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London: Bloomsbury Publishing, (2016. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, maps. There are many opportunities to see whales, dolphins and porpoises in the seas around Europe and this comprehensive and authoritative guide covers everything you need to know about where, when and how to watch them. Packed with useful..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, text illustrations. An overview of current research into microbial life in ancient glacial ice and permafrost. These include particulates of fungi, bacteria, pollen grains, protists, and viruses that are carried by wind around the globe. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. The most comprehensive and user-friendly photographic field guide to the world's wildcats and hyenas. From the Leopard Cat of Asia, the Black-footed Cat of Africa, and the Amur Tiger of Siberia to South America's Ocelots and North America's Bobcats, the wildcats..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This stunningly illustrated and easy-to-use field guide covers every species of the world's canids, from the Gray Wolf of North America to the dholes of Asia, from African jackals to the South American Bush Dog. It features more than 150..... More
Portland OR: Pomegranate Communications, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Charley Harper and Edie McKee met on the first day of school at the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 1940. They studied together, fell in love, survived World War II, married, and embarked on successful careers in art. Today, Charley's work..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2008. second edition). Small quarto, laminated boards, text illustrations. Extensively updated from the first edition, the main thrust of the book is to suggest that the two main functions of song are attracting a mate and defending territory. It shows how this evolutionary pressure has led..... More
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Highly photographic, this book reveals that there is much more to a seed than the plant it will someday become. Seeds, seedheads, pods, and fruits have their own astounding beauty that rivals, and sometimes even surpasses, the beauty of flowers. In..... More
London: Granta, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, Black and white photographs. This extraordinary book is an exploration of how we might live to resist extinctions and why such disappearances must be of concern to us. Adventurous, curious and passionate about her subject, Challenger takes us on a very personal journey as she..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. illustrations, maps, photographs. Describes the ecological history of food production systems in Australia, showing how Aboriginal food systems collapsed when European farming methods were imposed on bushlands. The industrialised agricultural systems that are now prevalent across the world require constant input of finite resources, and continue..... More
Cambridge: BirdLife International, 2004. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. BirdLife Conservation Series. Covers the area from Pakistan to Indonesia (excluding Irian Jaya) and northwards to China, Mongolia and Russia east of the Yenisey River. All areas are listed with map locations. More
BirdLife International, 2009. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. There is a summary in English at the front of the book, however the content is in Chinese. The IBA Directory for mainland China is the most comprehensive inventory of key sites for biodiversity in the country. China is one of the..... More
Sydney: New South Books, 2016. Octavo, softcover. The annual collection celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing. From the furthest reaches of the universe to the microscopic world of our genes, science offers writers the kind of scope other subjects simply can't match. Good writing about science can be..... More
London: A & C Black, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Shorebirds, or waders, are a very popular group of birds among birders of all standards, though their identification is often a challenge. Covering all the species of the northern hemisphere, this new photographic guide provides all the information a...... More
Houston: Author, 2016. Quarto, oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Bald eagles get a warm salute in this handsome new photography book by John D. Chaney that collects 40 years of his work documenting America's favorite bird. This large-format hardcover features 63 beautiful photographs of eagles in their natural habitat, interspersed..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Illustrated with maps, colour photographs, and graphics, this reference offers a comprehensive status report on the world's 60,000 parks, nature reserves, and other land and marine areas designated as protected areas. It offers an overview of what these protected..... More
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1998. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. More
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1998. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, graphs, maps, photographs. Lizards and snakes (squamate reptiles) are the most diverse vertebrate group in Australia, with approximately 1000 described species, representing about 10% of the global squamate diversity. Squamates are a vital part of the Australian ecosystem, but their conservation has been..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations. This book tells the story of how one man's mad mission became one of the best-loved places in the world. The creation of a zoo in Dickensian London, when only one other existed across the world, is a story of jaw-dropping audacity..... More
Emmaus: Rodale, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Scott Chaskey masterfully weaves history, politics, botany, literature, mythology, and memoir into a beautiful, instructive and timely ode to seeds. It's hard to think of a subject more fundamental to the sustenance of the human race than seeds. Having coevolved with..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. "Saltmarshes are often remote, inhospitable places, neither land nor sea, as hard to pin down as they are to navigate. In this saline odyssey, Clive Chatters has explored his favourite creeks, pools and mudflats to bring us an absorbing celebration of the..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2001. Octavo, 48 colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first book since the 19th century to cover in detail all the world's sunbirds and spiderhunters (Nectarinidae) as well as the allied families of flowerpeckers and sugarbirds. A total of 176 species are..... More
Washington DC: Conservation International, 2003. Octavo, paperback, color illustrations, tables. The Marine Rapid Assessment Program's goal is to rapidly generate and disseminate information on coastal and near-shore shallow-water marine biodiversity. Its surveys yield appropriate and realistic recommendations for conservation, and have, at times, resulted in the finding of new species..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. This book by Nicola Chester is an accessible and lively account of an intriguing and much-loved animal that, surprisingly, is still endangered and rarely seen despite a recent resurgence that has seen it expand from the remote British countryside and into cities..... More
London: A & C Black, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. A comprehensive English-language guide to Chile's common flora and fauna. It is also the first guide to cover Chile and its territories Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, San Felix-San Ambrosio, and the Juan Fernandez Archipelago. It includes information on the best..... More