Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Armed with rudimentary Spanish, dangerous levels of curiosity and a record of poor judgement, Allison set off to tackle whatever South America could throw at him. Getting involved with conservation projects as well as seeking out the wildest and rarest... More
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A colourful, easy to use guide to more than 250 snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders common to the Amazonian regions of Peru, Brazil, Bolivia and Columbia. More
Cornell: Zona Tropical Publication, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. The unique geography and climate of Costa Rica make it a small country with extraordinary biodiversity. Here, North American and South American species of flora and fauna can be found side by side, taking advantage of the serendipitous conditions. 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
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, map. With a rich avifauna of over 300 species, the three islands that make up the Caymans form an increasingly popular birding destination. Although the islands' sole endemic species, Cayman Islands Thrush, was extinct by the 1940s, the islands have a healthy... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, map. Blending ethnography with a fascinating personal story, this book is an account of a political movement that arose in the early 1990s in response to decades of attacks on the lands and peoples of eastern Ecuador, one... 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: 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
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. Octavo, colour photographs, line drawings. This field guide treats the extraordinary diversity of seeds and diaspores of plants commonly encountered in the Amazon and other lowland moist forests of the American tropics. This stunningly illustrated guide features an easy-to-use whole-plant approach to seed identification that... More
United States: Counterpoint, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. Since its discovery by Europeans in 1500, explorers, visionaries, soldiers of fortune, men of God, scientists, and slavers have been drawn to the legendary Amazon. This book is a sweeping chronicle of those brave and hardy souls, ranging from the Spanish seafarer... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, (2005. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. This practical field guide contains detailed annotations for easy identification of all of Mexico's regular species. The descriptions include the English, Spanish, and Latin names; a general range statement for each bird, along with its specific occurrences in... More
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1999. Quarto, paperback, 16 colour plates, other illustrations, maps. This volume in the series provides a survey and synthesis of current knowledge of the more than 650 species of land and marine mammals found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, as well as information on the... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1997. second edition). Octavo, colour plates, maps, softcover. The first colour illustrated field guide to these highly diverse and elusive animals, has enjoyed tremendous success since its initial publication in 1990. Completely revised and updated second edition. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. A field guide to the birds of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, abundantly illustrated and with comprehensive coverage of both endemic and migrant birds Birding is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry in northern Central America... More
Cornell: Cornell University Press, (2012. third edition), Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, map. This new edition incorporates five decades of his notes and records of the island's birds to present in a handy and readable form detailed and comprehensive information about the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Showcasing 40 all-new colour... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. Adrian Forsyth draws on four decades of personal encounters with the animals of the rainforests, including Poison-dart frogs, Three-toed sloths, Bushmasters, and Umbrellabirds, as a starting point to communicate key ecological topics such as biodiversity, coevolution, rarity, chemical defense, nutrient cycling... More
Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. The result of a three year intensive study by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the University of Valdivia of some of Chile's most threatened plant species. The major part of the book gives up to date information... More
Rickmansworth: Evans Mitchell Books, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This book is a stunning book by British wildlife photographer and filmmaker, Nick Gordon. Nick has spent over 12 years of his life in Amazonia where he first went there to try and find, see and photograph that most elusive and... More
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1997. Octavo, text illustrations, maps. The area covered is broadly representative of the central American fish fauna. More
London: A & C Black, 2009. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. With a rich avifauna of more than 300 species that includes some 25 endemics, the island of Jamaica is an increasingly popular birding destination. Containing hundreds of stunning photographs, this guide, the latest addition to Helm's Photographic Guides... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. This enthralling book brilliantly describes the passionate struggles that have taken place in order to utilize, protect and understand the wonder that is the Amazon. Hemmings riveting account recalls the adventures and misadventures down the centuries of the explorers, missionaries, indigenous Indians... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2009. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. This enthralling book brilliantly describes the passionate struggles that have taken place in order to utilize, protect and understand the wonder that is the Amazon. Hemmings riveting account recalls the adventures and misadventures down the centuries of the explorers, missionaries, indigenous Indians... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Forword by Alexander F. Skutch. At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts an astonishing array of plants and animals- over half a million species! Ecotourists, birders, and biologists come from around the world, drawn by the... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (2014. second edition). Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Takes readers on a stunning visual journey through one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world. In these remarkable photographs, a puma stands majestically on a tree limb surveying the forest below; an iridescent blue... More
London: Helm, 1999. Octavo, paperback, 95 maps, text illustrations. Covers over 100 sites from Baja California to the Yucatan Peninsula (where 950 species can be seen). More