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Mammals
 

Biber

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

 

Gliders of Australia

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

 

Monkeys of the Taï Forest

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

 

Nanoq: Flat Out and Bluesome

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

 

Phylogenetic Relationships of the Enigmatic Harpy Fruit Bat, Harpyionycteris (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Pteropodidae)

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
 

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

 

Birding South-East China

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

 

Birds of Taman Negara

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

 

The Garden Bird Book

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

 

How to be a Bad Birdwatcher

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

 

The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

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

 

Kingbird Highway

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

 

Know your New Zealand Birds

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

 

RSPB Garden Birdwatch

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

 

Vögel in der Schweiz

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
 

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

 

Boas and Pythons of the World

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

 

Morphological Extremes - Two New Snakes of the Genus Atractus from Northwestern South America (Colubridae, Dipsadinae)

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

 

Les Serpents Marins

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
 

Fish Cytogenetics

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

 

Lampreys

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

 

A New Species of Ponyfish (Teleostei, Leiognathidae, Photoplagios) from Madagascar, with a Phylogeny for Photoplagios and Comments on the Status of Equula Lineolata

J Sparks

AMNH

Pbk | 2006 | #162733A | £10.50 BUY

 

Review of the Indo-Pacific Fishes of the Genus Odontanthias (Serranidea Anthiinae) with Descriptions of Two New Species and Related New Genus

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
 

Annotated Bibliography of Russian and Soviet Publications on the Bees 1771-2002 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea; excluding Apis mellifera)

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

 

Les Aphodius de France

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

 

Castiarina

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

 

Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplement 6: Revision of the Neotropical Dung Beetle Genus Sulcophanaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

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

 

Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplement 8: Revision of the Genera Odontotrypes and Phelotrupes (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae)

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

 

Forest and Dragonflies

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

 

Lepidoptera of Lithuania

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

 

Limules

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

 

A New Eustenoga[s]ter Species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Stenogastrinae), the First Hover Wasp Known to Overwinter on the Nest

F Saito, L Nguyen, J Carpenter and J-I Kojima

AMNH

Pbk | 2006 | #162725A | £10.50 BUY

 

A New Moustache Wasp in Dominican Amber, with an Account of Apoid Wasp Evolution Emphasizing Crabroninae (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

D Bennett and M Engel

AMNH

Pbk | 2006 | #162730A | £19.50 BUY

 

A New Species of Tetralonia (Thygatina) from India, with Notes on the Oriental Fauna (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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

 

A Revision of the Malagabdellinae (Arhynchobdellida, Domanibdellidae), with a Description of a New Species, Malagabdella Niarchosorum, from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

E Borda

AMNH

Pbk | 2006 | #162728A | £10.50 BUY

 

Soil Ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa) with Emphasis on Two Contrasting Environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert

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

 

Svenska Fjärilar

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

 

The Tiger Beetles of Thailand

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
 

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

 

Principles of Paleontology

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

 

Yamaceratops Dorngobiensis, a new Primitive Ceratopsian (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous of Mongolia

J Makovicky and M Norell

AMNH

Pbk | 2006 | #162729A | £10.50 BUY

 
Marine & Freshwater Biology
 

Cool Waters, Emerald Seas

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

 

Marine Life in India

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

 

River Plants

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
 

Architecture: Nature

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

 

Black and White Photography

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

 

Charles Darwin

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

 

Dance of the Brush

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

 

The End of the Land

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

 

Face to Face With Nature

David Chaffe

The author's recollections of his experiences with wild creatures over the last fifty years. ....

Stormforce Publications

| #162600A | £18.50 BUY

 

From Suns to Life

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

 

The God Delusion

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

 

The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk 1835-1844, Volume 1: Explorations on Behalf of the Royal Geographical Society, 1835-1839

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

 

Honey and Dust

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

 

How Green Were the Nazis?

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

 

The Humboldt Current

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

 

Jacquard's Web

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

 

Jelena and Robert de Belder

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

 

A Life in Detail

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

 

Mediating Nature

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

 

The Medici Giraffe

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

 

Middle World

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

 

Nature in German History

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

 

Out of the Shadows

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

 

Painting Animals

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

 

Photographing Flowers

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

 

Planet Earth - DVD

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

 

Rivers of America

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

 

States of Knowledge

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

 

Wildlife Travel Photography

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
 

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

 

Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay

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

 

Dry Borders

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

 

Flattened Fauna

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

 

Mare Nostrum

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

 

Mkambati and the Wild Coast

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

 

The National Trust Coast

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

 

Natural Heritage of Turkey

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

 

Offa's Dyke

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

 

Patagonia

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

 

The Sahara

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
 

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

 

Delphiniums

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

 

Exploitation of Fungi

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

 

Gardens in Time

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

 

Hakeas

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

 

Introduction to Fungi

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

 

Know your New Zealand Trees

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

 

Leaves & Pods

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

 

Mint

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

 

Orchids in Hawai'i

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

 

Palm Trees

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

 

Poisonous Plants in Britain

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

 

The Really Wild Food Guide

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

 

Taxonomy, Distribution, and Ecology of the Genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae- Papilionoideae) in North America, Mexico and Central America

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 Teeth of the Lion

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

 

The Triumph of the Fungi

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

 

Turmeric

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

 

The Wildlife Pond Handbook

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

 

Wood

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
 

Association Mapping in Plants

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

 

A Dictionary of Genetics

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

 

Fruits and Nuts

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

 

Gregor Mendel

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

 

Organic and Biochemistry

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

 

Systems Biology

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

 

Vade Mecum2

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

 

Vertebrate Genomes

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
 

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

 

The Geometry of Evolution

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 |

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Living with Darwin

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

 

Physics of the Human Body

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

 

The Revenge of Gaia

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

 

Richard Dawkins

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

 

The Talking Ape

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

 

Why We Talk

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
 

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

 

Island Colonization

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

 

Predation in Organisms

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
 

Badgers, Beeches and Blisters

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

 

Biogeochemistry of Estuaries

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

 

Forest Landscape Ecology

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

 

The Forest Ranger

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

 

Irish Hedgerows

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

 

Lochnagar

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

 

Peatlands

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

 

Resources of the City

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

 

Submarine Groundwater

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

 

Three Rivers

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
 

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

 

Just a Dog

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
 

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

 

Climate-Change Policy

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

 

Dendroclimatology

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

 

Environmental Hydraulics

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

 

Greenhouse Gases: Inventories, Abatement Costs and Markets for Emission Permits in European Agriculture

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

 

I Count

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

 

Ocean et Climat

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

 

Outrageous Waves

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

 

The Pesticide Manual

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

 

Restless Skies

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

 

Soil and Water Contamination

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

 

Surviving Armageddon

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
 

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

 

Astronomy: 365 Days

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

 

A Beautiful Math

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

 

Beyond

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

 

Brave New Universe

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

 

Cairngorms

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

 

Compact Stellar X-Ray Sources

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

 

The Complete Earth

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

 

Computational Life Sciences

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

 

Cosmos

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

 

Einstein's Jury

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

 

Exploring the Cosmic Frontier

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

 

Geological Journeys

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

 

Geological Time Table

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

 

Glaciotectonism

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

 

Living Off the Land in Space

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

 

Lost Causes in Physics

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

 

Modern Astrodynamics

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

 

Mountains

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

 

Pulsar Astronomy

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

 

Quantum Mechanics

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

 

RR Lyrae Stars

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

 

Relocating Modern Science

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

 

Scale-Free Networks

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

 

Structural Geology

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

 

Systems Biology

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

 

The Universe

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
 

'E' Issues in Agribusiness

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

 

Absent Environments

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

 

Africa's Lakes

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

 

Beyond Food Production

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

 

Darwin

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

 

Does Foreign Aid Really Work?

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

 

The Earth Care Manual

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

 

Environment and Health

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

 

Ethical Eye

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

 

Extreme Tourism

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

 

La Fabrique des Sciences

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

 

The Farming Game

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

 

The GM Debate

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

 

Geothermal Energy

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

 

Globalization, Water & Health

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

 

Going Organic

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

 

Governance and Nationbuilding

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

 

Green Places to Stay

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

 

Green Political Thought

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

 

Green to Gold

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

 

Growing Eco-Communities

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

 

The Handbook of Globalisation

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

 

India's Water Resources

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

 

Inositol Phosphates

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

 

Inside and Out

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

 

Kicking the Carbon Habit

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

 

Land and Longhouse

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

 

Leveraging the Private Sector

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

 

Managing Green Issues

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

 

Manifesto for the Earth

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

 

Measuring Stress in Humans

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

 

The Nature of the State

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

 

The New Philanthropists

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

 

One Planet Living

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

 

The Outcomes and their Determinants from Community-Company Contracting over Forest Use in Post-Decentralization Indonesia

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

 

Philosophy, Biology and Life

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

 

The Politics of the Earth

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

 

Regulating Development

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

 

Ritual House

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

 

Science and Ethics

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

 

Solar Water Heating

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

 

Space on Earth

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

 

State of the World 2007

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

 

Sustainable Innovation

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

 

Tourism and Deserts

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

 

Worldchanging

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

 

Zoned Out

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

 
Data Analysis
 

Analysing Ecological Data

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

 

Ecological Niche Modeling

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

 

Humans and Other Animals

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

 

The New Taxonomy

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

 

Open Source GIS

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

 

Systems Biology

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

 
Reference
 

Atlas of Global Development

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 |

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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

 

E-journal Invasion

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

 

Essential Survival Greens

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

 

Facts and Artefacts

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

 

From Research to Manuscript

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

 

Philip's Pocket Travel Atlas

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

 

De l'Art d'Etre Conservateur

Edited by Martin Galinier

168 pages | Perpignan Press

Pbk | 2005 | 2914518560 | #162652A | £17.50 BUY