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Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $45. The first section provides facts about reef wildlife, the interactions between humans and reefs, and the Caribbean area in general. Spalding discusses the problems facing the reefs, with a focus on what each person can do to... More about A guide to the coral reefs of the Caribbean
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2007. Octavo, paperback, maps. WAS $30. Includes introduction; history; gazetteer; and annotated checklist. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 62. More about Storm-petrels of the eastern Pacific Ocean: species assembly and diversity along marine habitat...
Camarillo: Cooper Ornithological Society, 2007. Octavo, paperback, tables, graphs. WAS $30. Studies in Avian Biology, 35. A study of the feeding ecology of the marine avifauna of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean during a nine year period, 1983-1991. This is one of few studies on the diet of an entire... More about Foraging dynamics of seabirds in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
New York: Harper Collins, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, WAS $35. " Meet the Hannibal Lecter of the conservation world....This expose reads like a thriller and proves once again that truth is stanger than fiction." Lee Child. Endangered species of butterflies were as lucrative as gorillas, pandas, and rhinos on the black... More about Winged obsession: the pursuit of the world's most notorious butterfly smuggler
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. WAS $90. Featuring 500 fantastic colour photographs, this work captures the beauty of marine life found in the Caribbean, the Pacific Ocean, Japan, Australia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. More about Oceanic wilderness
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations. WAS $44. Based of material presented at a conference held by the Commonwealth Endangered Species Advisory Committee in Sydney in December 1995. More about Back from the brink: refining the threatened species recovery process
Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, A collection of linked essays on the topic of biological evolution. The first half of the book explores most of the main theoretical controversies about evolution and selection, while the second half applies some of these ideas in considering cognitive evolution. Together, the essays... More about The evolution of agency and other essays
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $60. This new photoguide covers all species occurring in the areas bordering the Mediterranean. These regions cover some of the most distinctive and bird-rich habitats in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Colour photographs of species... More about Birds of the Mediterranean: a photographic guide
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white photographs, maps. WAS $93. Grasslands are one of California's most important ecosystems in terms of both biodiversity and economic value. Bringing together the large amount of research conducted in recent years on California's grasslands, this comprehensive, state-of-the-art sourcebook... More about California grasslands: ecology and management
New York: Walker & Company, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. WAS $25. A distinguished scientist reveals how we are losing the world's songbirds, why this predicts widespread environmental problems, and what we can do to save the birds and their habitats. Wood thrush, bobolinks, the Eastern kingbird--migratory songbirds... More about Silence of the songbirds
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2005. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. WAS $65. This natural history details the salmon's extraordinary life cycle and covers the latest scientific research on exactly where salmon travel to in the sea, what influences the numbers that return to the river, the impact of global warming on... More about Atlantic salmon: an illustrated natural history
London: Poyser, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $90. The Brown and Grey Long-eared Bats 1 Plecotus auritus and austriacus) are amongst the commonest European bat species and familiar to most naturalists, easily spotted on the wing by virtue of the long ears after which they are named. In fact in... More about Long-eared bats
North Carolina: Algonquin Books, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, WAS $48. The epic story of an ancient, elusive herb with legendary curative powers that have enticed and mystified us for centuries. Prized for centuries by Chinese emperors, Native American healers, and black market smugglers, Ginseng launched the rise to power of China's... More about Ginseng, the divine root: the curious history of the plant that captivated the world
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2011. Small octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. WAS $35. Betty Temple Watts (1901-1992) developed an interest in birds in her early married life while living in Iran and Papua New Guinea. Although she had studied art formally as a nineteen year old, it was not until... More about The quintessential bird: the art of Betty Temple Watts
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. Remainder mark. WAS $35. More about Where have all the birds gone? essays on the biology and conservation of birds that migrate to...
Vista: Ibis, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour plates, maps. WAS $40. A pocket-sized guide to the ducks, geese and swans of the world. Each species and subspecies is illustrated in full color, with a map clearly depicting its range. An appendix that includes weights, clutch size, egg description, incubation and fledging... More about Handbook of waterfowl identification
Cambridge: Bird Life International, Conservation Series No. 3, 1994. Octavo, paperback, maps. More about Birds in Europe: their conservation status
New York: Harper Perennial, 2003. Octavo, paperback, WAS $25. For one thousand years, the Milu - an exotic species of deer with the neck of a camel, horns of a stag, feet of a cow, and tail of a donkey - existed only in the Chinese emperor' s private park... More about The extinction club: a tale of deer, lost books, and a rather fine canary yellow sweater
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $130. This book covers the fourteen members of the genus Saxicola- the stonechats and bushchats. This passerine group is distributed throughout the Old World, and includes some familiar and widespread species as well as island endemics and extreme rarities... More about Stonechats
Königswinter: Ullmann Publishing, 2011. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Accurate, highly detailed drawings of each fish. Fish names are given in various languages along with their scientific nomenclature. Brief description of and information about every fish. More about 365 Fish
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, colour and black and white photographs. Looks at British birdwatching, particularly over the last 125 years. More about Beguiled by birds: Ian Wallace on British birdwatching
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 2003. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. WAS $40. Joan Webb has gathered together information on the development of an independent botany in Australia; the lives of the principal players as well as the fate of their collections. Illustrated with portraits and maps, her story starts with William... More about The botanical endeavour: journey towards a flora of Australia
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1998. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. WAS $22. The author of a number of books, including Wildflowers of Australia, Dr Thistle Stead was a botanist, educator, writer, academic and environmentalist, who was involved with many causes such as the creation of the Wirrimbirra Sanctuary and the Kosciuszko National Park. More about Thistle Y. Harris (a biography of Thistle Yolette Stead
Orlando: Harcourt, 2007. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $35. From the moment Europeans arrived in North America, they were awestruck by a continent awash with birds--great flocks of wild pigeons, prairies teeming with grouse, woodlands alive with brilliantly coloured songbirds. This book traces the colourful origins of American birding: the frontier... More about Of a feather: a brief history of American birding
Orlando: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. WAS $25. Scott Weidensaul traces the colourful evolution of American birding: from the frontier ornithologists who collected eggs between border skirmishes to the society matrons who organized the first effective conservation movement; from the luminaries with checkered pasts, such as... More about Of a feather: a brief history of American birding