Cetaces en Mediterranee

12 Ans d'Etudes pour leur Protection

Denis Ody, Frederic Bassemayousse, Yvan Frederic and Isabelle Autissier

The Mediterranean is particularly frequented by whales – with 7 species commonly observed in the Ligurian Sea (bassoon Corso-Ligurian-Provençal). Among them, the fin whale is probably one of the most iconic marine mammals ... ....

Dolphins: Spy in the Pod (Region 2)

David Tennant

From spy dolphin to spy tuna and turtle, for the first time an underwater menagerie of spy creatures infiltrate the secret world of dolphins. Swimming alongside some of the most captivating and clever animals on the planet, these new ... ....

Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Franklin Edgerton

A reprint from the original 1931 work, Elephant Lore of the Hindus is a translation of the Matanga-Lila by Nilakantha. It is the best available Sanskrit work on Elephantology. The introduction covers the significance of ... ....

Equine Locomotion

Willem Back, Hilary M Clayton, Peter D Rossdale and R McNeill Alexander

The first edition of Equine Locomotion has established itself as the book in the equine literature that discusses all aspects of equine locomotion and gait analysis, written by an international team of editors and contributors. ....

Face to Face

Tiger Families of Ranthambhore

Bina Kak

Face to Face: Tiger Families of Ranthambhore highlights another facet of Bina Kak's remarkable personality – her passion for wildlife conservation and protection of wildlife habitats. Her active contribution both political ... ....

Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 4: Sea Mammals

Don E Wilson, Russell A Mittermeier and Toni Llobet

Marine mammals include some of the most fascinating animals on Earth. Large, majestic whales and stunning, playful dolphins have provided mysterious companionship to humans at sea for hundreds of years. These magical creatures, along with ... ....

Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volumes 1 to 4

Don E Wilson and Russell A Mittermeier

This is a set of the first four volumes in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World Series.

Horses

Bob Langrish and Nicola Jane Swinney

The lives of humans and horses have been intricately linked for thousands of years, with equines depicted in cave paintings dating back to 5000BC. Horses have been developed by humans for many purposes ...

In the Presence of Buffalo

Working to Stop the Yellowstone Slaughter

Daniel Brister

Very few of the 2.5 million people who visit Yellowstone National Park and who are awed by America's only continuously wild and genetically pure bison herd are aware that over the past decade, state and federal agencies have engaged ... ....

Prairie Dog Empire

A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie

Paul A Johnsgard

For hundreds of years black-tailed prairie dogs inhabited the Great Plains by the millions, improving the grazing for bison and pronghorn antelope, digging escape holes and homes for burrowing owls and rodents, and serving as prey for ... ....

Sri Lankan Primates

An Enthusiast's Guide

Rohan Pethiyagoda

Primates make up only five of the 60 species of land mammals known in Sri Lanka but they comprise an important component of the island's rich fauna. Sri Lankan Primates studies the different primate species and subspecies of ... ....

The Mammals of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

David Groves

This comprehensive distribution atlas has been published four years after the lauch of the Atlas Project. The Cornwall Mammal Group (CMG) began by working towards filling in some of the gaps through targeted surveys, appeals for records ... ....

Whales & Dolphins of the World

Mark Simmonds

This is a new, redesigned and reformatted edition of a popular title. Whales and dolphins, or cetaceans, have captivated and intrigued humankind for centuries. They are incredibly diverse and have evolved a fascinating range of specializations ... ....

Wild Man from Borneo

A Cultural History of the Orangutan

Robert J Cribb, Helen Gilbert and Helen Tiffin

Wild Man from Borneo offers the first comprehensive history of the human-orangutan encounter. Arguably the most humanlike of all the great apes, particularly in intelligence and behavior, the orangutan has been cherished, used ... ....

Best Birdwatching Sites: Scottish Highlands

Gordon Hamlett

For the completely updated 2nd edition of Best Birdwatching Sites: Scotish Highlands, author Gordon Hamlett has travelled further and delved deeper to produce the definitive guide to one of the country's most popular birding ... ....

Birds of the Okavango

A Celebration of the Okavango's Rich Birdlife

Albert Froneman, Marietjie Froneman and Pete Hancock

The Okavango Delta is famous as one of the world's great wetlands, the wealth of birds found in this magical place drawing thousands of tourists there every year. Some 450 species have been recorded in and around the delta, and ... ....

Birdwatching in Cape May (Region ALL)

Steve Evans

Cape May, New Jersey is North America's Premier migration hotspot during Autumn. Its key location on the eastem flyway and its unique peninsular configuration attract huge concentrations of migratory birds, including many ...

Bloomsbury Concise Bird Guide

Nicholas Hammond, Jim Flegg, Sandra Doyle, David Daly, Stuart Carter, Richard Allen and Szab Kokay

This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is packed with information on the birds of Britain and the near Continent. It covers more than 250 species, which are illustrated with superb full-colour artworks that show - where relevant - variations ... ....

Bloomsbury Concise Garden Bird Guide

Sandra Doyle, Dan Cole, Szabolcs Kokay, Stephen Message, Bridgette James and David A Sutton

This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is first and foremost a garden bird identification guide containing detailed descriptions of the most commonly encountered species, as well as some rarities and birds you may only see flying overhead ... ....

British Bird Watching DVD & Book Gift Set (Region 2)

Documentary which studies the characteristics and habits of the many different species of birds that inhabit Britain. The focus is on the birds most commonly to be found in towns, parks, gardens, woodlands and forests. Includes a 128-page ... ....

Feather Calendar 2014

World Feather Atlas Foundation

The first-ever Feather Calendar for 2014 of the World Feather Atlas Foundation features beautiful pterylographies, bird names in the 6 official languages of the United Nations, and concise scientific information on the depicted species. ....

Megas Seen in Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: 2009-2013 (Region ALL)

Steve Evans

Features all the Mega rarities filmed in 2009-2013. Birds featured include: Harlequin Duck, Spanish Sparrow, Brown Shrike, Eastern Crowned Warbler, Sandhill Crane, White-throated Robin, Western Orphean Warbler, Cream-coloured Courser ... ....

Rutland Breeding Bird Atlas 2008-2011

Terry Mitcham

The Rutland Breeding Bird Atlas published in 1992 documented the county's breeding birds as part of the BTO's The New Atlas of Breeding Birds of Britain and Ireland 1988-1991.

Sappi Birds of South Africa (Book + Callfinder)

Saartjie Kidson and Herman van Niekerk

Sappi Birds of South Africa is a new field guide that changes the face of birdwatching in South Africa. It can be bought as a book only, or a book plus Callfinder that allows playback of bird songs from the pages of the field guide. ....

Sappi Birds of South Africa (Book Only)

Saartjie Kidson and Herman van Niekerk

Sappi Birds of South Africa is a new field guide that changes the face of birdwatching in South Africa. It can be bought as a book only, or a book plus Callfinder that allows playback of bird songs from the pages of the field guide. ....

The Eagle's Way

Jim Crumley

Eagles, more than any other bird, spark our imaginations. These magnificent creatures encapsulate the majesty and wildness of Scottish nature. But change is afoot for the eagles of Scotland: the golden eagles are now sharing the skies with ... ....

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins and Michael Grayson

Birdwatchers often come across bird names that include a person's name, either in the vernacular (English) name or latinised in the scientific nomenclature. Such names are properly called eponyms, and few people will not have been ... ....

The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds

Mark W Lockwood and Brush Freeman

Includes range maps and colour photographs of the birds much of the world comes to Texas to see. Based on the work of the Texas Bird Records Committee over almost three decades, The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds provides a ... ....

Tweet of the Day

A Year of Britain's Birds from the Acclaimed Radio 4 Series

Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss

When Radio 4's much loved year-long series started in May 2013, the sales of bird books doubled overnight. This is the book those listeners wanted to buy. Tweet of the Day is a vivid biography of 225 of our favourite birds ... ....

Type Specimens of Birds in the American Museum of Natural History, Part 11

Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, and Viduinae

Mary LeCroy

This 11th part of Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History includes taxa in the passerine families included in volume 14 of Peters' Check-list of birds of the world  ... ....

Vogels Kijken in Noordoost Duitsland

o.a. Murlitz, Berlijn (Spreewald), Havelland

Hans Peeters

The northeastern part of Germany is rich in expansive nature reserves; small and large lakes, varied deciduous forests, rich floodplains, and damp marshlands. Vogels Kijken in Noordoost Duitsland is a Dutch site guide to this ... ....

Vogels Kijken op Lesbos

Luc Hoogenstein

Lesvos, the Greek island in the East-Aegean sea, is known as a birding paradise amongst birdwatchers, bird photographers and other naturalists. Vogels Kijken op Lesbos is the ideal companion for anyone interested in exploring the ... ....

Was Singt denn da?

Naturfuhrer und CD

Jean C Roche and Ulrich Schmid

Those looking to get to know Germany's native birds will find this combination of bird guide and CD an ideal set for beginners. Was Singt denn da? Presents the top 50 birds that can be seen in Germany's gardens or on the ... ....

Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota

John J Moriarty, Carol D Hall and Carrol L Henderson

Snakes on the patio, salamanders in the basement, frogs crossing the road, and turtles nesting on the shore in the land of 10 000 lakes: from the enchanted child to the curious adult, from the amateur naturalist to the dedicated conservationist ... ....

Cold Blood

Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians

Richard Kerridge

As a boy, Richard Kerridge loved to encounter wild creatures and catch them for his back-garden zoo. In a country without many large animals, newts caught his attention first of all, as the nearest he could get to the African wildlife he ... ....

Leopardgeckos [German]

Eva-Grit Schneider and Gerti Keller

Leopard Geckos are incredibly old as a species – for some 50 million years ago they have populated the Earth. Some subspecies live in secluded nature, others very close to house walls or inside they wait hanging upside ... ....

Les Urodeles du Monde

Jean Raffaelli

Les UrodŠles du Monde is a veritable encyclopedia on the salamanders of the world and describes in detail all species and subspecies in the groups of newts and salamanders. This second edition updates the previous version from 2007 ... ....

Serpents et Amphisbenes de Guyane Francaise

Fauro Starace

This book is intended for anyone keen to learn more about the Guyanese herpetofauna. During the last decade, the phylogenetic classification of reptiles has seen many changes due to the use of DNA analysis as a new tool for systematics. ....

The Complete Oophaga pumilio

Frank Steinmann and Chris van Der Lingen

This first monograph dealing with the strawberry poison frog covers a huge variety of aspects . Beginning with a description of the natural habitat and the distribution of Oophaga pumilio several issues are discussed: Why do some ... ....

Molecular Cytogenetics of Fishes

MB Cioffi

Reprint of: Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2013, Vol. 141, No. 2-3. See table of contents for listing of articles.

Review of Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Anthiine Fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Serranidae), with Descriptions of Two

Jr.,William D Anderson and Phillip C Heemstra

The authors present a taxonomic review of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific members of the serranid subfamily Anthiinae, providing a much-needed survey of an important group of fishes. This monograph builds upon the literature with the ... ....

Sharks: Conservation, Governance and Management

Erika J Techera and Natalie Klein

Sharks: Conservation, Governance and Management explores the global conservation and management of sharks. There has been a rapid decline in populations of many shark species, while new science has emerged of the critical role ... ....

A Sting in the Tale

Dave Goulson

Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife, from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets and dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his ground-breaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee and his mission to protect ... ....

Accrescimenti, Volume 5 [English / Italian]

Stages of Growth of the Marine Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea / Stadi di Accrescimento dei Molluschi Marini del Medit

Maria Scaperrotta, Stefano Bartolini and Cesare Bogi

This fifth volume of the Accrescimenti series includes illustrations of another 126 species, leading to a total number of 632 treated species in this series. This number is remarkable considering that the finding and the comprehensive ... ....

Bloomsbury Concise Butterfly & Moth Guide

Sandra Doyle and Joyce Bee

This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is packed with information on the butterflies and moths of Britain and the near Continent. It covers more than 150 species, all of which are illustrated with superb full-color artworks that show ... ....

Bloomsbury Concise Insect Guide

Sandra Doyle, Stuart Carter and Nicholas Hammond

This pocket field guide is packed with information on the marvellous variety of insects that inhabits Britain and the near Continent. It includes more than 180 species, including dragonflies, bees, wasps, beetles, bugs and flies ... ....

Fotogids Larven van Libellen

Christophe Brochard and Ewoud van der Ploeg

Dragonflies spend most of their life as larvae. As presence of these larvae is a good indicator of water quality, researchers will welcome this identification guide. Fotogids Larven van Libellen is a logical successor to ... ....

Genesis of the Hymenoptera and the Phases of their Evolution

Sergei Ivanovich Malyshev

Reprint of a book originally published in 1968.

Micro Monsters 3D with David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough

It's a small world after all. In this revolutionary new series, David Attenborough reveals the marvellous adaptability of the most successful group of animals on the planet. Using pioneering macroscopic filmmaking techniques, he explores ... ....

Micro Monsters with David Attenborough (region ALL)

Sir David Attenborough

It's a small world after all. In this revolutionary new series, David Attenborough reveals the marvellous adaptability of the most successful group of animals on the planet. Using pioneering macroscopic filmmaking techniques, he explores ... ....

Pocket Guide: Butterflies of South Africa

Steve Woodhall

Watching and 'ticking' butterflies is a rewarding hobby and one that is gaining popularity in South Africa. This handy pocket guide details more than 250 of the region's 670 species, from the tiniest blues and coppers to enormous ... ....

Redefinition and Generic Revision of the North American Vaejovid Scorpion Subfamily Syntropinae Kraepelin, 1905, with

Edmundo Gonzalez-Santillan and Lorenzo Prendini

The endemic North American vaejovid scorpion subfamily Syntropinae Kraepelin, 1905, is redefined and its component genera revised, based on a simultaneous phylogenetic analysis of 250 morphological characters and 4221 aligned DNA nucleotides ... ....

Schelpdieren van het Nederlandse Noordzeegebied

Ecologische Atlas van de Mariene Weekdieren (Mollusca)

Stichting Anemoon, Rykel de Bruyne, Sylvia van Leeuwen, Adriaan Gmelig Meyling and Rogier Daan

This atlas focuses on molluscs and their habitats in the Dutch waters of the North Sea. It contains information on biology, diet, reproduction and biotopes of more than 250 species found here.

Scleractinia of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

K Venkataraman , C Raghunathan, R Raghuraman, C Sivaperuman, CR Sreeraj, Titus Immanuel and J Kumar

Scleractinia of Andaman and Nicobar Islands expores the underwater wonders, widely covering about 334 Scleractinian species with perfect photographs that unveil their biology. All the species entries are supplemented by brief ... ....

Skorpione

Anne Webb and Herbert Schiejok

Skorpione is a guide to keeping scorpions humanely: - Everything you need for keeping scorpions - With many valuable tips about lifestyle, maintenance and breeding In Skorpione you will find ...

Systematics of the Goblin Spider Genus Opopaea (Araneae, Oonopidae) in Madagascar

Daniel Andriamalala and Gustavo Hormiga

The Opopaea fauna of Madagascar is documented for the first time. There are 27 species of Opopaea on the island of which 26 are newly described here and 25 are apparently endemic to Madagascar ...

The Camel Spider or Wind Scorpion

With the Complete Guide to Camel Spiders

Ross Hathai

Everything you ever wanted to know but were too scared to find out is covered in this fascinating book on the Camel Spider. All you ever need to know about these fascinating creatures is covered in detail. Can these spiders really reach ... ....

The Duchess's Shells

Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook's Voyages

Beth Fowkes Toibin

Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), was one of the wealthiest women in 18th-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her most famous acquisition), but her great love ... ....

The New World Goblin Spiders of the New Genus Neotrops (Araneae: Oonopidae), Part 1

Cristian J Grismado and Martín J Ramírez

A new genus of soft-bodied oonopids, Neotrops, is established for a large assemblage of goblin spiders found in all tropical and subtropical areas of the Neotropical region, from Panama to Uruguay and central Argentina ... ....

British Caenozoic Fossils

The Natural History Museum (London - UK)

The Caenozoic era began about 70 million years ago and still continues. In British Caenozoic Fossils 354 species from this period are classified and illustrated with accurate line drawings. This new edition has been fully revised ... ....

Climate Change in North America

George Ohring

Climate Change in North America describes thoroughly the North American Climate of the past 65 million years, with special emphasis on the last 21,000 years, as revealed by paleoclimatic observations and climate models.

Dinosaurs Without Bones

Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils

Anthony J Martin

What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a 165-million year history on earth, and had adapted to all land-based environments from pole to pole? What clues ... ....

English Wealden Fossils

David Batten

This Field Guide to Fossils deals with almost the complete flora and fauna of the whole English Wealden. This area comprises the Lower Cretaceous rocks of South-East England, the Isle of Wight and Dorset.

Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon

Andrew Y Glikson

Unique among all creatures, further to the increase in its cranial volume from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, the use of tools and cultural and scientific creativity, the genus Homo is distinguished by the mastery of ... ....

My Beloved Brontosaurus

On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs

Brian Switek

Dinosaurs haunt museum halls, stomp across movie screens, and adorn just about any product you can name. Despite groundbreaking discoveries, the dinosaurs of our childhood are entrenched in our minds, and new science struggles to overcome ... ....

The Fossil Flora of Great Britain, Volume 2

Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Vegetable Remains Found in a Fossil State in This Country

John Lindley and William Hutton

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Employed early on in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley (1799-1865) went on to conduct important research on the orchid family ...

The Serrialis Bone, Interparietals, "X" Elements, Entotympanics, and the Composition of the Notoungulate Caudal

Ross DE MacPhee

The composition of the caudal cranium in Notoungulata, an extinct group of endemic South American "ungulates," has never been properly clarified. Some investigators have claimed that so-called "adventitious" elements ... ....

The Trilobite Book

A Visual Journey

Riccardo Levi-Setti

Distant relatives of modern lobsters, horseshoe crabs, and spiders, trilobites swam the planet's prehistoric seas for 300 million years, from the Lower Cambrian to the end of the Permian eras-and they did so very capably.

Trilobites of the World

An Atlas of 1000 Photographs

Pete Lawrance and Sinclair Stammers

Trilobites are extinct arthropods that dominated the early oceans of the world. They occupied every available ecological niche and were highly successful organisms that evolved into a bewildering array of different forms. They died out ... ....

Bibliotheca Diatomologica, Volume 60: Benthic Diatoms from Mediterranean Coasts

Irene Alvarez-Blanco and Saul Blanco

The authors present a taxonomic study of benthic diatoms collected from coastal rocks in seven northern Mediterranean sites (Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey) in spring of 2010. An iconographic catalogue of high-quality SEM and light ... ....

Freshwater Dinoflagellates of North America

Susan Carty

Dinoflagellates are common unicellular organisms found in all types of aquatic ecosystems and are important contributors to freshwater ecosystems as significant primary producers of biomass. Despite increasing interest in the biology of ... ....

Photosynthesis in the Marine Environment

Sven Beer, Mats Bjork and John Beardall

"Marine photosynthesis provides for at least half of the planet's primary production and forms the basis of nearly all marine food webs..." Photosynthesis in the Marine Environment provides a comprehensive ... ....

A Catalogue of British Plants Arranged According to the Natural System

with the Synonyms of De Candolle, Smith, and Lindley

John Stevens Henslow

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. In 1829, botany had much to prove. A prominent lecturer, John Lindley, noted that 'it has been very much the fashion of late years, in this country ... ....

A First Book of Nature

Nicola Davies and Mark Hearld

This is an exquisite book that evokes a child's first experience of nature. From beachcombing to stargazing, from watching squirrels, ducks and worms to making berry crumble or a winter bird feast, this is a remarkable book ... ....

A Handbook of Plant-Form

For Students of Design, Art Schools, Teachers and Amateurs

Ernest E Clark

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Written and richly illustrated by the Derby-born artist Ernest Ellis Clark (1869-1932), this guide was originally published in 1904 to demonstrate the ... ....

A Jurassic Survival Guide

Rex Stone and Mike Spoor

Welcome to the Jurassic! It's an awesome place but you might want to have your handy survival guide at the ready. A Jurassic Survival Guide will make sure you're prepared for your adventure and will tell you which dinosaur ... ....

A Manual of British Vertebrate Animals

Or, Descriptions of All the Animals Belonging to the Classes Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, and Pisces Which Have

Leonard Jenyns

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Widely respected by contemporaries for his work in natural history, Leonard Jenyns (1800-93) combined research with his duties as an Anglican clergyman ... ....

A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica

Philip Henry Gosse

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse (1810-88) travelled to Jamaica in 1844 and stayed for eighteen months to observe the diverse wildlife there.

A Selection of the Correspondence of Linnaeus, and Other Naturalists, Volume 1

From the Original Manuscripts

James Edward Smith

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. After the death of the younger Carl Linnaeus in 1783, the entirety of the Linnean collections, including the letters received by the elder Linnaeus ...

A Selection of the Correspondence of Linnaeus, and Other Naturalists, Volume 2

From the Original Manuscripts

James Edward Smith

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. After the death of the younger Carl Linnaeus in 1783, the entirety of the Linnean collections, including the letters received by the elder Linnaeus ...

A Sketch of the Geology of Cornwall

Including a Brief Description of the Mining Districts, and the Ores Produced in Them

Brenton Symons

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Cornwall has one of the oldest mining histories in Europe. At one time, the county was a leading producer of tin, with over 2,000 mines in operation ...

Alaska Days with John Muir

Samuel Hall Young

Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians.

Amazing Life Cycles: Bugs and Spiders

With stunning photography, Amazing Life Cycles offers a visually exciting way of learning all about animal life cycles. Each book in Amazing Life Cycles features six in-depth profiles of unusual species with which many ... ....

Amazing Life Cycles: Fish

With stunning photography, Amazing Life Cycles offers a visually exciting way of learning all about animal life cycles. Each book in Amazing Life Cycles features six in-depth profiles of unusual species with ... ....

Amazing Life Cycles: Mammals

With stunning photography, Amazing Life Cycles offers a visually exciting way of learning all about animal life cycles. Each book in Amazing Life Cycles features six in-depth profiles of unusual species ... ....

Amazing Life Cycles: Plants

With stunning photography, Amazing Life Cycles offers a visually exciting way of learning all about animal life cycles. Each book in Amazing Life Cycles features six in-depth profiles of unusual species ... ....

Amazing Life Cycles: Reptiles and Amphibians

With stunning photography, Amazing Life Cycles offers a visually exciting way of learning all about animal life cycles. Each book in Amazing Life Cycles features six in-depth profiles of unusual species ... ....

An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia

Martin Sauer

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Impressed by the discoveries of Captain Cook, and conscious that Russia was lagging behind other countries in terms of navigation and exploration ...

An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome

Lukas Thommen and Philip Hill

In ancient Greece and Rome an ambiguous relationship developed between man and nature, and this decisively determined the manner in which they treated the environment. On the one hand, nature was conceived as a space characterized and ... ....

An Environmental History of Russia

Paul R Josephson, Nicolai Dronin, Ruben Mnatsakanian, Aleh Cherp, Dmitry Efremenko and Vladi Larin

The former Soviet empire spanned eleven time zones and contained half the world's forests; vast deposits of oil, gas and coal; various ores; major rivers such as the Volga, Don and Angara; and extensive biodiversity. These resources ... ....

An Explorer's Notebook

Timothy Flannery

Best known today for The Weather Makers, his #1 international bestseller, Tim Flannery is one of the world's most influential scientists, a foremost expert on climate change credited with discovering more species than Charles Darwin. But Flannery ... ....

An Historical Account of Coffee

with an Engraving, and Botanical Description of the Tree

John Ellis

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This tract, which first appeared in 1774, considers the characteristics, cultivation and uses of the coffee plant. Its author, John Ellis (c.1710-76) ...

Animals

Ellen Giggenbach

A fantastic zoo world comes to life with a combination of stylish collage artwork and raised varnish touch-and-feel elements on every page. Ellen's collage family take a trip around the zoo, visiting all kinds of animals. Eagle-eyed ... ....

Animals

Camilla de la Bedoyere

Why do tigers have stripes? How does an octopus move? What do elephants use their trunks for? My Little Book of Animals answers all these questions and many more. Simple, easy-to-understand text combines with close-up photographs ... ....

Bead Bugs

Cute, Creepy, and Quirky Projects to Make with Beads, Wire, and Fun Found Objects

Amy Kopperude

Bead Bugs contains 23 cute and clever projects to help readers create bugs and creepy-crawlies from beads, wire, and found objects. Each creature is shown in step-by-step photos with clear instructions that anyone can follow ... ....

Bears

Annabelle Lynch

Find out all about bears and their cuddly cubs, from gentle pandas to fierce polar bears. Leapfrog Learners offer fun facts in accessible text, perfect for building reading confidence.

Big Cats

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

Open your eyes to a world of discovery with Eyewonder. Come face to face with the world's big cats with an extended and revised edition of Eyewonder: Big Cats. Now with eight extra pages packed with fun ... ....

Bug Detective

Amazing facts, myths and quirks of nature

Maggie Li

Did you know? - Ladybirds have poisonous knees! (poisonous to spiders, anyway) - If you weighed all of the ants in the world they would weigh more than all of the humans in the world! - Worms can have up to 5 hearts!

Bugs and Butterflies

A First Spotter's Activity Book

Catherine Bruzzone

Have fun with creepy crawly dot-to-dots and slippery slimy snail mazes! Explore the natural world through the collectable flashcards and activity puzzles in Bugs and Butterflies. Cut out the flashcards, grab your colouring crayons ... ....

Catching Nature in the Act

Reaumur and the Practice of Natural History in the Eighteenth Century

Mary Terrall

Natural history in the eighteenth century was many things to many people – diversion, obsession, medically or economically useful knowledge, spectacle, evidence for God's providence and wisdom, or even the foundation of all natural ... ....

China: Its Environment and History

Robert B Marks

This deeply informed and beautifully written book provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Focusing on the interaction of humans and their environment, Robert B. Marks traces changes in ... ....

Climate Change and the Course of Global History

A Rough Journey

John L Brooke

Climate Change and the Course of Global History presents the first global study by a historian to fully integrate the earth-system approach of the new climate science with the material history of humanity. Part I argues that ... ....

Coast: A History of the NSW Edge

Ian Hoskins

From Eden to Byron Bay the New South Wales coast is more than 2000 kilometres long, with 130 estuaries, 100 coastal lakes and a rich history. This, the first history written of the New South Wales coast, traces our relationship ... ....

Communicating Environmental Patriotism

A Rhetorical History of the American Environmental Movement

Anne Marie Todd

Environmental patriotism, the belief that the national environment defines a country's greatness, is a significant strand in twentieth century American environmentalism. Communicating Environmental Patriotism is the first to ... ....

Cultural Forests of the Amazon

A Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes

William Balee

Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently ... ....

David Attenborough's Rise of Animals (Region 2)

Triumph of the Vertebrates

Sir David Attenborough

David Attenborough has spent his career marvelling at the beauty and variety of animal life on Earth, constantly in awe of the incredible diversity of creatures that have evolved from just a handful of ancient life forms. Now, with newly ... ....

David Attenborough: The Collection (3D) (Region B)

Kingdom of Plants / Galapagos / Micro Monsters

Sir David Attenborough

Triple bill of documentaries presented by wildlife expert David Attenborough. Kingdom of Plants is set within The Royal Botanic Gardens in London, home to a remarkable 90% of all known species of plant. Through the use ... ....

Deadly Dinosaurs

Niki Foreman

New series from DK designed to help kids learn how to read and learn to love reading. Deadly Dinosaurs is a 'Beginner' reader, perfect for children who are beginning to read for meaning, decoding and recognising words ... ....

Deadly Factbook 5: Bizarre Beasts

Steve Backshall

Did you know that there is such a thing as a bone-eating snot-flower worm? Or that the secretary bird's kills its prey by stamping on it! Discover the world's most extraordinary creatures in the fifth factbook from BAFTA AWARD-winning ... ....

Deadly Top Ten Activity Book

Steve Backshall

Put your Deadly knowledge to the test with Steve Backshall's next fun and interactive activity book.

Death of the Chesapeake

A History of the Military's Role in Polluting the Bay

Richard D Albright

This unique book focuses attention on the failure of current efforts to cleanup the Chesapeake Bay and suggests an approach often used in cleaning up environmentally damaged sites. While military munitions sources contribute significantly ... ....

Dinosaurs

Dougal Dixon

What was the biggest dinosaur? When were dinosaurs alive? Which dinosaur had a spiky back? My Little Book of Dinosaurs answers all these questions and many more. Simple, easy-to-understand text combines with vivid CGI illustrations ... ....

Dragon Songs

Love and Adventure Among Crocodiles, Alligators, and Other Dinosaur Relations

Vladimir Dinets

A born naturalist and a fearless traveler, Vladimir Dinets wrote travel guides, conducted field research, and lived a couple of lives before he was accepted into the PhD program in zoology at the University of Miami. He thought crocodiles ... ....

Earth, Spirit of Place

Featuring the Photographs of Chris Hadfield

John McQuarrie and Chris Hadfield

Astronauts on board the International Space Station have many tasks, but a consistent favourite is taking photographs of Earth. The ISS astronauts dont just take digital images randomly. The photos they shoot are part of a well-defined ... ....

Elephants

Annabelle Lynch

Come on safari with the biggest land mammals on Earth - elephants. Leapfrog Learners offer fun facts in accessible text, perfect for building reading confidence.

Empire of Extinction

Russians and the North Pacific's Strange Beasts of the Sea, 1741-1867

Empire of Extinction examines the environmental catastrophe resulting from Russia's expansion into the North Pacific., causing Russians and other Europeans to recognize the threat of species extinction for the first time. ....

Energy Resources

Jack Gillett and Meg Gillett

Each title in this series Maps of the Environmental World addresses an environmental topic and illustrates its aspects with the help of maps. Energy Resources presents energy resources, and explains key ideas ... ....

Enlightenment's Frontier

The Scottish Highlands and the Origins of Environmentalism

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson

Enlightenment's Frontier looks at the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment – which gave birth to modern-day environmentalism – and sheds new light on Scottish thinkers such as Carl Linneaus, David Hume and ... ....

Environmental History in East Asia

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Ts'ui-Jung Liu

As environmental history has developed as growing sub-discipline within the study of history, great emphasis has been placed on the importance of adopting an interdisciplinary approach.

Environmental Infrastructure in African History

Examining the Myth of Natural Resource Management in Namibia

Emmanuel Kreike

Environmental Infrastructure in African History offers a new approach for analyzing and narrating environmental change. Environmental change conventionally is understood as occurring in a linear fashion, moving from a state of ... ....

Everything You Need to Know About Dinosaurs

And Other Prehistoric Creatures

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

You can learn all you need to know (and more) about these prehistoric creatures. Did you know a Barosaurus weighed more than three elephants and shook the ground as it moved?

Father Benito Vines

The 19th-century Life and Contributions of a Cuban Hurricane Observer and Scientist

Luis E. Ramos Guadalupe and Oswaldo Garcia

Before Doppler radar and broadcast weather reports, Spanish-born Benito Vines (1837-1893) spent decades observing the skies at Belen Observatory in colonial Cuba, routinely issuing weather reports and forecasts to local newspapers. ....

Fish Versus Power

An Environmental History of the Fraser River

Matthew D Evenden

An environmental history of the Fraser River (British Columbia) and the attempts to dam it for power and to defend it for salmon. Amid contemporary debates over large dam development and declines in fisheries ...

Flowers of the Field (2-Volume Set)

Charles Alexander Johns

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. A keen collector and sketcher of plant specimens from an early age, the author, educator and clergyman Charles Alexander Johns (1811-74) gained recognition ... ....

Flowers of the Field, Volume 1

Charles Alexander Johns

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. A keen collector and sketcher of plant specimens from an early age, the author, educator and clergyman Charles Alexander Johns (1811-74) gained recognition ... ....

Flowers of the Field, Volume 2

Charles Alexander Johns

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. A keen collector and sketcher of plant specimens from an early age, the author, educator and clergyman Charles Alexander Johns (1811-74) gained recognition ... ....

Food Chains

Theresa Greenaway

This detailed guide to natural food chains is an ideal complement to the National Curriculum. It studies how energy is passed along the food chain and from plants to animals before examining how human activity can interfere with the natural ... ....

From Caterpillar to Butterfly

Gerald Legg

Introducing simple biology in a detailed and fascinating way, From Caterpillar to Butterfly traces the lifecycle of this familiar animal. Reproduction, birth, growth, food and survival are all covered in these beautifully illustrated ... ....

From Eve to Evolution

Darwin, Science, and Women's Rights in Gilded Age America

Kimberly A Hamlin

From Eve to Evolution provides the first full-length study of American women's responses to evolutionary theory and illuminates the role science played in the nineteenth-century women's rights movement.

From Tadpole to Frog

David Stewart

Introducing simple biology in a detailed and fascinating way, From Tadpole to Frog traces the lifecycle of this familiar animal. Reproduction, birth, growth, food and survival are all covered in these beautifully illustrated book ... ....

Global Population

History, Geopolitics, and Life on Earth

Alison Bashford

Concern about the size of the world's population did not begin with the "population bomb" in 1968. It arose in the aftermath of World War I and was understood as an issue with far-reaching ecological, agricultural, economic ... ....

Green Documentary

Environmental Documentary Film in the 21st Century

Helen Hughes

During the first decade of the twenty-first century, a stunning array of documentary films focusing on environmental issues, representing the world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, has been met with critical and popular acclaim. ....

Growth in Length

Embryological Essays

Richard Assheton

Originally published in 1916, Growth in Length contains the text of three lectures delivered by Richard Assheton to zoology students at the University of London in 1913 on the subject of how the vertebrate embryo grows along its ... ....

Hidden Kingdoms (Region 2 & 4)

Stephen Fry

Hidden Kingdoms is an innovative new series from the BBC's Natural History unit. For the first time it takes the viewer into a unique and unexplored miniature world, immersing you into the action-packed lives of the planet's smaller animals. ....

Hidden Kingdoms 3D

Stephen Fry

Hidden Kingdoms 3D is a groundbreaking 3D special made in conjunction with the much-anticipated BBC 1 series - billed as 'Pixar meets Life'. Using the immersive power of 3D, audiences will be transported into magical worlds and experience the ... ....

If Dinosaurs Were Alive Today

Dougal Dixon and Michael Benton

Take an extraordinary journey over land, beneath the oceans and across the skies and discover if dinosaurs COULD live in our world today. Incredible images of photo-realistic dinosaurs are blended with distinctive photography of modern-day ... ....

Japan: An Environmental History

Conrad Totman

From the outset, society in Japan has been shaped by its environmental context. The lush green mountainous archipelago of today supports a population of over 127 million people and one of the most advanced economies in the world.

Keeping the Barbarians at Bay

The Last Years of Kenneth Allsop, Green Pioneer

David Wilkinson and Richard Mabey

Kenneth Allsop was a writer, journalist and broadcaster who in the 1960s and early 70s became one of Britain's first television celebrities. Voted the 'fifth most handsome man in the world', he enjoyed the high life of fast ... ....

Landscape and Change in Early Medieval Italy

Chestnuts, Economy, and Culture

Paolo Squatriti

This innovative environmental history of the long-lived European chestnut tree and its woods offers valuable new perspectives on the human transition from the Roman to the medieval world in Italy. Integrating evidence from botanical and ... ....

Living a Land Ethic

A History of Cooperative Conservation on the Leopold Memorial Reserve

Stephen A Laubach

In 1935, in the midst of relentless drought, Aldo Leopold purchased an abandoned farm along the Wisconsin River near Baraboo, Wisconsin. An old chicken coop, later to become famous as the Leopold "Shack," was the property's ... ....

Magnolias in Art and Cultivation

Barbara Oozeerally, Jim Gardiner and Stephen A Spongberg

This is the first illustrated book on magnolias and contains information on all species and around 100 hybrids, accompanied with over 150 stunning new paintings by botanical artists Barbara Oozerally. The informative and authoritative ... ....

Marjorie Harris Carr

Defender of Florida's Environment

Peggy MacDonald

Marjorie Harris Carr (1915-1997) is best known for leading the fight against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Cross Florida Barge Canal. In this first full-length biography, Peggy Macdonald corrects many long-held misapprehensions ... ....

My First Book of Dinosaurs

Dougal Dixon and Dee Philips

Find out all about dinosaurs – the prehistoric creatures that once inhabited the Earth. Learn about the amazing lives of these beasts, from those who flew in the sky above, to those who swam in the depths of the ocean.

Natural Curiosity

The Art of the First Fleet

Louise Anemaat

Parrots and lorikeets swoop down, vivid, bright and colourful. Black swans glide through the air. Owls stare out from pages, wide-eyed. A sense of awe swept through natural history circles in eighteenth-century London when the ... ....

Natural Resources

Jack Gillett and Meg Gillett

Each title in the series Maps of the Environmental World addresses an environmental topic and illustrated its aspects with the help of maps. An introductory spread presents the topic and explains key ideas, concepts and ... ....

Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt

An Environmental History

Alan Mikhail

In one of the first environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire, Alan Mikhail examines relations between the empire and its most lucrative province of Egypt. Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt ... ....

Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes, Volume 1

Being Records of Travel on the Amazon and its Tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uaupes, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huall

Richard Spruce and Alfred Russel Wallace

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Having previously embarked on a collecting expedition to the Pyrenees, backed by Sir William Hooker and George Bentham, the botanist Richard Spruce ...

Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes, Volume 2

Being Records of Travel on the Amazon and its Tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uaupes, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huall

Richard Spruce and Alfred Russel Wallace

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Having previously embarked on a collecting expedition to the Pyrenees, backed by Sir William Hooker and George Bentham, the botanist Richard Spruce ...

Observations in Natural History

With an Introduction on Habits of Observing, as Connected with the Study of That Science

Leonard Jenyns

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Although devoted to his parish, Leonard Jenyns (1800-93) combined his clerical duties with keen research into natural history. Notably, he was offered ... ....

Of Elephants & Roses: French Natural History 1790-1830

Sue Ann Prince

The beautiful four-color Of Elephants & Roses: French Natural History 1790–1830 serves as the catalogue for the popular APS Museum exhibition by the same name, that was open from March 25 through December 31, 2011. ....

Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower

Artists' Books and the Natural World

Elisabeth Fairman

Highlighting an enduring interest in natural history from the 16th century to the present, this gorgeous book explores depictions of the natural world, from centuries-old manuscripts to contemporary artists' books. It examines the ... ....

Off the Map

Lost Space, Feral Places and Invisible Cities and What They Tell Us About the World

Alastair Bonnett

In a world of Google Earth where we think that the world is fully mapped out, every discovery and adventure made, Off the Map is a journey through the remaining hidden geographies – from disappearing island to gutterspaces ... ....

Ollie's First Year

Jonathan London and Jon Van Zyle

It's easy to find joy in a playful, agile creature that enjoys sliding on its belly. River otters are among the most adorable, charismatic animals in North America, and with a territory that spans the continent, they're a far-reaching ... ....

Origami Masters: Bugs

How the Bug Wars Changed the Art of Origami

Marcio Noguchi, Robert Lang, Shuki Kato, Jason Ku, Sebastian Arellano, Won Park and Ma Kirschenbaum

In the early 1990s, members of the Origami Tanteidan Convention in Japan began a unique competition devoted to insects and other arthropods as, over a period of years, artists attempted to one-up each other, successively adding legs ... ....

Pacific Centuries

Pacific and Pacific Rim Economic History Since the 16th Century

Dennis O Flynn, Lionel Frost and AJH Latham

Starting with the 16th century trade of Latin American silver and Chinese silk, leading researchers trace the economic, environmental and social history of the Pacific region. Chapters examine the trade of diverse commodities within the ... ....

Plant Life

Theresa Greenaway

This detailed guide to the life cycle of plants is an ideal complement to the National Curriculum. It studies how plants grow and reproduce before examining how human activity can interfere with the natural process. Packed with detailed ... ....

Plant a Pocket of Prairie

Phyllis Root and Besty Bowen

Author Phyllis Root and illustrator Betsy Bowen last explored the vast, boggy peatlands of northern Minnesota in their book Big Belching Bog. Now, in Plant a Pocket of Prairie, Root and Bowen take young readers on a trip to another ... ....

Political Descent

Malthus, Mutualism, and the Politics of Evolution in Victorian England

Piers J Hale

Historians of science have long noted the influence of the nineteenth-century political economist Thomas Robert Malthus on Charles Darwin. In a bold move, Piers J. Hale contends that this focus on Malthus and his effect on Darwin's ... ....

Pollen: The Hidden Sexuality of Plants (Compact Edition)

Rob Kesseler and Madeline Harley

This title is the IP Book Awards 2007 Gold Medal winner for Outstanding Book of the Year - Most Original Concept. Never before seen SEM images are unique to Pollen: The Hidden Sexuality of Plants. It will appeal to scientists, artists ... ....

Rocks and Minerals

Open your eyes to a world of discovery with Eyewonder. Dig down and discover amazing treasures right under your feet with an extended and revised edition of Eyewonder: Rocks and Minerals. Now with eight extra ... ....

Rough Notes of a Journey Through the Wilderness, from Trinidad to Para, Brazil

By Way of the Great Cataracts of the Orinoco, Atabapo, and Rio Negro

Henry Alexander Wickham

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Sir Henry Alexander Wickham (1846-1928) is remembered for his role in bringing the seeds of the rubber tree in 1876 from Brazil to the Royal Botanic Garden ... ....

Saving Lake Tahoe

An Environmental History of a National Treasure

Michael J Makley

The history of Lake Tahoe begins with the Washoe Indians who resided on its shores for thousands of years, with minimal impact on the landscape. The relatively brief American history at Lake Tahoe began in the mid-nineteenth century. ....

Saving Water

Jen Green

Why is water precious? What happens when water is scarce? What is being done to take care of water? The Environment Detective Investigates helps you to answer these questions and many more about saving water. Find out why living ... ....

Science in Sight

Scientific Photography from ETH Bibliothek's Image Archive

Monika Burri

Since its early days, photography has been both a tool of and subject for scientific research. Developments in photochemistry, camera construction and lense refinement made photography an extremely successful mass medium. At the same time ... ....

Seaduction: The Sensuous Side of the Sea

Beverly Factor

Seaduction is a stunning collection of photographs that captures the abstract side of sea life, exploding with color, texture, and visual excitement. Photographed by world-renowned underwater photographer Beverly Factor, the ... ....

Secrets of Animal Life Cycles

Andrew Solway

Enter the exciting world of science and uncover some of its mysteries. In Secrets of Animal Life Cycles, find out about the different ways animals reproduce, why some animals care for their young and why some animals don't. ....

Secrets of Habitats

Andrew Solway

Enter the exciting world of science and uncover some of its mysteries. In Secrets of Habitats, find out about the different habitats on Earth and the geographical features that help us classify them. Learn about how big or small ... ....

See Inside the Universe

Alex Frith and Lee Cosgrove

What's the universe made of? Where did everything come from? Lift the flaps in this fascinating book to reveal some of the amazing discoveries that astronomers and physicists have made in their quest to unlock the mysteries of the ... ....

Seeds: Time Capsules of Life (Compact Edition)

Rob Kesseler and Wolfgang Stuppy

Seeds are the most complex organs plants ever produce. A major keystone in the evolution of land plants, the first seeds appeared some 360 million years ago. Since then they have developed into highly sophisticated propagules that enable ... ....

Sharks

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

Open your eyes to a world of discovery with Eyewonder. Travel deep into the oceans to discover all things shark with an extended and revised edition of Eyewonder: Sharks. Now with eight extra pages packed with ... ....

Siluria: The History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains, with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Go

Roderick Impey Murchison

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871) first proposed the Silurian period after studying ancient rocks in Wales in the 1830s.

Space

Bloomsbury

Learning about space has never been more fun! Discover all about the stars above us, the planets in our solar system and the spacecraft we build to visit them with this exciting book Bloomsbury Discovery: Space, packed full of ... ....

State, Science and the Skies

Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere

Mark Whitehead

Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution. Offers the most extensive historical ... ....

Sublime Nature

Photographs That Awe and Inspire

Cristina G Mittermeier

This exquisite and inspiring book of landscape photography from National Geographic captures the beauty of nature in all its breathtaking variations. Natural scenery, whether mountain peaks against a crystal blue sky or shimmering expanse .. ....

The Art of Botanical Illustration

Wilfrid Blunt and William T Stearn

This major work, first published in 1950, is still considered the classic work on the subject. The Art of Botanical Illustration was revised and enlarged by the Antique Collectors Club in the year 2000, and published to overwhelming acclaim ... ....

The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress

An Environmental History

Cameron Muir, Iain McCalman and Libby Robin

Food and the global agricultural system has become one of the defining public concerns of the twenty-first century. Ecological disorder and inequity is at the heart of our food system. This thoughtful and confronting book tells the story ... ....

The Commons in History

Culture, Conflict, and Ecology

Derek Wall

The history of the commons – jointly owned land or other resources such as fisheries or forests set aside for public use – provides a useful context for current debates over sustainability and how we can act as "good ... ....

The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History

Jan Bondeson

Jan Bondeson tells ten fascinating stories of myths and hoaxes, beliefs and Ripley-like facts, concerning the animal kingdom. Throughout he recounts – and in some instances solves – mysteries of the natural world which have ... ....

The Forest Trees of Britain, Volume 1

Charles Alexander Johns

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. A keen collector and sketcher of plant specimens from an early age, the author, educator and clergyman Charles Alexander Johns (1811-74) gained recognition ... ....

The Forest Trees of Britain, Volume 2

Charles Alexander Johns

A keen collector and sketcher of plant specimens from an early age, the author, educator and clergyman Charles Alexander Johns (1811-74) gained recognition for his popular books on British plants, trees, birds and countryside walks. ....

The Fossil Flora of Great Britain, Volume 1

Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Vegetable Remains Found in a Fossil State in This Country

John Lindley and William Hutton

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Employed early on in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley (1799-1865) went on to conduct important research on the orchid family ...

The Fossil Flora of Great Britain, Volume 3

Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Vegetable Remains Found in a Fossil State in this Country

John Lindley and William Hutton

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Employed early on in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley (1799-1865) went on to conduct important research on the orchid family ...

The Golem at Large

What You Should Know about Technology

Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch

In the very successful and widely discussed first volume in the Golem series, The Golem: What You Should Know About Science, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch likened science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, a powerful creature ... ....

The Green Desert

The Many and Spectacular Faces of Lake Eyre

Peter Timms and Peter Elfes

For the last few years photographer Peter Elfes has been travelling to the Lake Eyre region, documenting the people, the landscape, the floods, the animals and wildlife. His spectacular images re-define landcsape photography, taking it ... ....

The Greenest Nation?

A New History of German Environmentalism

Frank Uekotter

Germany enjoys an enviably green reputation. Environmentalists in other countries applaud its strict environmental laws, its world-class green technology firms, its phase-out of nuclear power, and its influential Green Party. Germans are ... ....

The Ice Bear

Jackie Morris

Long, long ago, in the icy lands of the far north, Raven the mischief-maker takes a bear-child from his mother. A hunter and his wife find the child and, wrapping him in sealskin, they sing him songs of the ice, the wind and the great ... ....

The Lagoon

How Aristotle Invented Science

Armand Marie Leroi

Aristotle is known by many as a philosopher – as the author of the Poetics and Politics and founder of formal logic. Few know that he was also a biologist, the first – and one of the most influential of all ... ....

The Life Sciences in Early Modern Philosophy

Ohad Nachtomy and Justin EH Smith

The present volume advances a recent historiographical turn towards the intersection of early modern philosophy and the life sciences by bringing together many of its leading scholars to present the contributions of important but often ... ....

The Natural History of Some Common Animals

Oswald H Latter

Originally published in 1904, as part of the Cambridge Biological Series, The Natural History of Some Common Animals continues to be a helpful and interesting guide to some common British animals, particularly insects ... ....

The Natural Navigator

The Art of Reading Nature's Own Signposts

Tristan Gooley

Starting with a simple question – 'Which way am I looking?' – Tristan Gooley blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare and ancient art of finding your way using ... ....

The Naturalist in Australia

William Saville-Kent

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Educated at King's College, London, the naturalist and marine biologist William Saville-Kent (1845-1908) went on to work at the British Museum and ... ....

The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles

Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region

L Anders Sandberg, Gerda R Wekerle and Liette Gilbert

The Oak Ridges Moraine is a unique landform that generated heated battles over the future of nature conservation, sprawl, and development in the Toronto region at the turn of the twenty-first century.

The Oldest Living Things in the World

Rachel Sussman, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Carl Zimmer

The Oldest Living Things in the World is an epic journey through time and space. Over the past decade, artist Rachel Sussman has researched, worked with biologists, and traveled the world from Antarctica to the Mojave Desert in ... ....

The People's Own Landscape

Nature, Tourism and Dictatorship in East Germany

Scott Moranda

East Germany's Socialist Unity Party aimed to placate a public well aware of the higher standards of living enjoyed elsewhere by encouraging them to participate in outdoor activities and take vacations in the countryside.

The Story of our Trees

in Twenty-Four Lessons

Margaret M Gregson

Originally published in 1912, as part of the Cambridge Nature Study Series, The Story of our Trees was written to provide children with a practical guide to trees. Created to stimulate both observation and reflection ... ....

The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland (7-Volume Set)

Henry John Elwes and Augustine Henry

• A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Although without formal scientific training, Henry John Elwes (1846-1922) devoted his life to natural history. He had studied birds, butterflies ... ....

The Uses of Plants

A Manual of Economic Botany with Special Reference to Vegetable Products Introduced during the Last Fifty Years

George Simonds Boulger

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. An eminent botanist and natural historian, George Simonds Boulger (1853-1922) wrote a number of books on plant life in the British Isles. He published ... ....

The World Before the Deluge

Louis Figuier and Henry W Bristow

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Louis Figuier (1819-94) was destined to remain in academia until disagreements with fellow scholars led him to abandon this path and instead pursue ...

The World's Heritage

A Complete Guide to the Most Extraordinary Places

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Educational

Bestselling guide to all 981 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Fully updated to include the latest sites added to the World Heritage List in June 2013. The List is managed by the World Heritage Committee and each site is judged under strict ... ....

Vegetation of the Peak District

CE Moss

Originally published in 1913, Vegetation of the Peak District presents a study of the botany of the Peak District, incorporating illustrative figures. The text was the result of a botanical survey of area begun in January, 1903. ....

Victorian Scientific Naturalism

Community, Identity, Continuity

Gowan Dawson and Bernard Lightman

Victorian Scientific Naturalism examines the secular creeds of the generation of intellectuals who, in the wake of On the Origin of Species, wrested cultural authority from the old Anglican establishment while installing themselves as a new ... ....

Views of Nature

Alexander von Humboldt

While the influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences, his legacy reaches far beyond the field notebooks of naturalists. Von Humboldt's 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and ... ....

Walden Warming

Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods

Richard B Primack

In his meticulous notes on the natural history of Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau records the first open flowers of highbush blueberry on May 11, 1853. If he were to look for the first blueberry flowers in Concord today ... ....

What Did the Romans Know?

An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking

Daryn Lehoux

What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Daryn Lehoux makes clear in this fascinating and much-needed contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient science. Lehoux contends that even though many of the Romans' ... ....

Wilderness and the American Mind

Roderick Frazier Nash and Char Miller

Roderick Nash's classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements, has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. ....

Wildlife, Conservation and Conflict in Quebec, 1840-1914

Darcy Ingram

Despite the popular assumption that wildlife conservation is a recent phenomenon, it emerged over a century and a half ago in an era more closely associated with wildlife depletion than preservation. However, as Darcy Ingram shows in this ... ....

Women Artists: Images of Nature

Andrea Hart

Throughout the centuries women have made significant contributions to natural history art, science and education. This stunning collection celebrates the work and lives of women artists spanning the last four centuries and is illustrated ... ....

Woodland Animals

A First Spotter's Activity Book

Catherine Bruzzone

Have fun with a furry foxy spot the difference and a hopping hare matching game. Explore the natural world through the collectable flashcards and activity puzzles in this book Woodland Animals. Cut out the flashcards, grab your ... ....

World Search - Incredible Animals

With Over 50 Flaps to Lift!

Lonely Planet Publications

Don your camouflage gear and head into the wilderness to catch sight of the most intriguing creatures on Earth. Travel all across the globe – from the freezing Antarctic where you'll spot penguins and seals to the sizzling Serengeti ... ....

Costa Rica: A Journey Through Nature

Adrian Hepworth

Adrian Hepworth's Costa Rica: A Journey Through Nature takes readers on a spectacular photographic journey through one of the most biologically diverse countries on the planet. Above a trail, a puma stands majestically on ... ....

Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough

In this stunning series, David Attenborough peels back the Earth's surface to shed light on the hidden forces that have built and shaped one of its most amazing places: the islands of the Galapagos. This landmark three-part documentary ... ....

Galapagos with David Attenborough (Region ALL)

Sir David Attenborough

In this stunning series, David Attenborough peels back the Earth's surface to shed light on the hidden forces that have built and shaped one of its most amazing places: the islands of the Galapagos. This landmark three-part documentary ... ....

Kosmos Naturfuhrer fur Unterwegs

Frank Hecker and Katrin Hecker

The common animals, plants and fungi of Germany can easily be determined with this nature guide. Kosmos Naturführer für unterwegs includes 750 brilliant color photos and lots of detailed pictures to identify species ... ....

Nature Guide to New England

Erin McCloskey and Gregory Kennedy

Nature Guide to New England features over 400 species of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, fish, invertebrates, trees, shrubs and vines, as well as ferns and grasses. Including detail on size, habitat, behavior, range and ... ....

Pocketguide to Eastern Wetlands

T Travis Brown and Shanda Brown

- Explains wetlands' roles in a healthy ecosystem - Describes the different types of wetlands found in the eastern United States - Field guide to plant and animal species commonly found in such habitats ...

Russia's Arctic Strategies and the Future of the Far North

Marlene Laruelle

Russia's Arctic Strategies and the Future of the Far North offers the first comprehensive examination of Russia's Arctic strategy, ranging from climate change issues and territorial disputes to energy policy and domestic ... ....

Sheer Cliffs and Shearwaters

A Skomer Island Journal

Richard Kipling

This is the author's personal and engaging narrative of a glorious summer spent as a field assistant on Skomer Island, a small island off the Welsh coast hosting some of Britain's most spectacular seabird colonies. His role was ... ....

The Shell Tourist Map of Botswana

Veronica Roodt

The map is of A1 size and folds to A5 size. On the front of the map is a detailed map of Botswana. On the back of the map are enlarged maps of all the tourist areas, including all the parks and game reserves. All roads were tracked by ... ....

The Shell Tourist Map of Chobe National Park

Veronica Roodt

The map of this Botswana Park is of A1 size and folds to A5. It is printed on high quality matte paper with a slight shine. It is presented in a sturdy plastic sleeve. The front and the back maps are based on satellite images where the ... ....

The Shell Tourist Map of Moremi Game Reserve

Veronica Roodt

The map of this Botswanan reserve is of A1 size and folds to A5. It is printed on high quality matte paper with a slight shine. It is presented in a sturdy plastic sleeve. The front and the back maps are based on satellite images where ... ....

The Shell Tourist Map of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Veronica Roodt

The map of this park, which straddles the Botswana-South Africa border, is of A1 size and folds to A5. It is printed on high quality matte paper with a slight shine. It is presented in a sturdy plastic sleeve. The front and the back maps ... ....

The Shell Tourist Map of the Okavango Delta and Linyanti

Veronica Roodt

The map of this area of Botswana is of A1 size and folds to A5. It is printed on high quality matte paper with a slight shine. It is presented in a sturdy plastic sleeve. The front and the back maps are based on satellite images where the ... ....

The Shell Tourist Travel and Field Guide of Botswana

Plus a Map of Botswana

Veronica Roodt

The first part of The Shell Tourist Travel and Field Guide of Botswana provides general information on the country such as history, people, geology, government, population, climate etc. The second part provides traveling information ... ....

Tourist Map of Arusha National Park

Veronica Roodt

This park is in northern Tanzania. Satellite photos as a backdrop which shows an aerial view of the topography. Roads that have been tracked and measured by Veronica Roodt personally by means of a GPS. GPS coordinates of all the camps ... ....

Tourist Map of Kilimanjaro National Park

Veronica Roodt

This park is in northern Tanzania. This map also consists of satellite photos as a backdrop to the roads etc. Each route has been described in detail to enable the reader to plan their climb and to decide which climb to do.

Tourist Map of Lake Manyara National Park

Veronica Roodt

This park is in northern Tanzania. Satellite photos as a backdrop which shows an aerial view of the topography. Roads that have been tracked and measured by Veronica Roodt personally by means of a GPS. GPS coordinates of all the camps ... ....

Tourist Map of Tarangire National Park

Veronica Roodt

This park is in northern Tanzania. Satellite photos as a backdrop which shows an aerial view of the topography Roads that have been tracked and measured by Veronica Roodt personally by means of a GPS. GPS coordinates of all the camps ... ....

Tourist Map of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

With Photographic Checklist

Veronica Roodt

This area is in the north of Tanzania. The map is of A1 size and folds to A5. It is printed on high quality matte paper with a slight shine. It is presented in a sturdy plastic sleeve. The front map is based on satellite images where the ... ....

Tourist Map of the Serengeti National Park with Enlarged Maps

Veronica Roodt

The map is of A1 size and folds to A5. It is printed on high quality matte paper with a slight shine. It is presented in a sturdy plastic sleeve. The front and the back maps are based on satellite images where the satellite photos form ... ....

Tourist Map of the Serengeti National Park with Photographic Checklist

Veronica Roodt

This map is printed on high quality matte paper with a slight shine. It is presented in a sturdy plastic sleeve. The front and the back map are based on satellite images where the satellite photos form the backdrop of the map.

Wild Kijken in Scandinavie

Noorwegen, Zweden en Finland

Ger Meesters

Scandinavia – Norway, Sweden, and Finland – are incredibly rich in flora and fauna not or barely seen elsewhere in Europe. Wild Kijken in Scandinavië introduces the reader to the best locations ...

Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden

A Natural Approach to Pest Control

Jessica Walliser

It may seem counterintuitive to want bugs in a garden, but insects are indeed valuable garden companions. Especially those species known for eating the bugs that eat plants. Assassin bugs, damsel bugs, and predatory stink bugs are all ... ....

Baobab Trails

An Artist's Journey of Wilderness and Wanderings

Clive Walker

Clive Walker has changed the face of conservation in South Africa and devoted his life to the preservation of our wildlife and natural heritage. Baobab Trails is the story of his journey, spanning more than forty years, told through ... ....

Bloomsbury Concise Wild Flower Guide

Colin Emberson

This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is packed with information on the most common wild flowers of Britain and the near Continent. It covers more than 180 species, all of which are illustrated with superb full-colour artworks that show ... ....

Compost: A Family Guide to Making Soil From Scraps

Ben Raskin

What does happen to the food we dont eat all those discarded apple cores and rejected Brussels sprouts? Did you know that there are as many living organisms in a teaspoon of soil as there are people in the whole world? And that wriggly ... ....

Cortinarioid Fungi of New Zealand

An Iconography and Key

Karl Soop

An Iconography and Key of this interesting and ecologically critical group, covering the native forest flora, in particular the Nothofagus habitat. This revision includes a more accurate taxonomy, partly stemming from molecular studies ... ....

Cortinarius in Sweden

Karl Soop

A survey of this interesting and ecologically critical fungal genus, covering the Swedish flora but largely applicable to Europe as a whole. This new edition with a revised set of taxa, comprises a key and detailed descriptions of 254 ... ....

Flora Gallica

Flore Complete de la France

Jean-Marc Tison and Bruno De Foucault

A major publishing event for European botany: this is the first flora (5000 species of vascular plants) of France and Corsica for many decades.

Flora Iberica, Volume 20: Liliaceae - Agavaceae

E Rico, MB Crespo, A Quintanar, A Herrero and Carlos Aedo

Volume 20 treats four families in the order Liliales: Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Iridaceae, and Agavaceae.

Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes, Volume 179

Familia Cruciferae

Mahinda Martínez and Luis Hernandez

Volume 179 treats the family Cruciferae.

Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes, Volume 180

Familia Caryophyllaceae

Emmanuel Perez-Calix and Karina M Grajales-Tam

Volume 180 treats the family Caryophyllaceae.

Flora der Geholze

Bestimmung, Eigenschaften, Verwendung

Andreas Bartels and Andreas Roloff

Identify trees and shrubs in a professional manner with Flora der Gehölze: - Identification keys for around 4000 deciduous and coniferous trees in Central Europe. - Unique description of numerous garden varieties ... ....

Flore Nordique du Quebec et du Labrador, Volume 1

Serge Payette

Flore Nordique du Québec et du Labrador, Volume 1 is the first of four volumes on the Flora of vascular plants of northern Quebec and Labrador, from the 54th parallel north to Hudson Strait, from James Bay and Hudson Bay ... ....

Gardening Myths and Misconceptions

Charles Dowding

Some mythical beliefs run deep into the collective unconscious and once ingrained as "certain facts" in the public domain, they are difficult to question, even when they contain contradictions or are demonstrably untrue.

Gardening with Perennials

Lessons from Chicago's Lurie Garden

Noel Kingsbury

For gardeners, inspiration can come from the most unexpected places. Perennial enthusiasts around the world might be surprised to find their muse in the middle of a bustling city. Lurie Garden, a nearly three-acre botanic garden in the ... ....

Impressionists in Their Gardens

Caroline Holmes

Impressionists in Their Gardens explores gardens through the senses of the Impressionists from three continents – Europe, North America and Australia – enjoying the essentially similar pleasures of the garden, but ... ....

International Garden Photographer of the Year, Collection 7

International Garden Photographer of the Year and Clive Nichols

This stunning paperback showcases the winners and best entries for the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. During 2014 there will be International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibitions at the Royal Botanic Garden ... ....

Le Monde Fascinant des Champignons

Francois Margaine

Le Monde Fascinant des Champignons displays a unique collection of 5000 fungi collected by François Margaine, now in the Cuvier Castle Museum of the City of Montbéliard in Franche-Comté. Information on date ... ....

Mushrooms of the Midwest

Michael Kuo and Andrew S Methven

Fusing general interest in mushrooming with serious scholarship, Mushrooms of the Midwest describes and illustrates over five hundred of the region's mushroom species. From the cold conifer bogs of northern Michigan to the ... ....

Orchid Basics

Brian Rittershausen and Sara Rittershausen

Elegant and exotic, the allure of orchids is undeniable and this practical guide will ensure that even the most nervous newcomer can grow them with confidence. With expert advice, clear instuctions and step-by-step photographs father and ... ....

Per Non Confondere i Funghi / Um die Pilze Nicht zu verwechseln

Francesco Bellu, Giulio Veroi, Siegfried Tartarotti and Fabio Padovan

This bilingual popular scientific work results from 40 years of mycological experience by the authors. It allows species identification using macroscopic characters and sets itself from other works on the market by a number of unique features ... ....

Pilzkompendium, Band 3: Abbildungen (Plates Volume)

This is the plates-volume of volume 3 in this series. It covers the remaining genera of lamellar fungi with white spore dust (with the exception of the Melanoleuca). It covers 26 genera and 694 species.

Pilzkompendium, Band 3: Beschreibungen (Text Volume)

Die Restlichen Gattungen der Lamellenpilze mit Weissem Sporenpulver - Ausgenommen Melanoleuca

Erhard Ludwig

This is the text-volume of volume 3 in this series. It covers the remaining genera of lamellar fungi with white spore dust (with the exception of the Melanoleuca). It covers 26 genera and 694 species.

Plant Physics

Karl J Niklas and Hanns-Christof Spatz

From Galileo, who used the hollow stalks of grass to demonstrate the idea that peripherally located construction materials provide most of the resistance to bending forces, to Leonardo da Vinci, whose illustrations of the parachute are ... ....

Plante Vasculare din Romania [Vascular Plants of Romania]

Determinator Ilustrat de Teren [An Illustrated Field Guide]

Ion Sarbu, Nicolae Stefan, Adrian Oprea, Victor Bortas and Andrei Campan

Please note, though billed by the authors as a field guide, its size and depth make this more a flora. The classification system adopted is consistent with Ehrendorfer in the Lehrbuch der Botanik (1978) ...

Principles of Horticulture: Advanced

Charles R Adams, Mike P Early, Jane Brook and Katherine M Bamford

This colourful guide will explain the fundamentals of growing plants, whether you are taking a Level 3 RHS, City and Guilds or Edexcel course, are a grower or gardener in the industry, or are just a keen amateur. Written in a clear and ... ....

Principles of Horticulture: Basic

Charles Adams, Mike Early, Jane Brook and Katherine Bamford

This colourful guide will introduce you to the fundamentals of horticulture, whether you are taking a Level 2 RHS, City and Guilds or BTEC course, are a keen amateur or seasoned gardener. Written in a clear and accessible style ... ....

Progress in Botany, Volume 75

Ulrich E Luttge, Wolfram Beyschlag and John Cushman

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on genetics, cell biology, physiology ... ....

River Plants of Western Europe

The Macrophytic Vegetation of Watercourses of the European Economic Community

Sylvia M Haslam and Pat A Wolseley

Originally published in 1987, River Plants of Western Europe describes and discusses the vegetation of rivers and other watercourses in Europe with an emphasis upon distributional, community and historical ecology. It was firmly ... ....

Se Soigner avec les Plantes de Bourgogne

Les Connaitre et les Utiliser

Jean-Pierre Chaumont, Jean-Michel Morel and Thierry Petit

Seaweeds of the British Isles, Volume 2

Chlorophyta

Elsie M Burrows

Covers all the families, genera and species in the green seaweeds. Each entry gives notes on ecology and distribution, and there are user-friendly keys to identification of species and genera. Volume 2 covers the Chlorophyta.

Seaweeds of the British Isles, Volume 4

Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae)

Tyge Christensen

This volume explores the yellow-brown seaweed species attributed to the class Tribophyceae. The description of each species incorporates notes on ecology and distribution and many are supported by line illustrations.

Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and, Evolution of Dormancy and Germination

Carol C Baskin and Jerry M Baskin

The new edition of Seeds contains new information on many topics discussed in the first edition, such as fruit/seed heteromorphism, breaking of physical dormancy and effects of inbreeding depression on germination. New topics have ... ....

Seedtime: On the History, Husbandry, Politics and Promise of Seeds

Scott Chaskey

Scott Chaskey – working farmer, poet, and spiritual father of the community farming movement – considers "the web of biodiversity and resilience at the heart of our cultural inheritance" by masterfully weaving historical ... ....

Svensk Flora

Fanerogamer och Karlkryptogamer

Thorgny Krok, Sigfrid Almquist, Lena Jonsell and Bengt Jonsell

This classic flora by Krok & Almquist is an indispensable tool for the identification of plants in Sweden. The first edition came out back in 1883, and from the 26th edition onwards the editorship has passed to Lena and Bengt Jonsell ... ....

The Biology of Plants

Terri Grodzicker, Robert Martienssen, David Stewart and Bruce Stillman

Plants are integral to human wellbeing, and many species have been domesticated for over ten thousand years. Evidence of plant scientific investigation and classification can be found in ancient texts from cultures around the world ... ....

The Mycota, Volume 13: Fungal Genomics

Minou Nowrousian

Fungal Genomics is divided into four sections, the first of which, Genome Sequences and Beyond, illustrates the impact of genome-based information and techniques on research ranging from model organisms like yeast to less-studied ... ....

The Rose

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 the historical development of the rose and discusses its place in the garden scene. ....

The Wild Garden

A New Illustrated Edition with Photographs and Notes by Charles Nelson

William Robinson and Charles Nelson

Few people have owned a copy of The Wild Garden, yet it is one of the most influential books published in the history of gardening. Published in 1870, it was revised many times during Robinson's long life. It challenged the ... ....

Water Lilies

Caroline Holmes

Water lilies are inextricably linked to the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, Egypt and the Far East, where they were highly valued, just as precious metals or gemstones, their properties were thought to be medicinal, spiritual and ... ....

Wild Flowers, Waterplants and Grasses of the Okavango Delta and Kalahari

Veronica Roodt

The idea of Wild Flowers, Waterplants and Grasses of the Okavango Delta and Kalahari is to provide a handy, easy-to-use guidebook for tour guides, tourists and students. The aim was to keep the book as 'travel friendly' ... ....

Wildflowers of Unalaska Island

A Guide to the Flowering Plants of an Aleutian Island

Suzi Golodoff

In the Aleutian Islands, wildflowers are king. Persistent low temperatures mean trees are unable to thrive, and so swaths of open tundra serve as the dramatic stage for a stunning variety of flowers.

Ecological Genomics

Ecology and the Evolution of Genes and Genomes

Christian R Landry and Nadia Aubin-Horth

Researchers in the field of ecological genomics aim to determine how a genome or a population of genomes interacts with its environment across ecological and evolutionary timescales. Ecological genomics is trans-disciplinary by nature. ....

Epigenetics

C David Allis, Marie-Laure Caparros, Thomas Jenuwein, Danny Reinberg and Monika Lachlan

An understanding of epigenetics is central to research in transcriptional regulation, development, and disease. The second edition of the best-selling Epigenetics textbook builds on the strong foundation of the first edition ... ....

Genetics: A Conceptual Approach

Benjamin A Pierce

With Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, Pierce brings a master teacher's experience to the introductory genetics textbook, clarifying this complex subject by focusing on the big picture of genetics concepts. The new edition ... ....

Green Systems Biology

From Genomes to Ecosystems

Wolfram Weckwerth

Systems biology is an approach to combine molecular data, genetic evolution, environmental cues and species-interaction with the understanding, modeling and prediction of active biochemical networks. Green Systems Biology provides ... ....

How Animals Grieve

Barbara J King

From the time of our earliest childhood encounters with animals, we casually ascribe familiar emotions to them. But scientists have long cautioned against such anthropomorphizing, arguing that it limits our ability to truly comprehend the ... ....

Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives - And Our Lives Change Our Genes

Sharon Moalem

Conventional wisdom dictates that our genetic destiny is fixed at conception. But Dr. Moalem's groundbreaking book shows us that the human genome is far more fluid and fascinating than your ninth grade biology teacher ever imagined. ....

Mammalian Development

Networks, Switches, and Morphogenetic Processes

Patrick PL Tam, W James Nelson and Janet Rossant

During the last decade, research in developmental biology has undergone a dramatic change brought about by the availability of whole genome sequences from diverse organisms, the availability of transcriptomes and epigenomes, advanced ... ....

Misbehaving Science

Controversy and the Development of Behavior Genetics

Aaron Panofsky

Behavior genetics has always been a breeding ground for controversies. From the "criminal chromosome" to the "gay gene," claims about the influence of genes like these have led to often vitriolic national debates about ... ....

Origin and Evolution of Eukaryotes

Patrick J Keeling and Eugene V Koonin

Eukaryotes – organisms whose cells possess a nucleus and internal membranes – first appeared on earth around two billion years ago, when one prokaryotic cell engulfed another. The resulting cells went on to give rise to all ... ....

Prescott's Microbiology (International Edition)

Joanne M Willey, Linda M Sherwood and Christopher J Woolverton

This edition replaces the eighth edition.

Signal Transduction

Lewis Cantley, Tony Hunter, Richard Sever, Jeremy Thorner and Fischer Edmond

Signal transduction pathways are molecular circuits that define how cells communicate with each other and respond to their environment. This new textbook for the first time provides a comprehensive view of the subject by covering both the ... ....

The Prokaryotes, Volume 9

Gammaproteobacteria

Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F DeLong, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt and Fabiano Thompson

The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to ... ....

Aristotle's Ladder, Darwin's Tree

The Evolution of Visual Metaphors for Biological Order

J David Archibald

Leading paleontologist David Archibald explores the rich history of visual metaphors for biological order from ancient times to the present and their influence on human beings' perception of their place in nature. Specifically, Archibald ... ....

Essays in Evolution and Genetics in Honor of Theodosius Dobzhansky

A Supplement to Evolutionary Biology

Max K Hecht and WC Steere

Reprint of a book originally published in 1970.

Evolution and the Victorians

Science, Culture and Politics in Darwin's Britain

Jonathan Conlin

Charles Darwin's discovery of evolution by natural selection was the greatest scientific discovery of all time. The publication of his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, is normally taken as the point at which evolution erupted as an idea ... ....

Evolution in Four Dimensions

Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life

Eva Jablonka and Marion J Lamb

This new edition of the widely read Evolution in Four Dimensions has been revised to reflect the spate of new discoveries in biology since Evolution in Four Dimensions was first published in 2005, offering corrections, an updated bibliography ... ....

Evolution of Brain Complexity and Animal Minds

24th Annual Karger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience, New Orleans, La., October 2012 Special Topic Issue

LS Demski

This is a reprint of Brain, Behavior and Evolution 2013, Vol. 82, No. 1 This special topic issue associates unique features of animal minds, i.e. aspects of cognition, emotion and consciousness, with differences in ...

Geoarchaeology of Aboriginal Landscapes in Semi-arid Australia

Simon J Holdaway and Patricia C Fanning

Geoarchaeology of Aboriginal Landscapes in Semi-arid Australia provides readers with a unique understanding of the ways in which Aboriginal people interacted with their environment in the past at one particular location in western ... ....

Lucy to Language

The Benchmark Papers

Robin Dunbar, Clive Gamble and JAJ Gowlett

The concept of the social brain has become a popular topic in the last decade and has generated interest within the research community and contributed to a wide public examination of human culture, nature, mind, and instinct, as well as ... ....

Mestizo Genomics

Race Mixture, Nation and Science in Latin America

Peter Wade, Carlos Lopez Beltran, Eduardo Restrepo and Ricardo Ventura Santos

In genetics laboratories in Latin America, scientists have been mapping the genomes of local populations, seeking to locate the genetic basis of complex diseases and to trace population histories. As part of their work, geneticists often ... ....

More Than Nature Needs

Language, Mind, and Evolution

Derek Bickerton

The human mind is an unlikely evolutionary adaptation. How did humans acquire cognitive capacities far more powerful than anything a hunting-and-gathering primate needed to survive? Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Darwin of evolutionary ... ....

On Growth and Form

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and John Tyler Bonner

Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D'Arcy Thompson's classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical ... ....

Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare

How Evolution Shapes Our Loves and Fears

Gordon H Orians

Our breath catches and we jump in fear at the sight of a snake. We pause and marvel at the sublime beauty of a sunrise. These reactions are no accident; in fact, many of our human responses to nature are steeped in our deep evolutionary ... ....

Survival of the Nicest

How Altruism Made Us Human and Why It Pays to Get Along

Stefan Klein

This revelatory tour de force by an acclaimed and internationally bestselling science writer upends our understanding of survival of the fittest and invites us all to think and act more altruistically The future belongs to the altruists. ....

The Evolution of Mammalian Sociality in an Ecological Perspective

Clara B Jones

This brief discusses factors associated with group formation, group maintenance, group population structure, and other events and processes (e.g., physiology, behavior) related to mammalian social evolution. Within- and between-lineages ... ....

Essentials of Ecology

Scott Spoolman and Jr.,G Tyler Miller

"Inspiring people to care about the planet." In the new edition of Essentials of Ecology, authors Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman have partnered with the National Geographic Society to develop a text designed to equip ... ....

The Monkey's Voyage

How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life

Alan de Queiroz

In the vein of John McPhee's Annals of the Former World, this is a lyrical narrative describing a new theory of how species dispersal occurred through ocean crossings. Throughout the Southern Hemisphere, closely related species are found ... ....

Ecologie et Conservation d'une Steppe Mediterraneenne

La Plaine de Crau

Laurent Tatin, Axel Wolff, Jean Boutin, Etienne Colliot and Thierry Dutoit

La Crau, a 60 000 hectare floodplain located between the Camargue and the Alpilles, is a model of Mediterranean steppes and a unique ecosystem in France. Through a variety of topics (ecology of animal populations, impacts of climate change ... ....

Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem

Gene E Likens

The goal of this Third Edition is to update long-term data presented in earlier editions and to generate new syntheses and conclusions about the biogeochemistry of the Hubbard Brook Valley based on these longer-term data. There have been ... ....

Classification System for Wetlands and Other Aquatic Ecosystems in South Africa

User Manual: Inland Systems

Dean Ollis, Kate Snaddon, Nancy Job and Namhla Mbona

This user manual (compiled by the Freshwater Consulting Group) aims to provide user-friendly guidance for application of the classification system to inland aquatic ecosystems of South Africa.

Climate Change and United States Forests

David Peterson, James M Vose and Toral Patel-Weynand

Climate Change and United States Forests offers a scientific assessment of the effects of climatic variability and change on forest resources in the United States. Derived from a report that provides technical input to the 2013 ... ....

Collaborative Governance of Tropical Landscapes

Carol J Pierce Colfer and Jean-Laurent Pfund

Collaborative Governance of Tropical Landscapes provides a novel approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests and protected areas. It focuses attention at ... ....

Degraded Forests in Eastern Africa

Management and Restoration

Frans Bongers and Timm Tennigkeit

Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributing to ... ....

Deltas: Landforms, Ecosystems and Human Activities

Gordon Young and Gerardo ME Perillo

Deltas are environmental and economic hot spots, occupy about 1% of the global land surface, are home to some 500 million people and often are vibrant ecosystems. Deltas pose great challenges, whether marine or lacustrine as regions of ... ....

Economic Incentives for Marine and Coastal Conservation

Prospects, Challenges and Policy Implications

Essam Yassin Mohammed, Ussif Rashid Sumaila and Camilla Toulmin

Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional 'ecosystem services', from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection ... ....

Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere

Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F Huttl, Bernd Uwe Schneider, Joachim von Braun and K Topfer

Ecological functions and human wellbeing depend on ecosystem services. Among the ecosystem services are provisional (food, feed, fuel, fiber), regulating (carbon sequestration, waste recycling, water cleansing), cultural (aesthetic, ... ....

European Wood-Pastures in Transition

A Social-Ecological Approach

Tibor Hartel and Tobias Plieninger

Wood-pastures are important elements of European cultural identity and have an exceptional ecological value, yet they are in decline all over Europe. The structure of wood-pastures is strongly influenced by grazing and multiple other ... ....

Forests and Climate Change

The Social Dimensions of REDD in Latin America

Anthony Hall

Controlling deforestation, which is responsible for about one-fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, has become a major tool in the battle against global warming. An important new international initiative ...

Forests, People and Power

The Political Ecology of Reform in South Asia

Oliver Springate-Baginski and Piers Blaikie

In recent decades `participatory' approaches to forest management have been introduced around the world. Forests, People and Power assesses their implementation in the highly politicized environments of India and Nepal. ....

Lessons from Forest Decentralization

Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific

Carol J Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal and Doris Capistrano

The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. Fresh research from a host of Asia-Pacific countries presents ... ....

Modeling of Land-Use and Ecological Dynamics

Dan Czamanski, Itzhak Benenson and Dan Malkinson

As cities are rapidly expanding and encroaching into agricultural and natural areas, a question of primary concern is how this expansion affects surrounding agriculture and natural landscapes.

Over-Exploitation of Forests

A Case Study from North East India

Anup Saikia

North-east India is a global biodiversity hotspot but a quite understudied area. Forest loss has always been problematic in the area. Using Landsat satellite data from three periods (70s, 80s/90s and 2010s), forest loss is assessed in ... ....

Patterns of Land Degradation in Drylands

Understanding Self-Organised Ecogeomorphic Systems

Eva Nora Mueller, John Wainwright, Anthony J Parsons and Laura Turnbull

Land degradation in drylands is a multi-faceted problem. Consequently, current management approaches that attempt to mitigate such land degradation often fail to produce significant improvements. The processes associated with land degradation ... ....

Pedodiversity

Juan Jose Ibanez and James G Bockheim

Soil diversity (pedodiversity) is part of our natural and cultural heritage. The preservation of the pedosphere is essential for the protection of the biosphere and the Earth's systems, the regulation of climate, and for world food ... ....

Revisiting Experimental Catchment Studies in Forest Hydrology

Ashley A Webb

Most of what we know about the hydrological role of forests is based on paired catchment experiments whereby two neighbouring forested catchments are jointly monitored during a calibration period of several years, after which one of the ... ....

Second Growth

The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation

Robin L Chazdon

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these "pristine" ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. ....

Shallow Subterranean Habitats

Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation

David C Culver and Tanja Pipan

Shallow subterranean habitats (SSHs) are areas of habitable space that are less than 10 m in depth from the surface. These range from large areas such as shallow caves and lava tubes, to tiny areas such as cracks in ceilings, or spaces ... ....

The Carpathians: Integrating Nature and Society Towards Sustainability

Jacek Kozak, Katarzyna Ostapowicz, Andrzej Bytnerowicz and Bartlomiej Wyzga

The Carpathians are a distinct mountain chain in the core of Central and Eastern Europe holding valuable biological resources and a rich cultural heritage. The last twenty years have witnessed an increasing awareness of the Carpathians ... ....

The Decentralization of Forest Governance

Politics, Economics and the Fight for Control of Forests in Indonesian Borneo

Moira Moeliono, Eva Wollenberg and Godwin Limberg

This powerful new book from leading experts provides an in-depth account of how trends towards increased local governance are shifting control over natural resource management from the state to local societies, and the implications of the ... ....

The Dry Forests and Woodlands of Africa

Managing for Products and Services

Emmanuel N Chidumayo and Davison J Gumbo

The dry forests and woodlands of Sub-Saharan Africa are major ecosystems, with a broad range of strong economic and cultural incentives for keeping them intact. However, few people are aware of their importance, compared to tropical rainforests ... ....

The Soil Will Save Us

How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet

Kristin Ohlson

Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices – and, especially, modern industrial agriculture – have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world's soils. That carbon is now floating in the ... ....

Urban Ecosystems

Understanding the Human Environment

Robert A Francis and Michael A Chadwick

With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment. Consisting of green space and the built environment, they harbour a wide range of ... ....

Wetland Restoration Project

Shanghai Dalian Lake Mode

Shuqing An and Limin Wang

Wetland Restoration Project: Shanghai Dalian Lake Mode introduces the whole Shanghai DaLian wetland restoration project, including the background investigation of the wetland, the overall planning of wetland restoration, its ... ....

Attracting Wildlife to Your Backyard

Month-by-Month Projects for Family Fun

Marcus Schneck

Make your backyard the best little wildlife sanctuary on the block. There are many ways to attract birds and butterflies to your backyard – and a lot of them work, giving us all a chance to enjoy these beautiful, coveted ... ....

Biodiversity in the Marine Environment

Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf and Jacques Weber

The oceans cover over 70% of our planet. They are host to a biodiversity of tremendous wealth. Its preservation is now a global priority featuring in several international conventions and a confirmed objective of European policies and ... ....

Biological Diversity

Origin, Evolution and Conservation

Arun K Sharma, Debal Ray and Soumyendra Nath Ghosh

Biological Diversity appears at a time when convergence of a multitude of events has generated enormous interest in conservation of biodiversity. The main feature that distinguishes this book from similar ones is its coverage of ... ....

Dilemmas in Animal Welfare

Michael C Appleby, Peter Sandoe and Daniel M Weary

There are endless on-going debates in animal welfare. Dilemmas in Animal Welfare seeks to distil some of the major themes of current debate into one volume edited by internationally known names in the field of animal welfare. ....

Farmland Conservation

Evidence for the Effects of Interventions

Lynn V Dicks

This synopsis covers evidence for the effects of conservation interventions for native farmland wildlife. It is restricted to evidence captured on the website www.conservationevidence.com. It includes papers published in the journal ... ....

Large Carnivore Conservation

Integrating Science and Policy in the North American West

Susan G Clark and Murray B Rutherford

Drawing on six case studies of wolf, grizzly bear, and mountain lion conservation in habitats stretching from the Yukon to Arizona, Large Carnivore Conservation argues that conserving and coexisting with large carnivores is as ... ....

Making Garden Meadows

How to Create a Natural Haven for Wildlife

Jenny Steel

If you have ever contemplated a wildflower meadow area in your garden, Making Garden Meadows informs you how to create one and how to look after it to ensure its continued beauty through many years. Illustrated with photographs ... ....

Our Heritage of Wild Nature

A Plea for Organized Nature Conservation

Sir Arthur George Tansley

Sir Arthur George Tansley (1871-1955) was an English botanist who made significant contributions to the development of ecology and the conservation movement. In Our Heritage of Wild Nature, which was first published in 1945 ... ....

Rapid Biological Inventories, Volume 25: Peru: Ere-Campuya-Algodon

Nigel Pitman

In October 2012, an international and multidisciplinary team of experts conducted a rapid social and biological inventory of the Ere, Campuya, and Algodón watersheds of northern Amazonian Peru. Team members working on the social ... ....

Trading to Extinction

Patrick J Brown and Ben Davies

Published to coincide with the Global Summit on illegal wildlife trade to be hosted by David Cameron in London in February 2014, Trading to Extinction is a unique and devastating record of this tragic industry.

Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis: Working Group

Contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will again form the standard scientific reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences, including students and researchers ... ....

Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren

Joseph FC DiMento and Pamela Doughman

Most of us are familiar with the term climate change but few of us understand the science behind it. We don't fully comprehend how climate change will affect us, and for that reason we might not consider it as pressing a concern as ... ....

Encyclopedia of Natural Resources (3-Volume Set)

Yeqiao Wang

Land, air and water are the most precious natural resources that sustain life. The volumes of this encyclopedia provides a suite of the most current state-of-the-art, comprehensive, and authoritative references that cover a broader spectrum ... ....

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review: Volume 52

Roger N Hughes, David Hughes and Philip Smith

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science. This series is consistently among the highest ranking impact factors for the marine biology category of the citation indicated ... ....

Reinventing Eden

The Fate of Nature in Western Culture

Carolyn Merchant

This revised edition of Carolyn's Merchant's classic Reinventing Eden has been updated with a new foreword and afterword. Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture.

The AMS Guide to Climate Change

Robert Henson

Start a web search for "climate change" and the first three suggestions are "facts," "news," and "hoax." The AMS Guide to Climate Change is rooted in the first, up to date on the second ... ....

The Age of Global Warming

A History

Rupert Darwall

Rachel Carson's epoch-creating Silent Spring marked the beginnings of the environmental movement in the 1960s, its 'First Wave' peaking at the 1972 Stockholm Conference. The invention of sustainable development by Barbara Ward, along with ... ....

The Climate Casino

Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World

William Nordhaus

Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there ... ....

The End of Night

Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

Paul Bogard

Streetlamps, neon signs – an ever-present glow that has changed the natural world and adversely affected our health; Paul Bogard illuminates the problems caused by a lack of darkness. We live awash in artificial light.

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 1, Part B

The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles

O Hutzinger

Reprint of a book originally published in 1982.

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 1, Part C

The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles

O Hutzinger

Reprint of a book originally published in 1984.

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 1, Part D

The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles

O Hutzinger

Reprint of a book originally published in 1985.

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 1, Part E

The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles

O Hutzinger

An important purpose of The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry is to aid the understanding of distribution and chemical reaction processes which occur in the environment.

Toxin Toxout

Getting Harmful Chemicals Out of Our Bodies and Our World

Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith

Following the runaway success of their first book, Slow Death by Rubber Duck, two of Canada's leading environmental activists give practical and often surprising advice for removing toxic chemicals from our bodies and homes.

Water and Wastewater Treatment

A Guide for the Nonengineering Professional

Joanne E Drinan and Frank R Spellman

Lauded for its engaging, highly readable style, the best-selling first edition became the premier guide for nonengineers involved in water and wastewater treatment operations.

What's Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It

Paul G Harris

Governments have failed to stem global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases causing climate change. Indeed, climate-changing pollution is increasing globally, and will do so for decades to come without far more aggressive ... ....

Discovering Physical Geography

Alan F Arbogast

Arbogast's Discovering Physical Geography, 3rd Edition provides a comprehensive suite of animations, simulations, and interactivities that help readers comprehend important Earth processes and provide an easy-to-use solution ... ....

Dynamic Earth

An Introduction to Physical Geology

Eric H Christiansen and W Kenneth Hamblin

An up-to-date and comprehensive exploration of how Earth works New technology has permitted us to penetrate deep into the interior of our planet and effectively X-ray its internal structure. With this technology comes an increased awareness ... ....

Environmental Transformations

A Geography of the Anthropocene

Mark Whitehead

From the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, the human impact on the environment is significant and undeniable. These forms of global and local environmental change collectively signal the arrival of a new ... ....

Hydrogeology: Principles and Practice

Kevin Hiscock and Victor Bense

Hydrogeology: Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of hydrogeology to enable the reader to appreciate the significance of groundwater in meeting current and future water resource challenges. ....

Lecture Tutorials in Earth Science

Karen M Kortz and Jessica J Smay

Karen Kortz and Jessica Smay bring their highly successful lecture tutorial approach to this easy-to-implement resource for any introductory earth science module. The brief activities here get students actively involved in the practical ... ....

Math Bytes

Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi, and Other Cool Bits in Computing

Tim Chartier

Math Bytes provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you ... ....

Nature and Numbers

A Mathematical Photo Shooting

Georg Glaeser

Mathematicians with special interest in biology, physics, geography, astronomy, architecture, design, etc., and being prepared to take pictures at any time, might try to answer unusual questions like the followings: What do a zebra, a tiger ... ....

Paysages Vegetaux du Domaine Mediterraneen

Bassin Mediterraneen, Californie, Chili Central, Afrique du Sud, Australie Meridionale

Claude Tassin and Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Contrary to common sense, the Mediterranean environmentis not limited to the geographical area located around the Mediterranean basin. Characterized by hot, dry summers and wet winters, the Mediterranean area marks the transition between ... ....

Seven Elements That Have Changed the World

Iron, Carbon, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Titanium, Silicon

John Browne

With carbon we access heat, light and mobility at the flick of a switch, while silicon enables us to communicate across the globe in an instant. Yet our use of the Earth's mineral resources is not always for the benefit of humankind ... ....

The Cosmic Cocktail

Three Parts Dark Matter

Katherine Freese

The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe – from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars – constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark ... ....

The Three-Minute Outdoorsman

Wild Science from Magnetic Deer to Mumbling Carp

Robert M Zink

There are days when, if we hunt or fish or watch birds, we just want to be alone with our thoughts. Other times, however, contemplating the great outdoors that contains so many unknowns, we may wish to learn about moaning moose ... ....

This is Improbable, Too

Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More WTF Research

Marc Abrahams

Guardian columnist Marc Abrahams collects the odd, imaginative, and amazingly improbable research from around the world. Now he investigates the ins and outs of the very improbable evolutionary innovation that is the human body, uncovering ... ....

A Perfect Moral Storm

The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change

Stephen M Gardiner

Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming catastrophe. In The Perfect Moral Storm, philosopher Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the ... ....

ASHRAE GreenGuide

Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings

ASHRAE

HVAC&R system designers, architects, building owners, building managers and operators, and contractors interested in green building design will all find helpful information in ASHRAE GreenGuide, Fourth Edition.

Aboriginal Knowledge for Economic Development

David Newhouse and Jeff Orr

Aboriginal Knowledge for Economic Development analyzes the benefits, practices and challenges of Mi'kmaw and Maliseet Language Immersion programs, illustrating how these programs provide a solid foundation of worldview ... ....

Accounting for Biodiversity

Michael Jones

'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth. It is essential to the well-being of the planet. There is now a scientific consensus around the current ongoing crisis in biodiversity arising ... ....

Advances in Irrigation Agronomy: Plantation Crops

Mike KV Carr

Irrigation has been used for thousands of years to maximize the performance, efficiency and profitability of crops and it is a science that is constantly evolving. This potential for improved crop yields has never been more important as ... ....

Ask the Beasts

Darwin and the God of Love

Elizabeth A Johnson

For millennia plant and animal species have received little sustained attention as subjects of Christian theology and ethics in their own right. Focused on the human dilemma of sin and redemptive grace, theology has considered the doctrine ... ....

Balancing on a Planet

The Future of Food and Agriculture

David Cleveland

Balancing on a Planet is an interdisciplinary primer on critical thinking and effective action for the future of our global agrifood system, based on an understanding of the system's historical roots. A key component of ... ....

Biofuels from Algae

Ashok Pandey, Duu-Jong Lee, Yusuf Chisti and Carlos Ricardo Soccol

Biofuels from Algae provides in-depth information on basic and applied aspects of biofuels production from algae. It begins with an introduction to the topic, and follows with the basic scientific aspects of algal cultivation and ... ....

Biohydrogen

Ashok Pandey, Jo-Shu Chang, Patrick C Hallenbeck, Christian Larroche and Michael Seibert

Biohydrogen provides in-depth information on basic and applied aspects of biohydrogen production. It begins with an introduction to the topic, and follows with the basic scientific aspects of biohydrogen production, such as the ... ....

By All Means Necessary

How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World

Elizabeth C Economy and Michael Levi

China's spectacular rise over the past three decades is nothing short of monumental, and is one of the most important events in modern history. Its economic growth affects nations around the world, environmentally, politically and ... ....

Dependent Archipelagos in the Law of the Sea

Sophia Kopela

Dependent Archipelagos in the Law of the Sea examines the archipelagic concept in international law of the sea with respect to dependent archipelagos, both coastal and outlying.

Determining the Economic Value of Water

Concepts and Methods

Robert A Young and John B Loomis

Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households, and as a public good such as fisheries habitat, water quality and recreational use. To aid in cost-benefit analysis under conditions where market-determined ... ....

Development and the Environmental Crisis

Red or Green Alternatives

Michael R Redclift

First published in 1984, Michael Redclift's book makes the global environmental crisis a central concern of political economy and its structural causes a central concern of environmentalism. Michael Redclift argues that a close analysis ... ....

Dokmai Garden's Guide to Fruits and Vegetables in Southeast Asian Markets

Eric Danell, Anna Kiss and Martina Stoehrova

Dokmai Garden's Guide to Fruits and Vegetables in Southeast Asian Markets is your companion on visits to markets, restaurants and orchards. In this first volume we have selected 120 species of fruits, vegetables and ... ....

Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering

Clive Hamilton

Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering goes to the heart of the unfolding reality of the twenty-first century: international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have all failed and before the end of the ... ....

Ecofeminism

Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva

This groundbreaking work is still relevant today. Two of Zed's best known authors, argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the ... ....

Ecofeminist Water Ecology

Pamela Odih

The denaturing of environmental sustainability is observably accelerating; and continuously bringing into question the proficiency of capitalism to superintend the proliferating risks of global climate change. Industrial modernization in ... ....

Ecology is Permanent Economy

The Activism and Environmental Philosophy of Sunderlal Bahuguna

George Alfred James

For decades, Sunderlal Bahuguna has been an environmental activist in his native India, well known for his efforts on behalf of the Himalayas and its people. In the 1970s, he was instrumental in the successful Chipko ...

Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community

Karen T Litfin

In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul? And how can we, as individuals, make a difference? To answer these fundamental questions ... ....

Environmental Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty

Committee on Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Board on Population Health and Public Healt

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is one of several federal agencies responsible for protecting Americans against significant risks to human health and the environment. As part of that mission, EPA estimates the nature ... ....

Environmental Ethics

An Overview for the Twenty-first Century

Robin Attfield

In this clear, concise, comprehensively revised and up-to-date introduction to environmental ethics, Robin Attfield guides the student through the key issues and debates in this field in ways that will also be of interest to a wide range ... ....

Film and Everyday Eco-Disasters

Robin L Murray and Joseph K Heumann

Eco-disasters such as coal-mining accidents, oil spills, and food-borne diseases appear regularly in the news, making them seem nearly commonplace. These ecological crises highlight the continual tensions between human needs and the environment ... ....

Global Energy Dilemmas

Michael Bradshaw

Today's global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform to a low-carbon, efficient and environmentally harmless energy supply. In this rigorous ... ....

Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy

Making and Keeping New Industries in the United States

David J Hass

Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy is the first book to explore the broad implications of the convergence of industrial and environnmental policy in the United States. Under the banner of "green jobs," clean energy in ... ....

Green Consumption

The Global Rise of Eco-Chic

Bart Barendregt, Rivke Jaffe, Richard Wilk and Sharon Zukin

Green lifestyles and ethical consumption have become increasingly popular strategies in moving towards environmentally-friendly societies and combating global poverty. Where previously environmentalists saw excess consumption as central ... ....

Green Criminology (4-Volume Set)

Rob White

Green Criminology embraces a wide and rapidly growing network of researchers and scholars around the world who are actively engaged in the study of environmental crime and ecological justice. Transgressions against humans, eco-systems ... ....

Human Dependence on Nature

How to Help Solve the Environmental Crisis

Haydn Washington and Paul R Ehrlich

Humanity is dependent on Nature to survive, yet our society largely acts as if this is not the case. The energy that powers our very cells, the nutrients that make up our bodies, the ecosystem services that clean our water and air; these ... ....

Is the Environment a Luxury?

An Inquiry into the Relationship Between Environment and Income

Silvia Tiezzi and Chiara Martini

The purpose of this collection of essays is to shed some light on the complex relationship between environmental quality and the distribution of income. Are the preferences of the poor towards a cleaner environment really different from ... ....

Let it Shine

The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy

John Perlin

Unprecedented gas prices, heat waves and droughts, climate change, Solyndra all make alternative sources of energy contemporary areas of activism, controversy, lobbying, and legislation. Yet few know that the ancient Chinese, Greeks, and ... ....

Living in the Environment

Jr.,G Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman

"Inspiring people to care about the planet." In the new edition of Living in the Environment, authors Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman have partnered with the National Geographic Society to develop a text designed to ... ....

Loving Nature, Fearing the State

Environmentalism and Antigovernment Politics Before Reagan

Brian Allen Drake

A "conservative environmental tradition" in America may sound like a contradiction in terms, but as Brian Allen Drake shows in Loving Nature, Fearing the State, right-leaning politicians and activists have shaped American ... ....

Metaphors for Environmental Sustainability

Redefining our Relationship with Nature

Brendon Larson

Scientists turn to metaphors to formulate and explain scientific concepts, but an ill-considered metaphor can lead to social misunderstandings and counterproductive policies, Brendon Larson observes in this stimulating book. He explores ... ....

Natural Saints

How People of Faith are Working to Save God's Earth

Mallory D McDuff and Brian Cole

At La Capilla de Santa Maria, parishioners weatherized their church in an effort to decrease the utility bills that took up a fifth of the annual budget. At Jubilee Community Church, parents and the education coordinator revised the ... ....

Nature's Trust

Environmental Law for a New Ecological Age

Mary Christina Wood

Environmental law has failed us all. As ecosystems collapse across the globe and the climate crisis intensifies, environmental agencies worldwide use their authority to permit the very harm that they are supposed to prevent. Growing numbers ... ....

Nuclear Energy

An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes

Raymond L Murray and Keith E Holbert

Nuclear Energy is one of the most popular texts ever published on basic nuclear physics, systems, and applications of nuclear energy. This newest edition continues the tradition of offering a holistic treatment of everything the ... ....

Open for Business

Conservatives' Opposition to Environmental Regulation

Judith A. Layzer

Since the 1970s, conservative activists have invoked free markets and distrust of the federal government as part of a concerted effort to roll back environmental regulations. They have promoted a powerful antiregulatory storyline to ... ....

Phosphorus, Food, and Our Future

Karl A Wyant, Jessica R Corman and James J Elser

Phosphorus is essential to all life. A critical component of fertilizers, Phosphorus currently has no known substitute in agriculture. Without it, crops cannot grow. With too much of it, waterways are polluted. Across the globe, social ... ....

Religion and Ecology

Developing a Planetary Ethic

Whitney A Bauman

Moving beyond identity politics while continuing to respect diverse entities and concerns, Whitney A. Bauman builds a planetary politics that better responds to the realities of a pluralistic world. Calling attention to the historical ... ....

Restored to Earth

Christianity, Environmental Ethics, and Ecological Restoration

Gretel Van Wieren

Ecological restoration integrates the science and art of repairing ecosystems damaged by human activities. Despite relatively little attention from environmental ethicists, restoration projects continue to gain significance, drawing on ... ....

Rough Guide to Sustainability

A Design Primer

Brian Edwards

This latest edition of Rough Guide to Sustainability remains a simple, no-nonsense reference source for all students and practitioners of sustainability in the built environment. It sets out the broad environmental, professional ... ....

Sediment Problems and Sediment Management in Asian River Basins

Des E Walling

Sediment problems are assuming increasing importance in many Asian river basins and can represent a key impediment to sustainable development. Such problems include accelerated soil erosion, reservoir sedimentation and the wider impact ... ....

Smallholders, Forest Management and Rural Development in the Amazon

Benno Pokorny and Imme Scholz

The ongoing debate concerning the Amazon's crucial role in global climate and biodiversity is entirely dependent upon sustainable development in the region. Recognizing that forests are an integral part of the social fabric in the ... ....

Subjects of the World

Darwin's Rhetoric and the Study of Agency in Nature

Paul Sheldon Davies

Being human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. Efforts to explicate the human mind are thwarted by our cultural biases and entrenched infirmities; our first-person experiences ... ....

Summa Technologiae

Stanislaw Lem and Joanna Zylinska

The Polish writer Stanislaw Lem is best known to English-speaking readers as the author of the 1961 science fiction novel Solaris, adapted into a meditative film by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and remade in 2002 by Steven Soderberg ... ....

Sustainable Event Management

A Practical Guide

Meegan Jones

Gatherings of people for a purpose always have and always will be a part of the human story. Those staging these events have a social and environmental responsibility to manage their impacts and enhance potential their positive lasting ... ....

The Biosphere and the Bioregion

Essential Writings of Peter Berg

Cheryll Glotfelty and Eve Quesnel

Bioregionalism asks us to reimagine ourselves and the places where we live in ecological terms and to harmonize human activities with the natural systems that sustain life. As one of the originators of the concept of bioregionalism ... ....

The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values

Theory and Methods

A Myrick Freeman, Joseph A Herriges and Catherine L Kling

The first edition of this important work was the winner of the 2002 Publication of Enduring Quality award by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The continuing premise for ...

The Politics of Knowledge and Global Biodiversity

Alice BM Vadrot

The establishment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) points to the crucial role attributed to science and knowledge for the successful implementation of biodiversity politics by both scientists ... ....

The Thou of Nature

Religious Naturalism and Reverence for Sentient Life

Donald A Crosby

Humans share the earth with nonhuman animals who are also capable of conscious experience and awareness. Arguing that we should develop an I-thou, not an I-it, relationship with other sentient beings, Donald A. Crosby adds a new perspective ... ....

The World's Water 2013-2014

The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

Peter H Gleick and Ismail Serageldin

Produced biennially, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available ... ....

Thinking Like a Planet

The Land Ethic and the Earth Ethic

J Baird Callicott

Bringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and environmental ethics, J. Baird Callicott counters the narrative of blame and despair that prevails in contemporary discussions of climate ethics and offers a fresh, more optimistic ... ....

To Cook a Continent

Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in Africa

Nnimmo Bassey

People in Africa argue that natural resources are a blessing; it is the way these are plundered and used that can turn them into a curse. The continent has plenty of experience of such plunder. Rich in resources, Africa is a net supplier ... ....

Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

Barry Estabrook

Supermarket produce sections bulging with a year-round supply of perfectly round, bright red-orange tomatoes have become all but a national birthright. But in Tomatoland, which is based on his James Beard Award-winning article ... ....

Understanding Environmental Policy

Steven B Cohen

The first edition of this pragmatic course text emphasized the policy value of a "big picture" approach to the ethical, political, technological and scientific, economic, and management aspects of environmental issues. The text ... ....

Water, Peace, and War

Confronting the Global Water Crisis

Brahma Chellaney

This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life ... ....

Weeds of North America

Richard Dickinson and Francis Royer

What is a weed," opined Emerson, "but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?" While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners ... ....

An Introduction to Statistical Learning

With Applications in R

Gareth James, Trevor J Hastie, Robert J Tibshirani and Daniel Witten

An Introduction to Statistical Learning provides an accessible overview of the field of statistical learning, an essential toolset for making sense of the vast and complex data sets that have emerged in fields ranging from biology ... ....

Spatial Database for GPS Wildlife Tracking Data

A Practical Guide to Creating a Data Management System with PostgreSQL/PostGIS and R

Ferdinando Urbano, Francesca Cagnacci and Ran Nathan

Spatial Database for GPS Wildlife Tracking Data guides animal ecologists, biologists and wildlife and data managers through a step-by-step procedure to build their own advanced software platforms to manage and process wildlife ... ....

Statistics Explained

Perry R Hinton

Statistics Explained is an accessible introduction to statistical concepts and ideas. It makes few assumptions about the reader's statistical knowledge, carefully explaining each step of the analysis and the logic behind it. ....

Atlas of Selected Land Vertebrates of Madagascar

Marie Jeanne Raherilalao and Steven M Goodman

One of the largest islands in the world, Madagascar is home to an astonishing array of endemic vertebrate biodiversity. While recent decades have seen numerous publications on the subject – ranging from technical papers to species ... ....

Curating Biocultural Collections

Jan Salick, Katie Konchar and Mark Nesbitt

Biocultural collections are plants and animals used by people, products made from them, and/or information and archives about them. They are numerous and diverse, including biological specimens, natural products (e.g., medicine, food ... ....

Scientific Style and Format

The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers

The Council of Science Editors (CSE)

For more than fifty years, authors, editors, and publishers in the scientific community have turned to Scientific Style and Format for authoritative recommendations on all matters of writing style and citation. Developed by the ... ....

The Cobbe Cabinet of Curiosities

An Anglo-Irish Countryhouse Museum

Arthur MacGregor

This beautiful book reveals the fascinating history of the cabinet of curiosities belonging to the Cobbe family, who created it around 1750 at Newbridge House (Co. Dublin) and developed it over the following century. Now housed at ... ....

The Graduate Advisor Handbook

A Student-Centered Approach

Bruno M Shore

In the sink-or-swim world of academia, a great graduate advisor can be a lifesaver. But with university budgets shrinking and free time evaporating, advisors often need a mentor themselves to learn how to best support their advisees. ....

The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who 2014

Jennifer Dilworth and Megan Stuart-Jones

The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who 2014 is an invaluable reference source for anyone interested in international affairs or international business. Established as an authoritative reference source on ... ....