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ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF BUTTERFLIES, edited by Andrew S. Pullin, Chapman & Hall, London, 1994, xiv + 364, index (£35).

CARBON DIOXIDE CHEMISTRY: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, edited by Jan Paul and Claire‐Marie Pradier, RSC, London, 1994, xii +405pp., index (£62.50).

INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL, edited by J. A. G. Drake, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 1994, viii + 102pp. (£37.50).

THE VANISHING UNIVERSE: ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON ASTRONOMY, edited by Derek McNally, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994, xxiv + 184pp. ($79.95).

ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE POLICIES FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY, by Richard N. Cooper, Brookings Books, The Brookings Institution, Washington, 1994, xxvi + 86pp., index ($28.95, cloth; $10.95,paper).

MODELLING TRANSPORT (second edition), by Juan de Dios Or‐túzar and Luis G. Willumsen, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester etc., 1995, xiv + 439pp., index (£39.65).

THE NILE: Sharing a Scarce Resource (a historical and technical review of water management and of economic and legal issues), edited by P. P. Howell and J. A. Allan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994, xviii + 408pp., index.

HANDBOOK OF POLYMER DEGRADATION, edited by S. Halim Hamid, Mohamed B. Amin and Ali G. Maadhah, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1992, x + 649pp., index ($175).

INTEGRATED REGIONAL MODELS: Interactions between Humans and their Environment, edited by P. M. Groffman and G. E. Likens, Chapman and Hall, London, 1994, xii + 157pp., index (£24.95).

ALZHEIMER'S CHALLENGED AND CONQUERED?, by Louis Blank, Foulsham Publishing, Cippenham, UK, 1995, ISBN 0–572–02196–8, 186pp. (£14.95; USA $29.95).

GUIDELINES FOR DRINKING WATER QUALITY, Volume 2: Health Criteria and other supporting information, International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva 1996, 2nd Edition, pp. 973 + xvi ($234).

BEYOND SILENT SPRING: Integrated pest management and chemical safety, by Helmut F. van Emden and David B. Peakall, Chapman and Hall, London on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE). 1996 pp. 332 + xviii (Hardcover £60; Paperback £24).

ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, edited by R. E. Hester and R. M. Harrison, No. 5 AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England 1996, pp. 127 + xi (£17.50. Softcover).

PESTICIDES AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: The Public Health Risks, by Robert Repetto and Sanjay S. Baliga, World Resources Institute, New York, 1996, pp. 103 + ix (£15.00).

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE, No. 4 in Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, edited by R. E. Hester and R. M. Harrison, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1995, pp. 140 + xi, ISBN 0–85404–215–6 (£15).

IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety): Environmental Health Criteria 172, Tetrabromobisphenol A and Derivatives, World Health Organization, 1995, 139 pp. (SwFr 22.00).

IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety): Environmental Health Criteria 168, Cresols, World Health Organization, 1995, 144 pp. ($19.80).

IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety): Environmental Health Criteria 174, Isophorone, World Health Organization, 1995, 84 pp. (SwFr 18.00).

PVC AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Norsk Hydro a.s., Oslo, Norway, 1992, 220 pp. (No price indicated).

Scrap Tyres‐Disposal and Recycling Options, RAPRA Technology Ltd, UK, 1995, V + 174 pp. + 8‐page appendix Price: £235.00.

NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC HAZARDS IN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, by Fredric. R. Siegel, Academic Press, San Diego CA., 1996, pp.300.

A HISTORY OF THE ECOSYSTEM CONCEPT IN ECOLOGY (More Than the Sum of the Parts), by Frank B. Golley, Yale, University Press, New Haven, 1993 (£9.95).

REGIONAL IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: ASSESSING CHANGE AND RESPONSE AT THE SCALES THAT MATTER, edited by S. J. Ghan, W. T. Pennell, K. L. Peterson, E. Rykiel, M. J. Scott and L. W. Vail, Battelle Press, Columbus and Richland, 1996, pp.vi + 394 (US$57.50).

SOCIAL THEORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, by David Gold‐blatt, Polity Press, Cambridge, 1996, pp. 203 plus references and end‐notes (£45–00, Hardback; £14–95, Paperback).

WASTE REDUCTION: POLICY AND PRACTICE, by Waste Management Inc. and Piper & Marbury, New York: Executive Enterprises, Inc., 1990, pp. Ill ISBN: 1–55840–2701 (£30.50).

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 166: Methyl Bromide, WHO Geneva, 1995, pp. 324 ISBN: 92–4‐157166–7 (Sw.Fr. 47.00).

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. A LABORATORY MANUAL, by I. L. Pepper, C. P. Gerba and J. W. Brendecke, Academic Press, San Diego, 1995, pp. 176 ISBN 0–12–550655–4 ($29.95)

AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIMENSIONS, by A. M. Mannion, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1995. xii + pp. 405 ISBN 0–471–95478–0 (£ 17.99)

HUMID TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS, by Alison J. Reading, Russell D. Thompson and Andrew C. Millington, Blackwell, Oxford, 1995. xvi + pp. 429 ISBN 0–631–17287–4 (HB) ISBN 0–631–19174–7 (PB) (Hardback £60; Paperback £19.95).

ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL BIOLOGY (2nd edition), by M. Wood, Blackie, London, 1995. x + 150 pp. ISBN 0 7514 0342 3 (HB); 0 7514 0343 1 (PB) (Hbk. £ 37; Pbk.£ 16.99).

DICTIONARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, second edition, by Andrew Porteous, J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK, 1996, xvi + 635 pp., four appendices (Organizations; The Periodic Table and Table of Chemical Elements; Table of Prefixes for SI Units; Conversion Table for SI and British Units) (£ 12.99).

CHARACTERIZATION & TREATMENT OF SLUDGE. PROCEEDINGS OF CATS III CONGRESS. G. De Brabandere (ed.). 111., 513 pp. Published by KVIV (Technological Institute of the Royal Flemish Engineers Association) 1996, No ISBN number or index. (No price indicated).

WILLIAM MORRIS: A LIFE FOR OUR TIME, by Fiona Mac‐Carthy, Faber & Faber, London, 1994, xix + pp. 780 (£25)

50 YEARS LATER: REMAINS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE 1944 JOSEPH EMONTS‐POHU AND HERMANN‐JOSEPH SCHUREN GRENZ‐ECHO VEREAG GEV. B‐EUPEN, 1994, 160 pp. BF. PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH GERMAN AND FRENCH (3 DIFFERENT EDITIONS) (1,780 BF).