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Welcome to the October Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's
guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the
environment.
Autumn & Winter Catalogue now available The latest seasonal NHBS catalogue of the 3,500 most important new, forthcoming and bestselling titles is now available. Browse the subject pages, or download and print the catalogue as a pdf-file (5.2Mb). Staff news NHBS would like to welcome Nigel Jones to Totnes. Nigel, formerly non-fiction buyer at Ottakar's, has joined NHBS as Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator. Nigel brings tremendous experience to our team and we are looking forward to working with him. NHBS Blog Our Blog highlights some new and noteworthy titles that have come into stock recently: Socotra - a natural history of the islands Gaining Ground - reviews ecological sustainability and biodiversity loss Birding South-East China - a site guide Comments are always welcome. We're updating the blog regularly, so check back for more. Discounts for libraries, organisations and large orders Are you a librarian or responsible for book purchasing within your organisation, or are thinking of placing a large order? NHBS provides a specialised supply service for libraries, organisations and bulk purchasers - handling everything from researching hard to obtain titles to arranging documentation and shipment. We are usually able to offer competitive packages - please contact customer.services@nhbs.co.uk to discuss what we can offer. The NHBS Team View this Monthly Catalogue as a web page or save/print it as a .pdf document. |
Zoology:
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Mammals | Go to subject web page |
Die erfolgreiche Rückkehr Contributions to the history and return of the beaver to Austria .... | 183 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2003 | #162965A | £23.50 BUY |
Cooperation in Primates and Humans Mechanisms and Evolution Edited by Peter M Kappeler and Carel P van Schaik Cooperative behavior has been one of the enigmas of evolutionary theory since the days of Charles Darwin. The contributions to this book examine the many facets of cooperative .... | 355 pages | 61 illus | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 3540282696 | #154926A | £92.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 3540283749 | #162391A | £38.50 BUY |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
Edited by Murray Wrobel This authoritative dictionary has been compiled with the aim of giving an overview of the English, German, French and Italian names of mammals. The Basic Table contains, in .... | 868 pages | - | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0444518770 | #153116A | £90.00 BUY |
A Natural History David Lindenmayer The gliders, while rarely seen by most Australians, are an important group of marsupials whose long-term survival prospects are being seriously threatened by land-clearing and .... | 180 pages | UNSWP Pbk | 2002 | 086840523X | #162919A | £17.50 BUY |
An African Monkey Community Edited by W Scott McGraw, Klaus Zuberbühler and Ronald Noë A great deal has been written about primates; however few volumes have focused on an entire community of sympatric monkeys at a single site. Drawing upon diverse sets of .... | line diagrams, tables, colour plates, half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0521816335 | #162269A | £70.00 BUY |
A Cultural Life of Polar Bears Edited by B Snaebjörnsdottir and M Wilson A study of polar bears, hunted as trophies, then stuffed and exhibited in museums and private homes. This book is an illustrated account, including archival photographs of .... | 192 pages | 200 col illus | Black Dog Publishing Ltd Pbk | 2006 | 1904772390 | #161191A | £19.95 BUY |
P Giannini, F Almeida, N Simmons and R DeSalle | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162727A | £10.50 BUY |
Die Zweifarbfledermaus in der Schweiz Status und Grundlagen für den Schutz Kamran Safi Conservation and status of the Parti-coloured Bat (Vespertilio murinus) in Switzerland. .... | 100 pages | colour illus | Paul Haupt Verlag Pbk | 2006 | 3258070245 | #162329A | £23.95 BUY |
Birds | Go to subject web page |
Atlas der Brutvögel Oberösterreichs
Edited by M Brader and G Aubrecht Breeding bird atlas for Upper Austria .... | 543 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2003 | #162963A | £39.50 BUY |
Der Bartgeier (Bearded Vulture)
K Robin, JP Müller and T Pachlatko Describes the reintroduction of the bearded vulture in the Alps. Magnificent photos are accompanied by descriptions in five languages. .... | 224 pages | Col photos, figs | Robin Habitat Hbk | 2004 | 3952287407 | #152095A | £77.00 BUY |
Tim Woodward The south-east China region straddles the sub-tropics and the southern temperate zone of the eastern edge of the Eurasian landmass. It includes thousands of islands, the largest .... | 423 pages | 88 colour photos, 160 maps | Woodward,Tim Pbk | 2006 | 9628508423 | #162234A | £29.50 BUY |
An illustrated guide and checklist M Strange and Dennis Yong This book is a guide to finding and identifying birds at Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia. 98 characteristic birds are described and illustrated in colour photographs .... | 120 pages | Col photos | Draco Publishing Pbk | 2006 | 9810544413 | #162542A | £15.50 BUY |
The Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 2007
Hilary Cromack and David Cromack This is a guide to more than 400 UK bird and nature reserves. It contains contact details for every county, national and international birding group; bird hospitals; a .... | Buckingham Press Pbk | 2006 | 0955033926 | #162915A | £15.95 BUY |
A Contribution to the Ornithology of Malawi
F Dowsett-Lemaire Contains two papers: an annotated list of the birds of the Nyika National Park, and many previously unpublished observations, also taken into account in the book "The Birds of .... | 121 pages | Tauraco Press 2006 | 2872250034 | #162237A | £12.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Aves, Volume 5: Gruiformes, Charadriiformes and Lariformes
Wang Qishan, Ma Ming and Gao Yuren | 644 pages | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | 703016363X | #093282A | £73.00 BUY |
Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds
Brian Parkinson Around New Zealand's long coastline and its many islands, the keen observer is able to see more seabirds than in most other countries. Three-quarters of the world's .... | 136 pages | 116 colour photos, 108 maps | New Holland Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1869661508 | #162575A | £12.99 BUY |
Sarah Whittley Published in association with the British Trust for Ornithology, this superb book is packed with advice on how to make your garden a better place for birds. Information on .... | 176 pages | 280 col illus | New Holland NYP 01/2007 | 1845374967 | #163034A | £12.99 BUY |
Simon Barnes Simon Barnes gives us a radical new approach to watching birds without letting the formalities of birdwatching get in the way. Even bad birdwatchers know something about .... | 201 pages | Illus. by Alex Fox | Short Books Hbk | 2004 | 190409595X | #149899A | £9.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1904977057 | #162947A | £7.99 BUY |
James T Tanner Unabridged republication of Research Report No 1 of the National Audubon Society, originally published in 1942. .... | 111 pages | b&w photos | Dover Pbk | 2003 | 0486428370 | #160285A | £13.50 BUY |
The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder Kenn Kaufman Kaufman's account of his 1973 `year on the road' when he saw 671 species. At a period when the nature of birding was changing, it is also an examination of the roots of .... | 318 pages | B/w line illus, maps | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2006 | 0618709401 | #162548A | £8.95 BUY |
Lynnette Moon This beginner's guide forms an authoritative and easy-to-grasp introduction to over 80 of New Zealand's best-known bird species. .... | 176 pages | 82 col photos | New Holland NZ Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1869660897 | #163060A | £12.99 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Middle East
Richard Porter and David Cottridge Covers 252 species in detail ranging from the larks and sandgrouse of the barren deserts to the spectacular array of water birds in the Nile Delta. .... | 144 pages | 280 col photos, maps | New Holland Pbk | 2006 | 1845377036 | #162612A | £7.99 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Philippines
Tim Fisher and Nigel Hicks This pocket-sized, easy-to-use bird identification guide - fully revised and complete with new species listings - is a must for any birdwatcher visiting the Philippines. From .... | 141 pages | 240 col photos | New Holland Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1845376307 | #162924A | £7.99 BUY |
Mark Ward Find out how to identify birds and learn about their behaviour, from territorial disputes to courtship, with this pocket-sized guide. Discover which plants, feed and .... | 72 pages | colour illus | Dorling Kindersley Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1405318171 | #162739A | £5.99 BUY |
Sasol Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands
Alan Kemp and Meg Kemp Illustrator is Peter Hayman and the photographers include Nigel Dennis, Peter Steyn, and Warwick Tarboton. Following the success of Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, this .... | 349 pages | 220 col photos, 850 col illus, 160 maps | Struik Pbk | 2006 | 1770073698 | #162826A | £19.99 BUY |
Sovy Severnoj Evrazii (Owls of Northern Eurasia)
SV Volkov, VV Morozov and AV Sarikov A collection of 69 papers on owl taxonomy, ecology, behaviour, distribution and conservation in Russia. .... | 470 pages | Graphs and tabs | Pensoft Supplied Pbk | 2005 | #162556A | £83.00 BUY |
Status Overview and Recommendations for the Conservation of Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea in Malaysia Final report of the 2004/2006 Milky Stork field surveys in the Matang Mangrove Forest, Perak. David Li Zuo Wei, Siti Hawa Yatim, John Howes and Rahmah Ilias The Milky Stork population in Malaysia has undergone a decline of more than 90% over the last 20 years. Not more than 10 birds remain in the Matang Mangrove Forest. .... | 64 pages | colour photos, tables, map | Wetlands International Pbk | 2006 | 9834096097 | #162527A | £15.00 BUY |
Status and Conservation of Shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Proceedings of the Australasian Shorebirds Conference, 13-15 December 2003, Canberra, Australia Edited by Phil Straw These papers cover a wide range of issues and to a large extent summarise what is known about the status and conservation of shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. .... | 197 pages | illus | Wetlands International Pbk | 2005 | 9058820270 | #159755A | £15.00 BUY |
Die Vogelwelt im Oberengadin, Bergell und Puschlav Ein Naturführer zur Avifauna in einem inneralpinen Gebiet H Mattes, R Maurizio and W Bürkli Avifauna of the Swiss Alpine region. .... | 375 pages | photos, distribution maps | Station Ornithologique Hbk | 2005 | 3952300608 | #162592A | £55.00 BUY |
Burkhardt and Schmidt Describes the 150 most commonly encountered bird species in Switzerland. Each species account includes information on biology, habitat, status, and more. .... | 280 pages | 280 colour photos, 150 distribution maps | Station Ornithologique Hbk | 2001 | #162613A | £49.00 BUY |
Waterfowl Ecology and Management
GA Baldassarre and EG Bolen Major revision of the first edition, addresses all aspects of North American waterfowl ecology and mangement. The second edition is expanded to 2800 references arrayed across .... | 567 pages | B/w photos, illus, tabs | Krieger Hbk | 2006 | 1575242605 | #156988A | £84.50 BUY |
Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Adventures in Green Python Country
Karl-Heinz Switak Although well known in captivity little has appeared in print regarding the life of the Green Tree Python in the wild. In this very well illustrated book the famous American .... | 362 pages | 327 col photos | Natur und Tier-Verlag Pbk | 2006 | 3937285822 | #162649A | £32.95 BUY |
The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Honduran Mosquitia
James R McCranie, Josiah H Townsend and Larry David Wilson The Honduran Mosquitia is part of the largest remaining tract of tropical lowland forest remaining in Central America. This is the first treatment of the reptiles and amphibians .... | 304 pages | colour photos | Krieger Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1575242702 | #158076A | £47.95 BUY |
Mark O'Shea Few reptiles command more respect than the mighty boas and pythons. From eleven-metre-long anacondas in the Amazon to the diminutive Javelin Sand Boa, no longer .... | 160 pages | 180 colour photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845375440 | #162452A | £24.99 BUY |
L'Etymologie des Noms d'Amphibiens et de Reptiles
J Lescure and B Le Garff Traces the etymology of Latin and French species names of European amphibians and reptiles. .... | 208 pages | b/w illus | Belin Pbk | 2006 | 2701111427 | #161752A | £29.50 BUY |
Frogs and Reptiles of the Sydney Region
Ken Griffiths This second, revised edition edition of Frogs and Reptiles of the Sydney Region covers all 130 species, from the blue-tongued lizards, turtles and frogs to diamond .... | 126 pages | 130 col photos | New Holland Pbk | 2006 | 1877069302 | #162986A | £14.50 BUY |
Herpetological Atlas of Hungary / Magyarorszag herpetologiai atlasza
Miklos Puky, Peter Schad and Gergely Szövenyi Species desciptions and distibution maps of reptiles and amphibians in Hungary. Each species description contains a summary in English. .... | 207 pages | distribution maps, colour plates | IUCN SSC Hungary Hbk | 2005 | 9630606704 | #161561A | £26.99 BUY |
C Myers and W Schargel | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162726A | £10.50 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to Amphibians in Thailand
Tanya Chan-ard Photographic identifications guide, includes keys (in Thai), a distribution map for each species, index in Thai and English, and a bibliography. .... | 175 pages | Col photos, distrib maps, illus | Darnsutha Press co Pbk | 2003 | 9749093062 | #161189A | £10.00 BUY |
Ivan Ineich Describes sea snakes around the world. Includes chapters on evolution, biology, ecology, venoms and toxicity, exploitation, and more. .... | 320 pages | b&w illus | Inst Oceanographique Pbk | 2004 | 2903581282 | #161174A | £46.50 BUY |
The Status and Distribution of Reptiles and Amphibians of the Mediterranean Basin
Neil Cox, Janice Chanson and Simon Stuart A steady migration towards coastal areas is threatening the region's biodiversity. This assessment aims to assist in regional planning, identify internationally important sites .... | IUCN Pbk | 2006 | 2831709121 | #162257A | £10.00 BUY |
Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Edited by E Pisano, C Ozouf-Costaz, F Foresti and BG Kapoor In the past 20 years, fish cytogenetics has become an essential tool in fields as diverse as systematics and evolution, conservation, aquaculture and more recently, .... | 510 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1578083303 | #162921A | £64.40 BUY |
Fishes of the Eastern Mediterranean
D Golani, B Ozturk and N Basusta Comprehensive colour guide to all known fish species of the Eastern Mediterranean. Over 470 species are described, incl migrant and indigenous. Each species descriptions .... | 260 pages | Col photos, col & b/w illus, map | Turkish Marine Research Pbk | 2006 | 9758825127 | #162525A | £37.00 BUY |
Life Without Jaws Martin W Hardisty Although in the recent past they may have been one of the most numerous and widespread inhabitants of our cleaner rivers, it is their mode of life that explains why they are .... | 284 pages | Forrest Text Hbk | 2006 | 0955074053 | #162797A | £25.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0955074061 | #162798A | £18.00 BUY |
J Sparks | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162733A | £10.50 BUY |
John E Randall and Phillip C Heemstra | 32 pages | Figs | Bishop Museum Pbk | 2006 | #162647A | £27.95 BUY |
The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Fish Endemic to the Mediterranean Basin
Kevin G Smith and William RT Darwall Freshwater in the Mediterranean basin is of huge economic, environmental and livelihood importance. However, with a growing population and an increasing number of tourists, the .... | 34 pages | maps, tables, colour photos | IUCN Pbk | 2006 | 2831709083 | #162256A | £10.00 BUY |
Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
Yuriy Pesenko and Yulia V Astafurova The Bibliography includes all scientific papers concerning melittology (a field of the study of bees in all aspects except for those related to management and practical .... | 616 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2003 | #162967A | £54.00 BUY |
Une clé de détermination Roger Costessèque Determination key of French Aphodius. .... | 78 pages | 116 b&w photos, 183 drawings, 77 repartition maps and 6 colour plates | Magellanes Pbk | 2005 | #162989A | £37.50 BUY |
Atlas of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland
Paul Lee The publication of the Atlas of the Millipedes of Britain and Ireland less than twenty years after the appearance of the Preliminary Atlas in 1988 has been made possible by .... | 216 pages | Photos, maps | Pensoft Pbk | 2006 | 9546422770 | #162219A | £37.00 BUY |
Biological Diversity of Lepidoptera in Iran
H Mohammadian A useful tool to get an overview of the Lepidoptera fauna of this zoogeographical very important and interesting country. .... | 385 pages | Apollo Pbk | 2006 | 964963584X | #162469A | £33.50 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 60 Description of a new Genus from Borneo and new status of Southeast Asian Apatophysinae Eduard Vives and Daniel Heffern | 7 pages | 1 colour plate | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545915 | #162230A | £6.95 BUY |
Australia's Richest Jewel Beetle Genus Shelley Barker A useful tool for professional scientists, natural resource managers and wildlife protection officials, this book includes identification keys, diagnostic features, notes .... | 341 pages | colour illus | ABRS Hbk | 2006 | 064256843X | #160546A | £49.95 BUY |
Collections of the RMCA: Butterflies and Moths
Ugo Dall' Asta and Jurate de Prins The first volume of a new series of publications, `Collections of the RMCA', this book offers everyone the pleasure of admiring the collections kept in the reserves of the .... | 120 colour photos | MRAC Pbk | 2006 | 9075894813 | #162570A | £8.50 BUY |
Dipteros de Costa Rica y la America tropical / Diptera of Costa Rica and the New World Tropics -
Manuel A Zumbado This field guide presents 64 of the approximately 100 families of flies found in Costa Rica. Includes information on their classification, diversity, reproduction, .... | 267 pages | Col illus, b\w illus | INBio Pbk | 2006 | 9968927147 | #162388A | £23.50 BUY |
Distributional Atlas and Catalogue of the Leaf Beetles of Bulgaria (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
B Blagoy Gruev and V Tomov Contents: Introduction .... | 358 pages | 300 maps | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | #162280A | £48.50 BUY |
Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen und anderen Spinnentieren
Edited by Konrad Thaler Contributions to the diversity and biology of arachnids. Each article is in either English or German. .... | 586 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2004 | #162968A | £54.00 BUY |
Elachistidae of Lithuania / Lietuvos Elachistidai (Lepidoptera)
V Sruoga and P Ivinskis This book presents long-term data on the leaf-mining moth family Elachistidae of the Lithuanian fauna. The introductory chapters give an overview of research history in .... | 232 pages | 26 colour plates | VPU Hbk | 2005 | 9986443334 | #162479A | £62.00 BUY |
Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna, Volume 4 Fjärilar: Svärmare och spinnare Edited by Nils Hydén Describes 145 species. .... | colour illus | ArtDatabanken Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | #160626A | £33.50 BUY |
Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna, Volume 5 Fjärilar: Käkmalar - säckspinnare. Micropterigidae - Psychidae Edited by Bengt ke Bengtsson and Göran Palmqvist Describes 380 species. .... | colour illus | ArtDatabanken Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | #160625A | £33.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 32: Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Gomphoceridae, Acrididae
Yin Xiangchu et al The book deals with two families: Gomphoceridae and Acrididae, including 9 subfamilies, 36 genera and 130 species (subspecies). The diagnosis and distribution of all species .... | 280 pages | 521 figures | Science Press Hbk | 2004 | #162432A | £42.00 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 36: Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae
Zhao Zhongling A total of 105 species of Thyatiridae from China were described. They are belonging to 26 genera and grouped into 2 subfamilies. .... | 291 pages | 5 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2004 | #162433A | £33.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 39: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae
Yang Xingke The present volume mainly deals with taxonomic system and geographic distribution of Chinese Chrysopidae. It's divided two sections: the first section of genera account is .... | 398 pages | 4 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2005 | #162434A | £33.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 40: Coleoptera: Eumolpidae: Eumolpinae
Tan Juanjie In the present work 50 genera, 373 species (including a new species) and 4 subspecies of Chinese Eumolpid beetles are described, of which one new genera, 94 new species and 1 .... | 415 pages | 8 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2005 | #162435A | £32.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 41: Homoptera: Drepanosiphidae
Qiao Gexia This volume comprises two parts. Part I includes six chapters, taxonomic status, study history and taxonomic systems; the comparative morphology of aphids; the evolution of .... | 476 pages | 8 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2005 | #162436A | £39.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 42: Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae
Huang Dawei and Xiao Hui The pteromalidae is one of the families in Chalcidoidea, Hymenoptera. The present work reviews 48 genera and 193 species belonging to 12 subfamilies in the fauna of China. .... | 388 pages | Science Press Hbk | 2005 | #162437A | £39.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 46: Hymenoptera: Braconidae (IV)
Chen Jiahua and Yang Jianquan This work deals with the systematic studies on the subfamily Agathidinae Nees von Esenbeck of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from China. It comprises two parts, .... | 301 pages | 32 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | #162439A | £30.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 47: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae
Liu Youqiao and Wu Chunsheng The Lappet Moths (family Lasiocampidae) belong to the superfamily Bombycoidea. This present work deals with the Lappet moths fauna of China. It comprises two parts, the .... | 385 pages | 8 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | #162440A | £30.50 BUY |
Faune de Madagascar, Fasc. 91 - Insecta Diptera Culicidae Uranotaenia
Helena da Cunha Ramos and Jacques Brunhes | 463 pages | Paris MNHN Pbk | 2004 | 285653564X | #162299A | £98.00 BUY |
Faune de Madagascar: Fasc. 92 - Insecta Coleoptera Buprestidae of Madagascar and Adjacent Islands An Annotated Catalogue Charles L Bellamy | 267 pages | Paris MNHN Pbk | 2006 | 285653595X | #162298A | £42.00 BUY |
WD Edmonds This paper reviews the five species groups and 14 constituent species of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Sulcophanaeus. A short treatment of the genus includes an illustrated .... | 60 pages | 8 col plates | Kabourek 2000 | #162293A | £25.50 BUY |
D Kral, V Maly and J Scheider The geotrupine genera Odontotrypes Fairmaire, 1887 and Phelotrupes Jekel, 1866 are revised. Chromogeotrupes Bovo et Zunino, 1983, Eogeotrupes Bovo et Zunino, 1983 and .... | 178 pages | 12 colour plates | Kabourek 2001 | 8086447014 | #121411A | £68.00 BUY |
4th WDA Symposium of Odonatology, Pontevedra, Spain, July 2005 Edited by AC Rivera Collection of 14 papers on dragonflies. .... | 300 pages | graphs, tables and color photos | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | #162284A | £68.00 BUY |
Insect Management for Food Storage and Processing
Edited by JW Heaps This Second Edition has been completely revised and updated with new chapters on topics including, inspection techniques; retail pest management; environmental manipulation .... | 231 pages | AACC Hbk | 2006 | 1891127462 | #161747A | £194.00 BUY |
The Insects of the United Arab Emirates
A van Harten The insect fauna of the United Arab Emirates is relatively unexploited, especially when compared to the faunas of other countries on the Arabian peninsula. This checklist .... | 86 pages | Apollo Pbk | 2005 | #162456A | £21.50 BUY |
Annotated catalogue P Ivinskis For each species, the Lithuanian districts, in which it is found, are mentioned, for many species also shown on a distribution map; flying time by months, and larval .... | 379 pages | distribution maps | Ekologijos Institutas Hbk | 2004 | 998644327X | #162457A | £45.50 BUY |
Les Libellules de Charente-Maritime
Philippe Jourde Describes the 62 species of dragonflies found in the Charente-Maritime. .... | 144 pages | colour illus | SSNCM Pbk | 2005 | #162370A | £28.50 BUY |
Une Histoire Naturelle Martin Daigneault Richly illustrated account of the endlessly fascinating horseshoe crab. .... | 114 pages | colour photos | Inst Oceanographique Hbk | 2004 | 2903581363 | #161170A | £36.50 BUY |
F Saito, L Nguyen, J Carpenter and J-I Kojima | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162725A | £10.50 BUY |
D Bennett and M Engel | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162730A | £19.50 BUY |
M Engel and D Baker | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162732A | £10.50 BUY |
A New Species of Zorotypus from Central Amazonia, Brazil (Zoraptera, Zorotypidae)
JA Rafael and M Engel | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162731A | £10.50 BUY |
Revision of the Goniadidae (Annelida, Polychaeta)
Boeggemann The present work compises the first revision of all Gonadidae distributed worldwide. Under the application of light and scanning microscopy all available types and numerous .... | 354 pages | B/w illus & photos | Pensoft Hbk | 2005 | #162615A | £118.00 BUY |
E Borda | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162728A | £10.50 BUY |
Wilhelm Foissner, S Agatha and H Berger A highly diverse ciliate community was found in 73 samples from terrestrial and semiterrestrial habitats of Namibia, Southwest Africa, one of the world's driest .... | 1500 pages | 2 volumes, 400 photos | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2002 | #134590A | £145.00 BUY |
En Fälthandbok Bo Söderström Field guide to the butterflies of Sweden. .... | 175 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | Albert Bonniers Forlag Pbk | 2006 | 9100105147 | #160589A | £25.50 BUY |
R Naviaux and A Pinratana Covers the Cicindelidae of Thailand with fine colour plates. .... | 177 pages | colour plates, colour photos, line drawings, dist maps | Brothers of St Gabriel Hbk | 2004 | 9749226631 | #162306A | £81.00 BUY |
World Species of Bloodsucking Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Yu Yixin and Liu Jinhua The "biting midges" may be found in large numbers in nearly any aquatic or semiaquatic habit and include 110 genera and 6000 or so species in all regions of the world. Because .... | 165 pages | CSBS Pbk | 2006 | #162488A | £23.50 BUY |
Yponomeutoid Moths (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Argyresthiidae) of Israel
ZS Gershenson, T Pavlicek, V Kravchenko and E Nevo Contents: Preface .... | 200 pages | b/w drawings, photos, maps, identification keys | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | #162283A | £61.00 BUY |
Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Polymerid Trilobites From the Cambrian of Northwestern Hunan, China, 2 Volume Set
S Peng, LE Babcock and H Lin Provides a detailed documentation of 196 polymerid trilobites from Huaqiao Formation of northwestern Hunan, including a large number of new genera and species. .... | 688 pages | 2 volumes | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0080450415 | #162769A | £115.00 BUY |
Michael Foote and Arnold Miller When published in 1978, Principles of Paleontology by David Raup and Steven Stanley revolutionized both textbooks and teaching in paleontology. Now Michael Foote and Arnold .... | 480 pages | Palgrave Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 071670613X | #163048A | £29.99 BUY |
Understanding Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic Biotic and Climatic Events
Edited by J Over, J Morrow and P Wignall The Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic intervals are among the most dynamic episodes of Earth history, marked by large secular changes in continental ecosystems, dramatic .... | 344 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2005 | 0444521275 | #162775A | £90.00 BUY |
The World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
Dougal Dixon Ever since giant fossils were discovered in the western world more than 200 years ago, dinosaurs or 'terrible lizards' as they were named, have captured the public .... | 512 pages | 45 col photos, 1800 illus | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 075481730X | #163030A | £14.99 BUY |
J Makovicky and M Norell | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162729A | £10.50 BUY |
Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Diving Temperate Waters John Collins John Collins takes us on a marine adventure within the oceans that lap many of our most populated shores, from the north Atlantic around western Europe, to the chilly Pacific .... | 200 pages | photos | Cork University Press Hbk | 2006 | 095353538X | #162245A | £19.95 BUY |
Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna
D Desbruyeres The second extensively expanded edition of the "Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna" gives on overview of our current knowledge on the animals living at hydrothermal .... | 544 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2006 | #160091A | £68.00 BUY |
The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Marine Fish & Sea Creatures
Amy-Jane Beer and Derek Hall The marine habitats of the world are home to a more varied and concentrated array of animal life than anywhere on dry land. As marine scientists begin to penetrate even the .... | 256 pages | 1000 col photos | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0754817253 | #163029A | £16.99 BUY |
Manual on Aquatic Cyanobacteria A Photo Guide and a Synopsis of their Toxicology G Cronberg and H Annadotter Potentially harmful cyanobacteria occur widespread in the aquatic environment and this manual treats their taxonomy, identification, and toxicology across freshwater, brackish .... | 110 pages | Gertrud Cronberg 2006 | 8799082705 | #162235A | £42.50 BUY |
BF Chhapgar Marine Life in India is a compact, engaging, and easy-to-understand study of the vast variety of ocean life, from the earliest life-forms to the vast range of species .... | 404 pages | 1560 illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195685148 | #162240A | £11.99 BUY |
The Macrophytic Vegetation of Watercourses SM Haslam Rivers provide a fascinating and complex environment for plants and this book gives a full-length account of their vegetation. It offers a coherent account of river plants in .... | 450 pages | over 100 line drawings | Forrest Text Pbk | 2006 | 0955074045 | #162796A | £25.00 BUY |
General Natural History | Go to subject web page |
Philip Jodidio Philip Jodidio has collected numerous examples of the partnership between architecture and nature from throughout history and the world and presents them in one copiously .... | 192 pages | 230 col illus | Prestel Hbk | 2006 | 3791335278 | #162545A | £35.00 BUY |
A Practical Guide Steve Mulligan The appeal of traditional black and white photography is still strong, even in the digital age, and this book offers a comprehensive guide to both the aesthetics and the .... | 192 pages | 200 photos | PIP Hbk | 2006 | 1861084285 | #162352A | £24.95 BUY |
A Desmond, J Brown and J Moore Pocket-sized biography of one of Britain's most fascinating and important characters. .... | OUP Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0199213542 | #162412A | £4.99 BUY |
The Collected Letters of Erasmus Darwin
Edited by Desmond G King-Hele Erasmus Darwin has been cited as the most widely talented man of the past 250 years. This collection of 460 of his letters, of which over half have never been published, .... | 650 pages | 65 line-diags, 62 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521821568 | #162263A | £90.00 BUY |
Cutting Away: The Linocuts of Robert Gillmor
Robert Gillmor After describing his working methods, the author writes of the inspiration behind the 90 prints illustrated. This often evokes memories which allow him to wander into .... | 176 pages | Col illus | Langford Press Hbk | 2006 | 1904078141 | #162814A | £35.00 BUY |
Ralph Thompson Dance of the Brush spans some seven decades of the artistic life of Ralph Thompson, known for his illustrations of the Gerald Durrell books. This wonderful book .... | 168 pages | Col illus | Langford Press Hbk | 2006 | 1904078214 | #162813A | £35.00 BUY |
Andrew Nadolski In 1996 Andrew Nadolski began photographing the unique landscape of Porth Nanven, a remote beach on the west Cornwall coast. What began as an intensely personal set of .... | 130 pages | Col photos | Headon House Hbk | 2005 | 0954924401 | #161769A | £34.95 BUY |
David Chaffe The author's recollections of his experiences with wild creatures over the last fifty years. .... | Stormforce Publications | #162600A | £18.50 BUY |
A Chronological Approach to the History of Life on Earth Edited by M Garguad, P Claeys, P Lopez-Garcia, T Montmerle, J Reisse and R Pascal This review emerged from several interdisciplinary meetings and schools gathering a group of astronomers, geologists, biologists, and chemists, attempting to share their .... | 365 pages | 100 col illus, 200 b/w illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0387450823 | #162885A | £94.00 BUY |
Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins was recently voted one of the world's top three intellectuals (alongside Umberto Eco and Noam Chomsky) by "Prospect" magazine. As the author of many, now famous, .... | 416 pages | Bantam Press Hbk | 2006 | 0593055489 | #162926A | £20.00 BUY |
The Golden Age of Quaker Botanists
Ann Nichols Reveals the plant hunters responsible for up to 1,000 of the UK's best-loved garden plants. Described by broadcaster, writer, gardener Alan Titchmarsh as `A fascinating new .... | 76 pages | Quaker Tapestry at Kendal Ltd Pbk | 2006 | 0952543370 | #162364A | £17.50 BUY |
Edited by Peter Riviere This is the first of a pair of volumes publishing the unedited full reports of Schomburgk's travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844, previously available only in .... | 450 pages | illus | Hakluyt Society Hbk | 2006 | 0904180867 | #162998A | £55.00 BUY |
The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk 1835-1844, Volume 2: Boundary Survey 1840-1844
Edited by Peter Riviere This is the second of a pair of volumes publishing the unedited full reports of Schomburgk's travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844, previously available only in .... | 280 pages | Hakluyt Society Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0904180883 | #163012A | £55.00 BUY |
Travels in Search of Sweetness Piers Moore Ede After being seriously injured in a hit and run, Piers Moore Ede went to work and recuperate on an organic farm in Italy. There he met a beekeeper, Gunter, who showed .... | 293 pages | illus | Bloomsbury Hbk | 2005 | 0747574928 | #152341A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0747579679 | #162279A | £8.99 BUY |
Nature, Environment, and Nation in the Third Reich Franz-Josef Bruggemeier The first book to examine the Third Reich's environmental policies and to offer an in-depth exploration of the intersections between brown ideologies and green practices. .... | 288 pages | Ohio UP Pbk | 2005 | 0821416472 | #162712A | £15.95 BUY |
A European Explorer and his American Disciples Aaron Sachs While everyone has heard of the 'Humboldt Current', few know anything of the man after whom it was named. Yet Alexander von Humboldt was a towering figure of his time - .... | 512 pages | 25 b/w illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0199215197 | #162418A | £17.99 BUY |
How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age James Essinger Jacquard's Web is the fascinating story of how Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented a loom that was to spark the beginning of today s information age. .... | 256 pages | 10 col illus, 40 b/w illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0192805770 | #162423A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0192805789 | #162424A | £8.99 BUY |
Generous as Nature Herself Diane Adriaenssen Jelena and Robert De Belder thoroughly changed the art of gardening in Belgium. These botanists with a world-wide reputation created two arboreta planted with collections .... | 352 pages | - | Editions d'Art Laconti Pbk | 2006 | 2870080387 | #160597A | £37.00 BUY |
Terance James Bond Examines a collection of paintings completed during the previous ten years. Each painting is accompanied by a descriptive narrative in the artist's own words, offering .... | 180 pages | Col illus | Langford Press Hbk | 2006 | 1904078176 | #162811A | £35.00 BUY |
Nils Lindahl Elliot Mediating Nature provides a history of the present nature of mass mediation. It examines the ways in which a number of discourses, technologies, and institutions have .... | 296 pages | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 0415391776 | #162357A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0415393256 | #162358A | £23.99 BUY |
and Other Tales of Exotic Animals and Power Marina Belozerskaya Exotic animals have entranced and inspired us and this book explores their remarkably influential role in history as among the most advantageous diplomatic gifts, the most .... | 414 pages | - | Little, Brown Hbk | 2006 | 0316525650 | #163022A | £17.99 BUY |
The Restless Heart of Matter and Life Mark Haw Between the microscopic world of quarks and atoms, and the macroscopic (observable) one of pebbles, planets and galaxies, there is another world, strangely neglected by science .... | 256 pages | Macmillan Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1403986037 | #163056A | £16.99 BUY |
Modern Science and the Capriciousness of Nature
Karl Rogers Natural disasters remind us of the capricious power of Nature. This book questions the way that modern science and technology are represented as the means to liberate human .... | 256 pages | Palgrave Hbk | 2006 | 1403989672 | #163053A | £45.00 BUY |
Edited by Christoph Mauch Germany is a key test case for the burgeoning field of environmental history; in no other country has the landscape been so thoroughly politicized throughout its past as in .... | 136 pages | 30 Illus | Berghahn Books Hbk | 2004 | 1571814388 | #162178A | £25.00 BUY |
Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics Nina Byers and Gary Williams Why are there so few prominent female physicists? Traditionally women have faced barriers in higher education, denying them access to higher learning and scientific .... | 498 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521821975 | #162381A | £30.00 BUY |
Christophe Drochon and Francoise Coffrant The artist takes us into the animal world that is the source of inspiration for his paintings but also into the beauty and fragility of our environment, which is a matter .... | 128 pages | colour illus | New Holland Hbk | 2006 | 1845375459 | #162810A | £14.99 BUY |
Inspiration, Equipment, Technique Sue Bishop Split into three comprehensive sections, the book covers technical matters, such as choice of equipment, lighting, exposure and depth of field; colour theory, including the .... | 156 pages | 120 col photos, 3 figs | GMCP Hbk | 2004 | 1861083661 | #152921A | £22.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1861084137 | #162354A | £16.95 BUY |
Alastair Fothergill The makers of The Blue Planet present the epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, over 2000 days in the field, using 40 cameramen filming across 200 .... | 5-disc set | BBC Video DVD | NYP 11/2006 | BBCDVD1883 | #160500A | £34.03 BUY |
Tim Palmer Anyone who has ever paddled down, fished in, or relaxed along one of America's rivers understands their power to nourish, inspire, and enchant--but until now, no book has .... | 224 pages | 200 col photos, 1 col map | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810954850 | #162528A | £24.95 BUY |
The Co-Production of Science and the Social Order Edited by Sheila Jasanoff In the past twenty years, the field of science and technology studies (S&TS) has made considerable progress toward illuminating the relationship between scientific knowledge .... | 336 pages | Routledge Hbk | 2004 | 041533361X | #162359A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0415403294 | #162360A | £23.99 BUY |
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions
Mick O'Hare Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the `Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science .... | 256 pages | Profile Books Pbk | 2006 | 1861978766 | #162808A | £7.99 BUY |
A guide to taking better pictures Andy Rouse For those who want to take their wildlife images to the next level, this essential guide is extensively illustrated with images taken on film and digital cameras, showing what .... | 176 pages | colour illus | Lonely Planet Pbk | 2006 | 1740599004 | #162328A | £10.99 BUY |
Wildlife Warrior: Steve Irwin, 1962-2006 A Man who Changed the World Richard Shears Wildlife Warrior charts Steve Irwin's amazing life - from his childhood catching snakes in Victoria, Australia, through to his work in the wilderness and in his zoo. It follows .... | 208 pages | 16-page colour section | New Holland Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1741105528 | #162983A | £9.99 BUY |
Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece)
Edited by P Beron The third volume of the series "Biodiversity of Bulgaria" deals with both parts (Bulgarian and Greek) of the Western Rhodope Mountains. The book consists of three .... | 950 pages | graphs, tables, drawings, maps | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | #162282A | £79.00 BUY |
Franklin Burroughs and Heather Perry There are said to be only four places in the world where two major rivers - with entirely different watersheds - converge at their mouths to form a common delta: the .... | 176 pages | Tilbury House Pbk | 2006 | 0884482820 | #162566A | £24.95 BUY |
Dangerous Sea Life of the West Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico A Guide for Accident Prevention and First Aid Edwin S Iversen and Renate H Skinner How to recognize and avoid running afoul of the creatures that bite or sting, are poisonous when eaten, or are otherwise potentially harmful. A handy reference for .... | colour illus | Pineapple Press Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 156164370X | #162944A | £9.50 BUY |
Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert Edited by Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles This evocative and informative excursion into the Sonoran Desert along the U.S.-Mexico border brings to life the beauty of a spare and seductive terrain, telling the stories .... | 750 pages | 321 halftones, 80 color photographs, 27 illustrations, 5 maps | Utah UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0874808189 | #163044A | £63.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0874808197 | #163046A | £35.00 BUY |
A Field Guide to Common Animals of Roads, Streets, and Highways R Knutson Revised edition of the classic field guide to the 36 most common species of roadside remains in North America. Includes descriptions and silhouetted illustrations of the top .... | 96 pages | Illus | Ten Speed Press Pbk | 2006 | 1580087558 | #162285A | £6.99 BUY |
Guia de los Peces, Anfibios, Reptiles y Mamiferos de Castilla y Leon
JC Velasco, ML Avia, JR Sancho et al Field guide to 179 vertebrate species (no birds), with distribution maps and colour photos for each species. The text for each species includes description, distribution, .... | 272 pages | 560 col photos | Nayade Editorial S.L Pbk | 2005 | 849337301X | #160318A | £32.50 BUY |
Neogene and Anthropic Natural History of the Mediterranean Basin, with Emphasis on the Levant Francis Dov Por and Chanan Dimentman The Mediterranean world, the sea, the islands and the shores facing it, is a self-centered microcosm subjected to a very agitated geological history during the .... | 350 pages | colour and b/w drawings, maps and photos | Pensoft Hbk | 2006 | 954642272X | #162402A | £59.00 BUY |
South Africa and Pondoland's Unique Heritage Div De Villiers and John Costello The Wild Coast is one of Africa's jewels, but it remains a forgotten wilderness, waiting to be rediscovered and nurtured for all people to enjoy. .... | 215 pages | Colour photos | Wilderness Safaris Hbk | 2006 | 0620353201 | #161230A | £28.95 BUY |
A Photographic Tour of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Joe Cornish, David Noton and Paul Wakefield A stunning glimpse of some of Britain's finest coastline, from the granite columns of the Giant's Causeway on the Northern Irish coast and the rocky cliffs of Wales and South .... | 144 pages | 120 col photos, 1 map | National Trust Hbk | 1998 | 0707802393 | #077360A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1905400381 | #162564A | £9.99 BUY |
The National Trust Countryside A Photographic Tour of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Joe Cornish, David Noton and Paul Wakefield This collection reveals not just natural beauty, but how the human hand has shaped the landscape over the centuries. At Croome Park in Herefordshire, the eighteenth- and .... | 144 pages | 120 col photos, 1 map | National Trust Hbk | 1998 | 070780244X | #077361A | £17.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 190540039X | #162563A | £9.99 BUY |
Edited by Bayram Ozturk and Sedat Yerli Overview over Turkey's natural history: flora; forests and mountains; lakes, rivers and wetlands; birds; amphibians and reptiles; terrestrial mammals and marine life. .... | 48 pages | colour photos | Turkish Marine Research Pbk | 2002 | 9759713276 | #157939A | £13.95 BUY |
A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay
A Murray This is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to the wildlife and habitats found around Boundary Bay, a .... | 214 pages | 170 photos, 2 maps | Nature Guides B.C Pbk | 2006 | 0978008804 | #161207A | £16.95 BUY |
A Visual Journey Jim Saunders The Welsh English border from the hills above Prestatyn to the Severn Estuary near Chepstow is marked by Offa's Dyke, an eighth century earthwork built by Offa, King of .... | 144 pages | colour photos | Gomer Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1843236990 | #162250A | £19.99 BUY |
Hubert Stadler and Michael Allhoff Wild and remote, Patagonia is a region that captures the natural drama of South America like no other - from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific, from the vast wind-swept .... | 216 pages | 340 illus | C J Bucher Verlag Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 376581590X | #162547A | £35.00 BUY |
Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins of European Biodiversity Edited by Steven Weiss and Nuno Ferrand Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia provides the first synthesis of the remarkable diversity, evolutionary complexity, and conservation importance of the flora .... | 377 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 140204903X | #162985A | £92.50 BUY |
Les Ressources Naturelles des Pyrenees du Moyen Age a l'Epoque Modern
Edited by Aymat Catafau | 544 pages | Perpignan Press Pbk | 2005 | 2914518684 | #162653A | £17.50 BUY |
Past, Present and Future Jeremy Keenan This collection examines the Sahara holistically from the earliest (prehistoric) times through the `historical' period to the present and with political direction into the .... | 432 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0415411467 | #162355A | £80.00 BUY |
Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
An Annotated Checklist of Polish Liverworts and Hornworts
Jerzy Szweykowski | 114 pages | - | Polish Botany Institute Pbk | 2006 | 8389648334 | #151654A | £33.50 BUY |
Atlas des Plantes Rares ou Protegees des Hautes-Alpes
Edouard Chas et al Describes 230 species of rare and endangered plants, each with a colour photo, short description, status, habitat, and more. .... | 312 pages | Col photos | Naturalia Publications Hbk | 2006 | #162221A | £68.00 BUY |
Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora The Carpathian Mountains Region Vit Bojnansky and Agata Fargasova The Carpathian flora occurs not only in the Carpathian Mountains, but also in large lowlands extending towards the south, north and east and involves introduced and .... | 750 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402053614 | #162569A | £307.00 BUY |
Atlas of the Geographical Distribution of Fungi in Poland, Fascicle 3
Edited by Wladyslaw Wojewoda | Polish Botany Institute Pbk | 2005 | 838964827X | #162714A | £30.50 BUY |
Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas, Volume 1: Dicots
Billy Lee Turner, Holly Nichols, Geoffrey C Denny and Oded Doron The Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas provides county-level dot maps for about 6000 taxa of vascular plants native and naturalized in Texas. Some taxa reported for Texas .... | Texas Botanical RI 2003 | 1889878081 | #162820A | £36.00 BUY |
Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas, Volume 2: Monocots, Ferns and Gymnosperms
Billy Lee Turner, Holly Nichols, Geoffrey C Denny and Oded Doron The Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas provides county-level dot maps for about 6000 taxa of vascular plants native and naturalized in Texas. Some taxa reported for Texas .... | Texas Botanical RI 2003 | 188987809X | #162821A | £28.95 BUY |
Characterization of the Cellulosic Cell Wall
Edited by Doug Stokke Plant biomass resources are seen as a vast reservoir of potential to be unlocked as sustainable fiber, fuel and chemical feedstock for the 21st century. Vital to the .... | 304 pages | 124 illus | Blackwell Hbk | 2006 | 0813804396 | #153437A | £75.00 BUY |
A Complete Guide to the Native Orchids of Australia Including the Island Territories David L Jones Talks about orchids, featuring beautiful photography, a comprehensive identification guide, and details of species and descriptions. This book is of interest to the home .... | 480 pages | Col photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1877069124 | #160786A | £69.99 BUY |
Curtis's Botanical Calendar 2007
The Curtis's Botanical Calendar 2007 sees several improvements on previous years. The daily entry charts have been redesigned, and each month includes an inset calendar for .... | Kew RBG Calendar | 2006 | #162275A | £5.91 BUY |
David Bassett and Shirley Bassett Gardeners throughout the world love these majestic flowers but few are aware of the range of colour and form now available with the burst of new cultivatars, several of .... | 160 pages | Batsford Hbk | 2006 | 0713490020 | #162565A | £25.00 BUY |
Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand
Audrey Eagle The first volumes of Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of NZ were published in New Zealand in 1975 to universal acclaim, and quickly became classic references for New Zealand .... | 1130 pages | 2 volumes in slipcase, 806 colour illus | Papa Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0909010080 | #162385A | £120.00 BUY |
The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases
Edited by BM Cooke, D Gareth Jones and B Kaye Plant disease epidemiology is a dynamic science that forms an essential part of the study of plant pathology. This book brings together a team of 35 international experts. .... | 576 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402045794 | #158317A | £127.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1402045808 | #162390A | £61.50 BUY |
Edited by G Robson, Pieter van West and Geoffrey Gadd The fungi are a highly diverse kingdom of eukaryotic microbes. Recent advances in molecular genetics, together with the release of whole genome sequences of an increasing .... | 350 pages | 49 line diags, 30 half-tones, 18 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0521859352 | #162246A | £80.00 BUY |
Flora Liquenologica Iberica: Ostropales, Gyalectales
Edited by JM Egea et al | 48 pages | line drawings | SEL Pbk | 2004 | #162705A | £15.95 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Blechnaceae (2006)
BS Parris | 12 pages | 2 figs, map | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 184246129X | #162290A | £8.50 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Ericaceae (2006)
HJ Beentje | 28 pages | 4 figs, map | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 1842461443 | #162291A | £9.00 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Potamogetonaceae (2006)
JJ Symoens | 20 pages | 4 figs, map | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 1842461303 | #162288A | £9.50 BUY |
Flore des Mascareignes: Volume 121-126: Apocynacées à Boraginacées
J Bosser and J Gueho Contains the following families: Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Loganiaceae, Gentianaceae, Menyanthaceae and Borraginaceae. .... | 8 pages | drawings | IRD Pbk | 2005 | 2709915634 | #162311A | £15.50 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 34-36: Inocybe Alpine e Subalpine Il genere inocybe (Fr.) Fr. nel Nord Italia e paesi limitrofi Erminio Ferrari | 460 pages | 256 colour photos | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | 2006 | #162713A | £51.00 BUY |
Jacques Bosser and Alain Le Toquin Ambitious in scope and a wonder to examine, Gardens in Time captures two millennia of garden history between its covers. The follow-up to world-renowned photographer Alain .... | 320 pages | 230 col photos | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810930927 | #162530A | £35.00 BUY |
Los Generos de Leguminosas del Norte de Mexico
E Estrada and A Martinez M This abundantly illustrated monograph is the most comprehensive generic treatment of legumes for any geographical area of Mexico. The book covers the genera of legumes known .... | Texas Botanical RI 2004 | 1889878138 | #162822A | £17.95 BUY |
Guide du Patrimoine Botanique en France
Jean-Pierre Demoly and Franklin Picard Describes more than 600 botanical gardens, conservatories and collections in France and its territories, and 4500 rare plants from these collections. .... | 1082 pages | - | Actes Sud Pbk | 2005 | 2742756698 | #162207A | £30.50 BUY |
Guide to Endemic Palms and Screw Pines of the Seychelles Granitic Islands
Denis Matatiken and Didier Dogley This photographic guide covers the six endimic palms and four screw pines to be found on the granitic islands of the Seychelles. Introduced plants and screw pines which grow on .... | 45 pages | colour photos | PCA Pbk | 2006 | 9993170011 | #162491A | £10.99 BUY |
A Guide to Some Difficult Plants Illustrated Articles from the Wild Flowers Society Magazine 1973-1988 Wild Flower Society This useful handbook to the identification of some of the more difficult plant groups - willows, dandelions, rushes, st.john's worts, heathers, yellow crucifers and bird seed .... | 132 pages | BSBI Pbk | 1990 | 0951623400 | #012458A | £6.99 BUY |
A Guide to Tropical Plants of Costa Rica
Willow Zuchowski A Guide to Tropical Plants of Costa Rica, the first popular treatment to include plants from all regions of the country, is an indispensable guide to the country's native and .... | 529 pages | Zona Tropical Pbk | 2005 | 0970567847 | #159460A | £37.50 BUY |
A Field and Garden Guide Ivan Holliday Often confused with grevilleas, hakeas are not well known, but these natives are increasingly in popularity in the garden as more come into cultivation. People are .... | 224 pages | Col photos | New Holland Pbk | 2005 | 1877069140 | #156907A | £39.00 BUY |
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Trees of the World
Catherine Cutler, Martin Walters and Tony Russell Identification guide to 1000 of the world's best-known trees, from huge redwoods to small garden trees. It can be used as a field guide or as an educational tool to .... | 512 pages | 500 col photos, 3000 illustrations | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0754817113 | #163027A | £14.99 BUY |
Illustrated Flora of East Texas, Volume 1
Volume one of the Illustrated Flora of East Texas is the first fully illustrated flora for East Texas, a species rich area that contains more than two-thirds of all the plant .... | colour photos | Texas Botanical RI Hbk | 2005 | #162823A | £65.00 BUY |
J Webster This new edition of the universally acclaimed and widely-used textbook on fungal biology has been completely re-written, drawing directly on the authors' research and teaching .... | 600 pages | B/w photos, illus | CUP Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0521014832 | #162262A | £35.00 BUY |
Lawrie Metcalf A beginner's guide, this work is an introduction to over 80 of New Zealand's best-known trees. It contains the key facts on shape and appearance, foliage, blossom and fruit .... | 176 pages | 82 col photos | New Holland NZ Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1869660986 | #163059A | £12.99 BUY |
Langeneicker Eichen Register / The World Register of Oaks
Edited by Reinhold Lübbert This book is the product of the international cooperation of many experts on oak nomenclature. Approximately 15 000 botanical oak names have been recorded in .... | 398 pages | Koeltz Pbk | 2006 | 3906166538 | #162938A | £81.00 BUY |
Josie Iselin and Mary Ellen Hannibal Celebrating the diversity and beauty of foliage, Josie Iselin has filled Leaves & Pods with lushly detailed portraits of flora she has collected during every season around the .... | 144 pages | 100 col photos | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810930781 | #162533A | £9.95 BUY |
The Making of the Alnwick Garden
Ian August Ian August was about to retire from his position as the Factor for the Northumberland Alnwick Estates when the Duchess asked for his help with a new project for a couple of .... | 256 pages | Pavilion Hbk | 2006 | 186205715X | #162562A | £25.00 BUY |
The Genus Mentha Edited by Brian M Lawrence This reference on mint serves as the first comprehensive review of these commercially important essential oils, which have a long history of use in flavoring and medicine. .... | 512 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0849307791 | #162372A | £74.99 BUY |
Molekular-cytogenetische Untersuchungen an Hafergräsern (Aveneae) und anderen Poaceae
Grit Winterfeld Molecular cytogenetic investigations in oat grasses (Aveneae) and other Poaceae. .... | 170 pages | Biologiezentrum 2006 | #162970A | £37.50 BUY |
National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America
Keith Rushforth and Charles Hollis Ideal for backpacks and back pockets alike, this indispensable reference makes it easy to identify any tree commonly encountered between the Canadian Arctic and Mexico and .... | 272 pages | more than 1000 colour illus | National Geographic Pbk | 2006 | 0792253108 | #162363A | £11.95 BUY |
Ted Green Hawaii is famous for its orchids. The most recognizable Dendrobium and Vanda flowers are often used to make lei, dress up a drink, or lend a tropical touch to a visitor's hotel .... | 132 pages | Mutual Publishing Pbk | 2005 | 1566477204 | #162331A | £9.50 BUY |
A Story in Photographs David Leaser Palm Trees: A Story in Photographs is a visual masterpiece filled with spectacular images of palm trees from around the world. From the formal gardens of Versailles to a .... | 144 pages | colour illus | Westwood Pacific Hbk | 2005 | 1595880100 | #162334A | £34.50 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to Alpine Plants of New Zealand
Lawrie Metcalf This pocket photographic guide showcases the flowers that add so much to the attractions of walking in New Zealand's alpine zone. .... | 136 pages | New Holland NZ Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1869661281 | #163058A | £9.99 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to Mushrooms and Other Fungi of New Zealand
Geoff Ridley This pocket photographic guide introduces readers to New Zealand's mushrooms and fungi, which number up to some 19,000 and include some extraordinarily diverse types. .... | 144 pages | colour photos | New Holland NZ Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1869661346 | #163057A | £9.99 BUY |
Pitcher Plants of the Americas
Stewart McPherson Pitcher plants are the largest and most beautiful of the world's carnivorous plants and are viewed with fascination as objects of natural history and natural beauty. Pitcher .... | 315 pages | Colour photos | McDonald & Woodward Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0939923750 | #163016A | £39.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0939923742 | #163017A | £30.50 BUY |
Plants of Central Asia, Volume 12: Nymphaeaceae-Ceratophyllaceae
| Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | 2006 | 1578084415 | #158911A | £44.50 BUY |
A Celebration Chris Howkins Reviews plants that contain toxins that affect man and beast. It is unusual for including crops and foods, house and garden plants, rather than just the wild flowers. .... | 112 pages | line drawings | Howkins, Christopher Hbk | 2006 | 1901087611 | #162807A | £20.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1901087603 | #162941A | £15.00 BUY |
Johnny Jumbalaya If you frequent the outdoors on a regular basis and want creative food ideas for living off the land, extending your provisions, or simply want to explore new food tastes and .... | 200 pages | Johnny Jumbalaya Spiralbound | 2002 | 0954415809 | #163015A | £21.95 BUY |
Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland: Band 2 Gefässpflanzen: Grundband Edited by Eckehart J Jäger Field guide to the German flora, now in its 19th edition. First part covering the vascular plants. .... | 640 pages | 992 b&w illus | Spektrum Hbk | 2005 | 3827416000 | #162200A | £36.50 BUY |
Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland: Band 4 Gefässpflanzen: Kritischer Band Edited by Eckehart J Jäger and Klaus Werner 4th volume of the German flora, now in its 10th edition. Includes keys to all species. .... | 982 pages | 1596 b&w illus | Spektrum Hbk | 2005 | 3827414962 | #162202A | £46.50 BUY |
Starting Out with Native Plants
Charlotte De la Bedoyere "Starting Out with Native Plants" illustrates and catalogues all the plants, excluding trees and shrubs, which are native to Britain. For each plant there are details of its .... | 128 pages | 200 col photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845376692 | #163032A | £14.99 BUY |
Subtropical and Dry Climate Plants The Definitive Practical Guide Martin Rix Climate change, the need to conserve water, the desire for more exotic and dramatic plants--all of these are prompting gardeners to seek out interesting new plants that .... | 256 pages | 750 colour photos | Timber Press Hbk | 2006 | 0881928089 | #162303A | £28.95 BUY |
George F Freytag and Daniel G Debouck This lavishly illustrated monograph is the most comprehensive botanical treatment of beans to date. It starts with a brief history about the former taxonomical treatments of .... | Texas Botanical RI 2002 | 1889878111 | #162819A | £28.95 BUY |
The Story of the Beloved and Despised Dandelion Anita Sanchez Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) are a widespread and well known flowering plant. They occur, it seems, in every backyard, garden, playground, parking lot, and asphalt .... | 144 pages | 15 b/w illustrations | McDonald & Woodward Pbk | 2006 | 093992322X | #163018A | £12.95 BUY |
Tomato Plant Culture: In the Field, Greenhouse, & Home Garden
JB Jones A recent study indicates that individuals who regularly consume fresh tomatoes or processed tomato products are less likely to develop certain forms of cancer than those .... | 199 pages | B/w plates, figs, tabs | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0849373956 | #162375A | £49.99 BUY |
Treasure of Masdevallia, Volume 28
Carlyle Luer This 2006 release in this folio series continues the Carl Luer taxonomic consideration of these pleurothallid orchids. Sixteen species are illustrated by Stig Dahstrom: .... | B/w illus, dist maps, water colours | Missouri BG Pbk | 2006 | 1930723539 | #161670A | £73.00 BUY |
A Rotten History Nicholas P Money This book is concerned with the most devastating fungal diseases in history. These are the plagues of trees and crop plants, caused by invisible spores that have reshaped .... | 216 pages | 9 halftones, 27 line illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 019518971X | #162996A | £17.99 BUY |
The Genus Curcuma Edited by P Ravindran, K Nirmal Babu and K Sivaraman Edited by experts from India, turmeric's largest exporter, this is the first volume to explore the history, production, chemical constituents, market trends, and medical uses .... | 384 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0849370345 | #162373A | £85.00 BUY |
Villa Gardens of the Mediterranean From the Archives of Country Life Kathryn Bradley-Hole For over 100 years, "Country Life" has regularly covered British gardens and gardening - but it has also featured fine gardens made abroad, particularly those in the .... | 208 pages | 200 photos | Aurum Press Hbk | 2006 | 184513124X | #162485A | £40.00 BUY |
Wild Flowers of Mombacho (Nicaragua) / Flores Silvestres del Mombacho
Helen Pickering This photographic guide to the Wild Flowers of Mombacho is color-coded and arranged by Family within the color sections. It covers flowering plants found on the whole of the .... | 217 pages | colour photos | Texas Botanical RI Pbk | 2006 | 1889878146 | #162825A | £10.95 BUY |
A Practical Guide to Creating and Maintaining Your Own Wetland for Wildlife Louise Bardsley Comprehensive and practical guide to creating a wildlife pond in the garden. Offers instructions on how to plan, design, site and build small and large ponds for wildlife. .... | 80 pages | 60 col photos, 60 col illus, tabs | New Holland Hbk | 2003 | 1843301113 | #127560A | £12.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1843301121 | #162929A | £9.99 BUY |
Identification and Use Terry Porter This unique encyclopedia brings together a remarkable amount of practical information on the world's most important timbers: from abura to ziricote. Aimed squarely at the .... | 256 pages | 300 colour photos | GMCP Hbk | 2006 | 1861084366 | #161090A | £24.95 BUY |
Woody Plants of Western African Forests A guide to the forest trees, shrubs and lianes from Senegal to Ghana WD Hawthorne and CCH Jongkind This is a guide to the identification of all the woody plants (c. 2250 species in 740 genera) of the forest region of West Africa called `Upper Guinea', between Togo and .... | 1040 pages | 2600 line drawings on 420 plates, 2600 colour photographs | Kew RBG Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1842460897 | #153842A | £69.00 BUY |
Animal & General Biology | Go to subject web page |
Edited by N Oraguzie, E Rikkerink, S Gardiner and H de Silva For the past decade, there has been success in using conventional map-based strategies in identification and cloning of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in model plant species .... | 305 pages | 40 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0387358447 | #162984A | £77.00 BUY |
Diapause in Aquatic Invertebrates Theory and Human Use Edited by Victor R Alekseev, Bart De Stasio and John J Gilbert Dormancy is a suspension of the vital functions in an organism for sometime very long time to overcome harsh environmental conditions. It is a widespread adaptation in many .... | 305 pages | 41 illus., 1 in colour | Springer Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1402056796 | #163007A | £83.00 BUY |
RC King, WD Stansfield and Pamela K Mulligan Contains 70,000 definitions, as well as a listing of relevant internet sites and databases. .... | 672 pages | 314 b/w illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195307623 | #163000A | £45.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0195307615 | #159157A | £19.95 BUY |
Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine
Barry Halliwell and John MC Gutteridge Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine has become a classic text in the field of free radical and antioxidant research since its first publication in 1985. .... | 936 pages | Col and b/w illus, figs, tabs | OUP Pbk | 1999 | 0198500440 | #097476A | £53.00 BUY Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0198568681 | #158234A | £85.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 019856869X | #158233A | £39.95 BUY |
Edited by Chittaranjan Kole Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants presents the current status of the elucidation and improvement of plant genomes of economic interest. The focus is on .... | 365 pages | 51 b/w & col illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 3540345310 | #162979A | £138.50 BUY |
Planting the Seeds of Genetics Simon Mawer Considered one of the greatest scientists in history, Gregor Mendel was the first person to map the characteristics of a living thing's successive generations, thus forming the .... | 176 pages | 140 col illus, 10 b/w illus | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810957485 | #162531A | £16.95 BUY |
Handbook of Media for Clinical Microbiology
Ronald M Atlas and James W Snyder Handbook of Media for Clinical Microbiology, Second Edition provides an easy-to-use reference for routine and specialized media employed in the cultivation of pathogenic .... | 544 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2006 | 084933795X | #162362A | £91.00 BUY |
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals of Africa, Britain and Europe
Tom Jackson The divide between Europe and Africa is only a few short miles and the two continents support an extraordinary array of animal life across huge distances. Narwhals live in .... | 256 pages | 120 col photos, 756 illustrations | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0754817156 | #163028A | £14.99 BUY |
Connecting Chemistry to your Life Ira Blei and George Odian Praised for its clear, comprehensive explanations, the second edition of this approachable textbook gives students a tangible understanding of chemical principles .... | 610 pages | WH Freeman Pbk | 2006 | 0716770725 | #163043A | £35.99 BUY |
Edited by I Rigoutsos and G Stephanopoulos Systems Biology is a powerful new computational approach to studying complex living systems. Unlike traditional biology that examines single genes or proteins in isolation, .... | 366 pages | 74 halftones, line illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0195300807 | #162995A | £38.99 BUY |
Mary S Tyler and Ronald N Kozlowski Vade Mecum 2 is an interactive guide to developmental biology and a superb resource for teachers and students. It contains PowerPoint slides, over 140 interactive videos and .... | 140 interactive videos and 300 labelled photos | Sinauer CD | 2006 | 0878938516 | #163041A | £23.99 BUY |
Edited by Jean-Nicolas Volff The publication of the first draft of the human genome five years ago marked the start of a new era of vertebrate comparative genomics. Genome draft sequences for chimpanzee, .... | 216 pages | 21 col figs, 11 b/w figs, 11 tabs | Karger Hbk | 2006 | 3805581513 | #162579A | £143.00 BUY |
Evolutionary Biology | Go to subject web page |
The Bioarchaeology of Children Perspectives from Biological and Forensic Anthropology Mary E Lewis This book is the first to be entirely devoted to the study of children's skeletons from archaeological and forensic contexts. It provides an extensive review of the .... | 271 pages | 13 line diags, 26 half-tones, 15 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521836026 | #162248A | £70.00 BUY |
Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution Taking Development Seriously Jason Scott Robert Explores the nature of development in the light of current trends in biological theory and practice and looks at the interrelations between development and evolution .... | 158 pages | Figs | CUP Hbk | 2004 | 0521824672 | #144098A | £40.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521030862 | #162309A | £15.99 BUY |
The Evolution of Human Life History
Edited by Kristen Hawkes and Richard R Paine Human beings may share 98 percent of their genetic makeup with their nonhuman primate cousins, but they have distinctive life histories. When and why did these uniquely human .... | 500 pages | James Currey Pbk | 2006 | 0852551703 | #162629A | £19.95 BUY |
Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates
Edited by Gottfried Hohmann, Martha Robbins and Christophe Boesch Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates focuses on evolutionary perspectives of the complex interactions between the environment, food sources, physiology and behaviour in .... | 544 pages | 74 line diags, 20 half-tones, 48 tabs | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521858372 | #162251A | £70.00 BUY |
Adaptive Landscapes and Theoretical Morphospaces George McGhee The metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains .... | 200 pages | 95 line diags, 2 half-tones, 5 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 052184942X | #162247A | £40.00 BUY |
Handbook of Palaeoanthropology
Edited by Henkel Winfried and Ian Tattersall Palaeoanthropology is perhaps the most multidisciplinary of all the sciences. Any complete account of the evolution and cultural and biological context of Homo sapiens .... | 2000 pages | 3 volumes, 270 illus. | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540324747 | #159604A | Normally £614.50 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £491.50 |
Evolution, Design and the Future of Faith Philip Kitcher Recent debates about Intelligent Design have brought into high relief the huge schism between those who believe in Darwin and the power of science to understand the world, .... | 224 pages | 3 line illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0195314441 | #162422A | £11.99 BUY |
Irving Herman "Physics of the Human Body" comprehensively addresses the physical and engineering aspects of human physiology by using and building on first-year college physics and .... | 865 pages | 571 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540296034 | #162905A | £77.00 BUY |
Why the Earth is fighting back - and how we can still save humanity James Lovelock New installment of Lovelock's writings on Gaia, in which he argues that the only way for humankind to come to terms with Gaia now, and have a chance of surviving, is to embrace .... | 177 pages | 4 colour plates, 16 b/w illus | Allen Lane Hbk | 2006 | 0713999144 | #156593A | £16.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0141025972 | #162741A | £8.99 BUY |
How a scientist changed the way we think Edited by Alan Grafen Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of The Selfish Gene, this sparkling collection explores the impact of Richard Dawkins as scientist, rationalist, and one of .... | 208 pages | - | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0199291160 | #156203A | £12.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0199214662 | #162366A | £7.99 BUY |
How Language Evolved Robbins Burling In this fascinating, mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing account of the origins of language ever published. He sheds new light on how language .... | 286 pages | - | OUP Hbk | 2005 | 0199279403 | #152856A | £16.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0199214034 | #162365A | £9.99 BUY |
The Evolutionary Origins of Language Jean-Louis Dessalles and James Grieve Jean-Louis Dessalles explores the co-evolutionary paths of biology, culture, and the great human edifice of language, linking the evolution of the language to the general .... | 400 pages | line drawings | OUP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0199276234 | #162413A | £30.00 BUY |
Ecology | Go to subject web page |
Ecology of Insular Southeast Asia The Indonesian Archipelago Edited by Friedhelm Göltenboth et al Describes the basic principles of ecology with examples mainly coming from the Indonesian Archipelago. After an introduction describing the geography, geology and .... | 568 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0444527397 | #162767A | £97.50 BUY |
The Origin and Development of Island Communities Edited by Ian Thornton and Tim New New or recently sterilized islands (for example through volcanic activity), provide ecologists with natural experiments in which to study colonization, development and .... | 292 pages | 52 line diags, 31 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0521854849 | #162241A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 052167106X | #162242A | £35.00 BUY |
A Distinct Phenomenon Edited by Ashraf Elewa Predation is considered one of the distinct phenomena related to the interrelationships between species on the Earth. Predation is an interaction between organisms (animals) in .... | 312 pages | 48 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540460446 | #162914A | £77.00 BUY |
Wallace in Sarawak - 150 Years Later Proceedings of an International Conference on Biogeography and Biodiversity Edited by AA Tuen and I Das To celebrate 150 years of Wallace's exploits in Sarawak, the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation and the Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, .... | 228 pages | - | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Pbk | 2005 | 9839257501 | #162201A | £31.00 BUY |
Habitats & Ecosystems | Go to subject web page |
Getting started in your own wood Julian Evans How to care for your own wood. Entertaining introduction to get you started. Informative and readable - everything you need to know. .... | 132 pages | illus | Patula Books Pbk | 2006 | 0954194713 | #162604A | £10.50 BUY |
Thomas S Bianchi Biogeochemsitry of Estuaries offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary biogeochemical cycling in estuaries. Designed as a text for intermediate to advanced students, this .... | 688 pages | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195160827 | #162990A | £76.00 BUY |
The Biology of Mangroves and Seagrasses
Peter Hogarth Mangroves and seagrasses form extensive and highly productive ecosystems that are biologically diverse and economically valuable. This new edition has been thoroughly .... | 280 pages | 84 illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0198568703 | #162305A | £55.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0198568711 | #162304A | £24.95 BUY |
Chris Packham's Wild Side of Town Getting to Know the Wildlife in our Towns and Cities Chris Packham Photographic guide to the full range of wildlife that can be found in Britain's towns and cities. Increasingly, wildlife is finding a home in many urban sites such as disused .... | 144 pages | 200 col photos, 100 illus | New Holland Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 184537696X | #162927A | £12.99 BUY |
The Dynamics of Tropical Mangrove Forests
Daniel M Alongi Tropical mangrove forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, despite their importance in sustaining livelihoods for many people living along some of the world's most populous .... | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402042701 | #162934A | £87.00 BUY |
Transferring Knowledge to Practice Edited by AH Perera, L Buse and T Crow The discipline of landscape ecology has matured rapidly over the past few decades, generating a wealth of knowledge that can be used to enhance forest policy development .... | 250 pages | 28 illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0387342427 | #162539A | £77.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 07/2007 | 0387342435 | #162540A | £30.50 BUY |
A Study in Administrative Behavior Herbert Kaufman It is the rare book that remains in print for nearly fifty years, earning wide acclaim as a classic. "The Forest Ranger" has been essential reading for generations of .... | 248 pages | - | RFF Hbk | 2006 | 1933115262 | #162317A | £30.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1933115270 | #162316A | £13.50 BUY |
International Workshop on the Black Sea Benthos 18-23 April 2004, Istanbul - Turkey Edited by Bayram Ozturk, Vadim O Mokievsky and Bulent Topaloglu The first International Workshop on the Black Sea Benthos was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 18-23 April. The main goal of the workshop was to join together the benthologists .... | 244 pages | - | Turkish Marine Research Pbk | 2004 | 9758825046 | #157790A | £13.95 BUY |
Networks for Nature Edited by David Hickie The origins, natural history, landscape value and management of hedgerows in Ireland. .... | 96 pages | colour illus | Networks For Nature Pbk | 2004 | 0954906004 | #157858A | £10.50 BUY |
Litter Decomposition in Aquatic Ecosystems
Edited by Mark Gessner This book provides a comprehensive overview of the methods used to examine the decomposition of plant litter, one of the most fundamental ecosystem processes. Special .... | 280 pages | 50 illus | Blackwell Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1405108584 | #161950A | £39.99 BUY |
The Natural History of a Mountain Lake Edited by Neil L Rose The remote mountain loch of Lochnagar is one of the most studied freshwater bodies in Europe. It is an area of outstanding, although harsh, natural beauty, a favourite .... | 505 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 140203900X | #162933A | £69.00 BUY |
The Nature and Properties of Soils
Nyle C Brady and Ray R Weil Designed to make the study of soils a fascinating and intellectually satisfying undertaking. New photographs, diagrams and special boxes make the text more engaging. It .... | 960 pages | 35 col plates, b/w photos, illus, figs, tabs, map | Prentice-Hall Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 013227938X | #162549A | £43.99 BUY |
Edited by IP Martini, A Martinez Cortizas and W Chesworth In the past two decades there has been considerable work on global climatic change and its effect on the ecosphere, as well as on local and global environmental changes .... | 608 pages | 200 line illus, 150 halftones | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0444528830 | #162757A | £100.00 BUY |
Contributions to an Environmental History of Modern Europe Edited by D Schott, B Luckin and G Massard-Guilbaud The field of urban environmental history is a relatively new one, yet it is rapidly moving to the forefront of scholarly research and is the focus of much interdisciplinary .... | 285 pages | - | Ashgate Hbk | 2005 | 0754650812 | #162180A | £47.50 BUY |
Structure and Function of a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem The Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research Site Edited by Kris M Havstad, Laura F Huenneke and William H Schlesinger For nearly 100 years in the USA federal scientists, university faculty, agriculturalists, natural resource managers, and the interested public have collaborated .... | 465 pages | maps, diagrams | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 019511776X | #162238A | £45.00 BUY |
Igor S Zekster, Lorne G Everett and Roald G Dzhamalov Submarine Groundwater presents quantitative data relating groundwater contribution to the water/salt balance of regional and global bodies of water. It describes the role of .... | 480 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2006 | 0849335760 | #159454A | £74.99 BUY |
The Yukon's Great Boreal Wilderness Previously unknown to the outside world, the Yukon's Three Rivers watershed is emerging as an environmental issue of global importance--a key piece of the boreal region. The .... | 148 pages | Illus, maps | Harbour Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 1550173650 | #161223A | £30.50 BUY |
Wetland Systems to Control Urban Runoff
M Scholz Wetland Systems to Control Urban Runoff integrates natural and constructed wetlands, and sustainable drainage techniques into traditional water and wastewater systems used to .... | 360 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0444527346 | #162759A | £75.00 BUY |
Wild Harvests from Scottish Woodlands Social, Cultural and Economic Values of Contemporary Non-timber Forest Products Marla Emery The research reported in this publication was designed to document social, cultural, economic and environmental characteristics of current non-timber forest product gatherer .... | 40 pages | colour illus | Forestry Commission Pbk | 2006 | 0855386959 | #162809A | £12.50 BUY |
Conservation & Biodiversity | Go to subject web page |
Building a Future for Wildlife The World Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Strategy WAZA This second strategy, Building a Future for Wildlife: the World Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Strategy, has been published by the World Zoo and Aquarium Association .... | 72 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | WAZA Pbk | 2005 | 303300427X | #153786A | £19.50 BUY |
Understanding Animal Cruelty and Ourselves Arnold Arluke Argues that animal cruelty must be understood in terms of social relationships, as actively used by social groups to achieve sought-after identities. The author situates .... | 232 pages | Temple UP Pbk | 2006 | 1592134726 | #162229A | £14.99 BUY |
Environmental Science | Go to subject web page |
The Climate of Past Interglacials
Edited by F Sirocko et al Historically, climate fluctuations, such as the Little Ice Age, show that interglacial climate chage in not entirely stable, but responds to even subtle changes in radiative .... | 806 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0444529551 | #163003A | £110.00 BUY |
Edited by Dieter Helm The threat posed by climate change has not yet been matched by international agreements and economic policies that can deliver sharp reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. .... | 416 pages | OUP Pbk | 2005 | 0199281467 | #162591A | £27.50 BUY |
Progress & Prospects Edited by Malcolm K Hughes, Thomas W Swetman and Henry Diaz Addresses the question: what has been learned, using tree rings, about natural climate variability and its environmental and social impacts? This book reviews and synthesizes .... | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1402040105 | #162932A | £69.00 BUY |
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
Chris Park This informative dictionary contains over 8,500 entries on all aspects of the environment and conservation. International in scope, it embraces a broad spectrum of .... | 528 pages | 21 b/w illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0198609957 | #162415A | £19.99 BUY |
Hydrodynamic and Pollutant Transport Models of Lakes and Coastal Waters Ioannis Tsanis, Jian Wu, Huihua Shen and Caterina Valeo Hydrodynamic and pollutant transport models are useful tools for evaluating remediation options for polluted water bodies. These models span the range from highly theoretical, .... | 424 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0444527125 | #162785A | £85.00 BUY |
A Modelling Approach Ignacio Perez Dominguez The international community is putting some pressure on scientific researchers to come up with reliable indicators to estimate emissions from greenhouse gases. The development .... | 213 pages | Peter Lang Pbk | 2006 | 3631550820 | #162635A | £47.50 BUY |
Your sixteen steps to climate cool Stop Climate Chaos A practical, whinge-free guide that tells you how to stop climate chaos. So don't feel bad, feel good. Discover the power of off, find your favourite jumper and spend time in .... | 80 pages | Penguin Pbk | 2006 | 0141030259 | #162735A | £3.00 BUY |
Investigation, Remediation and Protection of Land Resources
Dieter D Genske The economic implications of land degradation are vast and closer investigation of the costs involved in remediating degraded and contaminated industrial wasteland may reveal .... | 320 pages | over 200 illus | Whittles Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1870325877 | #162387A | £60.00 BUY |
Mediterranean Land-surface Processes Assessed from Space
Edited by HJ Bolle et al The book describes the steps which lead from the raw signals measured in space to firstly calibrated and comparable long term data sets and in a second step to .... | 760 pages | 442 illus | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 3540401512 | #162723A | £130.50 BUY |
J Merle Delves into the essential role the oceans play in the complex mechanisms which regulate the Earth's climate. .... | 224 pages | IRD Pbk | 2006 | 2709915847 | #162650A | £33.50 BUY |
Global Warming and Coastal Change in Britain Through Two Thousand Years Basil E Cracknell The great floods of 1953 in Eastern and Southern England inspired Basil Cracknell to write this book, at a time when he was finishing his thesis on changing land and sea .... | 320 pages | 185 illus | Phillimore Hbk | 2005 | 1860773443 | #162589A | £26.95 BUY |
A World Compendium Edited by CDS Tomlin Completely revised and updated edition with more than 38 new main entries. Pesticide profiles cover herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, acaricides, nematicides, plant .... | 1344 pages | Figs | BCPE Hbk | 2006 | 1901396142 | #162930A | £263.00 BUY |
A Primer on Environmental Decision-Making An Integrative Quantitative Approach Knut Lehre Seip and Fred Wenstop This book integrates decision-making and environmental science. For ecologists it will bridge the gap to economics. For practitioners in environmental economics and management .... | 496 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402040733 | #162535A | £96.00 BUY |
Principles and Methods of Toxicology
Edited by A Wallace Hayes Revised, updated, and expanded to incorporate the latest testing procedures and new challenges. Offers guidelines on data interpretation, and highlights major areas of .... | 1887 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs | Taylor & Francis Hbk | 2000 | 1560328142 | #134728A | £85.00 BUY Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 084933778X | #162376A | £85.00 BUY |
The Ultimate Weather Book Paul Douglas Whatever you want to know about the weather, meteorologist Paul Douglas will provide the answers. Is global warming real? What's the difference between a weather warning, watch, .... | 256 pages | colour illus | Sterling Hbk | 2006 | 0760761132 | #162356A | £17.99 BUY |
From Molecular to Catchment Scale Marcel van der Park This comprehensive textbook deals with all the essential topics in understanding and predicting contaminant patterns in soil, groundwater and surface water and provides a .... | 450 pages | 120 b/w illus | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 0415409438 | #162383A | £45.00 BUY |
Solutions for a Threatened Planet Bill McGuire What do earthquakes, magma, asteroid 1950DA, and global warming have in common? All are very real natural disasters, already under way; all are also the focus of intensive work .... | 238 pages | 40 b/w illus | OUP Hbk | 2005 | 0192805711 | #152797A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 019280572X | #162368A | £8.99 BUY |
What is Next After the Kyoto Protocol? Assessment of Options for International Climate Policy post 2010 Niklas Höhne The negotiations on climate change are entering a new phase now that the discussions on new commitments after the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol have started. .... | 200 pages | Figs, tabs | Techne Press Pbk | 2006 | 9085940052 | #162222A | £23.50 BUY |
The e-Pesticide Manual - Version 4 on CD-ROM
Edited by CDS Tomlin Contains all the data from `The Pesticide Manual' and includes all the latest pesticides, revised company details as well as upgraded software facilities. It also .... | BCPE CD | 2006 | 1901396428 | #162931A | £329.00 BUY |
Physical Sciences | Go to subject web page |
Advances in Geophysics, Volume 48 Advances in Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Earth Edited by Ru-Shan Wu and Valerie Maupin | 626 pages | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0120188503 | #162577A | £100.00 BUY |
Jerry T Bonnell and Robert J Nemiroff Astronomy: 365 Days is a spectacular collection of photographs of space and sky, drawn from Jerry Bonnell and Robert Nemiroff's enormously popular website, Astronomy Picture .... | 744 pages | 374 col photos | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810957159 | #162534A | £19.95 BUY |
John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature Tom Siegfried Millions have seen the movie and thousands have read the book but few have fully appreciated the mathematics developed by John Nash's beautiful mind. Today, Nash's .... | 256 pages | Joseph Henry Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0309101921 | #163021A | £16.99 BUY |
Visions of the Interplanetary Probes Michael Benson The heavens have supplied inspiration to visual artists for thousands of years, so why not a book of contemporary photographs that recasts the objects in our solar system as .... | 320 pages | 125 col illus, 170 b/w illus | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810982536 | #162537A | £14.95 BUY |
The Birth of Stars and Planets
John Bally and Bo Reipurth Star formation is the fundamental cosmic process which makes galaxies visible, and regulates the evolution of normal matter in the Universe. New instruments and .... | 306 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521801052 | #162377A | £25.00 BUY |
Illuminating the Darkest Secrets of the Cosmos Paul Halpern and Paul Wesson Cosmologists yearn to behold the unseen elements of our universe. And as new technologies become more powerful and precise, scientists are getting their wish - .... | 260 pages | Joseph Henry Press Hbk | 2006 | 0309101379 | #162386A | £16.99 BUY |
A Landscape Fashioned by Geology Their broad granite plateaux, steep-sided glens and deep corries make the Cairngorms one of the most renowned mountain landscapes in Britain. In the booklet we discover how the .... | Illus | SNH Pbk | 2006 | 1853974552 | #162872A | £4.95 BUY |
Edited by Walter Lewin and Michiel van der Klis X-ray astronomy is the prime available window on astrophysical compact objects: black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs. In the last ten years new observational .... | 706 pages | 219 line-diags, 84 half tones, 2 col plates, 49 tabs | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521826594 | #162459A | £100.00 BUY |
A Satellite Portrait of our Planet Douglas Palmer Combining the data from 18 of the most advanced Earth satellites ever built, NASA has constructed the most detailed global portrait of our planet ever created. The Complete .... | 224 pages | Quercus Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 1905204310 | #162327A | £25.00 BUY |
Second International Symposium, CompLife 2006, Cambridge, UK, September Edited by M Berthold, R Glen and I Fischer This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Computational Life Sciences, CompLife 2006, held in Cambridge, UK, in September 2006. .... | 269 pages | Springer Pbk | 2006 | 3540457674 | #162878A | £34.50 BUY |
Converting to an Eco-Friendly Home The Complete Handbook Paul Hymers For a large number of homeowners, the importance of the environment has been highlighted as issues such as global warming becomes big news. With 7 chapters covering elements .... | 176 pages | New Holland Pbk | 2006 | 1845374061 | #162601A | £7.99 BUY |
A Field Guide Giles Sparrow This user-friendly companion to the cosmos is packed with a universe of facts. Embarking on a 13.7 billion light year journey, it will steer you safely through the myriads of .... | 224 pages | Quercus Publishing Hbk | 2006 | 1905204299 | #162326A | £25.00 BUY |
The Curious History of Relativity How Einstein's Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again Jean Eisenstaedt Black holes may obliterate most things that come near them, but they saved the theory of general relativity. Einstein's theory was quickly accepted as the true theory of gravity .... | 384 pages | illus | Princeton UP Hbk | 2006 | 0691118655 | #162973A | £18.95 BUY |
The Desert of Southeast Arabia
Kenneth W Glennie A tropical desert consists of barren land over which rainfall is too limited to support vegetation. So why are such desolate and hostile places, like deserts, important to .... | 215 pages | colour photos | GeoArabia Hbk | 2005 | 9990104891 | #160958A | £165.00 BUY |
Diffuse Matter from Star Forming Regions to Active Galaxies A Volume Honouring John Dyson Edited by T Hatquist, J Pittard and S Falle John Dyson has contributed to the study of the hydrodynamic processes that govern a wide variety of astrophysical sources which he has helped explain. In this volume dedicated .... | 330 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402054246 | #162898A | £92.50 BUY |
Discovering the Essential Universe
Neil F Comins Based on the most recent edition of Discovering the Universe this popular text is the most concise, least expensive option for introductory astronomy courses. It offers a .... | 600 pages | WH Freeman Pbk | 2006 | 071674595X | #163047A | £32.99 BUY |
The Race to Test Relativity Jeffrey Crelinsten Dramatic story of how astronomers in Germany, England, and America competed to test Einstein's developing theory of relativity. Weaving a rich narrative based on extensive .... | 397 pages | b&w illus | Princeton UP Hbk | 2006 | 0691123101 | #160984A | £22.95 BUY |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Geography
VM Kotlyakov and A Komarova The Dictionary consists of the basic table of terms arranged according to the order of the English alphabet with each term numbered. Each entry consists of the term in English .... | 1072 pages | - | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0444510427 | #153120A | £130.00 BUY |
Encyclopedia of the Solar System
Edited by Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul Weissman and Torrence Johnson This self-contained reference provides a framework for understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system, historical discoveries, and details about planetary .... | 1024 pages | Col & b/w photos, illus, figs | Academic Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0120885891 | #163001A | £57.99 BUY |
Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations
Maurizio Salaris and Santi Cassisi Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations is a comprehensive presentation of the theory of stellar evolution and its application to the study of stellar populations in .... | 386 pages | Wiley Hbk | 2005 | 047009219X | #162665A | £80.00 BUY Pbk | 2005 | 0470092203 | #162666A | £32.50 BUY |
The Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac
P Kenneth Seidelmann Finally astronomers can access the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac in paperback form. This well-schooled text provides a detailed description of how to .... | 752 pages | University Science Books Pbk | 2006 | 1891389459 | #163049A | £56.99 BUY |
Astrophysical Instruments for the 21st Century Edited by A Lobanov, J Zensus, C Cesarsky and P Diamond In the coming decades, astrophysical science will benefit enormously from the construction and operation of several major international ground- and space based .... | 271 pages | 25 col illus, 80 b/w illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540397558 | #162909A | £61.50 BUY |
Fifty Years of Death Valley Research A volume in honor of Lauren Wright and Bennie Troxel Edited by JP Calzia Wright and Troxel's research in Death Valley covers a wide variety of subjects including stratigraphy, structure, regional tectonics, Quaternary geology, and mineral resources. .... | 354 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0444527524 | #162778A | £85.00 BUY |
Flood Risk Management in Europe Innovation in Policy and Practice Edited by S Begum, Marcel Stive and Jim W Hall In recent years major floods have occurred across Europe causing serious damages and huge financial implications. Flood risk and vulnerability is increasing with increased .... | 600 pages | 14 col illus, 150 b/w illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1402041993 | #162913A | £115.50 BUY |
A traveller's guide to South Africa's rocks and landforms Nick Norman and Gavin Whitfield An essential companion for travellers to South Africa. For those who wonder about the jaunty tilt of a mountain ahead, the unusual patterns of a road cutting, the colour and .... | 320 pages | 300 images, 35 diagrams, 4 maps | Struik Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1770070621 | #162925A | £19.99 BUY |
BU Haq and FWB van Eysinga The new and revised sixth edition provides practicing geologists, archaeologists, and Earth historians with a succinct source of reference to stratigraphy and .... | - | Elsevier Unbound | NYP 12/2006 | 0444529829 | #161401A | £20.99 BUY |
James Aber and Andrzej Ber Glaciotectonism is an important component of modern glacial theory, gaining widespread recognition within the past 25 years. This book is outcome of compiling maps of .... | 256 pages | Elsevier Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0444529438 | #163002A | £110.00 BUY |
An Introduction to General Chemistry Connecting Chemistry to Your Life Ira Blei and George Odian Praised for its clear, comprehensive explanations, the second edition of this approachable textbook gives students a tangible understanding of chemical principles .... | 550 pages | WH Freeman Pbk | 2006 | 0716770733 | #163045A | £21.99 BUY |
An Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology
Jerzy Plebanski and Andrzej Krasinski General relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics, and is of major importance in its applications to cosmology. Plebanski and Krasinski are experts in the field and here .... | 554 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 052185623X | #162380A | £45.00 BUY |
Green Roads to the Cosmos Gregory Matloff, Les Johnson and C Bangs This book presents a visionary concept for future development of space travel. It describes the enabling technology for future propulsion concepts and demonstrates how .... | 300 pages | 10 col illus, 50 b/w illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0387360549 | #162910A | £17.50 BUY |
RF Streater "Lost Causes in Theoretical Physics" deals with a selection of research topics in theoretical physics that have (almost) been proven to be a dead-end or continue at least .... | 200 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540365818 | #162389A | £30.50 BUY |
Pini Gurfil In recent years, an unprecedented interest in novel and revolutionary space missions has risen out of the advanced NASA and ESA programs. Astrophysicists, astronomers, space .... | 336 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0123735629 | #162573A | £69.99 BUY |
Molecular Collisions in the Interstellar Medium
David Flower In the interstellar medium - the space between the stars in galaxies - new stars are born from material that is replenished by the debris ejected by stars when they die. .... | 35 line diags | CUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0521844835 | #162470A | £65.00 BUY |
Wonders of the Natural World Paul Tapponnier and Kevin Kling Keepers of legend and witness to nature's greatest movement, mountains are regarded with awe and admiration by every culture that has these staggering wonders in its midst. In .... | 352 pages | 150 col photos | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810930838 | #162523A | £29.95 BUY |
Numerical Methods in Astrophysics An Introduction P Bodenheimer, G Laughlin, M Rozyczka and H Yorke Numerical methods have become a major research tool in astrophysics, and astrophysics students need to be fully conversant with a variety of mathematical and computational .... | 350 pages | Taylor & Francis Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0750308834 | #162407A | £39.99 BUY |
Periodic, Quasi-Periodic and Chaotic Motions in Celestial Mechanics Theory and Applications Edited by Alessandra Celletti and Sylvio S Ferraz-Mello The book provides the most recent advances of Celestial Mechanics, as provided by high-level scientists working in this field. It covers theoretical investigations as .... | 44 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 140205324X | #162883A | £115.50 BUY |
The Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background
Pavel D Naselsky, Dmitry I Novikov and Igor D Novikov Spectacular observational breakthroughs by recent experiments, and particularly the WMAP satellite, have heralded a new epoch of CMB science forty years after its original .... | 272 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521855500 | #162378A | £65.00 BUY |
Plasma Loops in the Solar Corona
R Bray, L Cram, C Durrant and R Loughhead This book presents the first comprehensive account of the properties of plasma loops, the fundamental structural elements of the solar corona. Plasma loops cover a wide range .... | 522 pages | CUP Pbk | 2006 | 0521022231 | #162472A | £40.00 BUY |
Principles of Long-Baseline Stellar Interferometry
Peter Lawson Principles of Long-Baseline Stellar Interferometry provides a comprehensive graduate-level introduction to the rapidly expanding field of long-baseline stellar .... | 600 pages | Wiley Hbk | 2006 | 0471713414 | #162685A | £64.95 BUY |
Andrew Lyne and Francis Graham-Smith Since their discovery in 1967, pulsars have assumed a central role in astronomy and astrophysics, offering an opportunity to explore theoretical physics under extreme .... | 330 pages | 160 line diags, 6 half-tones, 22 tabs | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521839548 | #162473A | £85.00 BUY |
A Modern and Concise Introductory Course Daniel R Bes Starting from basic principles, the book systematically covers both Heisenberg and Schrodinger realizations of quantum mechanics (in this order). It provides excellent .... | 250 pages | 60 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 3540462155 | #162882A | £30.50 BUY |
Horace A Smith This is a comprehensive account of RR Lyrae stars, and traces the story from their initial discovery a century ago, through to their present status. This book reviews our .... | 166 pages | 70 line diags, 14 tabs | CUP Pbk | 2004 | 0521548179 | #162475A | £21.99 BUY |
Circulation and the Constitution of Scientific Knowledge in South Asia & Europe, 17th-18th Centuries Kapil Raj Relocating Modern Science challenges the belief that modern science was created uniquely in the West and that it was subsequently diffused elsewhere. Through a detailed .... | 276 pages | Palgrave Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0230507085 | #163039A | £50.00 BUY |
Complex Webs in Nature and Technology Guido Caldarelli A variety of different social, natural and technological systems can be described by the same mathematical framework. This holds from Internet to the Food Webs and to the .... | 336 pages | 120 line drwaings and halftones | OUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0199211515 | #162706A | £49.95 BUY |
Sedimentology in the 21st Century
Edited by JJG Reijmer and A Immenhauser Presents a series of manuscripts that provide a good overview of recent developments in carbonate sedimentology. The volume starts with a section describing general principles, .... | 542 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0444520341 | #162758A | £97.50 BUY |
Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas
Roger W Sinnott Compact size, convenient spiral-bound design, and easy-to read labels. The 80 charts contain more than 30,000 stars to magnitude 7.6 and some 1,500 deep-sky objects .... | 110 pages | colour illus | Sky Publishing Spiralbound | 2006 | 1931559317 | #162824A | £13.50 BUY |
Solar and Stellar Activity Cycles
Peter R Wilson How do you predict the parameters of future solar cycles? What is the role of dynamo theory in the cyclic activity of the Sun and similar stars? And what are the .... | 292 pages | 43 line diags, 28 half-tones, 24 graphs | CUP Pbk | 2005 | 0521548217 | #162477A | £30.00 BUY |
RJ Twiss and EM Moores Structural Geology has long set the standard for excellence, with its unique and student friendly approach. As in the first edition, the subject matter is developed along the .... | 544 pages | 668 illus | WH Freeman Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0716749513 | #163051A | £43.99 BUY |
Supernovae and How to Observe Them
Martin Mobberley This book is intended for amateur astronomers who are readers of Sky & Telescope magazine or similar astronomy periodicals - or are at least at the same level of .... | 220 pages | 115 illus | Springer Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0387352570 | #162912A | £19.00 BUY |
International Research and Development Edited by M Cassman, A Arkin, F Doyle, F Katagiri, D Lauffenburger and C Stokes Systems biology is defined for the purpose of this study as the understanding of biological network behaviors, and in particular their dynamic aspects, which requires .... | 300 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 140205467X | #162875A | £69.00 BUY |
A Biography John Gribbin The Universe: A Biography makes cosmology accessible to everyone. John Gribbin navigates the latest frontiers of scientific discovery to tell us what we really know .... | 320 pages | colour illus | Allen Lane Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0713998571 | #162736A | £25.00 BUY |
Sustainable Development | Go to subject web page |
The What, Why, How KP Bryceson Combining theory with practice, this book explores the key operational issues facing people wanting to move into electronically enabled agribusiness. Combining theory with .... | 384 pages | CABI Pbk | 2006 | 1845930711 | #162849A | £30.00 BUY |
Theorising Environmental Law and the City Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Offering a novel approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book proposes a new theory .... | 224 pages | UCL Press Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 184472154X | #162342A | £70.00 BUY |
Atlas of Our Changing Environment The dramatic, and in some cases damaging, environmental changes sweeping Africa's lakes are brought into sharp focus in a new atlas. Produced by the United Nations Environment .... | 90 pages | UNEP Hbk | 2006 | 9280726943 | #162567A | £40.00 BUY |
Agricultural Commodity Markets and Trade New Approaches to Analyzing Market Structure and Instability Edited by Alexander Sarris and David Hallam This book argues that the viability of many observed market and non-market interventions in agricultural products worldwide depends considerably on the underlying behaviour of .... | 480 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 1845424441 | #162516A | £102.00 BUY |
Aid, Institutions and Development New Approaches to Growth, Governance and Poverty Ashok Chakravarti In spite of massive flows over the past 50 years, aid has failed to have any significant impact on development. Marginalization from the world economy and increases in absolute .... | 200 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2005 | 1845421906 | #162510A | £60.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1845428943 | #162511A | £19.95 BUY |
The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction Edited by Fabrizio Bresciani and Alberto Valdes The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further .... | 256 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1847200753 | #162517A | £78.00 BUY |
Computational Methods in Water Resources Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR XV), June 13-17, 2004 Chapel Hill, NC, USA Edited by CT Miller et al The XV International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR XV) was held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 13-17 June 2004. The conference was sponsored .... | 1848 pages | 2 volume set | Elsevier Hbk | 2005 | 0444517693 | #162783A | £255.00 BUY |
Tim Lewens Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is best known as a biologist and natural historian rather than a philosopher. However, in this invaluable book, Tim Lewens shows in a clear and .... | 304 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0415346371 | #162332A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 041534638X | #162333A | £12.99 BUY |
Determining the Economic Value of Water Concepts and Methods Robert A Young Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households - and as a public good for scenic values, waste assimilation, wildlife habitats, and .... | 357 pages | - | RFF Hbk | 2005 | 189185397X | #162313A | £53.50 BUY Pbk | 2005 | 1891853988 | #162312A | £26.00 BUY |
Roger Riddell Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? .... | 448 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0199295654 | #162425A | £18.99 BUY |
A Permaculture Handbook for Britain and Other Temperate Countries Patrick Whitefield This book offers a vision of a sustainable future and the practical steps we can take towards it. Written by one of world's foremost teachers and practitioners of temperate .... | 480 pages | 206 tabs | Permanent Publications Hbk | 2004 | 185623021X | #162602A | £41.00 BUY |
Ecological Education in Everyday Life Alpha 2000 Edited by Jean-Paul Hautecoeur Access to successful basic adult education is a concern in many countries the world over. In this innovative study, sixteen researchers from ten different countries of the .... | 263 pages | - | Toronto UP Hbk | 2002 | 0802036686 | #162258A | £50.00 BUY Pbk | 2002 | 0802084966 | #161727A | £17.50 BUY |
Economics and Contemporary Land-use Policy Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe Edited by Robert J Johnston and Stephen K Swallow As external forces increase the demand for land conversion, communities are increasingly open to policies that encourage conservation of farm and forest lands. This interest in .... | 288 pages | RFF Hbk | 2006 | 1933115211 | #162318A | £46.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 193311522X | #162320A | £24.50 BUY |
Ecotourism NGOs and Development A Critical Analysis Jim Butcher Ecotourism has emerged over the last twenty years not just as a market niche, but also as a strategy for combining development with conservation in the developing world. .... | 192 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0415393671 | #162351A | £75.00 BUY |
Emma Treby and Nick Grief Explores how human health increasingly is being seen, researched and contextualised in terms other than traditional epidemiology. After examining the reasons for the dominance .... | 248 pages | 20 b/w figs, 20 b/w photos | Routledge Pbk | 2006 | 0415310881 | #148044A | £15.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0415310873 | #148043A | £55.00 BUY |
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services An Input-Output Approach Chris Hendrickson, Lester B Lave and H Scott Matthews comprehensive guide to green design using economic input-output life cycle assessment (EIO-LCA) models. It is a must-have for companies trying to improve the environmental .... | 260 pages | 60 figures, tables | RFF Hbk | 2006 | 1933115238 | #162322A | £53.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1933115246 | #162321A | £23.50 BUY |
Environmental Protection and the European Convention on Human Rights Human Rights File No. 21 Daniel Garcia San Jose Nowhere in the European Convention on Human Rights does the word appear. In any event, its drafters would have had a different view of the term from ours, over half a century .... | 76 pages | Council of Europe Pbk | 2005 | 9287156980 | #163025A | £9.95 BUY |
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics International Edition Tom Tietenberg This edition of the textbook has a more international approach, with additional attention being paid to environmental problems and policies in Eastern and Western .... | 646 pages | Figs, tabs | Addison Wesley Hbk | 2005 | 0321305043 | #162606A | £97.00 BUY |
Environmentally-Friendly Product Development Methods and Tools Edited by Eberhard Abele, Reiner Anderl and Herbert Birkhofer Introduces methods to improve the environmental characteristics of products. Every manufactured product has environmental impacts during its life-cycle. These arise in the .... | 319 pages | 162 illus | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 1852339039 | #162295A | £60.00 BUY |
Animal Welfare Edited by Council of Europe Just how much do animals suffer? Does legislation make a difference to animal welfare and do economic factors hinder its improvement ? .... | 182 pages | Council of Europe Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 9287160163 | #163023A | £14.95 BUY |
Experimental Economics, Environmental Methods
Todd L Cherry, Jason Shogren and Stephan Kroll This book brings together a number of the world's top researchers and their latest work exploring the behavioral underpinnings of environmental economics using experimental .... | 256 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0415770726 | #162346A | £65.00 BUY |
Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands Edited by Godfrey Baldacchino This book is a pioneering investigation of the tourism practices in the world's other, cold water, islands. Located in extreme latitudes and subject to extreme weather .... | 310 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0080446566 | #162755A | £53.99 BUY |
Des institutions aux pratiques Edited by JP Leresche et al Examines the social, cultural and political context of science and technology in Europe. .... | 400 pages | PPUR Hbk | 2006 | 2880747163 | #163026A | £36.50 BUY |
Agricultural Management and Marketing Bill Malcolm and Jack Makeham The practice of farm management is approached in an integrated way, leaving no significant issues about management uncovered. Finance, investment, decision analysis, .... | 304 pages | CUP Pbk | 2005 | 052153755X | #162244A | £22.99 BUY |
Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology
Stephen R Gliessman From the basic to the complex, Field and Laboratory Investigation in Agroecology investigates a broad scope of issues. It offers step-by-step guidance for laboratory and .... | 176 pages | CRC Press Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0849328462 | #162395A | £19.99 BUY |
From Wilderness Vision to Farm Invasions Conservation & Development in Zimbabwe's South-East Lowveld William Wolmer African people were written out of the landscape in many parts of colonial Zimbabwe. Conservation and development programmes in Zimbabwe's south-east 'lowveld' have been .... | 320 pages | James Currey Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0852554362 | #162628A | £17.95 BUY |
GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume 1
Francis J Pierce and David Clay As the first volume in a series concentrating on in-depth discussions of GIS topics, GIS Applications in Agriculture examines ways that this powerful technology can help .... | 232 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0849375266 | #162399A | £68.99 BUY |
Risk, Politics and Public Engagement T Horlicks-Jones, J Walls, G Rowe, N Pidgeon, W Poortinga and G Murdock This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the government-sponsored debate on the possible commercialization of `GM' crops in the UK. .... | 256 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0415393221 | #162361A | £65.00 BUY |
An Alternative Resource for the 21st Century Harsh Gupta and Sukanta Roy More than 20 countries generate electricity from geothermal resources and about 60 countries make direct use of geothermal energy. A ten-fold increase in geothermal energy .... | 292 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 044452875X | #162756A | £81.00 BUY |
Global Governance of Food and Agriculture Industries Transatlantic Regulatory Harmonization and Multilateral Policy Cooperation for Food| Safety Edited by Reba A Carruth As the twenty-first century unfolds, food safety regulation and the governance of regional and global biotechnology markets present new and more complex challenges for .... | 496 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 1843761963 | #162514A | £144.00 BUY |
Global Supply Chains, Standards and the Poor How the Globalization of Food Systems and Standards Affects Rural Development and Poverty JFM Swinnen Using original research from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America this book reviews the recent restructuring of the global agri-food industry and the dramatic rise of .... | 320 pages | CABI Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1845931858 | #162846A | £65.00 BUY |
Resource Management in Times of Security Edited by Linda Whiteford and Scott Whiteford Global disparities in health and access to water are two major threats to world stability. In this book, leading anthropologists illuminate the global the global .... | 336 pages | James Currey Pbk | 2005 | 0852559747 | #162630A | £16.95 BUY |
Mobilising Networks for Environmentally Responsible Food Production S Lockie, K Lyons, G Lawrence and D Halpin Sets out to examine what really is going on in the organic sector socially and politically. In the process, it debunks a number of apparently common-sense beliefs: .... | 256 pages | CABI Hbk | 2006 | 1845931327 | #162574A | £49.95 BUY |
The Failure of International Intervention Kate Jenkins and William Plowden Governance and Nationbuilding describes how aid donors have attempted to improve the performance of government in developing countries and countries in crisis. Kate Jenkins .... | 208 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 1845421914 | #162502A | £66.00 BUY |
Richard Hammond Numerous places call themselves 'eco' or 'green', yet standards differ enormously throughout the world. This guide features those very special places that also go the .... | 384 pages | Sawday Pbk | 2006 | 1901970779 | #162710A | £14.99 BUY |
Andrew Dobson This highly acclaimed introduction to green political thought is now available in a new edition, having been fully revised and updated to take into account the areas which have .... | 264 pages | - | Routledge Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0415403510 | #162337A | £70.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0415403529 | #162338A | £18.99 BUY |
How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build a Competitive Advantage Daniel C Esty and Andrew S Winston This book explains what every executive should know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and the business world. Based on the authors' rich experience .... | 224 pages | Yale UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0300119976 | #163052A | £14.50 BUY |
Groundwater Pollution in Africa
Edited by Yongxin Xu and Brent Usher Groundwater pollution is a serious problem throughout the African continent. While this is not surprising, very little attention has been paid to the problem. Information on .... | 368 pages | Taylor & Francis Hbk | 2006 | 041541167X | #162408A | £69.00 BUY |
Practical Ways to Create Sustainability Jan Martin Bang In his first book, Ecovillages, Jan Bang explained at the principles and practice of setting up a sustainable community, including difficult decisions about management, .... | 256 pages | 100 col photos | Floris Books Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0863155979 | #162578A | £21.95 BUY |
Growth and Economic Development Essays in Honour of A.P. Thirlwall Edited by Philip Arestis, John McCombie and Roger Vickerman This valuable and engaging new book bears eloquent testimony to A.P. Thirlwall's substantial contribution to economics over the last 40 years. The volume does not .... | 320 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 184376878X | #162506A | £78.00 BUY |
Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics
Edited by Barry Allred, Jeffrey J Daniels and Mohammad Reza Ehsani Providing background, data analysis, and case histories, Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics presents an in-depth examination of near-surface geophysical methods and .... | 416 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0849337283 | #162396A | £85.00 BUY |
Handbook of Alternative Fuel Technologies
Edited by Sunggyu Lee The Handbook of Alternative Fuel Technologies presents comprehensive coverage of the science and technology of alternative fuels and their processing technologies. This book .... | 680 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0824740696 | #162397A | £145.00 BUY |
A Handbook of Economic Anthropology
Edited by James G Carrier For more than a century, anthropologists have studied the economic lives and institutions of people around the world. The results of their research and reflection on .... | 360 pages | Edward Elgar Pbk | 2006 | 1845429524 | #162508A | £35.00 BUY |
Edited by Jonathan Michie Globalization is an issue that has been high in the research agenda for several years, spawning a vast and at times unwiedy literature. A concept often ill-defines, it has .... | 421 pages | - | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2003 | 1843762218 | #162492A | £114.00 BUY Pbk | 2003 | 1843762749 | #162493A | £25.00 BUY |
Handbook of Groundwater Engineering
JW Delleur Written by experts from academia, government agencies, laboratories, and consulting firms around the globe, this outstanding resource explores the subject of groundwater .... | 1336 pages | CRC Press Hbk | 2006 | 084934316X | #162384A | £85.00 BUY |
A History of World Agriculture From the Neolithic to the Current Crisis Marcel Mazoyer and Laurence Roudart Provides a grand narrative of ten thousand years of human ingenuity and a penetrating analysis of the rise of agriculture and civilization. Coverage is panoramic and .... | 512 pages | illus | Earthscan Hbk | 2006 | 1844074005 | #162252A | £85.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1844073998 | #162253A | £22.95 BUY |
Human Development in the Era of Globalization Essays in Honor of Keith B. Griffin Edited by James K Boyce, S Cullenberg, Prasanta Pattanaik and Robert Pollin Honoring Keith Griffin's more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to .... | 416 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 1845425936 | #162512A | £96.00 BUY |
Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development European Practice and Experience Edited by Clive George and Colin Kirkpatrick Translation of the principle of sustainable development into policy and practice, and the evaluation of the outcomes of these strategic interventions, are some of the most .... | 352 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845427874 | #162503A | £96.00 BUY |
Contemporary Issues on Irrigation A Vaidyanathan This multifaceted collection looks at key issues relating to water resources management in India with a focus on irrigation. According to the author a proper study of water .... | 328 pages | OUP Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0195682165 | #162274A | £23.99 BUY |
Linking Agriculture and the Environment BL Turner, AE Richardson and E Mullaney Inositol phosphates are a group of organic compounds found widely in the natural environment which are important in agriculture. They cannot be digested by some animals .... | 336 pages | CABI Hbk | 2006 | 1845931521 | #162972A | £60.00 BUY |
Universities and Education for Sustainable Development Edited by Robert Forrant and Linda Silka Two overarching questions permeate the literature on universities and civic engagement: How does a university restructure its myriad activities, maintain its academic .... | 183 pages | - | Baywood Publishing Co Hbk | 2006 | 0895033615 | #161955A | £47.50 BUY |
It's Not Easy Being Green: One Family's Journey Towards Self-Sufficiency
Dick Strawbridge Are you aware of your 'eco-footprint'? Dick Strawbridge and his family decided that they needed to reduce theirs - this meant reducing the amount of land, water and other .... | 256 pages | BBC Books Hbk | 2006 | 0563493461 | #159083A | £18.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0563539259 | #162532A | £12.99 BUY |
Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy William Sweet The effects of global warming are now a reality. Global warming played a major role in Hurricane Katrina, and its impact on agriculture and climate can jeopardize entire .... | 256 pages | 18 ill | Columbia UP Hbk | 2006 | 0231137109 | #162587A | £18.00 BUY |
Agrarian Transformation in the Uplands of Sarawak R Cramb This book examines the process of agrarian transformation in the uplands of Southeast Asia through a study of the Saribas Iban of Sarawak. .... | 400 pages | NIAS Press Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 8776940101 | #162489A | £25.00 BUY |
Landscape and Sustainable Development Challenges of the European Landscape Convention Edited by Council of Europe The Council of Europe landscape convention was adopted in Florence (Italy) on 20 October 2000 with the aim of promoting the protection, management and planning of European .... | 214 pages | Council of Europe Pbk | 2006 | 9287159890 | #163024A | £18.50 BUY |
Management-based Strategies for Improving Environmental Performance Edited by Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash Offers an analysis of public and private sector initiatives designed to encourage firms and industries to use their own management expertise to improve their environmental .... | 240 pages | RFF Hbk | 2006 | 1891853953 | #162323A | £40.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1891853961 | #162324A | £16.50 BUY |
Tom Curtin The management of environmental or green issues has become a key concern for many companies. Green issues have an enormous influence how an organization is seen and how .... | 224 pages | Palgrave Hbk | 2006 | 023050003X | #163038A | £25.00 BUY |
Action now for peace, global justice and a sustainable future Mikhail Gorbachev For more than a decade Mikhail Gorbachev has been engaged in working to protect the earth and its inhabitants via the organization he founded in 1992, Green Cross .... | 160 pages | Clairview Books Pbk | 2006 | 1905570023 | #163006A | £8.99 BUY |
Manual on Human Rights and the Environment Principles emerging from the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights Human rights and the environment have become increasingly interconnected. This manual seeks to contribute to a better understanding of this relationship in the light of the .... | 90 pages | Council of Europe Pbk | 2006 | 9287159807 | #162982A | £11.95 BUY |
Markets, Deliberation and Environment
John O'Neill What is the source of our environmental problems? Why is there in modern societies a persistent tendency to environmental damage? From within neoclassical economic theory .... | 176 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0415397111 | #162343A | £65.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 041539712X | #162344A | £26.99 BUY |
A Practical Guide for the Field Edited by Gillian Ice and Gary James The purpose of this book is to present state-of-the-art non-invasive methods of measuring the biological responses to psychosocial stress in humans, in non-laboratory .... | 400 pages | 14 line diags, 5 half-tones, 10 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521844797 | #162249A | £70.00 BUY |
Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture and Aquaculture, Volume 2
Edited by RC Ray A large portion of our major crops have undergone genetic improvement through the use of recombinant DNA techniques involving microorganisms. This book covers the important .... | 556 pages | - | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | 2006 | 1578084431 | #160533A | £60.20 BUY |
La Mondalisation Contre le Developpement Durable?
Edited by Geraldine Froger | 315 pages | 23 tabs, 1 fig | Peter Lang Pbk | 2006 | 9052013268 | #162632A | £45.50 BUY |
Excavating the Political Ecologies of the Modern State Mark Whitehead, Rhys Jones and Martin Jones The twin categories of the state and nature collectively embody some of the most fundamental reference points around which our lives and thinking are organized. Despite .... | 288 pages | 10 figs, 10 tabs | OUP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0199271895 | #162273A | £50.00 BUY |
Charles B Handy and Elizabeth Handy Who are the new philanthropists? And how is their philanthropy 'new'? In this remarkable and inspiring book, the eminent management writer Charles Handy and his wife Elizabeth, .... | 208 pages | William Heinemann Hbk | 2006 | 0434013455 | #162940A | £20.00 BUY |
A guide to enjoying life on our one planet Pooran Desai and Paul King Globally, we are consuming resources at a faster rate than the planet can replenish them, causing problems such as disappearing forests, declining fisheries and climate .... | 96 pages | Sawday 2006 | 190197085X | #162572A | £4.99 BUY |
Charles Palmer Decentralization in Indonesia allowed forest-dependent communities to legally trade in their customary forest rights for a share in timber rents. Despite uncertain property .... | 189 pages | Peter Lang Pbk | 2006 | 3631551967 | #162636A | £47.50 BUY |
Edited by A O'Hear It has been claimed that following the decline of Marxism and Freudianism, Darwinism has become the dominant intellectual paradigm of our day. In the mass media there are many .... | 336 pages | CUP Pbk | 2006 | 0521678455 | #162268A | £15.99 BUY |
The Political Economy of Genetically Modified Foods
Robert E Evenson Covers key issues pertaining to recent thinking on transgenic crops. .... | 480 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1843767627 | #162518A | £132.00 BUY |
Environmental Discourses John S Dryzek The author helps makes sense of the diverse developments in environmental politics by analysing the main discourses, such as Survivalism, Environmental Problem Solving, .... | 261 pages | Figs, tabs | OUP Pbk | 2005 | 0199277397 | #162971A | £19.99 BUY |
The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy
Edited by Justin EH Smith In this volume Smith examines the early modern science of generation, which included the study of animal conception, heredity, and fetal development. Analyzing how it influenced .... | 470 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521840775 | #162308A | £48.00 BUY |
Quantifying the Agri-Food Supply Chain
Edited by C Ondersteijn, J Wijnands, R Huirne and O van Kooten Due to globalization and internationalization of agri-food production, the arena of competition and competitive advantage is moving from individual firms operating on spot .... | 242 pages | Springer Pbk | 2006 | 1402046936 | #162981A | £30.50 BUY |
Evidence from Africa and Latin America Edited by Edmund Amann Regulating Development examines the impact that regulation - good or bad - can have on the development of poorer societies. It opens with a succinct review of critical issues, .... | 328 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 1845424999 | #162505A | £90.00 BUY |
Drawing on Nature's Rhythms for Architecture and Urban Design Ralph L Knowles The houses we dwell in, the cities surrounding our houses, even the clothes we wear-these are all shelters we erect against the elements. They are also the embodiment .... | 224 pages | Island Press Hbk | 2006 | 1597260509 | #162597A | £24.50 BUY |
Bernard E Rollin In Science and Ethics, Bernard Rollin examines the ideology that denies the relevance of ethics to science. Providing an introduction to basic ethical concepts, he discusses a .... | 304 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521857546 | #162266A | £40.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0521674182 | #162267A | £15.99 BUY |
A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Bob Ramlow and Benjamin Nusz This book covers the history of solar water heating, descriptions of every solar water heater ever made, their maintenance and operation; the design, installation and .... | 238 pages | New Society Pbk | 2006 | 0865715610 | #162599A | £15.50 BUY |
Saving our World by Seeking Others Charles S Cockell Many environmentalists think going into space detracts from solving problems here on Earth. Most space explorers feel environmentalism hampers their exploration and .... | 208 pages | Macmillan Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 023000752X | #163055A | £16.99 BUY |
An Urban Planet Worldwatch Institute In this 24th edition of "State of the World" - long established as the most authoritative and accessible annual guide to our progress towards a sustainable future - .... | 288 pages | illus | Earthscan Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1844073912 | #162254A | £14.99 BUY |
Sustainability in the Australasian University Context
Edited by Walter Leal Filho and David Carpenter Sustainable development, i.e. the use of existing natural resources in a way that they are available in the long term for future generations, holds a central position at an .... | 293 pages | Peter Lang Hbk | 2006 | 3631552726 | #162633A | £56.50 BUY |
Sustainable Chemistry and Biotechnology A Contribution to Rivers Management Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Dieter Greif and Bernd Delakowitz The sustainable use of river basins is one of the top environment priorities in Europe. There are many initiatives aimed at the promotion of the sustainable development of .... | 227 pages | Peter Lang Hbk | 2006 | 3631550537 | #162634A | £45.00 BUY |
The Organisational, Human and Knowledge Dimensions Edited by Rene Jorna As challenges such as demographic pressures, ethnic tensions, terrorism, global poverty, pandemics and abrupt climate change force their way into mainstream politics and .... | 384 pages | Greenleaf Hbk | 2006 | 1874719993 | #163005A | £40.50 BUY |
Sustainable Urban Housing in China Principles and Case Studies for Low-Energy Design Edited by L Glicksman and J Lin There is increasing attention to the need to preserve and improve the global environment for current and future generations. This book summarizes new research done in this area .... | 290 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402047851 | #162879A | £84.50 BUY |
The WTO's Core Rules and Disciplines
Edited by Kym Anderson and Bernard Hoekman The development of the modern global trading system has been extremely rapid - and not without controversy. The WTO (and its precursor, the GATT) have provided not only a set .... | 1136 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 1845421884 | #162496A | £329.00 BUY |
A Practical Guide to Managing the Social and Environmental Impacts in the Desert Recreation Sector UNEP Drinking purified, as opposed to mineral water in plastic bottles, taking your old batteries back home, and using gas rather than firewood for cooking are some of the ways .... | 43 pages | colour illus | UNEP Pbk | 2006 | 9280727265 | #162654A | £7.95 BUY |
Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries
Edited by Bernard Hoekman and Caglar Ozden "Many of the papers are classics, ranging from the history of the global trading system, and institutional developments to help developing countries, to the pure theory of trade .... | 592 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1843766353 | #162501A | £162.00 BUY |
Vanishing Growth in Latin America The Late Twentieth Century Experience Edited by Andres Solimano Economic growth in Latin America and the rise of material welfare has lagged behind that of more dynamic areas of the world economy. In a region prone to policy experiments, the .... | 264 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 184542431X | #162507A | £72.00 BUY |
Vector- and Rodent-Borne Diseases in Europe and North America Distribution, Public Health Burden, and Control Norman Gratz A significant number of diseases are carried by insects, ticks, mites and rodents, and these diseases are far more common than is often realised. New diseases are regularly .... | 400 pages | 10 line diags, 12 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521854474 | #162243A | £65.00 BUY |
The WTO and Government Procurement
Edited by Simon J Evenett and Bernard Hoekman This volume is a careful selection of the leading legal and economic papers analysing international discrimination in government purchasing. It also includes the WTO .... | 560 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 1845426002 | #162495A | £162.00 BUY |
The WTO and Poverty and Inequality
Edited by L Alan Winters This comprehensive 2-volume collection presents key papers on the relationship between international trade and trade policy on the one hand, and poverty and inequality on the .... | 1168 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1843763052 | #162499A | £323.00 BUY |
The WTO and Reciprocal Preferential Trading Agreements
Edited by Caroline Freund This insightful volume brings together some of the major contributions to the controversy over whether or not regionalism harms the multilateral system of trade .... | 688 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845422023 | #162498A | £192.00 BUY |
The WTO, Safeguards, and Temporary Protection from Imports
Edited by Chad P Brown Temporary protection from fairly traded imports under the World Trade Organization (WTO) typically refers to a national government's use of a `safeguard' tariff, quota or tariff .... | 552 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | 2006 | 1845422546 | #162497A | £156.00 BUY |
Water Management in Megacities
Cecilia Tortajada, Oli Varis, Asit Biswas and Jan Lundqvist Efficient and equitable water, wastewater and stormwater management for the megacities is becoming an increasingly complex task. This book focuses on water management in its .... | 256 pages | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 041541363X | #162353A | £70.00 BUY |
Work, Leisure and the Environment The Vicious Circle of Overwork and Over Consumption Tim Robinson This significant new book explains how work-life balance is being destroyed because individuals fail to link their work effort with its adverse environmental effects and .... | 144 pages | Edward Elgar Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1847201032 | #162490A | £48.00 BUY |
A User's Guide for the 21st Century Edited by Alex Steffen Worldchanging is poised to be the Whole Earth Catalogue for this millennium. Written by leading new thinkers who believe that the means for building a better future lie all .... | 608 pages | Col photos throughout | Abrams Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0810930951 | #162522A | £24.95 BUY |
Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use Jonathan Levine Argues that the debate about transportation and land-use planning in the US has been distorted by the myth that urban sprawl is the result of a free market. This book .... | 223 pages | diagrams | RFF Hbk | 2006 | 1933115149 | #162315A | £43.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1933115157 | #162314A | £18.00 BUY |
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Alain F Zuur, Elena N Ieno and Graham M Smith Provides a practical introduction to analysing ecological data using real data sets collected as part of postgraduate ecological studies or research projects. .... | 685 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0387459677 | #162296A | £50.50 BUY |
Automated Object Identification in Systematics Theory, Approaches and Applications Edited by Norman MacLeod Automated Object Identification in Systematics shows how automated identification can be applied to various organismal groups. It is the first text to address the interface .... | 352 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 084938205X | #162367A | £56.99 BUY |
Ecoinformatics in Application to Biodiversity David Stockwell Through theory, applications, and examples of inferences, this book shows how to conduct and evaluate ecological niche modeling (ENM) projects in any area of application. It .... | 216 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1584884940 | #162394A | £49.99 BUY |
John Dupre Explores the ways in which we categorize animals, including humans, and comes to surprisingly radical conclusions. The author opposes the idea that there is only one .... | 272 pages | - | OUP Hbk | 2002 | 0199247099 | #132106A | £17.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0199247102 | #162239A | £12.99 BUY |
Edited by Quentin D Wheeler Initiatives reinventing taxonomy for the Internet generation are leading to a dramatic resurgence in this once declining discipline. Looking at the effort of several groups, .... | 384 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0849390885 | #162369A | £56.99 BUY |
A GRASS GIS Approach Markus Neteler and Helena Mitasoya With this third edition of Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach, we enter the new era of GRASS6, the first release that includes a substantial new code developed by the .... | 401 pages | b&w illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 038735767X | #161240A | £56.50 BUY |
Reconstructing the Tree of Life Taxonomy and Systematics of Species-Rich Taxa Edited by Trevor Hodkinson and John Parnell Of relevance to both systematic and evolutionary biologists, Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species-Rich Taxa draws from taxonomy and .... | 384 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0849395798 | #162371A | £68.99 BUY |
Statistical Analysis of Geographic Information with ArcView GIS and ArcGIS
David WS Wong and Jay Lee Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Geographic Information with ArcView GIS is an update to Lee and Wong's Statistical Analysis with ArcView GIS, featuring expanded .... | 464 pages | Wiley Hbk | 2005 | 0471468991 | #160268A | £75.00 BUY |
Statistical Methods for Spatio-Temporal Systems
Edited by Barbel Finkenstadt, Leonhard Held and Valerie Isham The first statistics book devoted to spatio-temporal models, Statistical Methods for Spatio-Temporal Systems presents current statistical research issues on spatio-temporal .... | 312 pages | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press) Hbk | 2006 | 1584885939 | #162401A | £49.99 BUY |
Principles, Methods and Concepts Edited by A Konopka With extraordinary clarity, Systems Biology: Principles, Methods, and Concepts focuses on the technical practical aspects of modeling complex or organic general systems. It .... | 272 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0824725204 | #162374A | £39.99 BUY |
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A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges Published in association with the World Bank, the Atlas of Global Issues vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing the world today. Social, economic, and .... | 144 pages | maps | Harper Collins Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0007243170 | #162445A | £14.99 BUY |
Atlas of the World's Languages
Edited by RE Asher and Christopher Moseley The second edition of the atlas has been fully updated, including new information on immigrant language use, and a new chapter on contemporary linguisitc practices such as .... | 384 pages | Col maps | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 0415310741 | #162277A | Normally £395.00 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £325.00 |
Building a Successful Archival Programme A Practical Approach Marisol Ramos Provides information on best practices and solutions to establish an archival programme. This book serves as a companion text in a theoretical archival course and provides .... | 204 pages | Chandos Publishing Pbk | 2006 | 184334162X | #162226A | £50.00 BUY |
Digital Copyright: Law and Practice
Simon Stokes Copyright law is rapidly changing. The digitisation of content and the growth of the Internet pose many challenges to the way copyright-protected material is protected, .... | 195 pages | - | Hart Publishing Pbk | 2005 | 1841135143 | #154820A | £37.50 BUY |
A Cataloguer's Guide to Survival Helen Heinrich Analyzes challenges of e-journal cataloging that stem from an ever-growing number of on line publications and aggregator databases. Libraries race to keep up with cataloging .... | 200 pages | Chandos Publishing Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1843341441 | #162228A | £50.00 BUY |
The Essential Backpacker's Wild Food Cook Book
Johnny Jumbalaya Wild food recipes which are suited to backpackers carrying a simple gas stove or multi-fuel burner; although it presumes the reader will pack a few extra lightweight .... | 100 pages | Johnny Jumbalaya Spiralbound | 2004 | 0954415833 | #163013A | £14.50 BUY |
Johnny Jumbalaya Descriptive details on 60+ edible weeds commonly found in western and northern Europe which can used as survival food, which parts to use, and how to prepare them. Contains a .... | 80 pages | Johnny Jumbalaya Spiralbound | 2005 | 095441585X | #163014A | £16.50 BUY |
The Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2007, 9 Volume Set
Complete set of the 2007 editions for each of the nine regions: Africa South of the Sahara; Central and South-Eastern Europe; Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia; The .... | 9 volumes | Routledge Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 185743403X | #162908A | £2945.00 BUY |
The Europa World Year Book 2006
Detailed country surveys containing the latest analytical, statistical and directory data for over 250 countries and territories. .... | 4928 pages | 2 volume set | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 1857433629 | #162884A | £665.00 BUY |
How to Document a Museum Collection Stuart A Holm An updated guide to basic documentation practice of particular relevance to small museums, including all those concerned about Museum Accreditation and the compatibilty .... | 36 pages | Illus | Museum DA Pbk | | #162754A | £16.95 BUY |
Michael Jay Katz Demonstrating how to compose a scientific paper, this book describes not just what to do but why and how, explaining why each section of a science paper requires its particular .... | 152 pages | Kluwer Pbk | 2006 | 1402040458 | #160261A | £25.00 BUY |
A Guide to Countries of the World Revised Edition Peter Stalker This invaluable global handbook contains separate entries for every country in the world. Each entry gives a succinct overview covering the contemporary social, economic, .... | 432 pages | maps | OUP Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0199202710 | #162414A | £9.99 BUY |
Information Lifecycle Management
Stephen R Kass Explores Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) in data storage, and in the need to comply with regulations in businesses. Information has become a asset to business, and .... | 200 pages | Chandos Publishing Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1843341638 | #162227A | £56.50 BUY |
Museum Management and Marketing
Edited by Robert R Janes and Richard Sandell Drawing together a selection of high quality, intellectually robust and stimulating articles on both theoretical and practice-based developments in the field, this Reader .... | 320 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 041539628X | #162335A | £70.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0415396298 | #162336A | £25.99 BUY |
Intended for the regular or long-distance traveller, this atlas features coloured maps, showing cities and towns, as well as major transport routes and administrative .... | 232 pages | Philip's Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0540090158 | #162975A | £6.99 BUY |
Philip's Universal Atlas of the World
Includes 280 pages of detailed world maps, over 100 city maps, a 54-page illustrated overview of world geography, and an index of over 110,000 place names. This title .... | 560 pages | in slipcase | Philip's Hbk | 2006 | 0540087440 | #162977A | £90.00 BUY |
Practical Dictionary of Siberia and the North
VD Golubchikova and ZI Khvtisiashvili This is the first universal edition in the history of world book publishing which embraces history, nature, geography, economy of the northern areas of the whole world; .... | 1104 pages | Photos, maps | European Publications Hbk | 2005 | 5987970024 | #162203A | £295.00 BUY |
Edited by Martin Galinier | 168 pages | Perpignan Press Pbk | 2005 | 2914518560 | #162652A | £17.50 BUY |