(2):25-26.
Beaudoin, A. B. (1997)
I've Been Gone Far Too Long: Field Trip Fiascoes and Expedition Disasters, edited by Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and Wendy Logsdon. Reviewed in Geolog 26(1):31.
D: General interest books and fiction reviewed for Wit 'n Word, the Museum's staff newsletter (internal circulation only)
i) Book reviews, general fiction
Beaudoin, A. B. (2013)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word Vol. 8, Issue 1:12.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 7, Issue 3:10-11.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2011)
Creation by Katherine Govier. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 6, Issue 3:10-11.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2011)
Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 6, Issue 2:10.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2011)
The Bug by Ellen Ullman. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 6, Issue 1:4-5.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2009)
Lightning by Fred Stenson. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 5, Issue 1:6-7.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2008)
The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 4, Issue 3:4-5.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2008)
The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 4, Issue 1:10-11.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2007)
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 3, Issue 2:4-5.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2007)
The Garden Club and the Kumquat Campaign by Des Kennedy. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 3, Issue 1:4-5.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
The Golden Child by Penelope Fitzgerald. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 2, Issue 7:4-5.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2006)
The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 2, Issue 6:4.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
The Friends of Freeland by Brad Leithauser. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 2, Issue 5:4-5.
ii) Book reviews, non-fiction
Beaudoin, A. B. (2012)
The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by Susan Solomon. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 1, Issue 1:8-9.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2008)
The Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 4, Issue 2:8-10.
Beaudoin, A. B. (2005)
The Oxford Companion to the English Language, edited by Tom McArthur. Reviewed in Wit 'n Word, Vol. 2, Issue 4:3.
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