A Photographic Guide to Mammals of South-East Asia

Charles M Francis

South-East Asia is one of the richest parts of the world in terms of mammals, with species new to science still being described on a regular basis. A Photographic Guide to the Mammals of South-East Asia provides a comprehensive ... ....

Bats Diversity of Taiwan

Endemic Species Research Institute (Council of Agriculture)

Because of legends, bats are feared by many people. In fact, in Oriental societies, bats represent luck and good fortune. In Taiwan, there are a rich variety of bats with many unique features. Currently, over 30 species are known to thrive on ... ....

Cat Sense

The Feline Enigma Revealed

John Bradshaw

Worshipped as gods, feared as demonic servants, seen as both wild opportunists and beloved companions, cats often seem as unfathomable, enigmatic and magical to us today as they did in ancient times. They have lived with humans for at least ... ....

Entertaining Elephants

Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus

Susan Nance

Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior – drawing on the scientific literature of animal ... ....

Horse Sanctuary

Running Free

Allison Milionis and Karen Tweedy-Holmes

A true horse-lover's book with an inspirational message of caring, Horse Sanctuary features the horses and stories of the most important refuges – from the rugged grasslands of South Dakota where wild mustangs can run ... ....

Mammals of Canada

Tamara Eder and Gregory Kennedy

The mighty polar bear. The plucky beaver. The majestic caribou. These iconic animals are etched in Canada's national consciousness (and on Canada's coins), but they represent only a small fraction of the amazing variety of mammal ... ....

Monkeys, Apes, and Humans

Primatology in Japan

Michael A Huffman, Naofumi Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Go, Hiroo Imai, Masaki Tomonaga and Kiyokazu Agata

Monkeys, Apes, and Humans introduces to the reader unfamiliar with primatology in Japan three research projects representative of the unique multidisciplinary approach carried out by scientists at Kyoto University, the country's ... ....

Polar Bears

Proceedings of the 15th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 June-3 July

Martyn E Obbard, Gregory W Thiemann, Elizabeth Peacock and Terry D Debruyn

These 15th Proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar Arctic. Together with the previous 14 proceedings, they provide an historic record of the international effort in ... ....

Primate Adaptation & Evolution

John G Fleagle

For many years John Fleagle's text on the adaptation and evolution of primates and early hominoid fossils was the the text of choice for teachers and research workers alike. Now, as the only such work in print, this new edition brings ... ....

Wolves in Canada

Erin McCloskey and Lu Carbyn

No one can forget the eerie howl of a wolf penetrating the silent darkness of night; it is the very embodiment of wilderness. For thousands of years in North American Native mythology, the wolf has been a protector and spirit guide and ... ....

A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects

Dominic Mitchell and David Callahan

A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects looks at 100 items that have profoundly shaped how people watched, studied and engaged with the avian world. Each item contains around 500 words on a doublepage spread and include an illustrated ... ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore

Geoffrey WH Davison and Chew Yen Fook

This is a new and fully updated edition of this very popular, compact and easy-to-use bird identification guide. It covers more than 250 species, and each bird description is supported by at least one clear colour photograph.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas

Bikram Grewal and Otto Pfister

This is the new edition of a popular guide and it is fully updated with all the latest names and recently recognised species. The Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range, are a birdwatcher's paradise. Many of its species are ... ....

Australian Bird Names

A Complete Guide

Ian Fraser and Jeannie Gray

Australian Bird Names is aimed at anyone with an interest in birds, words, or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching. It discusses common and scientific names of every Australian bird, to tease out the meanings, which ... ....

Bill Oddie's Introduction to Birdwatching

Bill Oddie

Bill Oddie brings his infectious enthusiasm and inimitable style to this comprehensive introduction for the birdwatching novice. Starting with the basics, Bill Oddie's Introduction to Birdwatching goes on to explore all aspects ... ....

Birds and People

Mark Cocker

There are 10,500 species of bird worldwide and wherever they occur people marvel at their extraordinary beauty and wonder at their powers of flight. We also trap and eat birds of every kind. Today one species, the domestic chicken, is the ... ....

Birds in Cornwall 1998 (Region ALL)

John Chapple, Peter Walsh, Andy Jane and Steve Rogers

Whether you are a keen birdwatcher or just someone who enjoys birds this video is a must. We have visited many sites throughout the county in search of birds, many common and familiar species along with a host of migrants both common and rare. ....

Birds in Cornwall 1998-2007 (Region ALL) (8-Disc Set)

John Chapple

This 8-disc set combines all DVDs released in the Birds in Cornwall series up to 2007 (excluding Birds in Cornwall 2011) at a reduced price (œ59.99 instead of œ93.97 when purchased separately).

Birds in Cornwall 1999 (Region ALL)

John Chapple, Andy Jane and Steve Rogers

1999 started quietly with just a handful of scare vagrants sprinkled around the county during winter and spring. With the arrival of autumn Cornwall and Scilly came into their own. Numerous species from all points of the compass ... ....

Birds in Cornwall 2000 (Region ALL)

John Chapple, Andy Jane and Steve Rogers

Every year the county of Cornwall plays host to a bewildering array of birds, with many passing through whilst on migration. Occasionally some arrive having been blown off course from far away places such as North America and eastern Europe. ....

Birds in Cornwall 2005 (Region ALL)

John Chapple and Steve Rogers

Due to the geographical location of Cornwall, birding in the county is totally unpredictable. Every year has its special moments and the arrival of a rarity or two can make it memorable.

Birds in Cornwall 2006 (Region ALL)

John Chapple and Steve Rogers

Cornwall is not noted for its abundance of breeding species, however, it is renowned for hosting rarities during the migration period. The unexpected arrival of a rarity or two sets a birder's pulse racing.

Birds in Cornwall 2007 (Region ALL)

John Chapple and Steve Rogers

The winter of 2007 brought some totally unexpected visitors to Cornwall. Notably two extremely rare Diver species, Pacific and White-billed. The latter will stay in many a birder's memory, not just for it's rarity status, but for the incredibly ... ....

Birds in Cornwall 2011 (Region ALL) (2-Disc Set)

John Chapple

The winter months produced a few surprises, starting in January with the arrival of eight Bewick's Swans at Stithians Reservoir. Cold weather across the country pushed a sprinkling of Waxwings our way to the delight of the birding ... ....

Birds of Canada

Tyler L Hoar, Ken De Smet, Wayne Campbell and Gregory Kennedy

Canada is home to nearly 500 species of birds. Some species, such as certain warblers, weigh as much as a tea bag and some, such as Bald Eagles and American White Pelicans, are giants in the sky. This comprehensive book includes ... ....

Birds of India

Prakash Dubey and Katie Dubey

A compilation of photographs of Indian birds on the verge of extinction.

Birds of London

Andrew Self

The parks, reservoirs, rooftops and gardens of London – here defined as the area within 20 miles of St Paul's Cathedral – have a surprisingly rich avifauna, including a healthy population of one of Britain's rarest ... ....

Buntings and Sparrows

Clive Byers, Urban Olsson and Jon Curson

Buntings and North American sparrows offer a great identification challenge. Many of the long distance migrants are notable wanderers, with a strong tendency to vagrancy, while others are rare and local. Some of the Asian buntings and ... ....

Ecology of Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii) in the Sierra Nevada, California

Effects of Meadow Characteristics and Weather on Demographics

Heather A Mathewson, Michael L Morrison, Helen L Loffland and Peter F Brussard

Population declines in songbirds are often attributed to regional habitat loss and fragmentation caused by land-use practices, which might be further aggravated by climate change. These concerns are particularly evident in the Intermountain ... ....

Els Voltors a Catalunya / Los Buitres en Catalunya

Antoni Margalida, Diego Garcia and Joan Bertran

This is the first monograph to cover Catalonia's vultures. The principal objective of the work is to offer an exhaustive synthesis of what is known of the ecology, status, distribution, population development, problems and conservation ... ....

Gifts of the Crow

How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

John Marzluff and Tony Angell

Crows are mischievous, playful, social, and passionate. They have brains that are huge for their body size and exhibit an avian kind of eloquence. They mate for life and associate with relatives and neighbors for years. And because they ... ....

Important Bird Areas of Jammu & Kashmir

Priority Sites for Conservation

Asad R Rahmani, M Zafar-ul Islam, Khursheed Ahmad, Intesar Suhail, Pankaj Chandan and Ashfaq Zarri

Important Bird Areas of Jammu & Kashmir is part of a series of books on important bird areas (IBAs) of specific states, which is an extension of ...

Migration Hotspots

The World's Best Bird Migration Sites

Tim Harris

Each spring and autumn hundreds of millions of birds – wildfowl, shorebirds, raptors, and passerines – migrate between higher and lower latitudes, or in some cases between high latitudes in the northern hemisphere and high ... ....

Owls

David Tipling and Jari Peltomaki

Owls command attention; the quintessential emblem of darkness, they evoke strong cultural responses, making their mysterious lives fascinating to us. Northern Europe's 12 species range from the huge great grey, with a round head as ... ....

Rare Birds in Cornwall 2001-2004 - Special Edition (Region ALL) (2-Disc Set)

John Chapple

This double DVD edition covers the rare and scare birds that were found in the county during the years 2001 to 2004.

Rare Birds of the Canary Islands / Aves Raras de las Islas Canarias

Eduardo García-del-Rey and Francisco Javier García Vargas

Rare Birds of the Canary Islands / Aves Raras de las Islas Canarias compiles all official rare bird records, including those presently treated as "rarities" by the Spanish Birds Rarities Committee as well as some added ... ....

The Birds of Durham

Keith Bowey and Mark Newsome

This county avifauna is the result of five years of hard work from a dedicated team of editors and contributors under the auspices of the Durham Bird Club. There are five introductory chapters, but most of the book (865 pages) is taken up ... ....

The Verreaux's Eagles of Roodekrans

Garth Heydenrych and Libby Woodcock

The Verreaux's Eagles of Roodekrans is a photographic tribute to the eagles that have over many years fought for survival in the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden in South Africa. Including over 150 photographs showing ... ....

Amphibians & Reptiles of Indiana

Sherman A Minton

This extensively revised second edition is one of the best state treatments for herps, by one of the foremost authorities. The shaded range maps make it a useful reference for eastern North America. This edition replaces the ...

Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 5/I: Froschlurche (Anura) I

Kurt Grossenbacher

The first volume of the frogs is dedicated to the families Alytidae, Bombinatoridae, Pelodytidae and Pelobatidae. All species are described in detail according to the approved classification scheme of the manual, namely diagnosis ... ....

What Reptile

A Buyer's Guide

Chris Mattison and Philip de St. Croix

In this brilliantly informative new title, compiled by expert Chris Mattison, readers will find instant, impartial advice about nearly 200 varieties of reptile and amphibian, including salamanders and newts, frogs and toads, tortoises and ... ....

Fish Physiology, Volume 32

Euryhaline Fishes

Stephen D Mccormick, Anthony Farrell and Colin Brauner

The need for ion and water homeostasis is common to all life. For fish, ion and water homeostasis is an especially important challenge because they live in direct contact with water and because of the large variation in the salt content ... ....

A Review of Niphadonyx

A High Altitude Weevil Genus of the Himalayas and North-West China (Coleoptera Curculionidae Molytinae)

Massimo Meregalli

A Review of Niphadonyx is an important taxonomic work about the genus Niphadonyx (Curculionidae Molytinae) by prof. Massimo Meregalli of the University of Torino. The work includes the review of the genus based on different ... ....

A World Catalogue of Chironomidae (Diptera), Part 2 (2-Volume Set)

Orthocladiinae

Patrick Ashe and James P O'Connor

Volume 2 deals with the subfamily Orthocladiinae.

Annual Review of Entomology, Volume 58

May R Berenbaum

Volume 58 contains 30 review articles. See the table of contents for details.

Aquatic Entomology

Jill Lancaster and Barbara J Downes

Aquatic insects are the dominant invertebrate fauna in most freshwater ecosystems and figure prominently in the work of a diverse range of researchers, students, and environmental managers. Often employed as indicators of ecosystem health ... ....

Arthropod Biology and Evolution

Molecules, Development, Morphology

Alessandro Minelli, Geoffrey Boxshall and Giuseppe Fusco

More than two thirds of all living organisms described to date belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But their diversity, as measured in terms of species number, is also accompanied by an amazing disparity in terms of body form, developmental ... ....

Build Your Own Beekeeping Equipment

Tony Pisano

Beekeepers keep bees for three reasons: bees are pollinators and their presence increases a garden's productivity; there is a fascination with how they live, collect food and colonise; and they produce honey.

Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico, Part 1

Trachypachidae - Trechini

Yves Bousquet

This publication provides a comprehensive review of the nomenclature and distribution of the Geadephaga of America, north of Mexico. Overall 2439 valid species-group taxa in 208 genera are catalogued along with their synonyms.

Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico, Part 2

Bembidini - Harpalini

Yves Bousquet

This publication provides a comprehensive review of the nomenclature and distribution of the Geadephaga of America, north of Mexico. Overall 2439 valid species-group taxa in 208 genera are catalogued along with their synonyms.

Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico, Part 3

Sphodrini - Pseudomorphini

Yves Bousquet

This publication provides a comprehensive review of the nomenclature and distribution of the Geadephaga of America, north of Mexico. Overall 2439 valid species-group taxa in 208 genera are catalogued along with their synonyms.

Der Kosmos Libellenfuehrer

Alle Arten Mitteleuropas - Extra: Sudeuropaeische Arten

Heiko Bellmann

Dragonflies are among the largest and most beautiful insects. Watching them flit above the water or hover to hunt their prey is a very special sight indeed. This nature guide allows the reader to correctly identify each species and bring ... ....

Dragonflies

Hunting - Identifying - How and Where They Live

Chris G Earley

An illustrated guide to observing, catching and releasing dragonflies. Dragonflies are as fascinating as they are beautiful. In this book Dragonflies, readers will learn how to observe them in the wild and have them hover as ... ....

Dragonflies of Indiana

James R Curry

Including one or more images of all 97 known species of dragonflies, over 250 color photos, and numerous line drawings and range maps, this guide to the dragonflies of mid-continental North America will be a useful companion throughout ... ....

Fauna Helvetica 27: Plecoptera

Verena Lubini, Sandra Knispel and Gilles Vincon

Volume 27 covers the plecoptera, or stoneflies, of Switzerland.

Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 50: Diptera; Syrphidae

Huang Chunmei

Volume 50 covers the dipteran family Syrphidae, the hoverflies.

Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata, Volume 43: Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea (II)

Ren Xianqiu

This is the second volume of Fauna Sinica dealing with the marine gammaridean Amphipoda. It is a continuity of the first volume. In this volume, 198 species belonging to 25 families and 85 genera are given.

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

Ongoing Concerns

Helen Wallace

UK biotech firm Oxitec has developed a strain of the Aedes aegypti mosquito genetically engineered to produce offspring which die prematurely. The company has so far released large numbers of these mosquitoes in Brazil, the Cayman Islands ... ....

Homegrown Honey Bees

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping Your First Year, from Hiving to Honey Harvest

Alethea Morrison

This beginner's guide clearly explains everything you need to know to keep bees successfully, from getting your first bees to harvesting your first crop of honey. Spectacular macro photography brings the inner workings of the hive to ... ....

Il Genere Copris Mueller

Tassonomia, Filogenesi e Note di Zoogeografia

Rita Marchisio and Mario Zunino

Il Genere Copris Müller is an important taxonomic work by the late Rita Marchisio and prof. Mario Zunino of the University of Urbino. The work is a critical analysis of the systematics of the genus ...

Noctuidae of the Russian Altai (Lepidoptera)

Anton V Volynkin and Vladimir S Kononenko

Noctuidae of the Russian Altai presents a review of the 583 species of Noctuidae, that are known from the Russian part of the Altai Mountain Country. Four species and one subspecies are described as new. Two new synonyms and two ... ....

Starfish

Biology and Ecology of the Asteroidea

John M Lawrence

Among the most fascinating animals in the world's oceans are the more than 2,000 species of starfish. Called "Asteroids" by scientists who study them (after their taxonomic name, Asteroidea) – or sea stars in some ... ....

Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees

Malcolm T Sanford and Richard E Bonney

Everyone is buzzing about bees! Urban beekeeping is on the rise as swarms of people do their part to help nurture local food systems, make gardens more productive, connect with nature, and rescue honey bee populations from colony collapse ... ....

All Yesterdays

Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals

John Conway, CM Kosemen, Darren Naish and Scott Hartman

All Yesterdays is a book about the way we see dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Lavishly illustrated with over sixty original artworks, All Yesterdays aims to challenge our notions of how prehistoric animals look ... ....

At the Top of the Grand Staircase

The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah

Alan L. Titus and Mark A. Loewen

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah is the location of one of the best-known terrestrial records for the late Cretaceous. A major effort in the new century has documented over 2,000 new vertebrate fossil sites, provides ... ....

Fundamentals of Tree-Ring Research

James H Speer

Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable bioindicators. Although there are other scientific means of dating ... ....

A Curious Dolphin

Tom Jackson

Follow one dolphin's life cycle, from birth to finding a mate and old age. Learn about the different aspects of the biology of dolphins: how they sense the world, find their food, reproduce and communicate with each other.

A Killer Shark

Tom Jackson

Follow a great white shark's life cycle, from birth to finding a mate and old age. Learn about the different aspects of the biology of sharks: how they sense the world, find their food, reproduce and communicate with each other. ....

Air

Alice Harman and Angela Royston

This simple introduction to air looks at what air is, air and animals, how humans breathe air, air and plants, water in the air, the wind, rising and sinking air, air pollution and wind power. Air includes a quiz and a step-by-step ... ....

Amazing Animals

Inspiring Stories About the Bond Between Humans and Animals

Animals have extraordinary minds capable of exceptional acts of perception, generosity, bravery and kindness. Their connection with humankind gives us a glimpse into their world and their desire to share it with us. Here is a collection ... ....

Amazing Snakes

Barbara Taylor

Exploring Nature: Amazing Snakes is an exciting insight into the weird and wonderful world of snakes and how they live, with 190 pictures. It offers in-depth coverage of all aspects of how snakes live and behave ...

Animal Trials

Edward Payson Evans

Can an animal commit a crime? For hundreds of years until the mid-nineteenth century, trying an animal in a court of law and sentencing it to imprisonment or death was a common practice in Europe. This became the subject of a pioneering ... ....

Are Trees Alive?

Debbie Miller and Stacey Schuett

"Are trees alive? How do they breathe? They don't have noses." And so begins a conversation between the author and her daughter that leads to a remarkable discovery: Trees are like children in so many ways!

Astonishing Animals

Record Breakers

Anita Ganeri and Fiammetta Dogi

Astonishing Animals kicks off a brand new series of non-fiction titles combining solid learning with funky design, attractive artwork and lift-the flaps throughout. Astonishing Animals is filled to the ...

British Birds

A Photographic Guide

Victoria Munson, Nick Williams and Dereen Taylor

British Birds introduces more than 50 of the most common birds found in Britain today. There are full descriptions of the birds, along with their scientific name, size, family and habitat. Full colour photographs will help with ... ....

British Mammals

A Photographic Guide

Victoria Munson and Liz Gogerly

British Mammals introduces 50 of the most common mammals found in Britain today. There are full descriptions of the scientific name, size, food and habitat of each animal. Full colour photographs will help with easy identification ... ....

Bugs Galore

Peter Stein and Bob Staake

From the inspired team behind Cars Galore comes a new read-aloud romp buzzing with non-stop rhymes and swarming with comical retro illustrations. Bugs, bugs, BUGS galore creep, slither, stink and squirm; scurry, fly-ewww, a worm ... ....

Bumblebee

Ruth Thomson

This book follows the life cycle of a bumblebee, from the queen laying eggs in the nest to worker bees collecting nectar for grubs.

Car-Sized Crabs and Other Animal Giants

Anna Claybourne

From gangly giraffes to terrifying tarantulas, meet all the biggest beasts the animal kingdom has to offer. Did you know a crab can grow to the size of a car? Or that an angry elephant can charge at a mighty speed of 40 km per hour? ....

Caterpillars

Find - Identify - Raise Your Own

Chris G Earley

An illustrated guide to holding, caring for and identifying caterpillars. Creatures that can turn from a caterpillar into a butterfly or a moth fascinate everyone. But there are many other interesting things to observe in the world of the ... ....

Chicken

Ruth Thomson

Chicken follows the life cycle of a chicken, from laying eggs to hatching, nurturing them and teaching them how to find food and shelter. The book shows the chick at each stage of its life. Questions and facts encourage the ... ....

Colours of Nature

Botanical Painting

Sandrine Maugy

Colours of Nature: Botanical Painting is the perfect companion for anyone who is puzzled by the seemingly unpredictable behaviour of the paints on their palette, as well as those who would like their watercolour paintings to look ... ....

Consolations of the Forest

Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga

Sylvain Tesson

In Consolations of the Forest, Sylvain Tesson explains how he found a radical solution to his need for freedom, one as ancient as the experiences of the hermits of old Russia: he decided to lock himself alone in a cabin in the ... ....

Day and Night

Alice Harman and Angela Royston

A colourful explanation for young children to what day and night are. Day and Night covers topics such as light and darkness, sunrise and sunset, day and night around the world, shadows, moon and stars, temperature, animals and ... ....

Draw 50 Birds

The Step-by-step Way to Draw Chickadees, Peacocks, Toucans, Mallards, and Many More of Our Feathered Friends

Lee J Ames and Tony D'Adamo

Draw 50 Birds is suitable for children aged 5 to 11 years old. Draw 50 Birds is targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skills and build a repertoire of subjects, particularly animals. ....

Draw 50 Creepy Crawlies

The Step-by-step Way to Draw Bugs, Slugs, Spiders, Scorpions, Butterflies, and Many More...

Lee J Ames and Ray Burns

Draw 50 Creepy Crawlies is suitable for children aged 5 to 11 years old. It is targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skills and build a repertoire of subjects, particularly animals. Acclaimed author ... ....

Draw 50 Endangered Animals

The Step-by-step Way to Draw Humpback Whales, Giant Pandas, Gorillas, and More Friends We May Lose...

Lee J Ames and Warren Budd

Draw 50 Endangered Animals is suitable for children aged 5 to 11 years old. It is targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skills and build a repertoire of subjects, especially animals.

Everest

Royal Geographical Society

Everest is the RGS' only official publication on the expedition in 2013, marking the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent. It contains the largest assemblage of images ever published in a book solely about the ... ....

Explore the Deadly World of Bugs, Snakes, Spiders, Crocodiles

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

The dramatic lives and conflicts of the world's strangest creatures are shown in 1500 amazing close-up photographs. Explore the Deadly World of Bugs, Snakes, Spiders, Crocodiles is a fascinating guide to the hidden world of ... ....

Extraordinary Animals

Take a Look at the Most Amazing Animals on Earth

Leon Gray

From hagfish to pufferfish, and thorny devils to aye-ayes, Extraordinary Animals explores the wonderful world of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Find out how they bodies have evolved in such peculiar ways to help them ... ....

Extraordinary Bugs

Discover the World's Most Incredible Bugs

Leon Gray

From assassin bugs to bullet ants and vampire moths to ogre-faced spiders, Extraordinary Bugs explores the wonderful world of insects and spiders. Find out how these creatures have evolved in such peculiar ways to help them ... ....

Find Out About Rainforests

With 20 Projects

Jen Green

Find Out About Rainforests comes with 20 projects and more than 250 pictures. You can explore the tallest treetops, reveal the noises of the rainforest canopy, and unveil the secrets of the dark and dank forest floor with this ... ....

Frog

Ruth Thomson

Frog follows the life cycle of a frog, from laying frogspawn in a pond, to developing from tadpoles, into froglets and finally frogs. The book looks at the frog's habitat, threats, what it eats and how it grows.

Gathering

Memoir of a Seed Saver

Diane Ott Whealy

Daughter of Iowa farmers, Missouri homesteader, and mother of five, Diane Ott Whealy never anticipated that one day she would become a leader in a grass-roots movement to preserve our agricultural biodiversity. The love for the land and ... ....

Hoosh

Roast Penguin, Scurvy Day, and Other Stories of Antarctic Cuisine

Jason C Anthony

Antarctica, the last place on Earth, is not famous for its cuisine. Yet it is famous for stories of heroic expeditions in which hunger was the one spice everyone carried. At the dawn of Antarctic cuisine, cooks improvised under inconceivable ... ....

How Dinosaurs Really Work

Alan Snow

Have you ever wondered what colour dinosaurs really were, what they had for breakfast or even whether you could beat one in a running race? You have! Then How Dinosaurs Really Work is the book for you. Crammed full of ... ....

How to Draw & Paint Birds

Learn to Draw a Variety of Amazing Birds Step by Step

Maury Aaseng

Birds are an intriguing subject for artists of all skill levels, and aspiring illustrators and bird enthusiasts alike will find creative inspiration and valuable drawing instruction in How to Draw & Paint Birds.

How to Draw Insects

In Simple Steps

Dandi Palmer

Author Dandi Palmer shows how you just take simple shapes and build them up in clear stages little by little. This visual and practical approach will have you reaching for your drawing tools time and time again.

Incredible Lizards

Mark O'Shea

Exploring Nature: Incredible Lizards helps you discover the astonishing world of chameleons, geckos, iguanas and more, with over 190 pictures. You can explore the extraordinary natural history of lizards. You can learn about the ... ....

Le Piante di Francesco Calzolari

Daniele Zanini

This prestigious work has a great scientific and historical value and is the fruit of a very long labour of World Biodiversity Association member prof. Daniele Zanini who, with Le Piante di Francesco Calzolari, pays homage to ... ....

Orchids in Watercolour

Ann Mortimer

People who want to learn to paint orchids without relying on their drawing skills have everything they need in Orchids in Watercolour. The orchid family is a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with colourful and ... ....

Paul Thurlby's Wildlife

Paul Thurlby

Did you know that crocodiles cry while they eat? Or that polar bears turn green if they stay hot for too long? Or that bees do a dance to speak to each other? See wildlife as you've never seen it before with Paul Thurlby's menage ... ....

Predators: The World's Most Lethal Animals

Steve Backshall

Join Deadly presenter Steve Backshall as he comes face to face with the world's deadliest animals, in a book packed with fascinating facts, killer statistics and stunning photographs. Combined with his own incredible experiences with ... ....

RSPB Spot the Bug

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

Discover nature the fun way, with help from the RSPB. Is your child a budding bug hunter? RSPB Spot the Bug will help your child discover which bug is which, with help from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Rocks and Soil

Alice Harman and Angela Royston

Air is a colourful book which introduces young childre to rocks and soil. Looks at topics such as what's inside the Earth, igneous and sedimentary rocks, types of rock, rocks and minerals, life in the soil, types of soil ... ....

Sharks

Helen Greathead and Tom Connell

Snatching facts from the mouth of Jaws. Sharks features everything young readers need to know about sharks from across the globe, including which are the deadliest, which sharks can see in the dark, and where sharks hunt.

Sunflower

Ruth Thomson

Sunflower follows the life cycle of a sunflower from when its planted, to growing shoots and leaves looking at what it needs to grow. It ends showing the sunflower at the end of summer, showing how the sunflower's seeds can ... ....

Tesla

Inventor of the Electrical Age

W Bernard Carlson

Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed ... ....

The Big, Bad Book of Beasts

The World's Most Curious Creatures

Michael Largo

The first bestsellers ever published were medieval bestiaries, encyclopedias that collected all of human knowledge and myths about animals. Eagles and lions lived in these pages next to imaginary beasts like griffins and sea monsters. ....

The Book of Barely Imagined Beings

A 21st Century Bestiary

Caspar Henderson

From Axolotl to Zebrafish, meet a world of barely imagined beings: real creatures that are often stranger and more astonishing than anything dreamt in the pages of a medieval bestiary. Ranging from the depths of the ocean to the most ... ....

The Dream of the Thylacine

Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks

The Dream of the Thylacine is a lament for a lost species, and a celebration of the Australian landscape. It interposes arresting text and images of the last known thylacine in a concrete cage with sweeping colour paintings of ... ....

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Charles Darwin

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. When this monograph was first published in 1872, there already existed a good deal of thought on facial expression via the study of physiognomy ...

The Life Cycle of a Cat

Ruth Thomson

This book looks at the life cycle of a cat, from kitten to adulthood.

The Life Cycle of a Rose

Ruth Thomson

This book follows the life cycle of a rose from when its planted, to growing shoots, leaves and buds looking at what it needs to grow. Questions and facts encourage the reader to look more closely at the detailed photographs.

The Life Cycle of a Salmon

Ruth Thomson

This book explores the life cycle of a salmon.

The Life Cycle of an Apple

Ruth Thomson

The Life Cycle of An Apple looks at the life cycle of a tree, from a tiny acorn to a mighty oak tree.This book follows the life cycle of a tree, from a tiny acorn, to growing shoots and leaves looking at what it needs to grow. ....

The Odyssey of A Woman Field Scientist

A Story of Passion, Persistence, and Patience

Jean H Langenheim

Here Jean Langenheim presents her odyssey as a woman field scientist, who crossed boundaries of botany, geology, and chemistry in doing ecological studies. The Odyssey of A Woman Field Scientist includes almost two hundred photographs ....

The Wildflowers of a Berwickshire Bard (George Henderson of Chirnside, 1800-1864)

Michaela Braithwaite

The author, a former president of the Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI), has botanised in the Berwickshire and the Scottish borders for over 40 years. Here, he explores and celebrates the wildflowers and the countryside of ... ....

The Year Without Summer

1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History

William K Klingaman and Nicholas P Klingaman

In the tradition of Krakatoa, The World Without Us, and Guns, Germs and Steel comes The Year Without Summer - a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froze-to-death. 1816 was a remarkable year ...

To Touch the Face of God

The Sacred, the Profane, and the American Space Program, 1957-1975

Kendrick Oliver

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth..." In 1968 the world watched as Earth rose over the moonscape, televised from the orbiting Apollo 8 mission capsule. Radioing back to Houston on Christmas Eve, astronauts ... ....

Traveling the 38th Parallel

A Water Line Around the World

Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thrived since the beginning of civilization. It divides North and South Korea, passes through ... ....

Varmints

Helen Ward

Once, the only sounds to be heard were the buzzing of bees in the grass, the murmuring of moles in the earth, and the song of birds in the sky. These warmed the hearts of those who cared to listen – until the others came to fill the ... ....

Water

Alice Harman and Angela Royston

These colourful books look at what water is, covering topics such as water on Earth, ice, the water cycle, rivers, waterfalls and lakes, animals, drinking water, how we use water and water pollution. Includes a true or false quiz and a ... ....

Weather and Seasons

Alice Harman

Weather and Seasons is a colourful introduction for young readers to the weather and seasons. Looks at topics such as the Sun, clouds and rain, snow and ice, wind and storms, spring, summer, autumn and winter. Includes a step-by-step ... ....

Weird Sea Creatures

Erich Hoyt

An illustrated look at the weird and wonderful creatures that live in the very deepest parts of the sea. Humans have always wondered, with a mixture of fear and fascination, what lurks beneath the surface in the depths of the ocean. ....

What's It Like To Be A Bee

Jinny Johnson

What's It Like To Be... A Bee is a perfect introduction to the world of insects and spiders for young readers.

What's It Like To Be An Ant

Jinny Johnson

This is a perfect introduction to the world of insects and spiders for young readers.

Wild Guide - Devon, Cornwall and South West

Hidden Places, Great Adventures and the Good Life (including Somerset and Dorset)

Daniel St, Tania Pascoe and Joanna Tinsley

This compendium of adventures features the best wild places to visit in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, with luscious places to eat and stay and ideas for weekend itineraries. The best secret beaches and wild swimming locations ... ....

Wow! Dinosaur

Lots of Amazing Things About Dinosaurs

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

Everything you want to know, see and find out about Dinosaurs. Explore a visually amazing encyclopedia in Wow! Dinosaur. Crammed full of incredible stuff to dip into, from the skeleton of a Stegosaurus, giant ocean reptiles as ... ....

Bateman Field Guide to Wild New Zealand

Julian Fitter

At last a single field guide that covers New Zealand's plants, birds, insects and animals for visitors and New Zealanders interested in this country's natural history. When author Julian Fitter first visited New Zealand he was ... ....

Biodiversity of South America, 1

Pier Mauro Giachino

Biodiversity of South America is the first volume of the new scientific publication of the World Biodiversity Association Memoirs on Biodiversity: 14 genera, 2 subgenera, 285 species and 3 subspecies, all new to science ... ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tim Clancy

Bosnia and Herzegovina has emerged from the ashes of war to become one of the most exotic destinations of southeast Europe, an ancient crossroads where east meets west. This is the most in-depth travel guide to this mountainous land blessed ... ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Zanzibar

Chris McIntyre and Susan McIntyre

Both evocative and magical, "Zanzibar" offers travellers the quintessential Indian Ocean experience; palm fringed coastlines, powder- white sand, and colourful aquatic life. Passionate about detail, Chris and Susan McIntyre have ... ....

Centering Animals in Latin American History

Writing Animals into Latin American History

Martha Few, Zeb Tortorici and Erica Fudge

Centering Animals in Latin American History writes animals back into the history of colonial and postcolonial Latin America. This collection reveals how interactions between humans and other animals have significantly shaped ... ....

Diving & Snorkelling Guide to Thailand

Frank Schneider

Thailand has a wealth of dive sites for both beginners and experienced divers. Its mixture of corals and rocky reefs promise exciting experiences whatever your level of expertise and some sites, such as Richelieu Rock, Shark Point or ... ....

Down by the Bay

San Francisco's History Between the Tides

Matthew Morse Booker

San Francisco Bay is the largest and most productive estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America. It is also home to the oldest and densest urban settlements in the American West. Focusing on human inhabitation of the Bay since ... ....

Fauna of Tamil Nadu, Part 1

The first part describing the faune found in Tamil Nadu. Part 1 covers, amongst other, mammals and reptiles.

Fauna of Tamil Nadu, Part 2

Zoological Survey of India

Part 2 deals with a host of invertebrate species and fish.

India's Wild Wonders

Rajesh Bedi and Naresh Bedi

India's Wild Wonders captures the essence of the life and work of two India's most celebrated wildlife photographers. It is an anthology that offers a priceless selection of pictures taken over twenty-two years by ... ....

Nature Guide to Atlantic Canada

Erin McCloskey and Gregory Kennedy

Lone Pine Publishing's nature guides historically have been best-sellers, popular for their comprehensive and easy-to-access natural history of a region. Now, Lone Pine Publishing presents the new Nature Guide to Atlantic Canada ... ....

Nature in the Kawarthas

The Peterborough Field Naturalists (PFN)

The Kawarthas are the fertile lands of Southern Ontario that sit astride the Canadian Shield. This is cottage country – a place where people are closer and where children and adults remark on the sightings of animals, birds, and ... ....

Rough Guide: Iceland

David Leffman and James Proctor

Iceland has never been so hot. Let The Rough Guide to Iceland show you the very best this unspoilt country has to offer: from the party capital, Reykjavik, with its white nights and northern lights, to the vast glaciers of the ... ....

Sunderbans

The Mystic Mangrove

Biswajit Roy Chowdhury and Pradeep Vyas

The Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove expanse, are nothing less than a hub for naturalists and scientists – a paradise for nature and wildlife photographers and a wonderland for tourists from all over the world.

The Ancient Pinewoods of Scotland

A Traveller's Guide

Clifton Bain, Darren Rees, Vanessa Collinrgidge and Aubrey Manning

Scattered across the Scottish Highlands are the last surviving remnants of the Caledonian forest which have survived, naturally seeding and growing since the last ice age. Visiting these ancient woods provides an emotional connection to ... ....

The California Naturalist Handbook

Greg de Nevers, Deborah Stanger Edelman and Adina Merenlender

The California Naturalist Handbook provides a fun, science-based introduction to California's natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. It is a hands-on guide to ... ....

The Natural Beauty of Cornwall

Peter Maxted

The Natural Beauty of Cornwall is the ideal companion to help you explore a landscape of quite extraordinary variety. From the wild northern coast to the peaceful estuaries of the south and from the high windswept moors and heaths ... ....

The Secrets of Wild Assam

Anwaruddin Choudhury

Assam occupies an important position on the global biodiversity map. Located in the Indo-Burma and Himalayan biodiversity hotspots, the state has more than 800 species or nearly three-quarters of all the bird diversity in India.

Trees in Anglo-Saxon England

Literature, Lore and Landscape

Delia Hooke

Trees played a particularly important part in the rural economy of Anglo-Saxon England, both for wood and timber and as a wood-pasture resource, with hunting gaining a growing cultural role. But they are also powerful icons in many pre-Christian ... ....

Wild Singapore

Geoffrey Davison, Ria Tan and Benjamin Lee

Wild Singapore starts with a look at Singapore's wild past: its biogeography from before human occupation up to 19th century changes and finishes with a look at the possible future of wildlife in the country. In between, the ... ....

Wildlife Wonders of China

A Pictorial Journey Through the Lens of Conservationalist Xi Zhinong

Xi Zhinong and Shen Cheng

China is a country rich in bio-diversity that boasts gorgeous natural landscapes and wildlife, many unique to its land. Award winning nature photographer Xi Zhinong spent 30 years taking photos along rivers and across mountains, capturing ... ....

100 Plants That Almost Changed the World

Chris Beardshaw

From cars made of carrot to tea-smuggling spies; Popeye's spinach to the hallucinogenic effects of lettuce, in 100 Plants that almost Changed the World renowned garden expert Chris Beardshaw takes us on a journey though history ... ....

A Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops

Freda Cox

Snowdrops are one of the best loved, most popular and widely grown of all bulbous plants. A Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops celebrates their beauty and magical annual resurrection, and describes the twenty known species and ... ....

A Pocket Guide to Plants and Gardening

Elizabeth McCorquodale

A Pocket Guide to Plants & Gardening is a beautifully illustrated, informative reference book, designed to provide ready, simple answers to all the basic questions about plants. This mini encyclopedia takes an illuminating ... ....

Boissiera, Volume 65: Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso

Adjima Thiombiano, Marco Schmidt, Stefan Dressler, Amade Ouedraogo, Karen Hahn and Georg Zizka

Volume 65 catalogues all vascular plants found in Burkino Faso, Africa.In the tradition of Krakatoa, The World Without Us, and Guns, Germs and Steel comes The Year Without Summer - a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froz ....

Botanica Magnifica

Portraits of the World's Most Extraordinary Flowers and Plants

Jonathan M Singer, W John Kress and Marc Hachadourian

Botanica Magnifica features two hundred and fifty stunning photographs by Hasselblad Laureate-winner Jonathan Singer. Inspired by the size and scope of Audubon's Birds of America, the original edition of ... ....

Cannabis

Evolution and Ethnobotany

Robert C Clarke and Mark D Merlin

Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the development of human societies. ....

Caper

The Genus Capparis

Ephraim Philip Lansky and Helena Maaria Paavilainen

This book covers the use of the caper bush, its fruit and its flowers as a culinary article of economic importance from ancient times to current applications. The text explores the particular role of this bush in mythological and religious ... ....

Culture and Horticulture

The Classic Guide to Biodynamic and Organic Gardening

Various studies have shown time and again that small organic farms and home gardens are capable of producing more food per acre with less fossil energy than large-scale commercial agricultural installations dependent on machines and ... ....

Culture and Horticulture

The Classic Guide to Biodynamic and Organic Gardening

Various studies have shown time and again that small organic farms and home gardens are capable of producing more food per acre with less fossil energy than large-scale commercial agricultural installations dependent on machines and ... ....

Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation, Volume 9: Sp-Z

W Rodger Elliot and David L Jones

This ninth volume of the Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation sees the completion of a project that has been thirty years in the making. The result of exhaustive research through scientific and semi-scientific ... ....

Fern Flora of Taiwan: Athyrium

Yea-Chen Liu, Wen-Liang Chiou and Ho-Yih Liu

Fern Flora of Taiwan: Athyrium contains a taxonomic revision of the genus Athyrium in Taiwan. Twenty-four species are described. Illustrations, photographs, and distribution maps were provided herein.

Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes Fasciculos Complementarios, Vol. 28

Epífitas Vasculares del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes

Jacqueline Ceja-Romero, Adolfo Espejo-Serna, Javier García-Cruz and Ana Rosa Lopez-Ferrari

This volume contains a catalogue of vascular epiphytes found in the Bajío, central Mexico, and adjacent regions. Included are a numerical synopsis and groupings of taxa on botanical relation, state and municipal distribution ... ....

Flora del Paraguay: Zygophyllaceae

Ramon A Palacios and María Pía Mom

Volume 43 deals with the Zygophyllaceae.

Flora of Virginia

Alan S Weakley, J Christopher Ludwig and John F Townsend

Foundation of the Flora of Virginia Project Inc. and Botanical Research Institute of Texas Press have collaborated to publish the Flora of Virginia, the first formal update to the state's flora since 1762.

Flore du Cameroun: Volume 34

Orchidacees

Volume is the first of three volumes dealing with the orchids.

Flore du Cameroun: Volume 35

Orchidacees II

Volume 35 is the second volume dealing with the orchids.

Flore du Cameroun: Volume 36

Orchidacees III

Volume 36 is the third and last volume to deal with the orchids.

Flore du Cameroun: Volume 37

Dichapetalacees

Volume 37 deals with the family Dichapetalaceae, a family of flowering plants consisting of 3 genera and about 165 species. Members of this family are trees, shrubs or lianas found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

Flowering Plants of Africa, Volume 59: Plates 2201-2220

Gillian Condy, Sandie Burrows and Andrew Kamiti

This issue includes a new combination and new status of Hibiscus, a cliff-dwelling species of Aloe from Namibia, an Ixia with glorious sprays of bright sea-green flowers, four members of the orchid family and ... ....

Flowering Plants of Africa, Volume 60: Plates 2221-2240

Gillian Condy, Tamlin Blake, Angela Beaumont, Auriol Batten, Elsa Pooley and Sibonelo Chiliza

This issue includes, among others, a new species of Hypoxis and a new subspecies of Ledebouria ovatifolia, an Ornithogalum from sheer cliff faces in the Eastern Cape, a beautiful yellow arum lily, two gingers ... ....

Fuchsias

An Illustrated Guide to Varieties, Cultivation and Care, with Step-by-step Instructions and More Than 130 Beautiful Phot

Andrew Mikolajski

Fuchsias is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and more than 130 beautiful photographs. It offers everything you need to know about fuchsias at a glance in one handy practical ... ....

Glomeromycota

Janusz Blaszkowski

Recognition of species is fundamental to understanding how diversity affects ecosystem processes. Soil microorganisms having a worldwide distribution, and coexisting in a symbiotic association with ca. 70–90% of vascular land plant ... ....

Hostas

An Illustrated Guide to Varieties, Cultivation and Care, with Step-by-step Instructions and More Than 130 Beautiful Phot

Andrew Mikolajski

Hostas is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and more than 130 beautiful photographs. Everything you need to know about hostas at a glance in one handy practical gardening guide ... ....

Icones Filicum Sinicarum

Qin Renchang

Icones Filicum Sinicarum (Fascicle 1-5) by Professor Ren-Chang Ching is well known as one of the early authoritative taxonomic works on Chinese ferns. Its publication spanned 28 years from the first Fascicle published in 1930 ... ....

Manual of Montana Vascular Plants

Peter Lesica, Matt Lavin, Peter F Stickney, Debbie McNiel, Rich Adams and Claire Emery

Montana is the fourth largest state in the United States. It includes portions of the Northern Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. The vegetation of Montana is diverse, due primarily to the size of the state and its great topographic ... ....

Momordica Genus in Asia - an Overview

LK Bharathi and K Joseph John

Asiatic Momordica comprises 10 species of which 3 are monoecious and rest dioecious. They are unique in the sense that all are wild or cultivated vegetables with medicinal uses. Barring bitter gourd, all are under utilized vegetation ... ....

Mushrooming with Confidence

A Guide to Collecting Edible and Tasty Mushrooms

Alexander Schwab

There are thousands of different species of fungi, so it can be hard to tell which are edible and which are poisonous when you are picking them for yourself in the wild. Safe and unsafe species often closely resemble each other, and ... ....

Old Roses

An Illustrated Guide to Varieties, Cultivation and Care, with Step-by-step Instructions and Over 120 Beautiful Photograp

Andrew Mikolajski

Old Roses is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and over 120 beautiful photographs. It offers everything you need to know at a glance in one handy and sumptuously illustrated ... ....

Orchids of Indiana

Michael A Homoya

All forty-three of the orchids currently growing in Indiana are presented in this handsome volume. Each species account contains a detailed description of the orchid and includes color photographs and range maps for both the state and the ... ....

RHS A Gardener's Five Year Record Book

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)

Gardeners know how helpful it is to be aware of what is happening in the garden from year to year - what germinates, flowers or fruits and when; how the weather affects flowering and fruiting seasons and harvests; issues with pests and ... ....

Sedges of Indiana and the Adjacent States

The Non-carex Species

Paul E Rothrock

This attractive publication is as relevant to gardeners as it is to natural areas biologists and plant taxonomists.

Seeds of Hope

Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants

Jane Goodall, Gail Hudson and Michael Pollan

In her wise and elegant new book Seeds of Hope, Jane Goodall blends her experience in nature with her enthusiasm for botany to give readers a deeper understanding of the world around us. Long before her work with chimpanzees ... ....

Spores of Polypodiales (Filicales) from China

Wang Quanxi and Dai Xiling

This book catalogues spores from Polypodiales, a major lineage of polypod ferns, as found in China.

Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and Neighbouring Islands

JP Roux

This is a modern account of the lycopod and fern diversity of the region and an essential tool for any future taxonomic or biogeographical study of its flora. Family and generic, as well as species and subspecific names are arranged ... ....

The Sunflower Family in the Upper Midwest

A Photographic Guide to the Asteraceae in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

Thomas M Antonio and Susanne Masi

This beautiful book features 544 photos as well as range maps for each of the 150 treated species. The maps cover the six states of the upper Midwest with species arranged alphabetically by flower colour and floret type. Several habitats ... ....

Water Plants

An Illustrated Guide to Varieties, Cultivation and Care, with Step-by-step Instructions and Over 110 Beautiful Photograp

Andrew Mikolajski

Water Plants is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and over 110 beautiful photographs. Everything you need to know at a glance in one handy and beautifully illustrated practical ... ....

Biological Science (International Edition plus MasteringBiology with Etext -- Access Card Package)

Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin and Lizabeth Allison

Supports and motivates you as you learn to think scientifically and use the skills of a biologist. Scott Freeman's Biological Science is beloved for its Socratic narrative style, its emphasis on experimental evidence, and its ... ....

Control of Gonadal Development

R Jiminez

This is a reprint of: Sexual Development 2013, Vol. 7, No. 1-3 Sex determination, the mechanism by which embryos are committed to develop as either males or females, has been the subject of intense research during the ... ....

Epigenetics, Environment, and Genes

Epigenetics refers to DNA and chromatin modifications that play an important role in the regulation of various genomic functions. This important book reviews human and cellular data that underline paradoxical findings with respect to the ... ....

Genetics of Bacteria

Sheela Srivastava

Described as the earliest, simplest life forms, with unlimited metabolic versatility, bacteria are ideally suited to answer some very fundamental questions on life and its processes. They have been employed in almost all fields of biology ... ....

Marine Microbiology

Bioactive Compounds and Biotechnological Applications

Se-Kwon Kim

Deliberately breaking with the classical biology-centered description of marine organisms and their products, Marine Microbiology emphasizes microbial technology over basic biology, setting it apart from its predecessors.

Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Modern Biology

Using Modern Discrete Models

Raina Stefanova Robeva and Terrell Hodge

Arising from current scientific publications and on-going investigations by leading researchers Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Modern Biology is an essential resource to anyone needing to better understand the interdisciplinary ... ....

Molecular Biology of the Gene (International Edition)

James D Watson, Tania A Baker, Stephen P Bell, Alexander AF Gann, Michael Levine and Richar Losick

Now completely up-to-date with the latest research advances, the Seventh Edition of James D. Watson's classic book, Molecular Biology of the Gene retains the distinctive character of earlier editions that has made it the most ... ....

Social Learning

An Introduction to Mechanisms, Methods, and Models

William Hoppitt and Kevin N Laland

Many animals, including humans, acquire valuable skills and knowledge by copying others. Scientists refer to this as social learning. It is one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of behavioral research and sits at the ... ....

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

Robert S Porter

The Merck Manual is one of the world's most trusted medical references and the 19th Edition (2011) is more comprehensive than ever before! First published in 1899, The Manual is one of the most compact, concise and complete ... ....

Veterinary Epidemiologic Research

Ian Dohoo, Wayne Martin and Henrik Stryhn

Veterinary Epidemiologic Research is a comprehensive text covering the key principles and methods used in veterinary epidemiologic research. It is written primarily for researchers and graduate students in veterinary epidemiology ... ....

Biology of Aging

Roger B McDonald

Biology of Aging presents the biological principles that have led to a new understanding of the causes of aging and longevity and describes how these basic principles help one to understand the uniquely human experience of biology ... ....

Evolution and Medicine

Robert Perlman

Physicians and scientists are increasingly recognising the importance of an evolutionary perspective in studying the aetiology, prevention, and treatment of human disease. The increasing prominence of genetics in medicine is further .. ....

Evolution: A View from the 21st Century

James A Shapiro

James A. Shapiro proposes an important new paradigm for understanding biological evolution, the core organizing principle of biology. Shapiro introduces crucial new molecular evidence that tests the conventional scientific view of evolution ... ....

Evolutionary Linguistics

April McMahon and Robert McMahon

How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals, and what has happened since? Evolutionary Linguistics provides ... ....

How Language Began

Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution

David McNeill

Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved ... ....

Macroevolution in Deep Time

Rituparna Bose and Alexander J Bartholomew

The prerequisite to investigating the underlying causes behind mass extinction is a profound understanding of the evolutionary history of both living and dead species. It is especially important to appreciate the significance of such ... ....

Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice

The Evolution of Human Mating Behavior

Meneloas Apostolou

Parents often disagree with their children over their choice of partner. Although the reasons may vary the outcome is very often one of conflict – a conflict peculiar to the human species. For the first time in one volume ... ....

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought

Michael Ruse

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin. With more than sixty essays written by an international ... ....

The Cambridge Handbook of Biolinguistics

Cedric Boeckx and Kleanthes K Grohmann

Biolinguistics involves the study of language from a broad perspective that embraces natural sciences, helping us better to understand the fundamentals of the faculty of language. The Cambridge Handbook of Biolinguistics offers ... ....

The Evolutionary Emergence of Language

Evidence and Inference

Rudolf Botha and Martin Everaert

The Evolutionary Emergence of Language presents new and stimulating approaches to the study of language evolution and considers their implications for future research. Leading scholars from linguistics, primatology, anthroplogy ... ....

The Hunter-Gatherer Within: Health and the Natural Human Diet

Science-based Eating to Match Our Genetics and Evolution

Kerry G Brock and Jr.,George M Diggs

What is the healthiest diet to eat? Why do diets almost always fail? Why do we have a crisis of obesity, diabetes, and other health problems in the U.S. today? Why are even children becoming obese and unhealthy? The answers can be found ... ....

Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution (2-Volume Set)

Bernard Wood and Francisco J Ayala

This reprint of Bernard Wood's best-selling 2-volume encyclopedia is now available as a single-volume paperback. It is ideal for grad students and individual researchers wanting to purchase their own desk copy of this comprehensive ... ....

Species Diversity and Community Structure

Novel Patterns and Processes in Plants, Insects, and Fungi

T Sota, H Kagata, Y Ando, S Utsumi, T Osono and Peter Fraser

Species Diversity and Community Structure introduces recent progress in the study of species diversity and community structures in terrestrial organisms conducted by three groups at Kyoto University. First, it explains species ... ....

The Subterranean Environment / L'Ambiente Sotterraneo

Hypogean Life, Concepts and Collecting Techniques / Vita Ipogea, Concetti e Tecniche di Raccolta

Pier Mauro Giachino and Dante Vailati

In The Subterranean Environment the authors review the structure of an ecosystem and of its epigean and hypogean parts, defining uniquely some physical, chemical, and climatic constituents that are fundamental for understanding ... ....

Urban Ecosystems

Ecological Principles for the Built Environment

Fred Adler and Colby Tanner

As humans have come to dominate the earth, the ideal of studying and teaching ecology in pristine ecosystems has become impossible to achieve. Our planet is now a mosaic of ecosystems ranging from the relatively undisturbed to the completely ... ....

Biodiversity, Ecology and Streams of North East India

Laishram Kosygin

Rivers have been very useful to men in all parts of the earth from time immemorial. They provide water to slake the thirst of men, to supply water for domestic purposes, to fertilize their lands for agricultural purposes, to generate ... ....

Cities

An Environmental History

Ian Douglas

Cities are amongst our greatest creations. Yet at the start of the twenty-first century there is increasing concern over their unchecked expansion and the detrimental effect this is having on the planet, as induced climate change and ... ....

Forests for the People

The Story of America's Eastern National Forests

Christopher Johnson and David Govatski

At the turn of the twentieth century, widespread clearcutting resulted in ecological ruin and devastating fires in America's Eastern forests. A coalition of citizens, organisations, and business and political leaders fought against ... ....

Phytosociology of the Beech (Fagus) Forests in East Asia

T Hukusima, T Matsui, T Nishio, Sandro Pignatti, L Yang, S-Y Lu, M-H Kim, M Yoshikawa, H Honma and Wan

Phytosociology of the Beech (Fagus) Forests in East Asia describes the mountain forests of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan), the tree layers of which contain different species of the genus Fagus. ....

A Less Green and Pleasant Land

Our Threatened Wildlife

Norman MacLean and Chris Packham

Disentangling the facts from the hype, this 'Domesday book' of the British and Irish countryside offers a definitive and up-to-date survey of the state of our wildlife today. Norman Maclean, editor of the bestselling Silent Summer ... ....

Biodiversity Conservation and Wildlife Tourism

Taj Rawat

Biodiversity Conservation and Wildlife Tourism looks at conservation of biodiversity, both from an Indian and worldwide perspective, and shows the contributions of wildlife and wilderness tourism both worldwide and in India to ... ....

Conservation and Environmental Management in Madagascar

Ivan Scales and Barry Ferguson

Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland. More than 80% of its species are not found anywhere else on Earth. However, this highly diverse ... ....

Essential Readings in Wildlife Management and Conservation

Paul R Krausman and Bruce D Leopold

Prepared by two of the leading figures in wildlife biology, Essential Readings in Wildlife Management and Conservation gathers in one volume the most influential articles published in the field. Paul R. Krausman and Bruce D. Leo ... ....

Principles of Conservation Biology

Martha J Groom, Gary K Meffe and C Ronald Carroll

This edition is a revision of the most comprehensive textbook on conservation biology. Written by leading experts, it is intended for use in conservation biology courses at undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as by researchers and ... ....

The Cardomom Conundrum

Reconciling Development and Conservation in the Kingdom of Cambodia

Timothy J Killeen

The word "conundrum" describes a puzzle whose solution also requires the resolution of a paradox. In this instance, the paradox starts with two widely held and conflicting assumptions: the pathway to a modern economy can be achieved ... ....

The Diversity of Life on Earth

From Heritage to Extinction

Sylvain Richer de Forges and Peter KL Ng

Biodiversity is still, even in the 21st century following the legacy of the work of great scientists and breakthrough discoveries, not well understood by the general public and decision makers. Indeed, we still do not seem to have understood ... ....

Zoo Animals

Behaviour, Management and Welfare

Geoff Hosey, Vicky Melfi and Sheila Pankhurst

The keeping of zoo animals has become a central tool in the conservation of some of the world's most fascinating, yet threatened, species. But how do zoos operate on a day-to-day basis? What are the key problems they face in trying ... ....

A Great Aridness

Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest

William deBuys

With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the ... ....

Climate Change Archaeology

Building Resilience from Research in the World's Coastal Wetlands

Robert van de Noort

It is beyond doubt that the climate is changing, presenting us with one of the biggest challenges in the twenty-first-century. During the past 150 years, archaeologists have studied the impact of climate change on humanity; however, this ... ....

Climate Change and the Management of Natural Systems in Cameroon

Emmanuel Neba Ndenecho

Climate Change and the Management of Natural Systems in Cameroon emphasises that planning is essential, as the conservation approaches of the past may not work in an ever-changing warmer environment. It appraises current management ... ....

Exposed Science

Genes, the Environment, and the Politics of Population Health

Sara Shostak

We rely on environmental health scientists to document the presence of chemicals where we live, work, and play and to provide an empirical basis for public policy. In the last decades of the 20th century, environmental health scientists ... ....

Geoecology of the Western Arctic Shelf of Russia

Lithological and Ecogeochemical Aspects

Gennady Ivanov

Environmental bottom investigations of the Arctic Shelf are to determine the anthropogenic component and the degree of its impact to biota in the course of the sedimentation process. Hereby, the main focus in ...

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources

Donald L Grebner, Pete Bettinger and Jacek Siry

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources presents a broad overview of the profession of forestry, introducing a number of fields within forestry to intrigue readers and thus stimulate them to seek more information on these ... ....

Madlands

A Journey to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic

Anna Rose

An idealistic twenty-something environmentalist. A retired right-wing finance minister. All their lives, they've happily ignored each other. Until now. Anna Rose, environmental crusader since the age of fourteen and co-founder of the ... ....

Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan

Response and Recovery After Japan's 3/11

Jeff Kingston

The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan plunged the country into a state of crisis. As the nation struggled to recover from a record breaking magnitude 9 earthquake and a tsunami that was as high as thirty-eight meters in some places ... ....

Nuclear War and Enviromental Catastrophe

Noam Chomsky and Laray Polk

"There are two problems for our species' survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe, " says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since ... ....

Soil and Water Contamination

Marcel van der Park

This textbook provides an overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contamination, in such a way that the reader can both understand and predict contaminant patterns in soil, groundwater, and surface water. In contract to ... ....

The Attacking Ocean

The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels

Brian Fagan

The past fifteen thousand years – the entire span of human civilization – have witnessed dramatic sea level changes, which began with rapid global warming at the end of the Ice Age, when sea levels were more than 700 feet below ... ....

The Curve

At last, the very big picture on energy and climate change. Who needs to do what, when and how

Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark

Entertaining and authoritative, The Curve reveals climate change as the most fascinating intellectual, social and political puzzle in human history. It shows that – despite increasingly dire warnings from scientists ... ....

The Future

Al Gore

In The Future, former US Vice President Al Gore, explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades. From demographics to democracy, Gore explores what ... ....

A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos

Mark Thompson

To the beginner, the star-filled night sky can seem mysterious and unfathomable. But with A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos as a guide the awesome nature of the Cosmos is brought down to Earth. Over the course of twelve chapters ... ....

Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales, Volume 1

Tony Waltham and David Lowe

This new book presents a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the caves and karst of the Yorkshire Dales. It is the long-awaited successor to Limestones and Caves of Northwest England, but is hugely expanded because so many more caves ... ....

Collector's Guide to the Beryl Group

Robert J Lauf

Beryl in its many color varieties is a favorite of both mineral collectors and gemologists. Superb examples are found at many locales worldwide, mainly in pegmatites and schists. Other members of the group are prized by species collectors ... ....

Collector's Guide to the Tourmaline Group

Robert J Lauf

Among rock-forming minerals, the colorful tourmaline group is a favorite of both mineral collectors and gemologists. Superb examples are found at many locales worldwide, and in diverse geological settings from pegmatites to schists. ....

Discovery and Classification in Astronomy

Controversy and Consensus

Steven J Dick

Astronomical discovery involves more than detecting something previously unseen. The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006, and the controversy it generated, shows that discovery is a complex and ongoing process ...

Extreme Stars

At the Edge of Creation

James B Kaler

Over the past 200 years, our knowledge of stars has expanded enormously. From seeing myriad dots of different brightnesses, we moved on to measure distances, temperatures, sizes, chemical compositions, even ages, finding stars that dwarf ... ....

Galactic Encounters

Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time's End

William Sheehan, Christopher J Conselice and Julian Baum

The Milky Way galaxy is perhaps the grandest structure of which we are a part (along with the galaxy of neurons which is the human brain itself). Long perceived as the milky path across the night-sky and first revealed, in all its beauty ... ....

Gems

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

From red beryls to rubies, pick through Nature Guide Gems, a beautiful guide to earth's most precious stones. Part of a new generation of compact natural history guides, Nature Guide Gems is packed full of stunning ... ....

Invisible Worlds

Exploring Microcosms

Julie Coquart and Dirk Steffens

In this large-format picture book Invisible Worlds: Exploring Microcosms, the reader will discover a new, invisible world within normal things with the help of microscopes. Invisible Worlds: Exploring Microcosms includes ... ....

Mineral Resource Estimation

Mario E Rossi and Clayton V Deutsch

Mineral resource estimation has changed considerably in the past 25 years: geostatistical techniques have become commonplace and continue to evolve; computational horsepower has revolutionized all facets of numerical modeling; mining and ... ....

Moons of the Solar System

An Illustrated Encyclopedia

John Stewart

The first half of Moons of the Solar System is devoted to earth's moon ("Luna"). General statistical data are followed by an alphabetical listing of such subjects as eclipses, lunar spacecraft landings, phenomena ... ....

Namibia: Fascination of Geology

A Travel Handbook

Nicole Gruenert

For geoscientists Namibia has always been a country of particular interest. The greatly varied geological structures make the earth history of this region like an open book — all that remains is to read it.

On the Map

Why the World Looks the Way it Does

Simon Garfield

From Mappa Mundi to Myst – the bestselling Just My Type author turns his gaze to maps. Maps have the most amazing stories – and Simon Garfield is the perfect author to tell them. This is a book that will inspire ... ....

Oscar: The Bionic Cat

Kate Allan

When Kate Allan's beloved black cat, Oscar, is found lying severely injured in a field near their Jersey home, she is sure the accident-prone boy has met his end. With both hind legs severed by a combine harvester, Oscar's life ... ....

Revolutions That Made the Earth

Tim Lenton and Andrew Watson

The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common, such as ... ....

Seven Elements That Have Shaped the World

Uranium, Carbon, Iron, Titanium, Gold, Silver, 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 ... ....

Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions

A Compendium of Unpleasant Infections

David I Grove

An extraordinary range of infectious agents affect humans, from worms, arthropods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. Looking at the nature of each, David I. Grove explores the history, the people who discovered them, and how they ... ....

The Particle at the End of the Universe

The Hunt for the Higgs Boson and the Discovery of a New World

Sean Carroll

Award-winning physicist and science popularizer Sean Carroll reveals the history-making forces of insight, rivalry, and wonder that fuelled the Higgs search and how its discovery opens a door into the mind-boggling domain of dark matter ... ....

The Shark's Paintbrush

Biomimicry and How Nature is Inspiring Innovation

Jay Harman

The wave of the future has been around since the beginning of time: it's called Nature. Let inventor and entrepreneur Jay Harman introduce you to stunning solutions to some of the world's thorniest problems. Why does the bumblebee ... ....

The Space Book

From the Beginning to the End of Time, 250 Milestones in the History of Space & Astronomy

Jim Bell

We live in a truly golden age of astronomy and space exploration that may allow us to unravel some of the biggest mysteries of all: How did the Universe begin? Are there other Earth-like planets out there? Are we alone?

Understanding Variable Stars

John R Percy

Understanding Variable Stars was first published in 2007. Variable stars are those that change brightness. Their variability may be due to geometric processes such as rotation, or eclipse by a companion star, or physical processes ... ....

Virus Hunt

The Search for the Origin of HIV/Aids

Dorothy H Crawford

The hunt for the origin of the AIDS virus began over twenty years ago. It was a journey that went around the world and involved painstaking research to unravel how, when, and where the virus first infected humans.

A Piece of the Sun

The Quest for Fusion Energy

Daniel Clery

Our industrialising world has an insatiable demand for energy, but sources are running out. Oil and coal are burning away – solar, wind and water are decades from providing a replacement, if they ever will. The biggest question for ... ....

Buying into Fair Trade

Culture, Morality, and Consumption

Keith R Brown

Stamped on products from coffee to handicrafts, the term "fair trade" has quickly become one of today's most seductive consumer buzzwords. Purportedly created through fair labour practices, or in ways that are environmentally ... ....

Climate Clever

How Governments Can Tackle Climate Change (and Still Win Elections)

Hugh Compston and Ian Bailey

Why, despite two decades of climate policy, have affluent democracies made so little progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions? We know that there are ways of doing this that are both practical and affordable. It is politics that is ... ....

Compliance and Enforcement in Environmental Law

Toward More Effective Implementation

Lee Paddock, Du Qun, Louis J Kotze and David L Markell

Compliance and enforcement are critical elements of assuring that international environmental treaties and domestic environmental laws actually produce desired environmental outcomes. This timely work provides a comprehensive worldwide ... ....

Contested Water

The Struggle Against Water Privatization in the United States and Canada

Joanna L Robinson

Attempts by local governments to privatize water services have met with furious opposition. Activists argue that to give private companies control of the water supply is to turn water from a common resource into a marketized commodity. ....

Designing Ecological Habitats

Creating a Sense of Place

E Christopher Mare and Max Lindegger

Designing Ecological Habitats is the third volume in the Four Keys to Sustainable Communities series and is an important and eloquent exploration of humanity's limits to growth, addressing the problems arising from ... ....

Environmental Law and Sustainability After Rio

Jamie Benidickson, Benjamin Boer, Antonio H Benjamin and Karen Morrow

Environmental Law and Sustainability After Rio examines the development of environmental law in the period since the ground-breaking 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development or 'Earth Summit' in Rio ... ....

Environmental Protection, Security and Armed Conflict

A Sustainable Development Perspective

Onita Das

Environmental Protection, Security and Armed Conflict explores environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict from a sustainable development perspective. The author details how at each stage of the armed conflict ... ....

Ethics in the Field

Contemporary Challenges

Jeremy MacClancy and Agustin Fuentes

In recent years ever-increasing concerns about ethical dimensions of fieldwork practice have forced anthropologists and other social scientists to radically reconsider the nature, process, and outcomes of fieldwork: what should we be doing ... ....

Events and the Environment

Robert Case

Many of our planet's support systems are in crisis. Climate change, resource shortages and environmental pollution threaten our economy and lifestyles. Society as a whole needs to adopt policies that can meet these challenges.

Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development in Africa

John Abbott

Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development in Africa shows for the first time how green infrastructure can work in an African urban context. On one level it provides a major rethinking of the role of infrastructure ... ....

Learning Native Wisdom

What Traditional Cultures Teach Us About Subsistence, Sustainability and Spirituality

Gary Holthaus

Scientific evidence has made it abundantly clear that the world's population can no longer continue its present rate of consuming and despoiling the planet's limited natural resources. Scholars, activists, politicians, and citizens ... ....

Lyme Disease

The Ecology of a Complex System

Richard Ostfeld

Most human diseases come from nature, from pathogens that live and breed in non-human animals and are "accidentally" transmitted to us. Human illness is only the culmination of a complex series of interactions among species in ... ....

Making Peace with the Earth

Vandana Shiva

In this compelling and rigorously documented exposition, Vandana Shiva demolishes the myths propagated by corporate globalisation in its pursuit of profit and power and shows its devastating environmental impact. Shiva argues that consumers ... ....

Oxford Textbook of Zoonoses

Biology, Clinical Practice, and Public Health Control

SR Palmer, Lord Soulsby, Paul Torgerson and David WG Brown

Zoonoses are diseases naturally transmissible between vertebrate animals and man including those transmitted by direct contact with infected animals or carcases, by food or water contamination, and by inhalation of infected dust.

Project Sunshine

How Science Can Use the Sun to Fuel and Feed the World

Tony Ryan and Steve McKevitt

It's an astonishing fact that capturing all the energy in just one hour's worth of sunlight would enable us to meet the planet's food and energy needs for an entire year. Project Sunshine tells the story of how ... ....

Refining Expertise

How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges

Gwen Ottinger

Residents of a small Louisiana town were sure that the oil refinery next door was making them sick. As part of a campaign demanding relocation away from the refinery, they collected scientific data to prove it. Their campaign ended with ... ....

Renewable Energy

A User's Guide

Andy McCrea

Every day there are news reports that highlight spiralling energy costs, accelerating energy consumption, serious concerns over fuel security and fears that oil production may soon decline. All such reports are set against a background ... ....

Renewable Fuel Standard

Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy

National Research Council and Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Bi

The United States has come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the sustainability of our current pattern of high consumption of ... ....

Seeds, Science, and Struggle

The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops

Abby Kinchy

Genetic engineering has a wide range of cultural, economic, and ethical implications, yet it has become almost an article of faith that regulatory decisions about biotechnology be based only on evidence of specific quantifiable risks ... ....

Strange Natures

Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination

Nicole Seymour

In Strange Natures, Nicole Seymour investigates the ways in which contemporary queer fictions offer insight on environmental issues through their performance of a specifically queer understanding of nature, the nonhuman, and ... ....

Sustainability Economics

An Introduction

Peter Bartelmus

Sustainability Economics is a concise introduction to an emerging field within economics. Drawing on numerous disciplines, including environmental science, environmental and ecological economics and optimal growth theory ... ....

The Great Texas Wind Rush

How George Bush, Ann Richards, and a Bunch of Tinkerers Helped the Oil and Gas State Win the Race to Wind Power

Kate Galbraith and Asher Price

In the late 1990s, West Texas was full of rundown towns and pumpjacks, aging reminders of the oil rush of an earlier era. Today, the towns are thriving as 300-foot-tall wind turbines tower above those pumpjacks. Wind energy has become ... ....

The Snail Darter and the Dam

How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a Fish and Killed a River

Zygmunt JB Plater

Even today, thirty years after the legal battles to save the endangered snail darter, the little fish that blocked completion of a TVA dam is still invoked as an icon of leftist extremism and governmental foolishness. In this eye-opening ... ....

This is Hope: Green Vegans and the New Human Ecology

How We Find Our Way to a Humane and Environmentally Sane Future

Will Anderson

This is Hope compares the outcomes of two human ecologies; one is tragic, the other is full of promise. It describes in depth our current human ecology to illustrate how we are living inappropriately, cruelly, and unsustainably. ....

Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration

Orthodox Christian Perspectives on Environment, Nature, and Creation

John Chryssavgis and Bruce V Foltz

Can Orthodox Christianity offer spiritual resources uniquely suited to the environmental concerns of today? Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration makes the case emphatically that it can indeed. In addition to being the first ... ....

Traveling the Power Line

From the Mojave Desert to the Bay of Fundy

Julianne Couch

In our power-hungry world, all the talk about energy – what's safe and what's risky, what's clean and what's dirty, what's cheap and what's easy – tends to generate more heat than light.

Water

History, Power, Crisis

Dave Kinkela, Enrique C Ochoa and Teresa Meade

Please note: This is a special issue of Radical History Review. Throughout the summer of 2012, drought conditions in North America, Asia, and Africa raised worldwide concern over grain shortages and rising food prices ... ....

Lisa Gitelman

We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta- denotes a quadrillion, or a thousand trillion). Data collection is constant and even insidious, with ever ... ....

Biological Knowledge Discovery Handbook

Preprocessing, Mining and Postprocessing of Biological Data

Mourad Elloumi and Albert Y Zomaya

Molecular biology is undergoing exponential growth in both the volume and complexity of biological data. Biological Knowledge Discovery Handbook offers the first comprehensive overview of data mining, preprocessing, postprocessing ... ....

Statistics for Biological Networks

How to Infer Networks from Data

Ernst Wit, Veronica Vinciotti and Vilda Purutcuoglu

An introduction to a new paradigm in social, technological, and scientific discourse, Statistics for Biological Networks: How to Infer Networks from Data presents an overview of statistical methods for describing, modeling, and .. ....

The Magnetotelluric Method

Theory and Practice

Alan D Chave and Alan G Jones

The Magnetotelluric Method is a technique for imaging the electrical conductivity and structure of the Earth, from the near surface down to the 410 km transition zone and beyond. This book forms the first comprehensive overview ... ....

A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation

Michael Allaby and Chris Park

Thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research in the field, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation provides over 9,000 A to Z entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment – its key ... ....

A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology

Karin Knisely

A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology provides practical advice to students who are learning to write according to the conventions in biology. Using the standards of journal publication as a model, the author provides, in a ... ....

Funding Your Career in Science

Ritsert C Jansen

Dreaming of a successful future in science? This practical guide for students, postdocs and professors offers a unique step-by-step approach to help you get the funding to start or consolidate your own research career. From preparing and ... ....

Scientific Explanation

When scientists investigate why things happen, they aim at giving an explanation. But what does a scientific explanation look like? In the first chapter (Theories of Scientific Explanation) of this book, the milestones in the debate on ... ....

The Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2013 (9-Volume Set)

Europa Publications

Featuring expert analysis of, and background to, the most recent political, economic and social developments across the globe, Europa's Regional Surveys of the World Set 2013 is a timely and authoritative reference source ...

Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution

2 Volume Set

Bernard A Wood

This comprehensive A to Z encyclopedia provides extensive coverage of important scientific terms related to improving our understanding of how we evolved. Specifically, the 5,000 entries in this two-volume set cover evidence and methods ... ....