A Color Atlas of Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers. David V. Alford. Timber Press, Portland, OR, 2003. 448 pp., illus. $59.95 (ISBN 0881925616 cloth).

Firefly Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. Tim Halliday and Kraig Adler, eds. Firefly Books, Toronto, Canada, 2002. 270 pp., illus. $40.00 (ISBN 1552976130 cloth).

Human Ecology: Following Nature's Lead. Frederick Steiner. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2002. 237 pp., illus. $25.00 (ISBN 1559639954 cloth).

Human Molecular Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Basis of Health and Disease. Richard J. Epstein. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2002. 623 pp., illus. $60.00 (ISBN 052164481X paper).

An Introduction to Arthropod Pest Control. J. R. M. Thacker. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2002. 343 pp., illus. $30.00 (ISBN 0521567874 paper).

Invoking the Spirit: Religion and Spirituality in the Quest for a Sustainable World. Gary Gardner. Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, 2002. 62 pp. $5.00 (available at  www.worldwatch.org).

Plant Growth and Development: Hormones and Environment. Lalit M. Srivastava. Academic Press, San Diego, 2002. 772 pp., illus. $89.95 (ISBN 012660570X cloth).

Protein Physics: A Course of Lectures. Alexei Finkelstein and Oleg Ptitsyn. Academic Press, San Diego, 2002. 354 pp., illus. $80.00 (ISBN 0122567811 cloth).

Why We See What We Do: An Empirical Theory of Vision. Dale Purves and R. Beau Lotto. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 2003. 260 pp, illus. $42.95 (ISBN 0878937528 paper).