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Mammals of California.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2004. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. From river otters and minks to bobcats, pikas, and flying squirrels, California boasts a diverse and intriguing fauna. But many of these animals can be secretive, shy, and nocturnal and observing them in the wild..... More
Primate life histories and socioecology.
Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2003. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Provides the first systematic attempt to understand relationships among primate life histories, ecology and social behaviour. Topics covered include how primate life histories interact with rates of evolution, predator pressure and diverse social structures; how the slow maturation of primates affects the..... More
Watching giants: the secret lives of whales.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, this book opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colourful first-person account, drawing from..... More
Itin: a Bornean elephant.
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2014. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Aimed at younger readers, this book tells the story of a Bornean elephant named Itin. Primarily told through the eyes of Itin and his family, this book looks at the history of elephants in Borneo, their endangered status and the..... More
Visual celebration of Giant pandas.
Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This title is a magnificently illustrated celebration of one of the most iconic, beloved, and mysterious animals in the world. The result of five years of meticulous research and stunning photography this book is a delightful volume that follows in the..... More
The illustrated guide to pigs: how to choose them, how to keep them.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011. Small quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Covers the 38 most familiar breeds of pigs in Europe and North America. The breed profiles are written in engaging text that covers the history of each breed, its main characteristics and information about how to look after them. Each breed..... More
Mammals of South America.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Provides the snapshot of South American fauna. With 252 photographs, this work presents descriptions of each of the mammal families found on the South American continent; and reveals the diversity of these incredible animals. It includes details about the "third..... More
American Bison.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, maps. Foreward by Harry W. Greene. More
Recent mammals of Alaska.
Fairbanks: University of Alaska, Press, 2009. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings, maps. From the Polar bear and the Gray wolf to the Walrus and the River otter, there are 116 species of mammals in Alaska. This book serves as a comprehensive guide the mammals that occur or..... More
Jaguar's shadow: searching for a mythic cat.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. When the nature writer Richard Mahler discovers that wild jaguars are prowling a remote corner of his home state of New Mexico, he embarks on a determined quest to see in the flesh a big, beautiful cat that..... More
Twilight of the mammoths: ice age extinctions and the rewilding of America.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, text illustrations. As recently as 11,000 years ago mammoths, mastodons, gomphotheres, ground sloths, giant armadillos, native camels and horses, the dire wolf, and many other large mammals roamed North America. In what has become one of science's greatest..... More
Tiger, Tiger.
London: Thames and Hudson, 2004. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A history of man and the tiger, published to coincide with the release of "Two Brothers", the film by Jean-Jacques Annaud, the acclaimed director of "The Bear" and "Seven Years in Tibet"., Jean-Jacques Annaud's latest film is the story of two..... More
Dog.
London: Reaktion Books, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Part of an unusual series that looks at the subject animal and its place in human history. Dogs are perhaps our most popular pets, and certainly one of the best-loved of all animals. This book..... More
Meerkats.
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. This book offers unique insight into the world of this endearing animal, written by a professionally qualified nature conservationist. Includes remarkable full colour images of Meerkat behaviour in the wild. More
The future for woodland deer: management or sport?
Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press, 1999. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. The aim of this book is to probide some ideas and useful ways forward for those who are facing the challenge of integrating woodland and deer management in lowland England. More
Wolves: behaviour, ecology and conservation.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Quarto, paperback, text illustrations, tables, colour plates. Covering aspects of social ecology, behavior, communication, feeding habits and hunting techniques, populations dynamics, physiology and pathology, molecular genetics, evolution and taxonomy, interaction with humans and other animals, reintroduction, conservation and recovery efforts. Also available in hardcover..... More
Blood of the Tiger: a story of conspiracy, greed, and the battle to save a magnificent species.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. This book takes readers on a wild ride to save one of the world's rarest animals from a band of Chinese billionaires. Many people think wild tigers are on the road to recovery, but they are in greater danger than..... More
The evolution of primate societies.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs. line drawings. In 1987, the University of Chicago Press published "Primate societies", the standard reference in the field of primate behavior for an entire generation of students and scientists. But in the twenty-five years since its publication, new..... More
The bat workers' manual.
[London]: JNCC, (2004. third edition). Quarto, paperback, illustrations. Particularly useful for bat workers in Europe, with information on survey methods, trapping and banding bats, etc. More
Vanishing giants: elephants in Asia.
Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2007. Oblong format, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. A photographic book which looks at the Asian elephant, their struggle to find a place in a rapidly urbanizing world, and the lives of the people who exist alongside them. At a time when its close relative, the..... More
The Saber-toothed cat of the North Sea.
Norg: DrukWare, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps. In March 2000, while fishing for flatfish, a Dutch fishig vessel from the village of Urk brought up a fossilized lower jaw bone of a Saber-toothed cat (Homotherium latidens) from the bottom of the North Sea. At that time it..... More
Bears of the last frontier: The adventure of a lifetime among Alaska's Black, Grizzly and Polar bears.
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Follow the epic journey of wildlife conservationist and bear biologist Chris Morgan as he travels by motorcycle across Alaska while filming a documentary. More
Bison.
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Bison once ranged across the Great Plains of North America in vast herds - early eighteenth century explorers described them as 'innumerable' - and at the beginning of the nineteenth century they numbered in the..... More
Amboseli elephants: a long-term perspective on a long-lived mammal.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, line drawings. This book is the long-awaited summation of what has been learned from the Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP) - the longest continuously running elephant research project in the world. Cynthia J. Moss and Harvey Croze, the..... More