NAME : Field Guide to the Mammals of the Indian Subcontinent
AUTHORS : K.K. Gurung, Raj Singh PUBLISHERS : Academic Press Natural World
PRICE : $15.00
**Actually a field guide, this book happens to be the only current pointer to mammals of the Indian subcontinent. Containing short descriptions of over a 100 large mammals of the region, the book also covers 23 major national parks and reserves. Location maps, visiting details and species list make it worth reading. However, one gets the feeling that had the book had more on the lesser conspicuous mammals of the region, it would have made much more interesting reading. All in all, an informative guide to mammals of the Indian subcontinent with descriptions of behaviour, identification, diet, breeding, status etc.

NAME : Horses Never Lie : The Heart of Passive Leadership
AUTHOR : Mark Rashid
PRICE : $16.00
**The author is an acknowledged and respected horse trainer and clinician, who has been working with horses from the age of ten. Horses are his passion. He has travelled extensively around the world lecturing on popular remedies to horse problems which have found universal acclaim. ‘Horses Never Lie’, which is Mark Rashid’s third book on horses, stresses the importance and advantages of “passive leadership” over “aggressive domination” in the matter of dealing with horses. The fact that the book is not a training manual but more of an anecdotal and emotional compilation of true events makes it informative and entertaining.