What We Are Reading Today: ‘Insects of Britain and Europe’

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Updated 18 November 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Insects of Britain and Europe’

Authors: Thomas C. John, Peter Mullen, and Paul D. Brock

Featuring more than 3,000 species and 5,500 color photographs, “Insects of Britain and Europe” is the most detailed and exquisitely illustrated photographic field guide to cover all the insect orders of Europe.

Easy to navigate, clear, accessible and authoritative, the guide focuses on the species most likely to be encountered and the easiest to identify.

It pairs more than 300 state-of-the-art color plates with concise information on diagnostic features, habitat, distribution and flight periods, helping lead any reader toward identification.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Python Practice Lab’

Updated 07 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Python Practice Lab’

Authors: Angelica Lim and Victor Cheung

This classroom-tested, workbook-style text teaches basic programming by guiding readers to write Python programs that mimic interactive chatbots. 

Unlike textbooks with opaque examples explained in dry, monotonous code, Python Practice Lab engages readers immediately, with more than thirty motivating and hands-on examples. 

Readers learn by writing fun, working programs that gradually become more difficult as new concepts are introduced.