Hands-on Palaeontology: a practical manual

'This is a gentle manual, not heavy on technical details, but practical, and serious about its subjects, which it enucleates into discrete units corresponding to distinct chapters. It is an introductory textbook, never looking down on you, and never self-importantly “initiatic.” [...] The charm of this book is that it is never self-important, and yet, by being true to its subtitle, A Practical Manual, it is important for beginners, all the more so if you live in England (which the present reviewer does indeed). Were you to not even have an idea about how to get started and then how to get about it, this is an unassuming book into which to look.' Ephraim Nissan, The Paleontological Society