Welcome to the July 2013
edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue. This monthly update
contains all of the wildlife, science and environment titles
added to nhbs.com in the last
month.
Editor's Picks - New in Stock this Month
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Zoology:
Mammals
Birds
Reptiles & Amphibians
Fishes
Invertebrates
Palaeontology
Marine & Freshwater Biology
General Natural History
Regional & Travel
Botany & Plant Science
Animal & General Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Habitats & Ecosystems
Conservation & Biodiversity
Environmental Science
Physical Sciences
Sustainable Development
Data Analysis
Reference
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Mammals
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A Savage History Whaling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans John Newton Celebrated, revered, studied and increasingly watched for pleasure rather than hunted, whales hold particular allure. Humans have always been in awe of them, but for much of history we have been compelled to dominate and kill. | 310 pages | colour & b/w illustrations, maps | Hardback | 06/2013 |
9781742233741 | #207374A | £38.99 Add to basket |
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Snow Leopards in Xinjiang Ma Ming, Xu Feng and Cheng Yun Snow Leopards in Xinjiang looking at the history and biology of snow leopards, including distribution, conservation, and evolution. Also included are chapters finding snow leopards and snow leopards in zoos. | 588 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations, b/w maps, tables | Paperback | 02/2013 |
9787030367235 | #205331A | £29.99 Add to basket |
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Whales and Elephants in International Conservation Law and Politics A Comparative Study Ed Couzens Whales and elephants are iconic giants of the marine and terrestrial animal world. Both are conspicuous representatives of wildlife conservation. The issues of whaling and the ivory trade are closely linked, both legally and politically ... .... | 256 pages | Hardback | NYP 12/2013 |
9780415659055 | #206273A | £84.99 Add to basket |
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Birds
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Alex & Me Irene M Pepperberg On September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were 'You be good. I love you.' What would normally be a quiet, very private ... | 240 pages | Paperback | 03/2009 |
9781921372728 | #207299A | £12.99 Add to basket |
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Bird Atlas 2007-11 The Breeding and Wintering Birds of Britain and Ireland Dawn Balmer, Simon Gillings, Brian Caffrey, Bob Swann, Iain Downie and Rob Fuller Have the latest scientific findings about distribution and change at your fingertips, including chapters telling the atlas story and highlighting the factors influencing our changing bird fauna. Bird Atlas 2007-11 is the most ... .... | 640 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps | Hardback | NYP 10/2013 |
9781908581280 | #207225A | £69.99 Add to basket |
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Birds: Coping with an Obsession One Man's Journey Through 50 Years of Birdwatching Derek Moore Renowned as one of birding's best story-tellers, in Birds: Coping with an Obsession, Derek Moore takes readers on a nostalgic journey through the past five or six decades of birdwatching. | 352 pages | 100 colour & b/w photos | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781847739520 | #207272A | £12.99 Add to basket |
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Enhancing Data Quality of Bird Records for the National Biodiversity Network Nick Moran and Andy J Musgrove The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) collates and stores data collected from across Britain and Ireland by about 40,000 volunteers. Five BTO-coordinated surveys are available in their entirety online: Breeding Bird Survey, Bird Atlas ... .... | 27 pages | 2 tables, 2 figures | Spiralbound | 05/2013 |
9781908581266 | #207139A | £4.50 Add to basket |
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Finding Birds in South Portugal Dave Gosney From the author: ''In the last 12 months I've been back to Portugal 3 times, checking and re-checking the information in my previous book, trying out new sites and, of course, filming the birds for the forthcoming ... | 40 pages | b/w maps | Paperback | 06/2013 |
9781907316401 | #207357A | £7.50 Add to basket |
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Finding Birds in South Portugal DVD (Region 2) Dave Gosney Finding Birds in South Portugal takes you to the best birdwatching sites in the Algarve and also the plains of Castro Verde and the wetlands within a day’s drive of Lisbon. Nothing else gives you a such a realistic ... .... | runtime: 80+ min, region 2 | Paperback | NYP 07/2013 | #207358A | £19.14 Add to basket |
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Habitat Use by Avocet and Dark-bellied Brent Geese on the Deben Estuary Over the High Tide Period Neil A Calbrade and Nick Mason The Deben Estuary is a long, narrow estuary located on the coast of Suffolk in eastern England, with its head at Woodbridge and its mouth just to the east of the busy container port of Felixstowe. This study investigates the use of ... .... | 21 pages | 7 colour illustrations | Spiralbound | 05/2013 |
9781908581259 | #207144A | £4.50 Add to basket |
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Las Aves de Canarias Francisco Perez Padron Popular field guide now in its fifth edition. | 320 pages | colour illustrations | Paperback | 01/2012 |
9788415326977 | #207365A | £29.99 Add to basket |
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Review of European Flyways of the Lesser White-Fronted Goose Anser Erythropus John H Marchant and Andy J Musgrove The Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (hereafter LWfG) is a small, highly migratory, Arctic-nesting goose that occupies a breeding range from Scandinavia eastward to Chukotka in eastern Siberia. During the 19th and 20th ... .... | 50 pages | 5 illustrations, 1 table | Spiralbound | 05/2013 |
9781908581006 | #207142A | £8.50 Add to basket |
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The Birdwatcher's Year One Man's Journey Through 50 Years of Birdwatching Derek Moore This charming and practical handbook is bursting with tips, facts and folklore to guide you through the birdwatching year. Find out how to identify birds by sight or song, everything you need to know about their behaviour, habitats and ... .... | 128 pages | 100 colour & black-& white photographs | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781847739520 | #207269A | £14.99 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781849534369 | #207270A | £8.99 Add to basket |
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The Birdwatcher's Year Richard Williamson This charming and practical handbook is bursting with tips, facts and folklore to guide you through the birdwatching year. Find out how to identify birds by sight or song, everything you need to know about their behaviour, habitats and ... .... | 128 pages | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781849534369 | #207271A | £8.99 Add to basket |
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Tui: A Nest in the Bush Meg Lipscombe Tui: A Nest in the Bush is an intimate and rare look at the beginning of a tui's life. It is presented as a series of photographs showing the 37-day development of a pair of tui from eggs to fledglings. | 120 pages | colour photos | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781877517914 | #207364A | £44.99 Add to basket |
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Understanding the Role of Avian Vectors in the Spread of Phytophthora ramorum Emily Coleman and JA Clark Phytophthora ramorum is a destructive plant pathogen which has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of oak (Quercus spp.) and Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) trees in coastal woodlands of ... .... | 30 pages | 3 illustrations, 1 table | Spiralbound | 05/2013 |
9781908581273 | #207143A | £4.50 Add to basket |
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Reptiles & Amphibians
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Die Ringelnatter im Schweizer Landwirtschaftsgebiet Einfluss Unterschiedlich Genutzter Landschaften auf die Genetische Populationsstruktur Bruno Baur and Barbara Meister Explores the threatened grass snake in Switzerland in light of land use changes and the drainage of wetlands. The genetic population structure of the grass snake is studied using molecular genetic methods in various locations. | 112 pages | 75 illustrations | Paperback | 06/2013 |
9783258078168 | #207110A | £41.99 Add to basket |
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The Crocodiles of Sri Lanka Anslem de Silva Comprehensive work by a local expert, which includes archaeology, history, folklore, traditional medicine, human-crocodile conflict and a bibliography of the literature on crocodiles of Sri Lanka. | 254 pages | 72 colour plates | Paperback | 05/2013 |
9789555206112 | #207238A | £69.99 Add to basket |
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Fishes
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Fishes of Japan with Pictorial Keys to the Species (3-Volume Set) Tetsuji Nakabo Covers 4213 species, an increase of some 350 species since the second edition of 2000. | 2530 pages | 1524 b/w illustrations | Hardback | 05/2013 |
9784486018049 | #207241A | £349.00 Add to basket |
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Following Fish Travels Around the Indian Coast Samanth Subramanian In a coastline as long and diverse as India's, fish inhabit the heart of many worlds – food of course, but also culture, commerce, sport, history and society. Journeying along the edges of the peninsula, Samanth Subramanian ... .... | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9780857896032 | #207305A | £8.99 Add to basket |
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Guia de Identificacion de los Peces Marinos de Europa y del Mediterraneo Patrick Louisy This comprehensive guide covers 750 species of coastal fish of Western Europe and the Mediterranean up to a depth of 50 m. | 430 pages | 800 colour photos, b/w illustrations, distribution maps | Paperback | 07/2006 |
9788428208888 | #207391A | £57.50 Add to basket |
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Indian Ocean Reef Guide Maldives - Sri Lanka - Thailand - South Africa - Mauritius - Madagascar - East Africa - Seychelles Helmut Debelius The author made his first dives in tropical waters around Sri Lanka 25 years ago. Since then he explored the whole Indian Ocean with his camera, diving not only in the tourists centres like the Maldives or Seychelles, but also taking ... .... | 321 pages | 1000 colour photos | Hardback | 03/2013 |
9783939767527 | #207392A | £49.99 Add to basket |
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Review of the Implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Review of the Implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks summarises the comprehensive review undertaken by FAO of shark-related measures and activities implemented by top shark ... .... | 125 pages | Paperback | 05/2013 |
9789251073247 | #207090A | £17.95 Add to basket |
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Invertebrates
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Annotated List of the Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Greece Anastasios Legakis Part of the Hellenic Zoological Archives, this publication gives an annotated checklist of the ants of Greece. | 55 pages | Paperback | 01/2011 | #207363A | £19.99 Add to basket |
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Bienen Mitteleuropas Gattungen, Lebensweise, Beobachtung Felix Amiet and Albert Krebs Wild bees are a diverse and fascinating group of insects. This richly illustrated book provides an introduction to Beekeeping: All 40 Middle European genera and about 170 species are presented in detail in words and pictures. | 424 pages | 310 colour photos, 75 illustrations | Paperback | 04/2012 |
9783258077130 | #207107A | £47.50 Add to basket |
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Biology of Ticks, Volume 1 Daniel E Sonenshine and R Michael Roe Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes ... .... | 560 pages | 14 colour & 177 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 12/2013 |
9780199744053 | #206077A | £94.99 Add to basket |
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Biology of Ticks, Volume 2 Daniel E Sonenshine and R Michael Roe Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes ... .... | 544 pages | 12 colour & 54 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 12/2013 |
9780199744060 | #206078A | £94.99 Add to basket |
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Butterflies of Central America, Volume 3 The Hesperiidae Kim Garwood and Richard Lehman A photographic field guide to the skippers of Central America, for the purpose of Butterflies of Central America, Volume 3 defined as the area between the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico and eastern Panama. | 287 pages | colour illustrations | Hardback | 05/2013 | #207218A | £79.99 Add to basket |
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Butterfly People An American Encounter with the Beauty of the World William Leach From one of our most highly regarded historians, Butterfly People is an original and engrossing chronicle of nineteenth-century America's infatuation with butterflies, and the story of the naturalists who unveiled the mysteries ... .... | 388 pages | 32 plates with colour illustrations; b/w illustrations | Hardback | 04/2013 |
9780375422935 | #207059A | £28.50 Add to basket |
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Catalogue des Sp? cimens-Types de Bryozoaires, Brachiopodes, Pt? robranches et Ent? ropneustes du D? partement Paris)" This is a catalogue of all the type specimens of Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Pterobranchia, and Enteropneusta (acorn worms) held at the Natural History Museum in Paris. | 144 pages | Illus, tables | Paperback | 01/2009 | #207385A | £25.99 Add to basket |
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Chironomini (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae): Keys to Central European Larvae using Mainly Macroscopic Characters Claus Orendt and Martin Spies The second edition of these richly illustrated keys (with more than 450 figures) separates larvae of Central European non-biting midges by subfamilies, and especially members of the tribe Chironomini by genera or some smaller taxa. .... | 64 pages | 450 colour photos and b/w line drawings | Spiralbound | 01/2012 |
9783000388422 | #207056A | £53.50 Add to basket |
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Chironomus (Meigen) (Diptera: Chironomidae): Key to the Larvae of Importance to Biological Water Analysis in Germany and Bestimmungsschlussek zu den fur die biologische Gewasseranalyse bedeutenden Larven in Deutschland und angrenzende Claus Orendt and Martin Spies One of the aims of this work is to reduce existing uncertainties and misinterpretations, particularly in biological water analysis. The key is built largely from macroscopically visible features. It identifies 11 species and species groups ... .... | 24 pages | 47 colour photos | Spiralbound | 01/2012 |
9783000387890 | #207057A | £31.50 Add to basket |
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Fauna of France and Corsica: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae (Alleculinae Excluded) Systematic Catalogue and Atlas / Catalogue Systematique et Atlas Fabien Soldati Presents a systematic catalogue and distribution atlas of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, commonly known as darkling beetles, in France and Corsica. | 186 pages | 165 distribution maps | Paperback | 01/2007 | #207380A | £29.99 Add to basket |
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Gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of France - Les Cecidomyies de France Marcela Skuhrava, Vaclav Skuhravy, Patrick Dauphin and Remi Coutin Describes the gall midges found in France. | 212 pages | 270 maps | Paperback | 01/2005 | #207379A | £29.99 Add to basket |
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La Faune des Chilopodes du Massif Armoricain Biologie, Liste Preliminaire et Determination des Especes (Chilopoda) Etienne Iorio The Armorican Massif (French: Massif Armoricain) is a geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France, including Brittany, the western part of Normandy and the Pays de la Loire. | 74 pages | 28 illustrations | Paperback | 01/2006 | #207381A | £19.99 Add to basket |
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Les Coleopteres Phytophages de Gironde Curculionidae, Chrysomelidae phyllophages Patrick Dauphin Describes the phytophagous beetles of the French province of Gironde, focusing specifically on the families Curculionidae, the true weevils, and Chrysomelidae, the leaf beetles. | 276 pages | Paperback | 01/2006 | #207382A | £38.50 Add to basket |
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Les Hemipteres Phytophages de Gironde Heteropteres Phytophages Patrick Dauphin Describes the phytophagous hemipterans of the French province of Gironde, specifically focussing on the Heteroptera, the so-called "true bugs". | 204 pages | 8 colour plates | Paperback | 01/2009 | #207384A | £34.99 Add to basket |
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Schmetterlinge Tagfalter der Schweiz Thomas Buhler-Cortesi Schmetterlinge: Tagfalter der Schweiz is a handy identification guide covering all the butterflies of Switzerland, south of the Alps from the Jura. Over 200 species of butterflies are shown using original size scales, in impressive ... .... | 238 pages | 208 colour photos, 200 colour illustrations | Hardback | 01/2013 |
9783258077468 | #207108A | £44.50 Add to basket |
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Sea Urchin Biology and Ecology John M Lawrence This fully revised and expanded edition of Sea Urchin: Biology and Ecology provides a wide-ranging understanding of the biology and ecology of this key component of the world's oceans. Coverage includes reproduction, metabolism ... .... | 550 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 06/2013 |
9780123964915 | #207280A | £187.00 Add to basket |
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The Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of North America North of Mexico Allen F Sanborn and Maxine S Heath A comprehensive review of the North American cicada fauna that provides information on synonymies, type localities, and type material. There are 170 species and 21 subspecies found in continental North America north of Mexico. | 227 pages | 211 colour photos | Hardback | 01/2012 |
9780977620968 | #207058A | £116.00 Add to basket |
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Welcher Schmetterling ist das? [The Kosmos Guide to Butterflies] Roland Gerstmeier Butterflies are the showstoppers amongst insects. Their incredible designs and colours make them simply beautiful. And yet we know only a few by name. If you want to know where and how to watch them, which flowers they prefer and what ... .... | 224 pages | 250 colour photos, 200 colour illustrations | Paperback | 04/2013 |
9783440135143 | #207098A | £16.50 Add to basket |
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Palaeontology
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Bringing Fossils to Life An Introduction to Paleobiology Donald R Prothero The leading textbook in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from ... .... | 672 pages | 543 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 11/2013 |
9780231158923 | #207072A | £124.00 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 11/2013 |
9780231158930 | #207073A | £65.50 Add to basket |
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Palaeobiology of Middle Paleozoic Marine Brachiopods A Case Study of Extinct Organisms in Classical Paleontology Rituparna Bose Fossil species appear to persist morphologically unchanged for long intervals of geologic time, punctuated by short bursts of rapid change as explained by the Ecological Evolutionary Units (EEUs). Here, morphological variation in ... .... | 68 pages | b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 06/2013 |
9783319001937 | #207077A | £44.99 Add to basket |
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Smithian (Early Triassic) Ammonoids from the Salt Range (Pakistan) and Middle and Late Smithian (Early Triassic) Ammonoi Thomas Bruwiler, Hugo Bucher, David Ware, Elke Herman, Peter Hochuli, Ghazala Roohi and Kha Rehman This volume comprises 2 substantial papers that describe the Early Triassic (Smithian) ammonoids from the Salt Range (Pakistan) and the Spiti region of India. Ammonoids are abundant and well-preserved at many localities in these regions ... .... | 176 pages | b/w illustrations, b/w maps | Paperback | 12/2012 |
9781444367133 | #207097A | £59.99 Add to basket |
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Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy Devonian Spore Assemblages from North-Western Gondwana Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy Pierre Breuer and Philippe Steemans Devonian spores from 16 subsurface successions in Saudi Arabia and North Africa are systematically documented. Identification and description of 205 spore taxa permit characterisation of assemblages across the northern margin of western ... .... | 164 pages | colour photos | Paperback | 05/2013 |
9781118730638 | #207074A | £65.99 Add to basket |
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
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Estuary Plants and What's Happening to Them in South-east Australia Geoff Sainty Estuary Plants and What's Happening to Them in South-east Australia is split into two sections, the first, a field guide, gives detailed species information about plants that grow in estuaries and protected saline areas along ... .... | 656 pages | colour photos, b/w line drawings, colour distribution maps | Hardback | 01/2012 |
9780958105538 | #207213A | £99.99 Add to basket |
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General Natural History
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1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica Chris Turney "The South Pole discovered" trumpeted the front page of The Daily Chronicle on March 8, 1912, marking Roald Amundsen's triumph over the tragic Robert Scott. Yet behind all the headlines there was a much bigger story ... .... | 358 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 11/2012 |
9781582437897 | #207284A | £17.99 Add to basket |
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A Little History of Science William F Bynum Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world ... .... | 272 pages | 40 b/w illustrations | Hardback | 10/2012 |
9780300136593 | #200291A | £14.99 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9780300197136 | #207274A | £9.99 Add to basket |
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Alone in Antarctica Felicity Ashton What would it feel like to be out there alone in that empty vastness? Just before midnight on 24 November 2011, Felicity is left completely alone on the coast of Antarctica. The isolation is instant and devastating. Only three people in ... .... | 320 pages | colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781849534321 | #207281A | £8.99 Add to basket |
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Canon EOS 6D - The Expanded Guide David Taylor Canon EOS 6D is presented in a perfect camera-bag size and includes a quick reference guide – great for on the go! Canon EOS 6D comes from UK author, David Taylor. It is strong enough to withstand the ... | 248 pages | 200 colour photos | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781781450376 | #207294A | £12.74 Add to basket |
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Das Herbarium der Entdecker Humboldt, Darwin & Co. - Botanische Forscher und Ihre Reisen Florence Thinard Travel with Darwin to the Galapagos Islands, with Humbold to the Orinoco River basin or with Livingstone in the heart of Africa – welcome to the world of the great naturalists! They all were enthusiastic about the flora of the newly ... .... | 174 pages | 235 illustrations, 63 maps | Hardback | NYP 09/2013 |
9783258078182 | #207103A | £58.50 Add to basket |
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From Above and Below Man and the Sea Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Barry Skerry and Nicholas Elliott Ranging from the arctic to the tropics, from largescale views of Australias barrier reef to close-up images of sea turtles, From Above and Below is a compelling, entirely unique journey through a fascinating world. Some 200 species ... .... | 304 pages | 200 colour photos | Hardback | 05/2013 |
9780500516904 | #207140A | £34.99 Add to basket |
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Himalaya: The Exploration & Conquest of the Greatest Mountains on Earth Philip Parker and Peter Hillary The Himalayas are home to the 14 greatest mountains on the planet – each towering over 26,246 feet. In breathtaking images and panoramic mountain maps, Himalaya: The Exploration & Conquest of the Greatest Mountains on Earth ... .... | 192 pages | colour illustrations | Hardback | NYP 10/2013 |
9781844862214 | #207286A | £24.99 Add to basket |
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Ivory, Apes and Peacocks Animals, adventure and discovery in the wild places of Africa Alan Root Alan Root is one of Africa’s most bitten people. In the course of his adventures he has been mauled by a leopard, a silverback gorilla and a hippo, and almost lost his life to a deadly puff-adder, which claimed one of his fingers. .... | 325 pages | 16 plates with colour & b/w photos; b/w illustrations | Hardback | 09/2012 |
9780701186036 | #198832A | £19.99 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 09/2013 |
9780099555889 | #198833A | £8.99 Add to basket |
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Kew Gardens Or, A Popular Guide to the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew William Jackson Hooker A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. The eminent British botanist Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) expanded and developed the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew into a world-leading centre ... .... | 154 pages | Paperback | 04/2013 |
9781108065450 | #207095A | £15.99 Add to basket |
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La Botanique de J. J. Rousseau Ornee de Soixante-Cinq Planches, Imprimees en Couleurs D'Apres Les Peintures de P. J. Redoute Pierre-Joseph Redoute and Jean Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau's Elementary Letters on Botany first appeared in Geneva in 1782 as part of Rousseau's Complete Works (vol. XIV) . A new edition was then published in Paris in 1805 that included the ... .... | 140 pages | 65 colour plates | Paperback | 11/2012 |
9782746640696 | #207061A | £30.50 Add to basket |
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Last Stand Ted Turner's Quest to Save a Troubled Planet Todd Wilkinson and Ted Turner Entrepreneur and media mogul Ted Turner has commanded global attention for his dramatic personality, his founding of CNN, his marriage to Jane Fonda, and his company's merger with Time Warner. But his green resume has gone largely ignored ... .... | 392 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 04/2013 |
9780762784431 | #207060A | £22.50 Add to basket |
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Little Book of Banksias National Library of Australia The banksia is quintessentially Australian. Known and loved for its brush-like flowers and sweet honey nectar, the plant embodies both the beauty and harshness of the Australian landscape. The Little Book of Banksias features ... .... | 48 pages | colour illustrations | Paperback | 05/2013 |
9780642277732 | #207373A | £27.99 Add to basket |
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Nikon D5200 - The Expanded Guide Jon Sparks Nikon D5200 is presented in perfect camera-bag size and includes a quick reference guide – great for on the go! It comes from UK author, Jon Sparks. A mid-range DSLR, the Nikon D5200 – long awaited replacement for the ... .... | 248 pages | 200 colour photos | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781781450468 | #207296A | £12.74 Add to basket |
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Ode to Flowers A Celebration of the Poetry of Flowers Samuel Carr A rich collection of poetry that celebrates the beauty and symbolism of flowers. Ode to Flowers is beautifully illustrated with nostalgic illustrations of a range of beautiful blooms, Ode to Flowers includes a diverse ... .... | 96 pages | 50 illustrations | Hardback | 07/2013 |
9781849941198 | #207287A | £9.99 Add to basket |
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Oriental Plants Cai Sufan In the East, some flowers have been imbued with a special meaning and symbolism beyond their natural properties. For instance, the Chinese revere the plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum as the "four gentlemen," believing that ... .... | 240 pages | 200 illustrations | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781908175151 | #207289A | £21.99 Add to basket |
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Scary Monsters and Super Creeps In Search of the World's Most Hideous Beasts Dom Joly Dom Joly sets off round the world again, but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone – he's monster hunting. Ever since he was given a copy of Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World for his ninth birthday ... .... | 272 pages | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9780857207654 | #207304A | £8.99 Add to basket |
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Sea Monsters The Lore and Legacy of Olaus Magnus's Marine Map Joseph Nigg The lore and legacy of Olaus Magnuss marine map. Olaus Magnuss fantastical monster map, the Carta Marina of 1539, depicts an array of real and mythical beasts occupying the waters around the coasts of Scandinavia. This map and its accompanying .... | 160 pages | 200 colour illustrations | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781782400431 | #207292A | £22.95 Add to basket |
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The Essential Audrey Eagle Botanical Art of New Zealand Audrey Eagle In 2006, the award-winning Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand was published to widespread acclaim and quickly became a modern classic for New Zealand botanists, gardeners and art-lovers. By popular demand ... | 240 pages | 165 colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 09/2013 |
9781877385902 | #207367A | £58.99 Add to basket |
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The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at its History and Work E Walter Maunder A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. When this highly illustrated work first appeared in 1900, the day-to-day business of an astronomer was prone to misapprehension; the reality tended to ... .... | 326 pages | Paperback | 03/2013 |
9781108065061 | #207094A | £22.99 Add to basket |
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Weather Almanac Eric Sloane This single-volume combination of Eric Sloane's Almanac and Weather Forecaster and Folklore of American Weather offers a fascinating source of forecasting tips based on wind, clouds, the moon, and other natural phenomena ... .... | 256 pages | Paperback | NYP 07/2013 |
9780486491035 | #207293A | £14.49 Add to basket |
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Regional & Travel
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Darwin's Coral Atoll John B Lewis Darwin's Coral Atoll is the colourful history of a remote coral atoll in the Indian Ocean, of its rise and emergence from the sea, of its organic growth and natural history, and of its human settlement. In spite of its insignificant ... .... | 160 pages | b/w illustrations | Paperback | 03/2013 |
9781460206225 | #207081A | £15.99 Add to basket |
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Der Kosmos Tier Und Pflanzenfuhrer [The Kosmos Guide to Animals and Plants] Volker Dierschke, Andreas Gminder, Frank Hecker, Wolfgang Hensel and Margot Spohn The Kosmos Guide to Animals and Plants profiles each species with up to four pictures, totalling over 4000 images. The combination of image and text provides a clear, concise explanation of each species. | 544 pages | 2680 colour photos, 1280 b/w illustrations, 362 distribution maps | Paperback | / |
9783440131190 | #207091A | £15.99 Add to basket |
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Im Moor und auf der Heide Natur Erleben - Beobachten - Verstehen Bruno P Kremer, Barbel Oftring and Frank Hecker Volume 7 of the series Natur Erleben reveals the secrets of life in bog and moor ecosystems. Additional websites and an app are provided to supplement the book. | 200 pages | 140 colour photos, 10 illustrations | Paperback | NYP 09/2013 |
9783258077772 | #207106A | £25.99 Add to basket |
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La Gomera Road Map - Hiking Paths - Tourist Information Jose Manuel Moreno A fold-out map to the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. The map contains a large road map of the whole island plus an inset map to San Sebastián de la Gomera. Also included is a small overview map of natural protected ... .... | colour photos, colour map (scale 1:30,000, dimensions 106 ?ů 86 cm, W ?ů H) ) | Paperback | 01/2013 |
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Mannahatta A Natural History of New York City Eric W Sanderson and Markley Boyer Sanderson and Boyer invite you to imagine what Manhattan would have looked like to its early explorers; before the skyscrapers, before the crowded sidewalks and the busy intersections of avenues and streets. On the pages of ... | 352 pages | 120 colour illustrations | Hardback | 05/2009 |
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Scotland's Fifty Finest Mountains A Photographic Exploration John Parminter Have you ever wondered what the finest mountains in Scotland are? Perhaps you hadn't before now; perhaps you have an appreciation or passion, but haven't gone to the bother of compiling a list. Maybe you already have a firm idea ... .... | 144 pages | colour photos | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
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Spectacular Yosemite Quang-Tuan Luong and Stuart Booth Breathtaking photography captures the landscapes and wildlife of one of America's most beautiful and popular national parks. Located in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, Yosemite National Park encompasses 1,170 square miles ... .... | 144 pages | 150 colour photos | Hardback | 01/2011 |
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Tibet Wild A Naturalist's Journeys on the Roof of the World George B Schaller George Schaller has spent much of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and conserve threatened species - from mountain gorillas in the Virunga to snow leopards in the Himalaya. Throughout his career ... .... | 388 pages | 16 plates with 32 colour photos; 11 b/w maps, tables | Hardback | 11/2012 |
9781610911726 | #200304A | £15.99 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 02/2014 |
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Wild Africa Alex Bernasconi From a totally fresh perspective, with unique access to some of the remotest regions and species living beyond the confines of captivity, Wild Africa is a contemporary photographic record that takes you into the heart of one of ... .... | 270 pages | colour photos | Hardback | NYP 09/2013 |
9781906506315 | #207092A | £34.99 Add to basket |
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Your Moving Landscape Olafur Eliasson Over the past two decades, Olafur Eliasson has regularly traveled to Iceland to photograph the island's landscape and natural phenomena. This ambitious, on-going venture – almost cartographical in its scope – has resulted ... .... | 240 pages | 240 colour photos | Hardback | NYP 10/2013 |
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Botany & Plant Science
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Ascomycetes in Colour Found and Photographed in Mainland Britain Peter I Thompson Ascomycetes in Colour illustrates and describes 700 species of fungi from the ascomycota. These fungi are mainly cups, discs and spheres which grow on, or just beneath the surface of their host. Their shapes, sizes, colours and ... .... | 367 pages | colour photos, b/w line drawings | Paperback | 04/2013 |
9781479747559 | #207065A | £52.99 Add to basket |
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Baume Bestimmen Knospen, Bluten, Blatter, Fruchte Rita Luder Bäume Bestimmen is an identification guide to trees during different seasonal periods using a four-step identification key. Covers 125 native and deciduous trees. | 288 pages | 1000 colour photos | Paperback | 03/2013 |
9783258077758 | #207112A | £36.99 Add to basket |
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Cacti - An Illustrated Guide to Varieties, Cultivation and Care With Step-by-step Instructions and Over 160 Magnificent Photographs Terry Hewitt Everything you need to know at a glance in one handy and superbly illustrated practical guide. It includes full photographic directory of over 50 varieties of cacti, including Astrophytum, Cereus, Coryphantha, Echinocactus, Opuntia ... .... | 64 pages | 160+ photos | Paperback | NYP 07/2013 |
9781780192840 | #207290A | £6.99 Add to basket |
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Catalogue Raisonne des Plantes Vasculaires de la Gironde Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux Gives an overview of the vascular plants found in the French province Gironde. | 516 pages | 8 colour plates, 180 distribution maps | Paperback | 01/2005 | #207378A | £79.99 Add to basket |
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Common Plants of Central Australia Diane Napier, Jenny Purdie, Lesley Alford and Michael Barritt Covering the area of Central Australia, Common Plants of Central Australia provides photographs and simple technical information about 37 common plants of the area. | 77 pages | colour photos, maps | Paperback | 01/2013 |
9780980852561 | #207372A | £28.50 Add to basket |
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Die Orchideen der Frankischen Schweiz Adolf Riechelmann Amongst plant lovers the francophone part of Switzerland is known as a stronghold of orchids. Die Orchideen der Fr„nkischen Schweiz presents all 39 current species and sub-species, plus two extinct ones, in words and pictures. | 320 pages | 340 colour photos | Hardback | 01/2011 |
9783789617010 | #207214A | £29.99 Add to basket |
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Flore de Gironde Jean-Claude Aniotsbehere Covers 2349 species in 168 families and 75 orders (both phanerogams and pteridophytes), and contains determination keys, glossary, and an index with scientific and vernacular names. | 746 pages | 34 colour & 41 b/w plates; 10 colour photos, 8 llustrations, 3 maps | Hardback | 01/2012 | #207242A | £84.99 Add to basket |
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Flore des Bryophytes du Quebec-Labrador, Volume 2 Mousses, Premiere Partie Jean Faubert This second volume in the series focuses on mosses (as will Volume 3). For each family it presents a description, determination key, distribution map, colour photos of the plants in their natural habitat, and line drawings of the plant ... .... | 402 pages | colour photos, b/w line drawings | Hardback | 01/2013 |
9782981326010 | #207244A | £99.99 Add to basket |
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Gaertnern fuer Tiere Das Praxisbuch fuer das Ganze Jahr Adrian Thomas This is the German translation of RSPB Gardening for Wildlife. | 240 pages | 650 colour photos, 30 colour illustrations | Hardback | 02/2013 |
9783258077598 | #207111A | £36.99 Add to basket |
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Historia Natural das Samambaias Robbin C Moran and Paulo Labiak This is a Portuguese translation of A Natural History of Ferns. | 352 pages | colour photos | Paperback | 11/2012 |
9788565005043 | #207064A | £44.99 Add to basket |
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It's Blue with Five Petals Wildflowers of the Adelaide Region Ann Prescott An easy to use colour coded field guide to the wildflowers of the Adelaide Region. Most flowering plants from the tiniest orchids to the tallest trees are drawn, a total of over 1400 species. While many botanical books are very technical ... .... | 400 pages | 1400 b/w illustrations, maps | Paperback | 11/2012 |
9780646592985 | #207370A | £59.99 Add to basket |
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Kampanak se Usa Para el Techo Pero Ya No Hay Uso y Conservacion de Palmeras Entre Los Awajun, Amazonas, Peru Paniagua Zambrana, Rainer W Bussmann, Carlos Vega, Carolina Tellez and Manuel J Macia Palms are the most important group of plants in the Amazon. Their composition, dynamics, and structure contribute to the distinctive Amazonian ecological balance. Besides their ecological importance, palms play an important role in the ... .... | 98 pages | illustrations | Paperback | 01/2012 |
9780984841554 | #207063A | £26.50 Add to basket |
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Kosmos Baumfuehrer fuer Unterwegs 200 Arten, ueber 370 Abbildungen Joachim Mayer Discovering nature with open eyes and experiencing the world of animals and plants on a leisurely walk – even right by the side of the road there is lots to discover. In order to quickly find your way through the great diversity of ... .... | 176 pages | 250 colour photos, 120 illustrations | Paperback | 04/2013 |
9783440132326 | #207099A | £11.50 Add to basket |
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Mousses, Hepatiques et Anthocerotes du Departement de la Savoie Leica Chavoutier and Vincent Hugonnot Mousses, Hépatiques et Anthocérotes du Département de la Savoie is a comprehensive field guide to the bryophyte flora of Savoie, France, a department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps ... .... | colour photos, distribution maps | Paperback | NYP 09/2013 | #207388A | £69.99 Add to basket |
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Mushrooms & Toadstools The definitive field guide to mushrooms, toadstools, and other fungi. Mushrooms & Toadstools contains all the information you need to identify, forage for or avoid fungi from all around the world. Based on the best-selling ... .... | 360 pages | colour photos | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781409332770 | #207273A | £16.99 Add to basket |
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New Zealand Seaweeds An Identification Guide Wendy Nelson New Zealand Seaweeds: An Identification Guide is the first photographic identification guide to New Zealand's unique marine algae, by the country's pre-eminent seaweed expert Wendy Nelson. | 320 pages | ~500 colour photos | Paperback | NYP 09/2013 |
9780987668813 | #207368A | £79.99 Add to basket |
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Nuestro Conocimiento y Uso de las Palmeras una Herencia para Nuestros Hijos Comunidades Llaquash San Martin, Peru Paniagua Zambrana, Rainer W Bussmann, Carlos Vega, Carolina Tellez and Manuel J Macia Palms are the most important group of plants in the Amazon. Their composition, dynamics, and structure contribute to the distinctive Amazonian ecological balance. Besides their ecological importance, palms play an important role in the ... .... | 103 pages | illustrations | Paperback | 01/2012 |
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Pilzfuehrer Schweiz Mit Vielen Tipps fuers Bestimmen und Verwerten und den Besten Pilzrezepten Markus Flueck A complete and revised edition of a guide to fungi in Switzerland. Improvements include updating of 50 photos, extension of a chapter on fungus/ tree communities and updated address section. | 304 pages | 550 colour photos, 2 maps | Paperback | 05/2013 |
9783258077888 | #207113A | £44.50 Add to basket |
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Plants and Habitats An Introduction to Common Plants and Their Habitats in Britain and Ireland Ben Averis Plants and Habitats combines the species and habitat approaches to plants and vegetation. Most of it is an identification guide to 700 plant species selected as those which are common, conspicuous or useful ecological indicators ... .... | 396 pages | colour photos, b/w line drawings | Paperback | 06/2013 |
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Russulaceae of Kumaon Himalaya Kanad Das and JR Sharma Russulaceae of Kumaon Himalaya is divided into three parts. The first part is the "Introduction" giving a general account of the work done on Russulaceae both at international and national level and justifying the objective ... .... | 255 pages | plates with colour photos | Paperback | 01/2005 |
9788181770127 | #207121A | £39.99 Add to basket |
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Wildflowers of Southwest Australia Augusta-Margaret River region Jane Scott and Patricia Negus Wildflowers of Southwest Australia is a fully revised, updated and rewritten work based on the original 2002 publication Field guide to the Wildflowers of Australia's Southwest. It contains descriptions and botanical ... .... | 228 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations, maps | Paperback | 01/2013 |
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Animal & General Biology
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Animal Behaviour A Beginner's Guide John A Byers Why do birds have regional accents? Can horses learn maths? What do animals without eyes see? Questions such as these have fascinated scientists and animal lovers alike long before ethology – the study of animal behavior ... | 192 pages | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781780742601 | #207268A | £9.99 Add to basket |
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Biology: How Life Works (International Edition) James R Morris, Daniel L Hartl, Andrew H Knoll, Robert A Lue, Andrew Berry, Andrew Biewener and Far Rethinking introductory biology means rethinking the text, the visual program, and the assessments, and Biology: How Life Works is the first book to have developed all three components in tandem. Conceived by internationally-recognised ... .... | 1200 pages | Hardback | NYP 07/2013 |
9781464156014 | #207306A | £39.99 Add to basket |
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Developmental Biology Scott F Gilbert Much has happened since the Ninth Edition of Developmental Biology was published. The key word in developmental biology for the past three years has been "integration." The mechanisms of transcriptional gene regulation ... .... | 750 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Hardback | NYP 07/2013 |
9781605351735 | #204176A | £52.99 Add to basket |
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Introduction to Evolutionary Genomics Naruya Saitou Evolutionary genomics is a new field that bridges molecular evolution, bioinformatics and genomics. Part 1 of Introduction to Evolutionary Genomics describes the core processes of replication, transcription and translation ... .... | 360 pages | Hardback | NYP 11/2013 |
9781447153030 | #206745A | £53.99 Add to basket |
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Secret Chambers The Inside Story of Cells and Complex Life Martin Brasier In the follow-up to Darwin's Lost World, Martin Brasier's book Secret Chambers introduces the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Through a series of journeys it emerges that the modern plant cell is one of the most deeply puzzling ... .... | 320 pages | Approx 15 black and white illustrations, and an 8pp colour plate section | Hardback | 05/2012 |
9780199644001 | #195020A | £16.99 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
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Evolutionary Biology
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Anatomies A Cultural History of the Human Body Hugh Aldersey-Williams The human body is the most fraught and fascinating, talked-about and taboo, unique yet universal fact of our lives. It is the inspiration for art, the subject of science, and the source of some of the greatest stories ever told. | 320 pages | Hardback | NYP 07/2013 |
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Evolution of Sexual Reproduction in Marine Invertebrates Example of Gymnolaemate Bryozoans Andrew Ostrovsky Three major aspects that distinguish Evolution of Sexual Reproduction in Marine Invertebrates are that (1) it contains the most detailed analysis of the sexual reproduction (oogenesis, fertilization and embryonic incubation) in ... .... | 460 pages | 10 colour & 92 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 10/2013 |
9789400771451 | #207085A | £135.00 Add to basket |
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Human Social Evolution The Foundational Works of Richard D. Alexander Kyle Summers and Bernard Crespi Richard D. Alexander is an accomplished entomologist who turned his attention to solving some of the most perplexing problems associated with the evolution of human social systems. Using impeccable Darwinian logic and elaborating, extending ... .... | 304 pages | 2 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
9780199791750 | #207221A | £22.50 Add to basket |
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Leonardo's Foot How 10 Toes, 52 Bones and 66 Muscles Shaped the World Carol Ann Rinzler Leonardo's Foot stretches back to the fossil record and forward to recent discoveries in evolutionary science to demonstrate that it was our feet rather than our brains that first distinguished us from other species within ... .... | 192 pages | Paperback | 06/2013 |
9781934137628 | #207075A | £11.99 Add to basket |
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The Fate of the Species Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It Fred Guterl The sixth "mass extinction event" in the history of planet Earth is currently under way, with over two hundred species dying off every day. The cause of this seismic event is also the source of the single biggest threat to human ... .... | 209 pages | Hardback | 09/2012 |
9781608192588 | #198678A | £18.99 Add to basket Paperback | 05/2013 |
9781608192601 | #207068A | £11.50 Add to basket |
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The Gap The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals Thomas Suddendorf A leading psychologist argues that a capacity for fiction is what separates man from beast. It seems obvious that there exists a tremendous gap between the capacities of human minds and those of animals. Our minds have spawned civilization ... .... | 352 pages | Hardback | NYP 11/2013 |
9780465030149 | #207087A | £19.99 Add to basket |
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The Story of the Human Body Evolution, Health, and Disease Daniel E Lieberman and Jay Kelley A landmark book of popular science, The Story of the Human Body is a lucid, engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years and of how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age ... .... | 480 pages | b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 10/2013 |
9780307379412 | #207067A | £32.99 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 10/2013 |
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Ecology
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Bluetengeheimnisse Wie Blumen Werben, Locken und Verfuehren Bruno P Kremer A comprehensive summary of the natural history of flowers, exploring their intricate mechanics of flowers and their role in ecological networks. | 248 pages | 180 colour photos, 50 colour illustrations | Hardback | /NULL |
9783258077826 | #207105A | £47.50 Add to basket |
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Peatland Ecology and Forestry A Sound Approach Juhani Paivanen and Bjorn Hanell A mire is a synthesis of water and soil. In the pristine state it accumulates plant remains and forms peat. This ecosystem is common especially in cool regions. Forests growing on mires and peatlands constitute an important renewable natural ... .... | 267 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour & b/w illustrations, tables | Paperback | 01/2012 |
9789521045318 | #206255A | £56.99 Add to basket |
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Habitats & Ecosystems
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Atlas des Schweizerischen Nationalparks Die ersten 100 Jahre Henry Haller, Antonia Eisenhut and Rudolf Haller 100 years ago the Swiss National Park experiment began – what does nature do when left to its own devices? Atlas des Schweizerischen Nationalparks depicts what happened in the 170 square kilometer nature reserve in the ... .... | 248 pages | Hardback | NYP 10/2013 |
9783258078014 | #207109A | £63.99 Add to basket |
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Carbon Sequestration Controlled by Climatic, Plant and Soil Parameters Their Dynamics and Control of Selected Sri Lankan Forests KAJM Kuruppuarachchi and Gamini Seneviratne The atmospheric CO2 concentration has risen drastically after the so-called industrial revolution. The radiative forcing associated with this increase is probably responsible for global average surface temperature increases of ... .... | 180 pages | Paperback | 04/2013 |
9783639511727 | #207086A | £99.99 Add to basket |
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Economy and Ecology of Heathlands W Herbert Dimont, Wim JM Heijman, Henk Siepel and Nigel R Webb Heathlands in Europe reflect a long history of human activity and use. Through the ages heathlands have been of importance as (semi)agricultural areas, hunting territories and various other uses of mankind. This diversity of use has created ... .... | 464 pages | colour illustrations | Hardback | 06/2013 |
9789050114615 | #207243A | £49.99 Add to basket |
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Gletscher der Welt Michael Hambrey and Juerg Alean Glaciers and volcanoes in Iceland, icy landscapes in Scandinavia, icebergs off Newfoundland and Greenland – devastating to the Titanic – galloping glaciers in North America, the Himalayas, the glaciers in the tropics and the ... .... | 296 pages | 350 colour photos | Hardback | NYP 09/2013 |
9783258078038 | #207104A | £58.50 Add to basket |
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Principles of Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems Rattan Lal and BA Stewart With the use of high-level soil management technology, Africa could feed several billion people, yet food production has generally stagnated since the 1960s. No matter how powerful the seed technology, the seedling emerging from it can ... .... | 552 pages | 97 b/w photos and illustrations, 90 tables | Hardback | 06/2013 |
9781466513464 | #207184A | £88.99 Add to basket |
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Social and Economic Benefits of Protected Areas An Assessment Guide Marianne Kettunen and Patrick ten Brink Protected areas (PAs) contain biodiversity and ecosystems of high conservation value. In addition, these areas provide a range of benefits, both direct and indirect, to our societies and economies, i.e. so called ecosystem services. .... | 368 pages | 58 black & white illustrations, 34 black & white tables | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9780415632843 | #207183A | £32.99 Add to basket |
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Tourism and Natural Protected Areas M F Schmitz Yellowstone National Park spans the states of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho in the USA. It is famous worldwide. Since their creation in 1872, most 'protected natural areas' have been considered as probably the greatest achievement ... .... | 156 pages | Illustrations | Hardback | NYP 07/2013 |
9781845648107 | #207188A | £83.99 Add to basket |
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Conservation & Biodiversity
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Linking Australia's Landscapes Lessons and Opportunities from Large-Scale Conservation Networks James Fitzsimons, Ian Pulsford and Geoff C Westcott Networks of land managed for conservation across different tenures have rapidly increased in number (and popularity) in Australia over the past two decades. These include iconic large-scale initiatives such as Gondwana Link ... | 320 pages | photos, illustrations | Paperback | 06/2013 |
9780643107045 | #207080A | £79.95 Add to basket |
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Marine Conservation Science, Policy, and Management G Carleton Ray, Jerry McCormick-Ray and Jr.,Robert L Smith This new textbook of marine conservation takes a whole-systems approach, covering major advances in marine ecosystem understanding and providing a guide for marine conservation practice. Its premise is that conservation must be informed ... .... | 400 pages | Hardback | NYP 12/2013 |
9781118714447 | #205611A | £89.99 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 12/2013 |
9781405193474 | #207366A | £34.99 Add to basket |
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Wild Ones A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story about Looking at People Looking at Animals in America Jon Mooallem Journalist Jon Mooallem has watched his little daughter's world overflow with animals – butterfly pajamas, appliquéd owls – while the actual world she's inheriting slides into a great storm of extinction. .... | 368 pages | Hardback | 05/2013 |
9781594204425 | #207076A | £22.99 Add to basket |
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Environmental Science
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Asbestos: The Future Risk Barbary Hadley and Tom Rennell Recent estimates suggest that between 2009 and 2050 asbestos claims will cost the insurance industry £11 billion in the UK alone, while for many other countries the problem is only just beginning. Clearly, the asbestos problem is ... .... | 155 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations, colour tables | Paperback | 03/2013 |
9780957559509 | #207395A | £120.00 Add to basket |
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Chemistry of Ozone in Water and Wastewater Treatment From Basic Principles to Applications Clemens von Sonntag and Urs von Gunten Even though ozone has been applied for a long time for disinfection and oxidation in water treatment, there is lack of critical information related to transformation of organic compounds. This has become more important in recent years ... .... | 320 pages | Illustrations | Hardback | 09/2012 |
9781843393139 | #207156A | £98.99 Add to basket |
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Climate Change Policy in North America Designing Integration in a Regional System Neil Craik While no supranational institutions exist to govern climate change in North America, a system of cooperation among a diverse range of actors and institutions is currently emerging. Given the range of interests that influence climate policy ... .... | 376 pages | 4 figures, 3 tables | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
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9781442646704 | #207249A | £52.99 Add to basket |
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Climate Change and Growth in Asia Moazzem Hossain and Antony Selvanathan Climate Change and Growth in Asia is a comprehensive analysis of the major issues of climate change and global warming and their possible impacts on the growth of major Asian economies. | 288 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 03/2011 |
9781848442450 | #207174A | £74.99 Add to basket |
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Climate Change and Threatened Communities Vulnerability, Capacity, and Action A Peter Castro, Dan Taylor and David W Brokensha Global climate change disproportionately affects rural people and indigenous groups, but their rights, knowledge, and interests concerning it are generally unacknowledged. Shifts in precipitation, cloud cover, temperature, and other climatic ... .... | 224 pages | Hardback | 04/2012 |
9781853397257 | #207317A | £49.99 Add to basket Paperback | 04/2012 |
9781853397356 | #207318A | £24.95 Add to basket Hardback | 04/2012 |
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Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment and Engineering Rumana Riffat As the world's population has increased, sources of clean water have decreased, shifting the focus toward pollution reduction and control. Disposal of wastes and wastewater without treatment is no longer an option. | 400 pages | Hardback | 09/2012 |
9781780401317 | #207155A | £57.99 Add to basket |
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Oil and Honey The Education of an Unlikely Activist Bill McKibben Bestselling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben recounts the personal and global story of the fight to build and preserve a sustainable planet Bill McKibben is not a person you'd expect to find handcuffed and ... | 272 pages | Hardback | NYP 11/2013 |
9780805092844 | #207083A | £18.99 Add to basket |
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Sustainable Treatment and Reuse of Municipal Wastewater For Decision Makers and Practicing Engineers Menahem Libhaber and Alvaro Orozco In many countries, especially in developing countries, many people are lacking access to water and sanitation services and this inadequate service is the main cause of diseases in these countries. Application of appropriate wastewater treatment ... .... | 576 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 06/2012 |
9781780400167 | #207157A | £145.00 Add to basket |
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Tropical Meteorology An Introduction TN Krishnamurti, Lydia Stefanova and Vasubandhu Misra This book is designed as an introductory course in Tropical Meteorology for the graduate or advanced level undergraduate student. The material within can be covered in a one-semester course program. | 438 pages | 47 colour & 177 b/w illustrations, 1 colour table | Hardback | NYP 06/2013 |
9781461474081 | #207078A | £67.99 Add to basket |
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Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure Management Neil S Grigg Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure Management explains how to optimize the operation of water supply systems and the related advances in SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition – systems ... .... | 358 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 07/2012 |
9781780400334 | #207158A | £74.99 Add to basket |
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Physical Sciences
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From Dust to Life The Origin and Evolution of Our Solar System John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. From Dust to Life tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the ... .... | 320 pages | 41 b/w photos, 19 b/w illustrations, 7 tables | Hardback | NYP 12/2013 |
9780691145228 | #206496A | £19.95 Add to basket |
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Full-Rip 9.0 The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest Sandi Doughton Scientists have identified Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver as the urban centers of what will be the biggest earthquake, also called a mega-quake, in the continental United States. A quake will happen – in fact it's actually ... .... | 288 pages | Hardback | 06/2013 |
9781570617898 | #207088A | £22.50 Add to basket |
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Geochemical Rate Models An Introduction to Geochemical Kinetics J Donald Rimstidt This well-organised, comprehensive reference and textbook describes rate models developed from fundamental kinetic theory and presents models using consistent terminology and notation. Major topics include rate equations, reactor theory ... .... | Hardback | NYP 11/2013 |
9781107029972 | #206914A | £44.99 Add to basket |
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Geology of Newfoundland Touring Through Time at 48 Scenic Sites Martha Hickman Hild A wonderful tour of Earth history told at 48 breathtaking geological sites across the island Newfoundland. Includes GPS coordinates, maps, trip planners, and geology basics for new rock enthusiasts. | 276 pages | illustrations, maps | Paperback | 06/2012 |
9781927099070 | #206802A | £34.99 Add to basket |
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Limnology of the Red Lake, Romania An Interdisciplinary Study Gheorghe Romanescu, Cristian Constantin Stoleriu and Andrei Enea The Red Lake is a natural barrier lake at the foot of the Hasmasu Mare Mountains in the Eastern Carpathian Range in Romania. It was formed when the Bicaz River was blocked by a natural dam resulting from two landslides during an extreme ... .... | 246 pages | 82 colour & 35 b/w illustrations | Hardback | 05/2013 |
9789400767560 | #207079A | £89.99 Add to basket |
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Mission to Mars My Vision for Space Exploration Buzz Aldrin and Leonard David In this, his crowning manifesto on behalf of continued space exploration and travel, legendary space statesman Buzz Aldrin argues passionately and articulately for continuing to push the boundaries of our knowledge of the universe and ... .... | 272 pages | 70 illustrations | Hardback | 05/2013 |
9781426210174 | #207288A | £17.99 Add to basket |
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NASA in the World Fifty Years of International Collaboration in Space John Krige, Angelina Long Callahan and Ashok Maharaj The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is all too often thought of in a purely national context – as an American initiative developed specifically to compete with the Soviet Union. Yet, from its inception in 1958, NASA ... .... | 368 pages | 10 b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781137340924 | #207301A | £21.99 Add to basket Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
9781137340917 | #207302A | £57.50 Add to basket |
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Philip's Guide to Stars and Planets Patrick Moore Fully updated with the latest information from recent space probes, Philip's Guide to Stars and Planets provides all the information you need to study the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It includes ... .... | 256 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 10/2013 |
9781849072816 | #207069A | £9.99 Add to basket |
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Philip's Stargazing 2014 Month-by-Month Guide to the Northern Night Sky Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest Philip's Stargazing 2014 is a concise guide to the northern night sky, helping starwatchers to see the year's most fascinating events, whether observing with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. | 64 pages | colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 10/2013 |
9781849072908 | #207141A | £6.99 Add to basket |
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Rough-Hewn Land A Geologic Journey from California to the Rocky Mountains Keith Heyer Meldahl "Unfold a map of North America," Keith Heyer Meldahl writes, "and the first thing to grab your eye is the bold shift between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains." In this absorbing book ... | 318 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 10/2011 |
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Sedimentary Geology An Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks and Stratigraphy Donald R Prothero and Frederick L Schwab An accessible and engaging introductory text for geology majors, the book covers both sedimentary rocks and stratigraphy. Sedimentary Geology utilizes important current research in tectonics and sedimentation and focuses on crucial ... .... | 500 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 10/2003 |
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Spark from the Deep How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery William J Turkel Spark from the Deep tells the story of how human beings came to understand and use electricity by studying the evolved mechanisms of strongly electric fish. These animals have the ability to shock potential prey or would-be predators ... .... | 304 pages | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
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Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic David Quammen First, a horse in Brisbane falls ill: fever, swelling, bloody froth. Then thirteen others perish. The foreman at the stables becomes ill and the trainer dies. What is going on? It takes months to establish that the cause is a ... | 320 pages | b/w illustrations | Hardback | 10/2012 |
9781847920102 | #199440A | £19.99 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
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The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf Environmental Change and Life's Response Barry Wilson The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf provides the first assembly of existing information of the North West Shelf in terms of geological, oceanographic and climatological history and current understanding of such ... .... | 640 pages | ~158 colour illustrations | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
9780124095168 | #207300A | £94.99 Add to basket |
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The Challenges of Urban Ecological Sanitation Lessons from the Erdos Eco-town Project, China Arno Rosemarin, Jennifer McConville, Amparo Flores and Zhu Qiang The need for improved sanitation around the world is becoming a crisis, and the situation is particularly critical in urban and peri-urban areas in developing countries. Here the population is growing rapidly, and where sanitation is ... .... | 116 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 07/2012 |
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The New Frontiers of Space Jeffrey Kluger, Michael D Lemonick, Daniel Cray, Alex Perry, Andrew Chaikin and David Bjerklie What's new in the universe? Journey with the editors of TIME as they explore the latest scientific discoveries within our solar system and beyond. Recent advances in technology have helped astronomers put to rest centuries-old ... .... | 144 pages | 100+ colour photos | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
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The Periodic Table An Indispensable Pocket-sized Guide to the Elements Paul Parsons and Gail Dixon As one of the most recognizable images in science, the periodic table is ingrained in our culture. First drawn up in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev, its 118 elements make up not only everything on our planet but also everything in the entire ... .... | 240 pages | 150 illustrations | Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
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A Handbook of Small-scale Energy Technologies Practical Answers Neil Noble Gaining access to modern forms of energy remains a crucial but under-recognised aspect of poverty reduction in the Global South. Practical Action has long been recognised as a leading authority on energy access, with decades of development ... .... | 146 pages | photos, illustrations, tables | Hardback | 10/2012 |
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Achieving Water Security Lessons from Research in Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Ethiopia Roger Calow, Eva Ludi and Josephine Tucker Achieving water security remains an elusive goal yet the benefits of investing in water, sanitation and hygiene to achieve basic water security and alleviate poverty are clear. Households benefit through a range of livelihood impacts ... .... | 224 pages | 2 b/w photos, 21 b/w illustrations | Hardback | 01/2013 |
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Africa's Finest Colin Bell and David Bristow Africa's Finest is the game-changing book that celebrates the lodges and camps in Africa that are making a difference: those practising environmentally friendly and sustainable tourism methods whilst providing world class ... .... | 432 pages | Hardback | 06/2013 |
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Building to Suit the Climate A Handbook Petra Liedl, Gerhard Hausladen and Michael de Saldanha In future, buildings that make sense from a bioclimatic perspective will not be the exception; planners will simply be expected to design them. With its wealth of facts, Building to Suit the Climate serves as a concrete aid to ... .... | 176 pages | 230 illustrations | Hardback | 06/2012 |
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Capacity Development for Scaling Up Decentralized Energy Access Lessons from Nepal on Its Role, Costs, and Financing Elisabeth Clemens, Kamal Rijal and Minoru Takada Micro hydro power is ideally suited to meeting the energy needs of remote communities.A national micro hydro programme has been operating for more than a decade in Nepal. Similarly a fuel-wood-conserving cooking stoves programme has been ... .... | 68 pages | 20 colour illustrations | Paperback | 06/2010 |
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Choice Experiments in Developing Countries Implementation, Challenges and Policy Implications Jeff Bennett and Ekin Birol Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries. It highlights the theoretical and practical ... .... | 336 pages | illustrations | Paperback | 10/2011 |
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Delivering Energy for Development Raffaella Bellanca, Ewan Bloomfield, Kavita Rai, Mattia Vianello, Emma Wilson and Annabel Yadoo At the outset of 2012 – the United Nations' International Year of Sustainable Energy for All – access to modern energy services remains low or non-existent for billions of the world's population. Energy practitioners ... .... | 128 pages | Hardback | NYP 07/2013 |
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Discourses of Environmental Law and the Conceptualisation of Climate Change Ruling Nature Jo-Ann Goodie The complex phenomenon known as 'the natural environment' is a product of a variety of discourses. Discourses of Environmental Law and the Conceptualisation of Climate Change explores the emergence of different discourse ... .... | 256 pages | Hardback | 03/2013 |
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Eco-Architecture The Work of Ken Yeang Sara Hart, David Littlefield, Norman Foster and John Frazer Ken Yeang's ideas and architecture have been prolifically published worldwide. Eco-Architecture, however, marks the first definitive overview of Yeang's work. As well as an extensive introduction by author Sara Hart, it ... .... | 272 pages | colour photos, maps | Hardback | 02/2011 |
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Eco-minimalism The Antidote to Eco-bling Howard Liddell Eco-minimalism: The Antidote to Eco-bling reminds us that to build energy-efficient, ecologically benign and sustainable buildings is complex, comprising a set of interdependent factors influenced by little-understood science. .... | 128 pages | colour & b/w illustrations | Paperback | 03/2013 |
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Economics of Climate Change and Environmental Policy Selected Papers of Robert N. Stavins, 2000 - 2011 Robert N Stavins Robert N. Stavins has been one of the most influential voices in environmental economics and related public policy over the past two decades. Economics of Climate Change and Environmental Policy brings together for the first time ... .... | 516 pages | Hardback | 01/2013 |
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Energy and Environmental Policy in China Towards a Low-Carbon Economy ZhongXiang Zhang This pioneering Energy and Environmental Policy in China provides a comprehensive, rigorous and in-depth analysis of China's energy and environmental policy for the transition towards a low-carbon economy. This unique book ... .... | 192 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 09/2011 |
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Environmental Economics Concepts, Methods and Policies Jesuthason (Dodo) Thampapillai and Jack A Sinden Environmental Economics: Concepts, Methods and Policies, second edition, draws on the salience of the laws of thermodynamics and principles of ecology and illustrates how concepts and methods in economics need to be revised for ... .... | 280 pages | 80 illustrations | Paperback | 04/2013 |
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European Emissions Trading in Practice An Economic Analysis Stefan Clo This unique and up-to-date book, European Emissions Trading in Practice, analyses the functioning of the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and assesses the extent to which relevant legislation has affected its capacity to ... .... | 200 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 09/2011 |
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Every Last Drop Rainwater Harvesting and Sustainable Technologies in Rural China Zhu Qiang, Li Yuanhong and John Gould Over the past two decades a quiet revolution has been taking place in the countryside of China where hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of poverty. Every Last Drop focuses on some of the practical actions and ... .... | 160 pages | Hardback | 07/2012 |
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Gender and Green Governance The Political Economy of Women's Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry Bina Agarwal Economists studying environmental collective action and green governance have paid little attention to gender. Research on gender and green governance in other disciplines has focused mainly on women's near absence from forestry ... .... | 528 pages | 12 illustrations, 94 tables | Paperback | NYP 07/2013 |
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Genetic Resources, Equity and International Law Camena Guneratne Genetic Resources, Equity and International Law examines current developments in international law which regulate the uses of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and the various property regimes which are applied ... .... | 352 pages | Hardback | 12/2012 |
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Governance by Evaluation for Sustainable Development Institutional Capacities and Learning Michal Sedlacko and Andre Martinuzzi This path-breaking book provides a balanced and comprehensive coverage of current research and practice on the role of evaluation in supporting governance for sustainable development and learning. This accessible study draws lessons from ... .... | 328 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 02/2012 |
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Here's the Catch The Fish We Harvest from the Northwest Atlantic Wade Kearley and George Rose A spectacular, brilliantly illustrated celebration of 52 fish species that live in the rich waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Today, overfishing and a changing ocean environment threaten many fish stocks. Yet despite the many ongoing ... .... | 165 pages | colour & b/w illustrations, colour distribution maps | Paperback | 10/2012 |
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Hunting, Fishing, and Environmental Virtue Reconnecting Sportsmanship and Conservation Charles J List Do hunting and fishing lead to the development of environmental virtues? This question is at the heart of philosopher Charles List's engaging study, which provides a defense of field sports when they are practiced and understood in a ... .... | 176 pages | Paperback | 06/2013 |
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Integrated Water Resource Management in Brazil Carsten Lorz The complex interactions between water resources, land-use change and water technologies are a major issue in many emerging countries of Southern America. Usable water resources are affected by natural conditions, such as, strong seasonal ... .... | 224 pages | Hardback | NYP 10/2013 |
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Land Use Policies for Sustainable Development Exploring Integrated Assessment Approaches Desmond McNeill, Ingrid Nesheim and Floor Brouwer The urgent need to enhance sustainable development in developing countries has never been greater: poverty levels are growing, land conversions are uncontrolled, and there is rapid loss of biodiversity through land use change. | 320 pages | illustrations, maps | Hardback | 03/2012 |
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Law and Ecology New Environmental Foundations Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Law and Ecology: New Environmental Foundations contains a series of theoretical and applied perspectives on the connection between law and ecology, which together offer a radical and socially responsive foundation for environment ... .... | 256 pages | Illustrations | Hardback | 03/2011 |
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Meeting the Water Reform Challenge Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Water policies around the world are in urgent need of reform. Despite improvements in some sectors and countries, progress on meeting national, regional and international goals for managing and securing access to water for all has been ... .... | 171 pages | Paperback | 03/2012 |
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Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law Shawkat Alam, Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Tareq MR Chowdhury and Erika Techera The Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law is an advanced level reference guide which provides a comprehensive and contemporary overview of the corpus of international environmental law (IEL). | 856 pages | Hardback | 09/2012 |
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Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology Nigel South and Avi Brisman Academic and general interest in environmental crimes, harms, and threats, as well as in environmental legislation and regulation, has grown sharply in recent years. The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology is ... .... | 464 pages | 7 b/w photos, 13 b/w illustrations, 14 tables | Hardback | 12/2012 |
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Sustainability Analysis An Interdisciplinary Approach Stanislaw Shmelev and Irina Shmeleva Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the issues of sustainability at the international, national and regional level have become a top priority for national governments, business ... .... | 352 pages | 54 illustrations, 25 tables | Hardback | 01/2012 |
9780230355248 | #207310A | £70.99 Add to basket |
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Sustainable Cities Local Solutions in the Global South Melanie Robertson As urbanization, environmental degradation, and poverty become increasingly urgent problems, understanding the links between sustainability and poverty reduction is imperative. A sustainable urban future for all requires raising the quality ... .... | 192 pages | illustrations, 1 map | Paperback | 04/2012 |
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Sustainable and Resilient Communities A Comprehensive Action Plan for Towns, Cities, and Regions Stephen J Coyle and Andres Duany Many of today's communities face an unprecedented struggle to adapt and maintain their environmental, economic, and social well-being in an era beleaguered by fiscal constraints, uncertainty about energy prices and supplies, rapid ... .... | 416 pages | illustrations, maps | Hardback | 04/2011 |
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Television and the Earth Not a Love Story Jennifer Ellen Good Habitat loss, the extinction of species, severe droughts, rapidly diminishing polar ice, hugely powerful and destructive storms – how have we arrived at such a precarious point in the environmental history of our planet? | 176 pages | Paperback | NYP 07/2013 |
9781552665527 | #207153A | £9.95 Add to basket |
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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy Jayson L Lusk, Jutta Roosen and Jason Shogren Historically, the challenge for humans has been to secure a sufficient supply of food to stave off hunger and starvation. As a result, much of the research on food and agriculture in the past century has focused on issues related to ... .... | 928 pages | 56 illustrations, 63 tables | Hardback | 09/2011 |
9780199569441 | #191058A | £95.00 Add to basket Paperback | NYP 08/2013 |
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The Regulation of Animal Health and Welfare Science, Law and Policy John McEldowney, Wyn P Grant and Graham Medley The Regulation of Animal Health and Welfare draws on the research of scientists, lawyers, economists and political scientists to address the current and future regulatory problems posed by the issues of animal health and disease ... .... | 201 pages | 2 tables | Hardback | NYP 08/2013 |
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The Smart Guide to Green Living Julie Kerr If you want to go green (or at least find out what all the enthusiasm is about), this book is for you! You’ll discover what the green living way of life is all about, what’s involved, how it’s done, what it means to the ... .... | 432 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations | Paperback | 12/2012 |
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The UN Watercourses Convention in Force Strengthening International Law for Transboundary Water Management Flavia Rocha Loures and Alistair Rieu-Clarke At the UN General Assembly in 1997, an overwhelming majority of States voted for the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses – a global overarching framework ... .... | 400 pages | 5 b/w illustrations, 15 tables | Hardback | 06/2011 |
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Valuing Environment and Natural Resources (2-Volume Set) Kenneth G Willis and Guy Garrod Over-exploitation of environment and natural resources is becoming increasingly widespread in the modern world. To combat this, environmental economists have attempted to value such resources in order to ensure that they are given due ... .... | 1440 pages | illustrations, maps | Hardback | 05/2012 |
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Water Policy Reform Lessons in Sustainability from the Murray Darling Basin John Quiggin, Sarah Chambers and Thilak Mallawaarachchi Agriculture in the Murray Darling Basin of Australia represents a controversial 'policy experiment' comprising large capital investments, innovation and enterprise over a 100 year period. Water Policy Reform, which contains ... .... | 256 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 03/2012 |
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Water Quality and Agriculture Meeting the Policy Challenge Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) This report on Water Quality and Agriculture examines the linkages between agriculture and water quality. Water Quality and Agriculture discusses the overall trends and outlook for agriculture and water quality ... .... | 117 pages | Paperback | 03/2012 |
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Data Analysis
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A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python Hans Petter Langtangen A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python serves as a first introduction to computer programming of scientific applications, using the high-level Python language. The exposition is example- and problem-oriented, where the ... .... | 792 pages | 30 colour & 49 b/w illustrations | Hardback | 07/2012 |
9783642302923 | #207180A | £53.99 Add to basket |
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Community Ecology Analytical Methods Using R and Excel Mark Gardener Interactions between species are of fundamental importance to all living systems and the framework we have for studying these interactions is community ecology. This is important to our understanding of the planets biological diversity ... .... | 425 pages | Paperback | NYP 01/2014 |
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Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Informatics Stuart M Brown Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) technology has revolutionized biomedical research, making complete genome sequencing an affordable and frequently used tool for a wide variety of research applications. Bioinformatics methods to support ... .... | 241 pages | colour & b/w illustrations, tables | Hardback | 01/2013 |
9781936113873 | #207148A | £63.99 Add to basket |
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Regression Methods in Biostatistics Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models Eric Vittinghoff, David V Glidden, Stephen C Shiboski and Charles E McCulloch This new book provides a unified, in-depth, readable introduction to the multipredictor regression methods most widely used in biostatistics: linear models for continuous outcomes, logistic models for binary outcomes, the Cox model for ... .... | 509 pages | b/w illustrations | Paperback | 10/2011 |
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Study and Communication Skills for the Biosciences Stuart Johnson and John Scott Study and Communication Skills for the Biosciences is tailored specifically to the needs of bioscience students, both at university, and beyond. Written in an engaging and supportive manner, with examples throughout that demonstrate ... .... | 304 pages | Paperback | NYP 09/2013 |
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