Dear colleagues, I'm pleased to announce: Klaus Barthelmess: Die Walknochen der Nordseeinsel Borkum. Kulturgeschichte bedeutsamer Denkmäler aus der Blütezeit des europäischen Arktiswalfangs mit Überlegungen zu ihrer Konservierung [The whale bones of North Sea island Borkum. The cultural history of important monuments from the peak period of European Arctic whaling, including considerations about their conservation] Foreword by Nicholas B. Redman. (= Speckpresse ­ Schriften zur Kulturgeschichte von Mensch und Meeressäuger, No. 1). Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2008. vii + 24 pp, 22 illus., softcover ISBN 978 383 702 625 2 Language: German Price 6.80 Euros It is also a test balloon for a series of publications I plan to edit in the future, appropriately called "Speckpresse - Schriften zur Kulturgeschichte von Mensch und Meeressäuger" (blubber press - publications on the cultural history of man and marine mammal). The publication is available from http://www.bod.de/index.php?id=296&objk_id=144196 or via amazon.de and other online book shops. Book dealers and museum book shop managers may wish to know that BoD-publications can be bought on approval/commission, ie stock not sold after a certain time can be returned to the publisher. Those of you editing scholarly or scientific journals or journalists wishing to review my new publication may order a review copy under this German link: http://www.bod.de/index.php?id=272 Best Klaus Barthelmess Cologne, Germany