From Taxonomy to Tadpoles - Browse books by subject here.
From Australia to Zanzibar - Browse books by region here.
To limit your browsing within NEW BOOKS click on browse by subject or region above. To browse secondhand, antiquarian, bargain books or artwork select from the navigation at the top.
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
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 (lecotus 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 Britain... 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. 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
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Small quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Remainder mark. Wetland birds are excellent indicators of water quality and measures of biodiversity. But how do they use wetland habitats, and how can we best conserve and maintain them for the future? Here, Milton Weller... More about Wetland birds: habitat, resources and conservation implications
Washington, DC: National Geographic Books, 2003. Octavo, paperback, WAS $33. Armchair travelers can journey with author and naturalist Robert Winkler as he experiences amazing wildlife encounters--all within reach of his own backyard. An avid nature writer with field experience spanning more than 25 years, Winkler writes about his beloved New... More about Going wild: adventures with birds in the suburban wilderness
London: Poyser, 1999. Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations, maps. WAS $90. The history of the British mammal fauna over the past 15,000 years. This account explores the fate of the large extinct species, and how, why and when the introduced species appeared. It is a fascinating tale not only of the... More about The history of British mammals
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations, maps. WAS $150. Conservation of mammals in the coniferous forests of western North America has shifted in recent years from species based strategies to community and ecosystem based strategies, resulting in an increase in the available information on mammalian... More about Mammal community dynamics: management and conservation in the coniferous forests of western North...