Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast
Including the Jersey Shore, Cape May, Delaware Bay, the Delmarva Peninsula, and the Outer Banks
ISBN: PB: 9780300246469,
Yale University Press,
March 2021
448 pp., 20,3x12,7 cm, 721 colour illus.
448 pp., 20,3x12,7 cm, 721 colour illus.
The Outer Banks of North Carolina and the beaches of the Mid-Atlantic Coast are among the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. This book is a richly illustrated field guide that surveys the geology, environmental history, natural h...
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27.50 GBP
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K9 Schutzhund Training (Second Edition)
A Manual for IGP Training through Positive Reinforcement
A hands-on, practical approach to training your K9 for IGP levels 1, 2 and 3.
K9 Schutzhund Training provides beginners with an excellent introduction to the field and helps expert trainers stay on top of their game with the latest techniques.
Usin...
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27.99 GBP
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Reynard the Fox
ISBN: HB: 9781851245550,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
October 2020
464 pp., 20,0x14,5 cm
464 pp., 20,0x14,5 cm
Reynard – a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders – is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours. How...
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20.00 GBP
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Birds
An Anthology
ISBN: HB: 9781851245291,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
June 2020
272 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm, 25 black&white illus.
272 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm, 25 black&white illus.
Thomas Hardy notes the thrush's "full-hearted evensong of joy illimited", Gilbert White observes how swallows sweep through the air but swifts "dash round in circles" and Rachel Carson watches sanderlings at the ocean's edge, scurrying "across the be...
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16.99 GBP
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In Search of Meadowlarks
Birds, Farms, and Food in Harmony with the Land
ISBN: HB: 9780300237146,
Yale University Press,
April 2020
352 pp., 23,4x15,2 cm, 60 black&white illus.
352 pp., 23,4x15,2 cm, 60 black&white illus.
With predictions of a human population of more than nine billion by the middle of this century and eleven billion by 2100, we stand at a crossroads in our agricultural evolution. In this clear and engaging yet scientifically rigorous book, wildlife b...
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27.50 GBP
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Nature Underfoot
Living with Beetles, Crabgrass, Fruit Flies, and Other Tiny Life Around Us
ISBN: HB: 9780300242782,
Yale University Press,
April 2020
272 pp., 20,9x13,9 cm, 9 black&white illus.
272 pp., 20,9x13,9 cm, 9 black&white illus.
Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John Hainze...
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22.50 GBP
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Flights of Passage
An Illustrated Natural History of Bird Migration
ISBN: HB: 9780300247442,
Yale University Press,
March 2020
288 pp., 28,7x23,4 cm, 300 colour illus.
288 pp., 28,7x23,4 cm, 300 colour illus.
The vast transcontinental journeys made every year by millions of feathered migrants were not known to naturalists before the late nineteenth century. Even today, while cutting-edge technology such as geolocators and isotope analysis helps us map the...
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32.50 GBP
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Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography
ISBN: HB: 9780300232059,
Yale University Press,
October 2019
288 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 29 black&white illus.
288 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 29 black&white illus.
From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world's oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor, recording temperatures, observing weather, and collecting biological samples, the expedition laid the foundations for mode...
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How to See Birds
An Enthusiast's Guide
For sale in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan only!
When we see a bird, do we actually notice it? Many of us don't. But in Br...
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20.00 GBP
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Fires of Life
Endothermy in Birds and Mammals
ISBN: HB: 9780300227161,
Yale University Press,
August 2019
384 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm, 60 black&white illus.
384 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm, 60 black&white illus.
This pioneering work investigates why endothermy, or "warm-bloodedness", evolved in birds and mammals, despite its enormous energetic costs. Arguing that single-cause hypotheses to explain the origins of endothermy have stalled research since the 197...
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30.00 GBP
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