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Welcome to the September 2015 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue. This monthly update contains all of the wildlife, science and environment titles added to nhbs.com in the last month. Editor's Picks - New in Stock this Month

● Bats and Viruses: A New Frontier of Emerging Infectious Diseases● Bayesian Models: A Statistical Primer for Ecologists● Birding Frontiers Challenge Series: Winter● Collecting the New Naturalists● Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the Surrounding Savanna● Great Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution● A Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of South Africa● Human-Wildlife Conflict: Complexity in the Marine Environment● Metamorphosis: Astonishing Insect Transformations● Nests, Eggs, & Incubation: New Ideas about Avian Reproduction● An Oological Record of British Raptors● Steppes: The Plants and Ecology of the World's Semi-arid Regions● Underwater Guide to Seychelles● Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins● Wildlife Conservation on Farmland (2-Volume Set)

Stock titles

● Guide to the Birds of Honduras● Field Guide to the Mammals of the Middle East [English / Arabic]● Amphibian Survey and Monitoring Handbook● The Clothed Ape: Human Evolution Laid Bare● The Geometrid Moths of Europe, Volume 5: Ennominae I● Walking With Birds

New editions

● Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia (2nd edition)● Insect Physiology and Biochemistry (3rd edition)● The Lanner Falcon (2nd edition)● The Wild Mammals of Japan (2nd edition)

New in paperback

● Abominable Science: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and other Famous Cryptids● Badger Behaviour, Conservation & Rehabilitation: 70 Years of Getting to Know

Badgers● The Magic & Mystery of Birds: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They

Reveal About Being Human● Sex on Earth: A Journey Through Nature's Most Intimate Moments

Reissues

● Birds of South-East Asia: Concise Edition● A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia● Top 100 Birding Sites of the World● Understanding Bird Behaviour

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Mammals

Bats of Trinidad and TobagoA Field Guide and Natural HistoryGeoffrey A Gomes, Fiona A Reid and Merlin D TuttleBats of Trinidad and Tobago by Geoffrey A Gomes and Fiona A Reid, serves as a comprehensive natural history and field guide to all bat species recorded in Trinidad and Tobago. It includes an introduction to bat biology ...

286 pages | colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations | Paperback | 01/2015 | 9780692444085 | #225013A | £24.99 Add to basket

Fledermause: Beobachten, Erkennen Und Schutzen [Observing, Identifying and Protecting Bats]Klaus RicharzThey belong to summer nights: bats, the mysterious hunters with their unique ability to orientate, their artful flight and their technical skill at catching prey. Since we can decipher many of their secrets with high-speed cameras and ...

144 pages | 154 colour photos, 23 colour & 21 b/w illustrations, 23 colour tables | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9783440149096 | #225251A | £14.99 Add to basket

Marine Mammals of the WorldA Comprehensive Guide to Their IdentificationThomas A Jefferson, Robert L Pitman, Marc A Webber and Uko GorterThis new edition of Marine Mammals of the World describes and illustrates newly discovered and rarely photographed species, making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date identification guide available. This edition continues ...

616 pages | colour photos, 750+ colour illustrations, colour distribution maps | Paperback | NYP 08/2015 | 9780124095427 | #225535A | £54.99 Add to basket

Of Wilderness and WolvesPaul L Errington and Matthew Wynn Sivils"I was a predator, myself, and lived close to the land." With these words, Paul L. Errington begins this lost classic. Now in print for the first time, Of Wilderness and Wolves celebrates a key predator: the wolf.

244 pages | 1 b/w photo, 7 b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781609383657 | #225305A | £25.95 Add to basket

Primate Behavior and Human OriginsGlenn E KingPrimate Behavior and Human Origins provides a comprehensive overview of primate behavior. As well as covering common features and diversity, it demonstrates the theoretical perspectives and concepts that are applied to primate ...

400 pages | 60 b/w photos, 5 tables | Hardback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781138853164 | #225668A | £84.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781138853171 | #225669A | £27.99 Add to basket

Sariska: The Tiger Reserve Roars AgainSunayan SharmaSariska, in Rajasthan, has been one of the most famous national parks in India, especially for its tigers. However, it had lost every single one of its tiger population to poachers a decade ago. The revelation was devastating.

224 pages | colour photos | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9789383098712 | #225489A | £14.99 Add to basket

The Majestic Lions of GirAn Untold StorySandeep Kumar and Moin PathanThe Majestic Lions of Gir is an insiders' story by authors who have witnessed cubs turning into furious Asiatic Lions. This book portrays family life of the lion. A life that resembles the social life of humans. In this book ...

368 pages | b/w illustrations | Paperback | 05/2015 | 9789351223429 | #225665A | £25.99 Add to basket

The Mammal Guide of Southern Africa (Book + Callfinder)Burger CillieThe new edition of this popular field guide has been fully updated and revised, making it one of the most comprehensive guides to the mammals of the southern African sub-region. It can be bought as a ...

240 pages | 200+ colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations, colour distribution maps | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781920217464 | #225239A | £89.99 Add to basket

The Mammal Guide of Southern Africa (Book Only)Burger CillieThe new edition of this popular field guide has been fully updated and revised, making it one of the most comprehensive guides to the mammals of the southern African sub-region. It can be bought as a book only, or a ...

240 pages | 200+ colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations, colour distribution maps | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781920217464 | #225226A | £18.95 Add to basket

Wahb: The Biography of a GrizzlyErmest Thompson Seton, Jeremy M Johnston and Charles R PrestonFirst published more than a century ago, The Biography of a Grizzly recounts the life of a fictitious bear named Wahb who lived and died in the Greater Yellowstone region. This new edition combines Ernest Thompson Seton ...

240 pages | illustrations | Paperback | NYP 08/2015 | 9780806150826 | #225358A | £19.99 Add to basket

Birds

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A Guide to Macaws as Pet and Aviary BirdsRick Jordan and Mark MooreThis 214-page title has been eagerly awaited by macaw breeders and pet bird owners since the first edition went out of print five years ago. The revision is written by the original author, Rick Jordan, together with Mark Moore ...

214 pages | illustrations | Paperback | 06/2015 | 9780958710206 | #225512A | £48.50 Add to basket

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of China [Chinese]Qu LimingThis is a portable version of the massive three-volume Field Guide to the Birds of China, and is intended for field use. It features the birds one is most likely to encounter in China.

544 pages | colour photos | Paperback | 07/2014 | 9787806919408 | #225392A | £77.50 Add to basket

Atlas of Birds in Dongzhaigang, Hainan [Chinese]Liang BinAtlas of Birds in Dongzhaigang, Hainan sums up the history of bird surveys in the past, and presents the results of research carried out in recent years by experts and scholars in the protected areas of Dongzhaigang National ...

184 pages | colour illustrations | Paperback | 01/2015 | 9787516905258 | #225326A | £24.99 Add to basket

Bird LoveLeila JeffreysFine art photographer Leila Jeffreys captures the beauty and diversity of some of our most colourful and elegant feathered friends. From the birds of her native Australia to North America, Jeffreys seems to see into the very souls of the ...

204 pages | colour photos | Hardback | NYP 10/2015 | 9781419718458 | #225498A | £24.99 Add to basket

Challenge Series: WinterMartin Garner and Ray ScallyThis is the second in the series, focusing on the season of winter. Most birders go out into the field knowing roughly what might be encountered in a given season and not needing all the information on all species pertaining to the whole ...

132 pages | colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations, colour distribution maps | Paperback | 08/2015 | 9780992975715 | #224991A | £24.99 Add to basket

Die Sinne der Voegel oder Wie es ist, ein Vogel zu sein [Bird Sense: What it's Like to be a Bird]Tim R Birkhead, Katrina van Grouw and Monika NiehausWhat is it like to be a swift, flying at over one hundred kilometres an hour? Or a kiwi, plodding flightlessly among the humid undergrowth in the pitch dark of a New Zealand night? And what is going on inside the head of a nightingale ...

210 pages | b/w illustrations | Hardback | 04/2015 | 9783662451175 | #225652A | £19.99 Add to basket

Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle EastDick ForsmanRaptors are notoriously hard to identify, even if seen well. Contrary to expectation, it is actually easier to identify raptors in flight, rather than perched, and it is fortunate that most raptors are usually seen in flight! This is the ...

640 pages | 1200 colour photos | Hardback | NYP 02/2016 | 9781472913616 | #220482A | £44.99 Add to basket

Gartenvoegel Lebensgross [Garden Birds Lifesize]Daniela StraussBeginners take note! Determination, identification, and recognizing of different species of garden birds will be even easier. This new field guide shows Germany's garden birds life-size for the first time. Confusion becomes nearly ...

112 pages | 228 colour photos | Paperback | 02/2015 | 9783440145357 | #225323A | £14.99 Add to basket

Hampshire Bird Atlas 2007-2012John EyreFive winters and summers of intensive fieldwork across the county by 1,200 volunteers, resulted in 800,000 bird records. These have all been brought together in one place in readable and highly colourful accounts of all 285 bird species ...

448 pages | 400+ colour photos, colour illustrations, 427 colour distribution maps | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | #225325A | £34.99 Add to basket

Lebensraum Federkleid: Federn und Federbewohner Heimischer Voegel [Plumage as Habitat: Feathers of Domestic BirdsRichard Schoene, Ronald Schmaeschke and Klaus EulenbergerThe current ornithological knowledge of the residents living on our native birds. Birds offer a habitat to other, smaller creatures. Since the roommates of birds always live secretly and are usually very small, and therefore ...

193 pages | 230 colour photos, 4 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 09/2015 | 9783258079066 | #225536A | £37.99 Add to basket

North American HummingbirdsAn Identification GuideGeorge C WestDesigned to help birders and banders identify, age, and sex all seventeen species of hummingbirds found in North America, this is the only identification guide devoted entirely to hummingbirds that includes up-close, easy-to-use illustrations ...

256 pages | colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9780826337672 | #225222A | £21.95 Add to basket

Northern Goshawk, the Gray GhostHabits, Habitat, and RehabilitationScott RashidLearn about the habits and habitat of the Northern Goshawk, a fierce bird of prey that nests in the boreal forests far from human habitation. This hawk, about the size of a Common Raven, is capable of catching and killing large birds ...





























Rovfugle i Felten [Birds of Prey in the Field]Klaus Malling Olsen and Carl Christian TofteRovfugle i Felten is the ultimate book for the identification of birds of prey in the wild. It is richly illustrated and pedagogically structured so it can be used both by beginners and experts. - The book covers the 39 species ...

185 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Paperback | 06/2015 | 9788740023435 | #225264A | £49.99 Add to basket

The Birds of Jigongshan [Chinese]Zhou KeqinThe Birds of Jigongshan summarizes the results of a survey of the history, natural geography, flora and bird resources of Jigongshan, a mountain resort in Xinyang City, Henan, a south-eastern province in China. Information ...

240 pages | 200+ colour photos | Hardback | 11/2013 | 9787503872570 | #225256A | £75.99 Add to basket

The Birds of ShropshireA County AvifaunaLeo Smith, Amanda Craig and Dawn BalmerThe Birds of Shropshire provides the most comprehensive record of the County's avifauna ever published. Produced by Shropshire Ornithological Society, The Birds of Shropshire is based on the results of six years field ...

388 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps | Hardback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781781382592 | #225501A | £44.99 Add to basket

The New Birds of KazakhstanArend WassinkThis full colour book contains a wealth of new and up-to-date information on status, habitat, distribution and migration of all species recorded in Kazakhstan up to late 2015. The full colour maps give their breeding and temporal distribution ...

colour photos, illustrations, distribution maps | Hardback | NYP 11/2015 | 9789081146203 | #225381A | £39.99 Add to basket

Unsere Gartenvoegel Ganz Nah [Our Garden Birds Up Close] (Region 2)Hans-Heiner Bergmann and Wiltraud EnglaenderWhether you are interested in nature or passionate about birdwatching: all birders will benefit from this package. Here you can watch the birds singing or calling from up close, so the voices are a better audible. From blackbird to common ...

DVD | 01/2015 | 9783440144077 | #225322A | £19.99 Add to basket

Unsere Vogelwelt: Magische Momentaufnahmen [Our Avifauna: Magical Shots]Hans-Wolfgang Helb and Rosl RoessnerThe inspiring images of Rosl Rößner show our avifauna from very special vantage points: snapshots, behavior caught in the act, and moments from the exciting life of birds. They speak to the mind, the heart, and the interest in ...


Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata Blyth, 1847) in Southern Kazakhstan (Biology, Ecology, Behaviour, Parasites, EpidemioAlexander V MatyukhinFor their study of a marked population of Variable Wheatears Oenanthe picata (130-150 pairs, colour morphs capistrata, opistholeuca and, rather scarce, evreinowi), Alexander Matyukhin and colleagues ...

80 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations, tables | Paperback | 01/2014 | 9785849302935 | #225380A | £59.99 Add to basket

Voegel Beobachten in Norddeutschland [Watching Birds in Northern Germany]Zwischen Sylt und Niederrhein, mit GPS-KoordinatenChristoph Moning and Felix WeissNorthern Germany is home to some wonderful birding areas: from the North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein and the Lüneburg Heath to Möhnesee in Sauerland. This guide gives exact guidance for more than 270 bird species ...

384 pages | 156 colour photos, 182 colour maps | Paperback | 04/2015 | 9783440146743 | #225385A | £28.50 Add to basket

Reptiles & Amphibians

Amphibians of OhioRalph A Pfingsten, Jeffrey G Davis, Timothy O Matson, Jr.,Greg Lipps, Doug Wynn and Bria ArmitageExquisite photographs and original artwork, as well as comprehensive accounts of all of the frogs, toads, and salamanders of Ohio are contained in the groundbreaking new book Amphibians of Ohio.

905 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour & b/w illustrations, colour distribution maps, 4 colour maps, | Hardback | 01/2013 | 9780867271645 | #225316A | £125.00 Add to basket

Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela: Una Vision Actual de su Diversidad [Atlas of Snakes of Venezuela: A Current View of theirMarco Natera Mumaw, Luis Felipe Esqueda Gonzalez, Manuel Castelaín Fernandez and Enr La MarcaAlthough Venezuela is a country with a relatively discrete continental area, at the moment it is among the ten countries with the highest biodiversity on the planet. As such, reptiles are an important group to study due to their extraordinary ...

456 pages | 400+ colour photos, 60+ colour distribution maps | Hardback | 08/2015 | 9789563587623 | #225567A | £130.00 Add to basket

Even More Than Snake HuntingCraig TrumbowerThe new book is a continuum of snake hunting stories with 150 pictures from some of the most noted herpetological photographers in the world. Even More Than Snake Hunting takes the reader through the process of setting up a snake ...

243 pages | 150 illustrations | Paperback | 01/2015 | 9781938850219 | #225396A | £47.99 Add to basketHardback | 01/2015 | #225397A | £85.99 Add to basket




























Field Guide to Australian Reptiles (2014 Revised Edition)Stephen SwansonCovers more than 400 reptile species commonly found in Australia. Each entry includes colour photographs and information on diet, habitat and reproduction.

336 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps | Paperback | 01/2014 | 9781740217446 | #225684A | £50.99 Add to basket

Marsupial FrogsGastrotheca and Allied GeneraWilliam E DuellmanThis scientific masterpiece reveals many aspects of the lives of marsupial frogs and closely allied genera. Native to Central and South America, these amphibians differ from other frogs in that they protect their eggs after oviposition ...

432 pages | 103 colour photos, 80 b/w illustrations, 57 colour distribution maps | Hardback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781421416755 | #225220A | £77.50 Add to basket

The Leatherback TurtleBiology and ConservationJames R Spotila and Pilar Santidrian TomilloWeighing as much as 2,000 pounds and reaching lengths of over seven feet, leatherback turtles are the world's largest reptile. These unusual sea turtles have a thick, pliable shell that helps them to withstand great depths ...

240 pages | 16 plates with colour photos; 9 b/w photos, 79 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781421417080 | #225221A | £44.99 Add to basket

Fishes

An Introduction to Fish MigrationPedro Morais and Francoise DaveratSince the publication of The Migrations of Fish by Prof. Alexander Meek in 1916, a number of books have been published on this subject. However, most of these books only cover one type of migratory mechanisms.

300 pages | 13 colour & 23 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 12/2015 | 9781498718738 | #225670A | £81.99 Add to basket

Comparative Evaluations of Innovative Fisheries ManagementGlobal Experiences and European ProspectsKjellrun Hiis Hauge and Douglas Clyde WilsonComparative Evaluations of Innovative Fisheries Management starts with a look at four places outside the European Union known for innovative management: New Zealand, Nova Scotia, Alaska and Iceland. The focus then shifts to the ...

272 pages | illustrations, tables | Hardback | 10/2009 | 9789048126620 | #182582A | £117.00 Add to basketPaperback | 09/2014 | 9789400791466 | #225281A | £117.00 Add to basket

Fish Hearing and BioacousticsAn Anthology in Honor of Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. FayJoseph A SisnerosFish Hearing and Bioacoustics is an anthology of review papers that were presented at a special symposium to honor Arthur Popper and Richard Fay on May 25th 2013 at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, FL.


Hakes: Biology and ExploitationHugo ArancibiaThe species of hake, making up the genus Merluccius, are commercially important and currently largely over exploited, with many stocks badly depleted and showing only limited signs of recovery. From the end of the ...

376 pages | b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781118568415 | #225636A | £130.00 Add to basket

Ictiofauna Marina: Manual de Identificacion de los Peces Marinos de la Península Iberica y Baleares [Marine IchthyofaDomingo LlorisThis guide contains rigorous scientific information of interest to biologists, commercial and recreational fishernen, and fisheries and veterinary inspectors working in the sports or culinary sector, or just for those who practice diving ...

674 pages | 2200 colour photos and illustrations | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9788428215954 | #225496A | £79.99 Add to basket

Peixes Fluviais do Brasil [River Fish in Brazil]Especies EsportivasAlec Kruse Zeinad, Rubinho de Almeida Prado, Mauro Cornacchioni Lopes and Gust Menegaz MonteiroAlec K. Zenaid, biologist and teacher in zoology from USP and Rubinho de Almeida Prado, icon of Brazilian sport fishing, have united in producing this book. Peixes Fluviais do Brasil addresses both the biology and the fishing of ...

360 pages | 600+ colour photos and colour & b/w illustrations, maps | Hardback | 01/2012 | 9788566363005 | #225382A | £132.00 Add to basket

Shark BytesTales of Diving with the Bizarre and the BeautifulJohn BantinThere are few underwater experiences more exciting than diving with sharks, and in his new book, Shark Bytes: Tales of Diving with the Bizarre and the Beautiful, diving veteran and best selling author, John Bantin, has animated ...

224 pages | 80+ colour photos | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781909911451 | #225609A | £17.99 Add to basket

Stingrays of the WorldRamasamy SanthanamAlthough several books on hazardous marine animals are available, a comprehensive book on the stingrays of the world is still wanting. Stingrays of the World provides details on different stingray families, namely Potamotrygonid ...

288 pages | illustrations | Hardback | NYP 12/2015 | 9781498746601 | #225672A | £76.99 Add to basket

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A Study of Diversity of Collembola (Insecta) Fauna of Darjeeling Himalayas, West Bengal, IndiaDhrubajyoti Pahari, Gurupada Mandal and Ashis Kumar HazraThe present study has been designed to investigate the diversity, species composition, density, distribution and seasonal population structure of collembolan communities inhabiting different altitudes of the Darjeeling Himalayas.

144 pages | colour & b/w illustrations, colour maps | Paperback | 08/2014 | 9788181713889 | #225426A | £34.99 Add to basket

Advances in Hymenoptera Research in China (Braconidae)China Scientific Book Services (CSBS)This is a collection of reasrch papers on Braconidae published in recent years from 2000 to 2012. It contains thirty papers in English, see table of contents for details and summaries.

illustrations | Hardback | 01/2012 | #225193A | £65.99 Add to basket

Advances in Hymenoptera Research in China (Formicidae)China Scientific Book Services (CSBS)This collected works contains 40 English papers on ants in China. See table of contents for details and summaries.

illustrations | Paperback | 01/2012 | #225232A | £75.99 Add to basket

Advances in Hymenoptera Research in China (Tenthredinidae)China Scientific Book Services (CSBS)This is a collection of research papers on Tenthredinidae published in recent years. It contains twenty four papers in English, see table of contents for details and summaries.

illustrations | Hardback | 01/2012 | #225169A | £67.99 Add to basket

Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the WorldSam Droege and Laurence PackerGet the buzz on bees with up-close and personal, stunning photographs of more than a hundred species. If a bee flies near you or if it lands on your arm, you might want to run away as fast as you can. Or maybe you freeze and hope the bee ...

160 pages | colour photos | Hardback | 07/2015 | 9780760347386 | #225413A | £15.99 Add to basket

Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea (2-Volume Set)Ivan Loebl and Daniel LoeblTaxonomy provides the basic building blocks of our understanding of the diversity of life on this planet. It stems from innate human curiosity; confronted with an unknown species or object we ask "what is it?" Taxonomists recognise ...

1702 pages | 1 b/w illustration, 3 b/w maps | Hardback | 08/2015 | 9789004289925 | #225654A | £162.00 Add to basket

De Nederlandse Sprinkhanen en Krekels (Orthoptera)Wim Bakker, Jaap Bouwman, Floris Brekelmans, Ed Colijn, Rob Felix, Mark Grutters and Wilber KerkhofIn this publication a new key to the Dutch Orthoptera is presented. Furthermore the results of the most recent atlas project (2006-2014) are compared to the first project (1990-1995). The fauna has changed considerably. A few species ...

248 pages | 628 colour photos, b/w illustrations and colour distribution maps | Paperback | 07/2015 | #225585A | £15.99 Add to basket

Flies, Phylogeny and IslandsEvolution and Diversity of Hawaiian DrosophiliaPatrick Michael O'GradyHawaiian Drosophila has become a well-known model system in modern biology. Flies, Phylogeny and Islands brings together all the historical information on Hawaiian Drosophilidae in a single reference with a useful summary ...

300 pages | 60 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 02/2016 | 9781482232721 | #225641A | £63.99 Add to basket

Illustrated Handbook of Terrestrial Mollusks in China [Chinese]Qian Zhouxing and Zhou WechuanIllustrated Handbook of Terrestrial Mollusks in China describes 326 species of terrestrial mollusks in China with colour photos for each species. They belong to 82 genera, 22 families, and four orders. Their morphological character ...


Insektenhotels: Einfach Selbst Gemacht [Insect Hotels: Easily Made Yourself]Gregor FallerPractical nature conservation – in a compact and easy to understand form. This book shows you how to build a nesting box for insects by yourself. Species portraits assist in determining the "hotel" residents and ...


Les Nouveaux Cahiers Magellanes, No. 18Volume 18 contains nine contributions on longicorn beetles from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

118 pages | 29 plates with colour photos | Paperback | 08/2015 | 9782353871162 | #225663A | £42.99 Add to basket

Schmetterlinge: Entdecken und Verstehen [Discovering and Understanding Butterflies]Rainer UlrichTo observe butterflies in the wild, is one of the most beautiful nature experiences. Embedded in beautiful images this book presents the butterflies families that one can observe in Western Europe. Not only ecology and behavior of butterflies ...





























The Dragonflies of Lancashire and North MerseysideSteve White and Philip H SmithThe Dragonflies of Lancashire and North Merseyside provides a comprehensive of all 24 species seen there. The distribution and breeding status of each species are mapped and details of flight periods illustrated, with particular ...

104 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | Paperback | 01/2015 | #225402A | £12.50 Add to basket

Palaeontology

A Late Cretaceous Dinosaur and Reptile Assemblage from South Carolina, USADavid R Schwimmer, Albert E Sanders, Bruce R Erickson and Robert E WeemsThe authors describe a new assemblage of Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile remains from Campanian and Maastrichtian deposits of eastern South Carolina. Six of the fourteen localities include new occurrences of theropod and hadrosaur ...

170 pages | Hardback | 06/2015 | 9781606180525 | #225650A | £49.99 Add to basket

Ancestors from Cambrian ExplosionDegan ShuThis work gives an overview of palaeontological findings from China dating back to the Cambrian explosion.


Archaeozoology of the Near East, Volume 9Marjan Mashkour and Mark BeechThis two-part volume Archaeozoology of the Near East brings together over 60 specialists to present 31 papers on the latest research into archaeozoology of the Near East. Archaeozoology of the Near Easts are wide-ranging ...

464 pages | colour & b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 08/2015 | 9781782978442 | #225484A | £69.99 Add to basket

Atlas of Foraminifera of the Carboniferous and Permian (Cisuralian) of Uzbekistan and Adjacent Regions, Tien ShanOlga Orlov-Labkovsky and Faina R BenshThe Atlas summarizes known and new data of the Carboniferous and Lower Permian Foraminifera of Uzbekistan and adjacent regions. The Atlas supplemented and corrected of the assemblages of 27 Foraminiferal Zones and regional substages of ...

302 pages | 89 plates with photos; illustrations | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9789546427823 | #225188A | £58.99 Add to basket

Dark Matter and the DinosaursLisa RandallSixty-six million years ago, an object the size of a city crashed into Earth, killing off the dinosaurs and three-quarters of other species on the planet. Lisa Randall proposes it was a comet dislodged from its orbit as the solar system ...

240 pages | Hardback | NYP 01/2016 | 9781847923066 | #223311A | £24.99 Add to basket

Prehistoric Marine Life in Australia's Inland SeaDanielle ClodeStep back to a time when Australia's red centre was flooded by a vast shallow ocean, the Eromanga Sea. While dinosaurs stalked the scattered islands that made up the Australian continent, giant marine reptiles ruled the waves.


The Ice AgeJuergen Ehlers, Philip Hughes and Philip L GibbardThe Ice Age provides a new look at the climatic history of the last 2.6 million years during the ice age, a time of extreme climatic fluctuations that have not yet ended. This period also coincides with important phases of human ...

432 pages | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781118507803 | #225404A | £42.50 Add to basketHardback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781118507810 | #225405A | £110.00 Add to basket

The Stramberk-Type Limestones from PolandMariusz A Salamon and Dawid TrzesiokHighly fossiliferous, the so-called Štramberk-type limestones, commonly occurring in the Outer Carpathians (southern Poland), have become the subject of many sedimentological and palaeontological studies. However, there is still ...

80 pages | Paperback | 05/2015 | #225235A | £165.00 Add to basket

Tracks in Deep TimeThe St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson FarmJerald D Harris and Andrew RC MilnerIn February 2000, while excavating his property in St. George, Utah, Sheldon Johnson turned over a piece of ground and discovered a fully preserved dinosaur footprint. That track was the first of many fossils to be uncovered. Five years ...

96 pages | 33 colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781607814375 | #225529A | £9.50 Add to basket

Marine & Freshwater Biology

Freshwater LifeMacro Photography of Aquatic Insects and other Freshwater InvertebratesJan HamrskyThe purpose of Freshwater Life is to allow the general public to peer into freshwater ecosystems, which are usually well hidden to our eyesight. Anyone, who is interested in nature, will be amazed by this incredibly varied and ...

186 pages | 230+ colour photos | Paperback | 01/2015 | #225658A | £100.00 Add to basketHardback | 01/2015 | #225659A | £125.00 Add to basket



























Handbook of Marine MicroalgaeBiotechnology AdvancesSe-Kwon KimHandbook of Microalgae: Biotechnology Advances offers complete coverage of marine microalgae, including biology, production techniques, biotechnological applications, economic perspectives of applications, and environmental effects ...


The Seashore Life of JerseySociete JersiaiseJersey's seas contain a mixture of warmer southern European species and colder subarctic ones giving it a marine life which is subtly different to that of mainland Britain. The Seashore Life of Jersey will help you to identify ...

84 pages | 550+ colour photos | Paperback | 10/2014 | 9780901897541 | #225384A | £15.99 Add to basket

General Natural History

A Book of Simple GardeningEspecially Adapted for SchoolsDorothy LoweOriginally published in 1914, A Book of Simple Gardening was intended for school teachers to use as a reference guide in teaching their classes how to build and maintain a school garden. A Book of Simple Gardening details ...

108 pages | b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 10/2015 | 9781107544536 | #225258A | £14.99 Add to basket

A Butterfly JourneyMaria Sibylla Merian. Artist and ScientistBoris Friedewald and Maria Sybilla MerianA woman ahead of her time, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was an intrepid explorer, naturalist and scholar, as well as a magnificent artist. This lovely, impeccably designed book tells Merian's incredible life story alongside coloured ...

144 pages | 70 colour illustrations | Hardback | 06/2015 | 9783791381497 | #225345A | £14.99 Add to basket

An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future Improvement of SocietyWith Remarks on the Speculations of Mr Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other WritersThomas Robert MalthusA reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Resulting from discussions with his father on the works of Condorcet and William Godwin, Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) published anonymously in 1798 his ...

420 pages | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781108079143 | #225259A | £25.99 Add to basket

An Oakwoods AlmanacGerry Loose and Morven GregorDeliberately and quietly, Gerry Loose has spent years walking the woodlands to observe the poetry of clouds and winds; to cheer the dance of gnats and moths, to listen intently to the musical compositions of wrens and ravens.

150 pages | 16 photos | Paperback | 06/2015 | 9781848614352 | #225638A | £9.95 Add to basket

Ancient Earth Journal: The Early CretaceousNotes, Drawings, and Observations from PrehistoryJuan Carlos Alonso and Gregory S PaulAncient Earth Journal: The Early Cretaceous brings readers closer to prehistoric life than ever before.What it would be like to see a living, breathing dinosaur? By combining the latest paleontological findings with highly detailed ...

112 pages | colour illustrations | Hardback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781633220331 | #225412A | £12.99 Add to basket

Animal CamouflageSearch and FindSam Hutchinson and Sarah DennisIn a world where majestic creatures soar, scutter, prance and pounce through their beautiful natural habitats, astounding discoveries and fascinating facts are just around the corner. Or in the case of this stunningly designed book, just ...


Animal ElectricityHow We Learned That the Body and Brain are Electric MachinesRobert B CampenotLike all cellular organisms, humans run on electricity. Slight imbalances of electric charge across cell membranes result in sensation, movement, awareness, and thinking – nearly everything we associate with being alive.

348 pages | 28 b/w photos, 31 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 02/2016 | 9780674736818 | #225551A | £29.95 Add to basket

Animal Print Origami Paper PackIncludes More Than 400 Sheets of Origami Paper Plus Basic Fold InstructionsSterling Publishing CompanyThis handy origami practice pad includes basic origami folding techniques and instructions to make a paper crane, as well as 400 sheets of beautiful origami paper in 32 lifelike animal print designs. Make all your favourite origami models ...


Animalium Poster BookSuzanna Davidson and Katie ScottThis beautiful large-format poster book Animalium Poster Book lets you decorate your walls with the gorgeous images from Big Picture Press's bestselling ...

56 pages | colour illustrations, pull out posters | Paperback | NYP 10/2015 | 9781783703531 | #225278A | £12.99 Add to basket
























Animated Animal Toys in Wood20 Projects That Walk, Wobble & RollDavid WakefieldAnimated Animal Toys in Wood features 20 imaginative designs for classic wooden toys that walk, wiggle, waddle or whirl. It is a perennial favourite with woodworkers, these push-and-pull animals are timeless keepsakes.

192 pages | colour photos, b/w illustrations | Paperback | 01/2015 | 9781565238442 | #225257A | £16.99 Add to basket

Art Forms from the AbyssErnst Haeckel's Images from the HMS Challenger ExpeditionErnst Haeckel, Peter Williams, Dylan Evans, David Roberts, David Thomas and Martin KempFrom jewellery designers to scientists, graphic artists to naturalists, the range of people inspired by Ernst Haeckel's illustrations continues to grow. Following up on Prestel's ...


As Far as the Eye Could ReachAccounts of Animals Along the Santa Fe Trail, 1821-1880Phyllis S Morgan, Marc Simmons and Ronald KilTravelers and traders taking the Santa Fe Trail's routes from Missouri to New Mexico wrote vivid eyewitness accounts of the diverse and abundant wildlife encountered as they crossed arid plains, high desert, and rugged mountains.

240 pages | 13 b/w illustrations, 1 map | Paperback | NYP 08/2015 | 9780806148540 | #225361A | £26.50 Add to basket

Brazil and Rio de JaneiroLouise SpilsburyDeveloping World is a high-end geography series that explores some of the fastest-developing countries and cities in the world and assesses how they are dealing with the challenges of the 21st century. Topics looked at include ...


Cabinet of CuriositiesA Kid's Guide to Collecting and Understanding the Wonders of the Natural WorldGordon GriceWhat kid doesn't love picking up shells on the beach, or finding a bird's egg or snake's rattle, or-treasure of treasures-a fossil? Then taking it home to put on a shelf or in a shoebox? That same impulse has, since the ...


Cats: A Literary AnthologyCarolyn M Jones"For every house is incomplete without him and a blessing is lacking in the spirit." – Christopher Smart For thousands of years writers have delighted in the company of cats, observing all the quirks of the ...

160 pages | 20 colour illustrations | Hardback | NYP 09/2015 | 9780712357777 | #225435A | £12.99 Add to basket

Cattle ColonialismAn Environmental History of the Conquest of California and Hawai'iJohn Ryan FischerIn the nineteenth century, the colonial territories of California and Hawai'i underwent important cultural, economic, and ecological transformations influenced by an unlikely factor: cows. The creation of native cattle cultures ...


Charles DarwinFather of EvolutionKay BarnhamCharles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species changed both science and society - but why? This biography explores the life of Charles Darwin, from his early investigations of the natural world and his voyage on the HMS Beagle, to the publication ...

32 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 09/2015 | 9780750288491 | #225445A | £12.99 Add to basket

Chemical Research on Plant GrowthA Translation of Theodore de Saussure's Recherches Chimiques sur la VegetationTheodore de Saussure and Jane F HillRecherches Chimiques sur la Végétation was a seminal work in the development of the understanding of photosythesis and plant chemistry. The original publication, which was the first concise summation ...

240 pages | 7 b/w illustrations, 6 tables | Hardback | 03/2013 | 9781461441359 | #205017A | £159.50 Add to basketPaperback | 04/2015 | 9781489985507 | #225330A | £159.50 Add to basket

Coyote ValleyDeep History in the High RockiesThomas G AndrewsWhat can we learn from a high-country valley tucked into an isolated corner of Rocky Mountain National Park? In this pathbreaking book, Thomas Andrews offers a meditation on the environmental and historical pressures that have shaped and ...

324 pages | 25 b/w illustrations, 4 maps | Hardback | NYP 10/2015 | 9780674088573 | #225549A | £22.95 Add to basket

Dawn of the NeuronThe Early Struggles to Trace the Origin of Nervous SystemsMichel AnctilIn science, sometimes it is best to keep things simple. Initially discrediting the discovery of neurons in jellyfish, mid-nineteenth-century scientists grouped jellyfish, comb-jellies, hydra, and sea anemones together under one term ...

416 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 10/2015 | 9780773545717 | #225299A | £30.99 Add to basket
























De Lokroep van de Rivier [The River Singers]Tom Moorhouse, Simon Mendez and Willeke BarensFour small water voles are about to embark upon a long and perilous journey along the Great River, but will they ever find a safe place to call home? Adventurous, exciting, and bursting with charming illustrations – this is a book ...


Die Geheimnisvolle Welt der Pilze: Das Natur-Mitmachbuch fur Kinder [The Mysterious World of Fungi: The Nature ActivityRita Lueder and Frank LuederMushroom picking is a family affair: This activity book will awaken a fascination for fungi. A book full of activities for enterprising children from 7 years: watching, puzzles, crafts ... creative fun with mushrooms: painting with ink ...

128 pages | 470+ colour photos, 150+ colour illustrations | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9783258079110 | #225586A | £33.99 Add to basket

Dinosaur Construction Kit, T. RexSusie Brooks and Jonathan WoodwardDinosaur Construction Kit, T. Rex is a roaring great read with a build-your-own-dinosaur to create and collect. Join mighty T. Rex for a incredible day in his life as he explores his world and hunts for food. Then bring him back ...

34 pages | colour illustrations, 3D model parts | Hardback | NYP 10/2015 | 9781405279178 | #225276A | £12.99 Add to basket

Dogs: A Literary AnthologyCatherine Bradley'Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends'. – Alexander Pope Throughout the history of writing, dogs have captivated their owners with their loyalty and playfulness. The timeless ...


Drawn to NatureA Sketchbook for the NaturalistHolly Ward BimbaA bird lands softly on a tree and begins to sing. Butterflies dance through the air. A sturdy oak sways gently with the breeze. Artist and illustrator Holly Ward Bimba inspires you to notice the natural world all around with this gorgeous ...

128 pages | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9781631060823 | #225433A | £10.82 Add to basket

Everything Has a HistoryJohn Burdon Sanderson HaldaneIn this collection Everything Has a History, first published in 1951, the central theme is that everything has a history, and that we cannot fully understand anything without some knowledge of its history. Professor Haldane writes ...


Het Overstroomde Land [The Rising]Tom Moorhouse, Simon Mendez and Willeke Barens'I came here to warn you. Before it's too late.' When their uncle Sylvan pays an unexpected visit, young water voles Kale and Strife know something exciting must be about to happen. Little do they know that soon they'll be ...


Insect Pests and Fungus Diseases of Fruit and HopsA Complete Manual for GrowersPercival J FryerOriginally published in 1920, Insect Pests and Fungus Diseases of Fruit and Hops was predominantly aimed at fruit growers and was one of the most comprehensive reference guides to pests and fungus diseases at this time. Part one ...

786 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 10/2015 | 9781107544550 | #225353A | £32.99 Add to basket

Insects in 30 Seconds30 Fascinating Topics for Bug Boffins Explained in Half a MinuteAnna Claybourne and Wesley RobinsReaders of Insects in 30 Seconds are invited on a trail of discovery through the amazing world of insects, with explanatory artworks, exciting mini-missions and quick, bite-sized summaries to guide them. Thirty key topics ...


John Scouler (c.1804-1871), Scottish Naturalist: A Life, with Two VoyagesE Charles NelsonJohn Scouler has been overshadowed as a plant collector and general natural historian by the reputation of David Douglas, the best known 19th century Scottish botanist. Scouler was one of the first naturalists to visit the Galapagos islands ...


Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great AtlasWith an Appendix Including a Sketch of the Geology of MaroccoSir Joseph Dalton Hooker and John BallA reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. This 1878 account of a scientific tour of Morocco and the Atlas mountains in 1871 was compiled from the journals of Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) and ...

536 pages | 5 b/w illustrations, 1 map | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781108077651 | #225260A | £30.99 Add to basket

























Minibeast MagicHow to Catch Invertebrates with Tricks and TreatsRoma Oxford and Anna SuttonIn Minibeast Magic you will meet the invertebrates found in gardens, nature parks and school grounds. These areas are home to a multitude of minibeasts, from wriggling worms and sluggish snails to iridescent insects.

62 pages | 47 colour & 68 b/w illustrations | Paperback | 03/2015 | 9781910159002 | #225639A | £16.50 Add to basket

Moths, Myths, and MosquitosThe Eccentric Life of Harrison DyarMarc E EpsteinOn September 26, 1924, the ground collapsed beneath a truck in a back alley, revealing a mysterious underground labyrinth. In spite of wild speculations, the tunnel was not the work of German spies, but rather an aging, eccentric scientist ...

384 pages | 8 plates with colour photos | Hardback | NYP 01/2016 | 9780190215255 | #224502A | £25.99 Add to basket

Ocean Waves and Kindred Geophysical PhenomenaVaughan Cornish and Harold JeffreysOriginally published in 1934, Ocean Waves and Kindred Geophysical Phenomena identifies and analyses the different types of waves most prevalent amongst the world's oceans and rivers and is an account of the author's ...


Of PopulationAn Enquiry Concerning the Power of Increase in the Numbers of Mankind, Being an Answer to Mr Malthus's Essay on That SubWilliam GodwinA reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Novelist, journalist and founder of philosophical anarchism, William Godwin (1756-1836) believed in the innate goodness of humanity and the possibility ...


Oil, Ice & BoneArctic Whaler Nathaniel RansomHelen FrinkIn 1860 fourteen-year-old Nathaniel Ransom followed his five older brothers into the dank foc'sle of a whaling vessel. For fifteen years he hunted seventy-ton bowheads in Arctic waters, for the many uses of "bone", blades ...


Origami ZooLearn to Make More Than 30 Fun Animal MotifsZulal Ayture-ScheeleThe kit contains an instructional book and 25 sheets of origami paper. It includes a large variety of animal designs to choose from. Fashion a fantastic paper animal parade featuring everything from dinosaurs to a peacock with a huge tail ...


RainManya StojicWhen rain comes to the parched African savanna, the animals use all their senses to track the storm. The porcupine smells rain in the air. The zebra sees lightning. The baboons hear thunder. The rhino feels the first drops. And the lion ...


Rare Treasures From the Library of the Natural History MuseumJudith MageeThe Library of the Natural History Museum contains one of the most exciting and comprehensive collections of natural history literature and artworks to be found anywhere in the world. It holds over half a million artworks, comprising one ...

192 pages | 200+ colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9780565093488 | #225431A | £27.99 Add to basket

Roars & TrumpetsTales from the WildGurpreet SinghRoars & Trumpets is the story of a man's life-long and obsessive passion for the jungles and his helpless surrender to the compelling call of the wild. Spanning a period of half a century, Gurpreet Singh's love affair ...

254 pages | 6 plates with colour photos; colour illustrations, 1 fold-out colour map | Paperback | 01/2014 | 9788181581976 | #225572A | £18.99 Add to basket

Romantic Naturalists, Early EnvironmentalistsAn Ecocritical Study, 1789-1912Dewey W HallIn his study of Romantic naturalists and early environmentalists, Dewey W. Hall asserts that William Wordsworth and Ralph Waldo Emerson were transatlantic literary figures who were both influenced by the English naturalist Gilbert White.

232 pages | 10 b/w photos and b/w illustrations | Hardback | 09/2014 | 9781409422648 | #225304A | £59.99 Add to basket

Science at High AltitudesResearch Stations in the MountainsAlba ZaniniThe high mountain is a valuable natural laboratory for many categories of scientists: geologists, meteorologists, climatologists, biologists, botanists, zoologists, physicists, astronomers. Only in high mountains, in the last half century ...

176 pages | colour & b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 08/2015 | 9788897644279 | #225398A | £31.99 Add to basket























Stained Glass Patterns: Garden FlowersSandy Allison25 full-size, realistic patterns for common North American garden flowers. Includes a color sample for each pattern. Flowers include roses, lilies, geraniums, lilacs, zinnias, cosmos, daisies, and more.

56 pages | 25 colour illustrations | Paperback | 10/2014 | 9780811713443 | #225234A | £11.99 Add to basket

Stained Glass Patterns: SongbirdsSandy Allison25 full-size, realistic patterns for common North American songbirds, along with suggests colour keys, that you can interpret with simple, bold glass or more complex pieces that mimic the birds' actual plumage in the wild.

56 pages | 25 colour illustrations | Paperback | 10/2014 | 9780811713436 | #225233A | £11.99 Add to basket

Story of Life: EvolutionKatie ScottStory of Life: Evolution is a graphic, fold-out guide to evolution. Story of Life: Evolution starts with the first single-cell organisms and ends with modern life forms. Packaged in the same format as Big Picture Press ...

16 pages | colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 10/2015 | 9781783702725 | #225446A | £12.99 Add to basketHardback | NYP 10/2015 | 9781783704446 | #225461A | £12.99 Add to basket

Tatort Natur!: Betrug, Mord & Tauschung im Tierreich - und was Dahinter Steckt [Crime Scene Nature: Treachery, MurderBaerbel OftringCrime stories for children from 7 years and upwards, that transmit knowledge about nature: this makes reading kids books fun! Scary offenders in close proximity – domestic animals can be ruthless when they are hungry ...


That's Deadly!Fatal Facts That Will Test Your Fearless FactorCrispin BoyerPut on your suit of armor and grab your bear spray because it's time to explore the deadly side of things. That's Deadly! is the perfect book for curious boys and girls who want the real scoop on predators, natural disasters ...


The Adventures of Henry ThoreauA Young Man's Unlikely Path to Walden PondMichael SimsFrom Mahatma Gandhi and John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King and Leo Tolstoy, the works of Henry David Thoreau – author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, schoolteacher, engineer – have long been an inspiration ...

384 pages | b/w illustrations | Hardback | 07/2014 | 9781408830499 | #214673A | £18.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 08/2015 | 9781620401972 | #225174A | £10.99 Add to basket

The BauersJoseph, Franz & Ferdinand: An Illustrated BiographyJoseph Bauer, Franz Bauer, Ferdinand Bauer and Hans Walter LackAs artists, Joseph, Franz and Ferdinand Bauer were independently highly successful: Joseph as court painter to the Prince of Lichtenstein; Franz (later Francis) was employed at Kew Gardens, England, as the "Botanick Painter to His ...


The Birds of BritainTheir Distribution and HabitsAH EvansOriginally published in 1916, The Birds of Britain was primarily intended to assist with scientific education in schools to provide a general overview of the types of birds most commonly found in Britain at that time.


The Eastern FellsWainwright's Illustrated Walking Guide to the Lake District Book 1Alfred Wainwright and Clive HutchbyOne name above all others has become associated with walking in the Lake District: Alfred Wainwright, whose seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, first published in 1955-66, has become the definitive guidebook.

308 pages | b/w illustrations, colour maps | Paperback | 03/2015 | 9780711236288 | #225598A | £12.99 Add to basket

The Far Eastern FellsWainwright's Illustrated Walking Guide to the Lake District Fells Book 2Alfred Wainwright and Clive HutchbyOne name above all others has become associated with walking in the Lake District: Alfred Wainwright, whose seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, first published in 1955-66, has become the definitive guidebook.

316 pages | b/w illustrations, colour maps | Paperback | NYP 10/2015 | 9780711236554 | #225599A | £12.99 Add to basket

The Fields of BritanniaContinuity and Change in the Late Roman and Early Medieval LandscapeStephen Rippon, Chris Smart and Ben PearsIt has long been recognized that the landscape of Britain is one of the 'richest historical records we possess', but just how old is it? The Fields of Britannia is the first book to explore how far the countryside of ...

480 pages | 111 b/w illustrations, tables | Hardback | NYP 10/2015 | 9780199645824 | #225213A | £89.99 Add to basket


























The Form and Properties of CrystalsAn Introduction to the Study of Minerals and the Use of the Petrological MicroscopeAB DaleOriginally published in 1932, The Form and Properties of Crystals provides a guide to the elementary principles underlying the examination, measurement and identification of minerals. The text was designed primarily for students ...


The Herbal or General History of PlantsThe Complete 1633 Edition as Revised and Enlarged by Thomas JohnsonJohn Gerard and Thomas A JohnsonJohn Gerard's Herbal or General History of Plants has long been the most famous English herbal. First published in 1597, it was republished in 1633 in an edition in which Thomas Johnson revised and enlarged the original text ...

1728 pages | b/w illustrations | Spiralbound | NYP 10/2015 | 9781606600801 | #225296A | £119.99 Add to basket

The Last UnicornA Search for One of Earth's Rarest CreaturesWilliam deBuysIn 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to western science – a saola, the first large land mammal ...

368 pages | 22 b/w photos, 2 maps | Hardback | 03/2015 | 9780316232869 | #225171A | £19.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 10/2015 | 9780316232876 | #225172A | £14.99 Add to basket

The Life of Isaac NewtonRichard S WestfallIsaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. His achievements in mathematics and physics marked the culmination of the movement that brought modern science into being. Richard Westfall's biography ...

352 pages | 15 b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 10/2015 | 9781107569850 | #225354A | £12.99 Add to basket

The Natural and the HumanScience and the Shaping of Modernity, 1739-1841Stephen GaukrogerStephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of empirical science and the understanding of human behaviour from the mid-eighteenth century. Since the seventeenth century, science in the west has undergone a unique ...


The Night-Time Adventure NotebookNational TrustWhen the sun goes down, it's time get out there with these outdoor challenges. Grab a torch and a grown-up and try stargazing, bat-watching and hunting for glow worms. With this fantastic Night-Time Adventure Notebook ...

96 pages | 40 colour photos, colour illustrations | Hardback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781909881488 | #225463A | £8.99 Add to basket

The Snake CharmerA Life and Death in Pursuit of KnowledgeJamie JamesIn the fall of 2001, deep in the jungle of Burma, a team of scientists searches for rare snakes. They are led by Dr. Joe Slowinski, at 38 already one of the most brilliant biologists of our time. It is the most ambitious scientific expedition ...

260 pages | 8 plates with colour photos, 8 plates with b/w photos; b/w illustrations, maps | Paperback | 06/2009 | 9781401309954 | #225490A | £13.99 Add to basket

The SnowflakeWinter's Frozen ArtistryKenneth Libbrecht and Rachel WingThe Snowflake: Winter's Frozen Artistry is filled with a blizzard of breathtaking, close-up, highly detailed photographs of snow crystals. The book is written in a lighthearted, popular-science tone and focuses on what snowflakes ...


The Storm LeopardsHolly WebbFrom best-selling author Holly Webb comes a charming wintery story just in time for Christmas. The countdown to Christmas has begun, and Isabelle is enjoying a family day out at the zoo. As her sister watches the penguins, Isabelle is the ...


The Wonder GardenWander Through 5 Habitats to Discover More Than 80 Amazing AnimalsJenny Broom and Kristjana S WilliamsOpen the gates of the Wonder Garden to explore five of Earth's most extraordinary habitats, each filled with incredible creatures and epic scenery. Trek through the Amazon Rainforest, travel to the Chihuahuan Desert, dive in the Great ...


This River Beneath the SkyA Year on the PlatteDoreen PfostEach spring, formations of sandhill cranes crisscross the skies along Nebraska's Platte River in one of the last great migratory spectacles on the North American continent. From across the globe, tens of thousands of visitors gather ...

























To the Edge of the UniverseRaman PrinjaThe 36-page book folds out to 9 connected double-page spreads, taking you from the Earth's surface to the edge of the universe as a single, highly illustrated panorama. Once you have completed your journey to the outer limits of the ...


Top Wildlife Sites of the WorldWilliam Burrard-LucasJust what are the most amazing spectacles that every wildlife enthusiast has to see during their lifetime? Top nature photographer and inveterate traveller William Burrard-Lucas has spent years visiting the far-flung corners of every ...

240 pages | colour photos, colour maps | Hardback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781921517594 | #225674A | £19.99 Add to basket

Totally Wacky Facts About Land AnimalsCari MeisterDid you know that vultures pee on their legs to keep cool? Ever wondered how much a newborn hippo weighs? Curious to know how many mosquitoes a bat eats in one hour? In Totally Wacky Facts About Land Animals wacky, wild facts and ...

112 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Hardback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781474705882 | #225466A | £11.99 Add to basket

Totally Wacky Facts About Sea AnimalsCari MeisterDid you know that a mantis shrimp can punch with the force of a 22-caliber bullet? Ever wonder how big a newborn blue whale is? Curious to know how long a whale shark actually is? The wacky, wild facts and bright, bold design of ...


Tree of WonderThe Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest TreeKate Messner and Simona MulazzaniDeep in the forest, in the warm-wet green, 1 almendro tree grows, stretching its branches toward the sun. Who makes their homes here? 2 great green macaws, 4 keel-billed toucans, 8 howler monkeys, 16 fruit bats, 32 fer-de-lance vipers ...


Unsolved Mysteries of NatureHeather L MontgomeryHow can massive stones slide across the desert untouched? Can lightning really bounce like a ball? Why was it raining fish in Europe in 2004? Nature holds some of our world's strangest mysteries. Some of the best minds on the planet ...

32 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 08/2015 | 9781474705813 | #225421A | £7.99 Add to basket

VelociraptorDaniel NunnThis book takes a very simple look at the Velociraptor dinosaur, examining what it looked like, what it ate, how it behaved, and its special skills and features such as its sharp teeth and claws. Velociraptor also discusses how ...


Viewing the Future in the PastHistorical Ecology Applications to Environmental IssuesThomas H Foster, Lisa M Paciulli and David J GoldsteinViewing the Future in the Past is a collection of essays that represents a wide range of authors, loci, and subjects that together demonstrate the value and necessity of looking at environmental problems as a long-term process ...


Views Across the LandscapeAn Essential Guide to Landscape PhotographyPeter WatsonThis is a brilliant collection of landscape photography that gives the inspiration needed to take great digital photographs. Techniques include how to find the best locations, plus captions include all technical information. It comes from ...


WaterBernhard Edmaier and Angelika Jung-HuttlIn his seminal photography books, Bernhard Edmaier combines his training as a geologist with an exquisite talent for capturing dreamy, colour-saturated, seemingly abstract images of earth from above. In this new volume Water ...


Weather Lore: Weather in GeneralA Collection of Proverbs, Sayings & Rules Concerning the WeatherRichard InwardsA charming and beautifully illustrated book, first published in 1893, covering all aspects of the weather including: Times and Seasons, Months, Days of the week, Winter birds and times of their arrival, Sun, Moon and Stars, Wind, Clouds ...

128 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Hardback | 05/2015 | 9781906506599 | #225428A | £7.99 Add to basket

Where Did They Go?Emily BornoffWhere has the polar bear gone? Where did the lemur go? Can you find them? In this stunning spotting book from printmaker and illustrator Emily Bornoff, search for endangered animals in jungles, in deserts and on the ice. Bornoff's ...


























Wildlife of the WorldDorling Kindersley (DK) and Chris PackhamWildlife of the World is a spectacular celebration of global wildlife bringing you face to face with the most fascinating animals on Earth. Journey through some of the most scenic and rich animal habitats, from the Amazon rainforest ...

400 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations, colour maps, colour distribution maps | Hardback | NYP 10/2015 | 9780241186008 | #225218A | £24.99 Add to basket

Wyoming GrasslandsMichael P Berman, William S Sutton, Jr.,Frank H Goodyear, Charles R Preston and Dan FloresNaturalist John James Audubon found the Great Plains and their wildlife so riveting when he visited the region in 1834 that he broke off a letter to his wife because he was too excited to write. In the almost two hundred years since then ...

232 pages | 64 colour & 58 b/w photos | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9780806148533 | #225359A | £47.99 Add to basket

Regional & Travel

A Guide to Tramore Bay, Dunes and BackstrandDeclan McGrathThis book describes a relatively small part (approximately 19 square kilometres) of the coastal features of southeast Ireland, namely the coastal cliffs, the Bay, dunes and the Backstrand at Tramore, in county Waterford.

248 pages | colour photos, colour maps | Paperback | 10/2001 | 9780954106201 | #225543A | £19.99 Add to basketHardback | 10/2001 | #225544A | £22.99 Add to basket

A Guide to Wildlife Walks in WaterfordDeclan McGrathWaterford is a fantastic coastal county with mountains, rivers, forests, lakes and the sea within easy reach, all of which offer excellent walking in superb surroundings. The varied habitats of the county support a distinctive but varying ...

248 pages | colour photos, colour maps | Paperback | 11/2013 | 9780954106249 | #225521A | £23.99 Add to basket

A Guide to Wildlife in Waterford CityDeclan McGrathWaterford City is the principal urban centre in the southeast and is prominently located on the banks of the Suir at the eastern end of the County, some 29 kilometres upriver from the mouth of Waterford Harbour. It is the oldest City in ...

289 pages | 207 colour photos, 15 colour maps | Paperback | 11/2006 | 9780954106218 | #225541A | £23.99 Add to basketHardback | 11/2006 | #225542A | £27.99 Add to basket

A Guide to the Comeragh MountainsDeclan McGrathThe Comeragh Mountains are an isolated massif surrounded by the rich agricultural land of county Waterford in the southeast of Ireland. There are two mountain ranges, though the distinction between the Comeragh Mountains and the ...

224 pages | colour photos, colour maps | Hardback | 05/2008 | #225540A | £27.99 Add to basket

A Year in Rock Creek ParkThe Wild, Wooded Heart of Washington, DCMelanie Choukas-Bradley and Susan Austin RothTwice the size of Central Park, Rock Creek Park is the wild, wooded heart of Washington, DC, offering refuge from a frantic city pace to millions of visitors each year. Rock Creek Valley, which serves as the spine of the national park ...

272 pages | colour photos | Paperback | 11/2014 | 9781938086243 | #225400A | £25.95 Add to basketHardback | 03/2015 | 9781938086250 | #225410A | £43.95 Add to basket

Andaman IslandsIn WonderlandTilak Ranjan BeraThis fascinating book takes the reader on a journey to the Andaman Islands, a captivating archipelago that has been shrouded in mystery because of its geographical distance from the mainland of India. The author, in his unique style and ...


Bradt Wildlife Guide: East African WildlifePhilip Briggs and Ariadne Van ZandbergenThis indispensable guide offers all the information you need to get the most out of wildlife watching in East Africa. Accessible and beautifully illustrated, this revised second edition of Bradt's much praised guide to East African Wildlife ...

288 pages | colour photos, maps | Paperback | NYP 12/2015 | 9781841629209 | #225217A | £19.99 Add to basket

Coast: BBC Series 10 (Region 2)Coast continues to explore, unearthing the unknown stories of our coastline to delight and regale us. This series brings new faces alongside the familiar, all bringing passion, skill and knowledge to reveal eye-opening coastal ...

2 discs, runtime: 6 h, aspect ratio: 16:9, rating: E | DVD | NYP 08/2015 | #224800A | £19.99 Add to basket

Der Kosmos Waldfuehrer [The Kosmos Forest Guide]Tiere, Blumen, BaumeEva-Maria Dreyer and Wolfgang DreyerWith 200 plants and 300 animals Der Kosmos Waldführer portrays an extensive species abundance. Through the clear classification according to the animal and plant groups such as butterflies, birds, trees / shrubs the species ...

384 pages | 580 colour photos, 81 colour illustrations | Paperback | 02/2015 | 9783440146538 | #225366A | £19.99 Add to basket


























Discovering QatarFrances GillespieDiscovering Qatar evolved from a series of features on the archaeology, natural history and traditional life of Qatar that Frances Gillespie began publishing in a national newspaper in the late 1990s. There was little available ...

192 pages | 200 full-colour photographs | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9781909339613 | #225443A | £19.95 Add to basketHardback | 07/2015 | 9781909339620 | #225444A | £29.99 Add to basket

Enchantment and ExploitationThe Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain RangeWilliam deBuysFirst published in 1985, William deBuys's Enchantment and Exploitation has become a New Mexico classic. It offers a complete account of the relationship between society and environment in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of ...


Exploring the Last ContinentAn Introduction to AntarcticaDaniela Liggett, Bryan Storey, Yvonne Cook and Veronika MedunaThis multi-disciplinary book will cater to students and those who want to have a more critical look behind the scenes of Antarctic science. An Introduction to Antarctica will take a systems approach to providing insights into ...

588 pages | 174 colour & 47 b/w illustrations, 4 tables | Hardback | NYP 08/2015 | 9783319189468 | #225329A | £153.00 Add to basket

Faunal Diversity in India (2-Volume Set)RC Sobti, Kamal Kumar Jaiswal and Suman MishraIt has been commonly accepted that biodiversity is an important natural resource for the functioning of the ecosystem that provides us with bene´¼üts essential for human well-being. It provides the basis for ecosystems and the services ...

598 pages | colour & b/w illustrations, b/w maps | Hardback | 01/2015 | 9789384337223 | #225524A | £111.00 Add to basket

Geology, Biodiversity & Natural Resources of Himalaya and Their Intellectual Property LawRA SinghGeology, Biodiversity & Natural Resources of Himalaya and Their Intellectual Property Law contains 51 original research papers covering different aspects of geology, biodiversity & natural resources of the Himalayas ...

771 pages | b/w illustrations, b/w maps | Hardback | 01/2014 | 9789382171409 | #225253A | £37.50 Add to basket

Issledovaniia Ekosistem Estuariev rek Chizha i Chesha na Poluostrove Kanin [Studies of Ecosystems and Estuaries of ChizhIV Miskevich, DS Moseev and VV BryzgalovThis monograph examines the results of a complex research expedition mounted by the Arkhangelsk Center SBI and the Russian Geographical Society in the summer of 2014 on the Kanin Peninsula, a large peninsula in Nenets Autonomous Okrug ...

108 pages | colour photos, illustrations, tables | Paperback | 01/2014 | 9785984503532 | #225534A | £59.99 Add to basket

National Geographic the National ParksAn Illustrated History - 100 Years of American SplendorKim HeacoxAn inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, National Geographic the National Parks is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service ...


Nature Chronicles of IndiaEssays on WildlifeAnanda BanerjeeThe incredibly diverse forests and jungles of India have, for centuries, been a source of fascination, curiosity and awe. And, over the years, naturalists, biologists, hunters and gamekeepers – Hugh Allen, E.P. Sanderson ...


Nicobar IslandsIn Nature's KingdomTilak Ranjan BeraThe author is in love with the little known islands of the Nicobars and the simple people who live a peaceful life there. He has visited the archipelago several times before and after the tsunami of December 2004. This book is an extraordinary ...


Resource Planning Atlas of Jammu & Kashmir (People, Land & Forest): JammuGurbakhsh Singh‘Resources are not, they become’ is a famous doctrine proposed by Erich W. Zimmermann. Resources in general, and natural resources in particular, need to be managed and planned in such a way that they become capable of feeding ....

450 pages | colour illustrations, colour maps | Hardback | 10/2013 | 9789380574226 | #225324A | £85.99 Add to basket

River Wandle Companion and Wandle Trail GuideBob Steel and Derek ColemanThe River Wandle Companion and Wandle Trail Guide is the first general guide to the river Wandle, South London, for some fifteen years, and the largest volume on the river since Hobson's Book of the Wandle nearly a century ...

250 pages | ~200 colour & b/w illustrations, 40+ maps | Hardback | 05/2012 | 9780957258204 | #225648A | £32.99 Add to basketPaperback | 05/2012 | 9780957258211 | #225649A | £18.99 Add to basket




























The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of AustraliaDavid AndrewAustralia has a rich and unique array of animals, including the largest diversity of marsupials on earth. The recent growth in ecotourism has increased the popularity of mammal-spotting, particularly whale and dolphin-watching, but also ...

432 pages | colour photos, maps | Paperback | NYP 12/2015 | 9780643098145 | #225508A | £45.41 Add to basket

The House on Ipswich MarshExploring the Natural History of New EnglandWilliam SargentIn 2003, Bill Sargent bought a big pink house in Ipswich, Massachusetts. His home sits on what is known as the Great Marsh, a fascinating patch of wetland shared by Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Sargent received a grant to study some ...


Wild MadagascarNick GarbuttIllustrated throughout, Wild Madagascar takes the reader on a journey through all that is strange and bizarre on the island: the rainforests of the east, the deciduous forests of the west and the other-worldly spiny forests of ...


Botany & Plant Science

1 mal 1 des Pilzesammelns [Mushroom Collecting for Dummies]Hans E Laux and Walter PaetzoldTake your basket and go into the the forest under the expert guidance of Walter Pätzold. The only mushroom teacher of Germany gives his knowledge to all mushroom pickers in this book. A precise identification key guides people to the ...


Agaves, Yuccas, and Their KinSeven Genera of the SouthwestJon L HawkerUntil now, there has not been a single, full-color guide to some of the most recognizable genera of the southwestern United States: Agave, Dasylirion, Hechtia, Hesperaloe, Hesperoyucca ...

416 pages | 490 colour photos | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9780896729391 | #225306A | £43.50 Add to basket

Andar per Piante tra Terra e Mare: Escursioni Botaniche sulle Coste de Calabria [Visiting Plants between the Earth andGiuseppe Caruso and Francesco M RaimondoA practical and nicely illustrated botanical excursion guide for the Calabrian coast, a region in southern Italy, forming the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula.

460 pages | colour photos, maps | Hardback | 08/2015 | 9783874294836 | #225227A | £49.99 Add to basket

Arbres Remarquables en Bretagne [Remarkable Trees in Bretagne]Un Patrimoine a DecouvrirMickael JezegouThe tree in Brittany, France, occupies a special place in its history and collective imagination. Over time, man has woven a close bond and singular partnership with the plant. In the spheres of the countryside, forestry, urban spaces ...


Basisgids Mossen [Basic Guide to Mosses]Klaas van DortA handy guide to mosses aimed at beginners. Mosses are relatively unknown – and because of that unloved. This is a shame because when look carefully you will see an amazing diversity of mosses everywhere. This practical guide is the ...

160 pages | colour photos, b/w line drawings | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9789050115582 | #225190A | £15.99 Add to basket

Biotechnological Strategies for the Conservation of Medicinal and Ornamental ClimbersAnwar Shahzad, Shiwali Sharma and Saeed A SiddiquiBiotechnological Strategies for the Conservation of Medicinal and Ornamental Climbers provides an overview on adoption of biotechnological approaches for the conservation, micropropagation, synseed production of various medicinal ...

450 pages | 31 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 21 colour tables, biography | Hardback | NYP 12/2015 | 9783319192871 | #225627A | £135.00 Add to basket

Current Trends in Medicinal BotanyMuhammad Iqbal and Altaf AhmadMan has been using plants for healing purposes since time immemorial. All ancient civilizations have referred to medicinal plants, but the knowledge on medicinal plants has accumulated quickly over the last few centuries. In the past few ...

418 pages | colour & b/w illustrations | Hardback | 04/2015 | 9789382332503 | #225546A | £61.50 Add to basket

Das Herbarium der Heil- und Giftpflanzen [The Herbarium of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]Bernard Bertrand and Reinhard SallerA panopticon in book form and a wonderful gift for anyone interested in botany, medicine and history. This book shows over 70 toxic plants from the major herbaria in Europe, displayed in original size. Curing and poisoning: secret knowledge ...

192 pages | ~325 colour photos and colour illustrations | Hardback | NYP 09/2015 | 9783258079141 | #225570A | £49.99 Add to basket


























De Koninklijke Serres van Laken [The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken]Een Uitzonderlijke Plantencollectie in een Glazen StadIrene Smets and Karin BorghoutsAt the time of their construction (1874-1905) the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken were quite exceptional owing to their scale, the modernity of their architectural design in glass and metal, and the unique botanical collection that they house ...


Der Grosse Kosmos Pilzfuehrer: Alle Speisepilze mit Ihren Giftigen Doppelgaengern [The Big Kosmos Mushroom Field Guide:Hans E LauxWith over 1,200 species and 1,200 photos, Der Große Kosmos Pilzführer is the most extensive mushroom identification book. Symbols, color code and a simple identification keys guide you safely through the abundance of ...


Der Kosmos Baumfuehrer: 370 Baume und Straucher Mitteleuropas [The Kosmos Tree Guide: 370 Trees and Shrubs of CentralMark Bachofer and Joachim MayerThe successful tree guide – now updated and revised. 315 trees and 55 shrubs common to Central Europe are shown in a unique combination of color photos and color drawings. In addition to the color photos of growth habit and ...


Die Koeniglichen Gewaechshaeuser von Laeken [The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken]Eine Aussergewoehnliche Pflanzensammlung in einer Glaesernen StadtIrene Smets and Karin BorghoutsAt the time of their construction (1874-1905) the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken were quite exceptional owing to their scale, the modernity of their architectural design in glass and metal, and the unique botanical collection that they house ...


Ethnobotany: A Recent ApproachBBS Kapoor, Suman C Sharma, Anil Arora and Rajaram ChoyalEthnobotany shows the connection between human cultural practices and plants. The knowledge of ethnobotany has provided plenty of data about utilization of plants for human welfare. The plant as medicine is used in different systems of ...


EthnopharmacologyMichael Heinrich and Anna K JaegerEthnopharmacology is one of the world's fastest-growing scientific disciplines encompassing a diverse range of subjects. It links natural sciences research on medicinal, aromatic and toxic plants with socio-cultural studies and has ...


Evolutionary EthnobiologyUlysses Paulino Albuquerque , Patrícia de Medeiros and Alejandro CasasEthnobiology is a fascinating science. To understand this vocation it needs to be studied under an evolutionary point of view that is very strong and significant, although this aspect is often poorly approached in the literature.


Field Guide to Common Texas GrassesStephan L Hatch, Kelly C Umphres and A Jenet ArdoinCovering 172 species of the most significant common grasses growing in Texas, this complete update of the now-classic Common Texas Grasses: An Illustrated Guide contains range maps and color images of the inflorescences and ...

448 pages | 348 colour photos, 181 b/w line drawings, 174 distribution maps | Paperback | NYP 12/2015 | 9781623493257 | #225307A | £25.95 Add to basket

Flora of Florida, Volume 2: Dicotyledons, Cabombaceae Through GeraniaceaeRichard P Wunderlin and Bruce F HansenWith more than 4,000 kinds of native and non-native ferns and fern allies, nonflowering seed plants, and flowering seed plants, Florida has the third largest plant diversity of any state in the nation. Due to Florida's mild climate ...


Flora of Florida, Volume 3: Dicotyledons, Vitaceae Through UrticaceaeRichard P Wunderlin and Bruce F HansenWith more than 4,000 kinds of native and non-native ferns and fern allies, nonflowering seed plants, and flowering seed plants, Florida has the third largest plant diversity of any state in the nation. Due to Florida's mild climate ...


Flora of Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh (India), Volume 1GD PalLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh, India, is botanically very rich and home to many genera and species. Though several scientists, such as Panigrahi & Naik (1961), and Sastry & Sahni (1969) have collected plants from the district ...

481 pages | 10 plates with colour photos; b/w line drawings, b/w maps | Hardback | 01/2013 | 9788181770578 | #225667A | £41.50 Add to basket



























Flora of Thailand, Volume 11, Part 4Campanulaceae, Elatinaceae, Lythraceae, Onagraceae, Ruppiaceae, Sapotaceae & StaphylaceaeThawatchai SantisukVolume 11, part 4 covers the families Campanulaceae, Elatinaceae, Lythraceae, Onagraceae, Ruppiaceae, Sapotaceae, and Staphylaceae.

193 pages | 16 plates with colour illustrations; b/w line drawings, 1 b/w map | Paperback | 01/2014 | 9786163161741 | #225683A | £79.99 Add to basket

Flora of Thailand, Volume 12, Part 2Orchidaceae 2 (Epidendroideae P.P.: Neottieae, Tropideae, Nervilieae, Gastrodieae, Thaieae, Calypsoeae, Arethuseae, CollThawatchai SantisukThe parts in this volume deal with the family Orchidaceae, the orchids. The second part covers the trives Epidendroideae P.P.: Neottieae, Tropideae, Nervilieae, Gastrodieae, Thaieae, Calypsoeae, Arethuseae, Collabieae, and Cymbidieae.

414 pages | 30 plates with colour illustrations, b/w line drawings, 1 b/w map | Paperback | 01/2014 | 9786163161758 | #225682A | £101.00 Add to basket

Fungi: A Very Short IntroductionNicholas P MoneyThe variety of the mycological world is far greater than most people imagine. Tens of thousands of fungal species have been described and many more are known only from the abundance of their genes in soil and water. Fungi are hugely important ...

144 pages | 26 b/w photos | Paperback | NYP 01/2016 | 9780199688784 | #223888A | £7.99 Add to basket

Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung: Eine Praxisanleitung fuer Anfaenger und Fortgeschrittene [Basic Course in Mushroom IdentificatRita LuederThis book, unique in its design, allows readers to learn about mushrooms in a simple, systematic and thus secure manner. The basic course guides the reader step-by-step through the systematic identification of fungi with an easy-to-use-key ...

480 pages | 2000+ colour photos | Hardback | 08/2015 | 9783494016672 | #225651A | £28.99 Add to basket

Guide des Fougeres et Plantes Alliees: France et Europe [Guide to Ferns and Allied Plants: France and Europe]Remy PrelliThis identification guide covers hundreds of species of ferns and related plants (Sphenopsida, club mosses, Selaginella, and quillworts) found in France and the rest of Western Europe. The approach is based on simple observation ...


Herbal MedicineKeys to Physiomedicalism Including PharmacopoeiaChris Menzies-TrullPractical and informative, a long overdue textbook, essential for those involved in prescribing herbal medicines. This is the ultimate text of clinical conditions and their treatment using herbal medications written by a medical herbalist ...


Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop, Volume 1Farming, Economics and BiofuelBir Bahadur, Mulpuri Sujatha and Nicolas CarelsJatropha curcas or Physic Nut is a small tree (bush plant) that produces fruits under tropical climate. The fruits contained seed that are 40 percent oil rich. This oil is excellent for biodiesel. The bush is a now new coming ...

600 pages | 184 colour illustrations | Hardback | 12/2012 | 9781461448051 | #205816A | £166.50 Add to basketPaperback | 01/2015 | 9781489997036 | #225698A | £166.50 Add to basket

Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop, Volume 2Genetic Improvement and BiotechnologyBir Bahadur, Mulpuri Sujatha and Nicolas CarelsJatropha curcas or Physic Nut is a small tree (bush plant) that produces fruits under tropical climate. The fruits contained seed that are ~40% oil rich. This oil is excellent for biodiesel. The bush is a now new coming crop ...

614 pages | 63 colour & 72 b/w illustrations, 36 tables | Hardback | 12/2012 | 9781461449140 | #205815A | £166.50 Add to basketPaperback | 01/2015 | 9781489991720 | #225699A | £166.50 Add to basket

Keys to Lichens of North AmericaRevised and ExpandedIrwin M Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Stephen Sharnoff and Susan Laurie-BourqueCreated in response to requests from longtime users, this addition to the acclaimed reference to North American lichens compiles updated and expanded keys for the identification of these fascinating organisms. An ideal laboratory resource, it covers ..

424 pages | 13 colour photos, 33 b/w illustrations | Spiralbound | NYP 02/2016 | 9780300195736 | #224023A | £19.99 Add to basket

L'Atlas de la Flore Rare et Menacee de Haute-Savoie [The Atlas of Rare and Threatened Flora of Haute-Savoie]Denis JordanHaute-Savoie, France, is a department rich in biodiversity, especially for plant species that have adapted to a variety of natural environmental conditions, such as edges of lakes and the Rhône, but also high mountains.

496 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9791094583005 | #225510A | £31.99 Add to basket


























L'Herbier Toxique: Codes Secrets pour Plantes Utiles [The Herbarium of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]Bernard BertrandHere are over 70 poisonous plants and their disturbing stories that are unlikely but still amazing. From the Belladonna to the potato we discover that toxicity is largely a matter of dose. In modern societies there is a real ...

192 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Paperback | 10/2014 | 9782366720655 | #225589A | £21.50 Add to basket

Les Serres Royales de Laeken [The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken]Une Incomparable Collection de Plantes dans une Cite de VerreIrene Smets and Karin BorghoutsAt the time of their construction (1874-1905) the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken were quite exceptional owing to their scale, the modernity of their architectural design in glass and metal, and the unique botanical collection that they house ...


Marine Macro- and MicroalgaeAn OverviewF Xavier Malcata, Sousa Pinto Isabel and Ana Catarina Afonso GuedesThe marine environment accounts for most biodiversity on our planet, while offering a huge potential for citizens' health and well-being. Its extensive resources already constitute the basis of many economic activities, but many more ...


Medicinal Plant RepertoireA Perspective of Biogeographical Gateway of IndiaBolin Kumar KonwarFrom the preface: "North East India belongs to the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity "hotspot" and comprises 7.7% of India’s total geographical area supporting 50% of its flora. The region houses more than 2 ...

452 pages | colour photos, colour maps | Hardback | 03/2013 | 9788175969025 | #225314A | £89.99 Add to basket

Midwestern Native Shrubs and TreesGardening Alternatives to Nonnative Species An Illustrated GuideCharlotte Adelman and Bernard L SchwartzIn this companion volume to the bestselling The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Plants, Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz offer another indispensible guide to replacing nonnative plants with native alternatives.

464 pages | colour photos | Hardback | NYP 02/2016 | 9780821421666 | #224772A | £58.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 02/2016 | 9780821421642 | #224805A | £27.99 Add to basket

Orchidees du Bresil: As Orquídeas da Serra do Castelo (Espírito Santo, Brasil), Volume 1Guy R Chiron and Renato Ximenes BolsanelloBrazil, with three thousand species of orchids, is one of the world's regions where biodiversity in this family is the largest. Three major biomes intersect in the country and the Atlantic forest, though largely destroyed, is probably ...

369 pages | 108 colour photos, 87 b/w line drawings | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9782954662336 | #218041A | £44.99 Add to basket

Ornamental Trees of IndiaIdentification, Descriptor and Landscape UseRK RoyOrnamental trees are extensively used for beautification of parks, gardens, and avenues, as well as development of green belt and urban green spaces. This book contains scientific and practical information (in 16 chapters) on various aspects ...

452 pages | 334 colour photos, b/w illustrations, b/w maps | Hardback | 01/2015 | 9788171328000 | #225666A | £76.99 Add to basket

Oxidative Stress in PlantsCauses, Consequences and ToleranceNaser A Anjum, Shahid Umar and Altaf AhmadOxidative stress is a central factor in a number of biotic and abiotic stress phenomena that occurs when there is a serious imbalance in any plant cell compartment between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant ...


Papyrus - The Plant That Changed the WorldFrom Ancient Egypt to Today's Water WarsJohn GaudetAt the center of the most vital human-plant relationship in history, Papyrus evokes the mysteries of the ancient world while holding the key to the world's wetlands and atmospheric stability. From ancient Pharos to 21st Century ...

272 pages | 8 plates with colour illustrations; b/w illustrations | Hardback | 08/2014 | 9781605985664 | #211961A | £19.99 Add to basketPaperback | 06/2015 | 9781605988283 | #225383A | £9.99 Add to basket

Plant Acclimation to Environmental StressNarendra Tuteja and Sarvajeet Singh GillThe mechanisms underlying endurance and adaptation to environmental stress factors in plants have long been the focus of intense research. Plants overcome environmental stresses by development of tolerance, resistance or avoidance mechanisms ...



























Plant Functional DiversityOrganism Traits, Community Structure, and Ecosystem PropertiesEric Garnier, Marie-Laure Navas and Karl GrigulisBiological diversity, the variety of living organisms on Earth, is traditionally viewed as the diversity of taxa, and species in particular. However, other facets of diversity also need to be considered for a comprehensive understanding ...

256 pages | illustrations | Hardback | NYP 12/2015 | 9780198757368 | #225184A | £74.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 12/2015 | 9780198757375 | #225185A | £37.50 Add to basket

Plant VirologyRoger HullThe seminal text Plant Virology is now in its fifth edition. It has been 10 years since the publication of the fourth edition, during which there has been an explosion of conceptual and factual advances. The fifth edition of ...


Plants from the Woods and Forests of ChileMartin Gardner, Paulina Hechenleitner, Josefina Hepp, Gulnur Eksi, Isik Guner and Hulya KorkmazThis exquisite volume, featuring 81 unique commissioned water colour paintings represents the labour and observations of three talented award-winning artists. Gülnur Eksi, Isik Güner and Hülya Korkmaz, have painstakingly ...

200 pages | 81 plates with colour illustrations; b/w distribution map | Hardback | 10/2015 | #224595A | £300.00 Add to basket

Pollination PowerHeather AngelPollination Power is a visually spectacular insight into the hidden secrets of plant pollination, unravelling the deceit, tricks and rewards that plant bestow upon their pollinators. Throughout Pollination Power, full ...


Siderurgie et Bryologie en Lorraine Belge et Francaise [Metallurgy and Bryology in Belgian and French Lorraine]Philippe de ZuttereThe second monograph in this series, written by Philippe De Zuttere describes the peak of ironworks industry in the Belgian and French region of Lorraine, a region that is rich in bryophytes. The sites described are Musson, Halanzy ...

27 pages | colour & b/w photos | Paperback | 08/2015 | #225611A | £19.99 Add to basket

Sierra Nevada Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species of the Montane Forest RegionJames R KavanaghThe longest continuous mountain chain in the U.S., the Sierra Nevada mountains are one of the most diverse coniferous forests on Earth. The world's largest tree, the sequoia, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the ...

colour illustrations | Unbound | 04/2013 | 9781583557945 | #225284A | £4.99 Add to basket

Tarahumara MedicineEthnobotany and Healing Among the Raramuri of MexicoFructuoso Irigoyen-Rascon and Alfonso ParedesThe Tarahumara, one of North America's oldest surviving aboriginal groups, call themselves Rarámuri, meaning "nimble feet" – and though they live in relative isolation in Chihuahua, Mexico, their agility in ...

392 pages | 22 b/w illustrations, 3 maps, 4 tables | Hardback | NYP 10/2015 | 9780806148281 | #225362A | £58.99 Add to basket

The Gardener's YearPippa GreenwoodThis beautifully illustrated guide contains specific month-by-month 'to do' lists for ornamental gardens, edible crops and general maintenance, as well as tips on things to look out for, such as pests and how to eliminate them.

128 pages | colour illustrations | Hardback | 06/2014 | 9781849536585 | #225432A | £9.99 Add to basket

The Gentianaceae (2-Volume Set)Jan J Rybczinski, Michael R Davey and Anna MikulaThis set consists of two volumes on the family Gentianaceae. Comprising twelve chapters, The Gentianaceae, Volume 1 centres upon the characterization and ecology of Gentianaceae worldwide, with emphasis on the application ...


The Gentianaceae, Volume 2Biotechnology and ApplicationsJan J Rybczinski, Michael R Davey and Anna MikulaThe Gentianaceae, Volume 2, the second of two volumes on the Gentianaceae, is devoted to aspects of biotechnology and their applications. It consists of 18 chapters and covers micropropagation by means of organogenesis or somatic ...

452 pages | 37 colour & 91 b/w illustrations | Hardback | 07/2015 | 9783642541018 | #225678A | £126.00 Add to basket

The Royal Greenhouses of LaekenAn Exceptional Plant Collection in a Glass CityIrene Smets and Karin BorghoutsAt the time of their construction (1874-1905) the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken were quite exceptional owing to their scale, the modernity of their architectural design in glass and metal, and the unique botanical collection that they house ...


























The Seed GardenThe Art and Practice of Seed SavingLee Alan Buttala and Shanyn SiegelFilled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting seed that is true-to-type and ready for ...


The Wildest Place on EarthItalian Gardens & the Invention of WildernessJohn Hanson MitchellThe Wildest Place on Earth is the ironic story of how Italian Renaissance and Baroque gardens encouraged the preservation of the American wilderness and ultimately fostered the creation of the world's first national park system ...


Trichoderma: Identification and Agricultural ApplicationsGary J Samuels and Prakash K HebbarThis is the 'how to' book for Trichoderma, a genus of ecologically important beneficial microorganisms that has been shown to be useful in meeting critical agricultural challenges such as nutrient and mineral uptake and ...

204 pages | 55 illustrations | Spiralbound | NYP 10/2015 | 9780890544846 | #225646A | £194.00 Add to basket

Vegetation Structure and Function at Multiple Spatial, Temporal and Conceptual ScalesElgene Owen BoxThis commemorative volume of invited papers in vegetation science covers a full range of topics, objectives, methods and applications, including conservation and management tasks. These require study at different temporal and spatial scales ...


Was Blueht Denn Da? Das Original [What Blooms There? The Original]Margot Spohn, Marianne Golte-Bechtle and Roland SpohnPlant identification with the standard work – for 80 years already. Easily identify over 870 plants – with the proven classification by flower colour and the more than 2,000 faithful color drawings. Arrows mark important ...

496 pages | 230 plates with colour illustrations; 2065 colour & 112 b/w illustrations | Paperback | 02/2015 | 9783440139653 | #225378A | £21.99 Add to basket

Was Blueht denn da? Der Fotoband [What Blooms There? The Photobook]Margot SpohnPlant identification with the standard work. Simply identify more than 550 flowers – with the proven classification system based on flower colour and flower form and more than 1,300 photos and drawings. For each flower multiple ...

448 pages | 832 colour photos, 408 colour & 109 b/w illustrations | Paperback | 02/2015 | 9783440143834 | #225367A | £18.99 Add to basket

What is a Garden?William S Merwin and Larry CameronPoet and environmentalist Merwin, W. S. moved to Hawaii in 1976 and has spent the last thirty years planting nineteen acres with more than eight hundred species of palm, creating a lush, sustainable forest on a former pineapple plantation ...


Wildkrauter, Beeren und Pilze: Erkennen und Sammeln [Wild Herbs, Berries and Mushrooms: Recognizing and Collecting]Eva-Maria Dreyer and Wolfgang DreyerThe nature on our doorstep is full of delights. Whether a healthy herb salad of daisies and dandelions, vigorous elderberry bread or cottage cheese casserole made with fresh, self-collected wild mushrooms – there is an infinity ...


Yunnan Ferns of China (Supplement) [English / Chinese]Jiao Yu and Li ChengsenThe investigation of Yunnan ferns has been carried out for more than 10 years. Ferns and their allies are often a relatively neglected component of plant life in many parts of the world, but Yunnan is fortunate in that the exceptionally ...

328 pages | colour illustrations | Hardback | 01/2007 | 9787030170040 | #225315A | £91.99 Add to basket

Animal & General Biology

Adaptive Behavior and LearningJER StaddonEvery day at about 4:30, Jazz, a Hungarian Vizsla dog, leaps up on the sofa and looks out for his owner who always comes home at 5:00. He doesn't need an internal clock because he has an acute sense of smell that allows him to measure ...

600 pages | 208 b/w illustrations, 5 tables | Hardback | NYP 01/2016 | 9781107082472 | #225560A | £84.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 01/2016 | 9781107442900 | #225561A | £39.99 Add to basket

























Animal AthletesAn Ecological and Evolutionary ApproachDuncan J Irschick and Timothy E HighamAnimals perform many athletic tasks to an amazing degree of accomplishment: not only spectacular feats of running and jumping but also routine actions that ensure survival such as feeding, vocalization, diving, flying, and many more.

272 pages | illustrations | Paperback | NYP 12/2015 | 9780199296552 | #225176A | £32.50 Add to basketHardback | NYP 12/2015 | 9780199296545 | #225177A | £69.99 Add to basket

Animal MaltreatmentForensic Mental Health Issues and EvaluationsLacey Levitt, Gary Patronek, Thomas Grisso and Kirk HeilbrunAnimal maltreatment includes physical or sexual abuse, neglect, or hoarding of animals, and all states have laws prohibiting various forms of animal maltreatment. About one-half have statutory provisions mandating or allowing courts to ...


BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B: Exotic PetsAnna MeredithAs the popularity of exotic pets has increased, the requirement to extract and expand their sections from the BSAVA Small Animal Formulary has arisen. Following the tried and trusted format of previous editions of the Formulary ...


Basic Aspects of HearingPhysiology and PerceptionBrian CJ Moore, Roy D Patterson, Ian M Winter, Robert P Carlyon and Hedwig E GockelThe International Symposium on Hearing is a highly-prestigious, triennial event where world-class scientists present and discuss the most recent advances in the field of hearing research in animals and humans. Presented papers range from ...

549 pages | Hardback | 05/2013 | 9781461415893 | #225706A | £166.50 Add to basketPaperback | 03/2013 | 9781493900183 | #225721A | £166.50 Add to basket

Bovine MedicinePeter CockcroftThoroughly updated to reflect recent changes in the industry, Bovine Medicine, 3rd Edition, offers practicing large animal veterinarians and veterinary students a comprehensive reference to core aspects of contemporary cattle ...


Cooperative Breeding in VertebratesStudies of Ecology, Evolution and BehaviorWalter D Koenig and Janis L DickinsonCooperative breeders are species in which individuals beyond a pair assist in the production of young in a single brood or litter. Although relatively rare, cooperative breeding is widespread taxonomically and continues to pose challenges ...


Der Sehsinn der Tiere: Einfuehrung in die Neuronalen Grundlagen des Sehens [Animal Sight: Introduction to the NeuronalEsther PeterhansFor most people, vision is a process that seems self-evident. In reality, however, the visual process but is based on a complex interplay between eyes and brain. In this book, the basic functions of the visual process are described.

176 pages | 140 illustrations | Hardback | NYP 10/2015 | 9783258079134 | #225563A | £44.99 Add to basket

Dukes' Physiology of Domestic AnimalsWilliam O Reece, Howard Erickson, Jesse Goff and Etsuro UemuraFully revised, Dukes' Physiology of Domestic Animals, 13th Edition is a classic reference on domestic animal physiology. It provides detailed descriptions of animal function and dysfunction, with an emphasis on clinical relevance ...


Ecological ParasitologyReflections on 50 Years of Research in Aquatic EcosystemsGerald W EschProfessor Gerald Esch has already published two books in what is becoming an informal series of essays exploring the way that discoveries about the biology of parasites have influenced ecological and evolutionary theories over a career ...


Environmental Microbial BiotechnologyLala Behari Sukla, Nilotpala Pradhan, Sandeep Panda and Barada Kanta MishraEnvironmental Microbial Biotechnology provides a timely review of strategies for coping with polluted ecosystems by employing bacteria, fungi and algae. It presents the vast variety of microbial technologies currently applied in ...


Environmental MicrobiologyFrom Genomes to BiogeochemistryEugene L MadsenNew and expanded for its second edition, Environmental Microbiology: From Genomes to Biogeochemistry¸ Second Edition, is a timely update to a classic text filled with ideas, connections, and concepts that advance an in-depth ...



























Genetics EssentialsConcepts and ConnectionsBenjamin A PierceDerived from Ben Pierce's popular and acclaimed Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, this streamlined text covers basic transmission, molecular, and population genetics in just 18 chapters, helping students uncover major concepts of genetics ...


Introduction to Protein ScienceArchitecture, Function, and GenomicsOver the last century, the centrality of proteins to life on earth has become increasingly clear – from forming crucial molecules such as antibodies in the immune system to acting as catalysts for specific reactions, and as signallers ...

510 pages | 500+ colour illustrations | Paperback | NYP 12/2015 | 9780198716846 | #225565A | £39.99 Add to basket

Macrodeteriogens of Wood at Visakhapatnam Harbour, East Coast of IndiaSK Pati, MV Rao and M BalajiWood is subjected to marine deterioration mainly due to macroscopic fouling and boring organisms, though many microscopic forms also contribute in hastening material deterioration. These macro- and microscopic organisms involved in determining ...

44 pages | 4 colour plates, tables | Paperback | 01/2014 | 9788181713803 | #222164A | £14.99 Add to basket

Marine Mammal PhysiologyRequisites for Ocean LivingMichael A Castellini and Jo-Ann MellishMarine Mammal Physiology explores the essential aspects of what makes marine mammals physiologically "different" from terrestrial mammals in regard to life in the sea. Neither a collection of scientific publications nor ...


Polyextremophiles: Life Under Multiple Forms of StressLife Under Multiple Forms of StressJoseph Seckbach, Aharon Oren and Helga Stan-LotterMany microorganisms and some macro-organisms can live under extreme conditions. For example, high and low temperature, acidic and alkaline conditions, high salt areas, high pressure, toxic compounds, high level of ionizing radiation ...


Recent Trends in Life SciencesMH Fulekar and RK KaleThe greatest advances of the recent past which include ecosystem and biodiversity study, biotechnology aspect, proteomic and genomic studies leading to metagenomic and the health care using the diagnosis, prevention of disorder and disease ...

412 pages | colour & b/w illustrations | Hardback | 04/2015 | 9789382332251 | #225547A | £64.99 Add to basket

Scholarpedia of TouchTony Prescott, Ehud Ahissar and Eugene IzhikevichScholarpedia of Touch provides a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed articles written by leading researchers, detailing our current scientific understanding of tactile sensing and its neural substrates in animals including ...


The Historical AnimalSusan NanceThe conventional history of animals could be more accurately described as the history of human ideas about animals. Only in the last few decades have scholars from a wide variety of disciplines attempted to document the lives of historical ...


The HuntAlastair Fothergill and Huw CordeyWith over 240 breathtaking photographs and footage from the landmark BBC series, The Hunt captures the dramatic encounters of predator and prey in an entirely new light. Featuring the extraordinary strategies of a huge ...


The Middle EarScience, Otosurgery, and TechnologySunil Puria, Richard R Fay and Arthur N PopperThe middle ear plays a vital role in the sense and sensitivity of hearing. Of the various characteristics that distinguish mammals from other vertebrates, several pertain specifically to the middle-ear system, such as the presence of ...

308 pages | illustrations, 30 tables | Hardback | 03/2013 | 9781461465904 | #225472A | £113.00 Add to basketPaperback | 04/2015 | 9781489999283 | #225473A | £113.00 Add to basket

The Society of GenesItai Yanai and Martin LercherNearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to "survival machines" whose sole purpose was to preserve "the selfish molecules known as genes." How these selfish genes work together ...



























Welcome to the MicrobiomeGetting to Know the Trillions of Bacteria and Other Microbes in, on, and Around YouRob DeSalle and Susan L PerkinsSuddenly, research findings require a paradigm shift in our view of the microbial world. The Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of Health is well under way, and unprecedented scientific technology now allows the censusing ...


Evolutionary Biology

A Natural History of Human MoralityMichael TomaselloA Natural History of Human Morality offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral psychology. Based on extensive experimental data comparing great apes and human children, Michael Tomasello reconstructs ...


Continuity and Change in Cultural Adaptation to Mountain EnvironmentsFrom Prehistory to Contemporary ThreatsLudomir R LoznyUp until now, mountain ecosystems have not been closely studies by social scientists as they do not offer a readily defined set of problems for human exploitation as, do for instance, tropical forests or arctic habitats. But the archaeological ...

410 pages | 15 tables | Paperback | 04/2015 | 9781489994851 | #225327A | £99.50 Add to basketHardback | 03/2013 | 9781461457015 | #225328A | £99.50 Add to basket

Divergence With Genetic ExchangeMichael L ArnoldThe study of genetic exchange resulting from natural hybridization, horizontal gene transfer, and viral recombination has long been marked by controversy between researchers holding different conceptual frameworks. Those subscribing to ...


Evolution: Making Sense of LifeCarl Zimmer and Douglas J EmlenScience writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have produced a thoroughly revised new edition of their widely praised evolution textbook. Emlen, an award-winning evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana ...


Evolutionary Biology: Biodiversification from Genotype to PhenotypePierre PontarottiEvolutionary Biology presents 20 selected contributions to the 18th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in September 2014 in Marseille. They are grouped under the following major themes: - Genotype to Phenotype ...

409 pages | 40 colour & 28 b/w illustrations | Hardback | 07/2015 | 9783319199313 | #225626A | £126.00 Add to basket

Evolutionary Developmental AnthropologyA Post-Genomic Approach to Understanding Primate and Human EvolutionJulie Boughner and Campbell RolianDevelopmental Approaches to Human Evolution encapsulates the current state of evolutionary developmental anthropology. This emerging scientific field applies tools and approaches from modern developmental biology to understand ...


Humankind: How Biology and Geography Shape Human DiversityAlexander H HarcourtWhere did the human species originate? Why are tropical people much more diverse than those at polar latitudes? Why can only Japanese people digest seaweed? How are darker skin, sunlight, and fertility related? Did Neanderthals and ...


It's a Jungle in ThereHow Competition & Cooperation in the Brain Shape the MindDavid A RosenbaumIt's a Jungle in There pursues the hypothesis that the overarching theory of biology, Darwin's theory, should be the overarching theory of cognitive psychology. Taking this approach, David Rosenbaum, a cognitive psychologist ...

272 pages | illustrations | Hardback | 03/2014 | 9780199829774 | #225527A | £19.99 Add to basketPaperback | 08/2015 | 9780190263164 | #225528A | £12.99 Add to basket

The Clothed ApeHuman Evolution Laid BareFernando OlallaIn The Clothed Ape, the author looks at all the hypotheses and theories that have so far been suggested regarding the different variables that play a part in human evolution: from why we are bipedal to the menopause, via the ...

173 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour & b/w illustrations | Paperback | 06/2015 | 9788494003585 | #225375A | £16.99 Add to basket

The Neanderthals RediscoveredHow Modern Science is Rewriting Their StoryDimitra Papagianni and Michael A MorseThe Neanderthals' story has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. We can now trace their evolution in Europe and spread across Asia, study their DNA and piece together how they lived ...

208 pages | 20 colour & 57 b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 08/2015 | 9780500292044 | #225657A | £9.99 Add to basket


























The Primate Origins of Human NatureCarel P van SchaikThe Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral ecology and primate psychology, classical ...


The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossackand Other Cautionary Tales from Human EvolutionIan TattersallIn his new book The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack, human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition of "human exceptionalism" in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution ...


The Third Chimpanzee [For Young Readers]The Evolution and Future of the Human AnimalJared Diamond and Rebecca StefoffAt some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behaviour that distinguished us from other animals, eventually creating language, art, religion, bicycles, spacecraft and nuclear weapons – all within ...

368 pages | b/w illustrations | Hardback | 09/2014 | 9781780746043 | #214027A | £12.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781780747484 | #225429A | £8.99 Add to basket

Trends in Biological Anthropology, Volume 1Karina Gerdau-Radonic and Kathleen McSweeneyThis first volume in the series Trends in Biological Anthropology presents 11 papers. The study of modern baboons as proxies to understand extinct hominin species’ diet and the interpretation of skeletal degenerative joint ...

111 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations, tables | Paperback | 06/2015 | 9781782978367 | #225495A | £49.95 Add to basket

Ecology

Distribution EcologyFrom Individual Habitat Use to Species Biogeographical RangeMarcelo Hernan CassiniDistribution Ecology brings together a set of approaches to the study of individual-species ecology based on the analysis of spatial variations of abundance. Distribution ecology assumes that ecological phenomena can be understood ...

217 pages | b/w illustrations, tables | Hardback | 04/2013 | 9781461464143 | #203158A | £159.50 Add to basketPaperback | 04/2015 | 9781489991973 | #225331A | £159.50 Add to basket

Ecological MechanicsPrinciples of Life's Physical InteractionsMark DennyPlants and animals interact with each other and their surroundings, and these interactions – with all their complexity and contingency – control where species can survive and reproduce. In this comprehensive and groundbreaking ...


Physical and Physiological Forest EcologyPertti Hari, Kari Heliovaara and Liisa KulmalaPhysical and Physiological Forest Ecology introduces a holistic synthesis of carbon and nitrogen fluxes in forest ecosystems from cell to stand level during the lifetime of trees. Establishing that metabolism and physical phenomena ...

534 pages | 7 colour & 217 b/w photos and illustrations, 3 tables | Hardback | 12/2012 | 9789400756021 | #201944A | £135.00 Add to basketPaperback | 01/2015 | 9789401782616 | #225644A | £135.00 Add to basket

Understanding Complex Ecosystem DynamicsA Systems and Engineering PerspectiveWilliam YackinousUnderstanding Complex Ecosystem Dynamics: A Systems and Engineering Perspective takes a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on complex system dynamics, beginning with a discussion of relevant systems and engineering skills and ...

436 pages | 135+ illustrations | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9780128020319 | #225562A | £84.99 Add to basket

Habitats & Ecosystems

A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape RestorationJohn A Stanturf, Palle Madsen and David LambWhile restoration ecology has traditionally aimed to re-create some putative more 'natural' ecological state, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged over the last decade as an approach aimed more at restoring natural function ...

492 pages | 70 colour & 32 b/w illustrations | Hardback | 11/2012 | 9789400753372 | #199600A | £153.00 Add to basketPaperback | 01/2015 | 9789400792555 | #225643A | £153.00 Add to basket

Airport LandscapeUrban Ecologies in the Aerial AgeSonja Duempelmann and Charles WaldheimAirports have never been more central to the life of cities, yet they have remained relatively peripheral in design discourse. In spite of this, however, landscape architects in recent decades have reaffirmed their historic assertions about ...

250 pages | 150 colour photos, 75 colour & 25 b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 02/2016 | 9781934510476 | #225552A | £18.95 Add to basket

























Au Coeur de la Nature: Cent Ans de Recherches au Parc National Suisse [The Heart of Nature: One Hundred Years of ResearcBruno Baur and Thomas ScheurerThe Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) has played a leading role in the foundation of the Swiss National Park in 1914. The stakes were high: to create a fantastic outdoor laboratory to study the evolution of nature undisturbed by human ...

397 pages | 155 illustrations, 15 tables | Hardback | 08/2015 | 9783258078649 | #225612A | £54.99 Add to basket

Baumwelten und ihre Geschichten [The World of Trees and its Stories]Conrad AmberTrees and forests touch our souls – especially if they are allowed to grow old and have a identity. To dwell under an an ancient lime tree or even to stand in a grove of oak trees, which already existed in the Middle Ages ...


Coastal ZonesSolutions for the 21st CenturyJuan Baztan, Omer Chouinard, Betty Jorgensen, Paul Tett, Jean-Paul Vanderlinden and Liette VasseurCoastal Zones: Solutions for the 21st Century bridges the gap between national and international efforts and the local needs for actions in communities where coastal zone challenges are faced daily. The solution-oriented approach ...


Developing Tsunami-Resilient CommunitiesThe National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation ProgramEddie N BernardTsunamis remain an ever-present threat to lives and property along the coasts of most of the world's oceans. Because of the geographical extent of U.S. coastlines, an earthquake in Alaska can generate a local tsunami for Alaskans and ...


Dryland ForestsManagement and Social Diversity in Africa and AsiaPurabi Bose and Han van DijkDryland Forests: Management and Social Diversity in Africa and Asia provides new insights and conceptual understandings of the human and gender dimension of vulnerability in relation to the dynamics of tenure reforms in the drylands ...


Dynamics of the Pantanal Wetland in South AmericaIvan Bergier and Mario Luis AssineDynamics of the Pantanal Wetland in South America provides readers with in-depth insights into the changes in the Pantanal wetland from its formation to the actual and likely future states. It reveals that today's Pantanal ...


Ecology and Biodiversity of the Tanguar HaorA Unique Wetland of BangladeshKhandoker Azizul IslamTanguar Haor is one of the largest natural freshwater wetlands in the northeast region of Bangladesh. This haor (haors are wetland ecosystems in the north eastern part of Bangladesh) is extremely important for its large and diverse water ...

160 pages | colour illustrations, colour maps | Hardback | 01/2011 | 9789843335012 | #225231A | £28.99 Add to basket

Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the BiosphereRattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F Huettl, Bernd Uwe Schneider and Joachim von BraunEcological functions and human wellbeing depend on ecosystem services. Among the ecosystem services are provisional (food, feed, fuel, fiber), regulating (carbon sequestration, waste recycling, water cleansing), cultural (aesthetic, ...

464 pages | 109 b/w photos and b/w illustrations; tables | Hardback | 05/2013 | 9789400764545 | #211782A | £153.00 Add to basketPaperback | 05/2013 | 9789401783026 | #225520A | £153.00 Add to basket

Geopedology: An Integration of Geomorphology and Pedology for Soil and Landscape StudiesJoseph Alfred Zinck, Graciela Metternicht, Gerardo Bocco and Hector Francesco del ValleGeopedology offers a proven approach for reliable mapping of soil-landscape relationships to derive information for policy, planning and management at scales ranging from local to regional. Geopedology presents the ...

430 pages | biography | Hardback | NYP 01/2016 | 9783319191584 | #225620A | £67.99 Add to basket

Grassland Restoration and ManagementDavid Blakesley and Peter BuckleyFollowing the destruction of 95% of meadows during the twentieth century, there is an urgent need to understand what little unspoiled habitat remains in order to plan the management and restoration of existing sites, as well as re-creating ...

272 pages | Hardback | NYP 02/2016 | 9781907807800 | #224165A | £59.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 02/2016 | 9781784270780 | #224166A | £34.99 Add to basket


























Kulturlandschaften Lesen: Vielfaeltige Lebensraeume Erkennen und Verstehen [Reading Cultural Landscapes: Recognizing andBruno P KremerWithout human intervention Central Europe would be a vast forest, and thus fairly species-poor. Around 10,000 years ago however, people began to intervene in undisturbed natural areas and to use them, and over time created a mosaic of ...


Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of VariationType, Frequency, Severity, and Post-Disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests USACathryn H Greenberg and Beverly S CollinsThis book discusses the historic range of variation (HRV) in the types, frequencies, severities and scales of natural disturbances, and explores how they create heterogeneous structure within upland hardwood forests of the Central Hardwood ...


Naturschutz, Werte, Wandel: Die Geschichte Ausgewaehlter Schutzgebiete in Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz [ConsChristina Pichler-Koban and Michael JungmeierProtected areas such as national parks, biosphere reserves and nature parks, are the flagships of the conservation movement. The authors recount the genesis of the following protected areas: Nationalpark Berchtesgaden (DE) ...

297 pages | 95 illustrations, 10 tables | Paperback | 08/2015 | 9783258079424 | #225569A | £42.50 Add to basket

Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape DisturbancesAjith H Perera, Brian R Sturtevant and Lisa J BuseForest landscape disturbances are a global phenomenon. Simulation models are an important tool in understanding these broad scale processes and exploring their effects on forest ecosystems.

321 pages | 51 colour & 23 b/w illustrations, 18 tables | Hardback | 08/2015 | 9783319198088 | #225624A | £126.00 Add to basket

Soils of SloveniaBlaz Repe, Borut Vrscaj and Primoz SimoncicThis books gives a complete overview of the soils of Slovenia, from soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil propoerties, classification, fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management ...

299 pages | 30 colour & 10 b/w photos, illustrations and maps | Hardback | NYP 02/2016 | 9789401785846 | #225675A | £89.99 Add to basket

Sustainable Land ManagementLearning from the Past for the FutureSelim Kapur, Hari Eswaran and Winfried EH BlumSoil quality is threatened by many human-induced activities, but can also be improved by good land management. In the relatively short history of mankind on earth, the landscape and soils of the world have been drastically modified from ...

432 pages | b/w illustrations | Hardback | 11/2010 | 9783642147814 | #189422A | £153.00 Add to basketPaperback | 11/2014 | 9783642439780 | #225273A | £153.00 Add to basket

The American SeaA Natural History of the Gulf of MexicoRezneat Milton DarnellFor more than a decade, Rezneat Darnell worked on this major synthesis of what is known about the Gulf of Mexico. His goal: to bring a deeper understanding of "the American Sea" to students, scientists, managers, and educated ...

768 pages | 14 colour & 83 b/w photos, 122 b/w illustrations | Hardback | 07/2015 | 9781623492823 | #225437A | £64.95 Add to basket

Wetland SoilsGenesis, Hydrology, Landscapes, and ClassificationMichael J Vepraskas and Christopher B CraftIn the U.S., both federal and state laws prevent wetlands from being filled in or drained unless permits are obtained by an agency of the federal government. Boundaries of a wetland must be identified and located in the field by examining ...


WoodlandsOliver RackhamTrees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife. Each species has its own agenda and its own interactions with human activities [...] Written by one of Britain's best-known naturalists, Woodlands offers a fascinating ...

604 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations and b/w maps (210 total) | Hardback | 03/2010 | 9780007315147 | #178560A | £19.99 Add to basketPaperback | 08/2012 | 9780007481040 | #196828A | £10.49 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 10/2015 | 9780008156916 | #225681A | £12.99 Add to basket

Conservation & Biodiversity

Biodiversity of Aquatic EcosystemSignificance, Threats and ConservationPawan KumarThe present book mainly deals with aquatic biodiversity, conservation, aquaculture and environmental pollution. The extensive use of illustrations is intended to increase the understanding of the concepts and also show modern facilities.



























Call of the KokakoJeff HudsonCall of the Kokako is a journey of discovery into what makes the kokako 'tick' in order to save the species. This journey and work resulted in the restoration of the largest population of kokako in New Zealand with the ...

164 pages | colour & b/w photos | Paperback | 02/2013 | 9781877566301 | #225214A | £20.99 Add to basket

Coastal Biodiversity of Undivided Balasore DistrictUB Mohapatra, Hemanta Kumar Sahu, AK Biswal and SD RoutThis study covers the entire coast of Balasore and Bhadrak districts (undivided Balasore district), Odisha, India, spanning over a length of 120 km. The entire coast encompasses many complex and dynamic ecosystems like riverine, estuarine ...

106 pages | colour illustrations, b/w maps | Paperback | 01/2012 | 9789350971260 | #225387A | £19.99 Add to basket

Deutschlands Wilde Tiere: Wo Adler, Dachs und Biber Leben [Germany's Wild Animals: Where Eagles, Badgers and Beavers LivEkkehard OphovenLesser Spotted Eagle hunt their prey mainly on foot, lynx hear mice rustle in the leaves from 50 metres away, and wolves are spreading more and more. Germany is a paradise for numerous unique species of wildlife. Eighty native animals in ...


Geopolitique de l'Ours Polaire [Geopolitics of the Polar Bear]Remy Marion, Farid Benhammou, Valerie Masson-Delmotte and Pascal OrcierThe polar bear by itself embodies major environmental issues, starting with global warming. But in essence, environmental issues are territorial conflicts. The protection of the polar bear generates questions about survival ...

188 pages | 16 plates with colour photos; 8 maps | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9782357060326 | #225653A | £23.50 Add to basket

Indicators and Surrogates of Biodiversity and Environmental ChangeDavid B Lindenmayer, Philip Barton and Jennifer PiersonEcological surrogates and indicators are used widely by resource managers because they provide a simpler way to monitor and understand complex biota and ecosystem processes. The potential for surrogates and indicators to guide complex ...

192 pages | 25 b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781498748704 | #225628A | £49.99 Add to basket

Pandas and PeopleCoupling Human and Natural Systems for SustainabilityJianguo LiuUnderstanding the complex relationships between humans and the natural world is essential for achieving environmental sustainability and improving human well-being, yet many studies are unable to reveal complex interactions and hidden trends.

Hardback | NYP 01/2016 | 9780198703549 | #225182A | £79.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 01/2016 | 9780198703556 | #225183A | £39.99 Add to basket

Protected AreasAre They Safeguarding BiodiversityLucas N JoppaProtected areas spearhead our response to the rapidly accelerating biodiversity crisis. However, while the number of protected areas has been growing rapidly over the past 20 years, the extent to which the world's protected areas are ...


Restoring Layered LandscapesHistory, Ecology, and CultureDavid Havlick and Marion HourdequinRestoring Layered Landscapes brings together historians, geographers, philosophers, and interdisciplinary scholars to explore ecological restoration in landscapes with complex histories shaped by ongoing interactions between human ...


Sie Sind Wieder Da: Baer, Luchs und Wolf Erleben [They Are Back: Encountering Bears, Lynx and Wolves]Ralf BuerglinSome people are afraid of them, others like them. We had (almost) eradicated them and now they are coming back into our forests and mountains. The idea to encounter them in the wild is a dream for many. Now it can become a reality.


What Works in Conservation 2015William J Sutherland, Lynn V Dicks, Nancy Ockendon and Rebecca K Smith- Is planting grass margins around fields beneficial for wildlife? - Which management interventions increase bee numbers in farmland? - Does helping migrating toads across roads increase populations? - How do you reduce ...

338 pages | colour tables | Paperback | 07/2015 | 9781783741571 | #225390A | £26.99 Add to basketHardback | 07/2015 | 9781783741588 | #225391A | £65.99 Add to basket

Environmental Science

Carbon CrunchHow We're Getting Climate Change Wrong - And How to Fix itDieter HelmIn a new edition of his hard-hitting book Carbon Crunch on climate change, economist Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy ...

304 pages | Illustrations | Paperback | 06/2015 | 9780300215328 | #225479A | £12.99 Add to basket





























Global Change and Integrated Coastal ManagementThe Asia-Pacific RegionNick HarveyGlobal Change and Integrated Coastal Management focuses on the potential impacts of global change on coastal environments in the Asia-Pacific region. The region is significant because phenomena such as the Asian Monsoon and the ...

339 pages | 80 colour illustrations | Hardback | 12/2006 | 9781402036279 | #156635A | £175.50 Add to basketPaperback | 11/2014 | 9789400789128 | #225279A | £175.50 Add to basket

Global OvershootContemplating the World's Converging ProblemsDoug CocksGlobal Overshoot is a multidisciplinary analysis (including history and pre-history) from an ecological and evolutionary perspective of the contemporary world system. Global Overshoot compares and critiques attitudes ...


Ice is MeltingEthics in the ArcticLeif Magne Helgesen, Kim Holmen and Ole Arve MisundThe ice in the Arctic is melting. Nowhere on earth can the changes in our climate be seen as clearly as here. What is happening? Are we heading for a catastrophe, or is this only a problem for polar bears and walruses? How will a warmer ...


Recarbonization of the BiosphereEcosystems and the Global Carbon CycleRattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F Huettl, Bernd Uwe Schneider, Joachim von Braun and Klaus ToepferRecarbonization of the Biosphere describes comprehensively carbon (C) cycle process in global ecosystems and the potential and co-benefits of recarbonization of the biosphere. An ever increasing human population is disposing ...

559 pages | 10 colour & 90 b/w photos and illustrations, 10 tables | Hardback | 03/2012 | 9789400741584 | #205000A | £153.00 Add to basketPaperback | 04/2014 | 9789400799073 | #225519A | £153.00 Add to basket

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Volume 184George W WareReviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy, and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in a ...

245 pages | 10 illustrations | Hardback | 12/2005 | 9780387223988 | #152124A | £159.50 Add to basketPaperback | 02/2015 | 9781461498377 | #225694A | £159.50 Add to basket

The Mechanisms of Reactions Influencing Atmospheric OzoneJack G Calvert, John J Orlando, William R Stockwell and Timothy J WallingtonOzone, an important trace component, is critical to life on Earth and to atmospheric chemistry. The presence of ozone profoundly impacts the physical structure of the atmosphere and meteorology. Ozone is also an important photolytic source ...

608 pages | 248 illustrations | Hardback | 07/2015 | 9780190233020 | #225515A | £147.50 Add to basket

Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the WorldBill Nye and Corey S PowellJust as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's rising youth to action: to create a better future. In Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World ...


What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global WarmingToward a New Psychology of Climate ActionPer Espen Stoknes and Jorgen RandersThe more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead. It is a catch-22 ...


Wildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals of Military ConcernMarc A Williams, Gunda Reddy, Jr.,Michael J Quinn and Mark S JohnsonWildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals of Military Concern is a compendium of chemical-specific toxicity information with discussions on the rationale and development of Wildlife Toxicity Reference Values (TRVs) intended for ...


Physical Sciences

50 Erdschaetze, die Unsere Welt Veraenderten [Fifty Minerals That Changed the Course of History]Eric ChalineUsing the word "minerals" in its broadest sense, 50 Erdschätze, die Unsere Welt Veränderten features the metals, alloys, rocks, organic minerals, and gemstones that humans have used as the building blocks of ...


A Natural History of WineIan Tattersall and Rob DeSalleAn excellent bottle of wine can be the spark that inspires a brainstorming session. Such was the case for Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle, scientists who frequently collaborate on book and museum exhibition projects. When the conversation ...





























A Walking Guide to the Geology of IslayAn Introduction to Islay's Geological Past with 12 Illustrative ExcursionsDavid Webster, Roger Anderton and Alastair SkeltonA Walking Guide to the Geology of Islay describes 12 varied excursions on Islay that tell the fascinating story of Islay's geological past from 2 billion-year old gneiss to the Ice Age. The geology of each walk is described ...


Applied Groundwater ModelingSimulation of Flow and Advective TransportMary P Anderson, William W Woessner and Randall J HuntThis second edition is extensively revised throughout with expanded discussion of modeling fundamentals and coverage of advances in model calibration and uncertainty analysis that are revolutionizing the science of groundwater modeling.


Berliner Hoehlenkundliche Berichte, Volume 59: Indonesia 1985-2001: Expeditions of the Association PyreneenneFrancois Brouquisse, Louis Deharveng and Michael LaumannsFourteen expeditions to Indonesia are presented in this volume. The expeditions mainly targeted Sulawesi and Sumatra, but also Halmahera (Moluccas), West Papua (formerly Irian Yaya), and the small island of Muna. Describes 338 caves and ...

208 pages | Paperback | 08/2015 | #225246A | £14.99 Add to basket

Cosmos: The Infographic Book of SpaceStuart Lowe and Chris NorthLife. The Universe. Everything. The human race has always revealed an insatiable hunger to search "to infinity and beyond". In this truly mind-blowing book, partners in science Stuart Lowe and Chris North use cutting edge ...


Die Zweigeteilten Karawanken und Ihre Erdgeschichtliche Entwicklung [The Bipartite Karawanks and its Geological DevelopmHans Peter Schoenlaub and Ralf SchusterThe eastern Karawanks, a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps on the border between Slovenia to the south and Austria to the north, with its center at Bad Eisenkappel, is a "hot spot" for every nature lover.

88 pages | 80 illustrations | Paperback | 08/2015 | 9783853280690 | #225525A | £15.99 Add to basket

Earthquake Time BombsRobert YeatsIn a media interview in January 2010, scientist Robert Yeats sounded the alarm on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as an 'earthquake time bomb', a region at critical risk of major seismic activity. One week later, a catastrophic earthquake ....


Evolution of a Breckland LandscapeChalkland under a Cold Climate in the Area of Beachamwell, NorfolkRichard WestThis is another masterly piece of work from Richard West describing the processes and sequence of events that combine to make the landscape of chalkland between Swaffham and Shouldham so interesting. The evolution of the local landscape ...

110 pages | 55 colour plates | Paperback | 08/2015 | #225272A | £14.50 Add to basket

Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and MiningRoger MarjoribanksThis practical step-by-step guide Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining describes the key geological field techniques needed by today's exploration geologists involved in the search for metallic deposits.


Geologie von BrandenburgWerner Stackebrandt and Dietrich FrankeGeologie von Brandenburg describes in detail the geology, tectonics and natural resources (water, rocks and soils, brown coal, geothermal, hydrocarbons, stowage and storage potential, copper and silver) of ...


Geomorphology of Central AmericaA Syngenetic PerspectiveJean Pierre BergoeingGeomorphology of Central America is authored by a scientist with more than 30 years of regional assessment research experience in Central American countries, arming scientists with a classic research method-a method most effective ...

172 pages | 100+ photos and illustrations | Paperback | 06/2015 | 9780128031599 | #225642A | £60.99 Add to basket

Here Be DragonsScience, Technology and the Future of HumanityOlle HaeggstroemThere is a widely held conception that progress in science and technology is our salvation, and the more of it, the better. This, however, is an oversimplified and even dangerous attitude. While the future will certainly offer huge changes due to ...



























How Do You Find an Exoplanet?John Asher JohnsonAlien worlds have long been a staple of science fiction. But today, thanks to modern astronomical instrumentation and the achievements of many enterprising observational astronomers, the existence of planets outside our solar system ...

208 pages | 1 b/w photo, 17 b/w illustrations | Hardback | NYP 02/2016 | 9780691156811 | #225371A | £24.95 Add to basket

Hubble's LegacyReflections by Those Who Dreamed It, Built It, and Observed the Universe with ItRoger D Launius and David H DeVorkinThe development and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have resulted in many rich legacies, most particularly in science and technology but in culture as well. It is also the first telescope in space that has been utilized as ...


Infinity BeckonedAdventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989Jay Gallentine and Bobak FerdowsiInfinity Beckoned illuminates a critical period of space history when humans dared an expansive leap into the inner solar system. With an irreverent and engaging style, Jay Gallentine conveys the trials and triumphs of the people ...

504 pages | 52 photos | Hardback | NYP 01/2016 | 9780803234468 | #225373A | £25.99 Add to basket

Landschaften Lesen: Die Formen der Erdoberflaeche Erkennen und Verstehen [How to Read the Landscape: A Crash Course in IRobert Yarham and Peter GoebelInterest in the environment has never been greater and yet most of us have little knowledge about the 4 billion years of history that formed it. This book explains the principles of geology, geography and geomorphology, and shows how a ...

256 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Hardback | 06/2015 | 9783258079349 | #225587A | £33.99 Add to basket

Light: A Very Short IntroductionIan WalmsleyLight enables us to see the world around us. Our sense of sight provides us with direct information about space and time, the physical arrangement of the world, and how it changes. This almost universal shared sensation of vision has led ...

152 pages | illustrations | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9780199682690 | #225287A | £7.99 Add to basket

Mineral Deposits of FinlandWolfgang D Maier, Raimo Lahtinen and Hugh O'BrienMineral Deposits of Finland is the only up-to-date and inclusive reference available that fully captures the scope of Finland's mineral deposits and their economic potential. Finland hosts Europe's most mature rocks and ...

792 pages | ~250 colour & b/w photos and colour & b/w illustrations | Hardback | 07/2015 | 9780124104389 | #225254A | £94.99 Add to basket

Minerals: Their Constitution and OriginHans-Rudolf Wenk and Andrei BulakhThe new edition of this popular textbook, once again, provides an indispensable guide for the next generation of mineralogists. Designed for use on one- or two-semester courses, this second edition has been thoughtfully reorganised, making ...

620 pages | 181 colour & 525 b/w illustrations, 100 tables | Hardback | NYP 01/2016 | 9781107106260 | #223459A | £99.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 01/2016 | 9781107514041 | #223460A | £44.99 Add to basket

Monitoring and Modelling Dynamic EnvironmentsAlan P Dykes, John Wainwright and Mark MulliganThe Times (Obituaries, 4 August 2008) reported that "John Thornes was one of the most eminent and influential physical geographers of his generation." John's keen interest in understanding landform processes and ...


NASA Hubble Space Telescope - 1990 Onwards (Including All Upgrades)An Insight into the History, Development, Collaboration, Construction and Role of the Earth-Orbiting Space TelescopeDavid BakerThe Hubble Space Telescope is an international venture primarily between the USA and Europe. More than any other space project, Hubble has encouraged an expanding interest in popular astronomy. With stunning views of the cosmos, it has ...

176 pages | colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations | Hardback | 06/2015 | 9780857337979 | #225613A | £22.99 Add to basket

NASA Voyager 1 & 2 Owners' Workshop Manual1977 Onwards (Including Pioneer 10 & 11)Christopher RileyVoyager 1 has recently crossed the boundary of our solar system and passed into interstellar space, and Voyager 2 is likely to follow suit, on a different path, between 2016 and 2017. The two Voyager probes will continue to transmit ...

200 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour & b/w illustrations | Hardback | 08/2015 | 9780857337757 | #225372A | £22.99 Add to basket

Natural Resources in AfghanistanGeographic and Geologic Perspectives on Centuries of ConflictJohn (Jack) F Shroder and Thomas E GouttierreNatural Resources in Afghanistan: Geographic and Geologic Perspectives on Centuries of Conflict details Afghanistan's physical geography – namely climate, soils, vegetation, water, hazards, and basic geologic background ...

572 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour illustrations | Hardback | 07/2014 | 9780128001356 | #225271A | £125.00 Add to basket

























Newton's Apple and Other Myths about ScienceRonald L Numbers and Kostas KampourakisA falling apple inspired Isaac Newton's insight into the law of gravity – or so the story goes. Is it true? Perhaps not. But the more intriguing question is why such stories endure as explanations of how science happens.


Physics of the Upper Polar AtmosphereAsgeir BrekkePhysics of the Upper Polar Atmosphere is the only extended textbook that covers in particular the physics of the upper polar atmosphere where the polar lights demonstrates the end product of a process taking place at extremely ...


Physische Geographie der Polargebiete [Physical Geography of the Polar Regions]Wolf Dieter BluemelThe second, completely revised edition of this work describes the geography of the polar regions. Due to climate change and the importance of sea ice for the global climate, the polar regions have become the focus of research.

295 pages | 109 colour & b/w photos and b/w illustrations, 7 tables | Paperback | 08/2015 | 9783443071530 | #225228A | £32.99 Add to basket

Rifts and Passive MarginsStructural Architecture, Thermal Regimes, and Petroleum SystemsMichal NemcokRifts and passive margins are extremely important for the petroleum industry, as they are areas of high sedimentation and can contain significant oil and gas resources. Rifts and Passive Margins provides a comprehensive understanding ...

576 pages | 499 b/w illustrations, 44 tables | Hardback | NYP 12/2015 | 9781107025837 | #223908A | £99.99 Add to basket

Searching for the Oldest StarsAncient Relics from the Early UniverseAnna FrebelAstronomers study the oldest observable stars in the universe in much the same way that archaeologists study ancient artifacts on Earth. Here, Anna Frebel – who is credited with discovering several of the oldest and most primitive ...

336 pages | 5 b/w photos, 51 colour & 57 b/w illustrations, 8 tables | Hardback | NYP 12/2015 | 9780691165066 | #225370A | £20.95 Add to basket

Solar SketchingA Comprehensive Guide to Drawing the SunErika Rix, Kim Hay, Sally Russell and Richard D HandyFrom the authors of Sketching the Moon comes a comprehensive guide filled with richly illustrated, detailed drawing tutorials that cover a variety of solar phenomena. Explanations of what to expect visually from white light ...

426 pages | 125 colour & 314 b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781493929009 | #225633A | £24.99 Add to basket

Spring ChickenStay Young Forever (or Die Trying)Bill GiffordSpring Chicken is a full-throttle, high-energy ride through the latest research, popular mythology, and ancient wisdom on mankind's oldest obsession: How can we live longer? And better? In his funny, self-deprecating voice ...

384 pages | Hardback | 02/2015 | 9781455527441 | #222336A | £24.50 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 09/2015 | 9781780748511 | #225503A | £8.99 Add to basket

Steine an Fluss, Strand und Kueste [Stones of Rivers, Beach, and Coast]Finden, Sammeln, BestimmenFrank Rudolph, Bernhard Bayer, Werner Bartholomaeus and Sven von LogaWalkers who frequent water often like to gather stones, whether from rivers, coasts or beaches. Anyone wanting to know what to look for to find particularly beautiful specimens, or those who look for very specific stones, will find the ...


Structural GeologyHaakon FossenThis market-leading textbook has been fully updated in response to extensive user feedback. It includes a new chapter on joints and veins, additional examples from around the world, stunning new field photos, and extended online resources ...


The Early Evolution of the Atmospheres of Terrestrial PlanetsJosep M Trigo-Rodriguez, Francois Raulin, Christian Muller and Conor NixonThe Early Evolution of the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets presents the main processes participating in the atmospheric evolution of terrestrial planets. A group of experts in the different fields provide an update of our current ...


The International Atlas of Mars Exploration, Volume 2, 2004 to 2014From Spirit to CuriosityPhilip J Stooke and Andrew ChaikinBeginning with the landing of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers in 2004 and concluding with the end of the Curiosity mission in 2014, this second volume of The International Atlas of Mars Exploration continues the story of Mars exploration ...

390 pages | 87 b/w illustrations, 130 maps, 60 tables | Hardback | NYP 12/2015 | 9781107030930 | #225617A | £94.99 Add to basket



























The Knowledge: StargazingMaggie Aderin-PocockAstronomy is the oldest science, probably because you can do it just with your eyes. From time immemorial, people across the globe have looked up at the skies and wondered. In Stargazing Maggie Aderin-Pocock gives an overview of ...


The New CosmosAnswering Astronomy's Big QuestionsDavid J Eicher and Alex FilippenkoOver the past decade, astronomers, planetary scientists, and cosmologists have answered – or are closing in on the answers to – some of the biggest questions about the universe. David J. Eicher presents a spectacular exploration ...


The Unknown UniverseWhat We Don't Know About Time and Space in Ten ChaptersStuart Clark On 21 March 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8 billion years of time, it is physically impossible to make a better map: we will never see ...


Walden's ShoreHenry David Thoreau and Nineteenth-Century ScienceRobert M Thorson"Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downward," Thoreau invites his readers in Walden, "till we come to a hard bottom and rocks in place, which we can call reality." Walden's Shore explores Thoreau's understanding of that hard ...

440 pages | illustrations | Paperback | 09/2015 | 9780674088184 | #225553A | £16.95 Add to basketHardback | 01/2014 | 9780674724785 | #225554A | £22.95 Add to basket

Sustainable Development

After NatureA Politics for the AnthropoceneJedediah PurdyNature no longer exists apart from humanity. Henceforth, the world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists have called this new planetary epoch the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans. The geological strata we are now creating ...


Austerity Ecology & the Collapse-Porn AddictsA Defence of Growth, Progress, Industry and StuffLeigh PhilipsEconomic growth, progress, industry and, erm, stuff have all come in for a sharp kicking from the green left and beyond in recent years. Everyone from black-hoodied Starbucks window-smashers to farmers' market heirloom-tomato-mongers ...


Beastly MoralityAnimals as Ethical AgentsJonathan K CraneWe have come to regard nonhuman animals as beings of concern, and we even grant them some legal protections. But until we understand animals as moral agents in and of themselves, they will be nothing more than distant recipients of our ...


Between Two FiresA Fire History of Contemporary AmericaStephen J PyneFrom a fire policy of prevention at all costs to today's restored burning, Between Two Fires is America's history channeled through the story of wildland fire management. Stephen J. Pyne tells of a fire revolution that ...


Biodiversitaet Foerdern und Nutzen - Schaedlingsbekaempfung in Kohlgewaechsen [Use and Promotion of Biodiversity - PestHenryk Luka, Claudia Daniel, Guendalina Barloggio and Lukas PfiffnerMost people only think of the variety and beauty of species and their conservation when you mention the keyword "biodiversity". However, biodiversity provides much more. It is possible to design biotic components and resources ...

92 pages | 52 illustrations, 8 tables | Paperback | 06/2015 | 9783258079356 | #225564A | £42.99 Add to basket

Bird RelicsGrief and Vitalism in ThoreauBranka ArsicBirds were never far from Thoreau's mind. They wing their way through his writing just as they did through his cabin on Walden Pond, summoned or dismissed at whim by his whistles. Emblematic of life, death, and nature's endless ...


























Bringing Ecologists and Economists TogetherThe Asko Meetings and PapersTore Soderqvist, Anna Sundbaum, Carl Folke, Karl-Goran Maler and Kenneth J ArrowThe Asko meetings were an annual forum where leading economists and ecologists came together to discuss the myriad issues and challenges surrounding sustainable development. Organized by the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics and ...

291 pages | 5 colour & b/w illustrations | Hardback | 12/2010 | 9789048194759 | #189636A | £117.00 Add to basketPaperback | 11/2014 | 9789400790384 | #225349A | £117.00 Add to basket

Charles Darwin and the Church of WordsworthRobert M RyanCharles Darwin and the Church of Wordsworth is a study of the cultural connections between two of the nineteenth century's most influential figures, Charles Darwin and William Wordsworth. When Darwin presented ...


Crop Improvement Under Adverse ConditionsNarendra Tuteja and Sarvajeet Singh GillPlant development and productivity are negatively regulated by various environmental stresses. Abiotic stress factors such as heat, cold, drought, and salinity represent key elements limiting agricultural productivity worldwide.


Environmental Politics: A Very Short IntroductionAndrew DobsonEnvironmental politics has many faces and operates at multiple scales: it preoccupies individuals as well as governments, drives local agreements as well as international treaties, results in minor business changes as well as wholesale ...

144 pages | 9 b/w photos and b/w illustrations | Paperback | NYP 01/2016 | 9780199665570 | #223759A | £7.99 Add to basket

Fishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian AmazonOn a Local Society in TransitionLisa RinghoferFishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian Amazon analyses the society-nature interaction of the Tsimane', a rural indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon. Following a common methodological framework, the material and ...


Inappropriability of the EarthYves Charles ZarkaThe Earth is not simply the terrestrial globe (earth), it is also and fundamentally the habitable world (Earth). Now this Earth is in a critical state. Overexploited, despoiled, her finitude is denied by the productivist appropriation ...


Landscapes of ChangeInnovative Designs and Reinvented SitesRoxi ThorenClimate change, population shifts, and many other factors have all changed the demands we place on landscape designs. Projects now have to absorb stormwater, cool urban centers, connect neighborhoods, and provide wildlife habitats.

256 pages | 225 colour photos & colour illustrations | Paperback | 01/2015 | 9781604693867 | #225290A | £24.99 Add to basket

Nature's FortuneHow Business and Society Thrive by Investing in NatureMark R Tercek and Jonathan S AdamsWhat is nature worth? The answer to this question – which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms – is revolutionizing the way we do business. In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of ...

243 pages | no illustrations | Hardback | 05/2013 | 9780465031818 | #205431A | £17.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 10/2015 | 9781610916950 | #225631A | £11.99 Add to basket

Nematode Pathogenesis of Insects and Other PestsEcology and Applied Technologies for Sustainable Plant and Crop ProtectionRaquel Campos-HerreraAchieving a sustainable agriculture requires integrating advances in multiples disciplines, covering both fundamental and applied research in a common objective: enhancing crop health for better productions. This first volume of the ...

531 pages | 21 colour & 30 b/w illustrations, 24 colour tables | Hardback | NYP 09/2015 | 9783319182650 | #225677A | £135.00 Add to basket

New Issues in Polar TourismCommunities, Environments, PoliticsDieter K M??ller, Linda Lundmark and Raynald H LemelinNew Issues in Polar Tourism traces and analyzes a decade of growing interest in the polar regions, and the consequent challenges and opportunities of increasing tourist traffic in formerly remote and seldom-visited places.


Permissible Progeny?The Morality of Procreation and ParentingSarah Hannan, Samantha Brennan and Richard VernonPermissible Progeny? contributes to the growing literature on the morality of procreation and parenting. About half of the chapters take up questions about the morality of bringing children into existence. They discuss the ...






























Restoring the Shining WatersSuperfund Success at Milltown, MontanaDavid R BrooksNo sooner had the EPA established the Superfund program in 1980 to clean up the nation's toxic waste dumps and other abandoned hazardous waste sites, than a little Montana town found itself topping the new program's National ...

280 pages | 17 b/w illustrations, 1 map | Hardback | NYP 09/2015 | 9780806144726 | #225360A | £42.50 Add to basket

Russia in the ArcticHard or Soft Power?Alexander Sergunin and Valery KonyshevIn this timely book Russia in the Arctic, the authors provide a detailed analysis of Russia's national interests in the Arctic region. They assess Russia's domestic discourse on the High North's role in the system of ...


The John Nix Farm Management PocketbookJohn NixThe 46th Pocketbook Edition sees a number of additions to the already information-packed Pocketbook. Not only are the existing schedules updated taking account of price movements, but new this year includes: - Used by almost all top ...

Paperback | NYP 09/2015 | #225545A | £39.99 Add to basket

The Price of OilRoberto F Aguilera and Marian RadetzkiDrawing on their extensive knowledge of the oil industry, Roberto F. Aguilera and Marian Radetzki provide an in-depth examination of the price of the world's most important commodity. They argue that although oil has experienced an ...

246 pages | 18 b/w illustrations, 18 tables | Hardback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781107110014 | #225243A | £69.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781107525627 | #225244A | £24.99 Add to basket

The Protection of Indigenous Peoples and Reduction of Forest Carbon EmissionsThe REDD-Plus Regime and International LawHanda AbidinIn The Protection of Indigenous Peoples and Reduction of Forest Carbon Emissions, Handa Abidin identifies three main approaches that can be used by indigenous peoples to protect their rights in the context of REDD-plus. Further ...


The Scramble for the PolesThe Geopolitics of the Arctic and AntarcticKlaus Dodds and Mark NuttallIn August 2007 a Russian flag was planted under the North Pole during a scientific expedition triggering speculation about a new scramble for resources beneath the thawing ice. But is there really a global grab for Polar territory ...


Vital Signs 2015The Trends That are Shaping Our FutureThe Worldwatch InstituteWhat we make and buy is a major indicator of society's collective priorities. Among twenty-four key trends, Vital Signs Volume 22 explores significant global patterns in production and consumption. The result is a fascinating ...

152 pages | 7 photos, 91 illustrations | Paperback | NYP 11/2015 | 9781610916721 | #225632A | £15.99 Add to basket

Water and EnergyThreats and OpportunitiesGustaf OlssonRapid and important developments in the area of energy – water nexus over the last two to three years have been significant. This new edition of Water and Energy: Threats and Opportunities is timely and continues to highlight ...


Data Analysis

A Biostatistics Toolbox for Data AnalysisSteve SelvinThis sophisticated package of statistical methods is for advanced master's (MPH) and PhD students in public health and epidemiology who are involved in the analysis of data. It makes the link from statistical theory to data analysis ...


Bayesian Methods for Repeated MeasuresLyle D BroemelingAnalyze Repeated Measures Studies Using Bayesian Techniques Going beyond standard non-Bayesian books, Bayesian Methods for Repeated Measures presents the main ideas for the analysis of repeated measures and associated ...

568 pages | 86 b/w illustrations, 221 tables | Hardback | 08/2015 | 9781482248197 | #225640A | £81.99 Add to basket
























Confidence, Likelihood and ProbabilityStatistical Inference with Confidence DistributionsTore Schweder and Nils Lid HjortThis lively book Confidence, Likelihood and Probability lays out a methodology of confidence distributions and puts them through their paces. Among other merits, they lead to optimal combinations of confidence from different ...


Das Grosse Kosmos-Buch der Mikroskopie [The Big Kosmos Book of Microscopy]Bruno P KremerThis book has set an unprecedented standard: It's the recipe, guidance and workbook for microscopists, conveys extensive knowledge and describes the topic area very understandably. From viruses in houseplants and the bizarre protozoa ...

320 pages | 453 colour & 17 b/w photos, 115 colour illustrations | Paperback | 06/2015 | 9783440146750 | #225494A | £35.99 Add to basket

Distance SamplingMethods and ApplicationsST Buckland, EA Rexstad, TA Marques and CS OedekovenIn Distance Sampling: Methods and Applications, the authors cover the basic methods and advances within distance sampling that are most valuable to practitioners and in ecology more broadly. This is the fourth book dedicated to ...


Modelling Population DynamicsModel Formulation, Fitting and Assessment Using State-Space MethodsKen Newman, Stephen T Buckland, Byron Morgan, Ruth King, David L Borchers, Diane Cole and P BesbeasModelling Population Dynamics gives a unifying framework for estimating the abundance of open populations: populations subject to births, deaths and movement, given imperfect measurements or samples of the populations. The focus ...

215 pages | 21 colour & 17 b/w illustrations, 10 tables | Hardback | 07/2014 | 9781493909766 | #225439A | £76.50 Add to basket

Plurigaussian Simulations in GeosciencesMargaret Armstrong, Alain Galli, Helene Beucher, Gaelle Le Loc'h, Didier Renard and Brigitte DoligezSimulation is the fastest developing branch of geostatistics and simulating facies inside reservoirs and orebodies is the most exciting part of this. Several methods have been developed to do this (sequential indicator simulations, Boolean ...

176 pages | 20 tables | Hardback | 08/2011 | 9783642196065 | #225249A | £103.50 Add to basketPaperback | 10/2014 | 9783642437083 | #225250A | £103.50 Add to basket

Reference

Photographs, Museums, CollectionsBetween Art and InformationElizabeth Edwards and Christopher MortonThe status of photographs in the history of museum collections is a complex one. From its very beginnings the double capacity of photography – as a tool for making a visual record on the one hand and an aesthetic form in its own ...

304 pages | 20 colour and 52 bw illustrations | Paperback | 05/2015 | 9781472533920 | #225480A | £19.99 Add to basket

Procurement Principles and ManagementPeter Baily, David Farmer, Barry Crocker, David Jessop and David JonesNow in its eleventh edition, Procurement Principles and Management has been essential reading for practitioners and students of purchasing and procurement for nearly 50 years. This new edition will provide the reader with a ...

594 pages | b/w illustrations, tables | Paperback | 05/2015 | 9781292016016 | #225511A | £63.99 Add to basket

The Complete Guide to Acquisitions ManagementFrances C Wilkinson, Rebecca L Lubas and Linda K LewisUpdated and enhanced, the second edition of this text provides both library students and practitioners with a thorough understanding of procedural and philosophical approaches in acquisitions management. Since the last edition ...


The Queen & Mr Brown: A Night in the Natural History MuseumJames Francis WilkinsBritain's monarch is back for another animal adventure as she and her loveable pet corgi Mr Brown visit London's Natural History Museum after hours. In the dead of night, when all the visitors have left the Museum, the two friends ...






















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