The birds of Hungary.
London: Christopher Helm, 1996. Octavo, dustwrapper, 50 text illustrations, 363 maps. 363 species are covered, with detailed information on status and distribution. More
London: Christopher Helm, 1996. Octavo, dustwrapper, 50 text illustrations, 363 maps. 363 species are covered, with detailed information on status and distribution. More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2007. Octavo, paperback, Dioscoreales are a small but systematically and economically significant order of monocotyledons. The most diverse and important member is the yam genus, Dioscorea L., a source of dietary starch at macroeconomic to rural community levels. Other species of Dioscorea provided the chemical basis..... More
Kensington: University of New South Wales Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, diagrams. Brings together some of the world's leading environmental researchers in the life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and humanities to bridge the disciplinary divides in understanding the environment. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. Over the centuries, natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge. They have also become vibrant educational centers, full of..... More
London: A & C Black, (2010. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback, line drawings, maps. Whether local or visiting, expert or novice, this book is the essential guide for any active birdwatcher in these counties. All significant birdwatching areas in the region are analysed under the headings 'Habitat', 'Timing', 'Sites', Access' and..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. The County Avifaunas are a growing series giving full details of the status and range of every species recorded in the county in question. Each title covers all species on the county list, with a detailed breakdown..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s, with fanciful claims of their 'healing powers' and 'super intelligence'. Myths and pseudoscience abound on the subject. Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and..... More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Includes advice on how to birdwatch closer to home by attracting more birds to your home garden as well as looking at often-overlooked spots in cities and suburban neighbourhoods that can be bird magnets. Provides information on adapting your equipment to..... More
Sydney: New South Books, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. In the summer of 2002-03, acclaimed writer and historian Tom Griffiths voyaged the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. He was on board the first Australian ship to ' slice the silence' of a year, arriving at Casey Station to deliver the new..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, distribution maps. This guide is a successor to the much acclaimed Birds of the Indian subcontinent by two of the same authors. Covering Pakistan, the superb plates are accompanied by a succinct text highlighting identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range..... More
Melbourne: Melbourne Books, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. In this book Lou Grossfeldt writes about her love of and work with primates. One of Australia's leading experts on primate husbandry and care, Lou has spent more than two decades working to help save our primate family from extinction, and today..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. In this book, Don Grussing tells the uncommon life story of one of the most common birds, the North American Robin. Written as fiction to capture the high drama that goes on unnoticed right outside our windows, the book follows..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs. Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) have a wide geographical distribution and extensively overlap with human societies across southeast Asia, regularly utilizing the edges of secondary forest and inhabiting numerous anthropogenic environments, including temple grounds, cities and farmlands. Yet despite..... More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Containing over 300 full colour photographs, this book describes in detail the 155 species of extremely rare birds that have occurred in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. All records are listed with references to books and articles, and include..... More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. With more than 200 stunning images by one of America's top nature photographers, this beautiful and informative book tells the age-old story of how birds migrate to their nesting grounds, select a mate, establish a nest site, and raise their young in..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, line drawings. Illuminating the processes and patterns that link genotype to phenotype, this book seeks to explain features, characters, and developmental mechanisms that can only be understood in terms of interactions that arise above the level of..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Large octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. A comprehensive overview of Elasmobranch morphology, with information on physiology and biochemistry. More
Harpenden: Brambleby Books, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. An account of the author's quest to record 500 plus bird species found in the British Isles. Complimented by his own paintings, drawings and photographs, this book recounts car crashes, stormy sea crossings, and a coastguard rescue during his travels. More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, black and whit photographs, figures. The research paper "Extinction Risk from Climate Change" published in the journal "Nature" in January 2004 created front-page headlines around the world. The notion that climate change could drive more than a million species to extinction captured both..... More
New York: Abrams, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. From the delicate new growth that emerges in springtime to jewel-toned fall foliage to winter's brown husks, leaves unfurl, mature and wither in a life cycle that evokes our own. This work examines leaves and pods in all their variety, explaining why..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. Gorilla society is arranged according to the different and sometimes conflicting evolutionary goals of the sexes. This title introduces theories explaining primate societies; describes gorilla life history, ecology, and social systems; and explores both sexes' evolutionary..... More
London: Evans Mitchell Books, 2009. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Gorillas, once considered ferocious beasts, are now regarded to be gentle giants. Only discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, the mountain gorilla has ever since been subject to considerable observation by field biologists and later by wildlife photographers and writers. Only in..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This accessible guide to the forty-seven species of bats found in the United States and Canada captures and explains the amazing diversity of these marvels of evolution. This book provides an overview of bat classification, biology, feeding behavior, habitats..... More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Having lived and worked as a safari guide in some of Africa's most spectacular wilderness areas, author Craig Hayman has been able to capture many dramatic and intimate moments in the lives of some of the world's most inspiring animals. This..... More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, this book is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. This stunning volume collects the very best of National Geographic's..... More