new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2009/05
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Welcome to the May 2009 Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the environment.



Hot off the press is the new English-language edition of Virunga: The Survival of Africa's First National Park, which provides a wealth of information on the dynamics and the current status of the park, home to gorillas, okapis, tropical glaciers and the world's largest active volcanoes.

We have updated the NHBS Primatology Catalogue for Spring 2009, featuring new and upcoming books in primatology and behavioural ecology including Tinbergen's Legacy and Not a Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes that Make Us Human.

New Titles at NHBS


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New Geology Title from JNCC
Now in stock at NHBS is Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine Rocks of Scotland - just published by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). This volume describes the outcrops of Precambrian rocks that lie north-west of the Great Glen in the North-west Highlands of Scotland and in the Outer Hebrides and parts of Shetland, charting the first 2700 million years of the geological development of Great Britain.
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Mammals
 

The Dusky Dolphin

Master Acrobats Off Different Shores

Edited by Bernd Wursig and Melanie Wursig

Much has been written about dolphins and whales, and excellent books exist especially on the charismatic bottlenose dolphins; and killer, humpback, and sperm whales. But ....

Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 0123737230 | #177981A | £45.99 Add to basket

 

The Encyclopedia of Mammals

Edited by David MacDonald

Hailed as 'a rare combination of learning, decent writing and knock-your-eyes-out photography' by The Times and 'an ultimate in natural history books' by the Irish Times ....

976 pages | Colour photographs and illustrations | OUP

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 0199567999 | #180050A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Mammalia II: Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Lagomorpha, Rodentia

Amori Giovanni

752 pages | Illus | Calderini

2008 | 8850653026 | #180009A | £99.00 Add to basket

 

Das Polnische Konik

Tadeusz Jezierski and Zbigniew Jaworski

The Polish konik is a primitive horse breed, often wrongly described as tarpan. In the early 20th century the attempt was made to save the last remains of the extinct tarpans ....

264 pages | Westarp Wissenschaften

2008 | 3894329130 | #179968A | £49.50 Add to basket

 

Ranthambhore: 10 Days in the Tiger Fortress

Valmik Thapar

The tiger has always evoked awe, fear, and fascination. Ranthambhore: 10 Days in the Tiger Fortress creates an engrossing, unforgettable portrait of this magnificent ....

168 pages | 200 colour illustrations | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0195699467 | #179862A | £66.00 Add to basket

 

Witness to Extinction

How we Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin

Samuel Turvey

The tragic recognition of the extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin or baiji in 2007 became a major news story and sent shockwaves around the world. It made a romantic ....

234 pages | b&w illus | OUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0199549478 | #174256A | £16.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 08/2009 | 0199549486 | #179823A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Yellowstone Wolves

A Chronicle of the Animal, the People and the Politics

Cat Urbigkit

This book provides a unique perspective on what is one of the most visible and contentious wildlife management experiments taking place in the American West today. It ....

350 pages | b/w photos & illus | McDonald & Woodward

Pbk | 2008 | 093992370X | #179769A | £24.99 Add to basket

 
Birds
 

The Analysis of Owl Pellets

DW Yalden and PA Morris

This booklet will not only enable you to identify what you find in the pellets of British owls but also shows how the data may be usefully presented and how to estimate ....

28 pages | 32 figs | Mammal Society

Pbk | 2009 | 0906282675 | #179971A | £3.50 Add to basket

 

The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Poland 1985-2004

This book is the first national atlas of breeding birds in Poland. Detailed maps, showing distribution are presented for each of the 234 species, which currently breed in ....

640 pages | Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe

Hbk | 2008 | 8836132001 | #179987A | £80.00 Add to basket

 

Bird Song of the North American Prairie

John Neville

Your front row seat awaits for the Dancing Lek of the Sharp-tailed Grouse and Greater Prairie Chicken in Bird Songs of the N.A. Prairie 2CD . The sounds of 168 bird species ....

2 CD set | Neville Recording

CD | 2008 | 0978179730 | #179986A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Bird Songs of the Okanagan

John Neville

Quote: "The Morning Star", Vernon, BC. February 1997 "It was wonderful to hear and record my first hermit thrush, sage sparrow, house wren, Prairie falcon, Brewer's ....

Neville Recording

CD | 1998 | 0973439939 | #179989A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Birds in Flight

The Art and Science of How Birds Fly

Carrol L Henderson

They soar and glide, flap, flutter, hover, swoop, plummet. Solo or en masse, in formation, or pas de deux, birds are in their element, their airborne behaviour as ....

160 pages | 179 colour photos, 15 diagrams | Voyageur Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0760333920 | #179988A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Birds of Samoa and American Samoa

Pocket Identification Guide

D Watling and J Atherton

Laminated fold out guide providing an illustration of every land and breeding seabird of Samoa and American Samoa. ....

21 pages | Laminated concertina fold out guide, col illus | Watling

Unbound | 2008 | 1934151181 | #179890A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

A Checklist of the Birds of Syria

David Murdoch and Keith Betton

Provides as authoritative and up-to-date summary of the status of all the bird species recorded in Syria - some 381 species, many of which are particularly exciting to ....

48 pages | Col photos | OSME

Pbk | 2008 | #178627A | £9.50 Add to basket

 

Common Garden Bird Calls

Hannu Jannes

Whether you are an avid birdwatcher or a beginner, this book is an easy-to-use guide identifying the calls of more than 60 species of bird commonly found in gardens in ....

40 pages | col photos, maps | New Holland

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1847735177 | #179359A | £6.99 Add to basket

 

The Complete Book of Hummingbirds

Tony Tilford

This reference guide to hummingbirds features a comprehensive overview of the birds' biology, evolution, behavior, breeding, and migration patterns. You'll be awestruck by ....

192 pages | Col illus throughout | Thunder Bay Press

Pbk | 2009 | 1592239676 | #179863A | £21.50 Add to basket

 

Eagle Watch

The Story of an Eagle Family

During the 1960s and 70s, the bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus was nearly lost because of environmental pollution. The widespread use of DDT caused ....

48 pages | colour photos | Hancock House

Pbk | NYP 07/2009 | 0888396430 | #179761A | £9.50 Add to basket

 

An Inventory of Breeding Seabirds of the Caribbean

Edited by Patricia E Bradley and Robert L Norton

This island-by-island inventory of Caribbean seabirds includes colony locations and estimates of the numbers of breeding pairs, the severe threats that seabirds face, and ....

384 pages | 44 photos, 51 maps | Florida University Presses

NYP 06/2009 | 0813033292 | #180033A | £70.50 Add to basket

 

The New Encyclopedia of Birds

Edited by Christopher M Perrins

Welcome revision of Christopher Perrins' classic work first published in 1985 by Allen & Unwin and now long out-of-print.This revision by Oxford University Press contains ....

640 pages | Col photos, maps | OUP

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 0199568006 | #180051A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Season of the Eagle

A Life Cycle in Pictures from the Nest

Nancy Maciolek Blake

During the 1960s and 70s, the bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus was nearly lost because of environmental pollution. The widespread use of DDT caused the ....

64 pages | photos & illus | Hancock House

Pbk | NYP 07/2009 | 0888396449 | #179763A | £9.50 Add to basket

 

A World of Birds 2010 Calendar

Draco Publishing

* 12-month calendar with large boxes to mark events * Stunning habitat photography by veteran bird photographer Morten Strange. ....

Col photos | Draco Publishing

Calendar | 2009 | #179777A | £20.69 Add to basket

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

Extinction in Our Times

Global Amphibian Decline

James P Collins and Martha L Crump

For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite ....

304 pages | 25 halftone and 3 line illustrations | OUP

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 0195316940 | #180058A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Der Kammolch

Ein Wasserdrache in Gefahr

B Thiesmeier, A Kupfer and R Jehle

This new edition of "Der Kammmolch" on the ecology, biology and conservation of the Great Crested Newt in Germany has been substantially revised; ....

160 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps | Laurenti

Pbk | 2009 | 3933066395 | #179816A | £38.00 Add to basket

 

Reproduction of Amphibians

Maria Ogilieska

This book deals with reproduction of Amphibians belonging to three extant orders: Caecilians (Jean-Marie Exbrayat, Universite Catolique de Lyon, France), Salamanders ....

310 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 1578083079 | #155224A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Venomous Snakes of Texas

A Field Guide

Andrew H Price

Texas has about one hundred twenty native species and subspecies of snakes, fifteen of which are venomous. Since 1950, Texans have turned to the "Poisonous Snakes of Texas" ....

160 pages | colour and b&w illustrations | Texas UP

Pbk | NYP 10/2009 | 0292719671 | #179314A | £11.99 Add to basket

 
Fishes
 

Finfish Aquaculture

Species Selection for Diversification

Edited by N Le Francois, Malcolm Jobling, Chris Carter and Pierre Blier

There is considerable global interest in the culture of fish species both for cold and warm water aquaculture development. Essential information on the biology, domestication ....

640 pages | 150 figures/illustrations | CABI

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1845934946 | #179772A | £135.00 Add to basket

 

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Fishes (Agnathans and Bony Fishes)

Edited by Barrie GM Jamieson

The animals loosely termed fish constitute more than half of all known vertebrate species. There are approximately 27,000 described living species of bony fishes ....

540 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1578085810 | #179728A | £112.00 Add to basket

 
Invertebrates
 

All About Tarantulas and Scorpions

K Aihara, T Akiyama and N Kawazoe

Well-illustrated guide to identification, with Latin and English species names. ....

176 pages | 325 col photos, dist maps | Chimaira

Pbk | 2007 | 4416706367 | #178323A | £54.50 Add to basket

 

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Edited by John T Tanacredi, Mark L Botton and David Smith

The four living species of horseshoe crabs face a set of growing threats to their survival, including the erosion and/or man-made alteration of essential spawning ....

510 pages | 208 illustrations, 33 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0387899588 | #179741A | £118.50 Add to basket

 

Checklisten Der Fauna Oesterreichs, No. 3

Erhard Christian, Josef Gusenleitner and Pascal Querner

Collembola (Pascal Querner): The Austrian checklist of Collembola contains published records of 485 species. Problematic records are compiled in an appendix. Palpigradi ....

40 pages | Academy of Sciences Press

Pbk | 2008 | 3700140185 | #179719A | £36.00 Add to basket

 

Die Falkenlibellen Europas (Emerald Dragonflies)

Hansruedi Wildermuth

The emerald dragonflies of the family Corduliidae are strikingly beautiful and elegant fliers surrounded by an almost mystic aura due to their elusive habits and often remote ....

512 pages | Westarp Wissenschaften

2008 | 3894328967 | #179967A | £87.00 Add to basket

 

Handbuch der Zoologie, Band 4/39: Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2

Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia

Edited by Rolf G Beutel and Richard AB Leschen

This book is the second of four volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series which treat the systematics and biology of Coleoptera. With approximately 350,000 described species, ....

500 pages | De Gruyter

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 3110190753 | #180007A | £329.00 Add to basket

 

Die Hundertfüsser (Centipedes)

Chilopoda

Jörg Rosenberg

Among the soil-dwelling arthropods the centipedes or Chilopoda constitute an important predatory animal group of more than 3.000 species worldwide. With the exception of ....

490 pages | Westarp Wissenschaften

Pbk | NYP 05/2009 | 389432712X | #179962A | £87.00 Add to basket

 

Insect Pathogens

Molecular Approaches and Techniques

Edited by P Stock, I Glaser, N Boemare and J Vandenberg

Investigation of insect pathogens is vital to the understanding of biocontrol and insect management within an ecosystem. Faster and more accurate methods of identification and ....

432 pages | 52 figures/illustrations | CABI

Hbk | 2009 | 1845934784 | #179806A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Insects on Figworts

Peregrine Productions

Practical illustrated guide to identification. ....

2 pages | A5 laminated sheet | Peregrine Productions

Unbound | 2008 | #179969A | £1.75 Add to basket

 

Prevention of Bug Bites, Stings, and Disease

Daniel Strickman, Stephen P Frances and Mustapha Debboun

Here is all the information you will ever need--no matter where you are in the world--to identify, avoid, and protect yourself against all manner of blood sucking or venomous ....

352 pages | 48 halftone and 77 line illustrations | OUP

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 0195365771 | #180055A | £40.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 019536578X | #180054A | £10.99 Add to basket

 

The Prionids of the World I

Illustrated Catalogue of The Beetles

I Jenis

A superbly illustrated catalogue of this group of beetles. ....

128 pages | illustrated key to species, 120 colour plates | Pensoft

Hbk | 2008 | 8090421105 | #179854A | £78.00 Add to basket

 

Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

EJ Talamas, NF Johnson, S van Noort, L Masner and A Polaszek

The world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) are revised. Nineteen species are recognized, of which four were previously named and are ....

68 pages | illustrated by photos | Pensoft

2009 | 954642482X | #179853A | £26.99 Add to basket

 

Die Schildläuse (Shield Lice)

Heinrich Schmutterer

Scale insects are a fascinating yet strongly neglected group of plant sap feeders. Beside extreme morphological differences between the genders and developmental stages ....

272 pages | Westarp Wissenschaften

Pbk | 2008 | 3894328924 | #179965A | £67.00 Add to basket

 

Die Zikaden (Cicadas)

Auchenorrhyncha

Hans Strümpel

Cicadas - Auchenorrhyncha - are a group of plant sap feeding insects with approx. 45.000 species worldwide. Together with aphids, jumping plant lice, scale insects, white flies, ....

450 pages | Westarp Wissenschaften

NYP 07/2009 | 3894328932 | #179964A | £87.00 Add to basket

 
Palaeontology
 

The Human Footprint

A Global Environmental History

Anthony N Penna

The Human Footprint is a global, thematic, and multi-disciplinary history of the planet, from its earliest origins to its current condition. Avoiding conventional narratives and ....

368 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 07/2009 | 1405187727 | #179929A | £50.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 07/2009 | 1405187719 | #179928A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Quantitative Paleozoology

R Lee Lyman

Quantitative Paleozoology describes and illustrates how the remains of long-dead animals recovered from archaeological and paleontological excavations can be studied and ....

372 pages | 75 tables | CUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0521887496 | #179958A | £44.99 Add to basket

 
Marine & Freshwater Biology
 

Common Freshwater Diatoms of Britain and Ireland - An Interactive Identification Key: SRA2

Environment Agency

This key includes all the information needed to identify all British and Irish freshwater diatom genera. It also contains data for identifying the species that feature ....

Environment Agency

CD | 2007 | 1844327051 | #169177A | £124.20 Add to basket

 

Marine Production Mechanisms

Edited by MJ Dunbar

If we are to improve our control and conservation of the food resources of the oceans of the world it is particularly important to increase our understanding of the basic ....

356 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105579 | #179844A | £23.99 Add to basket

 
General Natural History
 

Archibald Thorburn - Artist and Illustrator

The Prints and Proofs 1889-1934

David Waters

Archibald Thorburn is one of Britain's best watercolour artists, particularly known for his pictures of birds and mammals placed in beautiful harmonious landscapes. His style ....

181 pages | Col illus | Langford Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1904078273 | #177598A | £37.99 Add to basket

 

The Art of Botanical Drawing

Agathe Ravet-Haevermans

This charmingly illustrated book is an ideal guide to the art of botanical drawing and painting. Agathe Ravet-Haevermans instructs the reader on how to recognise and draw a ....

96 pages | A & C Black

Pbk | 2009 | 140811111X | #179901A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Charles Darwin's Notebooks 1836-44

Geology, Transmutation of Species, Metaphysical Enquiries

Edited by Paul H Barrett, Peter Gautrey, Sandra Herbert, David Kohn and Sydney Smith

Darwin's notebooks provide an invaluable record of his scientific thinking and most importantly, the development of his theory of natural selection. This ....

760 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521099757 | #179826A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Creature

Andrew Zuckerman and Graham Nash

Photographer Andrew Zuckerman's strikingly detailed images of animals from around the world are as delightful as they are inspiring. This collection of astonishing studio ....

296 pages | 158 colour images | Abrams

Hbk | 2009 | 081098041X | #179057A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

The Earth After Us

What legacy will humans leave in the rocks?

Jan Zalasiewicz

Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz takes the reader one hundred million years into the future, long after the human race became extinct, to explore what will remain of humanity's ....

272 pages | OUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0199214972 | #174073A | £14.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 0199214980 | #180049A | £8.99 Add to basket

 

Every Living Thing

Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys

Rob Dunn

In a series of vivid portraits of determined - even obsessed - scientists, Rob Dunn shows that we are not even close to knowing all life on earth. We are not close to ....

288 pages | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2009 | 0061430307 | #179058A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Go Wild!

Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield

'Utterly joyful!and full of fun', said The Countryman of Nature's Playground. Following that book's success the authors have written a second book that encourages children to ....

160 pages | 200 colour photographs | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | 2009 | 0711229392 | #179912A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

The Heart of the Great Alone

Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography

David Hempleman-Adams, Sophie Gordon and Emma Stuart

This beautifully produced full-colour publication is timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition, which ....

240 pages | Col illus | Royal Collection Publications

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 1608190072 | #179306A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Impressions of Africa

A Pons and P Huet

This book of spectacular photographs and highly descriptive text takes the reader on a breathtaking journey from the eastern African savannahs to the deserts of the ....

152 pages | B/w Photos | Evans Mitchell Books

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 190126839X | #179789A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Naturalist on the River Amazon

Henry Walter Bates

Henry Walter Bates and his co-naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace embarked together in 1848 on an expedition to the forests of the Amazon in search of plants and animals that would ....

424 pages | - | JB Publishing

Pbk | 2009 | 1906780099 | #177903A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

Edited by Richard Dawkins

Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that ....

418 pages | - | OUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0199216800 | #170827A | £19.99 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 0199216819 | #180043A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Photographing Garden Wildlife

M Taylor and S Young

This book will help photographers of all levels to develop their wildlife photography skills in their own back garden. ....

128 pages | 130 col photos | New Holland

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1847734863 | #179358A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Subantarctic Wilderness

Macquarie Island

Aleks Terauds and Fiona Stewart

This work offers a stunningly illustrated celebration of the rugged beauty and amazing wildlife of Macquarie Island. Situated halfway between Australia and Antarctica, ....

176 pages | over 185 full-colour photos & illustrations | Roundhouse

Hbk | 2008 | 1741753023 | #179786A | £36.99 Add to basket

 

The The Western Fells

Alfred Wainwright

The Western Fells lie within a wide sector, driving deep into the heart of Lakeland at Sty Head. They are bounded in the north-west by the Cocker valley, 'jewelled by the ....

336 pages | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 0711221995 | #179920A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

Thomas Mawson

Life, Gardens and Landscape

Janet Waymark

Thomas Haytor Mawson (1881-1933) began designing gardens in the 1890s. He forged his distinctive style - solid formality round the house with foreground terraces and ....

240 pages | 240 illustrations in colour and black and white | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0711225958 | #179913A | £39.99 Add to basket

 
Regional & Travel
 

The Broads

Waterways of Norfolk and Suffolk

Jon Gibbs

The Norfolk Broads is a beautiful, peaceful part of England, where the pace of life is slow and relaxed. It is a haven for lovers of the natural world, abundant with wildlife, ....

128 pages | 140 colour photographs | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | 2009 | 0711229813 | #179925A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Coast to Coast with Wainwright

Alfred Wainwright

This is a new edition of the classic photographic book containing the walk A. Wainwright devised in 1973, covering rights of way and areas of open access between the Irish Sea ....

272 pages | 250 colour photographs | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | 2009 | 0711229341 | #179911A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Ecoguide: Namaqua-Land

John Manning

Famous for its brilliant displays of spring annuals, the area known as Namaqualand is a narrow stretch of country along the south-west coast, extending for 200 km in a band ....

128 pages | 300 photographs, Tourist map | Briza

Pbk | 2008 | 192021707X | #179825A | £14.95 Add to basket

 

Granite and Grit

A Walker's Guide to the Geology of British Mountains

Ronald Turnbull

It is not as widely known as it should be that Britain has the most varied geology of any country in the world. This book is a celebration in words and pictures of what its ....

208 pages | 250 colour photos and illustrations | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | 2009 | 0711229147 | #179921A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

The Malvern Hills

Mike Smart

The Malvern Hills, an official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, have fired the imagination of painters, poets, writers, composers and scientists for many years. And ....

112 pages | Over 100 colour photographs | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | 2009 | 0711229155 | #179923A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

The Most Amazing Places to Visit in Britain's Countryside

This book will take you on a fantastic journey of discovery to some of the most spectacular and unspoiled parts of Britain's countryside. From lonely salt-marshes ....

320 pages | over 100 colour illustrations | Reader's Digest

Pbk | 2009 | 0276444124 | #179528A |

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Pendle

Alastair Lee

A photographic guide to one of England's most characterful hills, by award-winning photographer and filmaker, Alastair Lee. Although not the highest of the Pennines, ....

120 pages | 150 colour photographs | Frances Lincoln

Pbk | 2009 | 0711229759 | #179922A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

SuperGuide: Wild Animals of Western Canada

Kevin Van Tighem

This is an excellent guide to all the major animals that live in western Canada. There are over 40 profiles that range from mighty grizzly bears to graceful whales. ....

96 pages | colour photos | Rocky Mountain Books

Pbk | NYP 07/2009 | 1897522363 | #179765A | £14.50 Add to basket

 

The Sussex Year

A country calendar

David Lang

Sussex is rich in wildlife, and few naturalists have as broad a knowledge of its birds, beasts and flowers as David Lang. The author of acclaimed books ....

128 pages | Photographs | Pomegranate Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 0955900654 | #179992A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Swaledale

Valley of the Wild River

Andrew Fleming

This is a reprint of the first edition, published in 1998 by Edinburgh University Press. Now with an updated preface and colour illustrations ....

166 pages | b/w and colour illus throughout | Oxbow

Pbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1842173723 | #179824A | £31.00 Add to basket

 

Wild Animals of the Canadian Rockies

Kevin Van Tighem

The animals of the Canadian Rockies are legendary throughout the world for their grandeur, mystique and beauty. This stunning picture book highlights dozens of species ....

56 pages | 74 colour photos | Rocky Mountain Books

Pbk | NYP 07/2009 | 1897522266 | #179766A | £12.50 Add to basket

 

Wildlife of South Africa

A Photographic Guide

Duncan Butchart

A handy, all-in-one photographic field guide to the wildlife of South Africa, this guide covers the region's mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and trees that are most likely to be ....

168 pages | 600 colour photos | Struik

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1770076328 | #180071A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Windermere

John Morrison

When Wainwright made his first visit to the Lake District in the summer of 1930, aged just twenty-three, he was unprepared for what he found when he left the train at ....

128 pages | 120 colour photographs | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | 2009 | 0711228698 | #179924A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

A Year in the Life of Buttermere

Bill Birkett

This photographic essay, the fourth Lake District volume in Bill Birkett's prize-winning and widely praised valley portraits, captures all the facets of the delightful ....

112 pages | 120 colour photographs | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0711229872 | #179926A | £16.99 Add to basket

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

Chrysophyte Algae: Ecology, Phylogeny and Development

Edited by Craig D Sandgren, JP Smol and Jorgen Kristiansen

Research activity involving algae in the classes Chrysophyceae and Synurophyceae ('chrysophytes') has increased dramatically over the last decade. These beautiful and ....

416 pages | 57 line figures 94 halftones 45 tables | CUP

Hbk | 1995 | 0521462606 | #032184A | £79.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0521102413 | #179827A | £37.99 Add to basket

 

Collins Flower Guide - Large Format

David Streeter

This brand-new field guide to the flowers of northern Europe is the most complete single-volume guide ever published. ....

576 pages | 1400 col illus | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 0007183887 | #168001A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Common Wild Plants of the Seychelles Coastal Lowlands

Katy Beaver

An identification guide to approx 160 species of plants. Many of these plants are common to coastal areas in many tropical countries, but particularly those around the Indian ....

117 pages | b/w illus, col photos | Ministry Education Seychelles

Pbk | 1995 | 9993163007 | #179784A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases and Pests

Edited by Howard F Schwartz and S Krishna Mohan

Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases and Pests, Second Edition provides an updated, comprehensive, authoritative, and modern account of onion and garlic diseases and insect ....

136 pages | 250 col illus, 17 b/w illus | APS

Pbk | 2008 | 0890543577 | #172816A | £81.00 Add to basket

 

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 major revision includes ....

100 pages | Colour photographs | Karl Soop

2008 | 9197480398 | #180000A | £62.00 Add to basket

 

The Family Kitchen Garden

Karen Liebreich, Jutta Wagner and Annette Wendland

Five years ago Karen Liebreich, Jutta Wagner, Annette Wendland and others began to restore the neglected seventeenth-century kitchen garden at Chiswick in west London, ....

224 pages | 60 colour photographs | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0711228728 | #179918A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa

John Manning

South Africa, together with Lesotho and Swaziland, encompasses habitats that range from montane to semidesert and fynbos to subtropical forest. This varied landscape is home to ....

480 pages | 1200 colour photos | Struik

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1770077588 | #180072A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Flora Europaea: Checklist and Chromosome Index

DM Moore

This book simultaneously provides a useful checklist of all taxa published in Flora Europaea and documents the sources of all the chromosome numbers cited therein. It will ....

436 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105730 | #179846A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Flowers in the Garden

Andi Clevely

For most people, flowers represent the chief purpose and the most rewarding aspect of gardening. The vast assortment of flowers available today makes it possible to fill the ....

104 pages | 80 colour photographs | Frances Lincoln

Pbk | NYP 06/2009 | 071122966X | #179915A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Frühblüher (Early-flowering plants)

Heimische Arten im berblick

Peter Rüther

Early flowering plants - a survey of the indigenous species. ....

136 pages | Westarp Wissenschaften

Pbk | 2008 | 3894329165 | #179966A | £37.00 Add to basket

 

Garden Wisdom

Leslie Geddes-Brown and Angie Lewin

This anthology of practical advice from more than fifty eminent gardeners is full of wit, wisdom and experience. Comprising extracts on subjects as varied as water gardens ....

160 pages | 20 colour illustrations | Merrell Publishers

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1858944627 | #180037A | £17.95 Add to basket

 

The Genus Jasminum in Cultivation

Peter Green and Diana Miller

A superb new Kew Magazine Monograph, edited by Martyn Rix, destined for gardeners, nurserymen, botanists, and lovers of botanical art. The Genus Jasminum details the ....

166 pages | 35 colour botanical paintings, 30 colour photographs, 18 line drawings | Kew RBG

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 1842460110 | #176024A | £32.99 Add to basket

 

A Guide to Finding Fungi in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Peter Creed

This attractively-designed pocket guide describes over 200 species of wild mushroom or toadstool (fungi) that you are likely to find in Berks, Bucks or Oxon. ....

72 pages | Col photos | Pisces

Pbk | 2009 | 1874357382 | #179749A | £9.50 Add to basket

 

Japanese Maples

JD Vertrees

Japanese maples are unlike any other tree. They boast a remarkable diversity of colour, form, and texture. As a result of hundreds of years of careful breeding, they take the ....

332 pages | 313 colour photos | Timber Press

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 0881929328 | #179269A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Low Maintenance Gardening

Andi Clevely

This is the book for gardeners who are enthusiastic but restricted by lack of opportunity, ability or stamina, or for those who want to have an attractive garden but ....

112 pages | 80 colour illustrations | Frances Lincoln

Pbk | NYP 06/2009 | 0711229694 | #179914A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa

B Oliver-Bever

First published in 1986, this book describes the most important medicinal plants in tropical West Africa and similar humid tropical climates. After a short introduction ....

388 pages | Watercolours, line diagrams | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105447 | #179840A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Monograph of Psittacanthus (Loranthaceae)

J Kuijt

The genus Psittacanthus is the larger of two closely related neotropical genera of Loranthaceae; the other, much smaller genus is Aetanthus. They are distinct from all ....

361 pages | Illus, maps | ASPT

Hbk | 2009 | 091286186X | #179785A | £108.00 Add to basket

 

Native Plants of Seychelles

A Basic Checklist and Field Guide

Katy Beaver

An identification guide to the approx 140 species of native flowering plants that grow on the granitic islands of Seychelles. ....

119 pages | B/w Illus | Ministry Education Seychelles

Pbk | 2000 | 9993163015 | #179783A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

New Trees

Recent Introductions to Cultivation

John Grimshaw, Ross Bayton and Hazel Wilks

The standard and classic work for many dendrologists and arboriculturalists is the multi-volume set of W J Bean's 'Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles', the eighth ....

816 pages | Colour photos, line drawings | Kew RBG

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 1842461737 | #175006A | £90.00 Add to basket

 

One Magic Square

Grow your own food on one square metre

Lolo Houbein

One Magic Square shows how, with a ten-minute effort, you can start your own productive food garden on a single square metre. By following these plot designs you can keep your ....

352 pages | Colour illustrations | Wakefield Press

2008 | 1862547645 | #180003A | £22.50 Add to basket

 

Les Orchidees Sauvages de Paris

Sebastien Lesne

A history of the orchid flora of the French capital. ....

136 pages | Quae

2009 | 2759203085 | #179793A | £45.00 Add to basket

 

Ornamental Grasses

The Work of Wolfgang Oehme

Stefan Leppert

Wolfgang Oehme, in partnership with James Van Sweden, has been one of the most influential garden designers of the last thirty years. Together they have spearheaded ....

144 pages | 180 colour photos, 10 black and white photos, 5 plans | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | 2009 | 0711227500 | #179916A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Plant Systems Biology

Edited by Dmitry A Belostotsky

As a fairly new and expansive area of study, plant systems biology has been approached by scientists from fields as varied as plant physiology and astrophysics, creating a ....

375 pages | 43 illustrations, 2 in colour | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1603275622 | #179730A | £78.00 Add to basket

 

Taxonomy of Flowering Plants

Cedric Lambert Porter

First published in 1959 and updated in 1967, Taxonomy of Flowering Plants was created to provide a factual and simplified account of basic principles needed by beginning ....

488 pages | Blackburn Press

Pbk | 2008 | 1930665725 | #180010A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

The The Gardens of Wales

Helena Attlee and Alex Ramsay

The books in this series offer a general introduction capturing the essence of a national garden style and an outline of its history, followed by explorations of ....

128 pages | Over 100 photographs | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | 2009 | 0711228825 | #179917A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Tree and Forest Measurement

PW West

Forests must be measured, if they are to be managed and conserved properly. This book describes the principles of modern forest measurement, whether using simple, hand-held ....

210 pages | 27 illustrations | Springer

Pbk | 2009 | 3540959653 | #179742A | £36.99 Add to basket

 

Vegetables, Herbs and Spices

Susanna Lyle

This is an easy-to-read, comprehensive guide to vegetables, herbs and spices that explores old favourites, as well as many little-known yet exciting food-producing ....

480 pages | 200 colour photographs, 50 b/w diagrams | Frances Lincoln

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0711229635 | #179919A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

The Vegetative Key to the British Flora

A New Approach to Plant Identification

John Poland and Eric Clement

Conventional field guides only work when you have flowers or fruit - something all botanists find rather frustrating when out in the field. This key is an outstanding ....

600 pages | 32 col plates, b/w line illus | John Poland

Pbk | 2009 | 0956014402 | #179815A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia

MG Corrick and BA Fuhrer

This book is a unique and stunning guide to the beautiful wildflowers of Western Australia. Lavishly photographed in full color throughout, it features photographs and ....

226 pages | Col Photos | Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd

Pbk | 2009 | 187705884X | #179795A | £17.99 Add to basket

 
Animal & General Biology
 

Airway Chemoreceptors in Vertebrates

Structure, Evolution and Function

Edited by Giacomo Zaccone, Ernest Cutz, Dirk Adriaensen, Colin A Nurse and A Mauceri

The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the information available on the morphological, physiological and evolutionary aspects of specialized cells ....

450 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2009 | 1578086140 | #179726A | £76.00 Add to basket

 

The Anatomy and Physiology of the Mammalian Larynx

DFN Harrison

In this unique book, Sir Donald Harrison draws on his wide-ranging experience as a surgeon and comparative anatomist to produce an authoritative and detailed account of ....

304 pages | 19 line figures 94 halftones 36 tables | CUP

Hbk | 1995 | 0521453216 | #046056A | £64.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0521102804 | #179830A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Apoptosis

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Peter Erhardt and Ambrus Toth

The ability to detect and quantify apoptosis, to understand its biochemistry, and to identify its regulatory genes and proteins is crucial to biomedical research. ....

360 pages | 55 illustrations, 8 in colour | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 08/2009 | 1603270167 | #179736A | £68.99 Add to basket

 

Apoptotic Chromatin Changes

Gaspar Banfalvi

The Greek word apoptosis was used first by Hippocrates as a synonyme of dislocations of the bones, structural changes related to tissue, by Marcus Aurelius in political and ....

412 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1402095600 | #179727A | £135.00 Add to basket

 

Aquaculture Microbiology and Biotechnology; Volume 1

Edited by Didier Montet and RC Ray

This book addresses the scope of microbiology and biotechnology in aquaculture. Emerging biotechnological approaches presented in this book provide indepth accounts of ....

290 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1578085748 | #179729A | £56.00 Add to basket

 

The Biochemistry of Natural Pigments

G Britton

In the natural world colour is obvious and its importance in advertising the presence of flowers to pollinators and in camouflage is well known. In most cases the property of ....

380 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105315 | #179839A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Biology of the Acanthocephala

Edited by D Crompton

A knowledge of this phylum of parasitic worms is essential for helminthologists and instructive for all research workers investigating the principles of parasitism. ....

532 pages | illustrations | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105110 | #179838A | £32.99 Add to basket

 

The Cellular Defence Reactions of Insects

George Salt

Insects counteract infection by a variety of reactions, partly humoral but principally cellular. ....

132 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521104254 | #179837A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

The Effects of Low Temperature on Biological Systems

Brian WW Grout and G John Morris

This book takes a broad view of the interactions of low temperatures with biological conditions. ....

512 pages | Illus | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105765 | #179848A | £31.99 Add to basket

 

Environmental Microbiology

Edited by Ralph Mitchell

This is a long-overdue revision of the bestselling book on environmental microbiology, offering an in-depth examination of the role of microbiological processes related to ....

411 pages | Figs, tabs | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 047017790X | #179931A | £66.95 Add to basket

 

Epigenetics

Edited by C David Allis, Thomas Jenuwein and Danny Reinberg

The regulation of gene expression in many biological processes involves epigenetic mechanisms. In this new volume, 25 chapters written by experts in the field discuss ....

502 pages | illustrations | CSHL

Pbk | 2009 | 0879698756 | #180063A | £62.00 Add to basket

 

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Charles Darwin

To mark the birthday of the world's most renowned evolutionary biologist, Oxford University Press has reissued the definitive edition of Darwin's classic-a brilliantly ....

512 pages | 31 halftones, 32 line drawings | OUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0195392280 | #179867A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

Latent Inhibition and Conditioned Attention Theory

RE Lubow

Latent inhibition is an exquisitely simple, robust and pervasive behavioural phenomenon - the reduced ability of an organism to learn new associations to previously ....

336 pages | Illustrations | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 052110257X | #179828A | £31.99 Add to basket

 

Mitochondrial DNA

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Jeffrey A Stuart

Since the publication of the first edition, the number of unique heritable mtDNA mutations recognized as being associated with bioenergetic dysfunction, cell death and ....

360 pages | 74 illustrations, 1 in colour | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1934115606 | #179740A | £78.00 Add to basket

 

Molecular Epidemiology of Microorganisms

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Dominique A Caugant

The development of molecular genotyping methods has revolutionized the possibility for classification of microorganisms at the sub-species level. This investigation of species ....

325 pages | 42 illustrations, 6 in colour | Humana Press

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1603279989 | #179734A | £59.99 Add to basket

 

Molecular Plant-microbe Interactions

Edited by K Bouarab, N Brisson and F Daayf

Plants have evolved both general and highly specialized defence mechanisms that function to prevent diseases caused by the majority of microbial pathogens they encounter. There ....

320 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1845935748 | #179768A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Nature's Chemicals

The Natural Products That Shaped Our World

Richard Firn

Natural Products (NPs) is the term used to describe the hundreds of thousands of chemical compounds or substances that are continually produced by living organisms ....

272 pages | 50 illustrations | OUP

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 0199566836 | #179760A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Phytoplasmas

Genomes, Plant Hosts and Vectors

Edited by PG Weintraub and P Jones

Phytoplasmas are a worldwide issue in plant health. A range of serious diseases are caused by these bacteria in major crops around the globe. Knowledge of the importance of ....

384 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1845935306 | #179767A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis in Animals

JI Weller

Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) is a topic of major agricultural significance for efficient livestock production. This advanced-level textbook covers all the statistical ....

287 pages | Figs, tabs | CABI

Pbk | 2009 | 1845934679 | #179800A | £37.50 Add to basket

 

Regulation of Gene Expression by Small RNAs

Edited by Rajesh K Gaur and John J Rossi

Recent research demonstrates that defects in the processing mechanisms of small non-coding RNAs are linked to various human diseases. This text explores the latest ....

440 pages | 72 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 12 black & white | CRC Press UK

Hbk | 2009 | 0849391695 | #180064A | £89.00 Add to basket

 

Statistics and Experiments for Animal Science Research

F Siewert

This graduate-level textbook deals with planning of experiments, analysis of data and interpretation of results in trials involving animals. It goes beyond generalities to ....

464 pages | CABI

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1845934911 | #179804A | £37.50 Add to basket

 

Temperature Regulation in Laboratory Rodents

Christopher J Gordon

Rodents are the predominant experimental animals found in life-sciences research laboratories. The body temperature of a rodent is markedly affected by surgical, ....

296 pages | 83 line figures 10 halftones 42 tables | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521102790 | #179829A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

Understanding Bioanalytical Chemistry

Principles and Applications

Victor A Gault

Although chemistry is core to the life and health sciences, it is often viewed as a challenging subject. Conventional textbooks tend to present chemistry ....

288 pages | Blackwell

Hbk | 2009 | 0470029064 | #176921A | £80.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0470029072 | #180065A | £27.50 Add to basket

 
Evolutionary Biology
 

Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Andrew Marr

In this three-part landmark series, Andrew Marr explores the legacy and contemporary influence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. ....

BBC Video

DVD | 2009 | BBCDVD2933 | #179737A | £19.56 Add to basket

 

Explore Evolution

The Arguments for and Against Neo-Darwinism

SCZMinnich, S Meyer and J Moneymaker

The purpose of Explore Evolution is to examine the scientific controversy about Darwin's theory, and in particular, the contemporary version of the theory known as ....

160 pages | Hill House

Pbk | 2007 | 0947352481 | #180017A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Fertility and Resources

Edited by J Landers and V Reynolds

Fertility in animals reflects access to scarce resources, such as food and territory. In humans the situation is more complex. Patterns of breast feeding, contraception and ....

208 pages | Illustrations, maps | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521103037 | #179831A | £22.99 Add to basket

 

Human Biology and Social Inequality

Edited by SS Strickland and Prakash S Shetty

Measures of biological variation have long been associated with many indices of social inequality. Data on health, nutrition, fertility, mortality, physical fitness, ....

360 pages | 14 line figures 34 tables | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521104017 | #179835A | £32.99 Add to basket

 

The Humans Who Went Extinct

Why Neanderthals died out and we survived

Clive Finlayson

Just 28,000 years ago, the blink of an eye in geological time, the last of Neanderthals died out in their last outpost, in caves near Gibraltar. Thanks to cartoons and folk ....

278 pages | 5 black and white illustrations and 1 table | OUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 0199239185 | #180045A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Seasonality and Human Ecology

Edited by SJ Ulijaszek and SS Strickland

Seasonality has effects on a wide range of human functions and activities, and is important in the understanding of human-environment relationships. ....

250 pages | 80 figs, 31 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 1993 | 0521431476 | #039600A | £70.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0521103045 | #179832A | £26.99 Add to basket

 
Ecology
 

Bioeconomics of Invasive Species Integrating Ecology, Economics, Policy, and Management

Edited by Reuben P Keller, David M Lodge, Mark A Lewis and Jason F Shogren

Biological invasions are one of the strongest drivers of global environmental change, and invasive species are now often in the public discourse. At the same time, economists ....

320 pages | 7 halftone and 40 line illustrations | OUP

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0195367987 | #180057A | £54.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0195367979 | #180056A | £26.99 Add to basket

 

Here Be Dragons

How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth

Dennis McCarthy

Why do we find polar bears only in the Arctic and penguins only in the Antarctic? Why do oceanic islands often have many types of birds but no large native mammals? ....

256 pages | 8 page colour plate section | OUP

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 0199542465 | #180046A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration

Edited by Richard J Hobbs, Katharine N Suding, James Aronson and Donald A Falk

Brings together leading experts from around the world to explore how conceptual models of ecosystem dynamics can be applied to the recovery of degraded systems and how recent ....

512 pages | Illustrations, maps. | Island Press

Hbk | 2009 | 159726184X | #180059A | £79.50 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 1597261858 | #180060A | £44.50 Add to basket

 
Habitats & Ecosystems
 

Antarctic Resources Policy

Scientific, Legal and Political Issues

Edited by Francisco Orrego-Vicuna

This book presents the official record of the conference on Antarctic Resources Policy, organised by the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile in ....

344 pages | 41 illus, 18 tabs | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105501 | #179842A | £22.99 Add to basket

 

Antarctica: The Next Decade

Edited by Anthony Parsons

The Antarctic Treaty, set up in 1961 to provide a means for managing international relations in Antarctica, was reviewed in 1991. The book considers the question of the ....

180 pages | CUP

Hbk | 1987 | 0521331811 | #009347A | £60.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0521104033 | #179836A | £20.99 Add to basket

 

Arid Land Ecosystems, Volume 2

Structure, Functioning and Management

Edited by DW Goodall and RA Perry

The history of man's use of arid lands is a sad record of deterioration of the natural resource base and of low and declining living standards for the 300 million people who ....

623 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105560 | #179843A | £37.99 Add to basket

 

Blackstone Bank and Stanton Banks Habitat Mapping

A Mitchell, M Service and R Bates

The aim of this survey was to map the extent of bedrock reef in two areas to the north and east of Northern Ireland, and to characterise the biological communities present. ....

24 pages | Figs, tabs | JNCC

Pbk | 2009 | #179891A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

The British Islands and their Vegetation Set

AG Tansley

The first systematic account of the natural and semi-natural plant communities of the British Islands was published in 1911, under the title Types of British Vegetation. That ....

1180 pages | Two volume set | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 052175772X | #179850A | £70.00 Add to basket

 

Broadscale Subtidal Biotope Mapping to the West of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK

A Mitchell

This project aims to map the broadscale biotopes and habitats of the rocky reef sites west of the Outer Hebrides through integrating multibeam echosounder data, acoustic ....

75 pages | Figs, tabs | JNCC

Pbk | 2009 | #179892A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Desert Meteorology

Thomas T Warner

Aridity prevails over more than one third of the land area of the Earth and over a significant fraction of the oceans as well. Yet to date there has been ....

620 pages | 268 line figures, 11 plates, 30 tables | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521100488 | #180067A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

A Handbook of Soil Terminology, Correlation and Classification

Edited by Pavel Krasilnikov, Juan-Jose Ibanez Marti, Richard Arnold and S Shoba

Soil classification and terminology are fundamental issues for the clear understanding and communication of the subject. However, while there are many national soil ....

448 pages | figures, index | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 1844076830 | #179702A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

How Trees Die

The Past, Present, and Future of Our Forests

Jeff Gillman

This is a superbly written volume that shows how understanding the death of trees is vitally important to understanding the future of our environment. Throughout history ....

256 pages | 30 black & white illustrations | Westholme Publishing

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1594160813 | #179787A | £21.95 Add to basket

 

Real-time Coastal Observing Systems for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Harmful Algal Blooms

Theory Instrumentation and Modelling

UNESCO and Marcel Babin

The proliferation of harmful phytoplankton in marine ecosystems can cause massive fish kills, contaminate seafood with toxins, impact local and regional economies and ....

828 pages | Illustrations, maps | UNESCO

Pbk | 2008 | 9231040421 | #180026A | £53.00 Add to basket

 
Conservation & Biodiversity
 

Biodiversity Change and Human Health

From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease

Edited by Osvaldo E Sala, Laura A Meyerson and Camille Parmesan

Exploring the link between human well-being and the environment, "Biodiversity Change and Human Health" brings together leading experts from the natural science and social ....

344 pages | illustrations | Island Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1597264962 | #180061A | £70.50 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 1597264970 | #180062A | £35.50 Add to basket

 

Conservation for a New Generation

Redefining Natural Resources Management

Edited by Richard L Knight and Courtney White

Effective conservation requires building strong collaborative relationships. In hundreds of watersheds and communities across the United States, conservation is being reinvented ....

272 pages | Illustrations, maps | Island Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1597264377 | #180069A | £52.95 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 1597264385 | #180070A | £26.50 Add to basket

 

Last Chance to See . . .

D Adams and M Carwardine

With a new introduction by Richard Dawkins. ....

224 pages | Col photos | Arrow

Pbk | NYP 10/2009 | 009953679X | #180032A | £7.99 Add to basket

 

The Potential Effects on Birds of the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Report for February 2004 to March 2005

AN Banks, NHK Burton, GE Austin, N Carter and DE Chamberlain

The proposed wind farm lies some 23 km off the Suffolk coast over an area of 147 square km. It will comprise up to 140 wind turbines. ....

195 pages | 46 figures, 60 tables | BTO Reports

Spiralbound | 2007 | 1906204047 | #179887A | £25.99 Add to basket

 

Unveiling the Whale

Discourses on Whales and Whaling

Arne Kalland

Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues. It is not that all whale species are at the brink of extinction, but that whales have become important ....

288 pages | 6 illustrations | Berghahn Books

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1845455819 | #180019A | £58.00 Add to basket

 
Environmental Science
 

Air

Our Planet's Ailing Atmosphere

Hans Tammemagi

Climate change is an issue that has taken on great urgency in recent years, but it is not an isolated problem. Hans Tammemagi argues that climate change is but one of the ....

256 pages | 7 black and white and 12 colour illustrations | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0195430077 | #179864A | £13.99 Add to basket

 

Atmospheric Science for Environmental Scientists

C Nick Hewitt and Andrea V Jackson

Climate change and air quality are two of the most pressing issues facing mankind. This book gives undergraduate and graduate students and professionals working in the science ....

320 pages | Illustrations | Wiley

Hbk | 2009 | 1405185422 | #179942A | £75.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 1405156902 | #180031A | £37.50 Add to basket

 

Biophysico-Chemical Processes Involving Natural Nonliving Organic Matter in Environmental Systems

Edited by Pan Ming Huang and Nicola Senesi

Nonliving Organic Matter (NOM) exerts a profound influence on various processes in the environment, and is one of the most important factors when analyzing ecosystems ....

892 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 08/2009 | 047041300X | #179935A | £107.00 Add to basket

 

Biosolids Recycling

Effects on Human Health and the Environment

Stephen R Smith

Recycling sewage sludge (biosolids) is an important environmental management tool and agricultural resource. Expanding upon the successful "Agricultural Recycling of Sewage ....

200 pages | 22 figures/illustrations | CABI

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1845935446 | #179731A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

The Economics and Politics of Climate Change

Edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn

The international framework for a climate change agreement is up for review as the initial Kyoto period to 2012 comes to an end. Though there has been much enthusiasm from ....

300 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 019957328X | #180042A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Energy and Climate

How to achieve a successful energy transition

Alexandre Rojey

Despite global concerns over dwindling resources, climate change and carbon dioxide emissions, fossil fuels still account for more than 80% of the world's energy demands. ....

176 pages | Wiley

Pbk | 2009 | 0470744278 | #179934A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Environmental Science

Earth as a Living Planet

Daniel B Botkin and Edward A Keller

For more than two decades, Botkin has helped environmental scientists apply ecological science to environmental management. ....

768 pages | col. Illustrations, col. maps | Wiley

Pbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0470414383 | #179938A | £41.95 Add to basket

 

Monsoon Dynamics

Edited by James Lighthill and RP Pearce

This volume presents a survey of our state of knowledge of the physical and dynamical processes involved in the Asian monsoon. Although traditionally the main emphasis has ....

760 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521104262 | #179852A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Plan C

Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change

Pat Murphy

Concerns over climate change and energy depletion are increasing exponentially. Mainstream solutions still assume a panacea that will cure our climate ills without ....

316 pages | 120 b/w photos, charts & maps | New Society

Pbk | 2008 | 0865716072 | #179974A | £13.50 Add to basket

 

A Practical Approach to Toxicological Investigations

Alan Poole and George B Leslie

This book acknowledges that new drugs, food additives and other compounds need to be carefully screened for toxic side-effects. The bulk of this study is devoted to the ....

204 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105463 | #179841A | £15.99 Add to basket

 

Toxicology of Aquatic Pollution

Physiological, Molecular and Cellular Approaches

Edited by EW Taylor

The pollution of the earth's freshwater habitats is a topic of major concern. This timely synthesis considers the effects of pollutants on aquatic animals via a series of ....

300 pages | 57 line figures 3 halftones 11 tables | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105773 | #179849A | £27.99 Add to basket

 

At War with the Weather

Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes

Howard C Kunreuther, Erwann O Michel-Kerjan et al

The United States and other nations are facing large-scale risks at an accelerating rhythm. In 2005, three major hurricanes - Katrina, Rita, and Wilma - made landfall along ....

448 pages | 82 illustrations | MIT Press

Hbk | NYP 07/2009 | 0262012820 | #179908A | £35.95 Add to basket

 

Waste Input-Output Analysis

Concepts and Application to Industrial Ecology

Shinichiro Nakamura and Yasushi Kondo

The increasing use of input-output analysis (IOA) in Industrial Ecology (IE) for life-cycle assessment (LCA), material flow analysis (MFA), and life-cycle costing (LCC) ....

294 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1402099010 | #179723A | £51.99 Add to basket

 
Physical Sciences
 

Acoustic Microscopy

Andrew Briggs and Oleg Kolosov

Acoustic microscopy enables the elastic properties of materials to be imaged and measured with the resolution of a good microscope. By using frequencies in the microwave ....

384 pages | 111 line drawings, 116 halftones, 12 colour images | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0199232733 | #179866A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

Approaches to Quantum Gravity

Toward a New Understanding of Space, Time and Matter

Edited by Daniele Oriti

The theory of quantum gravity promises a revolutionary new understanding of gravity and spacetime, valid from microscopic to cosmological distances. Research in this field ....

604 pages | 15 halftones | CUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0521860458 | #179855A | £60.00 Add to basket

 

The Basics of Crystallography and Diffraction

Christopher Hammond

This book provides a clear introduction to topics which are essential to students in a wide range of scientific disciplines but which are otherwise only covered in specialised ....

448 pages | 217 line drawings, 55 photographs | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0199546444 | #179869A | £60.00 Add to basket

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The Behavior of Chemical Elements in Stars

Carlos Jaschek and Mercedes Jaschek

Despite more than one century of observational stellar spectroscopy, the resulting data is not available in an easily accessible format. The necessity of such basic information ....

340 pages | 118 line figures | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521102405 | #179856A | £31.99 Add to basket

 

Chemical Evolution across Space and Time

From the Big Bang to Prebiotic Chemistry

Edited by Lori Zaikowski and Jon Friedrich

The book provides an exciting interwoven mosaic about the evolutionary nature of chemistry. It follows chemical evolution from the simplest elements formed in the Big ....

448 pages | 80 line illustrations | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0841274312 | #179865A | £79.00 Add to basket

 

Chemistry in Quantitive Language

Fundamentals of General Chemistry Calculations

Christopher Oriakhi

Problem-solving is one of the most challenging aspects students encounter in general chemistry courses leading to frustration and failure. Consequently, many students become ....

512 pages | 27 B/W line illustrations | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0195367995 | #179859A | £37.99 Add to basket

 

The Cosmic Quest

Heather Couper

Heather Couper presents a sweeping history of astronomy, as heard on BBC Radio 4. In this 30-part BBC Radio 4 series, astronomer Heather Couper charts the history of our ....

Running time 6hr 45mins | BBC Books

CD | 2009 | 1408406772 | #179955A | £24.99 Add to basket

 

Experiments in Green and Sustainable Chemistry

Edited by Herbert W Roesky and Dietmar Kennepohl

Encouraging a new attitude and approach to chemistry, this is the first such collection designed for lab courses and experimental teaching. Experts from around the globe ....

307 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2009 | 3527325468 | #179932A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

Gas-Expanded Liquids and Near-Critical Media

Green Chemistry and Engineering

Edited by Keith W Hutchenson, Aaron M Scurto and Bala Subramaniam

Gas-expanded liquids and near-critical fluids are tunable solvent media for conducting chemical reactions, separations, and materials processing. In recent years, there has ....

392 pages | 18 halftones, 119 line drawings | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0841269718 | #179861A | £95.00 Add to basket

 

The Georgian Star

How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Und erstanding of the Cosmos

Michael Lemonick

Responsible for the greatest advances in astronomy since Copernicus, William and Caroline Herschel transformed our view of the heavens. A trained musician, amateur ....

224 pages | Illustrations | Norton

Hbk | 2009 | 039306574X | #179951A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Glacial Geology

Ice Sheets and Landforms

Matthew R Bennett and Neil F Glasser

The new second edition of "Glacial Geology" provides a modern, comprehensive summary of glacial geology and geomorphology. It is has been thoroughly revised and updated from ....

400 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 07/2009 | 0470516909 | #179939A | £80.00 Add to basket

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Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology

Ian Morison

"Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology" is a modern undergraduate textbook, combining both the theory behind astronomy with the very latest developments. Written for science ....

360 pages | illustrations | Wiley

Pbk | 2008 | 0470033347 | #179954A | £32.50 Add to basket

 

Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine Rocks of Scotland

Edited by JR Mendum, RG Park, RWH Butler, AD Stewart, AJ Barber, D Flinn et al

This volume describes the outcrops of Precambrian rocks that lie north-west of the Great Glen in the North-west Highlands of Scotland and in the Outer Hebrides and parts of ....

721 pages | Figs, maps, b/w photos | JNCC GCR

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The Lightness of Being

Big Questions, Real Answers

Frank Wilczek

What's the meaning of it all? Or rather: what exactly is 'it?'. Here Frank Wilczek, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and legend, examines the very nature of reality itself, ....

272 pages | Illustrations | Allen Lane

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1846142458 | #179752A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Megadisasters

Predicting the next catastrophe

Florin Diacu

No one can forget the horrific images of the destructive power of the tsunami that engulfed Southeast Asia on Boxing Day in 2004, or the chaos wrought by Hurricane ....

256 pages | 15 black and white line drawings | OUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 0199237786 | #180047A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Perspectives in Carbonate Geology

Peter Swart, Gregor Eberli and Judith McKenzie

This special publication "Perspectives in Carbonate Geology" is a collection of papers most of which were presented at a symposium to honor the 80th birthday of Bob Ginsburg ....

384 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2009 | 1405193808 | #179941A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Physics of Ferromagnetism 2e

Soshin Chikazumi

This book is intended as a textbook for students and researchers interested in the physical aspects of ferromagnetism. The level of presentation assumes only a basic ....

668 pages | 196 line illustrations | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0199564817 | #179870A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Physics of the Impossible

A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation and Time Travel

Michio Kaku

"Physics of the Impossible" takes us on a journey to the frontiers of science and beyond, giving us an exhilarating insight into what we can really hope to achieve in the ....

352 pages | Penguin

Pbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0141030909 | #179756A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

Principles of Metamorphic Petrology

RH Vernon and GL Clarke

Principles of Metamorphic Petrology provides a modern introduction to the latest ideas, techniques and approaches in the study of metamorphic rocks. ....

460 pages | 37 line figures, 240 halftones and 16 plates | CUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0521871786 | #179959A | £34.99 Add to basket

 

Rock Mechanics and Engineering

C Jaeger

The first edition of Rock Mechanics and Engineering bridged the gap between scientific research on rock mechanics and practical engineering. It was resolutely aimed at giving ....

536 pages | Illustrations | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 052110338X | #179851A | £50.00 Add to basket

 

Sand

A journey through science and the imagination

Michael Welland

This book is all about sand - sand in individual grains, each one a little different; sand in piles; sand in shoals and dunes; the science of sand but also, shot through the ....

320 pages | 50 black and white images, 8pp colour plate section | OUP

Hbk | NYP 08/2009 | 0199563187 | #180044A | £18.99 Add to basket

 

The Telescope

A Short History

Richard Dunn

This book offers an overview of the history of the telescope which burst onto the world stage four centuries ago. It traces the development from its invention in the ....

192 pages | 61 illustrations | National Maritime Museum

Hbk | 2009 | 1906367043 | #179952A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Tensors and Manifolds

With Applications to Physics

Robert H Wasserman

This second edition of Tensors and Manifolds is based on courses taken by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematics and physics, giving an ....

464 pages | 46 line drawings | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0199564825 | #179871A | £29.95 Add to basket

 

The Universe in a Helium Droplet

Grigory E Volovik

There are fundamental relations between three vast areas of physics: particle physics, cosmology and condensed matter physics. The fundamental links between the first two ....

536 pages | 88 line drawings & halftones | OUP

Hbk | 2009 | 0199564841 | #179858A | £35.99 Add to basket

 

Yorkshire Geology

Paul Ensom

Yorkshire's geology is some of the most spectacular in the British Isles. ....

198 pages | 250 colour photos, maps, figs | Dovecote Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1904349641 | #179794A | £22.50 Add to basket

 
Sustainable Development
 

365 Ways to Live Green: Your Everyday Guide to Saving the Environment

Diane Gow McDilda

Day-to-day decisions can make a big difference when it comes to protecting the environment. "365 Ways to Live Green" offers a year's worth of ideas, broken into ....

184 pages | Adams Media

Pbk | 2008 | 1598698087 | #179990A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

The Adaptive Water Resource Management Handbook

Edited by J Mysiak, C Pahl-Wostl, C Sullivan, J Bromley and HJ Henrikson

The complexity of current water resource management poses many challenges. Water managers need to solve a range of interrelated water dilemmas, such as balancing water ....

224 pages | index, line illustrations | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 08/2009 | 1844077926 | #179704A | £39.95 Add to basket

 

Advances in Agronomy Volume 101

Edited by Donald L Sparks

"Advances in Agronomy" continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered ....

408 pages | Academic Press

Hbk | 2009 | 0123748178 | #180005A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

African Development Report 2008/9

Conflict Resolution, Peace and Reconstruction in Africa

African Development Bank

The publication of the African Development Report 2008/2009 comes at a time when some prolonged civil conflicts in Africa have ended while some countries continue to ....

128 pages | Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps | OUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0199548943 | #179985A | £16.99 Add to basket

 

Agro-industries for Development

Edited by CA da Silva, D Baker, AW Shepherd, SM da Cruz and C Jenane

The development of competitive agro-industries is crucial for creating employment and income opportunities as well as enhancing the quality of and demand for farm products. ....

304 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1845935764 | #179751A | £65.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1845935772 | #179753A | £44.99 Add to basket

 

Animal Cells as Bioreactors

T Cartwright

Because of their complexity, the new generation of genetically engineered protein drugs can only be made by biotechnological methods, using cultures of animal cells. ....

196 pages | 21 line figures 39 tables | CUP

Hbk | 1994 | 0521412587 | #032307A | £60.00 Add to basket

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Biodivinity and Biodiversity

The Limits to Religious Environmentalism

Emma Tomalin

This book is concerned with the argument that religious traditions are inherently environmentally friendly. Yet in a developing country such as India, the majority of ....

224 pages | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 0754655881 | #179950A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

Bioethics

Principles, Issues, and Cases

Lewis Vaughn

Vaughn offers a hybrid of text, readings and cases to provide a current, accessible introdution to the philosophical, medical, scientific, social and legal aspects of key ....

696 pages | 35 illustrations | OUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0195182820 | #180006A | £43.99 Add to basket

 

Can Hotels Accommodate Green?

S Gracy

Despite several studies, international treaties and individual hotel companies commitment to going green in the tourist hotel industry, ....

204 pages | VDM Verlag

2009 | 3639104781 | #180015A | £109.00 Add to basket

 

Citrus Mites

V Vacante

Citrus pests are a serious issue for crop growers, causing problems in yield and economic losses. Citrus Mites is a comprehensive study of mites harmful to citrus plants ....

350 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 1845934989 | #179776A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Careers

B Parks and J Helmer

Green careers include jobs in which environmentally conscious design, policy, and technology are implemented to improve the environment and provide sustainable living. A ....

226 pages | Alpha Books

Pbk | 2009 | 1592578926 | #179993A | £18.50 Add to basket

 

Conservation Refugees

The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples

Mark Dowie

Since 1900, more than 108,000 officially protected conservation areas have been established worldwide, largely at the urging of five international conservation ....

336 pages | MIT Press

Pbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0262012618 | #179902A | £18.95 Add to basket

 

Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Local Development

Edited by Luigi Fusco Girard and Peter Nijkamp

With the exponential rise in leisure mobility, tourism has increasingly become of great economic significance. Cultural heritage, such as museums, churches, historical ....

338 pages | includes 25 tables & 10 figures | Ashgate

Hbk | 2009 | 075467391X | #179948A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Current Developments in Biological Nitrogen Fixation

Edited by NS Subba Rao

Concern over the depletion of world energy resources and the increase in the cost of nitrogen fertilizer has prompted considerable interest and research in biological ....

368 pages | CUP

Pbk | 2009 | 0521105757 | #179847A | £23.99 Add to basket

 

Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability

Principles and Practice

Edited by Jennifer Hill and Tim Gale

'Ecotourism' is generally defined as fostering sustainable consumption of natural areas, including educative and conservation-supporting elements. It overlaps with and ....

240 pages | 5 b&w illustrations, 21 line drawings & 22 tables | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 06/2009 | 075467262X | #179725A | £55.00 Add to basket

 

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning

Multilingual Reference in English, Spanish, French and German

Edited by Klaus-Jürgen Evert

This unique, multilingual, encyclopedic dictionary in two volumes covers terms regularly used in landscape and urban planning, as well as ....

1600 pages | In 2 volumes, not available separately | Springer

NYP 11/2009 | 3540764364 | #179718A | £395.00 Add to basket

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 3540764550 | #179717A | £315.50 Add to basket

 

The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water

Edited by Joseph W Dellapenna and Joyeeta Gupta

"The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water" presents an overview of global trends in water law and policy and assesses current global water governance. It provides an ....

422 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1402098669 | #179721A | £117.00 Add to basket

 

Fuel

Edited by John Knechtel

How will the world work in the post-oil, post-coal future? Our transition could take the form of disastrous collapses in economic, political, and economic systems - or of a ....

320 pages | 200 colour illustrations | MIT Press

Pbk | 2008 | 0262113252 | #179906A | £10.95 Add to basket

 

Governing Agrobiodiversity

Plant Genetics and Developing Countries

Regine Andersen

Plant genetic diversity is crucial to the breeding of food crops and is therefore a central precondition for food security. Diverse genetic resources provide the generic ....

442 pages | Includes 6 figures and 33 tables | Ashgate

Hbk | 2008 | 0754647412 | #179953A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Green Inc

Christine MacDonald

In spring 2006, Christine MacDonald left journalism for a dream job at Conservation International, one of the world's largest environmental organizations. Soon after ....

288 pages | illustrations | Lyons Press

Hbk | 2009 | 1599214369 | #179899A | £14.99 Add to basket

 

Green Made Easy

The Everyday Guide for Transitioning to a Green Lifestyle

Chris Prelitz

In "Green Made Easy, " author and green pioneer Chris Prelitz shares how to be both environmental and economical at the same time. Going green is not only good for our ....

272 pages | Hay House Inc

Pbk | 2009 | 1401922848 | #179996A | £11.99 Add to basket

 

A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering

An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance

Edited by Dejan Mumovic and M Santamouris

The combined challenges of health, comfort, climate change and energy security cross the boundaries of traditional building disciplines. This authoritative collection focusing ....

512 pages | figures, technical line-drawings, charts, index | Earthscan

Hbk | 2009 | 1844075966 | #179949A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Health-Promoting Properties of Fruits and Vegetables

Edited by L Terry

Fruits and vegetables are among the richest sources of many compounds that promote health including vitamins, antioxidants and other bio-active compounds. Health experts ....

400 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 1845935284 | #179771A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Hijacking Sustainability

Adrian Parr

The idea of 'sustainability' has gone mainstream. Thanks to Prius-driving movie stars, it's even hip. What began as a grassroots movement to promote responsible development ....

224 pages | 2 illustrations | MIT Press

Pbk | 2009 | 0262013061 | #179904A | £16.95 Add to basket

 

The History of Development

From Western Origins to Global Faith

Gilbert Rist

Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history. He traces it from its origins in the Western view of ....

292 pages | - | Zed Books

Pbk | 2008 | 1848131895 | #179945A | £17.99 Add to basket

 

Insect Resistant Maize

J Bürgi

Many poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa suffer heavily from crop losses due to the stem borer insect pest. Insecticides are often unaffordable and the `insect resistant maize ....

304 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 07/2009 | 1845935691 | #179770A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

Irrigation Management

Principles and Practices

MA Burton

Growing pressure on the world's available water resources has led to the need for increased efficiency and productivity of water-use and in the management, operation and ....

300 pages | CABI

Hbk | NYP 10/2009 | 1845935160 | #179780A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

The Landscape of Reform

Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America

Ben A Minteer

In "The Landscape of Reform", Ben Minteer offers a fresh and provocative reading of the intellectual foundations of American environmentalism, focusing on the work and legacy ....

280 pages | 5 illustrations | MIT Press

Pbk | 2009 | 0262512556 | #179910A | £9.95 Add to basket

 

Leonardo Da Vinci's Water Theory

On the Origin and Fate of Water

L Pfister, H Savenije and F Fenicia

Leonardo Da Vinci was not only one of the greatest artists of his time, he was also a great engineer and scientist. Only relatively recently, at the beginning of the 19th ....

92 pages | IAHS

Pbk | 2009 | 1901502341 | #179792A | £36.50 Add to basket

 

Local Environmental Movements

A Comparative Study of the United States and Japan

Edited by Pradyumna P Karan and Unryu Suganuma

In light of increasing evidence demonstrating the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet, some have adopted a defeatist attitude toward environmental ....

336 pages | 60 photographs, 17 illustrations, 29 maps | Kentucky UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0813124883 | #179897A | £52.50 Add to basket

 

Making the Most of the Water We Have

The Soft Path Approach to Water Management

Edited by David B Brooks, Oliver M Brandes and Stephen Gurman

In the last century water policies relied on the construction of massive infrastructure in the form of dams, pipelines, and complex centralized treatment plants to meet human ....

288 pages | illustrations, index | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 07/2009 | 1844077543 | #179706A | £49.95 Add to basket

 

The Next Rural Economies

Constructing Rural Place in Global Economies

Edited by G Halseth, S Markey and D Bruce

This book discusses the future of rural development and the recognition of the growing importance of 'place-based economies' where the unique attributes and assets of ....

304 pages | 60 figures/illustrations | CABI

Hbk | NYP 08/2009 | 1845935810 | #179762A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Offshore Wind Power

Edited by John Twidell and Gaetano Gaudiosi

This is the most authoritative single volume on offshore wind power yet published. Distinguished experts, mainly from Europe's leading universities, have contributed a ....

358 pages | Multi-Science

Pbk | 2009 | 0906522633 | #179999A | £134.00 Add to basket

 

The Politics of Food Supply

U.S. Agricultural Policy in the World Economy

Bill Winders

This book deals with an important and timely issue: the political and economic forces that have shaped agricultural policies in the United States during the past eighty ....

304 pages | 18 black-&-white illustrations | Yale UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0300139241 | #180034A | £39.99 Add to basket

 

Potatoes Postharvest

RT Pringle, RC Clayton and CFH Bishop

The potato is an important world crop. This book brings together the various postharvest considerations, including principles of storage, store design, potato handling, quality ....

432 pages | CABI

Hbk | 2009 | 0851995020 | #116727A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Prioritizing Agricultural Research for Development

Experiences and Lessons

Edited by D A Raitzer and G W Norton

Priority assessment methods are relatively well developed for commodity improvement programmes, however, innovation is needed for other, newer areas of research which have ....

272 pages | 17 figures/illustrations | CABI

Hbk | NYP 07/2009 | 1845935667 | #179460A | £75.00 Add to basket

 

Rapid Chemical and Biological Techniques for Water Monitoring

Edited by Catherine Gonzalez, Richard Greenwood and Philippe Quevauviller

This title presents in one volume the 'toolbox' of methods required for water quality monitoring and assesses their potential for underpinning environmental management and ....

440 pages | Wiley

Hbk | 2009 | 0470058110 | #179933A | £120.00 Add to basket

 

Renewable Energy in the Middle East

Enhancing Security through Regional Cooperation

Edited by Michael Mason and Amit Mor

Energy insecurity is not normally associated with the Middle East. However, away from the oil-rich Persian Gulf, the countries of the eastern Mediterranean are particularly ....

200 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2009 | 1402098901 | #179743A | £109.50 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 140209891X | #179744A | £45.99 Add to basket

 

The Responsible Conduct of Research

Adil E Shamoo and David B Resnik

Recent scandals and controversies such as the fabrication of data in federally funded science, the manipulation and distortion of research sponsored by private companies, ....

440 pages | 1 line illustration | OUP

Pbk | 2009 | 019536824X | #179860A | £21.99 Add to basket

 

River Basin Trajectories

Societies, Environments and Development

Edited by Francois Molle and P Wester

Mainstream views of water resource development focus on conventional concepts of supply and demand and often conceive of river basin development as a linear and rational ....

384 pages | 71 figures/illustrations | CABI

Hbk | NYP 08/2009 | 1845935381 | #179732A | £85.00 Add to basket

 

Rivers of Wales

Edited by DD Williams and C Duigan

Situated on the western margin of Europe, Wales has been moulded by the erosional and depositional power of its fresh waters by virtue of high rainfall interacting with ....

344 pages | Col plates | Margraf

Hbk | 2009 | 3823615610 | #179814A | £180.00 Add to basket

 

Rural Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society

Edited by Karl Bruckmeier and Hilary Tovey

Based on the EU-funded CORASON research project, this volume brings together and compares studies into rural and sustainable development processes in twelve European ....

316 pages | includes 13 tables, 2 figures & 4 maps | Ashgate

Hbk | 2009 | 0754674258 | #179956A | £65.00 Add to basket

 

The Shadows of Consumption

Consequences for the Global Environment

Peter Dauvergne

"The Shadows of Consumption" gives a hard-hitting diagnosis: many of the earth's ecosystems and billions of its people are at risk from the consequences of rising ....

328 pages | MIT Press

Pbk | 2008 | 0262042460 | #179903A | £16.95 Add to basket

 

Squeezed

What You Don't Know About Orange Juice

Alissa Hamilton

Close to three quarters of U.S. households buy orange juice. Its popularity crosses class, cultural, racial, and regional divides. Why do so many of us drink orange juice? ....

288 pages | 12 black-&-white illustrations | Yale UP

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 0300124716 | #180035A | £19.99 Add to basket

 

Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution

Charles Weiss and William B Bonvillian

America is addicted to fossil fuels, and the environmental and geopolitical costs are mounting. A federal program - on the scale of the Manhattan Project or the Apollo ....

280 pages | MIT Press

Pbk | 2009 | 0262012944 | #179905A | £15.95 Add to basket

 

The Three Ecologies

Felix Guattari

This book provides the ideal introduction to the work of one of Europe's most radical thinkers. Extending the definition of ecology to encompass social relations and human ....

Continuum Publishing

Pbk | 2008 | 1847063055 | #179895A | £12.99 Add to basket

 

Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics

Comparative and International Perspectives

Edited by Miranda Schreurs, Henrik Selin and Stacy D Van Deveer

Environmental and energy policies have become increasingly significant in European and North American politics. This fascinating book uses a wide range of case studies that ....

342 pages | includes 12 tables & 2 figures | Ashgate

Hbk | 2009 | 0754675971 | #179957A | £60.00 Add to basket

 

Urban Ecology and Health in the Third World

Edited by LM Schell, Malcolm Smith and Alan Bilsborough

This volume looks at the relationship between specific aspects of Third World cities and human health. Rapid and extensive urbanization of the less developed nations is perhaps ....

304 pages | 60 line diagrams | CUP

Hbk | 1993 | 0521411599 | #020336A | £69.99 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0521103053 | #179833A | £29.99 Add to basket

 

Waste

Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

Tristram Stuart

The world has a 'food problem' - rapidly rising prices, shortages, 100 million people starving, environmental depredation - or it thinks it does. This book shows that ....

288 pages | 16 pp b/w | Penguin

Pbk | NYP 07/2009 | 0141036346 | #179755A | £9.99 Add to basket

 

What is Land For?

The Food, Fuel and Climate Change Debate

Edited by Michael Winter and Matt Lobley

In recent decades agricultural commodity surpluses in the developed world have contributed to a mantra of 'land surplus' in which set-aside, extensification, ....

288 pages | index, line illustrations | Earthscan

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1844077209 | #179703A | £49.95 Add to basket

 
Data Analysis
 

Essential Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing

Jian Guo Liu and Philippa J Mason

"Essential Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing" is an accessible overview of the subject and successfully draws together these three key areas in a balanced and ....

456 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 07/2009 | 0470510323 | #179936A | £90.00 Add to basket

Pbk | NYP 07/2009 | 0470510315 | #179937A | £37.50 Add to basket

 

Geospatial Technology for Earth Observation Data

Edited by Deren Li, Jie Shan and Jianya Gong

Earth observation technology for GIS interacts with space, computer, communication, remote sensing, and information technologies, and plays an increasingly significant role ....

450 pages | 20 illustrations | Springer

Hbk | NYP 08/2009 | 1441900497 | #179707A | £83.50 Add to basket

 

Light and Video Microscopy

Randy O Wayne

Most information about the nature of living cells is discovered through light microscope observation. The image seen through a microscope is not a magnified point-by-point ....

312 pages | Approx. 310 illustrations (50 in full colour) | Academic Press

Hbk | 2008 | 012374234X | #180025A | £57.99 Add to basket

 

Statistics for Agriculture and Horticulture

C Ireland

Providing practical training supported by a sound theoretical basis, this textbook introduces students to the principals of investigation by experiment and the role of ....

256 pages | CABI

Pbk | NYP 09/2009 | 1845935373 | #179750A | £34.99 Add to basket

 
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Africa Development Indicators 2008/2009

Youth and Employment in Africa: The Potential, the Problem, the Promise

World Bank Africa Region

Africa Development Indicators 2008/09 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It contains more than 450 macroeconomic, sectoral, and ....

216 pages | includes Single-User DVD | World Bank

DVD | | 0821377892 | #180002A | £161.00 Add to basket

Pbk | 2009 | 0821377876 | #180001A | £89.95 Add to basket

 

International Directory of Environmental Organizations

A reference source to the organizations involved in environmental and conservation worldwide and to their activities. It describes over 3000 organizations and foundations ....

Asia Pacific Infoserv

Pbk | 2009 | 1921492287 | #179889A | £300.00 Add to basket

 

Museums of the World: 2 Volume Set

B Bartz

Covers in its 16th edition approx 55,000 museums in 202 countries, listed hierarchically by country and place, and within places, alphabetically by name. ....

1450 pages | Saur

Hbk | NYP 05/2009 | 3598206968 | #179724A |

Normally £513.00

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £459.00

 

The Penguin Dictionary of Science

Mike Clugston

"The Penguin Dictionary of Science" covers all the important topics in this key subject area, including chemistry, physics, molecular biology, biochemistry, human anatomy, ....

768 pages | Illus, figs | Penguin

Pbk | 2009 | 0141037962 | #179759A | £12.99 Add to basket