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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. Showcases the author's engraving techniques that allowed text and images to be published on the same page. This book features engravings of over four hundred animals alongside descriptions of their characteristics as scientifically understood at the time. Also available in... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. Birds have colonized almost every terrestrial habitat on the planet - from the poles to the tropics, and from deserts to high mountain tops. This book focuses on our current understanding of the unique physiological characteristics of birds... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2005. 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. Bears have long wandered through the human imagination: from the Greek legend of Callisto to Winnie-the-Pooh, bears have... More
Ithaca: Comstock Publishing, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other black and white illustrations, maps. An accessible account of the history, ecology, geography, science and conservation aspects surrounding the migration of approximately two hundred species of raptors between their summer breeding sites and their wintering grounds. Summarizes the current knowledge of... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Raptors are formally classified into five families and include birds-such as eagles, ospreys, kites, true hawks, buzzards, harriers, vultures, and falcons-that are familiar and recognized by many observers. These diurnal birds of prey are found on every continent except Antarctica... More
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1999. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. A useful new reference book. With a listing of bird species worldwide, a glossary and detailed information on avian biology, anatomy, reproduction and mortality. More
Rickmansworth: Evans Mitchell Books, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. An underwater safari featuring amazing photography. More
London: National Trust Books, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Every gardener needs to know their Latin names. They may look confusing at first, but once you understand what certain key words mean, impenetrable-sounding and hard-to-pronounce species names are suddenly demystified. Many Latin names hide the secrets of where the... More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This easy-to-use identification guide covers the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Costa Rica. Perfect for resident and visitor alike, this guide features high quality photographs from one of the country's top nature photographers and detailed species descriptions, which include... More
Cambridge: BirdLife International and Dove Publications, 2003. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Documents the major forest, grassland and wetland regions of Asia and the globally threatened bird species which they support. This book discusses the role of international and regional conventions in the conservation of Asia's birds and habitats, and... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. Provides an engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, describing the visionary and often-controversial personalities who have influenced the study of birds, and the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. A lifetime spent studying birds has provided Tim Birkhead with a wealth of observation and an understanding of birds and their behaviour that is firmly grounded in science. What is it like to be a swift, flying at over... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most popular pastimes, not just in Britain, but throughout the world, and the range of interest runs... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. In a radical reinterpretation of the nineteenth century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history - the passion for exploration, the violence of the Indian Wars and the "civilizing" of... More
London: T & A D Poyser, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs, line drawings, graphs. PoyserA distinctive, handsome black-and-white bird, The Barnacle goose gets its name from a mediaeval myth that the birds hatched from barnacles - how else to explain their sudden appearance each autumn in... More
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. Can gardening change the world? It certainly can when it comes to butterflies. Butterflies are in danger, but everyone who has a garden can do their part to make a difference. Gardening for Butterflies is an optimistic call to... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, laminated boards, tables, graphs. Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The continuing globalization of our society ensures that the need to understand the process of biological invasion... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour and black and white illustrations. This landmark book is the first full appraisal of Vladimir Nabokov's long-neglected contributions as a scientist. Although his literary achievements are renowned, until recently his scientific discoveries were ignored or dismissed by many. Nabokov created well... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. Tropical fruits such as banana, mango, papaya, and pineapple are familiar and treasured staples of our diets, but there are many other interesting species that are little known to inhabitants of temperate regions. The tropical regions are home to... More
London: New Holland Publishers, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings. Bryan Bland has led thousands of birding tours to more than 70 countries. On one such trip a bemused waiter once posed the question: "Where is the profit in birding?" Bryan is famed as one of birding's greatest story-tellers... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new. From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, (2007. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Seawatching can present identification difficulties to even the most experienced birdwatcher, and demands a specialised set of skills and strategies to deal with the challenges of bad weather and poor visibility. The rewards can be great; many... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, 117 colour photographs. Presents photographs of the elephant, from the wildest outreaches of Botswana to the teeming cities of India. This book features photographs that include aerial shots, the drama of the fight between angry males, tender interaction between mother and calves, the... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2006. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Photographer Steve Bloom creates evocative photographic images of the living world. Concern for the environment is evident in all of his images. He strives to capture the very spirit of the animals included in this book. At a time when... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Here is a new, compact gift edition of Steve Bloom's breathtaking photographs of wildlife around the world. Bloom's goal, brilliantly realised here, is to capture the animals' spirit: the tiger's eye gleaming brightly in the jungles of India; polar bear cubs... More
