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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, black and white illustrations. In the follow up to "Darwin's lost world", Martin Brasier introduces the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Through a series of journeys it emerges that the modern plant... More about Secret chambers: the inside story of cells and complex life
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Octavo, paperback, limp plastic, colour photographs. An illustrated guide to the most commonly encountered reef fishes of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Also includes a small section covering other commonly encountered reef life. This book highlights the roles fish play in this tropical coral... More about Reef fishes: treasures of the Great Barrier Reef
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Pest animals are but one of many factors that influence the desired outcome from managing natural resource based systems, whether for production or conservation purposes. Others include diseases, weeds, financial resources, weather and fire management. To be effective, an... More about Managing Australia's pest animals: a guide to strategic planning and effective management
London: T & A D Poyser, 2003. Large octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations, colour photographs. An in-depth look at the Whooper Swan, investigating its biology, migratory habits, courtship and breeding behaviour and its role in the folklore and legend of the many countries where it occurs. More about The Whooper Swan
London: A & C Black, 2008. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. Takes readers on a journey through an entire year in the life of North America's great bears - the Black bear, the Brown bear and the Polar bear. This book contains facts, details and photographs. More about Bears: a year in the life
London: City of Melbourne, 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, 32 colour plates by Barry Kent Mackay, maps. The first comprehensive guide to the world's 83 wrens, 5 dippers and 36 thrashers. All but one of the wrens are endemic to the new world, with the highest concentration of species in central America... More about Wrens, dippers and thrashers
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, (1999. third edition, reprint). Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. Includes sections on taxonomy; the herbarium building, collections and materials; herbarium techniques and management; and collecting. More about The herbarium handbook
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2016. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations, tables. We are in the midst of a biological revolution. Molecular tools are now providing new means of critically testing hypotheses and models of microevolution in populations of wild, cultivated, weedy and feral plants. They are also... More about Plant variation and evolution
Portland OR: Westwinds Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. Very few people who visit Yellowstone National Park and who are awed by America's only continuously wild and genetically pure bison herd are aware that over the past decade, state and federal agencies have engaged in the slaughter of 3,500 of... More about In the presence of Buffalo: working to stop the Yellowstone slaughter
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations, maps. This second edition covers the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Durham and has been extensively revised and updated, with several new sites added and some existing site accounts considerably expanded. More about Where to watch birds in Northeast England
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. This excellent field guide covers all stick and leaf insects found in Australia and includes photographs, line drawings, maps and identification keys. Australia has a rich diversity of Phasmids - otherwise known as stick and leaf insects. Most of... More about The complete field guide to Stick and Leaf insects of Australia
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2010. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. Microcosmos is a remarkable photographic journey into everyday life through spectacular microscopic images. This new edition lifts the book to breathtaking realms. The extraordinary images, produced with the latest microphotography technologies, are displayed on more reader friendly larger page layouts. Most... More about Microcosmos: discovering the world through microscopic images from 20 x to over 22 million x...
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, graphs, tables. Presents the first global study by a historian to fully integrate the earth-system approach of the new climate science with the material history of humanity. Part I argues that geological, environmental, and climatic history explain the pattern and pace of biological... More about Climate change and the course of global history: a rough journey
Sydney: UNSW Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. Evolutionary scientist Rob Brooks argues that the origins of twenty-first century problems such as obesity, consumerism and environmental devastation can be found where the ancient forces of evolution collide with modern culture and economics. Brooks explores a range of topics including falling... More about Sex, genes and rock 'n' roll: how evolution has shaped the modern world
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. When BBC Radio 4's Material World programme announced a search for the UK's top amateur scientist, little did anyone expect that the winning experiment would comprise one of our humblest garden pests. Ruth Brooks posed this question: Do snails have a homing... More about Slow passion: snails, my garden and me
London: Reaktion Books, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. In almost every culture, hyenas are regarded as nasty, scheming charlatans, skulking in the back alleyways of the animal kingdom. Scorned as little more than scavenging carrion-eaters, vandals and thieves, since the earliest... More about Hyena
Paterson: NSW Agriculture Tocal, 2001. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, maps. Dryland salinity is a problem for many farmers. This book discusses the causes, prevention and treatment of the problem. More about Dryland salinity: the farmer's guide
Paterson: Department of Primary Industries, (2006. second edition). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. Shows in detail how to re-establish trees and shrubs on your farm. Includes how to plan a revegetation program and assess existing remnant vegetation. Covers natural regeneratin, collecting native seed, weed control and protecting revegetated areas from... More about Plan for trees: a guide to farm revegetation on the coast and tablelands
Paterson: Department of Primary Industries, (2014. second edition). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. Leaving your land in better condition than you received it is the aim of environmental management. This book helps you understand the basics before you get into more detailed studies. More about Principles of ecology
London: Thames and Hudson, 2014. Quarto, publisher's boards, colour photographs. This accessible and thought-provoking book is the first in-depth exploration of the ways in which contemporary artists are confronting nature, the environment, climate change and ecology. Organized into six chapters, the book moves through the various levels of artists engagement... More about Art and ecology now
London: T & A D Poyser, 2004. Quarto, dustwrapper, text illustrations, maps, colour photographs. This is a Poyser avifauna title for England's diverse birdlife, past and present. More about Birds in England
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, illustrations., maps. Written in an engaging style this book provides a detailed and illustrated account of this mysterious lizard. Authors David Brown and Neil Carmony dig out the tall tales, dispel the myths, and reveal the lizard's true character. Through... More about Gila monster: facts and folklore of America's Aztec lizard
Guilford: Globe Pequot Press, (2009. second edition). Small quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The bears of the world, from the Polar bear of the Arctic to the grizzlies of Yellowstone Park in North America, are among the most studied, and most loved, of all wild animals. This book is unique in... More about The bear almanac: a comprehensive guide to bears of the world
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2014]. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Originally published in 1987. An overview of the extensive and frequently controversial literature on communally breeding birds developed since the early 1960s, when students of evolution began to examine sociality as a product of natural selection. Jerram Brown provides... More about Helping communal breeding in birds: ecology and evolution
London: Christopher Helm, (2003. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour plates, text illustrations. Fully revised and updated, this edition of this unique and popular guide contains a wealth of fascinating material, illustrated by 23 new full colour plates, with numerous new colour photographs, line drawings, maps, diagrams and other illustrations. Subjects... More about Tracks and signs of the birds of Britain and Europe: an identification guide