new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2005/07
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Mammals
 

The Grizzly Almanac

A Fully Illustrated Natural and Cultural History of America's Great Bear

Robert H Busch

A powerful symbol of wilderness, the grizzly bear was once widespread from Alaska to Mexico. Today 99% of its population in the lower 48 US states is gone - a victim of ....

229 pages | Col photos | Lyons Press

Pbk | 2004 | 1592283209 | #145933A | £14.95 BUY

 
Birds
 

Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 35

Birds and Climate Change

Edited by Anders Moller, Wolfgang Fiedler and P Berthold

Discusses the current knowledge of observed changes and provides guidelines for future studies so we can document and understand how patterns of changing weather conditions ....

259 pages | Figs, tabs | Academic Press

Hbk | 2004 | 0120139359 | #153134A | £99.95 BUY

 

Atlas Hnizdniho Rozsireni Ptaku Krkonos (1991-1994)

Jiri Flousek and Bozena Gramsz

424 pages | Illus, distrib maps | Sprava Krkonosskeho parku

| 8090248969 | #147225A | £25.95 BUY

 

Bird Atlas of Uganda

Margaret Carswell, Derek Pomeroy, Jake Reynolds and Herbert Tushabe

Uganda is about the size of Britain but has more than 1,000 bird species, including many large and attractive ones. This atlas records what is known about the distribution and ....

480 pages | BOC

NYP 08/2005 | #124409A | £55.00 BUY

 

Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

Richard ffrench

Treats 83 of the more common species of birds, 35 of which are also found in the eastern Caribbean. Describes the parts of a bird and habitats, such as flocking, feeding, ....

125 pages | Col photos | Macmillan Caribbean

Pbk | 2004 | 0333995848 | #144218A | £7.95 BUY

 

Fife Bird Atlas

Norman Elkins, Jim Reid, Allan Brown, Derek Robertson and Anne-Marie Smout

This publication has been overseen by the Fife Ornithological Atlas Group (FOAG), which was established in 1990 to organise the fieldwork. The book is in A4 format, with two ....

364 pages | Illus, figs, tabs, maps | Norman Elkins

Hbk | 2003 | #153887A | £25.00 BUY

 

Important Bird Areas of California

DS Cooper

This book is the culmination of a three-year effort to identify and describe key areas around the state most important to birds. It provides current data for roughly 150 sites ....

286 pages | Photos | Audubon California

Pbk | 2004 | #154239A | £19.95 BUY

 

Die Namen der Vögel Europas

Viktor Wember

207 pages | Illus | Aula

Pbk | 2005 | 3891046782 | #154024A | £22.50 BUY

 

Ornithology

Frank B Gill

A comprehensive synthesis providing thorough coverage of the form, function and behaviour of birds. The third edition has been extensively revised to to reflect the ....

720 pages | 373 illus | Palgrave

Hbk | NYP 12/2005 | 0716749831 | #148876A | £63.99 BUY

 

Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests (North America)

Of 520 Species Found Breeding in the United States West of the Mississippi River

Hal H Harrison

In 1934, Roger Tory Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds,the "Birder's Bible," launched the most respected nature series of all time, setting the standard of ....

279 pages | Col & b/w photos, illus | Houghton Mifflin

Pbk | 2004 | 0618164375 | #150024A | £15.50 BUY

 

Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

Hakan Delin and Lars Svensson

Impressive companion volume to the Hamlyn Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe. 570 species are covered, including all resident, and most vagrant, European species. ....

288 pages | 1300 col photos, 163 illus, 465 maps | Bounty

Pbk | 2004 | 075370689X | #150552A | £7.99 BUY

 

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa

PAR Hockey, WRJ Dean and PG Ryan

This benchmark reference for South African ornithology has now been greatly expanded and contains completely new text and specially commissoned artworks of 950 species, 15% of ....

1296 pages | 80 col plates, maps, keys | Russel Freidman Books

NYP 09/2005 | #154238A | £89.95 BUY

 
Reptiles & Amphibians
 

Amphibian Biology, Volume 6: Endocrinology

Edited by Harold Heatwole

Inevitably, overlap occurs when dealing with separate aspects such as behaviour, development and anatomy, that relate to the same function. In this volume, the design ....

394 pages | Illus | Surrey Beatty

Hbk | 2005 | 0949324957 | #154184A | £77.00 BUY

 

Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas Band 3/IIB: Schlangen (Serpentes) III

Viperidae

Wolfgang Böhme

Contains information on the Viperidae. ....

390 pages | 80 illus | Aula

Hbk | NYP 09/2005 | 3891046170 | #070798A | £95.00 BUY

 

Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 3/IIIB: Schildkröten (Testudines) II: Meeresschildkröten

H von Uwe Fritz

Aula

Hbk | 2005 | 3891046545 | #123471A | £80.00 BUY

 

Lizards of the World

Chris Mattison

Written as an introduction to the natural history of lizards, this book helps to answer the many questins that both amateur and professional naturalists ask about these ....

192 pages | 63 colour and 39 b/w photos, 17 line illus, distrib maps | Facts on File

Hbk | 2004 | 0816057168 | #145911A | £23.95 BUY

 
Fishes
 

Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: Volume 2

Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes

John D McEachran and Jannice D Fechhelm

This book is the second of two volumes that cover the entire fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the orders Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, and ....

1008 pages | 652 b/w illus | Texas UP

Hbk | NYP 03/2006 | 0292706340 | #102277A | £81.00 BUY

 

Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of West Africa

2 volumes + CD ROM

D Paugy, C Leveque and C Teugels

New edition of the title first published by IRD in 2 parts in 1990 and 1993. This new edition is bilingual French-English. ....

1274 pages | 24 colour plates | IRD

Pbk | 2004 | 270991526X | #154003A | £85.00 BUY

 

Reef Fishes, Volume 3: Angelfishes and Butterflyfishes

Scott W Michael

Accounts of groups of coral reef fishes, including the Remoras, Jacks, Snappers, Fusiliers, Sweetlips, Spinecheeks, Drums, Goatfishes, Sweepers, Monos, Butterflyfishes, ....

344 pages | Col plates | Microcosm

Hbk | 2004 | 1890087696 | #147496A | £31.00 BUY

 
Invertebrates
 

'Special Issue - Insects and Disease' of Physiological Entomology

Edited by Graham Goldsworthy et al

This is not officially volume 21 in the series (not enough papers were received to warrant this). ....

101 pages | Figs | RES

Pbk | 2005 | #154056A | £20.95 BUY

 

Bees of the World

Chris O'Toole and Anthony Raw

Photographs by Rod and Ken Preston-Mafham Deals with the zoology, morphology, habitat, life cycle, symbiotic relationships and economic importance of a large ....

192 pages | Col photos, b\w photos, b\w illus | Facts on File

Hbk | 2004 | 0816057125 | #145909A | £24.95 BUY

 

The Biology of Disease Vectors

B Beaty and W Marquardt

Presents a comprehensive and advanced discussion of disease vectors and what the future may hold for their control. This edition examines the control of disease vectors through ....

648 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs | Colorado UP

Hbk | 1996 | 0870814117 | #065095A | £68.99 BUY

Hbk | 2004 | 0124732763 | #154314A | £62.99 BUY

 

Bumblebees

Ted Benton

A detailed and up-to-date account of the behaviour and ecology of bumblebees. ....

240 pages | Harper Collins

Hbk | NYP 03/2006 | 0007174500 | #152973A | £45.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 03/2006 | 0007174519 | #152974A | £25.00 BUY

 

Damselflies of the North East

Ed Lam

Covers all 69 species of damselflies from the northeastern USA (Virginia northward) and eastern Canada. It should be useful for all of the eastern USA. Each species account is ....

96 pages | 300 illus and photos | Biodiversity Books

2004 | 0975401505 | #154226A | £18.95 BUY

 

Drosophila

A Guide to Species Identification and Use

Therese Markow and Patrick O'Grady

Anyone wishing to tap the research potential of the hundreds of Drosophila species in ....

500 pages | Illus | Academic Press

Hbk | NYP 08/2005 | 0124730523 | #154234A | £59.99 BUY

 

Flies of the Nearctic Region, Volume 5: Part 13: No 7: Homeodactyla and Asilomorpha

Bombyliidae

Jack C Hall and Neal L Evenhuis

60 pages | 45 figures | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2004 | 3510700260 | #154021A | £35.00 BUY

 

Flies of the Nearctic Region, Volume 8: Part 2: No 14: Cylcorrhapha II (Schizophora:Calyptratae)

Anthomyiidae

Graham CD Griffiths

196 pages | 222 figures | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2003 | 3510700252 | #154020A | £85.00 BUY

 

Flies of the Nearctic Region, Volume 8: Part 2: No 15: Cylcorrhapha II (Schizophora:Calyptratae)

Anthomyiidae

Graham CD Griffiths

151 pages | 177 figures | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2004 | 3510700279 | #154019A | £84.00 BUY

 

General Distribution of the Flea Beetles in the Palaearctic Subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). Supplement

B Gruev and M Doberl

This supplement comes not only to correct the inaccuracies and mistakes in the author's monograph of 1997, but also to update the nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution of the ....

239 pages | Tabs, maps | Pensoft

Hbk | 2005 | 9546422312 | #154170A | £58.00 BUY

 

Hoverflies of Northwest Europe

Identification Keys to the Syrphidae

MP Van Veen

Identifies the hoverflies of Northwest Europe and incorporates the knowledge that has been published in many articles over past ....

254 pages | Col photos, illus | KNNV

Hbk | 2004 | 9050111998 | #153355A | £32.50 BUY

 

Die Käfer Mitteleuropas Band 2, Adephaga 1

Edited by H Freude

302 pages | 1081 illus | Goecke & Evers

Hbk | 1976 | 3827406765 | #046898A | £73.00 BUY

Hbk | 2004 | 3827415519 | #147140A | £152.00 BUY

 

Native Earthworms of Australia II

(Megascolecidae, Acanthodrilinae)

GR Dyne and BGM Jamieson

Earthworms contribute significantly to sustainability of our natural environment, and Australia has some remarkable forms. This review of the acanthodriline fauna completes ....

ABRS

CD | 2004 | 0642568391 | #154023A | £19.50 BUY

 

Practical Hints for Collecting and Studying the Microlepidoptera

Paul A Sokoloff

This leaflet sets out to provide an introductory framework for the study of microlepidoptera and provides information on the routes for further study. It is not ....

40 pages | 11 illus | AES

Pbk | 2004 | #147609A | £4.95 BUY

 

Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Trichoptera 9-15 July 1995, Minnesota

RW Holzenthal and OS Flint

496 pages | Line illus, graphs, figs | Ohio Biological Survey

Hbk | 1995 | 0867271221 | #154289A | £79.00 BUY

 

SBF Volume 4: Harvestmen

PD Hillyard

Harvestmen are an interesting group, possessing a number of unique characters, that deserve more attention. This third edition is an updated work covering all 25 species ....

119 pages | 32 illus | FSC

Pbk | NYP 08/2005 | 1851532676 | #149274A | £29.00 BUY

 

Shell Names: A Guide to Understanding Molluscan Nomenclature

Winston A Barney

Contains 191 pages of Molluscan scientific names constructed from mostly Latin and Greek roots. It is organized into twenty chapters, each dealing with a unique character by ....

191 pages | Winston Barney

Spiralbound | 2004 | #154198A | £19.50 BUY

 

Taming of the Oyster

A History of Evolving Shellfisheries and the National Shellfisheries Association.

MR Carriker

Provides a detailed history of both the shellfish industry and the National Shellfisheries Association. It chronicles nearly a century of notable successes and ....

264 pages | B/w photos, tabs, 1 fig | University of Connecticut

Pbk | 2004 | 0975288105 | #150273A | £23.95 BUY

 

Treasure of Russian Shells: Volume 2

Tichotrropidae

R Egorov and D Alexeyev

The book contained plate of drawings of radulae, plate of representatives of described species in natural size, list of distribution of Trichotropidae in the seas of Russia ....

36 pages | Figs, tabs, maps | Colus

Pbk | 1998 | #134158A | £19.50 BUY

 

Treasure of Russian Shells: Volume 3

Succineidae

Anatoli A Gusarov

Described and illustrated (shell + anatomy of reproductive organs) 18 species of Succineidae from the territory former USSR. Dates about synonymy, distribution, ecology, ....

26 pages | Figs, tabs | Colus

Pbk | 1999 | #134159A | £16.50 BUY

 

Treasure of Russian Shells: Volume 5(1)

Clausillidae: Serrulinae, Alopiinae, Mentissoideinae

RomanV Egorov

The first part of the volume 5 contained descriptions, illustrations, synonymy and dates on geographic distribution and ecology for representatives of the subfamilies ....

61 pages | Figs, tabs, maps | Colus

Pbk | 2001 | #134161A | £29.50 BUY

 

Treasure of Russian Shells: Volume 6

Terrestrial Pectinibranchia

Roman V Egorov and Kristina Greke

(Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae, Diplommatinidae, Cochlostomatidae, Aciculidae, Tateidae, Terrestribythinellidae, Pomatiidae). ....

43 pages | Figs, maps | Colus

Pbk | 2003 | #142326A | £24.50 BUY

 

Treasure of Russian Shells: Volume 7

Orculoidea (Orculidae, Strobilopsidae)

Roman V Egorov and Kristina Greke

Representatives of 2 families with 10 genera contained 30 species with some subspecies are known for territory of Russia and adjacent countries (former USSR). As a result of ....

60 pages | 2 tabs., 3 plates, 130 b/w figs (drawings and photo | Colus

Pbk | 2005 | #154084A | £33.00 BUY

 

World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 7: Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga)

Anders N Nilsson, Bernhard J van Vondel and

170 pages | - | Apollo

Hbk | 2005 | 8788757498 | #154057A | £38.00 BUY

 

World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 8

Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera)

Giorgio Baldizzone, Jean-Francois Landry and Hugo van der Wolf

200 pages | Apollo

Hbk | NYP 12/2005 | 8788757641 | #154058A | £38.00 BUY

 
Palaeontology
 

Feathered Dinosaurs of China

G Wenzel

A childrens introduction to the feathered dinosaurs. ....

32 pages | Col illus | Charlesbridge Publishing Inc

Hbk | 2004 | 157091561X | #150728A | £12.95 BUY

 

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L: Mollusca 4, Ammonoidea (Revised)

RL Kaesler

The first of four volumes of revised Part L. Prepared by C. W. Wright, with sections by J. H. Calloman and M. K. Howarth. The revisions replace the original Part L, first ....

385 pages | GSA

Hbk | 1995 | 0813731127 | #062900A | £84.00 BUY

 

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology: Part B: Protoctista, Charophyta

Edited by Roger L Kaessler

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part B deals generally with plantlike autotrophic protoctists. Included in the charophyte volume are introductory chapters covering ....

184 pages | Illus | GSA

Hbk | 2005 | 0813730023 | #154169A | £71.00 BUY

 

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology: Part H: Brachiopoda, Volume 1 (Revised)

Edited by Roger L Kaesler

First volume to be published in this extensive 4-volume revision of the Brachiopoda. Entirely devoted to introductory material, with chapters on the brachiopod anatomy; the ....

560 pages | GSA

Hbk | 1997 | #154168A | £94.00 BUY

 

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology: Part H: Brachiopoda, Volume 4, (Revised)

Edited by Roger L Kaesler

Fourth volume to be published in this extensive 7-volume revision of the phylum Brachiopoda. Included in this volume is the second part of the subphylum ....

807 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs | GSA

Hbk | 2002 | 0813731089 | #136815A | £112.00 BUY

 

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology: Part H: Brachiopoda, Volumes 2 & 3 (Revised)

Edited by Roger L Kaesler

Two-volume set (v. 2 & 3) of the extensive 4-volume revision of the Brachiopoda. Contains an introductory chapter with the brachiopod classification, systematic ....

960 pages | GSA

Hbk | 2000 | #154167A | £157.00 BUY

 

The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs

We know some were huge, we know some were ferocious... but only now are we able to tell the truth about dinosaurs. New research has lead to new ways of seeing some of the most ....

BBC Video

DVD | NYP 09/2005 | BBCDVD1696 | #154218A | £13.61 BUY

 

Vertebrate Palaeontology

Michael J Benton

Vertebrate Palaeontology is a complete, up-to-date history of the evolution of vertebrates. The third edition of this popular text has been extensively revised to ....

455 pages | Line illus, figs | Blackwell

Pbk | 2004 | 0632056371 | #147883A | £29.95 BUY

 
Marine & Freshwater Biology
 

Diatom Monographs: Volume 4: Floristic List of Non-Marine Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic and Canary Islands

Edited by Marina Aboal, Miguel Alvarez, JC Cobelas and Luc Ector

639 pages | 3 colour figures | Koeltz

Hbk | 2003 | 3906166082 | #154011A | £87.00 BUY

 

Diatoms of Uruguay

Ditmar Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot, Horst Lange and Felipe Garcia

Bilingual English-Spanish. ....

737 pages | 241 plates | Koeltz

Hbk | 2005 | 3906166252 | #154014A | £131.00 BUY

 

The Dive Guide to the Maldives

Sam Harwood and Rob Bryning

Contains comprehensive coverage of the best dive sites in this area and includes location, access, conditions, depths and marine life. Information on accomodation, ....

176 pages | 100 Col photos, 13 col maps | New Holland

Pbk | 2004 | 1843308479 | #149919A | £13.99 BUY

 

Encyclopedia of Underwater Life

Edited by A Campbell

A fascinating, in-depth exploration of the hidden underwater world, this spectacularly illustrated encyclopedia examines the creatures that inhabit our seas, rivers, lakes, ....

312 pages | OUP

Hbk | NYP 09/2005 | 0192806742 | #154311A | £30.00 BUY

 

Freshwater Diatom Flora of North America

Peter A Siver, Paul B Hamilton and Kasia Stachura

463 pages | 94 photographic plates | Koeltz

Hbk | 2005 | 3906166171 | #154013A | £116.00 BUY

 
General Natural History
 

At the Mercy of the River

An Exploration of the Last African Wilderness

Peter Stark

Stark chronicles his trip down Mozambique's Lugenda River past expected and unexpected hazards, wondering what drives man to push beyond the boundaries of civilization. He ....

332 pages | Photos | Ballantine Books

Hbk | 2005 | 0345441818 | #154221A | £17.95 BUY

 

Atmosphere: Landscapes of the Falkand Islands

Ian Strange and Georgina Strange

Atmosphere: Landscapes of the Falkland Islands is Design In Nature's first book to be published by the authors and photographers themselves; Ian Strange & his daughter, ....

75 pages | Col photos | Design in Nature

Hbk | 2005 | 0955070805 | #154233A | £18.99 BUY

 

Attenborough in Paradise

The David Attenborough Specials

David Attenborough

This release is a collection of the one-off programmes that David Attenborough has recorded over his first 50 years in broadcasting. ....

Running time: 360 mins | BBC Video

DVD | NYP 08/2005 | BBCDVD1795 | #154123A | £13.61 BUY

 

Audubon

A Retrospective

J Dormon

A collection of essays written to mark the bicentennial of the artist's birth, is a welcome addition to the existing body of literature on John James Audubon. Written by ....

102 pages | 13 b\w illus, 1 col illus | Lafayette University

Hbk | 1990 | 0940984539 | #154180A | £12.50 BUY

 

Before the Fall-out: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima

Diana Preston

Spanning fifty years, Before the Fall-Out tells the full story of how an exhilarating quest to unravel the secrets of the material world produced the knowledge of how to ....

352 pages | Doubleday

Hbk | 2005 | 0385604386 | #154280A | £20.00 BUY

 

Complete Digital Photography

Tom Ang

Caters to a need not met by existing books, addressing the general public or laypersons who simply want to do a few basic things with their digital images. ....

160 pages | New Holland

Hbk | NYP 10/2005 | 1845370260 | #154295A | £17.99 BUY

 

The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science

Denis Brian

The first book to chronicle both generations of the famous French scientific family ....

448 pages | Wiley

Hbk | NYP 08/2005 | 0471273910 | #154242A | £18.99 BUY

 

Don't You Have Time To Think?

Richard P Feynman

Throughout his extraordinary career Richard Feynman wrote regularly to friends and family, to his fans around the world, and to colleagues eager for advice. This ....

416 pages | Allen Lane

Hbk | 2005 | 0713998474 | #154253A | £20.00 BUY

 

Drawing Wildlife

JC Amberlyn

artist and naturalist J.C. Amberlyn's lifelong dedication to observing wildlife and mastering art techniques that illustrate the beauty of nature. Vivid descriptions and ....

160 pages | Illus | Watson Guptill

Pbk | 2005 | 0823023796 | #154294A | £15.99 BUY

 

Emma Darwin

The Inspirational Wife of a Genius

Edna Healey

Much has been written about Charles Darwin but this is the first biography of his strong, intelligent wife. Emma Wedgwood, granddaughter of the famous Josiah, married ....

384 pages | 16 b/w photos | Headline

Pbk | 2002 | 0747262489 | #153974A | £7.99 BUY

 

Findings

Kathleen Jamie

school, that's how birds enter my life. I listen. During a lull in the traffic: oyster-catchers; in the school-playground, sparrows. It's surprising what you can ....

180 pages | Sort of Books

Pbk | 2005 | 0954221745 | #154285A | £6.99 BUY

 

Four Elements: Water, Air, Fire, Earth

Rebecca Rupp

Rupp explores the science, the scientists, the legends and the stories connected with water (from tidal waves to the health-giving properties of bathing), air (from ....

320 pages | Profile Books

Hbk | 2005 | 1861972342 | #154254A | £16.99 BUY

 

The Genius Factory

Unravelling the Mysteries of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank

David Plotz

the story of the Nobel Prize sperm bank, one of the most radical experiments in human breeding ever. In 1980 millionaire inventor Robert Graham began recruiting Nobel ....

320 pages | Scribner

Hbk | 2005 | 0743275519 | #154240A | £12.99 BUY

 

In Search of Myths and Heroes

Michael Wood

Michael Wood explores four of the most famous myths in the world: Shangri-la, the Golden Fleece, the Queen of Sheba, and the Holy Grail. His journeys take him to some of the ....

2 discs, running time: 220 mins | BBC Video

DVD | 2005 | BBCDVD1682 | #154125A | £17.01 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 0563521872 | #154127A | £18.99 BUY

 

Life in the Undergrowth

David Attenborough

Attenborough covers not just bugs, beetles and creepy-crawlies, but scorpions and centipedes, mites and mantids, spiders and dragonflies. And not just life in the ....

320 pages | Col photos, 2 DVD disc set | BBC Books

Hbk | NYP 10/2005 | 0563522089 | #151980A | £20.00 BUY

DVD | NYP 11/2005 | BBCDVD1737 | #154216A | £21.27 BUY

 

Life of Birds

Quentin Blake

adding to the gaiety of our daily lives via his exuberant illustrations, both for children and for adults. Now, in this exquisitely produced book, he gives free range to ....

80 pages | Col illus | Doubleday

Hbk | NYP 10/2005 | 038560985X | #154197A | £20.00 BUY

 

Misadventures in a White Desert

Patrick Woodhead

This is the story of how Patrick Woodhead - 26, from South London, hobbies include exploring some of the most remote and inaccessible parts of the world - set out on an ....

340 pages | Col photos | Sceptre

Pbk | 2004 | 0340828102 | #152053A | £7.99 BUY

 

Tarrant on Top of the World: In Search of Polar Bears

Chris Tarrant

A passionate angler, Chris Tarrant's interest in bears was first triggered by sightings of grizzlies while fishing in the wilds of Canada. For years he harboured a plan to ....

160 pages | Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Hbk | NYP 10/2005 | 0297844229 | #154282A | £18.99 BUY

 
Regional & Travel
 

Andes to Amazon

A Wildlife Guide to South America

Michael Bright

Ground-breaking wildlife guide to South America, inspired by the first-hand experiences of the film-makers of the six-part TV series, Andes to Amazon, to be broadcast on ....

216 pages | 100 colour photos, 11 colour maps, 2 disc set, running time: 300mins | BBC Video

DVD | 2005 | BBCDVD1707 | #154117A | £17.01 BUY

Pbk | 2002 | 0563534958 | #125779A |

Normally £12.99

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £5.99

 

Animals of Etosha / Die Tiere in Etoscha / Diere van Etosha

Jock Du Preez

Contains descriptions and accompanying colour photographs of the fauna likely to be encountered in the Etosha National Park. Text contains information on breeding, fiod, ....

72 pages | Col photos, maps | Shell

Pbk | 2004 | 0620074906 | #050843A |

Normally £10.50

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £2.99

 

Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Economy of New England

William Cronon

In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their ....

257 pages | Illus | Hill and Wang

Pbk | 2003 | 0809016346 | #154001A | £16.50 BUY

 

Fauna of Arabia: Volume 18

Edited by V Mahnert and F Krupp

Ciliata, corals, molluscs, Crustacea, insects, fishes, reptiles, mammals. ....

407 pages | Col plates, b/w photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps | Karger Libri

Hbk | 2000 | 3723400183 | #124399A | £99.00 BUY

 

Fauna of Saudi Arabia: Volume 1

Edited by W Buttiker and F Krupp

Zoological Survey, Scorpiones, Isoptera, Psocoptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, Neuroptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera. ....

372 pages | Col photos, illus | Karger Libri

Hbk | 1979 | 3723400000 | #004119A | £95.00 BUY

 

Fauna of Saudi Arabia: Volume 3

Edited by W Buttiker and F Krupp

Zoological Survey, Ixodoidea, Aranea, Orthoptera, Embiidina, Psocoptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, birds, primates, mosquitos. ....

479 pages | Col photos, illus | Karger Libri

Hbk | 1981 | 3723400027 | #004121A | £95.00 BUY

 

Fauna of Saudi Arabia: Volume 4

Edited by W Buttiker and F Krupp

Echinodermata, ticks, Mantodea, Isoptera, Psocoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Siphonaptera, Gekkonidae, pink-backed pelican, lesser kudu, ....

531 pages | Illus, tabs | Karger Libri

Hbk | 1982 | 3723400035 | #004122A | £95.00 BUY

 

Green Hills of Africa

Ernest Hemingway

Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December ....

208 pages | - | Vintage

Pbk | 2004 | 0099460955 | #152290A | £6.99 BUY

 

Insight Guide: Rajasthan, India

Insight Guides

Pbk | 2000 | 9812345205 | #154287A | £13.99 BUY

 

The Namib

Natural History of an Ancient Desert

Mary Seely

A guide to the natural history of the Namib desert. ....

108 pages | Col photos, b/w illus, figs, tabs, maps | Desert Research Foundation

Pbk | 2004 | 9991668160 | #154085A | £17.95 BUY

 

The Natural History of Canada

RD Lawrence

`If you plan on having one natural history book about Canada on your family's bookshelves, this should be it.' Toronto Star ....

Key Porter Books

2005 | 1552636542 | #151315A | £50.00 BUY

 

Nieuwoudtville - A Biodiversity Hotspot (Map)

The Nieuwoudtville map gives detailed information about the biodiversity of the area. This is a comprehensive guide to Nieuwoudtville's natural and cultural resources. ....

NBI

Map | 2004 | #153378A | £52.00 BUY

 

The Rough Guides Directions to the Algarve

Matthew Hancock

Algarve directions has all you need to get the most out of your stay. Browse the ideas section for things to do. Flip to the places section to explore the area, with every ....

208 pages | Col photos, 30 maps | Rough Guides

Pbk | 2005 | 1843534193 | #154200A | £6.99 BUY

 

Wild Africa

Patrick Morris, Amanda Barrett, Andrew Murrary and Marguerite Smits van Oyen

Wild Africa shows how a once stable continent has been fragmented into six extraordinary ecosystems, and how these ....

240 pages | 240 col photos, maps, 2 discs, running time: 360 mins | BBC Books

Hbk | 2001 | 0563537906 | #118694A | £19.99 BUY

DVD | 2005 | BBCDVD1700 | #154122A | £17.01 BUY

Video | 2001 | #122737A | £17.01 BUY

 

Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland

A Photographic Field Guide to Over 600 Species

Rae Spencer Jones and Sarah Cuttle

This comprehensive field guide will appeal to expert and beginner alike, with over 600 wild-flower specimens from the woodlands, grasslands and chalk downlands and the ....

256 pages | Kyle Cathie

Hbk | NYP 10/2005 | 185626503X | #154288A | £25.00 BUY

 
Botany & Plant Science
 

Action Plan for Brazilian Botanic Gardens

Tania Sampaio Pereira

The Action Plan is intended to be a broad instrument for the discussion of matters related to botanic gardens in a country of ....

44 pages | JBRJ

Pbk | 2004 | 8598262021 | #154211A | £12.50 BUY

 

Algae and Extreme Environments

Ecology and Physiology

Edited by J Elster, J Seckbach, WF Vincent and O Lhotsky

Proceedings of the International Conference 11-16 September 2000 Trebon, Czech Republic. ....

602 pages | 340 figures, 83 tables, 6 plates | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2001 | 3443510450 | #128546A | £132.00 BUY

 

Alger vid Sveriges Ostersjokust

En Fotoflora

Anna Tolstoy and Katrin Osterlund

A photographic flora of macroalgae occuring along the Swedish East coast. The colour photographs show habitats, habits and microscopic features of algae. The field work was ....

282 pages | Col photos, figs, map, illus | SLU

Hbk | 2003 | 9188506282 | #149186A | £37.00 BUY

 

Austral Hepaticae, Part II

RM Schuster

Part II of Austral Hepaticae treats two of the largest and most complex suborders of the order Jungermanniales. The first suborder, the Cephaloziineae, includes some four ....

606 pages | 224 figures | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2002 | 3443510418 | #128549A | £142.00 BUY

 

Biological Aspects of Scenedesmus (Chlorophyceae) Phenotypic Plasticity

FR Trainor

Scenedesmus is is a cosmopolitan green freshwater algae. Because of the colonial symmetry of Scenedesmus, its size/shape differences and abundant cytological features ....

367 pages | 71 figures, 58 tables | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 1997 | 3443510396 | #128550A | £54.50 BUY

 

Bulbs for Garden Habitats

J Glattstein

Judy Glattstein offers a new approach to planting bulbs based on matching the plants to the garden habitats where they'll be healthiest and happiest, rather than the usual ....

256 pages | Timber Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0881926930 | #154190A | £22.50 BUY

 

Chisaca, Un Recorrido Por Los Paramos Andinos

Paola Pedraza-Penalosa

Forty-five families, 132 genera, and 243 species of flowering plants found in this large area of Paramo vegetatioon are systematically treated with keys, diagnostic ....

340 pages | 359 Col photos, 200 b/w line illus | Paola Pedraza

Pbk | 2004 | #154244A | £33.50 BUY

 

Chrystophytes and Related Organisms

Topics and Issues

Edited by PA Siver and JL Wee

Proceedings of the Fifth International Chrysophytes Symposium 27 - 31 July 1999, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA. ....

258 pages | 251 figures, 34 tables | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2001 | 3443510442 | #128547A | £78.00 BUY

 

Collins Tree Guide

Owen Johnson and David More

Published in the same format as the bestselling Collins Bird Guide, the Collins Tree Guide is a definitive, fully-illustrated guide to the trees of Britain and ....

464 pages | 216 col plates | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2004 | 0007139543 | #128715A | £25.00 BUY

Pbk | NYP 04/2006 | 0007207719 | #151916A | £16.99 BUY

 

Collins Wild Guide: Mushrooms and Toadstools

Brian Spooner

Identification guide to 240 species, each illustrated with a colour photograph showing the key features. ....

256 pages | Col photos throughout | Harper Collins

Pbk | 1996 | 0002200074 | #050013A | £8.99 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 0007191502 | #149501A | £8.99 BUY

 

Complete British Wild Flowers

Paul Sterry

A complete photoguide to all the wild flowers of Britain. There are 1039 main entries, which include wildflowers, shrubs, aquatic plants, grasses, sedges and rushes. A ....

304 pages | Col photos | Harper Collins

Pbk | NYP 04/2006 | 0007204698 | #152992A | £15.99 BUY

 

The Comprehensive Guide to the Wild Flowers of the United Arab Emirates

Marijcke Jongbloed

Describes 550 wild plants in full detail with another 205 species recorded briefly. The scientific index serves as a checklist of 775 local species in 81 families. ....

576 pages | 1500 colour photos, distrib maps | Marycke Jongbloed

Hbk | 2003 | 9948408241 | #150547A | £47.00 BUY

 

Creating a Garden Wildlife Pond

D Bevan

Creating a Garden wildlife Pond is a companion volume to the phenomenally successful The Garden Wildlife Survival Guide and The Garden Bird Survival Guide, both of which sold ....

32 pages | 48 col illus | Ringpress Books

Pbk | 2002 | 1860542123 | #154016A | £2.99 BUY

 

Current Trends in the Embryology of Angiosperms

Edited by SS Bhojwani

During the last two decades the modern techniques of histochemistry, electron microscopy, plant physiology, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, immunology, and ....

544 pages | Springer

Hbk | 2001 | 0792368886 | #125731A | £184.00 BUY

 

E.W Jones's Liverwort and Hornwort Flora of West Africa

Edited by MJ Wiggington

This is the first fully illustrated and complete identification guide to the hepaticae of West Africa (Mauritania to Cameroon and Rio Muni and the Gulf of Guinea Islands). ....

443 pages | B/w figs, line illus, tabs, maps | National BG

Hbk | 2004 | 9072619617 | #154209A | £38.00 BUY

 

Enduring Roots

Encounters with Trees, History, and the American Landscape

Gayle Brandow Samuals

Each chapter focuses on a specific tree or group of trees and their relationship with natural and human history. ....

208 pages | Rutgers UP

Hbk | 1999 | 081352721X | #116375A | £23.95 BUY

Pbk | 2004 | 0813535395 | #149954A | £9.50 BUY

 

Epiphyllous Liverworts of China

ML So

In this voluminous work a detailed treatment of 168 species of epiphyllous liverworts occurring in China is presented. Papers dealing with this group of plants worldwide are ....

418 pages | 140 figures, 5 tables | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2001 | 3443510434 | #128548A | £87.00 BUY

 

Farbatlas der Basidiomyceten (Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes): Lfg 16

Meinhard Moser and Walter Julich

200 pages | Colour illus | Elsevier Germany

Hbk | 1998 | 3827407915 | #125902A | £56.50 BUY

 

Farbatlas der Basidiomyceten (Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes): Lfg 17

Meinhard Moser and Julich Walter

298 pages | Colour illus | Elsevier Germany

Hbk | 1999 | 3827407923 | #125918A | £56.50 BUY

 

Farbatlas der Basidiomyceten (Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes): Lfg 18

Meinhard Moser and Julich Walter

235 pages | Colour illus | Elsevier Germany

Hbk | 2000 | 3827407931 | #125988A | £50.00 BUY

 

Farbatlas der Basidiomyceten (Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes): Lfg 19

Meinhard Moser, Francesco Bellu, Anton Hausknecht and Ursula Peintner

296 pages | Colour illus | Elsevier Germany

Hbk | 2001 | 3827410320 | #125990A | £69.95 BUY

 

Farbatlas der Basidiomyceten (Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes): Lfg 20

Meinhard Moser and Julich Walter

Die Lieferung 20 enth~lt 30 Gattungsdiagnosen: Bolbitius, Montagnea, Phaeogalera und Xeromphalina aus der Gro~gruppe Agaricales; Amphinema, Auriporia, Ceriporia, ....

292 pages | Colour illus | Elsevier Germany

Unbound | 2002 | 3827410738 | #154080A | £63.00 BUY

 

Farbatlas der Basidiomyceten (Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes): Lfg 21

Meinhard Moser and Julich Walter

Die Lieferung 21 enth~lt 38 in den bisherigen Lieferungen noch fehlende Gattungsdiagnosen und zwar: ....

192 pages | Colour illus | Elsevier Germany

Unbound | 2003 | 3827411157 | #154081A | £62.00 BUY

 

Farbatlas der Basidiomyceten (Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes): Lfg 22

(mit Schnellhefter)

Meinhard Moser and Julich Walter

Mittlerweilen ist der MOSER, Farbatlas eines der umfangsreichsten Abbildungswerke f~r Basidiomyceten weltweit. Es dient Profis und Amateuren als umfangreiches Nachschlagewerk ....

144 pages | Colour illus | Elsevier Germany

Unbound | 2004 | 3827415594 | #154082A | £66.00 BUY

 

Festschrift for William G.Darcy: The Legacy of a Taxonomist

Richard C Keating, Victoria C Hollowell and Thomas B Croat

The life of William G. D'Arcy was unusual in many respects. His research career as a systematic botanist would be considered exceptionally productive even if begun in his ....

Illus | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2005 | 1930723458 | #154036A | £74.00 BUY

 

Field Guide to Eucalypts, Volume 3

Northern Australia

MIH Brooker and DA Kleinig

Australia is one of the few countries in the world which is generally associated with a single group of plants - the eucalyptus. Eucalyptus is a huge genus including about 900 ....

383 pages | Col photos, maps, figs | Bloomings Books

Hbk | 2004 | 1876473487 | #154088A | £49.95 BUY

 

A Field Guide to the Forest Trees of Brunei Darussalam, and the North West Borneo Hotspot, Volume 1

Edited by PS Ashton

This Guide intends to make it as easy as possible for the interested non-specialist to identify every known tree species in the Brunei area (approx 2000). The principal tools ....

281 pages | Line illus | Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Pbk | 2003 | 9991710922 | #153975A | £26.50 BUY

 

Flora Agaricina Neerlandica, Volume 6

Bolbitiaceae (Bolbitius, Conocybe, Pholiotina, Agrocybe) and Coprinaeae

Edited by E Arnolds, C Ulje and M Nauta

This volume covers the Families Coprinaceae and Bolbitiaceae and the genera Coprinus, Bolbitius, conocybe, Pholiotina, and Agrocybe. Since the publication of Volume 1, new ....

240 pages | Illus | Balkema

Pbk | 2005 | 9054104961 | #125864A | £36.99 BUY

 

Flora Armenii, Volume 10: Monocotyledones, Exclusive of Poaceae

In Russian, with Latin nomenclature and Latin species index. ....

610 pages | 194 plates | Koeltz

Hbk | 2000 | 3904144251 | #049747A | £71.00 BUY

 

Flora Fanerogamica do Estado de Sao Paulo

 

Flora Iranica, Volume 175: Papilionaceae III, Astragalus II

D Podlech, S Zarre and R Maassoumi

197 pages | 135 illus | Flora Iranica Project

Pbk | 2001 | #134691A | £196.00 BUY

 

Flora Iranica, Volume 176: Rubiaceae

Ehrendorfer F, Schönbeck-Temesy E, Puff C and Rechinger W

287 pages | 175 figures | Flora Iranica Project

Pbk | 2005 | #126267A | £162.00 BUY

 

Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, Tomo 38 Volume 1

AECI

Hbk | 2004 | 8472329992 | #152429A | £225.00 BUY

 

Flora de la República de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fasicúlo 10

PA Gonzalez Gutierrez and J Sierra Calzado

214 pages | Koeltz

Pbk | 2005 | 3906166309 | #154012A | £35.50 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 61, Part 78: Cunoniaceae

Edited by G Harling

The Ecuadorean members of the Cunoniaceae are revised. One genus, Weinmannia, occurs in the country. Twentysix species are documented by Ecuadorean collections. One species is ....

74 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 1999 | 8788702464 | #153883A | £29.50 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 62, Part 162: Rubiaceae (part 3)

Edited by P Delprete, L Andersson, B Stahl and CM Taylor

The Ecuadorean species of the Rubiaceae tribes Condamineeae, Isertieae, Coussareeae, and (partly) Psychotrieae are revised. The tribes are treated in their traditional ....

320 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 1999 | 8788702685 | #153884A | £66.00 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 63, Part 211: Mayacaceae; 212A: Xyridaceae; Part 212B: Rapateaceae

A Lorteig, R Kral and PE Berry

There are two species of Mayaca recorded from Ecuador, and one more is assumed to occur there. There are three species of Xyris recorded from Ecuador, and four more species of ....

48 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 1999 | 8788702707 | #153885A | £18.95 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 64, Part 132: Loasaceae

M Weigend

The family Loasaceae is revised for Ecuador. The family is represented in this country by one species of Gronovia, two species of Mentzelia, two species of Klaprothia, one ....

92 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2000 | 918889620X | #153888A | £37.00 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 65, Part 102: Polygalaceae

Bent Eriksen, B Stahl and C Persson

134 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2000 | #153889A | £47.00 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 66, Part 6: Ophioglossaceae; Part 10: Gleicheniaceae

B Ollgaard, Hanna Tuomisto, RC Moran and Else Ostergaard Andersen

175 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2001 | #153890A | £51.50 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 67, Part 115: Vitaceae

JA Lombardi

39 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2001 | #153891A | £15.95 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 68, Part 214(2) Graminae, part 2

S Lagaard and PM Peterson

131 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2001 | #153892A | £37.00 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 69, Part 29: Proteaceae; Part 30B: Olacaceae; Part 31: Santalaceae

C Bonifaz, X Cornejo, P Hiepko, P Jorgensen and C Ulloa

123 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2002 | #153893A | £35.50 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 70, Part 55A: Nymphaeaceae; Part 55B: Ceratophyllaceae

Z Cornejo, C Bonifaz and B Stahl

31 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2003 | #153894A | £10.50 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 71, Part 200: Alstroemeriaceae; Part 201: Haemodoraceae

G Harling, M Neuendorf, P Maas and H Maas

118 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2003 | #153895A | £37.00 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 72, Myristicaceae

Tatiana S Jaramillo, Priscilla Muriel and Henrik Balslev

101 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2003 | #154027A | £37.00 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 73. Crassulaceae, Saxifragaceae, Hydrangeaceae, Grossulariaceae, Escalloniaceae, Phyllonomaceae

Alina Freire Fierro and Katya Romolerouex

91 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2004 | #154028A | £32.50 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 74. Rubiaceae (part 4), Tribe 9. Hippotideae

Lennart Andersson and Johan HE Rova

46 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2004 | #154029A | £19.95 BUY

 

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 75. Ephedraceae, Droseraceae, Zygophyllaceae

Stephanie Ickert-Bond, MD Correa, Silva TR Dos Santos and RD De Stefano

32 pages | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2005 | #154030A | £15.95 BUY

 

Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Volume 4, Part 2

Astraceae

Mesfin Tadesse

408 pages | Uppsala University

2005 | #154236A | £45.50 BUY

 

Flora of Oman, Volume 1

SA Ghazanfar

This is the first of four volumes of the Flora of the Sultanate of Oman. It includes 42 families of flowering plants, and describes 310 species in 155 genera. In the treatment ....

262 pages | Figs | National BG

Pbk | 2003 | 9072619552 | #154203A | £20.50 BUY

 

Flora of Southern Africa, Volume 9: Urticaceae

Part 2

I Friis and KL Immelman

36 pages | B/w line illus, maps | NBI

Pbk | 2001 | 1919795553 | #143379A | £13.50 BUY

 

Flore de Madagascar et des Comores, Fam. 133b

Diegodendraceae - Convolulaceae

ABT

Pbk | 2001 | #154189A | £49.00 BUY

 

Flore de l'Afrique du Nord Series

Covers the Flora of North Africa. ....

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 10: Apocynaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154141A | £54.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 11: Elaeocarpaceae - Monimiaceae

J Jeremie

ABT

Pbk | | #154142A | £38.00 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 12: Leguminosae - Mimoseae - Chrysobalanaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154143A | £28.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 13: Convolvulaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154144A | £19.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 14: Euphorbiaceae (I)

ABT

Pbk | | #154145A | £40.00 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 15: Hernandiaceae - Meliaceae - Oncotheaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154146A | £31.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 16: Dilleniaceae - Goodeniaceae - Iridaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154147A | £28.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 17: Euphorbiaceae (II) - Phyllanthoideae

M Schmid

ABT

Pbk | | #154148A | £57.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 18: Myrtaceae, Leptospermoideae

ABT

Pbk | | #154149A | £49.00 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 19: Ebenaceae - Winteraceae

W Vink

ABT

Pbk | | #154150A | £34.00 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 20: Celastraceae - Loranthaceae - Alseuoemiaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154151A | £28.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 23: Myrtaceae, Myrtoideae (1)

ABT

Pbk | | #154152A | £28.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 24: Pittosporaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154153A | £34.00 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 25: Hippocrateaceae, Labiatae, Vitaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154154A | £49.00 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 2: Proteaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154121A | £25.95 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 5: Lauraceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154135A | £14.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 6: Epacridaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154136A | £18.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 7: Acanthaceae, Bignoniaceae, Boraginaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154138A | £30.50 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 8: Orchidaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154139A | £82.00 BUY

 

Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances Volume 9: Flacourtiaceae - Symplocaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154140A | £36.00 BUY

 

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam, Volume 1

Sabiaceae

F Gagnepain and JE Vidal

58 pages | 9 plates | ABT

Pbk | 1960 | #077524A | £5.95 BUY

 

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam, Volume 2

Anacardiaceae, Moringaceae, Connaraceae

ML Tardieu-Blot and JE Vidal

199 pages | 23 plates | ABT

Pbk | 1962 | #077525A | £20.95 BUY

 

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam, Volume 3

Sapotaceae

A Aubreville

105 pages | 16 plates | ABT

Pbk | 1963 | #077526A | £10.95 BUY

 

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam, Volume 30

Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Millettieae

ABT

Pbk | | #154161A | £38.00 BUY

 

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam, Volume 31

Gentianaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154162A | £29.50 BUY

 

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam, Volume 32

Myrsinaceae

ABT

Pbk | | #154163A | £51.50 BUY

 

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam, Volume 5

Umbelliferae, Aizoaceae, Molluginaceae, Passifloraceae

Edited by G Cusset and ML Tardieu-Blot

157 pages | Line drawings | ABT

Pbk | 1967 | #077529A | £16.50 BUY

 

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam, Volume 6

Rosaceae (1)

JE Vidal

210 pages | 23 plates | ABT

Pbk | 1968 | #077530A | £21.95 BUY

 

Flore du Gabon Volume 37: Orchidaceae II

ABT

Pbk | | #154186A | £55.50 BUY

 

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

Gill Condy, Vicki Thomas 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, ....

NBI

Pbk | NYP 08/2005 | 1919976159 | #154006A | £47.00 BUY

 

The Fungi

B.M Johri

This text serves the needs of students and teachers engaged in the study of fungi. It begins with an introductory discussion of fungi, their thallus organization, cell ....

250 pages | Alpha Science

Hbk | 2003 | 1842651536 | #154071A | £30.00 BUY

 

Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 6

Russulacceae - Genera Russula, Genera Lactarius

Edited by Fred Kränzlin

Describes 218 species and contains illustrations of microscopic features and colour photographs. ....

317 pages | Col photo, line illus | Mycologia Lucerne

Hbk | 2005 | 3856042601 | #125852A | £101.00 BUY

 

Gardens of England and Wales Open for Charity 2005

`The Yellow Book'

National Gardens Scheme

The latest edition of the `Yellow Book' published by The National Gardens Scheme is now available. With a new exciting front cover and up-to-date articles inside from ....

560 pages | Illus | National Gardens Scheme

Pbk | 2005 | 0900558393 | #154054A | £7.99 BUY

 

The Genus Dictyota in the Indian Ocean, Volume 13

O De Clerck

Dictyota, a brown algal genus (Phaeophyta), is one of the most common genera of macroalgae along tropical to warm temperature shores. The delimination of species within ....

205 pages | Figs, tabs, illus | National BG

Pbk | 2003 | 9072619536 | #154205A | £17.50 BUY

 

Golden Algae: A Biology of Chrysophytes

Jorgen Kristiansen

167 pages | Illus | Koeltz

Hbk | 2005 | 3906166236 | #154015A | £56.50 BUY

 

Heucheras and Heucherellas: Coral Bells and Foamy Bells

D Heims

Few perennials have undergone as dramatic a "makeover" as heucheras (coral bells) and their hybrids with tiarellas (foamflowers), the heucherellas (foamy bells). Drawn mainly ....

220 pages | 8 illus, 116 col photos | Timber Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0881927023 | #152397A | £17.99 BUY

 

Iconografia y Estudio de Plantas Acuaticas de la Cuidad de Mexico y sus Alrededores

A Lot and A Novelo

Large format including full-page coloured drawings of plants and plant parts, plus large-font descriptions in Spanish. Includes 10 emersed plants; 16 submersed plants; 6 ....

206 pages | Col Illus | UNAM

2004 | 9703221319 | #153973A | £47.00 BUY

 

Illustrations de Mousses Africaines

JL De Sloover

224 pages | B/w line illus | National BG

Pbk | 2003 | 9072619595 | #154208A | £20.50 BUY

 

Index Hepaticarum: Achiton - Balantiopsis

CEB Bonner

2002 reprint edition. ....

320 pages | Cramer

Hbk | 1962 | #129474A | £50.00 BUY

 

Index Hepaticarum: Barbilophozia - Ceranthus

CEB Bonner

2001 reprint edition. ....

315 pages | Cramer

Pbk | 1963 | #129475A | £35.00 BUY

 

Index Hepaticarum: Ceratolejeunea - Cystolejeunea

CEB Bonner

2002 reprint edition. ....

290 pages | Cramer

Hbk | 1963 | #129477A | £50.00 BUY

 

Index Hepaticarum: Goebeliella - Jubula

CEB Bonner

2002 reprint edition. ....

313 pages | Cramer

Hbk | 1966 | #129479A | £50.00 BUY

 

Index Hepaticarum: Lembidium - Mytilopsis

P Geissler and H Bischler

2001 reprint edition. ....

352 pages | Cramer

Pbk | 1985 | #129481A | £65.00 BUY

 

Index Hepaticarum: Supplement A-C

H Bischler

2002 reprint edition. ....

167 pages | Cramer

Pbk | 1977 | #129480A | £20.00 BUY

 

Les Macroclichens de Belgique, du Luxembourg et du Nord de la France

P Diederich, E Serusiaux and J Lambinon

This is the first annotated checklist of the lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France. A total of 1151 taxa are accepted, including 930 lichens ....

Luxembourg MNHN

2004 | #151858A | £19.95 BUY

 

Lilacs

The Genus Syringa

John Fiala

Father John L. Fiala devoted 10 years to this book, a unique treatise that is both a scholarly monograph and a personal tribute to the beauty of lilacs. This facsimile ....

372 pages | 398 colour photos, 100 line drawings | Timber Press

Pbk | 1988 | 0881925306 | #127616A | £25.00 BUY

 

The National Plant Collections Directory 2005

National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens

The NCCPG 2005 Directory lists over 650 National Plant Collections including some 30 new ones. Full details about these specialist collections, listed alphabetically by genus, ....

NCCPG

Pbk | 2005 | #154037A | £8.50 BUY

 

A New Key to Wild Flowers

John Hayward

This is a 2004 reprint by the Field Studies Council of the title originally published by Cambridge University Press. An essential reference for field botanists, ecologists and ....

278 pages | Line figs | FSC

Pbk | 1995 | 1851532854 | #154039A | £16.95 BUY

 

Nitrogen Fixation in Agriculture, Forestry, Ecology and the Environment

Edited by D Werner and WE Newton

The outstanding aspect of this book is the integration of basic and applied work on biological nitrogen fixation in the fields of agriculture, forestry, and ecology in ....

Kluwer

Hbk | NYP 08/2005 | 140203542X | #154171A | £90.00 BUY

 

Orchid Genera of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam

A Schuiteman and EF Vogel

Describes and illustrates 120 species out of an estimated total of 1400 in the region. Laos is perhaps the least known country in ....

118 pages | Line illus, col photos | National Herbarium, Neth

Pbk | 2000 | 9071236439 | #154083A | £26.95 BUY

 

Plants: Diet and Health

Edited by G Goldberg

The book focuses on the present state of knowledge and the effect on good health through the intake of these substances in an appropriate diet, looking in detail at any possible ....

368 pages | Blackwell Science

Pbk | 2003 | 0632059621 | #154308A | £45.00 BUY

 

RHS Plant Finder 2005-2006

Edited by Royal Horticultural Society

This gardening reference gets better and better as the years pass. Absolutely essential for gardeners, and of great interest and value to many botanists. The 2005-2006 edition ....

956 pages | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2005 | 1405307366 | #154038A | £14.99 BUY

 

Species Plantarum: Saururaceae

Anthony R Bach and Xia Haun-he

12 pages | ABRS

Pbk | NYP 08/2005 | 0642568413 | #154022A | £7.50 BUY

 

Studies on the History of Botany in Turkey \ Turkiye'de Botanik Tarihi Arastirmalari

Asuman Baytop

The articles in this book deal mainly with 2 subjects: the history of botanical education in Turkey, and the history of investigations on Turkish flora. ....

510 pages | B/w illus, b/w photos | Eren Yayincilik

Pbk | 2003 | 9752884474 | #148163A | £33.00 BUY

 

Suomalaisia Puulajipuistoja (Finnish Arboreta)

P Alanko et al

This book on Finnish arboreta is meant for everyone interested in woodly plants, nature and travelling. The purpose of the book is to provide information in a portable form on ....

155 pages | Col photos, maps | Finnish DS

Pbk | 2004 | 9519655727 | #151229A | £45.00 BUY

 

Systematics and Geography of Plants Volume 71 (2)

Plant Systematics and Phytogeography for the Understanding of African Biodiversity

Edited by E Robbrecht, J Degreef and I Friis

1151 pages | Line illus, figs, tabs, maps | National BG

Hbk | 2001 | #154204A | £68.00 BUY

 

Les Tillandsias et Les Racinaea

Albert Roguenant

815 pages | Belin

Pbk | 2000 | 2701128218 | #154000A | £50.50 BUY

 

Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles Volume 4: Ri-Z

W J Bean

Trees and Shrubs of the British Isles is the standard work used by professional and amateur alike. For many years the major revision for the Eighth Edition has been under ....

824 pages | 111 b/w photos, 77 line illus | John Murray

Hbk | 1980 | 0719524288 | #002916A | £82.00 BUY

 

Trees of Laos and Vietnam: A Field Guide to 100 Economically and Ecologically Important Species

Van Sam Phoang, Namseng Nanthavong and PJA Kessler

Field guide to 100 economically important tree species from Laos and Vietnam with user - friendly keys. Includes scientific names, botanical descriptions of families, genera, ....

150 pages | 46 illus | Koeltz

Pbk | 2004 | #154010A | £23.95 BUY

 

Trees of Laos and Vietnam: A Field Guide to 100 Economically or Ecologically Important Species

H Van Sam, K Nanthavong and PJA Kessler

Laos and Vietnam's forests are one of the countries' richest natural resources, supporting a huge diversity of plant and animal life, and providing forest products to ....

349 pages | Figs, b/w line illus | National Herbarium, Neth

Pbk | 2004 | #154227A | £25.95 BUY

 

Urban Eden: Grow Delicious Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs in a Really Small Space

J Caplin

160 pages | Col illus | Kyle Cathie

Pbk | 2004 | 1856265013 | #146556A | £12.99 BUY

 

The Vascular Plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve

DJ Harris

This annotated checklist represents a significant body of original research. Based on 4000 collections it increases our knowledge of this botanically poorly known region. ....

274 pages | Tabs, 1 fig | National BG

Pbk | 2002 | 9072619501 | #154206A | £19.50 BUY

 

Veldgids Korstmossen

K van Herk and A Aptroot

For the first time, all 700 lichens found in the Netherlands are covered in a single field guide. This reference book is packed with recent information on characteristics, ....

423 pages | Col photo's, figs | KNNV

Hbk | 2004 | 9050111750 | #149777A | £28.95 BUY

 

Wood Quality and its Biological Basis

John Barnett and George Jeronimidis

Wood is the most versatile raw material available to man. It is burned as fuel, shaped into utensils, used as a structural engineering material, converted into fibres for ....

240 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | Blackwell

Hbk | 2003 | 1841273198 | #154132A | £79.50 BUY

 
Animal & General Biology
 

Alcamo's Fundamentals of Microbiology

Jeffrey C Pommerville

Filled with updated content, new pedagogical features, an enhanced art program, and updated student and instructor supplements. Revised by Jeffrey C. Pommerville, Ph.D., ....

1001 pages | Illus | Jones & Bartlett

Hbk | 2004 | 0763700673 | #154065A | £28.99 BUY

 

Blood Cells: A Practical Guide

BJ Bain

The new features of this edition include: a revised instrumentation section; an expanded section on immunophenotyping; leukaemias, lymphomas and related conditions updated in ....

416 pages | Blackwell Science

Pbk | 2001 | 0632057343 | #154302A | £69.50 BUY

 

Brocks Biology of Microorganisms

M Madigan, J Martinko and J Parker

The authoritative text for introductory microbiology, Brock's Biology of Microorganisms continues its long tradition of impeccable scholarship, outstanding art, and accuracy. ....

1000 pages | Col photos, figs, tabs | Prentice-Hall

Pbk | 2003 | 0130491470 | #142974A |

Normally £42.99

NHBS OFFER PRICE: £32.50

Pbk | 2005 | 0132017849 | #154273A | £42.25 BUY

 

Cell Cycle and Growth Control: Biomolecular Regulation and Cancer

Edited by Gary S Stein and Arthur B Pardee

816 pages | Figs | Wiley

Hbk | 2004 | 0471250716 | #154266A | £73.50 BUY

 

Clinical Biochemistry: An Illustrated Colour Text

R Cowan et al

This book covers all the clinical biochemistry needed by undergraduate medical students. It is an Illustrated Colour Text with the subject matter divided into double-page ....

180 pages | Churchill Livingstone

Pbk | 2004 | 0443072698 | #154301A | £23.99 BUY

 

A Clone of Your Own?

The Science and Ethics of Cloning

Arlene Judith Klotzko

Someday soon, if it hasn't happened in secret already, the first cloned human will be born and mankind will embark on a scientific and moral journey whose destination cannot ....

186 pages | OUP

Hbk | 2004 | 0192803093 | #154248A | £12.99 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 0192802844 | #154247A | £8.99 BUY

 

Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

A Laboratory Dissection Guide

Kenneth V Kardong and Edward Zalisko

Produced to accompany Kardong's comparative anatomy text, `Vertebrates'. ....

214 pages | B/w illus, figs | McGraw Hill

Spiralbound | 2005 | 0072528311 | #154235A | £65.99 BUY

 

The Epigenome: Molecular Hide and Seek

Edited by Stephen Beck and Alexander Olek

188 pages | Figs | Wiley

Pbk | 2003 | 3527304940 | #154270A | £32.50 BUY

 

Essential Genetics: A Genomic Perspective

DL Hartl and EW Jones

This textbook introduces the principles of heredity, genetic mapping, chromosome arrangement, DNA structure and replication, mutation, the genetics of bacteria, RNA ....

613 pages | Col plates, illus, figs, tabs | Jones & Bartlett

Pbk | 2002 | 0763718521 | #131526A | £25.99 BUY

 

Genetics of Populations

Philip W Hedrick

Undergraduate textbook providing an integrated presentation of theory with empirical and experimental population genetics. ....

737 pages | Figs, tabs | Jones & Bartlett

Hbk | 2000 | 0763710768 | #124647A |

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NHBS OFFER PRICE: £22.99

Hbk | 2004 | 0763747726 | #150969A | £28.99 BUY

 

Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes

DL Hartl and EW Jones

858 pages | Col plates, illus, figs, tabs | Jones & Bartlett

Hbk | 2000 | 0763709131 | #131527A | £29.99 BUY

Hbk | 2004 | 0763715115 | #150471A | £31.99 BUY

 

Genome Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis

Alain Bernot

248 pages | Figs | Wiley

Pbk | 2004 | 047084955X | #154276A | £27.50 BUY

 

Human Biology

Health, Homeostasis, and the Environment

Daniel D Chiras

The new edition of this introductory text includes current examples, ideas, and discoveries in areas including nutrition, heart health, immunology, cancer, genetics, ....

650 pages | Figs, tabs | Jones & Bartlett

Pbk | 2002 | 0763718807 | #154067A | £21.99 BUY

 

Medical Microbiology

CA Mims

Takes a thoroughly modern and clinically relevant approach to microbiology, discussing the organ systems in turn and addressing the diseases caused by invading microbes within ....

648 pages | Mosby

Pbk | 2004 | 0323035752 | #154315A | £36.99 BUY

 

Microbes in Society

An Introduction to Microbiology

I Edward Alcamo

Designed for liberal arts students as a foundation course in life science. This timely text emphasizes the relevance of microbes and their role in the everyday lives of humans ....

443 pages | Jones & Bartlett

Hbk | 2003 | 0763714305 | #154066A | £26.99 BUY

 

Microbiology: Principles and Explorations

J Black

For over 20 years, and through five editions, Black's Microbiology: Principles and Explorations has captured students' imaginations. Her enthusiasm, passion, and knack for ....

864 pages | Figs, tabs | Wiley

Hbk | 2005 | 0471420840 | #154271A | £39.95 BUY

 

Molecular Biology

Robert Weaver

Elaborates the key concepts of molecular biology: DNA transcription, translation, replication, and repair. Experimental methods are extensively covered. The text presumes ....

832 pages | McGraw Hill

Pbk | 2004 | 0071112057 | #146789A | £39.99 BUY

 

Molecular Biology of Cancer

Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics

Lauren Pecorino

Many of the cells in our body undergo tightly regulated replication to enable growth to occur, and to ensure that damaged or worn out tissues are replaced. Regulation is ....

262 pages | Figs | OUP

Pbk | 2005 | 0199264724 | #154262A | £24.99 BUY

 

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics: Strategies for Drug Discovery and Development

Edited by George C Prendergast

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics covers state-of-the-art strategies to identify and develop cancer drug target molecules and lead inhibitors for clinical testing. It provides a ....

351 pages | Figs, tabs | Wiley

Hbk | 2004 | 0471432024 | #154267A | £51.50 BUY

 

Molecular Medicine

R Trent

"The third edition is a compact primer of molecular medicine that should be very useful to the student or scientist...College and medical students, medical scientists and ....

320 pages | Figs, tabs | Academic Press

Hbk | 2005 | 0126990573 | #154265A | £49.99 BUY

 

Oncogenomics: Molecular Approaches to Cancer

Edited by Charles Brenner and David Duggan

"...the first of its kind devoted to the genomics of cancer...very good reading...the essence of the book is to bring together scientists from various specialties and share ....

382 pages | Figs, tabs | Wiley

Hbk | 2004 | 0471225924 | #154268A | £43.50 BUY

 

Signal Transduction and Human Disease

Edited by Toren Finkel and J Silvio Gutkind

".a successful work.serves as a short summarising overview." - Signal Transduction, No.1 - 2, 2004 ....

488 pages | Figs | Wiley

Hbk | 2003 | 0471020117 | #154269A | £56.95 BUY

 

Zoological Record, Volume 140 (2004)

Biosis

Biosis

Pbk | 2005 | #150487A | £4920.00 BUY

 
Evolutionary Biology
 

Anthropology: The Basics

P Metcalf

The ultimate guide for the student encountering anthropology for the first time, this book explains and explores anthropological concepts and themes in a highly readable and ....

224 pages | Illus | Routledge

Pbk | NYP 08/2005 | 041533120X | #154108A | £9.99 BUY

 

The Biochemical Basis of Sports Performance

M Gleeson

Describes the biochemical processes involved in energy provision for different sports events and the way in which limitations in the energy supply can cause fatigue and thus ....

256 pages | OUP

Pbk | 2004 | 0199269246 | #154310A | £22.99 BUY

 

The Cultural Studies Reader

S During

The first edition of The Cultural Studies Reader established itself as a leading textbook in the field, providing the ideal introduction for students to this exciting ....

624 pages | - | Routledge

Pbk | 1999 | 0415137543 | #154099A | £18.99 BUY

 

Deep Futures: Our Prospects for Survival

Doug Cocks

What is the future of humanity? Will we survive this century and, if we do, how "well" will we survive into the next millennium? What issues will continue to confront ....

332 pages | - | UNSWP

Pbk | 2003 | 0868404934 | #153986A | £18.95 BUY

 

Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

S Ikram

The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies, not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. Mummified animals ....

264 pages | 40 illus | American UP (Cairo)

Hbk | 2005 | 9774248589 | #153237A | £18.50 BUY

 

Ecological Imperialism

The Biological Expansion of Europe 900-1900

Alfred W Crosby

`There are not too many books on historical ecology, and this is a good one ... The book is important, and required reading for politicians worldwide.' The Guardian ....

368 pages | Maps | CUP

Pbk | 2004 | 0521546184 | #147558A | £14.99 BUY

 

Endless Forms Most Beautiful

The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom

Sean Carroll

Evo Devo is evolutionary developmental biology, the third revolution in evolutionary biology. The first was marked by the publication of The Origin of Species. The second ....

350 pages | Norton

Hbk | 2005 | 0393060160 | #154252A | £18.95 BUY

 

The Prehistory of the Mind

A Search for the Origins of Art, Religion and Science

Steven Mithen

Applies the insights of archaeology to questions about human origins. ....

357 pages | Illus | Phoenix

Pbk | 2004 | 075380204X | #143747A | £7.99 BUY

 
Ecology
 

Atlas of Climatic Diagrams for the Isoclimatic Mediterranean Zones

HN Le Houerou

220 pages | H.N. Le Houerou

2005 | 2952396507 | #154223A | £39.95 BUY

 

Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam, Volume 4

Hamamelidaceae, Haloragaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Sonneratiaceae, Punicaceae

O Lecomte, ML Tardieu-Blot and Vu van Cuong

216 pages | 19 plates | ABT

Pbk | 1965 | #077528A | £21.95 BUY

 

The Isoclimatic Mediterranean Biomes

Bioclimatology, Diversity and Phytogeography

HN Le Houerou

This text is complemented by a reference list of 1,600 entries, a glossary of 1,500 terms and a subject matter index of 650 items. ....

760 pages | 103 Tabs, 118 figs | H.N. Le Houerou

Pbk | 2005 | 2952396515 | #153871A | £79.95 BUY

 
Habitats & Ecosystems
 

The Essex Guide to Environmental Impact Assessment

Peter Hakes

The Essex Planning Officers' Association has produced this guide to assist planners, applicants and anyone else with an interest to find their way through the complexities ....

Essex Planning Officers' Assoc

Spiralbound | 2005 | #154228A | £39.95 BUY

 

Floating Islands: A Global Bibliography

Chet Van Duzer

This book is a unique treasury of information about one of nature's marvels: floating islands. The bibliography contains more than 1800 citations of books and articles in ....

404 pages | Col photos | Cantor Press

Hbk | 2004 | 0975542400 | #151241A | £32.50 BUY

 

Habitat Explorer

Nick Baker

Designed for children between the ages of 7-11, the habitat explorers are a series of ....

 

A History of the Uganda Forest Department 1951-1965

G Webster and HA Osmaston

Lying on the boundary between the lowland forests of the Congo basin and West Africa and the savannahs of East Africa, Uganda's forests and their management are of particular ....

169 pages | B/w photos, tabs | Commonwealth Secretariat

Pbk | 2003 | 0850927579 | #153632A | £14.50 BUY

 

Land and Forest Economics

G.Cornelis van Kooten and Henk Folmer

This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the important issues of land use and forest economics. The authors employ economic tools to study the allocation of land ....

560 pages | Figs, tabs | Edward Elgar

Hbk | 2004 | 184376881X | #154118A | £109.00 BUY

 

Trace and Ultratrace Elements in Plants and Soil

Edited by I Shtangeeva

Containing articles written by 17 scientists from 10 countries, this book describes different aspects of analytical chemistry and the environmental checmistry of trace ....

348 pages | Figs, tabs | WIT Press

Hbk | 2005 | 1853129607 | #149151A | £145.00 BUY

 

Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change

A Synthesis

Edited by Y Malhi and OL Phillips

Highlight the key findings on the contemporary rate of climatic change in the tropics, the evidence - gained from field studies - of large-scale and rapid change in the ....

Royal Society

2004 | #146585A | £135.00 BUY

 
Conservation & Biodiversity
 

Project Tiger Reserves: Resources Diversity, Sustainability, Ecodevelopment

AB Chaudhuri and DD Sarkar

This indepth work of Buxa Tiger Reserve which deals with various facets of background political history, management history, various biotic and abiotic factors, problem, ....

341 pages | Tabs, figs | Daya

2004 | 8170353130 | #153970A | £67.00 BUY

 
Environmental Science
 

Advances in Air Pollution Modeling for Environmental Security

Edited by I Farago, K Georgiev and A Havasi

The protection of our environment is one of the major problems in society. More and more important physical and chemical mechanisms are to be added to the air pollution models. ....

406 pages | Kluwer

Hbk | 2005 | 1402033494 | #154298A | £101.00 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 1402033508 | #154299A | £45.00 BUY

 

Ashes and Particulate Emissions from Biomass Combustion

Formation, Characterisation, Evaluation, Treatment

Edited by Ingwald Obernberger

Topics covered include: Ecological and economic evaluation of biomass ash utilization in Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Finland; ....

Bios Bioenergiesysteme GmbH

| #154172A | £42.50 BUY

 

The Coupling of Climate and Economic Dynamics

Essays on Integrated Assessment

Edited by A Haurie and L Viguier

Climate and economies have interdependent dynamics. Even though the pace of climate change is probably much slower than the speed of adjustment of the world economies, the ....

400 pages | - | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 1402034245 | #153552A | £97.00 BUY

 

Elementary Climate Physics

Fred W Taylor

Climate Physics is a modern subject based on a space-era understanding of the physical ....

288 pages | 128 b/w line drawings | OUP

Hbk | 2005 | 0198567332 | #153649A | £47.50 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 0198567340 | #153648A | £23.95 BUY

 

Environmental Fate and Safety Management of Agrochemicals

John Marshall Clark and Hideo Ohkawa

Environmental Fate and Safety Management of Agrochemicals discusses residue analysis, environmental fate and safety management, environmental risk assessment, metabolism, ....

384 pages | 12 halftones, 128 line illus | OUP

Hbk | 2005 | 084123910X | #153640A | £88.00 BUY

 

Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships

Eldon Enger and Bradley Smith

Full-colour, introductory environmental science text with an approach and reading level covering the basic concepts without overloading students with too much detail. The ....

512 pages | Col photos, col illus, figs, tabs | Wm C Brown

Pbk | 2003 | 0071214542 | #141819A | £47.99 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 0071117091 | #153483A | £41.99 BUY

 

Environmental Science: Creating a Sustainable Future

Daniel D Chiras

A solid educational text written to help students understand the causes of environmental crises and offer ideas for reforms that will bring about sustainable environmental ....

725 pages | Figs, tabs | Jones & Bartlett

Hbk | 2001 | 0763713163 | #154068A | £26.99 BUY

 

Fundamentals of Oceanography

Alison B Duxbury and Alyn C Duxbury

The standard text. The 5th edition comes with OCLC password. ....

312 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps | McGraw Hill

Pbk | 2005 | 0071117121 | #153481A | £42.99 BUY

 

Global Climate Change and Cold Regions Ecosystems

John M Kimble and BA Stewart

Global Climate Change and Cold Regions Ecosystems provides information on soil processes and the carbon cycle in cold ecoregions as well as the soil carbon pool and its fluxes ....

280 pages | - | Taylor & Francis

Hbk | 2000 | 1566704596 | #152874A | £57.99 BUY

 

Handbook on Life Cycle Assessment

Operational Guide to the ISO Standards

JB Guinee

This text replaces the 1992 study, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Products: Guide and Background published by the Centre of Environmental Science (CML) at Leiden ....

708 pages | Tabs | Kluwer

Pbk | 2002 | 1402005571 | #154131A | £80.50 BUY

 

The Hype About Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate

Joseph J Romm

Lately it has become a matter of conventional wisdom that hydrogen will solve many of our energy and environmental problems. Nearly everyone - environmentalists, mainstream ....

238 pages | - | Island Press

Hbk | 2004 | 155963703X | #145856A | £17.50 BUY

Pbk | NYP 09/2005 | 1559637048 | #153229A | £11.50 BUY

 

International Resources Guide to Hazardous Chemicals: Maunfacturers,

Agencies, Organizations and Useful Sources of Information

Stanley A Greene

A reference for chemists, toxicologists, laboratory technicians, manufacturers, safety professionals, emergency first responders, and lawyers, this international directory of ....

1000 pages | - | Noyes

Hbk | 2002 | 0815514751 | #153465A | £124.00 BUY

 

Isotopes in the Water Cycle

Past, Present and Future of a Developing Science

Edited by PK Aggarwal, JR Gat and KF Froehlich

Environmental isotope and nuclear techniques provide unmatched insights into the processes governing the water cycle and its variability under past and present climates. ....

381 pages | - | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 140203010X | #153533A | £62.00 BUY

 

Pesticides in Agriculture and the Environment

Edited by WB Wheeler

Discussing the range of effects of pesticides on food and human safety, water quality, wildlife, and pest management, this book explores the agricultural, economic, and ....

360 pages | - | Marcel Dekker

Hbk | 2002 | 0824708091 | #135090A | £50.50 BUY

 

Principles of Environmental Science

Inquiry and Applications

William Cunningham and Mary Ann Cunningham

Concentrates on the core principles of the discipline and emphasizes how science can help find solutions for important environmental issues. ....

424 pages | Col photos, figs, tabs | McGraw Hill

Pbk | 2005 | 0071115757 | #153482A | £34.99 BUY

 

Sittig's Handbook of Pesticides and Agricultural Chemicals

Stanley A Greene and Richard Pohanish

This reference provides critical chemical, regulatory, health and safety information for over 800 agricultural chemicals. It is an important reference for everyone who is ....

1200 pages | Noyes

Hbk | 2005 | 0815515162 | #153730A | £199.95 BUY

 

Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens

Richard P Pohanish

The fourth edition of this classic reference by Marshall Sittig presents concise chemical, health, and safety data for over 1,500 chemicals in the plastics, ....

2300 pages | Two Volume Set | Noyes

Hbk | 2002 | 081551459X | #153464A | £281.00 BUY

 

Subsurface Contamination Remediation

Accomplishments of the Environmental Management Science Program

Edited by Tiffany Zachry and Edgar Berkey

Research on remediation of subsurface contamination is helping to solve important environmental problems associated with hazardous and radioactive contaminants in soil ....

384 pages | 4 halftones, 142 line illus | OUP

Hbk | 2005 | 0841239061 | #153650A | £70.00 BUY

 
Physical Sciences
 

The Antarctic Sub-Glacial Vostok Phenomenon

Glaciology, Biology and Planetology Aspects

IA Zotikov

The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. The ....

200 pages | - | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 3540426493 | #153551A | £77.00 BUY

 

Astronomy: A Visual Guide

M Garlick

Recent photographs from the world's finest observatories and space-based cameras provide a visual survey of science's growing understanding of space. Vivid cross-sections, ....

304 pages | Illus, maps | Firefly Books

Hbk | 2004 | 155297958X | #153854A | £22.95 BUY

 

Carbonate Sediments and Rocks: A Manual for Geologists and Engineers

C Braithwaite

The geological background to carbonate sediments and rocks is provided and basic information on the compositions, origins and distributions of carbonate sediments. ....

224 pages | Illus | Whittles

Hbk | 2005 | 1870325397 | #153524A | £40.00 BUY

 

Carboniferous Hydrocarbon Geology: The Southern North Sea and Onshore Areas

Edited by JD Collinson, D Evans, D Holliday and N Jones

This book brings together a series of 14 review papers important to the Carboniferous hydrocarbon geology of the Southern North Sea and adjacent onshore areas. Together they ....

240 pages | Col figs | Doug Holliday

Pbk | 2005 | 0950165654 | #153713A | £52.50 BUY

 

Clinical Chemistry

WJ Marshall

Provides the medical student and clinician with a practical knowledge of body chemistry and how monitoring its fluctuations are an essential part of diagnosing and monitoring ....

432 pages | Illus | Mosby

Pbk | 2004 | 0723433283 | #154300A | £28.99 BUY

 

Culture and Space: Conceiving a New Geography

J Bonnemaison

Bonnemaison's work presents an original refreshing alternative to the more traditional approach to cultural geography. Drawing on 30 years' work which took him to Madagascar, ....

154 pages | Tauris

Pbk | 2005 | 1860649084 | #149331A | £18.50 BUY

 

The Current Role of Geological Mapping in Geosciences

Edited by SR Ostaficzuk

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Innovative Applications of GIS in Geological Cartography, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, 24-26 November 2003. ....

305 pages | with CD-ROM | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 1402035497 | #153549A | £87.00 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 1402035500 | #153548A | £41.00 BUY

 

Earth Science: Understanding Environmental Systems

Edgar Spencer

Earth Science: Understanding Environmental Systems is intended for introductory courses in Earth Science and Earth Systems Science, which place emphasis on the systems approach ....

608 pages | McGraw Hill

Pbk | 2002 | 0072341467 | #153478A | £91.99 BUY

 

The Earth: An Intimate History

Richard Fortey

Fortey is a senior palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum, who with Life: An Unauthorised Biography and The Hidden Landscape has established himself as a ....

501 pages | Col plates, b/w illus | Vintage Books

Pbk | 2005 | 0375706208 | #154246A | £13.50 BUY

 

Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes

A Miller

In August 1930, on a boat trip from Bombay to England, the young Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar calculated that certain stars could end their lives by ....

416 pages | 8 col illus | Little, Brown

Hbk | 2005 | 0316725552 | #153939A | £17.99 BUY

 

Extensional Tectonics, Part 1: Regional-Scale Processes

RE Holdsworth and JP Turner

This book forms the first of a two part volume containing a compilation of 35 classic papers on extensional tectonics, with particular emphasis on petroleum-related features. ....

352 pages | Geological Society

Pbk | 2002 | 1862391149 | #154176A | £36.50 BUY

 

Extensional Tectonics, Part 2: Faulting and Related Processes

RE Holdsworth and JP Turner

This book forms the second of a two part volume containing a compilation of 35 classic papers on extensional tectonics, with particular emphasis on petroleum-related features. ....

328 pages | Geological Society

Pbk | 2002 | 1862391157 | #154177A | £36.50 BUY

 

The Grandmasters of Mineral Photography

Mineralogical Almanac Special Issue

Printed entirely in full colour, this book is a visual delight and a wonderful compilation of expert photography providing the reader with the first ever opportunity ....

136 pages | 13 b/w photographs, 117 color plates | Mineralogical Almanac

Pbk | 2004 | 5900395545 | #150248A | £52.00 BUY

 

Guide des Roches et Minèraux de Haute-Loire

Edited by G Roche

204 pages | Col photos, illus | Editions Jeanne d'Arc

Pbk | 2004 | 2911794206 | #150267A | £22.50 BUY

 

Infinite Worlds

An Illustrated Voyage to Planets Beyond Our Sun

Roy Villard and Lynette R Cook

orbiting sunlike stars outside our own solar system. In the past ten years, however, fast-paced developments in astronomy have revealed over 140 extrasolar planets--with ....

272 pages | California UP

Hbk | 2005 | 0520237102 | #154251A | £26.95 BUY

 

Introduction to Hydrogeology

David Deming

This book is an introduction to hydrogeology and assumes that students have had one year of basic college calculus (differential and integral calculus). It's applicable for ....

480 pages | McGraw Hill

Hbk | 2001 | 0072326220 | #153479A | £127.99 BUY

 

A Journey with Fred Hoyle

The Search for Cosmic Life

Chandra Wickramasinghe

This is the story of the author's unique scientific journey with one of the most remarkable men of 20th century science. The journey begins in Sri Lanka, the author's ....

225 pages | B/w photos, figs | World Scientific

Pbk | 2005 | 9812389121 | #153856A | £20.00 BUY

 

Laboratory Studies in Earth History

James C Brice, Harold L Levin and Michael S Smith

Utilizing actual case studies and field photographs, this successful lab manual covers the full spectrum of historical geology sediments, plate tectonics, paleontology, and ....

320 pages | McGraw Hill

Pbk | 2003 | 0072528060 | #153480A | £63.99 BUY

 

Lexikon der Bedeutenden Naturwissenschaftler

Edited by D Hoffmann, H Laitko and S Muller-Wille

1634 pages | 1200 figs | Elsevier Germany

Hbk | 2004 | 3827404002 | #152394A | £303.00 BUY

 

Mud Volcanoes, Geodynamics and Seismicity

Edited by Giovanni Martinelli and Behrouz Panahi

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Mud Volcanism, Geodynamics and Seismicity, Baku, Azerbaijan, from 20 to 22 May 2003. ....

288 pages | - | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 1402032021 | #153545A | £76.00 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 140203203X | #153544A | £34.00 BUY

 

Phoscorites and Carbonatites from Mantle to Mine: The Key Example of the Kola Alkaline Province

Edited by F Wall and AN Zaitsev

The Kola Peninsula, Russia, has one of the world's most extreme, and thus important aspects of ultrabasic, alkaline rocks and carbonatites. Topics in this book include ....

498 pages | Col and b/w illus, tabs, maps | MSGBI

Hbk | 2004 | 0903056224 | #153371A | £144.00 BUY

 

Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences

Peter Atkins and Julio De Paula

Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences fills a void in the textbook market by offering a balanced presentation of the concepts of physical chemistry, and their extensive ....

656 pages | illus | OUP

Hbk | 2005 | 0199280959 | #153626A | £29.99 BUY

 

Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy Petrology, Geochemistry, Geodynamics

A Peccerillo

Central-Southern Italy and the Tyrrhenian Sea are the sites of extensive Plio-Quaternary magmatic activity. The rock compositions include crustal anatectic granites and ....

365 pages | 145 illus | Springer

Hbk | 2005 | 354025885X | #154175A | £77.00 BUY

 

Political Ecology: An Integrative Approach to Geography and Environment- Development Studies

Edited by KS Zimmerer

This volume offers an integrative perspective on the political and ecological processes shaping landscapes and resource use across the global north and south. Twelve case ....

310 pages | Figs, tabs | Guilford

Pbk | 2003 | 1572309164 | #154034A | £25.95 BUY

 

Practice of British Geology, 1750-1850

Hugh Torrens

Geology is the most historical of all sciences. Yet its own history remains neglected, especially the many aspects of how geology was practised in the past. This volume ....

212 pages | B/w pgotos | Ashgate

Hbk | 2002 | 0860788768 | #132826A | £62.50 BUY

 

The Protection of the Subterranean Environment

Conservation Principles and Management Tools

R Tercafs

Contains twelve chapters structured on several issues. The first chapters represent an introduction in karstology, biospeleology, and karst kinetics by explaining the basic ....

402 pages | Raymond Tercafs

2001 | 295997980X | #153679A | £53.50 BUY

 

A la Recherche du Gondwana Perdu

Aux Origines du Monde

G Hugot

320 pages | Illus | Universite Paul Valery

Pbk | 2004 | 2842695518 | #153689A | £24.50 BUY

 

Scholars and Gentlemen Both G.M. & Allan Thomson in New Zealand Science & Education

R Galbreath

What were the origins of rugby in Otago? How did the Technical Colleges and Polytechnics start? Who helped shape New Zealand's first national science research organisation? What ....

336 pages | RSNZ

2002 | 1877264032 | #153715A | £26.95 BUY

 

Structural Classification of Minerals, Volume 3

J Lima-de-Faria

Covers minerals with Ap Bq... ExFy... nAq general chemical formulas and organic minerals. ....

131 pages | Tabs | Kluwer

Hbk | 2004 | 1402017499 | #146740A | £40.00 BUY

 

Structural Colors in Biological Systems

Principles and Applications

S Kinoshita and S Yoshioka

Osaka University

2005 | #153658A | £65.00 BUY

 

The Structure and Properties of Water

David Eisenberg and Walter Kauzmann

Paperback reissue of a classic textbook. ....

304 pages | 71 line drawing and halftones | OUP

Pbk | NYP 10/2005 | 0198570260 | #153642A | £32.50 BUY

 

Travertine

A Pentecost

This is the first book entirely devoted to travertine, a material in use for over 4000 years. The single-author work is a valuable reference source for travertine, covering ....

542 pages | 22 illus, 3 in colour | Springer

Hbk | NYP 10/2005 | 1402035233 | #153550A | £69.00 BUY

 

The Valley of the Second Sons: Letters of Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, A Young English Naturalist, Writing to His Sweetheart and Her Brother About His Life in West Cliff

Edited by William Weber

"Cockerell speaks to us from not only the frontiers of Colorado and the Victorian era, but also from the spirit of one galvanized by a passion for nature, beauty, and ....

567 pages | B/w photos | Pilgrims Process Inc

Pbk | 2004 | 0971060991 | #152626A | £35.00 BUY

 

Volcano Deformation: New Geodetic Monitoring Techniques

D Dzurisin

This book describes the techniques used by volcanologists to successfully predict several recent volcanic eruptions by combining information from various scientific ....

260 pages | 30 figs | Springer

Hbk | NYP 10/2005 | 3540426426 | #153863A | £77.00 BUY

 

Weighing the World

The Quest to Measure the Earth

Edwin Danson

Weaves geography, geology, earth history and exploration into a fascinating story about an important but little known experiment that changed how we map the earth. ....

272 pages | 15 halftones, 45 line illus | OUP

Hbk | NYP 10/2005 | 0195181697 | #153641A | £17.99 BUY

 

Wood and Cellulosic Chemistry

Edited by David N-S Hon and Nobuo Shiraishi

Revised and expanded for the second edition, this text details the principal concepts and developments in wood science, chemistry and technology. It includes new chapters on ....

928 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | Marcel Dekker

Hbk | 2000 | 0824700244 | #154133A | £145.00 BUY

 
Data Analysis
 

Advances in Reliability

Edited by N Balakrishnan and CR Rao

The area of Reliability has become a very important and active area of research. This is clearly evident from the large body of literature that has been developed in the form of ....

886 pages | Figs, tabs | Elsevier

Hbk | 2001 | 0444500782 | #120887A | £122.00 BUY

 

Advances in Survival Analysis

N Balakrishnan and CR Rao

The book covers all important topics in the area of Survival Analysis. Each topic has been covered by one or more chapters written by internationally renowned experts. Each ....

800 pages | Tables, figures | Elsevier

Hbk | 2004 | 0444500790 | #154049A | £116.50 BUY

 

Applied Multivariate Data Analysis

B Everitt

This book is fully updated to include new sections on neural networks, graphical modelling, hierarchical or multilevel modelling, and latent class models. The sections ....

320 pages | Illus | Hodder

Pbk | R/P 08/2005 | 0340741228 | #153947A | £26.99 BUY

 

Bayesian Thinking, Modeling and Computation

Edited by Dey Dipak and CR Rao

868 pages | Tables, figures | Elsevier

Hbk | 2005 | 0444515399 | #154051A | £133.50 BUY

 

Bioenvironmental and Public Health Statistics

Edited by PK Sen and CR Rao

In this volume of the Handbook of Statistics with the primary focus on bioenvironmental and public health statistics, a rather off-beat approach has been taken, wherein ....

1136 pages | Figs, tabs | Elsevier

Hbk | 2000 | 0444829008 | #120885A | £122.00 BUY

 

Data Mining and Data Visualization

Edited by CR Rao, Edward Wegman and Jeffrey Solka

Focuses on dealing with large-scale data, a field commonly referred to as data mining. It is divided into three sections: an introduction to statistical aspects of data mining ....

868 pages | Tables, figures | Elsevier

Hbk | 2005 | 0444511415 | #154050A | £128.00 BUY

 

Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek

W Nooy

This is the first textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing network analysis (Pajek). Step by step, the ....

362 pages | 179 illus | CUP

Pbk | 2005 | 0521602629 | #153948A | £22.99 BUY

 

MATLAB Primer

K Sigmon and TA Davis

Features the latest release of the powerhouse mathematics software package MATLAB. For verion 7, MATLAB incorporated a number of enhancements, including changes in the ....

215 pages | Tabs | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)

Pbk | 2005 | 1584885238 | #153259A | £11.99 BUY

 

Statistics for Science Students: Concepts and Applications for the Sciences

DC LeBlanc

LeBlanc (Ball State University) introduces statistics with an emphasis on real-world application of statistical reasoning and procedures, for students majoring in the life, ....

712 pages | Jones & Bartlett

Pbk | 2004 | 0763717290 | #154069A | £25.99 BUY

 

Statistics in Industry

Edited by R Khattree and CR Rao

This volume presents a state of the art exposition of topics in the industrial statistics. It serves as an invaluable reference for the researchers in industrial ....

1204 pages | Figures, tables | Elsevier

Hbk | 2003 | 0444506144 | #154048A | £116.50 BUY

 

Stochastic Processes: Modeling and Simulation

Edited by DN Shanbhag and CR Rao

This is a sequel to volume 19 of Handbook of Statistics on Stochastic Processes: Modelling and Simulation. It is concerned mainly with the theme of reviewing and in some ....

1020 pages | Figures, tables | Elsevier

Hbk | 2003 | 0444500138 | #154047A | £116.50 BUY

 

Stochastic Processes: Theory and Methods

Edited by DN Shanbhag and CR Rao

J. Neyman, one of the pioneers in laying the foundations of modern statistical theory, stressed the importance of stochastic processes in a paper written in 1960 in the ....

967 pages | Figs, tabs | Elsevier

Hbk | 2001 | 0444500146 | #120886A | £122.00 BUY

 
Reference
 

Biology Resources in the Electronic Age

JA Bazler

A useful resource intended to provide a gateway to authoritative Web sites suitable for use in teaching and learning. ....

286 pages | Tabs | Greenwood Press

Hbk | 2003 | 1573563803 | #153367A | £28.99 BUY

 

Building an Electronic Resource Collection: A Practical Guide

Stuart D Lee and Frances Boyle

Electronic resources are a fast moving area so the new revised edition of this invaluable guide has been brought completely up to date; emerging new areas such as ....

174 pages | - | Facet

Pbk | 2004 | 1856045315 | #153365A | £29.95 BUY

 

Cataloging and Organizing Digital Resources: A How-to-do-it Manual for Librarians

A Mitchell

Organizing, managing, and making accessible a wide variety of resources is critical to the library mission. But as the nature of information changes, libraries must modify ....

230 pages | Figs | Facet

Pbk | 2005 | 1856045560 | #153818A | £39.95 BUY

 

Computational Biology

Aims at publishing recent work devoted to specific issues in computer-assisted analysis of biological data with a particular emphasis on molecular biology. The main emphasis ....

 

Creating Connections: Museums and the Public Understanding of Current Research

B Nye

Creating Connections looks at the public understanding of research (PUR) and how it affects what science museums do. What are the opportunities and critical issues in PUR? ....

400 pages | - | AltaMira Press

Pbk | 2004 | 075910476X | #153852A | £27.00 BUY

 

Developing Academic Library Staff for Future Success

Edited by Margaret Oldroyd

A manual of ideas and recommendations especially for those charged with the management of academic libraries concerning human resources issues. Collecting essays from a ....

184 pages | - | Facet

Hbk | 2004 | 1856044785 | #153369A | £39.95 BUY

 

Digital Heritage

Applying Digital Imaging to Cultural Heritage Preservation

Edited by L MacDonald

416 pages | Butterworth Heinemann

Hbk | NYP 01/2006 | 0750661836 | #150572A | £69.99 BUY

 

Encyclopaedia Anatomica

M During et al

704 pages | Col photos | Taschen

Pbk | 2004 | 3822838489 | #150994A | £14.99 BUY

 

A Field Guide for Science Writers

The Official Guide of the National Association of Science Writers

Edited by Deborah Blum, Mary Knudson and Robin Marantz Henig

This is the official text for the National Association of Science Writers. In the eight ....

368 pages | - | OUP

Pbk | NYP 10/2005 | 0195174992 | #153639A | £10.99 BUY

Hbk | NYP 10/2005 | 0195174984 | #153638A | £26.99 BUY

 

The International Directory of Voluntary Work

Edited by Victoria Pybus

Contains details of over 700 organisations that are looking for voluntary help from all types of people for all kinds of work. Both skilled and unskilled people are needed, ....

351 pages | - | Vacation Work

Pbk | 2004 | 1854583131 | #148134A | £11.95 BUY

 

Managing Acquisitions in Library and Information Services

Liz Chapman

160 pages | Figs | Facet

Pbk | 2004 | 1856044963 | #153723A | £29.95 BUY

 

Mediating Science Learning Through Information and Communications Technology

Richard Holliman and Eileen Scanlon

212 pages | Figs | Routledge

Pbk | 2004 | 0415328330 | #144606A | £22.50 BUY

 

Natur zum Anschauen

Das Naturkundemuseum des Deutschen Kaiserreichs 1871-1914

S Kostering

351 pages | Figs & tabs | B”hlau Verlag

Hbk | 2003 | 3412047023 | #153016A | £39.50 BUY

 

Planning Public Library Buildings: Concepts and Issues for the Librarian

Michael Dewe

The aim of this book is to save the librarian's time, perhaps stop the reinvention of the wheel on occasions, and to guide and enlighten the librarian's thought processes in ....

Illus | Ashgate

Hbk | NYP 01/2006 | 0754633888 | #153971A | £60.00 BUY

 

Rapid Assessment Of Macroinvertebrate Samples

SC Jarvis, NV Proctor and WA Musk

The implementation of the Water Framework Directive and EC Habitats Directive requires that the ecological status of all transitional and coastal waters be described. ....

30 pages | Tabs, Figs | JNCC

Pbk | 2004 | #154283A | £10.00 BUY

 

Security in Museums, Archives and Libraries: A Practical Guide

Resource

Specialist security staff from British institutions have pooled their extensive experience of protecting collections against criminal activity to produce a ....

175 pages | - | AAM

Pbk | 2003 | 1903743133 | #153430A | £14.50 BUY

 

The Statesman's Yearbook 2005

The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World

Edited by Barry Turner

'On the desert island of the imagination this title should certainly be up there with the Bible and Shakespeare.' - Parliamentary Maritime Review ....

2112 pages | Palgrave

Hbk | 2004 | 1403914818 | #154040A | £85.00 BUY

 

The Statesman's Yearbook 2006

The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World

Edited by Barry Turner

2112 pages | Palgrave

Hbk | NYP 08/2005 | 1403914826 | #154041A | £95.00 BUY

 

Transforming Experience

John Dewey's Cultural Intrumentalism

Edited by Michael Eldridge

This text aims to define what is central to Dewey's philosophy as "cultural instrumentalism," a version of pragmatism that understands thinking to be a tool for ....

236 pages | - | Vanderbilt UP

Hbk | 1998 | 0826513077 | #153989A | £17.50 BUY

 

User's Guide to Copyright

Michael F Flint

451 pages | - | Butterworth

Pbk | 1997 | 0406046085 | #063338A | £45.00 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 1845920686 | #153724A | £72.00 BUY

 

Whitaker's Almanack 2005

Comprehensive coverage of the UK's social, political and economic infrastructure In-depth profiles of every country in the world covering climate, geography, ....

1376 pages | 16 pages of maps | A & C Black

Hbk | 2005 | 0713669950 | #154043A | £40.00 BUY

 

Work Your Way Around the World

Susan Griffith

Guide for the working traveller incorporates hundreds of first-hand accounts to offer authoritative advice on how to find work around the world in advance or on the spot. ....

576 pages | Vacation Work

Pbk | 2003 | 1854582747 | #136785A | £12.95 BUY

Pbk | 2005 | 1854583298 | #150383A | £12.95 BUY