new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2008/02
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Welcome to the February Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.

Backlist Bargains 2008
The popular Backlist Bargains are in their final month, with 3000 titles available at up to 45% discount until the 31st of March.

Some of the most popular titles this year:

A Primer of Ecological Statistics
Weather and Bird Behaviour
The Diversity of Fishes
Biodiversity of Fungi

and many more...

Mabberley's Plant Book, third edition prepublication offer
The third edition of the invaluable plant dictionary has been announced for publication in May. The first new edition of this essential reference text for more than 10 years has been updated and expanded to take into consideration the most recent literature, notably the great advances from molecular analyses, and over 1650 new entries have been added. We are happy to announce an exclusive pre-publication offer of 20% off the list price, if you order the book before the end of March.

NHBS at conferences during 2008
We are currently planning our conference schedule for this year. As in previous years, we will be selling a wide selection of books at a number of scientific symposia and conferences across the UK and mainland Europe, and you will have a chance to meet some of the NHBS staff. If you are organising a conference, or are attending one where you would like to see us, please let us know by sending an email to Anneli Meeder.

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Mammals
 

Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Mamiferos Terrestres de Espana

Edited by L Javier Palomo, Julio Gisbert and J Carlos Blanco

580 pages | OAPN

2007 | 8480147113 | #173453A | £48.50 Add to basket

 

Bat Skeletal Growth

Molecular and Environmental Perspectives

JW Hermanson and CE Farnum

The ability to perform true flight with a wing has set bats aside as unique and important vertebrates. How the hand of a primitive mammal might have evolved into a ....

88 pages | figs, tabs | Karger

Pbk | 2007 | 3805584210 | #173880A | £22.99 Add to basket

 

Dama Dama

Het Damhert in Nederland

Dick van den Hoorn

95 pages | Col & b/w photos, illus | Veluws Hert

Hbk | 2006 | 9080456853 | #172308A | £22.99 Add to basket

 

The Dog Family, Canidae, and their Evolutionary History

Xiaoming Wang and Richard H Tedford

New discoveries of early domestic dogs in Israel and Germany, beginning more than 14,000 years ago, push back their first arrival in the fossil record and provide tantalizing ....

288 pages | Illus | Columbia UP

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 0231135289 | #170816A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

The Encyclopedia of the Cat

The Definitive Visual Guide

Bruce Fogle

Discover everything you need to know about cats in this updated guide from the UK's bestselling vet, Dr Bruce Fogle. Get up close to 75 of the world's major cat breeds and ....

288 pages | Col photos, illus, diags | Dorling Kindersley

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1405321490 | #173101A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Encyclopedia of the Horse

The Definitive Visual Guide

Elwyn Hartley Edwards

Discover everything you need to know about horses in this updated guide from equestrian expert Elwyn Hartley Edwards. Get up close to 150 of the world's most famous horse and ....

464 pages | 1000 illus | Dorling Kindersley

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1405321482 | #173100A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Evolutionary Ecology of Marsupials

AK Lee and A Cockburn

The ecological literature on marsupials is dominated by descriptive natural history, and there has hitherto been little attempt at either synthesis or evolutionary ....

288 pages | B/w photos, 37 tabs, 64 figs | CUP

Hbk | 1985 | 052125292X | #001172A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521054125 | #173909A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

A Fragile Balance: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Marsupials

Christopher Dickman and Rosemary Woodford Ganf

Marsupials are nearly synonymous with Australia. Although one of these enigmatic pouched mammals-the opossum-inhabits the United ....

245 pages | Thames & Hudson

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0980354013 | #173820A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

A Guinea Pig's History of Biology

Jim Endersby

"Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved," Darwin famously concluded "The Origin of Species," and for confirmation we look to...the ....

544 pages | illustrations | Harvard UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0674027132 | #173888A | £18.95 Add to basket

 

Krallenaffen

Waldzwerge aus Südamerika

Michael Schroepel

Extensive scientific monograph about the callitrichids: phylogeny, taxononomy, systematics, geographical distribution, habitat, home ranges, food and nutrition, social ....

385 pages | colour photos, plates, maps, diagrams | Books on Demand GmbH

Pbk | 2007 | 3833472138 | #173967A | £45.00 Add to basket

 

Mamiferos de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay

F Achaval, M Clara and A Olmos

Contains all recorded species in the country. ....

216 pages | 230 photos, illus, maps | Biophoto

2008 | 9974963761 | #173427A | £32.00 Add to basket

 

The Mammals of Australia

Edited by Steve Van Dyck and Ronald Strahan

This historic publication provides an account of every species of native mammals known to have existed in Australia since European settlement and every introduced species now ....

756 pages | 477 col photos, 383 distribution maps | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1877069256 | #172158A | £59.99 Add to basket

 

The Mammals of Cheshire

Cheshire Mammal Group

The Mammals of Cheshire provides the first survey of mammals in the Cheshire region for nearly one hundred years. While the majority of chapters cover the region's ....

288 pages | 50 b&w, 16 pages colour | Liverpool UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1846311241 | #173818A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology

Edited by Christopher Vinyard, Matthew J Ravosa and Christine E Wall

Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology is an integrative volume with broad coverage of current research on primate craniofacial biology and function. Topic headings ....

Springer

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 0387765840 | #172241A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Primate Evolution and the Environment

Edited by Christophe Soligo

Understanding evolutionary processes requires knowledge of the context in which specific events took place, including the chronological and the environmental contexts. ....

176 pages | illus | Karger

Pbk | 2007 | 3805583931 | #173501A | £34.00 Add to basket

 

Primatenhaltung im Zoo

Ellen Krebs

Primate husbandry in zoos. ....

376 pages | tables, diagrams | Filander

2008 | 3930831694 | #173657A | £43.00 Add to basket

 

Sex and Friendship in Baboons

Barbara B Smuts

Those who have been privileged to watch baboons long enough to know them as individuals and who have learned to interpret some of their more subtle interactions will attest ....

319 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | Aldine Transaction

Pbk | 2007 | 0202309738 | #173757A | £20.50 Add to basket

 

Vanishing Giants

Elephants of Asia

Palani Mohan, Jason Gaglardi and David Bellamy

At a time when its close relative, the African elephant, is flourishing, the Asian elephant is imperilled as never before. This book is a photographic look at the Asian ....

120 pages | Over 80 illustrations | Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd

Hbk | 2008 | 9814217301 | #173450A | £19.99 Add to basket

 
Birds
 

100 Birds to See Before You Die

Nick Baker, David Chandler and Dominic Couzens

Features 100 of the most incredible avian species across the world, illustrated with stunning photographs of each. Entries describe the natural history and significance of ....

224 pages | 200 full-colour photographs, 100 distribution maps | Carlton Books Ltd

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1844420191 | #173558A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

100 Common Birds of Taiwan

This book includes a first section on the 100 bird species most easily observable, as well as a second section on the 15 endemic species of Taiwan. Each species of bird is ....

84 pages | Photos | Wild Bird Society Of Taipei

| #173570A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

Albatrosses

Their World, their Ways

Julian Fitter, Mark Jones and Tui de Roy

Albatrosses are highly threatened and in the public eye; they are the ultimate seabirds, living almost their entire lives at sea. The RSPB currently has a big campaign to help ....

232 pages | col photos | A & C Black

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0713688122 | #170917A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Alters- und Geschlechtsbestimmung europäischer Singvögel

Raffael Winkler and Lukas Jenni

Richly illustrated guide to the determination of age and sex of 83 European songbirds. ....

Station Ornithologique

2007 | #173480A | £28.99 Add to basket

 

Aves da Amazonia

Birds - Amazon Forest

Edson Endrigo

The rich biodiversity of Amazonia, with its fantastic birds, needs to be brought to people's attention so that they better understand the need to preserve this important ....

224 pages | Col photos, maps | Editora Aves e Fotos

Hbk | 2007 | 8598153036 | #171337A | £69.99 Add to basket

 

Barn Owls in Britain

Jeff Martin

This book covers the history of the barn owl in Britain in relation to farming methods. What is the prognosis for its future and what can we do to help? This book discusses the ....

256 pages | 30 line drawings | Whittet

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1873580754 | #173962A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

Beautiful Birds of New Zealand

Rod Morris and Alison Balance

From the seashore through wetlands and rivers, past towns and pastures and on up to the high country, this book covers all the birds you're likely to see in New Zealand. It ....

224 pages | Photographs | Random House

Pbk | 2006 | 1869418107 | #173861A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Bird Book

Rob Hume and Peter Hayman

Birds as a non-fiction publishing subject surely has the potential of art; perhaps it is more popular than fashion or maps. "The Bird Book" is produced with similar values to ....

416 pages | Colour illustrations | Kyle Cathie

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1856268055 | #173759A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Bird Song: Biological Themes and Variations

CK Catchpole and JB Slater

Bird song is one of the most remarkable and impressive sounds in the natural world, and has inspired not only students of natural history, but also great writers, poets and ....

352 pages | 91 line illus, 3 tabs | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521872421 | #173726A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Birds

Mavis Pilbeam

A perfect gift for any bird-lover, this richly illustrated poetry anthology features beautiful images of birds from around the world. ....

96 pages | 45 colour illustrations | British Museum Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0714150630 | #173447A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Birds of New Zealand

John Kendrick

Contains the most typical species which includes native land birds, introduced land birds and sea birds; with a small booklet with pictures of the species. ....

Radio New Zealand

CD | 2002 | #173490A | £22.00 Add to basket

 

Birds of the Macaronesian Islands, Part 1: The Canary Islands and Madeira

Cursorius Photo & Video Library

All endemic species and nearly all recognizable subspecies from the Canary Islands and Madeira published for the first time on one DVD. It shows you all birds in their natural ....

Running time: 145 mins | Cursorius

DVD | 2008 | #173159A | £31.71 Add to basket

Video | 2002 | #134596A | £38.19 Add to basket

 

Birds: The Art of Ornithology

Mini-edition

Jonathan Elphick

Telling the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the ages, from the earliest images of birds, through the age of exploration, to the present day, this is ....

336 pages | 300 colour illustrations | Scriptum Editions

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1902686667 | #173446A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Birdwatching in Taiwan

Senior birdwatchers selected 52 best bird watching sites in five areas of Taiwan: Northern Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Eastern Taiwan and the offshore ....

380 pages | Wild Bird Society Of Taipei

2005 | #173073A | £27.50 Add to basket

 

Bobwhite Quail in Florida

Ecology and Management

W Giuliano, J Selph and B Schad

Provides current information on quail biology, ecology, population status, and habitat requirements. Readers will find detailed descriptions of the habitat necessary for quail ....

107 pages | 64 col photos | UF/IFAS Publications

| #173503A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Bowerbirds

Peter Rowland

The bowerbirds are confined to Australia and New Guinea and, due to the difficulty in accessing certain areas of their distribution, the study of their habits has been ....

144 pages | 80 col photos & illus | CSIRO

Pbk | NYP 07/2008 | 0643094202 | #173555A | £19.50 Add to basket

 

Call of Indian Birds Vol. 1

F Mukesh Bhatt, F Narshimhan and V Patel

Nature Club Surat

CD | 2006 | #173484A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Call of Indian Birds Vol. 2

F Mukesh Bhatt, F Narshimhan and V Patel

Nature Club Surat

CD | 2006 | #173486A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Call of Indian Birds Vol. 3

F Mukesh Bhatt, F Narshimhan and V Patel

Nature Club Surat

CD | 2006 | #173487A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Call of Indian Birds Vol. 4

F Mukesh Bhatt, F Narshimhan and V Patel

Nature Club Surat

CD | 2007 | #173488A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Feathered Goblins, Owls of the Black Forest, Germany

Claus Koenig and Ingrid Koenig

This film has been made by Claus and Ingrid Koenig, made in the Northern "Schwarzwald" (Black Forest of Germany) during the last 15 years and is part of the long-term study of ....

CIK-Naturfilm

DVD | 2007 | #173493A | £30.55 Add to basket

 

Field Guide to the Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Northern Europe

Dave Farrow

This book describes bird sound in a simple and understandable way, and includes two accompanying bird song and call CDs, providing all the detail you need in order to ....

224 pages | 400 colour illus | Carlton Books Ltd

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1844420426 | #173556A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Flight of the Wild Geese

Graham Uney

The sight of strings of wild Barnacle geese flying overhead, with a noisy chorus of honking, will be a familiar sight to many. However, following their migration, little is ....

176 pages | Col illus | Whittles

Pbk | NYP 08/2008 | 1904445543 | #173834A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Guia de Campo: Aves do Brasil Oriental

Tomas Sigrist

A much-needed fieldguide to the birds of Eastern Brazil. The illustrations for the 1100 bird species are reproduced largely from the author's previous book "Aves do Brasil". ....

448 pages | illus | Ricardo Sigrist

Pbk | 2007 | 8560120025 | #173042A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Guide to British Owls and Owl Pellets

Leanne Thomas and Chris Shields

This new fold-out chart includes colour paintings of the 5 species of owl permanently resident in the British Isles, shown both perched and at rest, illustrations and written ....

colour illus | FSC

Unbound | 2008 | #172487A | £2.75 Add to basket

 

Handboek Nederlandse Vogels

Benny Gensbol

A handbook describing all regularly observed birds in the Netherlands. 2 CDs included with the book contain vocalisations of all species. ....

336 pages | colour photos and illus | KNNV

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 9050112706 | #173096A | £43.50 Add to basket

 

Neuroscience of Birdsong

Edited by Peter Marler and H Philip Zeigler

Speech has long been thought of as a uniquely defining characteristic of humans. Yet song birds, like humans, communicate using learned signals (song, speech) that are ....

542 pages | 35 line diagrams, 130 half-tones, 4 colour plates, 169 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521869153 | #173964A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

On Feathered Wings

Birds in Flight

Richard Ettlinger, Rob Palmer and Miguel Lasa

The most memorable and evocative fact about birds is that they fly, but most of the great bird illustrators, arts and photographers show us birds at rest. Not so the seven ....

192 pages | colour photos | Abrams

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0810995255 | #173554A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Owls in the Mist, in Argentina and Bolivia

Claus Koenig and Ingrid Koenig

The Montane Forest (Yungas) Screech Owl (Megascops hoyi) has been discovered in 1987 by K~nig and Straneck and described in 1989 as a species new to science. This owl inhabits ....

CIK-Naturfilm

DVD | 2007 | #173494A | £30.55 Add to basket

 

Philip's Mini Guide to Birds

H Delin and L Svensson

A new, small-format field guide to around 250 of the most commonly found birds in Europe, with emphasis placed on those species that are more likely to occur in northern ....

272 pages | Illus, maps | Philip's

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0540092843 | #173874A | £4.99 Add to basket

 

A Sound Guide to the Birds of Bangladesh, Volume 1

Ronald Halder

This CD contains the voices of 99 species of birds found within the physical boundaries of Bangladesh and adjoining areas of neighbouring countries where similair habitat ....

Ronald Harder

CD | 2006 | #173491A | £16.99 Add to basket

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles

Stephen P Mackessy

Bringing together contributions from many of the world's leading experts in toxinology, the Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles covers a broad range of topics ....

512 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0849391652 | #173651A | £67.99 Add to basket

 

The Reptiles and Batrachians of North America

Samuel Garman

185 pages | 9 b&w plates | CNAH

Pbk | 1883 | 1885209487 | #173679A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles of Africa

Bill Branch

Sub-Saharan Africa has 18 tortoises, 5 softshelled terrapins, 18 side-necked terrapins and 6 turtles - a total of 47 species (Chelonians). This book, in the mould of ....

96 pages | colour photos | Struik

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1770074635 | #172117A | £10.99 Add to basket

 

Turtles of the Northeastern United States

Harold L Babcock

109 pages | 17 colour plates | CNAH

Pbk | 1919 | 1885209517 | #173678A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

The Whip Snakes and Racers Genera Masticophis and Coluber

Arthur Irving Ortenburger

247 pages | CNAH

Pbk | 1928 | 1885209509 | #173677A | £27.99 Add to basket

 
Fishes
 

Feeding and Digestive Functions in Fishes

Edited by JEP Cyrino, D Bureau and BG Kapoor

Topics covered in this book are as diverse as feeding, ecology of fish in their natural habitat, feeding behaviour, digestive anatomy, biochemistry and physiology of different ....

580 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1578083753 | #164858A | £75.60 Add to basket

 

Global Fishery Resources of Tuna and Tuna-like Species

FAO

This paper reviews the state of fishery resources of tuna and tuna-like species on a global scale, focusing on those most important commercially, i.e. the so-called ....

54 pages | FAO

Pbk | 2008 | 9251058067 | #173763A | £12.99 Add to basket

 
Invertebrates
 

An Anecdotal History of Nematology

JM Webster, JM Eriksson and KB McNamara

Nematology is not only about those lovely Nobel prize winning creatures, nematodes, but also about the people who work with them, the nematologists. Your good friends Bengt ....

300 pages | b/w & colour illus | Pensoft

Hbk | 2008 | #173827A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Aquatic Insects

Challenges to Populations

Edited by J Lancaster, R Briers and C Macadam

Insects are a diverse, numerous and important group in aquatic habitats, occupying key functional and ecological roles. This edited volume brings together acknowledged experts ....

400 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1845933966 | #173077A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Back to the Roots or Back to the Future?

A Synthesis between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology

Edited by Lyubomir Penev, T Erwin and T Assmann

This book, dedicated to Professor Emeritus George Ball from the University of Alberta, Canada, presents a collection of 20 papers held at the XIII European Carabidologists ....

280 pages | Pensoft

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | #173825A | £69.00 Add to basket

 

The Deadly World of Bugs, Snakes, Spiders, Crocodiles and Hundreds of Other Amazing Reptiles and Insects

Barbara Taylor, Jen Green, John Farndon and Mark O'Shea

This exciting and comprehensive guide captures the enthralling world of reptiles and insects from all over the globe. From poisonous snakes and fearsome alligators to ....

512 pages | Col photos, illus, maps | Lorenz Books

Hbk | 2008 | 0754817814 | #173749A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Do Butterflies Bite?

Fascinating Answers to Questions about Butterflies and Moths

Hazel Davies and Carol A Butler

Covering everything from their basic biology to their complex behaviours at every stage of life to issues in butterfly conservation, Davies and Butler explore wide-ranging ....

208 pages | 28 col & 26 b/w illus | Rutgers UP

Pbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1597263966 | #173557A | £12.50 Add to basket

 

Insect Galls of Florida

A Hodges, E Buss and RF Mizell

Plant gall formation is important for many insects, but very little information is available concerning the life cycle and identification for these species. Insect Galls ....

130 pages | Photos | UF/IFAS Publications

| #173702A | £23.50 Add to basket

 

Keeping Bees and Making Honey

Alison Benjamin and Brian K McCallum

This is a comprehensive and attractive lifestyle guide to beekeeping - from finding your bees to getting them home, housing them, collecting honey and using their produce. It ....

128 pages | 100 colour photographs, 30 colour illustrations | David & Charles

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0715328107 | #173561A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Lepidoptera of North America, Volume 3: Butterflies of Kern and Tulare Counties, California. Butterflies of Sequoira - Kings Canyon National Park

Ken Davenport

Gillette Museum Publications

Pbk | 2007 | #173663A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Lepidoptera of North America: Colorado Butterflies, Part 3

Melitaeinae, Nymphalinae, Limenitidinae, Biblidinae, Apaturinae

Michael S Fisher

120 pages | 260 colour photos, 54 maps | Gillette Museum Publications

Pbk | 2006 | #173673A | £43.00 Add to basket

 

Monitoring Climate Changes Using Dragonflies

Edited by J Ott

The ecological problems of climatic changes have become more and more apparent and obvious, in Europe in particular after the hot summer of 2003. The future of some very ....

250 pages | b/w & colour figures | Pensoft

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | #173826A | £79.99 Add to basket

 

Orugas y Mariposas de Europa: Tomo VI

Carlos Gomez de Aizpurua

This is the final volume in this series about the caterpillars and butterflies of Europe. ....

281 pages | colour photos | OAPN

2007 | 8480147180 | #173454A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Philip's Mini Guide to Butterflies

Paul Whalley

A new, small-format field guide to 250 of Europe's most common butterflies, with particular emphasis on those species found in northern Europe, and including all species ....

272 pages | Illus | Philip's

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 054009286X | #173871A | £4.99 Add to basket

 

Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca

Edited by Winston F Ponder and David R Lindberg

Brought together by Winston F. Ponder and David R. Lindberg, thirty-six experts on the evolution of the Mollusca provide an up-to-date review of its evolutionary history. The ....

306 pages | illus, tabs | California UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0520250923 | #173606A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Reproductive Biology of Crustaceans

Case Studies of Decapod Crustaceans

Edited by Elena Mente

Crustaceans adapt to a wide variety of habitats and ways of life. They have a complex physiological structure particularly with regard to the processes of growth (molting), ....

570 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1578085292 | #173068A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

SBF Volume 57: Barnacles

AJ Southward

Barnacles are familiar objects to mariners and seaside tourists. They extend from the high water splash zone to the depths of the ocean and can also live close to ....

140 pages | Col & b/w photos, illus | FSC

Pbk | 2008 | 1851532706 | #172483A | £26.99 Add to basket

 

The Toxicology and Biochemistry of Insecticides

Simon J Yu

Combining classical toxicology with physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology, "The Toxicology and Biochemistry of Insecticides" provides a detailed description of ....

344 pages | 142 black & white illustrations | CRC Press

Hbk | 2008 | 1420059750 | #173927A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

A Walk Around the Pond

Insects in and over the Water

Gilbert Waldbauer

A water strider darts across a pond, its feet dimpling the surface tension; a giant water bug dives below, carrying his mate's eggs on his back; hidden among plant roots on ....

286 pages | 12 halftones | Harvard UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0674022114 | #158666A | £14.95 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0674027655 | #173573A | £10.95 Add to basket

 

A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volume 1

Introduction; Fossil Taxa; Schizopodidae; Buprestidae: Julodinae - Chrysochroinae: Poecilonotini

C Bellamy

The first complete world catalogue of the jewel beetles, the eighth largest beetle family Buprestidae and its small North American sister-group Schizopodidae, since Jan ....

606 pages | Pensoft

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | #173575A | £122.00 Add to basket

 

A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volume 2

Chrysochroinae: Sphenopterini through Buprestinae: Stigmoderini

C Bellamy

This second volume in the World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles deals with the remainder of Chrysochroinae (including the second and third large genera ....

614 pages | Pensoft

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | #173576A | £122.00 Add to basket

 
Palaeontology
 

Advances in Angiosperm Paleobotany and Paleoclimatic Reconstruction

Contributions Honouring David L. Dilcher and Jack A. Wolfe

Edited by David M Jarzen, SR Manchester, G Retallack and SA Jarzen

189 pages | 100 figures, tables | Schweizerbart'sche

Pbk | 2007 | 3510613880 | #173952A | £48.50 Add to basket

 

The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China

The Flowering of Early Animal Life

H Xian-Guang, RJ Aldridge, J Bergstrom, DJ Siveter, D Siveter and F Xian-Hong

The Chengjiang biota is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries ever made. Since the discovery of the first specimens in 1984, many thousands of fossils have been ....

233 pages | Col photos, b/w illus | Blackwell

Hbk | 2004 | 1405106735 | #140523A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 140516719X | #173831A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene

Ross H Nehm and Ann F Budd

The richly fossiliferous Neogene stratigraphic sections of the Dominican Republic serve as one of only a few geological research systems in the world where morphological stasis ....

300 pages | Illus | Kluwer

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1402082142 | #173930A | £115.50 Add to basket

 

Late Neogene and Quaternary Biodiversity and Evolution: Regional

Developments and Interregional Correlations| Proceedings of the 18th International Senckenberg Conference (VI International Palaeontological Colloquium in Weimar). Volume II

Edited by Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke, Lutz Christian Maul and Paul PA Mazza

The 18th International Senckenberg Conference (VI International Palaeontological Colloquium, Weimar) "Late Neogene and Quaternary biodiversity and evolution: Regional ....

297 pages | Schweizerbart'sche

Pbk | 2007 | 3510613902 | #173953A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

Plants and the K-T Boundary

Douglas J Nichols and Kirk Johnson

In Plants and the K-T Boundary, two of the world's leading experts in palynology and paleobotany provide a comprehensive account of the fate of land plants during the 'great ....

264 pages | 28 line diagrams, 97 half-tones, 125 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521835755 | #173740A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H: Brachiopoda, Volume 6, (Revised)

Edited by Roger L Kaesler

Sixth and final volume to be published in this extensive revision of the phylum Brachiopoda. ....

GSA

Hbk | 2008 | 0813731364 | #164860A | £141.00 Add to basket

 
Marine & Freshwater Biology
 

Bacillariophyta (Diatoms) of the Bahamas

Michael K Hein, Barbara M Winsborough and Michael J Sullivan

The Bahamas includes more than 700 islands in the warm western waters of the Atlantic, beginning just 100 km off Palm Beach, Florida, and stretching in a great southeasterly ....

300 pages | 806 photomicrographs on 75 plates | Gantner

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 3906166627 | #173583A | £111.00 Add to basket

 

Cutthroat

Native Trout of the West

PC Trotter

Cutthroat tells the full story of the genuine native trout of the American West. This new edition, thoroughly revised and updated after 20 years, synthesizes what is ....

320 pages | Col plates, b/w photos, illus, maps, tabs | California UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0520254589 | #173607A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Diatoms of North America: The Freshwater Floras of Prince Patrick, Ellef Ringnes and northern Ellesmere Islands from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Dermot Antoniades, PB Hamilton, MSV Douglas and JP Smol

This project was initiated in 1998 with the development of a surface diatom calibration set for selected regions from the Arctic islands as part of the PhD dissertation of D. ....

649 pages | 133 plates with 1500 figures | Gantner

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 3906166503 | #165733A | £120.00 Add to basket

 

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review: Volume 46

Edited by RN Gibson, JDM Gordon and RJA Atkinson

This annual review considers basics of marine research, special topics, and emerging new areas. Regarding the marine sciences as a unified field, the text features contributors ....

CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1420065742 | #173652A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life in the North Atlantic

Canada to Cape Cod

J Duane Sept

The tides of the North Atlantic are the world's highest, and they reveal a world of amazing seashore life - from jellies and sea anemones, to clams and crabs, to seaweeds ....

224 pages | 300 colour illus | Princeton UP

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0691133190 | #173588A | £11.95 Add to basket

 

Phytoplankton of Norwegian Coastal Waters

Jahn Throndsen, Grethe Rytter Hasle and Karl Tangen

The book covers phytoplankton and some planktonic colourless forms like choanoflagellates and tintinnids found in north European coastal and adjacent oceanic ....

341 pages | Almater

Pbk | 2007 | 8278580863 | #173823A | £96.00 Add to basket

 

Seagrass Ecology

Marten Hemminga and Carlos M Duarte

Seagrasses occur in coastal zones throughout the world, in the part of the marine habitat that is most heavily influenced by humans. Decisions about coastal management ....

298 pages | 21 b/w illus, 62 figs, 12 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 2000 | 0521661846 | #107862A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521052491 | #173899A | £37.99 Add to basket

 
General Natural History
 

Animalia

Henry Horenstein

Animalia is a collection of the best of noted photographer Henry Horenstein's images of sea and land creatures. Described variously as evocative, mysterious, romantic, ....

84 pages | 70 illus | Contrasto

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 886965107X | #173483A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Back to Nature

The Green and the Real in the Late Renaissance

Robert N Watson

Sweeping across scholarly disciplines, Back to Nature shows that, from the moment of their conception, modern ecological and epistemological anxieties were conjoined twins. ....

448 pages | 51 illus. | Pennsylvania UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0812239059 | #173497A | £38.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0812220226 | #173442A | £17.50 Add to basket

 

The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize

Peter Doherty

In this engaging book, Peter Doherty recounts his unlikely path to becoming a Nobel Laureate. Beginning with his humble origins in Australia, he tells how he developed an ....

320 pages | 120 illus | Columbia UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0231138962 | #170818A | £15.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0231138970 | #173564A | £10.95 Add to basket

 

Colours of the Tropics

Eden on the Equator

Berndt Fischer

An opulently illustrated book about the numerous forms of life in the tropics: glowing photographs make the orchids, ferns, and parrots seem close enough to touch. Captivating ....

176 pages | 250 illus | C J Bucher Verlag

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 3765816914 | #173500A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

The Complete Guide to Low Light Photography

Michael Freeman

Explores the way that digital cameras can help you create stunning images of sunrises and sunsets, the night sky, dramatically lit cityscapes, firework displays and more. ....

224 pages | 450 pictures | Ilex Publishers

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1905814232 | #173449A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Cultural Landscapes

Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice

Edited by Richard Longstreth

Preservation has traditionally focused on saving prominent buildings of historical or architectural significance. Preserving cultural landscapes-the combined fabric of the ....

256 pages | 77 b/w photos | Minnesota UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0816650985 | #173440A | £46.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0816650993 | #173439A | £15.50 Add to basket

 

Evidence

John Swenson-Wright, Andrew Bell and Karin Tybjerg

Eight distinguished experts from a wide range of disciplines consider the nature and the use of evidence in the modern world. Peter Lipton begins the book by analysing evidence ....

200 pages | 5 line diagrams, 25 half-tones | CUP

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0521710197 | #173752A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Evolution

Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870

Frederick H Burkhardt, Alison M Pearn and Samantha Evans

With a Foreword by Sir David Attenborough, this is a fascinating insight into Darwin's life as he first directly addressed the issues of humanity's place in nature, and the ....

350 pages | CUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0521874122 | #173841A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Fathoming the Ocean

The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea

HM Rozwadowski

By the middle of the nineteenth century, as scientists explored the frontiers of polar regions and the atmosphere, the ocean remained silent and inaccessible. The history of ....

352 pages | Illus | Harvard UP

Hbk | 2005 | 0674016912 | #152793A | £16.95 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0674027566 | #173892A | £12.95 Add to basket

 

The First Voyage Around the World (1519-1522)

An Account of Magellan's Expedition

Antonio Pigafetta

On August 10, 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the earth. Linked by fame to the name of its captain, Magellan, much ....

288 pages | 23 Maps | Toronto UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0802093701 | #172797A | £35.00 Add to basket

 

Mastering High Dynamic Range Photography

Michael Freeman

Explains how to shoot specifically for High Dynamic Range (HDR). The book discusses in detail the software available to combine multiple exposures into a single HDR image; how ....

160 pages | 350 pictures | Ilex Publishers

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1905814240 | #173448A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Nature's Clocks

How Scientist's Measure the Age of Almost Everything

Doug Macdougall

"Radioactivity is like a clock that never needs adjusting," writes Doug Macdougall. "It would be hard to design a more reliable timekeeper." ....

272 pages | Illus | California UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0520249755 | #173598A | £14.95 Add to basket

 

Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism

From Beauty to Duty

Edited by Allen Carlson and Sheila Lintott

Environmental aesthetics is an emerging field of study that focuses on nature's aesthetic value as well as on its ethical and environmental implications. Drawing on the ....

480 pages | Columbia UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0231138865 | #170902A | £46.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0231138873 | #170901A | £17.50 Add to basket

 

Origins

Selected Letters of Charles Darwin, 1822-1859

Charles Darwin and Frederick Burkhardt

Charles Darwin changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. This fascinating selection of letters, offers a glimpse of his ....

280 pages | 6 line diagrams | CUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0521898625 | #173840A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Patricia Johansons House and Garden Commission

Reconstruction of Modernity

Xin Wu

In 1969, "House and Garden" magazine commissioned one of the first minimalist artists, Patricia Johanson, to propose new directions for American garden art. Having never been ....

280 pages | Illus | Dumbarton Oaks

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0884023346 | #173890A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Protogaea

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Protogaea, an ambitious account of terrestrial history, was central to the development of the earth sciences in the eighteenth century and provides key philosophical insights ....

204 pages | 15 halftones | Chicago UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0226112969 | #173479A | £28.50 Add to basket

 

Rivertime

Ecotravel on the World's Rivers

Mary A Hood

The book features journeys on the world's rivers, from a naturalists point of view. ....

228 pages | 13 col photos, 2 maps | SUNY Press

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0791473899 | #173443A | £11.50 Add to basket

 

There's a Hippo in my Cistern

From Loaded Lad to Green Dad One Man's Misadventure on the Eco-Frontline

Pete May

The hilarious true-life tale of one man's journey from self-confessed planet-killing lad to eco-friendly, green-crusader Dad set against the backdrop of Cool Britannia, Blair's ....

320 pages | Harper Collins

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0007264313 | #173054A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

Trustees for Nature

A Memoir

Ted Smith

Ted Smith is one of the great pioneers of nature conservation, having had a lifetime involvement at both local and national level. His memoir "Trustees for Nature" is an ....

384 pages | Photos, line illus | Lincs NU

Hbk | 2007 | 095382702X | #173839A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Wildwood

A Journey Through Trees

Roger Deakin

From the walnut tree at his Suffolk city home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia in search of ....

390 pages | B/w illus | Hamish Hamilton

Hbk | 2007 | 0241141842 | #166213A | £19.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0141010010 | #173563A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

William Roxburgh

The Founding Father of Indian Botany

Tim Robinson

Considered by his 18th-century contemporaries to be `the greatest botanist since Linnaeus', this is the first full biography of `The Founding Father of Indian Botany', ....

250 pages | 150 illus | Edinburgh RBG

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | #173428A | £63.00 Add to basket

 
Regional & Travel
 

Bargaining for Eden

The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America

Stephen Trimble

Beginning with an Olympic ski race in northern Utah, this heartfelt book from award-winning writer and photographer Stephen Trimble takes a penetrating look at the ....

313 pages | Photos, maps | California UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0520251113 | #173608A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

Globetrotter Wildlife Guide Malaysia

Helen Oon

This exciting guide aims to inspire and help travellers to plan and enjoy tours in Malaysia's finest wildlife reserves. In addition to offering advice on planning your ....

192 pages | Col photos, maps | New Holland

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1845379713 | #172010A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Great Karoo

L Nell

This book is set to follow in the format and style of "Garden Route and Little Karoo". Leon Nell has moved to De Rust in the Great Karoo to research and write this book. It ....

256 pages | Struik

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1770073876 | #172174A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Green China

Martin Walters and Heather Angel

China is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, whose habitats range from the vast deserts of the northwest and the Tibetan Plateau, through forested mountain slopes, to a ....

196 pages | col. illustrations, maps | Stacey

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1905299648 | #173821A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Life in the Valley of Death

The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed

Alan Rabinowitz

Dubbed the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by "The New York Times," Alan Rabinowitz has devoted, and risked his life to protect nature's great endangered mammals. He has ....

230 pages | illustrations | Island Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1597261297 | #173772A | £15.95 Add to basket

 

Mean and Lowly Things

Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo

Kate Jackson

In 2005, Kate Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the northern Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. Her camping equipment was rudimentary, her knowledge of ....

320 pages | 52 colour illustrations, 2 maps | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0674029747 | #173883A | £18.95 Add to basket

 

A Nature Diary of the South Hams

Gordon Waterhouse

76 pages | Full colour photos | Orchard Publications

Pbk | 2007 | 1898964815 | #173943A | £7.50 Add to basket

 

The Scottish Mountains

Hamish Brown and Alan Gordon

Scotland's Mountain landscapes are among the most striking and fragile in northern Europe. Their magic casts a spell over all who come to behold them. This astonishing ....

128 pages | 100 colour photographs | Colin Baxter

Pbk | 2007 | 1841073679 | #173804A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes

Struggle for Justice in the Amazon

Gomercindo Rodrigues and Linda Rabben

A close associate of Chico Mendes, Gomercindo Rodrigues witnessed the struggle between Brazil's rubber tappers and local ranchers--a struggle that led to the murder of Mendes. ....

205 pages | Texas UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0292717059 | #173802A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Wild China - DVD

With splendour, scale and romance, Wild China lifts the veil on the world's most enigmatic and magnificent country, delving into its vibrant habitats to reveal a land of ....

2 DVD set | BBC Video

DVD | NYP 03/2008 | BBCDVD2146 | #172092A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

A Wildlife Guide to Chile

Sharon Chester

This is the first comprehensive English-language field guide to the wildlife of Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernandez, and San Felix y ....

400 pages | 120 colour plates | A & C Black

Pbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1408105365 | #173526A | £19.99 Add to basket

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

400 Trees and Shrubs for Small Spaces

Diana M Miller

Trees and shrubs are a valuable asset to a garden bringing structure, shade, year-round interest and the all-important vertical dimension. However, choosing the right ones for ....

224 pages | 150 col photos, 21 b/w illus, 2 maps | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0881928755 | #173553A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Aloes of South Africa

Gideon Smith and Ben-Erik van Wyk

This is a book that examines the Aloe family from various angles: What are aloes - biology and ecology: growth forms; how they grow; reproduction, etc; How old are these ....

136 pages | Struik

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1770074627 | #172157A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Amino Acids and their Derivatives in Higher Plants

Edited by RM Wallsgrove

For 150 years scientists at the Rothamsted Experimental Station have studied aspects of plant nitrogen nutrition and amino acid biosynthesis. This book is the result of a ....

300 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1995 | 0521454530 | #039587A | £65.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521050510 | #173898A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Atlas y Libro Rojo de la Flora Vascular Amenazada de Espana

Addenda 2006

OAPN

2007 | 8480147067 | #173452A | £16.50 Add to basket

 

Atlas y Libro Rojo de la Flora Vascular Amenazada de Espana

Taxones Prioritarios

1065 pages | OAPN

2007 | 8480147083 | #173451A | £48.50 Add to basket

 

Between Earth and Sky

Our Intimate Connections to Trees

Nalini M Nadkarni

World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, ....

292 pages | Photos | California UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0520248562 | #173601A | £14.95 Add to basket

 

Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis

and their Relatives

Mark C Tebbitt, Magnus Liden and Henrik Zetterlund

Members of the bleeding heart family, such as the well-known Chinese bleeding heart, have long been among the best-loved flowers of the perennial border. In recent years, ....

220 pages | 112 col photos, 50 line drawings | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0881928828 | #173552A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Cacti of Texas

A Field Guide

A Michael Powell, James F Weedin and Shirley A Powell

One hundred thirty-two species, subspecies, and varieties of cacti may be found in Texas. About one hundred of them occur in the states Trans-Pecos region, one of the most ....

400 pages | 314 col photos, 124 maps | Texas Tech UP

Pbk | 2008 | 0896726118 | #173709A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

California's Fading Wildflowers

Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions

Richard A Minnich

Early Spanish explorers in the late eighteenth century found springtime California covered with spectacular carpets of wildflowers from San Francisco to San Diego. Yet ....

318 pages | Illus, tabs | California UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0520253531 | #173609A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

A Century of Mycology

Edited by Brian C Sutton

Commemorates the centenary of the British Mycological Society and considers the impact its members have had worldwide during the last 100 years. It combines various historical ....

448 pages | 31 b/w photos, 36 line illus, 5 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1996 | 0521570565 | #054310A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521050197 | #173900A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Dictionary of the Fungi

Edited by PM Kirk, P Cannon and JA Stalpers

Fully revised edition of this classic mycological work, formerly known as "Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi". ....

640 pages | B/w illus, figs, tabs | CABI

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0851998267 | #173078A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Ecology of Weed and Invasive Plants

Relationship to Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

Steven R Radosevich, Jodie S Holt and Claudio M Ghersa

The Third Edition of the authoritative reference gives readers an in-depth understanding of how weeds and invasive plants develop and interact in the environment so they can ....

454 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2007 | 0471767794 | #173829A | £39.50 Add to basket

 

Endemic and Rare Bamboos in China

Edited by Ma Naixun and Zhang Wenyan

This monograph introduces 35 genera, 113 species of endemic and rare bamboos in China. ....

196 pages | 300 col photos | CCPH

Hbk | 2007 | 7534130352 | #173812A | £49.99 Add to basket

 

Flora of China, Volume 12: Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae

Wu Zhengyi, Peter H Raven and Hong Deyuan

Eighteen plant families are described in this volume. Among these, Hippocastanaceae comprises the horse chestnuts and buckeyes; Sapindaceae, the soapberry family, includes ....

534 pages | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2007 | 1930723644 | #039106A | £87.00 Add to basket

 

Freshwater Plants in the Southeastern United States

A Recognition Guide for 133 Plants

V Ramey and J Schardt

This guide unfolds for an easy view of dozens of plants at one time. Essential plant characteristics are pictured with brief text descriptions where needed. ....

UF/IFAS Publications

| #173506A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

Fruit and Seed Production

Aspects of Development, Environmental Physiology and Ecology

Edited by C Marshall and J Grace

Flowering and fruiting are key processes in the biology of higher plants, ensuring the transfer of genetic material from one generation to the next. In addition, as almost all ....

256 pages | 36 figs, 4 b/w photos | CUP

Hbk | 1992 | 0521373506 | #016431A | £60.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521050456 | #173906A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

A Garden Gallery

The Plants, Art, and Hardscape of Little and Lewis

George Little and David Lewis

Celebrated internationally as artists and gardeners, Little and Lewis open the gates to their renowned Puget Sound garden and share their personal wisdom for what informs and ....

176 pages | 108 colour photos | Timber Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0881926728 | #155156A | £22.50 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 088192914X | #173858A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Gardening with Hardy Heathers

David Small and Ella May T Wulff

A timely and comprehensive review of these high-color, low-maintenance garden plants. The sight of a wild landscape covered with heathers in full bloom is breathtaking, so it ....

360 pages | 233 col & b/w illus | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0881927821 | #173855A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Gardens of Paris Sketchbook

Jean-Pierre Le Dantec and Fabrice Moireau

Though, relative to its size, Paris has fewer parks than many other densely built capitals, few big cities can boast such a variety of gardens possessing such a diversity ....

96 pages | Col illus | Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd

Hbk | 2007 | 9814217069 | #169079A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Gardens, City Life, and Culture

A World Tour

Edited by Michel Conan and Chen Wangheng

Gardens have exerted a deep influence on the culture of cities. Considering each city as a whole, this book presents the profoundly different roles of gardens in cultural ....

350 pages | Illus | Dumbarton Oaks

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0884023281 | #173891A | £25.95 Add to basket

 

Grain Legumes

Evolution and Genetic Resources

J Smartt

This volume provides a wide-ranging survey of all the major grain legumes from the standpoint of both their evolution and their potential for further development and ....

379 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1990 | 052130797X | #008048A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521050529 | #173907A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Grow Organic

From storing winter vegetables to making your own compost, discover how to plan, design and maintain your own organic garden with this comprehensive guide. Pick up tips on a ....

352 pages | Illustrations | Dorling Kindersley

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1405330910 | #173879A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Guide to Orchids

Richard Gulliver, Mavis Gulliver and Carol Roberts

With colour paintings covering 69 species, subspecies and hybrids, this 12-panel chart covers all the orchids that are likely to be seen in Great Britain (including the ....

12 pages | fold-out chart with colour illus | FSC

Unbound | 2008 | 1851532331 | #172486A | £3.50 Add to basket

 

Herbicides and Plant Metabolism

Edited by AD Dodge

This volume provides a review of the most important areas of the biochemistry of herbicide action. The introductory chapter is a review of the field of herbicide ....

288 pages | CUP

Hbk | 1990 | 0521344220 | #173904A | £65.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521050340 | #173905A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

High and Dry

Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants

Robert Nold

Anyone with an interest in hardy, drought-tolerant plants will find an abundance of tempting possibilities. Gardeners in the Interior West and Great Plains face a ....

420 pages | 209 col photos, 10 watercolour illus | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0881928720 | #173859A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

How to Store Your Garden Produce

The Key to Self-sufficiency

Piers Warren

"How to Store Your Garden Produce - The Key to Self-Sufficiency" is the modern guide to storing and preserving your garden produce, enabling you to eat home-grown goodness all ....

128 pages | colour plates | Green Books

Pbk | 2008 | 190032217X | #173690A | £7.95 Add to basket

 

Lilacs

A Gardener's Encyclopedia

John Fiala and Freek Vrugtman

First published in 1988 by award-winning American hybridizer Reverend John Fiala, this unique reference quickly became known worldwide as the lilac lovers' bible. The latest ....

410 pages | colour photos, line drawings, maps | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0881927953 | #173582A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Little Big Bend

Common, Uncommon, and Rare Plants of Big Bend National Park

Roy Morey

Plant life in Big Bend National Park is incredibly diverse. The wide range of habitats within the parkdesert, foothills, mountains and moist woodlands, river canyons and ....

336 pages | 301 col photos, 1 maps | Texas Tech UP

Pbk | 2008 | 0896726134 | #173711A | £21.50 Add to basket

 

Living Resources for Biotechnology: Filamentous Fungi

Edited by DL Hawksworth and BE Kirsop

This volume is an international compilation for biotechnologists of data on the location and use of filamentous fungi. The volume provides details of the location and scope of ....

209 pages | 2 b/w photos, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1988 | 0521352266 | #082922A | £55.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521051827 | #173910A | £20.99 Add to basket

 

Lost Crops of Africa, Volume 3: Fruits

National Research Council

This book is the third in a series evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes 24 ....

380 pages | National Academies Press

Pbk | 2008 | 030910596X | #032762A | £40.00 Add to basket

 

Medicinal Plants of Britain and Europe

Wolfgang Hensel

This indispensable guide to the medicinal plants of Britain and Europe is part of the new "Black's Nature Guide" series. Over 350 species of plants are covered, each ....

256 pages | Photos and illus | A & C Black

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1408101548 | #170926A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Plant Reproduction

Edited by RJ Scott and AD Stead

Molecular biology techniques have considerably increased our understanding of mechanisms underlying the control of flower initiation, development, function and senescence, ....

315 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1994 | 0521455251 | #037118A | £75.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521050480 | #173911A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Moth Orchids

The Complete Guide to Phalaenopsis

Steven A Frowine

With their refined beauty and elegant flower form, moth orchids (members of the genus "Phalaenopsis" are the basic black of the orchid world. In fact, moth orchids are the ....

308 pages | 323 col photos | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0881928704 | #173856A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Mr Marshal's Flower Book

Being a Compendium of the Flowers Portraits of Alexander Marshal Esq.

Alexander Marshal

The exquisite Florilegium of Alexander Marshal is the only surviving example of a flower-book painted by an English artist in the seventeenth century, and is an ....

192 pages | 140 colour illustrations | Royal Collection Publications

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 190568603X | #173502A | £9.95 Add to basket

 

Mushrooms of Britain and Europe

Andreas Gminder and Tanja Bohning

This indispensable guide to the mushrooms of Britain and Europe is part of the new "Black's Nature Guide" series. Over 450 species of mushroom are covered, each ....

256 pages | Photos and illus | A & C Black

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1408101564 | #170924A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

A Natural History of Conifers

Aljos Farjon

Conifers are the most diverse, interesting, beautiful trees in the world, so why is it that our gardens are home to so few species? Part of the reason lies in their economic ....

308 pages | 173 col photos, 26 line illus | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0881928690 | #173551A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

The New Book of Salvias

Sages for Every Garden

Betsy Clebsch

Salvias, commonly known as sages, grow throughout temperate and subtropical parts of the world, from sea level to altitudes of more than 11,000 feet (3400 meters). They occur in ....

348 pages | 149 Col photos, 9 col illus, 74 b/w illus | Timber Press

Hbk | 2003 | 0881925608 | #137824A | £22.50 Add to basket

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The New Encyclopedia of Orchids

1500 Species in Cultivation

Isobyl La Croix

1500 orchid species are profiled in this authoritative, detailed, and carefully researched encyclopedia. Infinitely varied and hugely interesting, these strikingly ....

528 pages | 1014 col photos | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 0881928763 | #173581A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

The Peach

Botany, Production and Uses

Edited by DR Layne and D Bassi

The Peach provides a comprehensive up to date reference work, summarizing our knowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes an extensive colour ....

848 pages | CABI

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Philip's Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe

Bob Gibbons and Peter Brough

"Philip's Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe" begins with a valuable introduction to wild flowers, with detailed text and artwork on structure, reproduction, ....

224 pages | colour illus, maps | Philip's

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0540090204 | #173074A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Philip's Mini Guide to Mushrooms

Geoffrey Kibby

A new, small-format field guide to 250 of the most commonly found mushrooms in Britain and Northern Europe. ....

272 pages | Illus | Philip's

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0540092835 | #173870A | £4.99 Add to basket

 

Philip's Mini Guide to Wild Flowers

Bob Gibbons and Peter Brough

A new small-format field guide to 250 of the most commonly found wild flowers in Northern Europe, with particular emphasis on those species found in Ireland and the ....

272 pages | Illus | Philip's

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0540092851 | #173873A | £4.99 Add to basket

 

Plant Form

An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology

AD Bell

The diverse external shapes and structures that make up flowering plants can be bewildering and even daunting, as can the terminology used to describe them. An ....

388 pages | 388 photos, 1066 line drawings | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 088192850X | #173857A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Plant Genotyping II

SNP Technology

Edited by RJ Henry

Since the publication of Plant Genotyping: the DNA Fingerprinting of Plants in 2001, the techniques available for plant DNA analysis have advanced considerably. Recent ....

272 pages | CABI

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1845933826 | #173694A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Plant Membrane and Vacuolar Transporters

Edited by P Jaiwal, R Singh and OP Dhankher

While information on the roles and regulation of transporters for all major nutrients and metabolites in plants has increased significantly, a synthesis of this research has ....

400 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1845934024 | #173693A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Plants Under Stress

Edited by HG Jones, TJ Flowers and MB Jones

The volume identifies how stressful conditions affect plants. Various stresses, such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, high and low temperatures, can have a major impact on ....

260 pages | Illus | CUP

Hbk | 1989 | 0521344239 | #006822A | £65.00 Add to basket

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Poisonous Plants of Pakistan

SH Abid Askari

In Poisonous Plants of Pakistan, the author has collected, in one volume, information about the poisonous plants that can be found in Pakistan, which previously could only be ....

400 pages | 175 illustrations, 1 colour map | OUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0195977890 | #173622A | £26.99 Add to basket

 

Pollen Studies & their Applications with Special Emphasis on Aerobiology and Allergy

SN Agashe

Palynology finds applications in various fields. Some of them are taxonomy, plant evolution, plant breeding programmes, biotechnology, microbiology of water, soil and ....

400 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1578085322 | #173067A | £61.00 Add to basket

 

Population Biology of Grasses

Edited by GP Cheplick

Grasses occupy a greater area of the world's land surface than any other plant family, occurring in almost every terrestrial environment and providing a vital source of food ....

399 pages | 6 b/w photos, 55 line illus, 42 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1998 | 0521572053 | #071096A | £90.00 Add to basket

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Propagation Techniques

Julie Hollobone

This book will provide expert practical advice on how to propagate all kinds of plants, from fruit, vegetables and herbs to ornamental flowers, trees and shrubs. All the key ....

160 pages | 130 col photos | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 184537990X | #171985A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Quantifying and Understanding Plant Nitrogen Uptake Systems Modeling

Tom Bruulsema, Liwang Ma and Lajpat R Ahuja

A subject of numerous experimental studies over the past decade, plant nitrogen uptake is an important process in agricultural production and environmental quality. However, ....

384 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1420052950 | #173654A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

Roses

Climbing, English, Shrub, Hybrid Teas and Old Roses

David Austin

David Austin has an international following as a rose grower with an intimate knowledge of his chosen flower. In this wide-ranging book, he examines ....

352 pages | 400 colour photos | Garden Art Press

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1870673530 | #173685A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Salad Leaves for All Seasons

Organic Growing from Pot to Plot

Charles Dowding

Small is beautiful, less is more; a salad a day - but not the supermarket way. This compendium of practical methods for growing a wide variety of salads throughout the ....

224 pages | colour plates | Green Books

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 190032220X | #173689A | £10.95 Add to basket

 

Sasanqua

Edited by Xu Biyu

Camellia japonica, C. reticulata, C. sasanqua and C. nitidissima are the four important ornamental plants in the genus CAMELLIA. ....

134 pages | Illus | CCPH

Hbk | 2007 | 7534130603 | #173813A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Saxifrages

The Definitive Guide to 2000 Species, Hybrids and Cultivars

Malcolm McGregor

An enthusiast's tale of saxifrages in the wild and in garden cultivation. The exquisite symmetry of the star-shaped blooms of saxifrages has captivated gardeners for centuries. ....

392 pages | 320 col photos | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0881928801 | #173854A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Seeds of Adventure

In Search of Plants

Peter Cox and Peter Hutchison

This book is the story of the extensive travels made by two Peters in search of plants in Turkey, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Tibet. On nearly every expedition, they ....

450 pages | 700 Col | Garden Art Press

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1870673581 | #173687A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Sweet Potato

An Untapped Food Resource

JA Woolfe

The sweet potato is at present grown in more than 100 of the independent countries of the world. Most of the producer nations are situated in the tropical developing world ....

643 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1992 | 0521402956 | #014397A | £130.00 Add to basket

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Timber Press Pocket Guide to Palms

Robert Lee Riffle

Given their diversity and versatility, it is surprising that palms are underutilized in landscapes and gardens, even in tropical climes. Several reasons account for this, ....

244 pages | 320 col photos | Timber Press

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0881927767 | #173853A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota

Welby R Smith

With more than 200 tree, shrub, and woody vine species in Minnesota, anyone with an interest in the outdoors has likely encountered ann unfamiliar plant and wondered about ....

640 pages | 1027 col photos, 506 maps, 154 tabs | Minnesota UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0816640653 | #173436A | £37.50 Add to basket

 

Trees of Britain and Europe

Margot Spohn and Roland Spohn

This indispensable guide to the Trees of Britain and Europe is part of the new "Black's Nature Guide" series. Over 350 species of tree are covered, each beautifully illustrated ....

256 pages | Photos and illus | A & C Black

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1408101521 | #170921A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

The Truth About Garden Remedies

What Works, What Doesn't & Why

Jeff Gillman

Can beer make plants grow? How about buttermilk? Or musicaclassical or rock? Are you sure abut planting trees in deep holes? And how about chasing insects with hot sauce and ....

212 pages | illus, tabs, charts | Timber Press

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0881929123 | #173851A | £6.99 Add to basket

 

The Truth about Organic Gardening

Benefits, Drawnbacks, and the Bottom Line

Jeff Gillman

Gardeners tend to assume that any organic product is automatically safe for humans and beneficial to the environment--and in most cases this is true. The problem, as Jeff ....

208 pages | illustrations | Timber Press

Pbk | 2008 | 0881928623 | #173630A | £6.99 Add to basket

 

Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico

A Guide to Identification

James H Everitt, Robert I Lonard and Christopher R Little

The book covers 189 species of broad-leaved herbaceous species, grasslike plants, and grasses, encompassing 144 genera and 45 families. These include one species of fern, 142 ....

240 pages | 188 col photos | Texas Tech UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0896726142 | #173712A | £13.50 Add to basket

 

Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe

Margot Spohn and Roland Spohn

This indispensable guide to the wild flowers of Britain and Europe is part of the new "Black's Nature Guide series". Over 450 species of wild flowers are covered, each ....

256 pages | Photos and illus | A & C Black

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 140810153X | #170923A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Wild Plants of the Burren and the Aran Islands

Charles Nelson

The Burren and the Aran Islands are renowned worldwide for their beautiful wild flowers and plants. Charles Nelson has selected 136, the most widely occurring plus a number of ....

144 pages | Col photos, maps | Collins Press

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1905172672 | #173468A | £15.99 Add to basket

 
Animal & General Biology
 

Animals and Temperature

Phenotypic and Evolutionary Adaptation

Edited by IA Johnston and AF Bennett

Environmental temperature varies in time and space on timescales ranging from a few hours to long-term climate change. Organisms are therefore continually challenged to ....

419 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1996 | 0521496586 | #058618A | £80.00 Add to basket

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Bacteriophage Ecology

Population Growth, Evolution, and Impact of Bacterial Viruses

Stephen T Abedon

Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that infect bacteria and are believed to be the most abundant and genetically diverse organisms on Earth. As such, their ecology is vast ....

520 pages | 19 line diagrams, 20 half-tones, 8 tables, 43 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0521858453 | #173733A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Beautiful Minds

The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins

Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B Stanford

Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any creatures appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and ....

300 pages | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0674027817 | #173885A | £16.95 Add to basket

 

Biological Thermodynamics

Donald Haynie

This inter-disciplinary guide to the thermodynamics of living organisms has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide a uniquely integrated overview of the subject. ....

379 pages | Illus, figs, tabs | CUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0521884462 | #173723A | £70.00 Add to basket

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Coding and Redundancy

Man-Made and Animal-Evolved Signals

Jack P Hailman

This book explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals (e.g., traffic lights and tornado sirens) and animal-evolved ....

222 pages | 25 line illustrations, 14 tables | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0674027957 | #173887A | £25.95 Add to basket

 

DNA

Promise and Peril

Linda L McCabe and Edward R B McCabe

The genetic revolution has provided incredibly valuable information about our DNA, information that can be used to benefit and inform - but also to judge, discriminate, ....

354 pages | Photos | California UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0520251873 | #173600A | £23.95 Add to basket

 

The DNA Doctor

Candid Conversations with James D Watson

Istvan Hargittai

Three in-depth conversations with the Nobel laureate co-discoverer of the double helix and the first director of the Human Genome Project cover a wide range of topics, ....

220 pages | b/w photos | World Scientific

Pbk | 2007 | 9812707972 | #173656A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Essentials of Chemical Biology

Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules

Andrew D Miller and Julian Tanner

Biological Chemistry is a fast emerging branch of chemistry, which sets out to understand the molecular basis of life through a rigorous understanding of the detailed ....

360 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0470845309 | #172189A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0470845317 | #172190A | £32.50 Add to basket

 

Feeding and the Texture of Food

Edited by JFV Vincent and PJ Lillford

A large part of the effort of the food industry is spent in attempting to understand the limitations of the type of food that animals can eat. An understanding of the factors ....

256 pages | 17 b/w photos, 82 line diags | CUP

Hbk | 1991 | 0521375215 | #014392A | £60.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521050332 | #173903A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

Handbook of Philosophy of Biology

Edited by Michael Ruse

The Handbook of Philosophy of Biology is an exciting collection of new essays written especially to give the reader an introduction to one of the most vibrant areas ....

704 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0195182057 | #173467A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

In Pursuit of the Gene

From Darwin to DNA

James Schwartz

The mystery of inheritance has captivated thinkers since antiquity, and the unlocking of this mystery - the development of classical genetics - is one of humanity's greatest ....

310 pages | 42 halftones | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0674026705 | #173884A | £19.95 Add to basket

 

Life as it is

Biology for the Public Sphere

William F Loomis

This concise, accessible book considers from a biological perspective the controversial issues of our day: abortion, euthanasia, engineered evolution, cooperativity, and the ....

268 pages | Illustrations | California UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0520253574 | #173597A | £14.95 Add to basket

 

Microbiology

An Evolving Science

J Slonczewski

"Microbiology: An Evolving Science" promotes a clear understanding of this rapidly advancing field in two distinctive ways. First, an emphasis on current research, ....

Norton

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0393978575 | #172858A | £43.99 Add to basket

 

No Way Home

The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations

David S Wilcove and Louise Zemaitis

Animal migration is a magnificent sight: a mile-long blanket of cranes rising from a Nebraska river and filling the sky; hundreds of thousands of wildebeests marching across ....

245 pages | illustrations | Island Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1559639857 | #173771A | £15.95 Add to basket

 

Philosophy and Animal Life

Stanley Cavell et al

This groundbreaking collection offers a new way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself. Cora Diamond begins with ....

208 pages | Columbia UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0231145144 | #173562A | £14.50 Add to basket

 

Photosynthetic Protein Complexes

A Structural Approach

Petra Fromme

This handbook covers many important aspects of the topic that have only recently been understood. It surveys the most important proteins involved in photosynthesis, ....

400 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 3527317309 | #173832A | £110.00 Add to basket

 

Sensory Evolution on the Threshold

Adaptations in Secondarily Aquatic Vertebrates

J G M Thewissen and Sirpa Nummela

From crocodiles and penguins to seals and whales, this comprehensive and authoritative synthesis explores the function and evolution of sensory systems in animals whose ....

358 pages | Photos, illus, tabs | California UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0520252780 | #173602A | £44.95 Add to basket

 

Single Cell Analysis

Technologies and Applications

Edited by Dario Anselmetti

The first-ever comprehensive overview of the methods used in this key technology in modern biology provides the latest working knowledge needed by every scientist entering ....

440 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 352731864X | #172191A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Sociobiology of Communication

An interdisciplinary perspective

Edited by Patrizia d'Ettorre and David P Hughes

Communication is essential for all forms of social interaction from parental care, to mate choice to cooperation. This is evident for human societies but less obvious for ....

320 pages | illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0199216835 | #172286A | £75.00 Add to basket

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The Soul of the Savanna

How Wild Animals Feel

Gabriela Staebler

A photographic delight: the author of this volume looks at animals in South and East Africa from up close and shows us their emotions: the sadness of mourning elephants, the ....

176 pages | 200 illus | C J Bucher Verlag

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 3765816736 | #173499A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Vibrational Communication in Animals

Peggy SM Hill

In creatures as different as crickets and scorpions, mole rats and elephants, there exists an overlooked channel of communication: signals transmitted as vibrations through ....

246 pages | 32 line illustrations | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0674027981 | #173571A | £25.95 Add to basket

 
Evolutionary Biology
 

A Canyon Through Time

Archaeology, History, and Ecology of the Tecolote Canyon Area, Santa Barbara County, California

Jon M Erlandson, Torben C Risk and Rene L Vellanoweth

Long a refuge for bootleggers and hobos, Tecolote Canyon was engulfed by an industrialized oil boom for twenty years beginning in the 1930s, and endured the only ....

224 pages | Figs | Utah UP

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0874808790 | #173764A | £26.99 Add to basket

 

Classification and Human Evolution

Sherwood L Washburn

First published in 1964, this volume reviews the meaning of taxonomic statements and considers our present knowledge regarding the number and characteristics of species ....

384 pages | Routledge

Hbk | 2004 | 0415330688 | #144761A | £105.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0202309355 | #173754A | £20.50 Add to basket

 

Darwinism and its Discontents

Michael Ruse

Presenting an ardent defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this book offers a clear and comprehensive exposition of Darwin's thinking. Michael Ruse brings the story ....

316 pages | b&w illus | CUP

Hbk | 2006 | 052182947X | #161600A | £21.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 052172824X | #173846A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA

Edited by William A Dembski and Michael Ruse

This volume provides a comprehensive and even-handed overview of the debate concerning biological origins. This has been a controversial debate ever since Darwin published The ....

405 pages | Tab, 5 halftones | CUP

Hbk | 2004 | 0521829496 | #153821A | £34.99 Add to basket

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Evolution's First Philosopher

John Dewey and the Continuity of Nature

Jerome A Popp

John Dewey was the first philosopher to recognize that Darwin's thesis about natural selection not only required us to change how we think about ourselves and the life forms ....

155 pages | SUNY Press

Hbk | 2007 | 079146959X | #173495A | £30.25 Add to basket

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Evolutionary History of the Robust Australopithecines

FE Grine

In paleoanthropology the group of hominids known as the "robust" australopithecines has emerged as one of the most interesting. Through them we have the opportunity to examine ....

546 pages | 80 illus, 93 figs, 100 tabs, 13 maps | Aldine Transaction

Pbk | 2008 | 0202361373 | #173755A | £27.50 Add to basket

 

Extinction

How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago

Douglas H Erwin

Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95% of all living species died out--a global catastrophe far greater ....

296 pages | 32 halftones, 32 line illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0691005249 | #154433A | £14.95 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0691136289 | #173595A | £11.95 Add to basket

 

Frameworks for Dating Fossil Man

Kenneth P Oakley

This is the first book to appear which correlates within a single volume the relevant data for both archeological and geological dating of human fossil ....

376 pages | illustrations | Aldine Transaction

Pbk | 2007 | 0202309606 | #173756A | £23.95 Add to basket

 

Genes in Conflict

The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements

A Burt and R Trivers

In evolution, most genes survive and spread wihin populations because they increase the ability of their hosts (or their close relatives) to survive and reproduce. But some ....

602 pages | 13 col illus, 1 map, 32 tabs, line illus | Harvard UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0674017137 | #152180A | £22.95 Add to basket

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Horizons of Anthropology

Sol Tax and Max Gluckman

The scientific study of human evolution and culture is about a hundred years old. This volume surveys its achievements and methods. Originally published more than forty years ....

288 pages | Aldine Transaction

Pbk | 2008 | 0202361403 | #173753A | £16.50 Add to basket

 

Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems

A Global Perspective

Edited by Torben C Rick

Archaeological data now show that relatively intense human adaptations to coastal environments developed much earlier than once believed - more than 125,000 years ago. ....

320 pages | Illus, maps, tabs | California UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0520253434 | #173605A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature

S Atran and D Medin

This title presents an analysis of the cognitive consequences of diminished contact with nature that examines the relationship between how people think about the natural world ....

336 pages | Illus | MIT Press

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0262134896 | #173894A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

Natural Security

A Darwinian Approach to a Dangerous World

Raphael D Sagarin

Arms races among invertebrates, intelligence gathering by the immune system and alarm calls by marmots are but a few of nature's security strategies that have been tested and ....

246 pages | illustrations, tabs | California UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0520253477 | #173604A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Nature and Power

A Global History of the Environment

Joachim Radkau

This book aims to demonstrate that the changing relationship between humanity and nature is key to understanding world history. Humans have been grappling with environmental ....

448 pages | CUP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0521851297 | #173730A | £44.99 Add to basket

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Prehistoric Native Americans and Ecological Change

A Panarchical Perspective on the Evolution of Human Ecosystems in Eastern North America

Paul A Delcourt and Hazel R Delcourt

This book shows that Holocene human ecosystems are complex adaptive systems in which humans interacted with their environment in a nested series of spatial and temporal ....

200 pages | Figs, tab | CUP

Hbk | 2004 | 0521662702 | #143396A | £60.00 Add to basket

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Primeval Kinship

How Pair-Bonding Gave Birth to Human Society

Bernard Chapais

At some point in the course of evolution - from a primeval social organization of early hominids - all human societies, past and present, would emerge. In this account of the ....

296 pages | Line illus | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0674027825 | #173886A | £25.95 Add to basket

 
Ecology
 

Discontinuities in Ecosystems and Other Complex Systems

Craig R Allen and CS Holling

Are ecosystems and their components continuously distributed and do they adhere to scaling laws, or are they discontinuous and more complex than early models would have us ....

336 pages | Columbia UP

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 023114444X | #173567A | £49.50 Add to basket

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Ecology in the Yangtze River Estuary

Edited by Y Luo, B Li, J Chen, SL Yang, J Chen and C Fang

The Yangtze River estuary is a system where geological, biological, and socioeconomic processes actively interplay. The Yangtze River carries about 5 billion tons of sediment ....

495 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 038776769X | #172352A | £88.50 Add to basket

 

Hydroecology and Ecohydrology

Past, Present and Future

Paul J Wood, David M Hannah and Jonathan P Sadler

This state-of-the-art, research level text considers the growing volume of research at the interface of hydrology and ecology and focuses on: the evolution of ....

460 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2007 | 0470010177 | #173830A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

Infectious Disease Ecology

Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems

Richard S Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing and Valerie T Eviner

News headlines are forever reporting diseases that take huge tolls on humans, wildlife, domestic animals, and both cultivated and native plants worldwide. These diseases can ....

504 pages | 66 line illus, 21 tables | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0691124841 | #173590A | £59.95 Add to basket

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Invasive Plants and Forest Ecosystems

Ravinder Kumar Kohli, Shibu Jose and Harminder Pal Singh

Invasive non-native species pose one of the greatest challenges for natural resource managers who are charged with the maintenance of biological diversity and the ....

480 pages | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1420043374 | #173942A | £34.50 Add to basket

 

Sacred Ecology

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Resource Management

Fikret Berkes

Sacred Ecology is a pioneering study of the complex system of relationships between the earth and its inhabitants. In its exploration of how humans can develop a ....

209 pages | Figs, tabs, maps | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 041595827X | #173648A | £70.00 Add to basket

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Tropical Alpine Environments

Plant Form and Function

Edited by PW Rundel, AP Smith and FC Meinzer

Plants growing in tropical alpine environments (at altitudes above the closed canopy forest and below the limit of plant life) have evolved distinct forms to cope with a ....

320 pages | 54 tables, 86 line diagrams, 49 b/w illus | CUP

Hbk | 1994 | 052142089X | #032321A | £80.00 Add to basket

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Habitats & Ecosystems
 

Aquatic Animal Health, Volume 129

OIE Global Conference, Bergen, October 2006: Proceedings

Edited by B Dodet

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing industries globally; its production volume currently represents over 40% of all fisheries and within a few years will surpass that ....

190 pages | Tabs, figs | Karger

Pbk | 2007 | 3805583443 | #173881A | £99.99 Add to basket

 

Climate Change and Forest Resources

Brent Sohngen and Robert O Mendelsohn

There is growing evidence that even if modest control policies are adopted, increasing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere will lead to global warming over the next ....

256 pages | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0415770602 | #173636A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Darkening Peaks

Glacier Retreat, Science, and Society

Ben Orlove, Ellen Wiegandt and Brian H Luckman

Looking up at mountains, people now see bare, dark rock where white snow and ice once stood - dramatic evidence of the accelerating pace of glacier retreat due to climate ....

280 pages | Illus, maps, tabs | California UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0520253051 | #173599A | £26.95 Add to basket

 

Dunes d'Armorique

Yann Fevrier and Emilie Barbelette

From the beach to the wooded dunes, sand dunes have a sequence of habitats each with its unique flora and fauna. This is a photographic and scientific exploration of the dunes ....

450 pages | BIOTOPE Parth‚nope

| 2914817126 | #173459A | £40.50 Add to basket

 

European Large Lakes

Ecosystem Changes and their Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts

T Noges, R Eckmann, K Kangur et al

Large lakes are important because of their size and ecological distinctiveness as well as their economic and cultural value. Optimal management of them requires a proper ....

275 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1402083785 | #173961A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

Forest Landscape Restoration Handbook

Edited by Jenny Rietbergen-McCracken, Stewart Maginnis and Alastair Sarre

This book, written by leading international authorities is the first comprehensive, practical treatment of Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR). As an approach to ....

160 pages | maps, figures, tables | Earthscan

Hbk | 2006 | 1844073696 | #158880A | £49.95 Add to basket

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Forest Planet

The Last Green Paradises

Markus Mauthe and Thomas Henningsen

Photographer Markus Mauthe captures the diversity and beauty of the jungle habitat in his unusually beautiful photographs. For five years he has travelled through all the ....

208 pages | 300 illus | C J Bucher Verlag

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 3765816892 | #173498A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Forest Resources in Europe 1950-1990

Kullervo Kuusela

Foreword by Birger Solberg Provides a detailed account of the increase in forest resources in Europe over a forty year period, and discusses the implications of this ....

154 pages | 17 illus, 31 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1994 | 0521480760 | #035772A | £50.00 Add to basket

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Forests in Landscapes

Ecosystem Approaches to Sustainability

Edited by Jeffrey A Sayer and Stewart Maginnis

First full examination and explanation of ecosystem approaches to sustainable forest management at the levels of policy and pratice, drawing on case study material in ....

257 pages | Illus, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | 2005 | 1844071952 | #152526A | £39.95 Add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 1844071960 | #173768A | £22.95 Add to basket

 

Green Roofs

In Sustainable Landscape Design

Steven L Cantor

A popular design trend, green roofs make private and public buildings inviting and environmentally friendly. "Green Roofs" provides an in-depth view of current design and ....

320 pages | Norton

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 0393731685 | #172422A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment

Edited by Peter Morris and Riki Therivel

The book includes explanations of how EIA works and how it integrates with socio-economic, infrastructure and ecological contexts completely updated legal ....

492 pages | Figs, tabs | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0415441749 | #173934A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0415441757 | #173935A | £26.99 Add to basket

 

Mountain Area Research and Management

Integrated Approaches

Martin F Price

This book brings together scientists and practitioners from six continents to present their experience in undertaking activities that contribute to our understanding and ....

272 pages | Figures, tables | Earthscan

Hbk | 2007 | 1844074277 | #173767A | £49.95 Add to basket

 

Nature Unbound

The Past, Present and Future of Protected Areas

Jim Igoe, Dan Brockington and Rosaleen Duffy

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of protected areas and their current social and economic ....

240 pages | Tabs | Earthscan

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1844074404 | #173512A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls

Nigel Dunnett and Noël Kingsbury

In Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls, Revised and Updated Edition, the authors describe and illustrate the practical techniques required to design, implement, and ....

254 pages | col photos | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0881929115 | #173852A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Polar Lakes and Rivers

Warwick Vincent and Johanna Laybourn-Parry

This is the first book to describe the ecology of high latitude lakes, rivers and glacial environments in both the North and South polar regions. From the lake-rich ....

288 pages | illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0199213887 | #172281A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0199213895 | #172280A | £37.50 Add to basket

 

Rethinking Landscape

A Critical Reader

Ian Thompson

Ian Thompson considers the aesthetic, social, cultural and environmental foundations of our thinking about landscape, and explore the key writings which shaped the field in its ....

272 pages | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0415424631 | #173939A | £85.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 041542464X | #173941A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Soils in the Humid Tropics and Monsoon Region of Indonesia

Kim H Tan

Demonstrating that a tropical climate may vary from hot and humid to cool and arctic with elevation, this book explores the climate, soil zones, and altitudinal variations ....

392 pages | 41 black & white illustrations | CRC Press

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1420069071 | #173655A | £41.99 Add to basket

 

Strategic Environmental Assessment in International and European Law

A Practitioner's Guide

Simon Marsden

Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is a regulatory requirement for development across Europe, North America, Australasia and elsewhere, yet understanding the legal ....

304 pages | Figs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1844074897 | #173516A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Wetlands

Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration

Edited by R Bobbink, B Beltman, JTA Verhoeven and DF Whigham

Together with its companion volume Wetlands and Natural Resource Management, this volume gives a broad and well-integrated overview of recent major scientific results in ....

315 pages | 68 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2006 | 3540331883 | #160908A | £92.50 Add to basket

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Wetlands of New Zealand

A Bittersweet Story

Janet Hunt and Arno Gasteiger

Wetlands are the unheralded gems of the New Zealand landscape. Seriously endangered and taken for granted by New Zealanders, they are often stunning environments and harbour ....

256 pages | photographs | Random House

Hbk | 2007 | 1869419049 | #173862A | £45.00 Add to basket

 
Conservation & Biodiversity
 

Biodiversity Conservation, Law and Livelihoods

Bridging the North-South Divide

Edited by Michael I Jeffery, Jeremy Firestone and Karen Bubna-Litic

The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies' third colloquium brought together more than 130 experts from 27 nations on nearly every continent. This book ....

664 pages | 8 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0521885035 | #173736A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

Endangered Species

The Bart and the Bounder's Countryside Year

Michael Daunt and Richard Heygate

A love of landscape and countryside lies at the very heart of British life, yet most of us have long lost touch with our rural roots. In this heart-warming and affectionate ....

320 pages | John Murray

Hbk | 2007 | 0719569567 | #173774A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Natural Heritage

At the Interface of Nature and Culture

Peter Howard and Thymio Papayannis

It has become more and more accepted that nature conservation is not possible without taking into account human activities. Thus an integrated approach to both the natural ....

142 pages | 10 black & white line drawings | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0415441420 | #173647A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

State of the Wild 2008-2009

A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans

Edited by Wildlife Conservation Society

"State of the Wild "is a biennial series that brings together international conservation experts and writers to discuss emerging issues in the conservation of wildlife and wild ....

296 pages | Island Press

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1597261343 | #173539A | £39.95 Add to basket

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Sustaining Life

Its Importance to Human Health

Eric Chivian

The Earth's biodiversity-the rich variety of life on our planet-is disappearing at an alarming rate. And while many books have focused on the expected ecological ....

336 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0195175093 | #173050A | £37.95 Add to basket

 

Wild Product Governance

Finding Policies the Work for Non-Timber Forest Products

Sarah A Laird, Rebecca McLain and Rachel P Wynberg

Products from the wild are used as medicines, cosmetics, drinks, foods, decorations, and for a multitude of other purposes. These products are used for subsistence, are traded ....

352 pages | Photos, figs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1844075001 | #173518A | £65.00 Add to basket

 
Environmental Science
 

Assessing Climate Change

Temperatures, Solar Radiation and Heat Balance

Donald Rapp

In Assessing Climate Change, Donald Rapp has investigated a large body of scientific data relevant to climate change, approaching each element with necessary (but ....

440 pages | Illus | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540765867 | #173933A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle

Steven R Emerson and John I Hedges

The principles of chemical oceanography provide insight into the processes regulating the marine carbon cycle. The text offers a background in chemical oceanography and a ....

488 pages | 106 line diagrams, 90 half-tones, 8 colour plates, 63 tables | CUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0521833132 | #173732A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Climate Change

The Key Concepts

Brian Dawson and Matt Spannagle

"Climate Change: The Key Concepts" provides a clear and accessible guide to this highly topical and complex area. The book covers key scientific, geographical and ....

512 pages | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0415419840 | #173637A | £60.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0415419859 | #173639A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Climate Change Negotiations

A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating Multilateral Cooperation

Gunnar Sjstedt

As the Kyoto Protocol limps along without the participation of the US and Australia, ongoing climate negotiations are plagued by competing national and business interests ....

320 pages | Earthscan

Hbk | 2007 | 1844074641 | #173805A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Climate Change and Globalization in the Arctic

An Integrated Approach to Vulnerability Assessment

Carina Keskitalo

Climate change vulnerability assessment - to assess people's overall vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change - is a rapidly developing field. However, despite ....

256 pages | Figs, tabs, maps | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1844075281 | #173508A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

The Climate Diet

How You Can Cut Carbon, Cut Costs and Save the Planet

Jonathan Harrington

The atmosphere is getting fat on our carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions and it needs our help. We live in a world of excess, consuming too much of everything - food, ....

160 pages | Tables | Earthscan

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1844075338 | #173531A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Climate Extremes and Society

Edited by Henry F Diaz and Richard J Murnane

Extreme climatic events present society with significant challenges in a rapidly warming world. Ordinary citizens, the insurance industry and governments are concerned about the ....

348 pages | 37 line diagrams, 32 half-tones, 24 colour plates, 102 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521870283 | #173743A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Earth: The Sequel

The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming

Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn

In this book, Fred Krupp, longtime president of Environmental Defense Fund, brings a stirring and hopeful call to arms: "We can solve global warming," And in doing so we ....

256 pages | Norton

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0393066908 | #173822A | £17.50 Add to basket

 

The Earthscan Reader on Adaptation to Climate Change

Lisa Schipper and Ian Burton

Climate change is now upon us. While mitigation is essential to reduce the future severity of climate change, it will take time and some effects will inevitably continue ....

288 pages | figures, tables | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1844075303 | #173549A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1844075311 | #173548A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change

S George Philander

The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change is a collection of approximately 750 articles in a three-volume set, presented in an A to Z alphabetical format, ....

1600 pages | Sage

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1412958784 | #173719A | £208.00 Add to basket

 

Environmental Science

A Student's Companion

Professor Ian Simmons, Anthony Brazel, John W Day, Edward A Keller and Yane

This book is a unique addition to reference literature that provides an introduction to the major concepts and contemporary issues that are essential for students of ....

320 pages | Sage

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1412947049 | #173717A | £81.00 Add to basket

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Facing Climate Change Together

Edited by Catherine Gautier and Jean-Louis Fellous

The vast majority of climate scientists now agree that human-induced climate change is a reality, but there is much ongoing research and debate. Nevertheless, our global society ....

350 pages | 28 line diagrams, 16 half-tones, 8 colour plates, 44 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521896827 | #173742A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Fundamentals of the Physical Environment

Peter Smith, Kenneth Addison and Ken Atkinson

Fundamentals of the Physical Environment has established itself as a well-respected core introductory book for students of physical geography and the ....

627 pages | 16 col plates, 128 b/w photos, 432 figs | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0415395143 | #173640A | £110.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 041539516X | #173641A | £31.50 Add to basket

 

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5, Part 5S

Water Pollution: Emerging Contaminants from Industrial and Municipal Waste

Edited by D Barcelo and M Petrovic

The group of non-regulated contaminants termed "emerging contaminants" mainly comprises products used in large quantities in everyday life, such as human and veterinary ....

250 pages | Springer

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 3540747931 | #173932A | £146.00 Add to basket

 

How the Ocean Works

An Introduction to Oceanography

Mark Denny

The world's oceans account for roughly 71 percent of the planet's surface and 99 percent of its livable volume. Any study of this huge habitat requires a ....

344 pages | 148 colour illus, 7 tables | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0691126461 | #173592A | £59.95 Add to basket

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The Impact of Climate Change

The World's Greatest Challenge in the Twenty-First Century

Carolyn Fry

World leaders, environmentalists and the international science community agree that climate change is one of the largest and most intractable problems now confronting us ....

208 pages | 50 colour photos | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1847731163 | #172107A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Modelling Long-Term Scenarios for Low Carbon Societies

Edited by Neil Strachan, Tim Foxon and Junitso Fujino

With the ever-increasing impacts of climate change it is now clear that global society will have to restructure its energy systems in order to decrease carbon emissions. The ....

144 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 184407594X | #173509A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Mountain Weather and Climate

RG Barry

Mountain Weather and Climate remains the only all-encompassing textbook describing mountain weather and climate processes. Results from several recent major field programs ....

416 pages | Illus | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521862957 | #173727A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521681588 | #173728A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Oil, Water and Climate

An Introduction

Catherine Gautier

Today's oil and gas are at record prices, whilst global energy demand is increasing from population and economic development pressures. Climate change, resulting in large part ....

392 pages | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521882613 | #173744A | £60.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521709199 | #173745A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Seasonal Climate

Forecasting and Managing Risk

Alberto Troccoli, Mike Harrison, David LT Anderson and Simon J Mason

Originally formed around a set of lectures presented at a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI), this book has grown in scope and in aspiration to become organised and presented ....

466 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402069901 | #173924A | £138.50 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 140206991X | #173925A | £61.50 Add to basket

 

Soil Chemical Pollution, Risk Assessment, Remediation and Security

Lubomir Simeonov and Vardan Sargsyan

The main objective of the book is to contribute to the existing knowledge on soil pollution and remediation. Emphasis is given to the critical assessment of the analyses ....

429 pages | Kluwer

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 140208255X | #173937A | £123.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1402082568 | #173938A | £54.00 Add to basket

 

Surviving Climate Change

The Struggle to Avert Global Catastrophe

David Cromwell and Mark Levene

Climate change is a pressing reality. From hurricane Katrina to melting polar ice, and from mass extinctions to increased threats to food and water security, the link between ....

272 pages | 3 figures, 4 photos | Pluto Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0745325688 | #173776A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Understanding Contemporary Environmental Issues

Susan Buckingham, Dr Alan Patterson and Mike Turner

There is now an unprecedented interest in, and concern about, environmental problems. "Understanding Environmental Issues" explains the science behind these problems, as well ....

288 pages | Sage

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0761942351 | #173715A | £75.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 076194236X | #173716A | £22.99 Add to basket

 
Physical Sciences
 

Beyond UFOs

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and its Astonishing Implications for Our Future

Jeffrey Bennett

The quest for extraterrestrial life doesn't happen only in science fiction. This book describes the startling discoveries being made in the very real science of astrobiology, ....

238 pages | 8 colour illus, 25 halftones | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0691135495 | #173585A | £15.95 Add to basket

 

Chemistry

The Science in Context

Thomas Gilbert

Just as the value of reading becomes clear to a child after hearing a good story, so the value of chemistry becomes clear to students when they see how it can help them ....

1104 pages | Norton

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0393926494 | #172856A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Contaminant Geochemistry

Interactions and Transport in the Subsurface Environment

Brian Berkowitz, Ishai Dror and Bruno Yaron

This book combines earth science, subsurface hydrology and environmental geochemistry, providing a comprehensive background for specialists interested in the protection and ....

310 pages | Illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 3540743812 | #173921A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

The Cosmic Microwave Background

Ruth Durrer

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the radiation left over from the Big Bang. Recent analysis of the fluctuations in this radiation has given us valuable insights ....

424 pages | 50 line diagrams, 10 half-tones | CUP

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 0521847044 | #173296A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Current Developments in Bioerosion

Max Wisshak and Leif Tapanila

A little more than forty years has past since the concept of bioerosion was formally recognised as the biological erosion of hard materials. In that time, it has become ....

500 pages | Illus | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540775978 | #173926A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

A Decade of Extrasolar Planets Around Normal Stars

Mario Livio, Kailash Sahu and Jeff Valenti

Humans have long thought that planetary systems similar to our own should exist around stars other than the Sun, yet the search for planets outside our Solar System has had a ....

190 pages | CUP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 052189784X | #173751A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

The Distribution of the Galaxies

Gravitational Clustering in Cosmology

William C Saslaw

This topical volume examines one of the leading problems in astronomy today - how galaxies cluster in our Universe. This book describes gravitational theory, computer ....

400 pages | 106 line diagrams, 1 table | CUP

Hbk | 1999 | 0521394260 | #108570A | £29.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521050928 | #173866A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Hydrogeology

Edited by D Poehls and Gregory Smith

This reference features more than 2,000 detailed definitions of hydrological terms and concepts for students and professionals in all fields of water science. The entries are ....

448 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 08/2008 | 0125586906 | #170884A | £45.99 Add to basket

 

Facts and Speculations in Cosmology

Geoffrey Burbidge and Jayant Narlikar

A thought-provoking insight into the evolution of cosmology for undergraduate students and general readers, this book shows that the mystery of the origin of the universe is ....

260 pages | 70 line diagrams, 80 half-tones | CUP

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 0521865042 | #173297A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Galactic Dynamics

James Binney and Scott Tremaine

Since it was first published in 1987, "Galactic Dynamics" has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most ....

920 pages | Illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0691130264 | #173594A | £65.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0691130272 | #173593A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Geology of Utah's Rivers

William T Parry

This book is about the geology of the rivers that shaped Utah's present landscape, the ancient rivers that left their deposits as a part of the mountains, and the mythical ....

256 pages | 58 maps, 26 photos | Utah UP

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0874809339 | #173765A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Geophysical Continua

Brian Kennett and Hans-Peter Bunge

Geophysical Continua presents a systematic treatment of deformation in the Earth from seismic to geologic time scales, and demonstrates the linkages between different aspects ....

450 pages | 121 line diagrams, 67 half-tones, 188 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0521865530 | #173737A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Highlights of Astronomy

as presented at the IAU XXVI General Assembly 2006

Karel van der Hucht

Recording the proceedings of the IAU XXVI General Assembly, this volume of the IAU Highlights of Astronomy covers virtually all aspects of modern astrophysics as discussed ....

752 pages | 90 line diagrams, 100 half-tones, 10 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0521896835 | #173722A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Historical Seismology

Interdisciplinary Studies of Past and Recent Earthquakes

Julien Frechet, Mustapha Meghraoui and Massimiliano Stucchi

Modern seismology has faced new challenges in the study of earthquakes and their physical characteristics. This volume is dedicated to the use of new approaches and ....

230 pages | 110 illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1402082215 | #173923A | £69.00 Add to basket

 

Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders

From Novice to Master Observer

Robert Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson

With the advent of inexpensive, high-power telescopes priced at under $250, amateur astronomy is now within the reach of anyone, and this is the ideal book to get you ....

520 pages | illustrations | O'Reilly

Pbk | 2007 | 0596526857 | #173970A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

An Introduction to Our Dynamic Planet

Nick Rogers, Stephen Blake, Kevin Burton and Mike Widdowson

This is the first undergraduate textbook to fully integrate results from geophysics, geochemistry, and petrology to describe the structure, composition, and dynamic ....

398 pages | 250 colour figures | CUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0521494249 | #173948A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521729548 | #173945A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Keep Watching the Skies!

The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age

W Patrick McCray

When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, thousands of ordinary people across the globe seized the opportunity to participate in the start of the Space Age. Known as the ....

344 pages | 34 halftones, 4 line illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0691128545 | #173587A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

Komatiite

Nicholas Arndt, C Michael Lesher and Steve Barnes

Komatiites erupted billions of years ago as pulsating streams of white-hot lava. Their unusual chemical compositions and exceptionally high formation temperatures produced ....

456 pages | 72 line diagrams, 94 half-tones, 4 colour plates, 29 tables, 170 figs | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521874742 | #173747A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

The New Global Frontier

Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century

Edited by George Martine, Gordon McGranahan and Mark Montgomery

Massive urban growth can either help pave the way to sustainable development or greatly exacerbate poverty and environmental stress. The outcome depends ....

336 pages | Figs, tabs, maps | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1844075591 | #173524A | £85.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1844075605 | #173523A | £24.95 Add to basket

 

People and the Sky

Our Ancestors and the Cosmos

Anthony F Aveni

How many of us today can accurately identify the stars and constellations, the phases of the moon, or the hour and position of the sunrise? Few modern city-dwellers can, but for ....

252 pages | 65 illustrations, 9 in colour | Thames & Hudson

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0500051526 | #173969A | £18.95 Add to basket

 

Practical Algorithms for Image Analysis

L O'Gorman, MJ Sammon and M Seul

In the classic `cookbook' style of the original, this new edition guides researchers and practitioners through techniques for the digital manipulation and analysis of images, ....

368 pages | Tabs | CUP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 052188411X | #173729A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

The Southern Sky Guide

David Ellyard and Wil Tirion

The Southern Sky Guide is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the brilliant and ever-changing sights of the southern sky by night. Both beginners and advanced ....

95 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0521714052 | #173725A | £10.99 Add to basket

 

The Sun

A User's Manual

Claudio Vita-Finzi

The Sun is an account of the many ways in which our nearest star affects our planet, how its influence has changed over the last few centuries and millennia, and the extent to ....

168 pages | Illus | Kluwer

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1402068808 | #173920A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

Titan Unveiled

Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored

Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton

In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a mysterious world concealed in a ....

296 pages | 16 color illus, 65 halftones, 21 line illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0691125872 | #173584A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

Tsunami

The Underrated Hazard

Edward Bryant

In the last three years, there have been three large tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, most notably the notorious one which struck on 26 December 2004 and killed more than 238,000 ....

342 pages | 58 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 3540742735 | #173922A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

Ultraviolet and X-ray Spectroscopy of the Solar Atmosphere

Uri Feldman, Ken Phillips and Enrico Landi

The solar atmosphere, above the Sun's surface layers, reaches mega-kelvin temperatures and high levels of dynamic activity through processes involving a pervading magnetic ....

384 pages | 107 line diagrams, 25 half-tones, 18 tables, 150 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 0521841607 | #173292A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

The Universe in a Mirror

The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It

Robert Zimmerman

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the universe around us, revealing ....

384 pages | 25 colour illus, 24 halftones, 2 line illus | Princeton UP

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0691132976 | #173586A | £17.95 Add to basket

 
Sustainable Development
 

American Environmental Policy 1990-2006

Beyond Gridlock

Christopher McGrory Klyza

This book argues that legislative gridlock over environmental issues has increased the significance of alternative pathways for policymaking, including appropriations ....

408 pages | illustrations | MIT Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0262113139 | #173916A | £44.95 Add to basket

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Animal Ethics Reader

Edited by Susan Armstrong and Richard G Botzler

The book is arranged under the following headings: Theories of Animal Ethics, Animal Capacities, Animals for food, Animal Experimentation, Genetic Engineering of Animals, ....

576 pages | - | Routledge

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0415775396 | #173635A | £22.99 Add to basket

 

Areawide Pest Management

Theory and Implementation

Edited by O Koul, N Elliot and G Cuperus

Pest management has long been a problem for farmers worldwide and new techniques are continually being developed to reduce the adverse effects of pest populations. The use ....

480 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1845933729 | #173696A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

Assessment of Freshwater Fish Seed Resources for Sustainable Aquaculture

FAO

Four of the most important resources to aquaculture, outside human and technological resources, are land, water, seed and feed. Efficient use of these resources are ....

666 pages | FAO

Pbk | 2007 | 9251058954 | #173889A | £79.99 Add to basket

 

The Atkisson Guide to Sustainability

Strategies for Improving Performance and Adding Value in Organizations

Alan Atkisson

This is the must-have book for leaders in business, organizations and government scrambling to get a grip on sustainability while improving performance in the era of ....

240 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1844074153 | #173517A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Biomass Assessment Handbook

Bioenergy for a Sustainable Environment

Edited by Frank Rosillo-Calle et al

Responding to the need for reliable and detailed information on biomass consumption and supply and overcoming the lack of standardized measurement and accounting procedures, ....

269 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | 2006 | 1844072851 | #158451A | £59.95 Add to basket

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Carbon Detox

Cut Your Carbon, Improve Your Lifestyle, Save the Planet

George Marshall

Reduce your carbon footprint from day 1 - "Carbon Detox" explains the changes each of us can make at home, at work and in every aspect of our lives. From ....

256 pages | Facts on File

Pbk | 2007 | 1856752887 | #173770A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

Choice Experiments Informing Environmental Policy

A European Perspective

Edited by Ekin Birol

This innovative book is a compilation of state-of-the-art choice experiment studies undertaken in several European Union (EU) countries, including Finland, France, Greece, ....

256 pages | Edward Elgar

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1845427254 | #172067A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

The Creative City

A Toolkit for Urban Innovators

Charles Landry

The Creative City is a clarion call for imaginative action in developing and running urban life. It shows how to think, plan ....

240 pages | Earthscan

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Design for Environmental Sustainability

Carlo Vezzoli and Ezio Manzini

Design for Environmental Sustainability is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the ....

320 pages | Illustrations | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 1848001622 | #173919A | £60.00 Add to basket

 

Design for Outdoor Recreation

Simon Bell

Design for Outdoor Recreation takes a detailed look at all aspects of design of facilities needed by visitors to outdoor recreation destinations. The book is designed ....

272 pages | Col and b/w photos, 100 b/w illus | Taylor & Francis

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0415441722 | #173929A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?

Edited by Andrew Simms and Joe Smith

Climate change is currently presented by campaign groups and scientists as an impossibly daunting threat. On the face of it, it would seem we must make impossible sacrifices if ....

277 pages | - | Constable Robinson

Pbk | 2008 | 1845296435 | #173680A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

Drinking Water Quality

Problems and Solutions

Nick F Gray

This textbook provides a comprehensive review of the problems associated with the supply of drinking water in the developed world. Since the first edition of this book was ....

536 pages | 54 line diagrams, 112 tabs, 13 half-tones | CUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 052187825X | #173738A | £75.00 Add to basket

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Education for Sustainable Development

Papers in Honour of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)

Brian Chalkley, Martin Haigh and David Higgitt

China is poised to gain global importance as a growth engine for the world economy on a par with Europe and the USA. Japanese multinational enterprises are increasingly active ....

320 pages | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0415460050 | #173645A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Encyclopedia of Water Science

Edited by B A Stewart and T A Howell

This encyclopedia contains some 250 articles on water, and its primary focus is on water issues encountered in agriculture and environmental science. It unveils a wide spectrum ....

950 pages | Illus | CRC Press

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The Environment and Sustainable Development in the New Central Europe

Zbignew Bochniarz and Gary B Cohen

With the enlargement of the European Union, the accession countries are coming under pressure to develop and meet EU standards for environmental protection and sustainable ....

278 pages | 5 maps, 17 graphs, 14 tables | Berghahn Books

Hbk | 2006 | 1845451449 | #159341A | £50.00 Add to basket

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Environmental History of the Rhine-Meuse Delta

An Ecological Story on Evolving Human-environmental Relations Coping with Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise

Piet H Nienhuis

This book presents the environmental history of the Delta of the lowland rivers Rhine and Meuse, an ecological story on evolving human-environmental relations coping with ....

500 pages | Kluwer

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1402082118 | #173931A | £123.00 Add to basket

 

Environmental Justice in Latin America

Problems, Promise, and Practice

David V Carruthers

Scholars and activists investigate the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement, offering analysis and case studies that illustrate the ....

336 pages | 6 illustrations | MIT Press

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0262033720 | #173914A | £39.95 Add to basket

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Environmental Law

Stuart Bell and Donald MacGillivray

Environmental Law addresses a wide range of topics, introducing students to all of the key areas and latest developments of environmental law, drawing on legislation, policy, ....

800 pages | - | OUP

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0199211027 | #173224A | £28.99 Add to basket

 

Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics

Reclaiming the Environmental Agenda

Nicholas A Ashford and Charles C Caldart

This book traces important legal, economic, and scientific developments in the environmental field through an examination of environmental law cases and commentaries ....

1088 pages | 48 illustrations | MIT Press

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0262012383 | #173917A | £58.95 Add to basket

 

Environmental Politics & Policy in the West

Edited by ZA Smith and C Freemuth

Population growth and industrial development have put the wide-open spaces and natural resources that define the West under immense stress. Vested interests clash and come to ....

211 pages | Colorado UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0870818813 | #173803A | £28.50 Add to basket

 

Evidence and Evolution

The Logic Behind the Science

Elliott Sober

How should the concept of evidence be understood? And how does the concept of evidence apply to the controversy about creationism, and also to work in evolutionary biology ....

392 pages | 84 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0521871883 | #173734A | £44.99 Add to basket

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Fish and Fishery Products: World Apparent Consumption Statistics Based On Food Balance Sheets 1961-2003

Gabriella Laurenti

This document summarises more than four decades of statistics of apparent consumption of fish and fishery products based on supply/utilisation accounts for 223 countries, six ....

429 pages | FAO

Pbk | 2008 | 9251058121 | #173762A | £27.50 Add to basket

 

The Future of Energy Use

R Hill, P O'Keefe and C Snape

Following the success of its predecessor, this second edition of 'The Future of Energy Use' provides essential analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their ....

272 pages | Maps, figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1844075044 | #173511A | £85.00 Add to basket

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Global Environmental Diplomacy

Negotiating Environmental Agreements for the World, 1973-1992

Mostafa K Tolba and Iwona Rummel-Bulska

The areas discussed include the evolution of environmental law, environmental soft laws (principles and guidelines rather than treaties), binding regional regimes such as the ....

212 pages | - | MIT Press

Hbk | 1998 | 0262201135 | #086542A | £27.95 Add to basket

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The Global Importance of Groundwater in the 21st Century

Steve Ragone

Ground water sustainability is one of the most important topics in the 21st century and what some of the leading scientific experts are saying on the subject can be found in ....

382 pages | NGWA Press

Hbk | | #173632A | £109.00 Add to basket

 

A Good Life

The Guide to Ethical Living

L Hickman

If we knew how to go about it, simply, easily and positively, millions of us would like to live more ethically. Endorsed by the Eden Project, A Good Life is the Green Consumer ....

304 pages | Eden Project Books

Pbk | 2007 | 1903919894 | #173769A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Human Health and Forests

A Global Overview of Issues, Practice and Policy

Edited by Carol J Pierce Colfer

This book, written for a broad audience, is the first comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding the health of people living in and around forests, particularly in ....

352 pages | figures, boxes, tables, index | Earthscan

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Insatiable Appetite

The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World

Richard P Tucker

Now in a concise edition expressly for students and general readers, this widely hailed classic traces the transformation of the tropics in modern times. Exploring the central ....

256 pages | America UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0742553655 | #173801A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Kicking the Carbon Habit

Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy

William Sweet

The effects of global warming are now a reality. Global warming played a major role in Hurricane Katrina, and its impact on agriculture and climate can jeopardize entire ....

256 pages | 18 ill | Columbia UP

Hbk | 2006 | 0231137109 | #162587A | £17.50 Add to basket

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Landscape, Tourism and Meaning

Daniel C Knudsen, Charles E Greer, Michelle M Metro-Roland and Anne Soper

How do we re-theorize tourism? By drawing less on the Foucauldian notion of 'tourism as gazing' and instead focussing on the social construction of meaning in the landscape, ....

180 pages | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0754649431 | #173760A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Managing Water Resources

Methods and Tools for a Sytems Approach

S P Simonovic

Water resources management is increasingly interdisciplinary and must take into account complex socioeconomic factors and ....

576 pages | Col plates, figs, tabs | Earthscan

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Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts

Edited by Jerry Delli Priscoli and Aaron T Wolf

What is the one thing that no-one can do without? Water. Where water crosses boundaries - be they economic, legal, political or cultural - the stage is set for disputes between ....

352 pages | 28 line diagrams, 61 half-tones, 89 figures | CUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0521632161 | #173746A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth's Surface

Recent Advances

Viorel Badescu

Solar radiation data is important for a wide range of applications, e.g. in engineering, agriculture, health sector, and in many fields of the natural sciences. A few examples ....

351 pages | 330 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 3540774548 | #173918A | £77.00 Add to basket

 

NGO Diplomacy: The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Enviromental Negotiations

Michele Betsill, Elisabeth Corell and Felix Dodds

This title provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of NGOs on intergovernmental negotiations on the environment and identifying the factors that ....

256 pages | 11 illustrations | MIT Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0262026260 | #173773A | £32.95 Add to basket

 

Nature, Landscape, and Building for Sustainability

A Harvard Design Magazine Reader

Edited by William S Saunders

The complexity and scale of the environmental problems confronting humanity today provoke a wide range of responses, from indifference to anger to creativity. Among a ....

200 pages | 22 b/w photos | Minnesota UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0816653585 | #173435A | £42.99 Add to basket

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The New Peasantries

Struggles for Autonomy and Sustainability in an Era of Empire and Globalization

Jan Douwe van der Ploeg

This book explores the position, role and significance of the peasantry in an era of globalization, particularly of the agribusiness and food industries. It argues that the ....

352 pages | Photos, maps, figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1844075583 | #173533A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

The Off-Grid Energy Handbook

A Bridgewater and G Bridgewater

As consumers' awareness of their own carbon footprint continues to grow, more and more people seek out ways to ensure that they are as eco-friendly as possible. This ....

192 pages | 150 b/w artworks | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1847731589 | #171986A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Overexploitation and Contamination of Shared Groundwater Resources

Christophe JG Darnault

Forty percent of the world's population depends upon increasingly scarce and shared water resources. This situation is critical at both international and national levels ....

468 pages | Kluwer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402069839 | #173928A | £138.50 Add to basket

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Pollution Control Handbook 2008

Environmental Protection UK

The essential guide to pollution control legislation in force, covering industrial pollution control, air quality management and air pollution, waste management and ....

Environmental Protection UK

2008 | #173758A | £147.00 Add to basket

 

The Principles of Sustainability

Simon Dresner

At a time of increasingly rapid environmental deterioration and climate change, sustainability is one of the most important issues facing the world. Can we create a ....

200 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Pbk | NYP 07/2008 | 184407496X | #173522A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Pythagoras

His Life, Teaching, and Influence

Christoph Riedweg and Steven Rendall

Penetrates the intricate maze of lore surrounding the fundamental contributions of Pythagoras and provides a vivid overview of the life and teachings of a crucial Greek ....

198 pages | Illustrations | Cornell UP

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0801474523 | #173496A | £4.99 Add to basket

 

Rachel Carson

Legacy and Challenge

Edited by Lisa H Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore

Editors Lisa H Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore bring together 17 writers, activists, and scholars from a range of disciplines to uncover the many sides of Rachel Carson. ....

288 pages | 1 tab | SUNY Press

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0791474720 | #173444A | £12.50 Add to basket

 

Reconciling Human Existence With Ecological Integrity

Science, Ethics, Economics and Law

Edited by Laura Westra, Klaus Bosselmann and Richard Westra

Ecosystems have been compared to a house of cards: remove or damage a part, and you risk destroying or fundamentally and irreversibly altering the whole. Protecting ecological ....

304 pages | Figs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 07/2008 | 1844075656 | #173525A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Seeds for the Future

The Impact of Genetically Modified Crops on the Environment

Jennifer A Thomson

Plants have long been genetically modified through crossbreeding and other basic agricultural techniques to make crops more resilient, nutritious, and profitable. In ....

158 pages | Tabs, figs, b/w photos | Cornell UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0801473683 | #173634A | £26.50 Add to basket

 

Solar Desalination for the 21st Century

A Review of Modern Technologies and Researches on Desalination Coupled to Renewable Energies

Lucio Rizzuti, Hisham M Ettouney and Andrea Cipollina

Water scarcity affects the African, Asian, European and American continents, causing serious problems of social welfare and stability. This book of the NATO Science Series ....

379 pages | Figs, tabs, b/w photos | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402055064 | #173627A | £123.00 Add to basket

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Starved for Science

How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa

Robert Paarlberg

Heading upcountry in Africa to visit small farms is absolutely exhilarating given the dramatic beauty of big skies, red soil, and arid vistas, but eventually the two-lane ....

234 pages | line illus, tabs, half tones | Harvard UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 0674029739 | #173882A | £16.95 Add to basket

 

Sustainability Indicators

Measuring the Immeasurable

Simon Bell and Stephen Morse

The groundbreaking first edition of Sustainability Indicators reviewed the development and value of sustainability indicators and discussed the ....

175 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1844072991 | #173528A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Sustainability in New Housing Development

Alina Congreve

Examining the environmental implications of new housing developments on rural and greenfield land in England, "Sustainability in New Housing Development" provides readers ....

176 pages | 16 b/w tables, 10 black & white halftones, 14 black & white | Routledge

Hbk | 2007 | 0415421969 | #173777A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

Sustainable Rural Systems

Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities

Guy Robinson

In a neo-liberal era where society in the Developed World is reliant on mass-produced, cheap foods, and living standards are based on high consumption of non-renewable energy ....

200 pages | 10 tables & 10 figures | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 0754647153 | #173761A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

Tourism and Sustainability

New Tourism in the Third World

Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt

Explores and challenges the notion of sustainability and its relationship to contemporary tourism in the developing world. ....

363 pages | Illus, 30 figs | Routledge

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 0415414024 | #173642A | £80.00 Add to basket

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The Transformation of Agri-Food Systems

Globalization, Supply Chains and Smallholder Farmers

Edited by Ellen B McCullough et al

The driving forces of income growth, demographic shifts, globalization and technical change have led to a reorganization of food systems from ....

416 pages | Figs, tabs | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 06/2008 | 1844075680 | #173544A | £95.00 Add to basket

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The Transition Handbook

From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience

Rob Hopkins

We live in an oil-dependent world, and have got to this level of dependency in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process without planning for when ....

224 pages | Green Books

Pbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1900322188 | #173688A | £12.95 Add to basket

 

Twenty-Second Vertebrate Pest Conference: Proceedings March 6-9, 2006, Berkeley CA

Edited by Robert M Timm and John M O'Brien

Proceedings of the conference held at the Berkeley Marina DoubleTree Hotel; arranged by the Vertebrate Pest Council of the Vertebrate Pest Conference. ....

545 pages | graphs | Nebraska Maps and More

Pbk | 2006 | #170590A | £54.99 Add to basket

 

Understanding Sustainable Development

John Blewitt

Sustainable development is notoriously difficult to grasp for students and professionals. Multidimensional, encompassing social, ecological and economic theories, ....

256 pages | figures, tables | Earthscan

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Water Politics and Development Cooperation

Local Power Plays and Global Governance

Susanne Neubert, Waltina Scheumann and Martin Kipping

Whether people have access to drinking water, irrigation water and sanitation or not, whether water resources are used sustainably or overexploited, and whether emerging ....

450 pages | Illus | Springer

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 3540767061 | #173936A | £100.00 Add to basket

 

Water Treatment Handbook

Edited by Degremont

This book is the international reference work in the field of water treatment. This new version, completely revised and updated, incorporates major technological advances of ....

1904 pages | 2 volumes | Editions Tec & Doc

Hbk | 2007 | 2743009705 | #173633A | £365.00 Add to basket

 

Wind Energy Pocket Reference

Niels I Meyer, Peter Hjuler Jensen, Niels Gylling Mortensen and Flem Oster

Prepared and peer-reviewed by some of the foremost experts in the field, this easy-to-use pocket reference offers a wealth of information relating to wind energy and ....

96 pages | figures, tables, index | Earthscan

Pbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1844075397 | #173532A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Wind Power in Europe

Politics, Business and Society

Joseph Szarka

At a time when humanity is challenged by fossil fuel depletion and climate change, Joseph Szarka brings together theoretical debates, policy analysis and practical ....

240 pages | Palgrave

Hbk | 2007 | 1403989850 | #173775A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

The World of Organic Agriculture

Statistics and Emerging Trends 2008

Edited by Helga Willer, Minou Yussefi-Menzler and Neil Sorensen

The new edition of this annual publication (previously published by IFOAM and FiBL) documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions ....

280 pages | Figs, maps | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 04/2008 | 1844075923 | #173507A | £34.99 Add to basket

 
Data Analysis
 

The Natures of Maps

Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World

Denis Wood, John Fels and John Pickles

Cartographers have known for decades that maps are far from objective representations of the world; rather, every map reflects the agendas and intentions of its creators. Yet ....

231 pages | 179 col plates, 16 halftones | Chicago UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0226906043 | #173171A | £25.50 Add to basket

 
Reference
 

The Academic Job Search Handbook

Julia Miller Vick and Jennifer S Furlong

For more than 15 years, The Academic Job Search Handbook has assisted job seekers in all academic disciplines in their search for faculty positions. The guide includes ....

288 pages | Illus | Pennsylvania UP

Pbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0812220161 | #173441A | £12.50 Add to basket

 

Collection Conundrums

Solving Collections Management Mysteries

R Buck and JA Gilmore

Collection Conundrums: Solving Museum Registration Mysteries provides guidelines for investigating the oddities found in every museum collection - objects without record, ....

150 pages | AAM

Pbk | 2007 | 1933253088 | #173848A | £73.00 Add to basket

 

The Craft of Research

Wayne C Booth, Gregory G Colomb and Joseph M Williams

Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams present an updated third edition of their classic handbook, whose first and second editions were written in collaboration with the ....

306 pages | Figs, tabs | Chicago UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0226065650 | #173478A | £17.99 Add to basket

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Digital Rights Management

A Librarian's Guide to Technology and Practice

Grace Agnew

This book provides an overview of the current landscape in digital rights management (DRM), including: an overview of terminology and issues facing libraries, plus an ....

200 pages | Chandos Publishing

Hbk | NYP 03/2008 | 1843341824 | #173708A | £72.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 1843341255 | #173707A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Scientific Libraries

Past Developments and Future Changes

Tomas Lidman

Scientific libraries have undergone dramatic changes since the end of the 1960s. This book explains and characterise these changes and main trends, and describe their ....

130 pages | Chandos Publishing

Hbk | 2008 | 1843342693 | #173706A | £44.00 Add to basket

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Secrets of Institutional Planning

Edited by EE Merritt and V Garvin

Do you have an institutional plan? Do you refer to it often, or does it sit on a shelf gathering dust? At a time when funding agencies are placing greater emphasis on evidence ....

118 pages | AAM

Pbk | 2007 | 1933253045 | #173845A | £43.50 Add to basket

 

Succeeding as an International Student in the United States and Canada

Charles Lipson

Each year, 700,000 students from around the world come to the United States and Canada to study. For many, the experience is as challenging as it is exciting. Far from home, ....

380 pages | Chicago UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2008 | 0226484785 | #173475A | £17.99 Add to basket

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Things Great and Small

Collections Management Policies

John E Simmons

Collections care is a core responsibility for all museums that own, care for, or use colections. The foundation stone for good collections care is a good collections ....

208 pages | AAM

Pbk | 2006 | 1933253037 | #173850A | £48.50 Add to basket