Criollo: El Caballo Del Pais

La Dinamica de la Seleccion 1950-1980

Carlos Dowdall

Language: Spanish ....

Criollo: El Caballo del Pais

Carlos R Dowdall

Language: Spanish ....

D is for Donkey

An A to Z of Donkey Facts and Stories

Elisabeth D Svendsen

This beautifully illustrated anthology contains stories of many donkeys--the majority of which have been taken into care by The Donkey Sanctuary at its various sanctuaries ....

Equine Science

Rick Parker

"Equine Science", third edition was designed to make teaching and learning easy. Based on a thorough, easy-to-follow outline that makes developing a lesson plan simple, each ....

In Defence of Dogs

Why Dogs Need Our Understanding

John Bradshaw

John Bradshaw, one of the world's leading dog experts, brings us a compelling insight into what dogs would ask us for, if only they knew how. The dog has been mankind's ....

Mamiferos Acuaticos de Sudamerica y Antartida

Ricardo Bastida, Diego Rodriguez, Eduardo Secchi and Vera Da Silva

Language: Spanish ....

Marine Mammals - Patagonia and Antarctica

Ricardo Bastida and Diego Rodriguez

Language: English ....

Panda: Back from the Brink

Zhou Mengqi and Iain Valentine

The giant panda is unique--and not just uniquely charming: it has no close relatives in the animal world. The iconic, instantly recognisable creature has symbolised wildlife ....

The Secret Elephants

The Rediscovery of the World's Most Southerly Elephants

Gareth Patterson

The elephants of the Knysna forest have long been the subject of mystery and conjecture. Over the years they have taken on an almost mythical quality, with many doubting whether ....

Wild Horses in the Namib Desert

An Equine Biography

Mannfred Goldbeck and Telané Greyling

"Wild Horses in the Namib Desert" is the outcome of a collaboration, revealing--in carefully researched detail--the little known history and behaviour of the wild horse ....

Albatross

Tony Martin

The albatross captivates human imaginations in a way that few other birds do. Perhaps its their elegant mastery of the air over vast oceans, for albatrosses have the largest ....

Aves de La Ciudad de Buenos Aires / Birds of Buenos Aires

Tito Narosky, Dario Yzurieta and Christian Henschke

Language: Bilingual in English and Spanish ....

Aves de Portugal, Ornitologia do Territorio Continental

Paulo Catry, Helder Costa, Goncalo Elias and Rafael Matias

Language: Portuguese ....

Aves: Vida y Conducta

Roberto Ares

Language: Spanish ....

The Birding Life

A Passion for Birds at Home and Afield

Laurence Sheehan and Carol Sama Sheehan

Birds are both marvels of nature and artistic muses. The mere chance of sighting a prized species has long motivated human observers to brave early mornings, long days, ....

Birds and Butterflies of Delhi

Mehran Zaidi

An essential resource, this compendium offers birding poems, stories, journals, and reveries as well as quintessential ornithological data about Delhi fliers. Philosophical ....

Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

A Field Guide

Ranjit Manakadan

The book deals with the birds of the Indian Subcontinent, excluding Afghanistan and the Chagos Archipelago. The main part of the book is taken up by bird topography and ....

Birds of the Pampa

Life and Behavior of the Neotropical Birds

Roberto Ares

Language: English ....

Birdsongs of the Northern Neotropics

The Neotropics are known for their sheer numbers of species in relation to tropical forests globally, and it has more than its share of the gaudy and spectacular. This ....

Collation of Existing Data from National Surveys on Heathland Birds Breeding on English SSSIs

NHK Burton, GE Austin and Greg J Conway

This report collates the data for presence of six heathland bird species -- hobby, tree pipit, redstart, whinchat, stonechat and grasshopper warbler -- on English Sites of ....

Collins Gem Guide: Birds

Jim Flegg

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. ....

Collins Gem Guide: Garden Birds

Stephen Moss

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. ....

Cotingas and Manakins

Guy Kirwan and Graeme Green

The New World tropics possess the richest avifauna on Earth, with more than 4000 recorded species, many of which are endemic. Two groups found exclusively in this region ....

Critically Endangered Birds

A Global Audit

BirdLife International

"Critically Endangered Birds: A Global Audit" is a summary review of the state of the world's Critically Endangered birds, the pressures they face, and the actions needed to ....

Emerging Avian Disease

Published for the Cooper Ornithological Society

Edited by Ellen Paul

In this volume, new human disease pandemics, arising from animals stimulated by ongoing environmental change, demonstrate the value of ornithological research into avian ....

Guia para la Identificación de Aves de Iguazu

Tito Narosky, Dario Yzurieta and Juan Carlos Chebez

Language: Spanish, with English species names ....

Icelandic Bird Guide

Appearance, Way of Life, Habitat

Johann Oli Hilmarsson

Language: English, contains a multilingual list of bird names in the back, giving bird names in English, Latin, Icelandic, German, Faroese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, ....

Measuring Birds / Vögel Vermessen

Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft

Language: English and German ....

Northern Bald Ibis Conservation and Reintroduction Workshop

Proceedings of the International Advisory Group for the Northern Bald Ibis (IAGNBI) Meeting Alpenzoo Innsbruck - Tirol, July 2003.

Edited by C Boehm, CGR Bowden and MJR Jordan

Twenty-five northern bald ibis experts, from a total of eight nations (Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Switzerland an Turkey) participated in this ....

On Rare Birds

Anita Albus

Weaving together natural history and investigative reporting with mythological and cultural material, "On Rare Birds" tells the compelling stories of ten rare or extinct ....

Roberts Nest and Eggs of Southern African Birds

Warwick Tarboton

This new field guide deals with the nesting habits of the 730 bird species known to breed in southern Africa. It is set out in a standard field-guide format (text pages ....

Waterbirds in the UK 2009/10

Chas Holt et al

This report presents the results of the Wetland Bird Survey in 2009/10 and includes data from other national and local waterbird monitoring schemes. It provides a single, ....

"Venomous" Bites from Non-Venomous Snakes

A Critical Analysis of Risk and Management of "Colubrid" Snake Bites

Scott A Weinstein, David A Warrell, Julian White and Daniel E Keyler

This book is the first significant contribution to thoroughly examine the potential hazards associated with snakes of the former family, Colubridae. This family contained ....

Evolution, Systematics and Distribution of Crested Newts (Triturus Cristatus Complex) in Russia and Adjacent Countries

SN Litvinchuk and LJ Borkin

Language: Russian, figure legends and table of contents bilingual in Russian and English ....

Salamanders and Newts of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia

M Staniszewski

This is a guide to the salamanders and newts found in Europe, north Africa and western Asia. ....

Snakes of Zimbabwe and Botswana

DG Broadley and R Blaylock

A monograph on the snakes of Zimbabwe and Botswana. ....

Tortoises Through the Lens

A Visual Exploration of a Mojave Desert Icon

Edited by David Lamfrom

Get to know the Mojave Desert Tortoise, a threatened species, through photographs and captions by students in the Tortoises Through the Lens program. ....

Turtles of the World, Volume 1: Africa, Europe and Western Asia

Holger Vetter

The second edition of this photographic reference and synopsis of turtles and tortoises. ....

Biology of Sharks and their Relatives

Edited by Jeffrey C Carrier, John A Musick and Michael R Heithaus

Following the groundbreaking original exploration of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy and interrelationships of sharks, skates, rays, and chimera, this second ....

Fishes of the Central United States

Joseph R Tomelleri and Mark E Eberle

This is the greatly-expanded second edition of a book that has been hailed by In-Fisherman as "magnificent . . . the finest, most comprehensive book on the fishes of ....

Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark

Edited by Michael L Domeier

Inspired by the International White Shark Symposium in 2010, "Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark" incorporates the most important ....

Metamorphosis in Fish

Edited by Sylvie Dufour, Karine Rousseau and BG Kapoor

This book gathers current data on the two types of fish metamorphoses and their endocrine controls. It will be of interest for fish biologists as well as comparative ....

Shark

In Peril in the Sea

David Owen

The shark has been our planet's dominant predator for millions of years. But in just fifty years all sharks have become threatened by human activity; victims of a deadly ....

Swainston's Fishes of Australia

The Complete Illustrated Guide

Roger Swainston

Roger Swainston's breathtaking artwork provides a fascinating overview of the extraordinary diversity of Australia's marine and freshwater fishes. Here, more than ....

An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, Vol. VII: Copepoda (Supplemental)

Georg Ossian Sars

Originally published in 1921, the seventh volume of Sars's comprehensive "Account of the Crustacea of Norway, Copepoda (Supplemental)" covers all the additional Norwegian ....

Accrescimenti, Volume 3

Stadi di Accrescimento dei Molluschi Marini del Mediterraneo / Stages of Growth of the Marine Molluscs of the

Maria Scaperrotta, Stefano Bartolini and Cesare Bogi

Language: English and Italian ....

Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, Volume 4

Edited by Antonius van Harten

Volume 4 in this series covers 469 species from 29 families and includes 3 genera and 90 species new to science. The book features 37 chapters written by 57 authors from 18 ....

The Butterflies of Romania / Fluturii de zi din Romania

Levente Szekely

Language: Bilingual in English and Romanian ....

Butterflies of Vietnam, Volume 3: Nymphalidae: Danainae, Amathusiinae

Alexander L Monastyrskiy

This book is the third volume of the monographic series of Butterflies of Vietnam. The current volume includes "milkweeds" (Danainae) and amathusiins which are the most ....

Collins Gem Guide: Butterflies

Michael Chinery

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. ....

Collins Gem Guide: Insects

Michael Chinery

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. ....

Egyptian Red Sea Shells of Ras Sudr region

Northeast of the Gulf of Suez (a High Biodiversity Region of the Egyptian Red Sea)

Salwa Hamdi

One crustacean shell, 24 gastropod shells related to 13 different families, and 33 bivalve shells related to 18 different families, collected from the Ras Sudr region ....

Esperiana Memoir, Volume 5

Edited by Hermann H Hacker and Heinz Peks

Language: two chapters in German, the remainder in English ....

A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters

Diana Jones and Gary Morgan

This long awaited revised and updated edition is the only guide to all known crustaceans in Australian waters. ....

Guide to Common Butterflies

L Merrick

Aids identification of butterflies by wing colour and size. ....

Guide to Land Invertebrates

L Merrick

One side of this ID guide shows use of the keys to identify insects, the other side is for identifying invertebrates with none, eight, fourteen or more than fourteen legs. ....

Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region: Nymphalidae Part 4

Subfamily Apaturinae

A Masui, GC Bozano and A Floriani

The fourth volume in the series covering Nymphalidae deals with the subfamily Apaturinae. ....

Leaf and Seed Beetles of South Carolina

Janet C Ciegler

This volume discusses the leaf and seed beetles found in South Carolina. ....

Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies

David G James and David Nunnallee

David G. James and David Nunnallee present the life histories of the entire butterfly fauna of a North American geographic region in exceptional and riveting detail for the ....

Macrolepidoptera of Hungary

Edited by Varga Zoltan

Language: bilingual in English and Hungarian ....

Mariposas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y Alrededores

Ezequiel Nunez Bustos

Language: Spanish ....

Moluscos Magallanicos

Guia de Los Moluscos de La Patagonia y del Sur de Chile

Daniel Oscar Forcelli

Language: Spanish ....

Moths of Romania 1 / Fluturi de noapte din Romania 1

Hepialidae, Limacodidae, Cossidae, Thyrididae, Lasiocampidae, Endromidae, Saturniidae, Lemoniidae, Sphingidae, Drepanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Notodontidae, Pantheidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae

Levente Szekely

Language: Bilingual in English and Romanian ....

Moths of Romania 2 / Fluturi de Noapte din Romania 2

Geometridae 1 - Archiearinae, Ennominae, Alsophilinae, Orthostixinae, Geometrinae

Levente Szekely

Language: Bilingual in English and Romanian ....

The Seashells of Tasmania

A Comprehensive Guide

Simon Grove

Tailored for Tasmania, but relevant for all of southern Australia, this field guide has comprehensive and authoritative coverage of all species likely to be encountered on the ....

Suomen Luteet

Teemu Rintala and Veikko Rinne

Language: Finnish ....

Trollslador i Sverige

en Falthandbok

Language: Swedish ....

Weevils of South Carolina

(Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae)

Janet C Ciegler

This volume catalogues the weevils found in South Carolina. ....

The Witt Catalogue Volume 5: A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea

Cuculliinae II and Psaphidinae

G Ronkay, L Ronkay and P Gyulai

The fifth volume covers more of the Cuculliinae, and covers the group Psaphidinae. It contains 60 colour plates and 148 genitalia figures. ....

British Fossil Brachiopoda, 6-volume Set

Thomas Davidson, Richard Owen and William Benjamin Carpenter

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

Comparing the Geological and Fossil Records

Implications for Biodiversity Studies

Edited by A McGowan and Smith AB

The past decade has witnessed a major revival in attempts to separate biodiversity signals from biases imposed by sampling and the architecture of the rock record. How ....

A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds

Richard Owen

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the London Clay

And of the Bracklesham and Other Tertiary Beds

Richard Owen and Thomas Bell

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

A Textbook of Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Paleobotany

AVSS Sambamurty

This book is amply illustrated with diagrams. Almost all important genera are discussed giving details of structure, anatomy, developmental stages of reproductive organs from ....

Written in Stone

Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature

Brian Switek

Spectacular fossil finds make today's headlines; new technology unlocks secrets of skeletons unearthed a hundred years ago. Still, evolution is often poorly represented by ....

Beneath Cold Seas

The Underwater Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest

David Hall, Christopher Newbert and Sarika Cullis-Suzuki

In "Beneath Cold Seas", author and photographer David Hall takes us into the underwater world of the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska, home to the most diverse and ....

Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates

L Merrick

One side shows use of the keys to identify creatures with six legs. The other side has keys to identify creatures with none, eight or fourteen legs. Illustrations show both ....

The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book

Richard Lynch

Layers are the building blocks for working in Photoshop. With the correct use of the Layers Tool, you can edit individual components of your images nondestructively to ....

Advanced Underwater Photography

Techniques for Digital Photographers

Larry Gates

Designed for photographers who already have strong diving skills and understand basic photographic techniques, this reference defines what advanced underwater photography is ....

Among the Islands

Adventures in the Pacific

Tim Flannery

Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of ....

The Animals of New Zealand

An Account of the Dominion's Air-Breathing Vertebrates

Frederick Wollaston Hutton and James Drummond

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. ....

The Birds of Siberia

A Record of a Naturalist's Visits to the Valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei

Henry Seebohm

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

Birds, Blocks and Stamps

Post and Go Birds of Britain

Robert Gillmor

Reading-born ornithologist, artist, illustrator and author, Robert Gillmor, has been commissioned by the Royal Mail to produce four sets of pictorial stamps for Post & Go ....

Book of Britain's Coastal Walks

Over 100 Walks Exploring Britain's Coastal Scenery

AA Publishing

Featuring more than 100 routes from around the shores of England, Wales and Scotland, the "Book of Britain's Coastal Walks" offers something for everyone. Whether a family on ....

Book of Britain's Walks

More Than 100 Walks Exploring the Diversity of Britain

AA Publishing

Walking is one of the most popular outdoor activities in Britain. Featuring more than 100 routes from across the country, the second edition of the "Book of Britain's Walks" ....

British Wildlife Photography Awards, Collection 2

Edited by Paul Mitchell and Donna Wood

The British Wildlife Photgraphy Awards were devised by British Wildlife Photographer Chris Weston and Curator of Photography Maggie Gowan. The first awards were held in 2009 ....

Buying the Right Photo Equipment

70 Tips from the Top

Elin Rantakrans

We've all heard the saying, "Clothes make the man"; but does the photographic equipment make the photographer? One might think so when looking at new advanced cameras, dream ....

The Canon Camera Hackers Manual

Teach Your Camera New Tricks

Berthold Daum

"The Canon Camera Hackers Manual" addresses "geeky" owners of Canon consumer cameras, such as the Powershot and IXUS, who would like to explore the possibilities of their ....

Canon EOS 40D

The Rocky Nook Manual

Artur Landt

Your new Canon EOS 40D arrives, gets unpacked, the batteries are fully loaded, and you are ready to go. For the next few weeks you will be in experimental mode, trying out ....

The Complete Countryman

A User's Guide to Traditional Skills and Lost Crafts

Alan Titchmarsh

In this comprehensive and practical guide to the countryside, passionate and hugely knowledgeable countryman Alan Titchmarsh explores the heritage of rural Britain, its ....

Complexity: A Guided Tour

Melanie Mitchell

What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions of neurons produce something as extraordinarily ....

The Digital Photography Workflow Handbook

From Import to Output

Juergen Gulbins and Uwe Steinmueller

Photography is a wonderful and rewarding hobby for millions of people. However, for a photographer's work to really stand out, he or she needs two skills: creativity and ....

Dreaming of Wolves

Adventures in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania

Alan E Sparks

Part travelogue, part memoir, part exposition of natural and cultural history, "Dreaming of Wolves" presents a unique and colourful story of adventure. Through a series of ....

Ecological Revolutions

Nature, Gender, and Science in New England

Carolyn Merchant

With the arrival of European explorers and settlers during the seventeenth century, Native American ways of life and the environment itself underwent radical alterations as ....

The Emperor's New Mathematics

Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)

Catherine Jami

In 1644 the Qing dynasty seized power in China. Its Manchu elite were at first seen by most of their subjects as foreigners from beyond the Great Wall, and the consolidation ....

The End of Discovery

Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable?

Russell Stannard

It is generally thought that science, by its very nature, must always progress. But this is not so. One day, fundamental science will come to an end. Not when we have discovered ....

Esteros del Iberá

Recorrido Fotografico por las Aguas Brilliantes / Photographic Journey Through the Brilliant Waters

Belen Etchegaray

Language: Bilingual in Spanish and English ....

Evocative Africa

Ventures of Discovery

Gerald Cubitt and Benni Hotz

This book is bursting with a multitude of images. The reader will be immersed in South Africa, will visit Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana, and Namibia. ....

From Artefacts to Atoms

The BIPM and the Search for Ultimate Measurement Standards

Terry Quinn

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) is currently implementing the greatest change ever in the world's system of weights and measures--it is redefining the ....

Frozen Planet

A World Beyond Imagination

Alastair Fothergill, Vanessa Berlowitz and David Attenborough

"Frozen Planet" is the follow-up to the ground-breaking "Planet Earth" and has been ....

Frozen Planet

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough and from the award-winning team behind "Planet Earth" and "

GIMP 2.6 for Photographers

Image Editing with Open Source Software

Klaus Goelker

Image editing has become a crucial element in the photographic workflow. Image editing tools, most notably Photoshop, are usually sophisticated and deep applications, and are ....

The Garden Cottage Diaries

My Year in the Eighteenth Century

Fiona J Houston

Challenged to prove her claim that an 18th-century diet was better than today's, for a full year Fiona J Houston recreated the lifestyle of her 1790s rural Scottish ancestors ....

The HDRI Handbook 2.0

High Dynamic Range Imaging for Photographers and CG Artists

Christian Bloch

"The HDRI Handbook 2.0" is the most comprehensive guide to High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI). Once Hollywood's best kept secret, this cutting-edge imaging technology is a ....

Holophusicon. The Leverian Museum

An Eighteenth-Century English Institution of Science, Curiosity, and Art

Adrienne Kaeppler

The Holophusicon ('embracing all of nature') or Leverian Museum was the world's first popular museum of science, curiosity and art--going hack to 1771. Its contents included ....

Icones Plantarum, 10-Volume Set

Or, Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's Herbarium

William Jackson Hooker

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. ....

Intangible Natural Heritage

New Perspectives on Natural Objects

Edited by Eric Dorfman

The topic of intangible natural heritage is new, recently emerging as an important subject of inquiry. It describes the untouchable elements of the environment that ....

Kingdom Animalia

The Escapades of Linnaeus

Janis Freegard

This is a collection of poems that explore the various interactions between human beings and other animals, but also deals with wider subjects: love and loss, evolution and ....

Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It

Learn Step by Step How to Go from Empty Studio to Finished Image

Scott Kelby

So many books tackle just one aspect of a successful shoot. In "Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It", bestselling author Scott Kelby focuses on all three necessary components of ....

Mastering Landscape Photography

The Luminous Landscape Essays

Alain Briot

This book consists of thirteen essays on landscape photography by master photographer Alain Briot. Topics include practical, technical, and aesthetic aspects of photography ....

Mastering the Fuji X100

Michael Diechtierow

"Mastering the Fuji X100" provides the ambitious photographer with everything they need to know to operate this camera that has become an instant classic. Readers will learn ....

Mastering the Nikon D300/D300S

Darrell Young

"Mastering the Nikon D300/D300S" by Darrell Young provides a wealth of experience-based information and insights for owners of these sophisticated new cameras. Darrell is ....

Mastering the Nikon D3000

Darrell Young

"Mastering the Nikon D3000" by Darrell Young is a comprehensive guide for owners of this newest, budget-friendly generation of Nikon digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras. ....

Mastering the Nikon D5000

Darrell Young

"Mastering the Nikon D5000" by Darrell Young is a comprehensive guide for owners of this newest, budget-friendly generation of Nikon digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras. ....

Mastering the Nikon D700

Darrell Young and James Johnson

"Mastering the Nikon D700" provides a wealth of information and professional insights for owners of this powerful new camera. Each chapter explores the features and ....

Mastering the Nikon D90

Darrell Young

The Nikon D90 is the long-awaited upgrade to the popular D80 digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera. The compact and lightweight D90 sits between the D60 and D300 in Nikon's ....

Mountaineers

Great Tales of Bravery and Conquest

Dorling Kindersley

Written in association with the Royal Geological Society (RGS), "Mountaineers" tells the story of the pioneers who first conquered the giddy heights of our planet. Full of great ....

Nature and Landscape Photography

71 Tips from the Top

Martin Borg

In this book, renowned Swedish nature photographer Martin Borg shares his experience and insight along with 71 of his beautiful images. He offers helpful advice that ranges from ....

Our Garden Birds

A Bird for Every Week of the Year

Matt Sewell

In this beautiful, collectible new volume, street artist Matt Sewell offers his own unique take on 52 of our favourite British garden birds. Since its first appearance in ....

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2

The Unofficial Quintessential Guide

Brian Matsumoto and Carol F Roullard

"The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide" provides a wealth of information and professional insights for owners of this powerful HD camera. With its ....

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2

The Unofficial Quintessential Guide

Brian Matsumoto and Carol F Roullard

"The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide" provides a wealth of information and professional insights for owners of this powerful HD camera. With its ....

Pandora's Seed

Why the Hunter-Gatherer Holds the Key to Our Survival

Spencer Wells

In the Western world we are more comfortable than ever before. So why aren't we happier or healthier? Spencer Wells uses the latest research to show the answer lies in our ....

Practical Digital Photomicrography

Photography Through the Microscope for the Life Sciences

Brian Matsumoto

"Practical Digital Photomicrography" is an introduction to digital photography through the microscope in which readers will learn about the techniques and equipment needed to ....

Race for the South Pole

The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen

Roland Huntford

In 1910, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. 2010 marks the ....

The Rainforest

Light and Spirit

Harry Holcroft and Ghillean T Prance

Artist Harry Holcroft has visited many of the tropical equatorial rainforests of the world in his quest to paint images of this wonderful ....

Remote Exposure

A Guide to Hiking and Climbing Photography

Alexandre Buisse

Though many hikers and climbers carry cameras with them, they often come away feeling disappointed because their images fail to visually translate their experiences. In ....

Scanning Negatives and Slides

Digitizing Your Photographic Archive

Sascha Steinhoff

Many photographers have either moved into digital photography exclusively or use both analog and digital media in their work. In either case, there is sure to be an archive ....

Selected Writings: Galileo

William R Shea and Mark Davie

Galileo's astronomical discoveries changed the way we look at the world, and our place in the universe. Threatened by the Inquisition for daring to contradict the literal ....

Soul of the Desert

Philippa Nikulinsky

Back by popular demand, "Soul of the Desert" features the work of acclaimed Australian botanical artist Philippa Nikulinsky. The perfect book for anyone interested in ....

Trading Nature

Tahitians, Europeans, and Ecological Exchange

Jennifer Newell

When Captain Samuel Wallis became the first European to land at Tahiti in June 1767, he left not only a British flag on shore but also three guinea hens, a pair of turkeys, a ....

Unique and Unspoilt

A Year Among the Natural Wonders of Heard Island

Edited by Bernadette Hince

This book is based on the journals of John Bechervaise during his 13 months as officer in charge of an Australian scientific base on Heard Island, an Australian external ....

The Vegetation of New Zealand

Leonard Cockayne

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. ....

Walks Through Britain's History

Over 100 Walks Exploring Britain's Heritage

AA Publishing

Step back in time with "Walks Through Britain's History", containing more than 100 walks, each with a historical theme. Ideal for both history buffs and walkers alike, ....

We Went to the Zoo Today...

The Golden Age of Zoo Postcards

Alan Ashby

In the early 20th century just as now, a day at the zoo was a break from routine, an enjoyable diversion. However, the passage of time has gradually revealed some ....

Why Willows Weep

Contemporary Tales from the Woods

Edited by Tracy Chavelier

"Why Willows Weep" is an enchanting collection of short stories from the Woods written by some of Britain's finest authors. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of ....

The Wild Side of Photography

Unconventional and Creative Techniques for the Courageous Photographer

Cyrill Harnischmacher

Geared toward the adventurous photographer, "The Wild Side of Photography" provides a rich source of ideas and inspiration for fun projects ranging from clever to ....

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 Desk Calendar

This calendar features the same winning images from the 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition as the larger wall calendar, but in a handy desk-sized format. ....

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 Wall Calendar

This wall calendar features winning images from the 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. ....

Wildlife Travel

William Gray

If you're looking to plan and enjoy the best of the world's wildlife adventures, this sumptuous colour guide has all the information you need. William Gray, Zoologist and ....

Wildlife in Printmaking

Edited by Carry Akroyd

A collection of work by 22 artists whose delight is to experiment with the vagaries of printmaking, refining their ideas to fit a process, or inventing a process to suit their ....

Woodlanders: New Life in Britain's Forests

Edited by Ian Edwards

"Woodlanders" tells the story of people whose lives have been enriched by their engagement with wood and woodlands in whatever form they have chosen: through satisfying ....

Apuntes Sobre Fauna Argentina

Raul Leonardo Carman

Language: Spanish ....

Native Plants of Oman - An Introduction

With Notes for Gardeners

Clive Winbow

This book is a handy guide for the amateur naturalist to identify over 150 wild plants that are commonly seen on walks in the Omani countryside. It also helps environmentally ....

Okavango: Field Guide

Lee Gutteridge and Tony Reumerman

This is the second field guide to be published in southern Africa that covers a comprehensive cross-section of the most prominent animals, plants, birds, fish, insects ....

Valles Caldera

A Vision for New Mexico's National Preserve

William DeBuys and Don J Usner

In 2000, President Clinton signed into law the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, a visionary piece of legislation that transferred to the public domain a privately owned ....

Advances in Algal Cell Biology

Edited by Kirsten Heimann and Christos Katsaros

Molecular research on algae over the last decades has provided significant insights into universal biological mechanisms. This knowledge has proved essential to the field of ....

African Natural Plant Products

New Discoveries and Challenges In Chemistry and Quality

Edited by H Rodolfo Juliani, James Simon and Chi-Tang Ho

Africa has been and continues to be a significant source of medicinal and aromatic plants and botanicals to the world's food, drug, herb and dietary supplement market, and ....

Algae of Ukraine, Volume 3: Diversity, Nomenclature, Taxonomy, Ecology and Geography

Chlorophyta

Edited by Petro M Tsarenko, Solomon P Wasser and Eviatar Nevo

This volume contains data on 1381 species of green algae, belonging to 7 classes and 26 orders. The text and plates are arranged in alphabetical and according to taxonomic ....

Algas Marinas de la Patagonia

Una Guia Ilustrada

Alicia Boraso, Alicia Rico, Susana Perales, Laura Perez and Hilda Zalazar

Language: Spanish ....

Arboles de La Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Graciela Barreiro

Language: Spanish ....

Arboles y Arbustos del Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama

MD Correa Arroyo et al

Language: Spanish ....

Biodiversity of the Heterobasidiomycetes and Non-Gilled Hymenomycetes (Former Aphyllophorales) of Israel

Edited by D Tura, IV Zmitrovich, SP Wasser, WA Spirin and E Nevo

This book is devoted to the biodiversity of Heterobasidiomycetes (jelly fungi) and nongilled hymenomycetous fungi (former Aphyllophorales) of Israel. A total of 238 ....

Biology of Polar Benthic Algae

Edited by Christian Wiencke

This work synthesizes the current state of knowledge on the biology of polar benthic marine algae and presents an outlook on their responses to changing environmental ....

Collins Gem Guide: Mushrooms

Patrick Harding

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. ....

Collins Gem Guide: Trees

How to Identify the Most Common Species

Alistair Fitter

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. ....

Collins Gem Guide: Wild Flowers

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. ....

The Cultivation of New Zealand Trees and Shrubs

Lawrie Metcalf

This is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference available on the identification, cultivation and landscaping uses of New Zealand's native trees and ....

Diatom Monographs, Volume 13: Diatom Flora in Springs of Lodz Hills (Central Poland)

Biodiversity, Taxonomy, and Temporal Changes of Episammic Diatom Assemblages in Springs Affected by Human Impact.

Edited by Andrzej Witkowski

The diatom microflora of 10 springs in the Lodz Hills is described: 456 taxa were found. Most of them, 313 taxa are new, rare or interesting. The diatom assemblages in these ....

Diatom Monographs, Volume 14: A Revision of the Family Pleurosigmataceae (Bacillariophyta)

Reid Geraldine

The morphology of the family Pleurosigmataceae Mereschkowsky is documented using light and scanning electron mircroscopy. A historical overview of the treatment of the family ....

Field Guide to Texas Grasses

Robert Blaine Shaw and Institute of Renewable Natural Resources

This an indispensable reference to the world's most economically important plant family. It discusses the impact of grass on our everyday lives as food, biofuels, land ....

Field Guide to the Littoral Forest Trees of Southern Madagascar

David Rabehevitra et al

This field guide covers all 450 trees and shrubs known from the littoral forest in Madagascar. It is taxonomically rigorous, but is aimed at non-specialists (students, ....

Flora Indica

Being a Systematic Account of the Plants of British India , Together with Observations on the Structure and Affinities of their Natural Order and Genera

Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

Flora de San Juan, Republica Argentina, Volumen I

Edited by Roberto Kiesling

Language: Spanish ....

Flora de San Juan, Republica Argentina, Volumen II

Edited by Roberto Kiesling

Language: Spanish ....

Flora de la Republica de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fasciculo 17

Language: Spanish ....

Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes Fasciculo Complementario, Vol. 27

La Diversidad Vegetal del Estado de Guanajuato, México

Sergio Zamudio and Raquel Galván Villanueva

Language: Spanish ....

Flowering Plants of Africa, Volume 62: Plates 2261-2280

Twenty full-colour plates and descriptions of plants appear in this biennial series, which has become a collector's item of the South African flora. This volume is dedicated ....

Forest Products and Wood Science

An Introduction

Rubin Shmulsky and P David Jones

The sixth edition of this book offers a fully revised and updated review of the forest products industry. This important text covers the full spectrum of the subject, basing ....

From Sting to Spin

A History of Nettle Fibre

Edom Gillan

The concept of using the common stinging nettle to make cloth comes from both fairy tales and historical fact. It is easy to make inaccurate assumptions about when, where ....

Fungi of the Andean-Patagonian Forests / Hongos de los Bosques Andino-Patagonicos

Identification of the Most Common and Attractive Species / Guia para el Reconocimiento de las Especies mas Comunes y Atractivas

Irma Gamundi and Egon Horak

Language: Bilingual in English and Spanish ....

Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine

Traditional System, Ethics, Safety, Efficacy, and Regulatory Issues

Bashar Saad and Omar Said

This book presents a systematic review on traditional Arab herbal medicine including historical background, medical innovations introduced by Arab physicians, common roots ....

Guia Fotografica de las Plantas Vasculares de Cerro Jefe, Panama

A De Sedas Maltez et al

Language: Spanish ....

Guia de Arboles y Arbustos del Campus Dr. Octavio Mendez Pereira, Universidad de Panama

A De Sedas Maltez et al

Language: Spanish ....

Guide to Common Grasses

L Merrick

A double-sided key for identifying common grasses. Identification is on the shape of the flower head, spikelet and ligule. Diagrams explain all of these features. ....

Guide to Flowers of the Hedgerow

L Merrick

One side of this ID guide identifies flowers with six or more petals and irregular petals. The reverse side shows flowers with up to four petals and five petals. ....

Guide to Trees and Shrubs

L Merrick

One side of this ID guide shows use of the keys to identify trees and shrubs with variations on an oval leaf shape. The other side is for identifying trees and shrubs ....

Guide to Wild Flowers of Grassland

L Merrick

One side of this ID guide shows use of the keys to identify flowers with five regular petals or irregular petals. The other side is for identifying flowers with up to four ....

Lichens of Ireland

An Illustrated Introduction to over 250 Species

Whelan Paul

This is the first introductory book written specifically on Ireland's lichens. Lichen identification is a challenging activity requiring an accurate understanding of lichen ....

Liverworts and Hornworts of Taiwan, I. Lejeuneaceae

Jia-Dong Yang

Language: English ....

Liverworts and Hornworts of Taiwan, II

Jia-Dong Yang

Language: English ....

Liverworts of the Tatra National Park

A Checklist

Jerzy Szweykowski and Henryk Klama

Language: English and Polish ....

Mapping the Cacti of Mexico

Héctor Hernández and Carlos Gómez-Hinostrosa

The first volume of a projected series detailing the geographical distribution of all the cacti of Mexico, with a general introduction to the methodology employed, followed ....

Marine Mangrove Fungi of Taiwan

Ka-Lai Pang, Jen-Sheng Jheng and EB Gareth Jones

Language: English ....

The Meaning of Trees

Botany, History, Healing, Lore

Fred Hageneder

"The Meaning of Trees" celebrates the lore and spirit, as well as the botany and history of trees. Genera from aspen to willow are captured in 70 dramatic photographs that ....

Medicinal Plant Biodiversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan

Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad and Muhammad Zafar

The Himalayan region is among the largest mountains systems of the world with uncounted unique medicinal plants resources. The lesser Himalayas ranges are the extension of ....

Mushroom

Nicholas P Money

The overnight appearance of mushrooms in a meadow or on a suburban lawn is a marvelous sight. It is one of many awe-inspiring, magical processes that have evolved among the ....

Patagonia Plants / Plantas de la Patagonia

Daniel Barthelemy, Cecilia Brion and Javier Puntieri

Language: Bilingual in English and Spanish ....

Paul Bangay's Garden Design Handbook

Paul Bangay and Simon Griffiths

Paul Bangay is renowned for his sure use of space: the gardens he creates are superbly proportioned, easy to live in, executed to the highest standards - and places of beauty. ....

Paul Bangay's Guide to Plants

Paul Bangay and Simon Griffiths

Gardens designed by Paul Bangay are renowned for their elegant proportions, careful use of materials and inspired choice of planting. In one garden precise box hedging frames ....

Phylogenetic revision of taxonomic concepts in the Hypocreales and other Ascomycota - A tribute to Gary J. Samuels

Amy Rossman and Keith Seifert

This volume of "Studies in Mycology" is a successor to a previous issue "Molecules, Morphology and Classification: Towards Monophyletic Genera in the Ascomycetes" (vol. 45, ....

Plant Gum Exudates of the World

Sources, Distribution, Properties, and Applications

Amos Nussinovitch

This is the most extensive collection of plant gum exudates in print, containing information on both well-established exudates and newer ones. It not only introduces an ....

Plantas de Uso Folclorico y Tradicional en Panama

CV Chizmar Fernandez, AJ Lu Modestin and MD Correa Arroyo

Language: Spanish ....

Plants of Cape York

The Compact Guide

John Beasley

Identify 600 key plants using photographs, vegetation zones and a simple key. Covers the area of Cape York, North Queensland. This new volume supplements the earlier "Plants of ....

Plants of Tropical North Queensland

The Compact Guide

John Beasley

A full colour plant guide with simple keys to identify 485 plants of the wet tropics of Far North Queensland. ....

Progress in Botany, Volume 72

Edited by Ulrich Luttge, Wolfram Beyschlag, Burkhard Budel and Dennis Francis

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. ....

Progress in Botany, Volume 73

Edited by Ulrich Luttge, Wolfram Beyschlag, Burkhard Budel and Dennis Francis

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present ....

The RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Design

Edited by Chris Young

This book lets you learn to plan, build and plant your perfect garden with the experts at the RHS. From how to draw a layout to explaining the best places to use lighting ....

The RHS Garden Plants and Flowers in Australia

Ian Spence

Create a garden that looks wonderful all year round with this photographic guide, packed with all the information you need to help you choose the best plants for every season. ....

Un Recorrido por el Sendero El Charco, Parque Nacional Soberania, Panama

A De Sedaz Maltez et al

Language: Spanish ....

Revision of Eryngium L. (Apiaceae-Saniculoideae)

General part and Palaearctic species

Arno Wörz

This well illustrated monograph exhaustively treats and revises the Eurasian and African species of the genus Eryngium [E:Eryngo, D:Mannstreu, F: Panicaut]. Eryngium is an ....

Seaweeds of the British Isles, Volume 1 Part 2a

Rhodophyta. Cryptonemiales (sensu stricto), Palmariales, Rhodymeniales

Linda M Irvine

This book covers the species attributed to the orders Cryptonemiales, Palmariales and Rhodymeniales. Each species description incorporates notes on ecology and distribution ....

Seaweeds of the British Isles, Volume 1 Part 2b

Corallinales, Hildenbrandiales

Linda M Irvine and Yvonne M Chamberlain

This volume is written by leading authorities in red algae. All subfamilies, genera and species are described, notes on ecology and distribution given, and each named species ....

Seaweeds of the British Isles, Volume 3 Part 1

Fucophyceae (Phaeophyceae)

Robert L Fletcher

This volume covers the species attributed to the class Fucophyceae. Each species description incorporates notes on ecology and distribution and many are supported by ....

Seedbombs: Going Wild with Flowers

Josie Jeffery

This book presents 10 receipes for seedbombs. Some are designed to attract birds, butterflies, and much needed bees, others are created for color, scent, wellbeing, ....

Semillas y Frutos de Uso Artesanal en Panama

Noris Karina Toribio Abrego and Mireya D Correa Arroyo

Language: Spanish ....

A Slice of Organic Life

Edited by Sheherazade Goldsmith and Stephanie Alexander

Featuring over 80 self-contained projects, from growing your own food organically, cooking home-grown produce, keeping selected livestock, and leading a more sustainable ....

Species and Ecological Diversity Within the Cladosporium Cladosporioides Complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales)

Konstanze Bensch

The genus Cladosporium is one of the largest genera of dematiaceous hyphomycetes, and is characterised by a coronate scar structure, conidia in acropetal chains and Davidiella ....

Die Sphagnum-Arten der Welt

Dierk Michaelis

Language: German ....

Tillandsia II

The World's Most Unusual Airplants

Paul T Isley

This second edition updates the first edition that was published in 1987 with an additional 40 pages. It is a complete study of the genus Tillandsia, detailing 61 ....

Trees: A Visual Guide

Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stackhouse

Beautifully illustrated and designed, this gorgeous reference book explores the world of trees from every perspective - from the world's great forests to the lifespan of a ....

Tropical Plant Collecting

From the Field to the Internet

Edited by Scott A Mori, Amy Berkov, Carol A Gracie and Edmund F Hecklau

This book is based on 40 years of tropical plant collecting in Central and South America by the senior author and his colleagues and, in particular, draws from his experience in ....

The Tui NZ Flower Garden

The Complete Guide to Growing Flowers in New Zealand

Rachel Vogan

As well as an A-Z section on New Zealand flowers covering plant care and maintenance, this book includes sections on choosing the right flowers for the right place; annuals, ....

Weeds

An Environmental History of Metropolitan America

Zachary J S Falck

As long as humans have existed, they've worked and competed with plants to shape their surroundings. As cities developed and expanded, their diverse spaces were covered with ....

Wild Orchids of Peninsular Malaysia

PT Ong, P O'Byrne, WSY Young and LG Saw

"Wild Orchids of Peninsular Malaysia" is a comprehensive, richly illustrated book showcasing the diversity of the country's orchid flora. It includes chapters on the ....

Zambian Plants Used as Traditional Fever Cures

Dennis G Fowler

We live at a time when one in five of the world's plant species is threatened with extinction, and if we had the figures they would probably indicate that loss of ....

Bioethics and the New Embryology

Springboards for Debates

Edited by Anna Tyler, Emily Zackin and Scott F Gilbert

Our ability to alter the course of human development ranks among the most significant changes in modern science. We can choose the sex of our children in advance, and could ....

Bioethics: An Introduction

Marianne Talbot

An understanding of the ethical implications of their work is now essential for all scientists. This accessible textbook clearly explains bioethical theories and their ....

Classification Analysis of DNA Microarray Data

Leif E Peterson

The rapid uncontrolled growth of classification methods in DNA microarray studies has resulted in a body of information scattered throughout literature, numerous conference ....

Cognitive Biology

Dealing with Information from Bacteria to Minds

Gennaro Auletta

Providing a new conceptual scaffold for further research in biology and cognition, this book introduces the new field of Cognitive Biology: a systems biology approach showing ....

Craniofacial Identification

Edited by Christopher Wilkinson and Chris Rynn

The promotion of CCTV surveillance and identity cards, along with ever heightened security at airports, immigration control and institutional access, has seen a dramatic ....

Discovering Human Sexuality

Simon LeVay, Janice Baldwin and John Baldwin

This is an alternative version of Simon LeVay and Janice Baldwin's acclaimed textbook, "Human Sexuality", now in ....

Forward-Time Population Genetics Simulations

Methods, Implementation, and Applications

Bo Peng, Marek Kimmel and Christopher L Amos

The rapid increase of the power of personal computers has led to the use of serious simulation programs such as easy POP in genetic studies. This book summarizes recent ....

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Scott A Huettel, Allen W Song and Gregory McCarthy

"Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging" was the first textbook to provide a true introduction to fMRI-designed with undergraduate students, graduate students, and ....

Functioning of Transmembrane Receptors in Signaling Mechanisms

Cell Signaling Collection Volume 1

Edited by Ralph A Bradshaw and Edward A Dennis

A primary component of cell signaling research, this title covers the principal membrane-bound receptor families, including their structural organization. Written and ....

The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1 and 2

With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface

Alfred Russel Wallace

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

Intercellular Signaling in Development and Disease

Cell Signaling Collection Volume 4

Edited by Edward A Dennis and Ralph A Bradshaw

This title is required reading for anyone involved in cell signaling research with articles written and edited by experts in the field. This title covers disease states ....

On the Anatomy of Vertebrates, 3-volume Set

Richard Owen

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

Principles of Molecular Virology

Alan J Cann

The fifth edition of the highly successful "Principles of Molecular Virology" takes on a molecular approach to the explanation of virology, presenting basic in a clear, concise ....

Rapid Characterization of Microorganisms by Mass Spectrometry

Edited by Catherine Fenselau and Plamen Demirev

The book covers aspects of mass spectrometry (MS) applications for microorganism characterization in several fields: biodefense, clinical diagnostics, food safety, ....

Regulation of Organelle and Cell Compartment Signaling

Cell Signaling Collection Volume 3

Edited by Ralph A Bradshaw and Edward A Dennis

This must-have cell signaling title will appeal to researchers across molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology and genetics. The articles are written and edited by experts ....

Tag-Based Next Generation Sequencing

Edited by Guenter Kahl and T Matthias Harbers

Tag-based approaches were originally designed to increase the throughput of capillary sequencing, where concatemers of short sequences were first used in expression ....

Transduction Mechanisms in Cellular Signaling

Cell Signaling Collection Volume 2

Edited by Edward A Dennis and Ralph A Bradshaw

Cytosol, the liquid found inside cells, is the site for multiple cell processes, including signaling from the cell membrane to sites within the cell. Cytosolic signaling ....

Why Animals Matter

Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare, and Human Well-being

Marian Stamp Dawkins

In a world increasingly concerned with climate change, food security, and other human issues, the welfare of non-human animals is in danger of being overlooked and ....

African Genesis

Perspectives on Hominin Evolution

Edited by Sally C Reynolds and Andrew Gallagher

The discovery of the first species of African hominin, Australopithecus africanus, from Taung, South Africa in 1925, launched the study of fossil man in Africa. New discoveries ....

Codon Evolution

Mechanisms and Models

Edited by Gina M Cannarozzi and Adrian Schneider

Codon-based models of evolution are a relatively new addition to the toolkit of computational biologists, and in recent years remarkable progress has been made in this ....

Darwin's Biological Work

Some Aspects Reconsidered

Edited by P R Bell

This collection of essays demonstrates the width of Darwin's interests and ability as a biologist. The theory of evolution by natural selection was, of course, his most ....

Darwin, God, and the Meaning of Life

How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Thought You Knew

Steve Stewart-Williams

If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have ....

Darwin, and After Darwin, 3-Volume Set

An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions

George John Romanes

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

How Culture Makes Us Human

Primate Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies

Dwight W Read

What separates modern humans from our primate cousins--are we a mere blink in the march of evolution, or does human culture represent the definitive evolutionary turn? Dwight ....

Mental Evolution in Animals

With a Posthumous Essay on Instinct by Charles Darwin

George John Romanes and Charles Darwin

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

Mental Evolution in Man

Origin of Human Faculty

George John Romanes

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection ....

Ecological Speciation

Patrick Nosil

The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ....

Encyclopedia of Invasive Species

From Africanized Honey Bees to Zebra Mussels

Susan L Woodward and Joyce A Quinn

Kudzu vine and field bindweed. Eurasian Collared-Doves, Burmese pythons, and black rats. The northern snakehead and the gypsy moth. All of these are examples of invasive species ....

Field Guide to the Invasive Plants and Animals of Britain

Max Wade and Olaf Booy

The impact of invasive organisms is second only to habitat loss as a threat to biodiversity and yet, despite increasing ecological awareness, people remain largely ....

Learning and Behavior

A Contemporary Synthesis

Mark E Bouton

The considerable progress that has been made researching fundamental learning processes tells an important and interesting story. In this new book--written for undergraduates, ....

Processes in Microbial Ecology

David L Kirchman

Microbial ecology is the study of interactions among microbes in natural environments and their roles in biogeochemical cycles, food web dynamics, and the evolution of life. ....

Sacred Ecology

Fikret Berkes

"Sacred Ecology" examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing. ....

Africa's Green Heart

A Personal Journey through the Equatorial Forests of Africa

Steve Taylor

"Africa's Green Heart" takes us from the slums and diamond pits of Sierra Leone to the depths of the Congo Basin. Dramatic footage of bushmeat hunters and life on Congo ....

Asia's Disappearing Green Heart

A Personal Journey through the Forests of Asia

Steve Taylor

"Asia's Disappearing Green Heart" takes us on a journey to Borneo, the third largest island in the world. As well as orangutans, proboscis monkeys, orchids and other ....

At the End of the River

The Coorong and Lower Lakes

David Cleland Paton

From his unique perspective, ecologist David Paton examines the changes that have occurred in the Coorong and Lower Lakes since European settlement. He summarises ....

The IZES Guide to British Zoos and Aquariums

Tim Brown

The first guide to the zoos, safari parks, aquariums and other wildlife attractions of Britain in 17 years and the first to attempt to describe every collection in 30 years. ....

Latin America's Green Heart

A Personal Journey through the Equatorial Forests of Latin America

Steve Taylor

"Latin America's Green Heart" documents life in the Amazon Basin, from melting glaciers in the Andes to the lush rainforests and boom-towns of Peru and Brazil. A shaman ....

Life On the Rocky Shores of South-eastern Australia

CM Porter, GC Wescott and GP Quinn

This indispensable guide includes colour photographs, descriptions and ecological notes for 96 of the more common animals and plants found on rocky shores in south-eastern ....

Soils in the Welsh Landscape

A Field-based Approach to the Study of Soil in the Landscape of North Wales

John S Conway

Language: English and Welsh ....

Talares Bonaerenses y su Conservacion

Edited by Emilse Merida and Jose Athor

Language: Spanish ....

Wetland Weeds

Causes, Cures and Compromises

Nick Romanowski

This comprehensive guide to wetland weeds covers both native and introduced species, ranging from minor or localised environmental problems to those that should not be ....

America's Conservation Impulse

A Century of Saving Trees in the Old Line State

Geoffrey L Buckley

This book explores the roots and early history of professional forest management in Maryland and in Baltimore and how that history coincides with America's larger ....

The Ape Crusaders

Sean Whyte

Many people will know orangutans are an endangered species, but not necessarily realise that this endearing and familiar animal will possibly become the first of the remaining ....

Aridland Springs in North America

Ecology and Conservation

Lawrence E Stevens and Vicky J Meretsky

Springs ecosystems are among the most structurally complicated, ecologically and biologically diverse, productive, evolutionarily provocative, and threatened ecosystems ....

The Art of Managing Longleaf

A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach

Leon Neel, Paul S Sutter, Albert G Way and J F Franklin

Greenwood Plantation in the Red Hills region of southwest Georgia includes a rare one-thousand-acre stand of old-growth longleaf pine woodlands, a remnant of an ecosystem ....

Coral Reef Conservation

Goals and Strategies

Edited by George R Mantoan

This book is a study on coral reef conservation goals and strategies. Healthy coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse and economically valuable ecosystems on ....

Drawing Lines in the Forest

Creating Wilderness Areas in the Pacific Northwest

Kevin R Marsh

Drawing boundaries around wildlands serves a double purpose--both protection of the land within the boundary and release of the land outside the boundary to resource extraction ....

Guidelines for Entomological Site Surveys

These guidelines have been prepared on behalf of the Joint Committee for the Conservation of British Invertebrates in an attempt to set standards for entomological ....

Herper's Field Survey Journal

A Field Notebook for Herpetofaunal Surveys

Chad Arment

"Herper's Field Survey Journal" gives amateur herpetologists an organized format for conducting basic surveys of native reptiles and amphibians. The book consists of a short ....

Planting for Wildlife

A Practical Guide to Restoring Native Woodlands

Nicola Munro and David B Lindenmayer

Across Australia, woodlands are increasingly being planted on formerly cleared or semi-cleared land. Such revegetation efforts can improve biodiversity of farm wildlife, ....

Quantifying Functional Biodiversity

Laura Pla, Fernando Casanoves and Julio Di Rienzo

This book synthesizes current methods used to quantify functional diversity, providing step-by-step examples for defining functional groups and estimating functional indices. ....

The Quiet World

Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1910-1960

Douglas Brinkley

A riveting history of America's most beautiful natural resources, "The Quiet World" documents the heroic fight waged by the U.S. federal government from 1879 to 1960 to ....

The Role of Science for Conservation

Edited by Matthias Wolff and Mark Gardener

The book integrates the knowledge and reflections of thirty scientists, of which many have dedicated a substantial part of their professional life to the Galapagos ....

Saving Chimpanzees

A Man on a Rescue Mission

Eugene Cussons

In this moving account of his work with chimpanzees, Eugene Cussons--host of Animal Planet's "Escape to Chimp Eden" and director at Jane Goodall Institute's Chimp Eden ....

Species on the Edge of Survival

365 of the World's Most at Risk Species

IUCN Red List

A unique guide to 365 of the world's species on the IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List. Selected by a group of experts at the IUCN this list ....

Urban Biodiversity of Calcutta

Flowering Plants, Butterflies, Birds and Mammals, West Bengal, India

Suchitra Ghosh

This study described the biodiversity of Calcutta, India. ....

Wildlife Search and Rescue

A Guide for First Responders

Rebecca Dmytryk

Rescuing wild animals in distress requires a unique set of skills, very different from those used in handling domestic animals. The equipment, degree of handling, the type of ....

Anticipatory History

Caitlin DeSilvey, Simon Naylor and Colin Sackett

In recent years reports of accelerating sea level rise, species extinction, shifting weather patterns, and stressed landscapes have become increasingly common. Although we ....

China's Environment and China's Environment Journalists

A Study

Hugo De Burgh and Zeng Rong

Environmental issues are of growing concern in China, with numerous initiatives aimed at cultivating dialogue and increasing awareness. And key to these initiatives is the ....

Climate Change and Migration

Security and Borders in a Warming World

Gregory White

In the modern era, two types of international migration have consumed our attention: politically induced migration to flee war, genocide, and instability, and migration for ....

Climate Coup: Global Warming's Invasion of Our Government and Our Lives

Edited by Patrick J Michaels

Despite convincing evidence that observed climate changes do not portend a calamitous future, global warming alarmism is invading nearly every aspect of our society. Children ....

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

SS Yadav, R Redden, JL Hatfield, H Lotze-Campen and AE Hall

Many of the effects of global warming, changing temperature and rainfall patterns, have been recognized as climate change factors affecting agriculture, and these climate ....

Deep-Water Systems

Kevin Pickering, Richard Hiscott and Michael Underwood

The original "Deep Marine Environments" by Pickering, Hiscott & Hein (published by Unwin Hyman) was first published in 1989, and quickly became established as the leading text ....

IB Course Companion: Environmental Systems and Societies

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Jill Rutherford

This course companion presents a lively resource full of case studies, extracts, quotations, statistics, and activities to allow students to fully understand complex and ....

Media and Environment

Conflict, Politics and the News

Libby Lester

Conflict over issues such as climate change, toxic waste and wilderness provides a key site for examining the shaping and negotiation of public debate. This book offers a new ....

Nuclear Waste Management

Accomplishments of the Environmental Management Science Program

Paul W Wang and Tiffany Zachry

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is charged with cleaning up contaminated sites and disposing of radioactive waste remaining as an environmental legacy of former nuclear ....

Pearson Baccalaureate: Environmental Systems and Societies for the IB Diploma

Garrett Nagle and Andrew Davis

An exciting textbook for students and teachers of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, written and developed by practising IB teachers. ....

Principles of Ecotoxicology

CH Walker, RM Sibly, SP Hopkin and DB Peakall

Now in its fourth edition, this exceptionally accessible text provides students with a multidisciplinary perspective and a grounding in the fundamental principles required for ....

Radiation and Climate

Atmospheric Energy Budget from Satellite Remote Sensing

Ilias Vardavas and Frederic Taylor

Radiation theory and measurements are at the core of the climate change debate. This new book describes in detail the basic physics used in the radiative transfer codes that are ....

Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments, Volume 5

Edited by H John B Birks, Andre F Lotter, Steve Juggins and John P Smol

Numerical and statistical methods have rapidly become part of a palaeolimnologist's tool-kit. They are used to explore and summarise complex data, reconstruct past ....

Tributyltin: Case Study of an Environmental Contaminant

Edited by Stephen de Mora

This authoritative volume reviews the environmental chemistry and toxicological effects of a marine pollutant of exceptional potency, tributyltin (TBT), and outlines the ....

Vanished Ocean

How Tethys Reshaped the World

Dorrik Stow

This is a book about an ocean that vanished six million years ago--the ocean of Tethys. Named after a Greek sea nymph, there is a sense of mystery about such a vast, ancient ....

Waking the Giant

How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes

Bill McGuire

Twenty thousand years ago our planet was an icehouse. Temperatures were down six degrees; ice sheets kilometres thick buried much of Europe and North America and sea ....

What Will Work

Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power

Kristin Shrader-Frechette

This book makes a rigorous and compelling case that energy efficiencies and renewable energy--and not nuclear fission or "clean coal"--are the most effective, cheapest, and ....

Who Speaks for the Climate?

Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change

Maxwell T Boykoff

The public rely upon media representations to help interpret and make sense of the many complexities relating to climate science and governance. Media representations of ....

Atlas of Non-Silicate Minerals in Thin Section

Special Publication 7

Joan Carles Melgarejo and Robert F Martin

This is Special Publication 7 of The Canadian Mineralogist, and presents an exhaustive compilation of information about most of the non-silicate mineral species likely to be ....

Continuum Mechanics in the Earth Sciences

William I Newman

Continuum mechanics underlies many geological and geophysical phenomena, from earthquakes and faults to the fluid dynamics of the Earth. This interdisciplinary book ....

Database Systems

A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management

Thomas Connolly and Carolyn Begg

This best-selling text introduces the theory behind databases in a concise yet comprehensive manner, providing database design methodology that can be used by both ....

Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics

Microstructures, Mechanics and Anistropy

DJ Prior, EH Rutter and DJ Tatham

This collection of papers presents recent advances in the study of deformation mechanisms and rheology and their applications to tectonics. Many of the contributions ....

The Earth: Its Birth and Growth

Minoru Ozima, Jun Korenaga and Qing-Zhu Yin

A clear understanding of the Earth's past evolution can provide the key to its possible future development. "The Earth: Its Birth and Growth" explores the evolution of the ....

Engineering

A Very Short Introduction

David Blockley

Engineering is part of almost everything we do - from the water we drink and the food we eat, to the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on. ....

Folds, Faults and Fossils - Exploring Geology in Pembrokeshire

John Downes

John Downes was for many years a tutor on geology courses for the Open University. This book demonstrates his extensive research, and his love of the Pembrokeshire landscape. ....

The Formation and Evolution of Africa

A Synopsis of 3.8 Ga of Earth History

Edited by DJJ van Hinsbergen, S J H Buiter, TH Torsvik, C Gaina and S Webb

The African continent preserves a long geological record that covers almost 75% of Earth's history. The Pan-African orogeny (c. 600-500 Ma) brought together old ....

Geology of the Earthquake Source

A Volume in Honour of Rick Sibson

Edited by A Fagereng, V Toy and JV Rowland

Professor Richard (Rick) Sibson revolutionized structural geology by illustrating that fault rocks contain an integrated record of earthquakes. Fault-rock textures develop in ....

God Created the Integers

The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History

Stephen Hawking

"God Created The Integers" is Stephen Hawking's personal choice of the greatest mathematical works in history. He allows the reader to peer into the mind of genius by ....

The Goldilocks Planet

The 4 Billion Year Story of Earth's Climate

Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams

Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as ....

Heliophysics: Evolving Solar Activity and the Climates of Space and Earth

Edited by Carolus J Schrijver and George L Siscoe

Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun's variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of ....

Heliophysics: Space Storms and Radiation

Causes and Effects

Edited by Carolus J Schrijver and George L Siscoe

Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun's variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of ....

In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman

Mathematics at the Limits of Computation

William J Cook

What is the shortest possible route for a travelling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet ....

A Life Scientist's Guide to Physical Chemistry

Marc R Roussel

Motivating students to engage with physical chemistry through biological examples, this textbook demonstrates how the tools of physical chemistry can be used to illuminate ....

A Mathematical Nature Walk

John A Adam

How heavy is that cloud? Why can you see farther in rain than in fog? Why are the droplets on that spider web spaced apart so evenly? If you have ever asked questions ....

Mountain Geomorphology

Lewis A Owen, David Nash and Craig Dietsch

Mountains have been a source of fascination, awe, and inspiration throughout history and as the human population continues to grow, mountains are becoming ....

Natural Hazards in the Asia-Pacific Region

Recent Advances and Emerging Concepts

Edited by JP Terry and J Goff

Even a cursory glance at any map of the Asia-Pacific region makes a striking impression: in addition to the large continental landmass the region encompasses a truly vast ....

Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future

The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

John MacCormick and Chris Bishop

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack: the billions of ....

The Optics of Life

A Biologist's Guide to Light in Nature

Sonke Johnsen

Optics--a field of physics focusing on the study of light--is also central to many areas of biology, including vision, ecology, botany, animal behavior, neurobiology, and ....

The Planet in a Pebble

A Journey into Earth's Deep History

Jan Zalasiewicz

This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal ....

Sand and Silicon

Science That Changed the World

Denis McWhan

This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century, science taught us how to take this most common material and create the products ....

A Student's Guide to Einstein's Major Papers

Robert E Kennedy

Our understanding of the physical universe underwent a revolution in the early twentieth century - evolving from the classical physics of Newton, Galileo, and Maxwell to the ....

Violent Earth

Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Mudslides, Tsunamis

Dorling Kindersley

This is an explosive guide to the dynamic forces that shape our planet. "Violent Earth" is a spectacular visual exploration of the some of the most awe-inspiring and dramatic ....

The Wonderful World of Relativity

A Precise Guide for the General Reader

Andrew Steane

This book provides a lively and visual introduction to Einstein's theory of relativity. It brings to life the excitement of this fascinating subject, for an audience including ....

150 Best Eco House Ideas

Ana Canizares

Featuring an extensive collection of full-color photographs, "150 Best Eco House Ideas" features eco-friendly house designs created by internationally renowned architects and ....

The ASHRAE Green Guide

The Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings

ASHRAE Press

With a focus on how to apply proven Green Building Technology to the design and energy use of a building, the "ASHRAE GreenGuide" provides mechanical engineers, architects, ....

Achieving Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay

An Evaluation of Program Strategies and Implementation

National Research Council

Chesapeake Bay is North America's largest and most biologically diverse estuary, as well as an important commercial and recreational resource. However, excessive amounts of ....

Agricultural Biotechnology

S Geetha, S Jebaraj and P Pandiyarajan

Biotechnology has gained more and more momentum in agriculture because of its application in the development of transgenic plants, production of valuable drugs and in ....

Aquaculture Biotechnology

Garth L Fletcher and Matthew Rise

This important new book looks at a broad spectrum of biotech research efforts and their applications to the aquaculture industry. "Aquaculture Biotechnology" provides key ....

Aquaculture Economics and Financing

Management and Analysis

Carole R Engle

This book provides a detailed and specific set of guidelines for using economic and financial analysis in aquaculture production. By discussing key issues such as how to ....

Aquaculture Science: International Edition

Rick Parker

This comprehensive text introduces students to the aquaculture industry. Every aspect of this growing field is covered, from history of aquaculture, descriptions of aquatic ....

Asbestos

Risks, Environment and Impact

Edited by Antonio Soto and Gael Salazar

Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. It is known as the miracle mineral because of its soft and pliant properties, as well as ....

The Barefoot Beekeeper

Low Cost, Low Impact, Natural Beekeeping for Everyone

PJ Chandler

A revolutionary book about sustainable, chemical-free, 'natural' beekeeping, with no heavy lifting. The author strips away all complications, showing how you can make ....

Bees in the City

The Urban Beekeepers' Handbook

Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum

Beekeeping - once seen as an old-fashioned country pursuit - is increasingly attracting young metropolitan professionals, and new hives are springing up all over our cities. ....

Best Practices for Environmental Project Teams

Stephen Massey

Government agencies tasked with managing environmental site cleanup strive to increase competition and decrease their environmental liabilities. Many utilize contracts that ....

Biofuels: Alternative Feedstocks and Conversion Processes

Edited by A Pandey, C Larroche, S C Ricke, C-G Dussap and E Gnansounou

Global concern for energy security and environmental protection has put great emphasis on the search for alternative energy sources, particularly for the transport sector. ....

The Case for a Carbon Tax

Getting Past Our Hang-ups to Effective Climate Policy

Shi-Ling Hsu

There's a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions--and we're rejecting it because of irrational political fears. That's the central argument of "The Case for a ....

Chain Reactions

How the Chemical Industry Can Shrink Our Carbon Footprint

David Merlin-Jones and Brendan Barber

The British chemicals sector is our largest exporting industry, contributing œ9bn in trade revenue and supporting 600,000 jobs. All this is now threatened due to the ....

Collins Gem Guide: Food for Free

Richard Mabey

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. ....

The Complete Book of Potatoes

What Every Grower and Gardener Needs to Know

Hielke De Jong, Joseph B Sieczka and Walter De Jong

The only comprehensive resource for home gardeners and commercial potato growers, "The Complete Book of Potatoes" has everything a gardener or commercial potato grower needs ....

Decreasing of Fuel Consumption and Emissions

Sensing, Control and Reduction of Emissions

Michael Palocz-Andresen

Within all areas of mobility solutions for economical and environmental friendly technology are under investigation. Fuel consumption, combustion, control and limitation ....

Desalination

Methods, Costs and Technology

Edited by Irena A Urboniene

Desalination refers to any of several processes that remove excess salt and other minerals from water. Water is desalinated in order to convert salt water to fresh water ....

Designing Zero Carbon Buildings Using Dynamic Simulation Methods

Ljubomir Jankovic

As we increasingly become aware of the causes and consequences of the climate change, there is a sense that we are dealing with an almost impossible problem to solve; that ....

Ecological Approaches to Health

Interactions Between Humans and Their Environment

Claire Dumont

This book discusses and analyses how ecological models and approaches could contribute to improve human health. Humanity is at a stage never reached before, notably because of ....

The Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

OECD Publishing

Climate change is becoming more evident and, as it increases, will alter the productivity of fisheries and the distribution of fish stocks. From an economic point of ....

Endangered Species Act

Law, Policy, and Perspectives

Edited by Donald C Baur and Wm Robert Irvin

This book provides a comprehensive approach to the complex problem of species extinction. This is an authoritative guide to the history of the ESA, its most critical ....

Environmental Compliance and Auditing

Evaluation of the Environmental Compliance of Medway Ports

Derick Logo

The River Medway on which the Medway Ports are built has been declared as a non-polluted river, but with port activities increasing on it there is an increasing risk of it ....

Environmental Health Risks

Lead Poisoning and Arsenic Exposure

Jack D Gosselin and Ike M Fancher

Lead poisoning and arsenic exposure have become serious health risks in the past few decades. Lead poisoning or plubism is a well-known toxicological condition, in which its ....

Environmental Law

Nancy K Kubasek and Gary S Silverman

"Environmental Law" is designed to introduce those without any legal or special scientific training to the system through which the nation attempts to preserve and ....

Environmental Law Practice

Problems and Exercises for Skills Development

Jerry L Anderson and Dennis D Hirsch

Adopted at dozens of law schools, this book is a valuable resource for imparting practical skills. Authors Anderson and Hirsch have drawn on their wide experience as ....

Environmental Law in China

Mitigating Risk and Ensuring Compliance

Charles R McElwee

In recent years, China's leaders have started to confront the environmental, economic, and social costs of unchecked development. China's increasing reliance on foreign oil ....

Environmental Law in a Nutshell

Daniel A Farber and Roger W Findley

Findley and Farber's "Environmental Law in a Nutshell" provides a foundation for understanding environmental law. Expert text includes coverage of various areas, from ....

Environmental Sustainability of Oil Palm Cultivation in Papua New Guinea

Paul N Nelson et al

The oil palm industry in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is small by international standards, but very important for the country, underpinning the economies of the provinces where it is ....

European Climate and Clean Energy Law and Policy

Leonardo Massai

The participation of the European Community and the Member States in international climate change policy is a complex issue. This book provides a clear guide to the ....

Global Issues: An Introduction

John L Seitz and A Hite Kristen

Extensively revised and updated, the new fourth edition of "Global Issues: An Introduction" offers a unique approach to the most important environmental, economic, ....

Green Construction Project Management and Cost Oversight

Sam Kubba

Green construction is a specialized and skilled profession, and the author has extensive experience in this field. With this in mind, the reference is designed to provide ....

Green Education

An A-to-Z Guide

Edited by Julie Newman and Paul Robbins

This seventh volume in the "SAGE Series on Green Society" explores the environmental movement's proliferation in the field of education, from elementary school classroom ....

The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture

Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne

"The Green House" vividly illustrates the emerging collaboration between stylish architecture, interior design, and environmental responsibility. This groundbreaking ....

Guide to Green Building Rating Systems

Understanding LEED, Green Globes, Energy Star, the National Green Building Standard, and More

Linda Reeder

Today, sustainability is a growing concern for the architects, designers, builders, and owners of commercial and residential buildings. Meeting the requirements of a rating ....

The Handbook of Environmental Voluntary Agreements

Design, Implementation and Evaluation Issues

Edited by Edoardo Croci

This is a practical reference which provides common methodologies, implementation rules and evalutation criteria for researchers, policy makers and business operators in the ....

How to Design and Build a Green Office Building

A Complete Guide to Making Your New or Existing Building Environmentally

Jackie Bondanza and Martha Maeda

As energy costs rise, more and more companies are looking to create green office buildings that use resources efficiently while simultaneously creating healthier working ....

Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Edited by Benjamin M Salas

Since 1985, scientists have been documenting a hypoxic zone, an area of low dissolved oxygen that cannot support marine life, in the Gulf of Mexico each year. Since marine ....

Introduction to Biotechnology (International Edition)

William Thieman and Michael A Palladino

Thoroughly updated with practical information on the latest developments in the biotechnology field, this popular text provides the tools, practice, and basic knowledge ....

LEED Materials

A Resource Guide to Green Building

Ari Meisel

Since its launch in 1993 by the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program has become the standard measure of ....

Living Architecture

Green Roofs and Walls

Graeme Hopkins and Christine Goodwin

Cities around the world are becoming denser, with greater built form resulting in more hard surfaces and less green space, leaving little room for vegetation or habitat. One ....

Making Your Home Sustainable

A Guide to Retrofitting

Derek F Wrigley

In 1991, architect and solar consultant Derek Wrigley moved into a townhouse in Canberra and faced a new design challenge how to retrofit an existing suburban house to use ....

Motivations for Environmental Commitment in the Airline Industry

A Case Study of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

Jennifer Lynes

The airline industry is increasingly in the spotlight with regards to its impact on the environment. Given the various internal, external and cultural pressures facing airlines ....

Motivations of Environmental Volunteers: A Cross Cultural Comparison

A Canadian perspective from Taiwan

Kelly Barbara Schnare

Working on-site with disaster relief, coastal cleanups on two oceans, interviews, in-person and online surveys from Taiwan and Canada were extensively done to fully ....

Natural Resources Conservation Law

Sairam Bhat

This book presents a critical analysis of India's environment pollution and protection scenario, following the 'State-Pressure-Response' framework to analyse the parameters of ....

Nature, Business, and Community in North Carolina's Green Swamp

Tycho De Boer

This environmental history underscores the uneasy balance between conservation and commerce. By using North Carolina's Green Swamp as a case study, Tycho de Boer ....

Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico

National Research Council

A large area of coastal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico experiences seasonal conditions of low levels of dissolved oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. Excess ....

Participatory Implementation of Endangered Species Policy

Matthew Bergles

This book examines implementation of the Colorado Species Conservation Partnership (CSCP), a voluntary, landowner-initiated state endangered species program. The purpose ....

Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture

Prospects for the 21st Century

Edited by Arie Altman and Paul Michael Hasegawa

As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure ....

Plusminus 20 /40 Degrees Latitude

Sustainable Building Design in Tropical and Subtropical Regions

Edited by Dirk U Hindrichs and Klaus Daniels

When looking for appropriate building solutions in tropical and subtropical regions, the chief aim is saving energy and reducing pollutant emissions as much as possible. Natural ....

The Politics of Actually Existing Unsustainability

Human Flourishing in a Climate-Changed, Carbon Constrained World

John Barry

Going against both the naive techno-optimism of 'greening business as usual' and a resurgent 'catastrophism' within green thinking and politics, "The Politics of ....

The Politics of Asbestos

Understandings of Risk, Disease and Protest

Linda Waldman

Around the world, asbestos-related diseases are on the increase. Meanwhile, in many newly-industrialising and developing countries, asbestos use continues unabated. This ....

Proceedings of the 24th Vertebrate Pest Conference

These are the proceedings of the 24th Vertebrate Pest Conference, which was held from February 22-25, 2010, at Sacramento, California, USA. ....

Processes of Life

Essays in the Philosophy of Biology

John Dupre

John Dupre explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society. Epigenetics and ....

RCRA Permitting Deskbook

Susan M McMichael

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was enacted as an amendment to the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, and is a combination of the first solid waste statutes ....

The Regulation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes

Cases and Materials

John S Applegate, Jan G Laitos, Jeffrey, M Gaba and Noah M Sachs

This casebook provides a political, economic, and scientific context for toxic substance and hazardous waste law, along with key toxics statutes. Detailed consideration of the ....

Screwing Mother Nature for Profit

How Corporations Betray Our Trust and Why New Biology Offers an Ethical and Sustainable Future

Elaine Smitha

"Screwing Mother Nature for Profit" is a wake-up call to acknowledge, and heal, the harm that corporate greed is wreaking on our planet. Overpopulation, hunger, pollution, ....

Small Eco Houses

Living Green in Style

Francesc Zamora Mola, Cristina Paredes Benitez and Alex Sanchez Vidiella

This book gives a fresh perspectives on how good design can create stylish yet ecologically sound living spaces in small-scale homes. Anyone who has faced the ....

Sustainable Development Incentives

Green Incentives, Social Motivation, Strategic Environmental Assessment And Corporate Management

Ricardo Braun

The implementation of sustainable development may seem a simple concept when written on paper. However local sustainability requires long-term investments, a solid ....

Sustainable Waste Trade Under WTO Law

Chances and Risks of the Legal Frameworks' Regulation of Transboundary Movements of Wastes

Mirina Grosz

Waste tends to be understood as the potentially polluting and unsolicited by-product of our daily lives, a source of risk for the environment and human health. Nonetheless, a ....

Synthesis of Mediterranean Marine Finfish Aquaculture

A Marketing and Promotion Strategy

FAO

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the marine aquaculture industry in the Mediterranean and its markets based on national country reports submitted by ....

Tomatoland

How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

Barry Estabrook

Supermarket produce sections bulging with a year-round supply of perfectly round, bright red-orange tomatoes have become all but a national birthright. But in "Tomatoland", ....

World Resources 2008

Roots of Resilience - Growing the Wealth of the Poor

UNDP, UNEP, World Bank and WRI

This "sequel" to "World Resources 2005: The Wealth of the Poor" seeks to expand our understanding of the ....

Basic Laboratory Calculations for Biotechnology

Lisa A Seidman

This book provides students with an accessible introduction to common laboratory calculations. The book focuses on the basics, helping even students with good math ....

Computation and its Limits

Paul Cockshott, Lewis M Mackenzie and Gregory Michaelson

"Computation and its Limits" is an innovative cross-disciplinary investigation of the relationship between computing and physical reality. It begins by exploring the mystery ....

A Course in Mathematical and Statistical Ecology

Anil Gore and Sharayu Paranjpe

This book touches upon all major areas in the field of ecology and covers a wide range of topics. Beginning with classical mathematical models for population dynamics and ....

Genomics and Bioinformatics

An Introduction to Programming Tools

Tore Samuelsson

With the arrival of genomics and genome sequencing projects, biology has been transformed into an incredibly data-rich science. The vast amount of information ....

Information Technologies for Remote Monitoring of the Environment

Vladimir F Krapivin and Vladimir M Shutko

The key novelty of this book is first of all in the successful attempt to conduct jointly modeling of environment in terms of physical environment related parameters and ....

Introduction to Data Mining for the Life Sciences

Rob Sullivan

Data mining provides a set of new techniques to integrate, synthesize, and analyze data, uncovering the hidden patterns that exist within. Traditionally, techniques such as ....

Mathematical Statistics with Resampling and R

Laura M Chihara and Tim C Hesterberg

This book bridges the latest software applications with the benefits of modern resampling techniques Resampling helps students understand the meaning of sampling ....

Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics

Michael Heads

Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading ....

Picturing the Uncertain World

How to Understand, Communicate, and Control Uncertainty Through Graphical Display

Howard Wainer

In his entertaining and informative book "Graphic Discovery", Howard ....

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches

John W Creswell

The Third Edition of the bestselling text "Research Design" enables readers to compare three approaches to research--qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods--in a single ....

Spatial Data Analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Using R

Richard E Plant

This book provides practical instruction on the use of the R programming language to analyze spatial data arising from research in ecology and agriculture. The book is ....

Spatiotemporal Data Analysis

Gidon Eshel

A severe thunderstorm morphs into a tornado that cuts a swath of destruction through Oklahoma. How do we study the storm's mutation into a deadly twister? Avian flu cases ....

Terms Used in Bionomenclature

The Naming of Organisms (and Plant Communities)

David L Hawksworth

This is a glossary of over 2,100 terms used in biological nomenclature - the naming of whole organisms of all kinds. It covers terms in use in the current editions of the ....

Understanding Biostatistics

Anders Kallen

This book looks at the fundamentals of biostatistics, using elementary statistics and explores the nature of statistical tests, the tests that produces the p-values and basic ....

Visualizing the Invisible

Imaging Techniques for the Structural Biologist

Peter Moore

Knowledge of the microscopic structure of biological systems is the key to understanding their physiological properties. Most of what we now know about this subject has been ....

The Challenges of Scientific and Environmental Journalism

The second-generation biofuels (articles)

Juliana Holanda

In today's world, the development of alternative sources of energy is becoming more necessary in order to solve the global problems of energy supply, climate change and ....

Getting Published in the Life Sciences

Richard J Gladon, William R Graves and J Michael Kelly

The goal of this book is to make it easier for scientists, especially those new to scientific writing, to write about their results and to get their manuscripts accepted ....