June 2019 Monthly CatalogueWelcome to the June 2019 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue, which lists all new titles added to our website in the last month.

This month we lead with an exceptionally strong list of forthcoming bird titles. Princeton University Press will publish Oceanic Birds of the World: A Photo Guide inNovember, while Lynx is publishing a further three field guides in their Lynx and BirdLife International Field Guides series, Birds of the West Indies, due June, andBirds of Japan and Birds of Cambodia, both due in July. CSIRO will publish the third edition of Birds of Prey of Australia: A Field Guide in July, while John Beaufoy ispublishing the second edition of A Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka in September, as well as two site guides,The 50 Best Birdwatching Sites In New Zealand, due August, and 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in India, due November. Of more national interest will be Bloomsbury'sRSPB Garden Birds, due November, and Where to Watch Birds in Berkshire: 20 of the Best Sites, published by the Birds of Berkshire Atlas Group, which is in stock now.Lastly, we have three more art-oriented titles with Hummingbirds, Volume 1: North America, Central America & Caribbean from the Gorgas Science Foundation, which is instock now, a paperback reprint of The Norfolk Cranes' Story, and the forthcoming bilingual book Turn the Tide: Birds around the North Sea, due in October from KNNV.

For other animal groups we have a couple of titles each worth mentioning. Cambridge University Press will publishStudying Primates: How to Design, Conduct and Report Primatological Research in October, while Bloomsbury will publish Handbook of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoisesin November. Njoka Books has just publishedVenomous Snakes of Malawi: An Identification Guide to the 20 Species of Snake Considered Venomous to Humans in Malawi, which is in stock now, while John Beaufoyhas announced A Naturalist’s Guide to the Snakes of Australia for October. For entomologists Random House Struik will publish the second edition ofA Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of South Africa in August, while NatureBureau has announced a very exciting title for October:Life Cycles of British & Irish Butterflies. It has been almost a century since this was last attempted.

For botanists there are three titles to look out for. Natural History Publications Borneo has jus released A Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of Myanmar andA Guide to Wild Fruits of Borneo, while the FSC has released a new fold-out guide titled Guide to the Non-Native Invasive Plants of Britain and Ireland. For mycologiststhere is Puffballs of Northern and Central Europe from the Swedish Mycological Society.

We have an exceptionally strong line up of conservation biology titles from Oxford University Press to announce. They will bepublishing Conservation Drones: Mapping and Monitoring Biodiversity (paperback, June), An Introduction to Conservation Biology (2nd edition, July, on their Sinauerimprint), Population Dynamics for Conservation and Sampling Theory: For the Ecological and Natural Resource Sciences (both September), andA Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations in October. Association Vahatra has just published the large bilingual 3-volumeset The Terrestrial Protected Areas of Madagascar: Their History, Description, and Biota. On the related topic of environmental issues we haveThis Is Not A Drill: The Extinction Rebellion Handbook, due June from Penguin Books, the paperback of 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, due August from Vintage, andTrees and Global Warming: The Role of Forests in Cooling and Warming the Atmosphere, due October from Cambridge University Press.

To round off this month's list, we have a miscellany of titles. On the subject of evolution and palaeontology there isOn the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden, due November from Yale University Press, andTrilobites, Dinosaurs and Mammoths: An Introduction to the Prehistory of the British Isles, a small book from the Palaeontological Association, available now. There ispopular science in the form of paperback editions ofNever Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live, due October from Basic Books, andSeeds of Science: Why We Got It So Wrong on GMOs, due October from Bloomsbury. Comstock will publish a general field guide withThe Natural History of The Bahamas: A Field Guide, due October. Readers interested in wildlife photography and documentaries can look forward toWildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 29, due October from the London Natural History Museum, and BBC Wildlife Documentaries in the Age of Attenborough, dueNovember from Palgrave. Armchair reading this month comes in the form of Reef Life: An Underwater Memoir, due November from Profile Books, andThe Fens: Discovering England's Ancient Depths, due July from Head of Zeus.

As always, if you are looking for a particular title that we do not yet have in our range, or you would like to suggest a title for NHBS to stock, please do get in touch.

Leon VliegerCatalogue Editor

Insects & other InvertebratesThe Ecology, Biogeography and Speciation of Butterflies in Mainland PortugalMark Payne(Author)This book on the butterflies of mainland Portugal is part of a series of eight volumes examiningin great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna of mainlandIberia.The Iberian series from World Natural History...

400 pages | colour photos, maps | World Natural History Publications

Hardback #247212 2019 R13 £92.50

Forensic EntomologyThe Utility of Arthropods in Legal InvestigationsJason H Byrd(Editor), Jeffery Keith Tomberlin(Editor)Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations, Third Edition continuesin the tradition of the two best-selling prior editions and maintains its status as the single-mostcomprehensive book on forensic entomology currently...

572 pages | 479 colour photos, 104 illustrations, 24 tables | CRC Press

Paperback #247129 Nov-2019 9780815350200 £74.99Hardback #247130 Nov-2019 9780815350163 £120.00

The Asian Hornet HandbookSarah Bunker(Author)Around 2004, the Asian or yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) was accidentallyimported into southern France from China, and it has spread through western Europeancountries with astonishing speed. Since 2016 there have been incursions...

156 pages | Northern Bee Books

Paperback #247150 2019 9781916087101 £21.50

The Honey Bee Around & AboutCelia F Davis(Author)The third edition has been completely updated with the latest information, particularlyregarding Varroa destructor, and includes details of the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), a newthreat to our honey bees.This is a companion volume to...

197 pages | 117 colour photos, 31 b/w illustrations | Bee Craft Ltd

Paperback #247098 2019 9780900147180 £29.99

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A Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of South AfricaCovering the 164 Species of Dragonfly and Damselfly Found in South Africa, Lesotho andSwazilandWarwick Tarboton(Author), Michèle Tarboton(Author)In this fully revised edition of A Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of South Africa, all 164species known to occur in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland are described and illustrated,grouped according to family (six dragonfly and six...

224 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps | Random HouseStruik

Paperback #247237 Aug-2019 9781775847007 £15.99

Life Cycles of British & Irish ButterfliesPeter Eeles(Author)With detailed descriptions and photos of the adult, egg, caterpillar and chrysalis of eachspecies, this book provides unique insights into a hidden world, illustrated with over 1,300high-quality colour photos that reveal the subtle beauty in...

400 pages | 1300+ colour photos, colour distribution maps |NatureBureau

Hardback #245770 Oct-2019 9781874357889 £27.99

Kleinschmetterlinge der Alpen: Lebensräume und Biologie [Micro-Moths of the Alps:Habitats and Biology]Jürg Schmid(Author)This book presents 350 alpine species of micro-moth – it aims to be a reference work on aspecies group that has so far been little researched.The author presents 350 alpine specieswith information on their habitat and biology. Photos of...

752 pages | ~3500 colour photos | Verlag Paul Haupt

Hardback #246923 Nov-2019 9783258081328 £89.99

Urban Landscape EntomologyDavid Held(Author)Urban Landscape Entomology provides readers with the background skill set to adequatelyunderstand and manage many of the complexities of urban landscape pest management. Forthose who need training in Landscape Entomology, this work serves as a...

316 pages | Academic Press

Paperback #246925 Nov-2019 9780128130711 £60.99

Atlas of Butterflies and Diurnal Moths in the Monsoon Tropics of Northern AustraliaMichael F Braby(Author), Donald C Franklin(Author), DE Bisa(Author), MR Williams(Author),AAE Williams(Author), CL Bishop(Author), RAM Coppen(Author)Northern Australia is one of few tropical places left on Earth in which biodiversity – and theecological processes underpinning that biodiversity – is still relatively intact. However, scientificknowledge of that biodiversity is still...

462 pages | plates with colour photos; distribution maps | AustralianNational University Press

Paperback #247096 2018 9781760462321 £130.00

The World Encyclopedia of Butterflies & MothsA Natural History and Identification Guide to Over 565 Varieties Around the GlobeSally Morgan(Author)Butterflies and moths captivate nature enthusiasts with their beauty and variety, but in additionto being attractive they are also of huge biological importance. This superb book, in asumptuous new edition, covers the lifecycle of these creatures,...

256 pages | 750+ colour photos and colour illustrations | Lorenz Books

Hardback #247109 Jun-2019 9780754834762 £14.99

Nudibranchs of the Coral TriangleAndrey S Ryanskiy(Author), Yury Ivanov(Author)Nudibranchs or sea slugs occur throughout the world's oceans and are present in many marinehabitats. The greatest diversity of species is found in the Indo-Pacific tropics with aconcentration of species within the Coral Triangle, encompassing...

146 pages | colour photos | Andrey S Ryanskiy (privately published)

Paperback #247112 1970 9785604204917 £44.99

Bees in the Genus RhodanthidiumA Review and Identification GuideMax Kasparek(Author)The genus Rhodanthidium is small group of pollinator bees which are found from theMoroccan Atlantic coast to the high mountainous areas of Central Asia. They include bothsmall inconspicuous species, large species with an appearance much like a...

132 pages | 178 colour photos, 60 b/w line drawings, distribution maps |Museum Witt

Paperback #247118 2019 £49.99

European Butterflies, Issue 2: Spring 2019Jason Sargerson(Editor), Dominic Couzens(Contributor), Dobromir Domuschiev(Contributor),Robin Fox(Contributor), James Gibbs(Contributor), David Moore(Contributor), NickMorgan(Contributor), Simon Spencer(Contributor)Articles in the magazine cover: Butterflies in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Spain, the MonteUniversales in Spain and the Champsaur Valley in France. Conservation work of the EuropeanButterflies Group is described. A Naturetrek butterfly...

36 pages | 140 colour photos | Charaxes Publications

Magazine #247138 2019 9772516527005 £5.99

European Butterflies, Issue 1: Spring 2018Jason Sargerson(Editor), Matt Berry(Contributor), Robin Fox(Contributor), DavidIrven(Contributor), Dave Maertens(Contributor), David Moore(Contributor), TonyPayne(Contributor), Paul Wetton(Contributor)This is the first issue of the European Butterflies magazine. Articles in the magazine cover:Butterflies in the Picos Mountains in Spain, the Val Rabbi Mountains in Northern Italy and themountains in Graubünden in Switzerland. There are...

32 pages | 120 colour photos | Charaxes Publications

Magazine #247154 2018 9772516527005 £5.99

Catalogue of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of IndiaAsok Kanti Sanyal(Author)The rst description and record of oribatid mites from India was through the work of Pearce(1906) from Sikkim Himalaya. He described and reported 20 species distributed over 12genera out of which 12 were already known from Great Britain. Later...

147 pages | Zoological Survey of India

Paperback #247166 2019 9788181715173 £29.99

AeglidaeLife History and Conservation Status of Unique Freshwater Anomuran DecapodsSandro Santos(Editor)Aeglidae focuses on these unique crustaceans who are endemic to South America. The bookis the first to summarize the diverse aspects of the Aeglidae, whose taxonomic features andphylogenetic relationships, evolutionary history and biogeographical...

296 pages | 42 colour & 43 b/w illustrations | CRC Press

Hardback #247172 Oct-2019 9781138294721 £140.00

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Habitats & Ecosystems

The Ecology, Biogeography and Speciation of Butterflies in the Cantabrian MountainsMark Payne(Author)This book on the butterflies of the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain is part of a series ofeight volumes examining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterflyfauna of mainland Iberia.The Iberian series from...

400 pages | colour photos, maps | World Natural History Publications

Hardback #247186 2019 R7 £92.50

The Ecology, Biogeography and Speciation of Butterflies in the Balearic IslandsMark Payne(Author)This book on the butterflies of the Balearic Islands is part of a series of eight volumesexamining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna ofmainland Iberia.The Iberian series from World Natural History...

400 pages | colour photos, maps | World Natural History Publications

Hardback #247188 2019 R8 £92.50

The Ecology, Biogeography and Speciation of Butterflies in Central SpainMark Payne(Author)This book on the butterflies of Central Spain is part of a series of eight volumes examining ingreat scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna of mainlandIberia.The Iberian series from World Natural History...

400 pages | colour photos, maps | World Natural History Publications

Hardback #247190 2019 R9 £92.50

The Ecology, Biogeography and Speciation of Butterflies in the Sistema IbericaMark Payne(Author)This book on the butterflies of the Sistema Ibérica, one of the major systems of mountainranges in Central and Eastern Spain, is part of a series of eight volumes examining in greatscientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the...

400 pages | colour photos, maps | World Natural History Publications

Hardback #247193 2019 R10 £92.50

The Ecology, Biogeography and Speciation of Butterflies in AndaluciaMark Payne(Author)This book on the butterflies of Andalucia is part of a series of eight volumes examining in greatscientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterfly fauna of mainland Iberia.TheIberian series from World Natural History...

400 pages | colour photos, maps | World Natural History Publications

Hardback #247194 2019 R11 £92.50

The Ecology, Biogeography and Speciation of Butterflies in the Spanish MediterraneanCoastlandsMark Payne(Author)This book on the butterflies of the Spanish Mediterranean Coastlands is part of a series of eightvolumes examining in great scientific detail and for the first time all aspects of the butterflyfauna of mainland Iberia.The Iberian series from World...

400 pages | colour photos, maps | World Natural History Publications

Hardback #247196 2019 R12 £92.50

Fauna d'Italia, Volume 49: Lepidoptera: ColeophoridaeGiorgio Baldizzone(Author)The Coleophoridae are small-sized microlepidopterans, often of little showy appearance, thatare dark, brownish or ochre in colour. The Italian territory hosts more than half of the knownspecies in Europe. Although many scholars and enthusiasts are...

928 pages | plates with colour photos, b/w line drawings, and b/wdistribution maps | Calderini

Hardback #247216 2019 9788850655816 £185.00

Dragonflies and Damselflies of China (2-Volume Set) [English / Chinese]Haomiao Zhang(Author)The author began to prepare this fauna in 2009, this work has taken almost ten years. It bringstogether field observations of dragonflies and the results of taxonomic studies. A total of 820species belonging to 23 families and 178 genera from all...

1459 pages | colour photos | Chongqing University Press

Hardback #247219 2019 9787568910378 £299.00

The Butterflies and Moths of TenerifeA Facsimile ReprintAgnes E Holt White(Author)In 1894 a delightful book, The Butterflies and Moths of Tenerife was written and produced byAgnes Holt White and with editorial input from her husband. It is very much a book of its time,and to modern readers utterly charming and delightful. It was...

132 pages | 4 plates with colour illustrations | World Natural HistoryPublications

Hardback #247222 2019 F1 £54.99

The Butterflies of MacaronesiaIn the Eye of the Beholder – A Field Guide-PlusMark Payne(Author)This substantial and beautiful book ids the first ever to have been written and published on thebutterflies of Maraconesia. It covers in depth the more than sixty species found in the region,which encompasses four principal sub-tropical and...

526 pages | colour photos | World Natural History Publications

Hardback #247223 2019 FG5 £99.99

Raising Butterflies in the GardenBrenda Dziedzic(Author)This exciting title is for North American butterfly lovers and gardeners who not only want tocreate a butterfly-friendly garden, but also want to support butterflies and moths in order tomaintain healthy populations.Author Brenda Dziedzic noticed...

336 pages | 500 colour photos, colour distribution maps | Firefly Books

Paperback #247257 Sep-2019 9780228102250 £18.95

The Ankarana Plateau in MadagascarTsingy, Caves, Volcanoes and SapphiresEric Gilli(Author)The book describes the Ankarana plateau and its cave network in Madagascar, depicting thenatural environment of the Plateau as well as the natural processes which created the cavenetwork of more than 100 km with many galleries, some are very large...

162 pages | 134 colour & 49 b/w illustrations | Springer-Verlag

Hardback #247146 2019 9783319998787 £119.99

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Natural History

WetlandsEcosystem Services, Restoration and Wise UseShuqing An(Editor), Jos TA Verhoeven(Editor)This volume explores major wetland ecosystem services, such as climate cooling and waterquality improvement, and discusses the recent wetland conservation and restoration activitiesin China and neighboring countries. The role of wetlands in either...

330 pages | 80 colour & 22 b/w illustrations | Springer-Verlag

Hardback #247076 Jul-2019 9783030148607 £119.99

The FensDiscovering England's Ancient DepthsFrancis Pryor(Author)The Fens are a distinctive, complex, man-made and little understood landscape. Francis Pryorhas lived in, excavated, farmed, walked – and loved – the Fen Country for more than fortyyears: its levels and drains, its soaring churches, its...

416 pages | 40 b/w illustrations | Head of Zeus

Hardback #247229 Jul-2019 9781786692221 £19.99

Makgadikgadi PansA Traveller's Guide to the Salt Flats of BotswanaGrahame McLeod(Author)Tucked away between the perennial waterways of the Okavango Delta and the arid Kalahari tothe south are the legendary Makgadikgadi Pans. Some 12,000 square kilometres in extent,these salt flats, consisting of two large salt pans, Sowa and Ntwetwe,...

140 pages | 265 colour photos and colour maps | Random House Struik

Paperback #247272 Jul-2019 9781775845577 £11.99

Le Delta de l'Ogooué [The Ogooué Delta]Jean Pierre Vande Weghe(Editor), Tariq Stévart(Editor)Le Delta de l'Ogooué is an attractive and informative book of 324 pages divided into 12chapters, summarising all available data on the Ramsar site of Bas-Ogooué in Gabon. Inaddition to the general data on the site, the book...

324 pages | colour photos | Agence Nationale des Parcs NationauxGabon

Hardback #247274 2017 9791094862018 £89.99

Mangrove Forests in IndiaExploring Ecosystem ServicesAbhijit Mitra(Author)This is the first comprehensive science-based primer to highlight the unique ecosystemservices provided by mangrove forests, and discuss how these services preserve thelivelihoods of coastal populations. Mangrove Forests in India presents three...

430 pages | 260 colour & 16 b/w illustrations | Springer-Verlag

Hardback #247306 Aug-2019 9783030205942 £64.99

Managing Forest Operations to Protect the Water EnvironmentForestry Commission (FC)(Author)Trees and woodlands benefit the water environment in a number of ways. They protect aquatichabitats and species, preserve the quality of drinking water, alleviate flooding, and guardagainst erosion, landslides and the loss of soil. It is vital that...

56 pages | 44 illustrations, 3 tables | Forestry Commission

Paperback #247310 2019 9780855389666 £14.99

Scats & Tracks of the Mid-AtlanticA Field Guide To The Signs Of Seventy Wildlife SpeciesJames C Halfpenny(Author), Jim Bruchac(Author), Todd Telander(Illustrator)See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile ofdroppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats & Tracks of the Mid-Atlantic willhelp you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and...

192 pages | b/w illustrations | Falcon Guides

Paperback #247027 Aug-2019 9781493042968 £9.95

Scats & Tracks of the Great PlainsA Field Guide to the Signs of Seventy Wildlife SpeciesJames C Halfpenny(Author), Todd Telander(Illustrator)See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile ofdroppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats & Tracks of the Great Plainswill help you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and...

192 pages | b/w illustrations | Falcon Guides

Paperback #247026 Aug-2019 9781493042944 £9.95

Scats & Tracks of the MidwestA Field Guide to the Signs of Seventy Wildlife SpeciesJames C Halfpenny(Author), Todd Telander(Illustrator)See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile ofdroppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats & Tracks of the Midwest willhelp you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and...

192 pages | b/w illustrations | Falcon Guides

Paperback #247035 Aug-2019 9781493043002 £9.95

Untangling the Knot, Belugas & BearsMy Natural World on FilmMike Potts(Author)The beginning of the author's adventure with a camera filming wildlife across the world for theBBC Natural History Unit and other major TV companies began in 1978 when he joined theRSPB's film unit.Untangling the Knot gives an in-depth look...

288 pages | 200+ colour photos | Whittles Publishing

Paperback #221284 Nov-2019 9781849954440 £20.95

Park LifeThe Memoirs of a Royal Parks GamekeeperJohn Bartram(Author), John Karter(Contributor), Sir David Attenborough(Foreword By)'Retire? You can't retire!', Sir David Attenborough told John Bartram, when the man who hasbeen gamekeeper and senior wildlife officer for Richmond Park for the past thirty yearsannounced his intention to step away from the role,...

236 pages | 8 plates with colour & b/w photos, 1 b/w map | John BlakePublishing Ltd

Paperback #247225 Jul-2019 9781789461053 £8.99Hardback #235234 2017 9781786062796 £9.34

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Never Home AloneFrom Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of WhereWe LiveRob Dunn(Author)Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain iswild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the...

323 pages | 23 b/w photos and b/w illustrations | Basic Books

Paperback #246289 Oct-2019 9781541618305 £14.99Hardback #244787 2019 9781541645769 £22.99

Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 29Rosamund Kidman-Cox(Editor)Each year the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is seen by millions through a globaltour and international media coverage.Portfolio 29 displays the full collection of 100 imagesawarded in the 2019 competition. Selected by an...

160 pages | 100 colour & b/w photos | London Natural History Museum

Hardback #245324 Oct-2019 9780565094867 £19.99

Our PlanetMatt Whyman(Author), Richard Jones(Illustrator)The children's book of the Netflix series. A glorious celebration of the natural world for all thefamily. Journey around the world in these beautiful pages: from the isolated wilderness of theArctic and enigmatic oceans, to awe-inspiring...

96 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | HarperCollins

Hardback #246859 Oct-2019 9780008180317 £19.99

WinterlustFinding Beauty in the Fiercest SeasonBernd Brunner(Author), Mark Kurlansky(Foreword By)In Winterlust, a farmer painstakingly photographs five thousand snowflakes, each onedramatically different from the next. Indigenous peoples thrive on frozen terrain, where famousexplorers perish. Icicles reach deep underwater, then explode. Rooms...

280 pages | 25 colour illustrations | Greystone Books

Hardback #246953 Nov-2019 9781771643528 £17.99

Savage GodsA Crisis of WordsPaul Kingsnorth(Author)After moving with his wife and children to a smallholding in Ireland, Paul Kingsnorth expectedto find contentment. It was the goal he had sought – to nest and to find home – after years ofrootlessness as an environmental activist and...

168 pages | Little Toller Books

Hardback #247031 Jun-2019 9781908213723 £13.99

The Gentle Art of TrampingStephen Graham(Author), Alastair Humphreys(Foreword By)Know how to tramp and you know how to live… Know how to meet your fellow-wanderer, howto be passive to the beauty of nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour.Thetramp is a friend of society; a seeker, they pay their way if...

208 pages | Bloomsbury Publishing

Hardback #247034 2019 9781448217243 £12.99

Příroda České Republiky: Průvodce Faunou [Nature of the Czech Republic: Guide to theFauna]Jiří Kolibáč(Author), Karel Hudec(Author), Zdeněk Laštůvka(Author), Milan Peňáz(Author)The newly edited and expanded edition of this guide expands the introductory chapters,updates the systematics and nomenclature, adds new findings for some species, andelaborates information on several systematic groups. The introduction deals with...

468 pages | 193 plates with colour illustrations | Academia

Hardback #247045 2019 9788020029935 £49.99

Natural EncountersBiking, Hiking, and Birding Through the SeasonsBruce M Beehler(Author)A twelve-month excursion through nature's seasons as recounted by a lifetime naturalistIn this"personal encyclopedia of nature's seasons", lifetime naturalist Bruce Beehler reflects on histhree decades of encountering nature in...

304 pages | 28 b/w illustrations | Yale University Press

Hardback #247048 Jul-2019 9780300243482 £21.99

The Lost WordsSpell SongsRobert MacFarlane(Author), Jackie Morris(Illustrator), Karine Polwart(Contributor), JulieFowlis(Contributor), Seckou Keita(Contributor), Kris Drever(Contributor), KerryAndrew(Contributor), Beth Porter(Contributor), Rachel Newton(Contributor), JimMolyneux(Contributor)In 2018 Folk by the Oak Festival commissioned Spell Songs, a musical companion piece toThe Lost Words by author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris; a celebrated 'spell book'rich with poetic rhythms and imagined birdsong that...

112 pages | colour & b/w photos, 14 colour illustrations, includes audioCD | Folk by the Oak

Hardback #247075 Jul-2019 9781527239616 £19.99

What's Where on Earth – Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric LifeThe Amazing History of Earth's Most Incredible AnimalsDarren Naish(Author), Chris Barker(Author)Journey back in time and find out where the dinosaurs roamed. This unique children's atlasexplores each continent, revealing fossil sites and stories on every map.Part of the best-sellingWhat's Where on Earth series, this atlas is packed...

160 pages | colour illustrations, colour maps | Dorling Kindersley

Hardback #247088 2019 9780241344194 £14.99

Amazing Facts About Baby AnimalsAn Illustrated CompendiumMaja Säfström(Author)A whimsically illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about babyanimals and their parents, from the author of The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing AnimalFacts.Who doesn't love baby animals? Amazing Facts About Baby...

112 pages | 54 b/w illustrations | Ten Speed Press

Hardback #247103 Aug-2019 9780399580680 £11.99

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Reference

HarvestThe Hidden Histories of Seven Natural ObjectsEdward Posnett(Author)In a centuries-old tradition, farmers in northwestern Iceland scour remote coastal plains for thedown of nesting eider ducks. High inside a vast cave in Borneo, men perched atop ricketyladders collect swiftlets' nests, a delicacy believed to be...

336 pages | photos | Bodley Head

Hardback #247142 Aug-2019 9781847923875 £16.99

Beach Finds on the Yorkshire CoastThis laminated field guide describes the pebbles, fossils and exotic stones of Yorkshire’sDinosaur Coast. All along the coast there are millions of beautiful and fascinating objects justwaiting to be picked up. From Jurassic sandstones and...

6 pages | 30 colour photos | High Tide Publishing

Unbound #247155 2016 9780993364617 £4.99

Seeing AnimalsTheir Path Through Our HistoryAngela Dyer(Author)Seeing Animals traces the significance of animals to humankind from prehistory to the presentday, as objects of worship, means of survival and valued companions. But do animals stillmatter in our increasingly urbanised and technological age? This...

136 pages | The Lutterworth Press

Paperback #247173 2019 9780718895426 £19.99

Beyond the TreesAlone Across Canada's ArcticAdam Shoalts(Author)Why had no one traversed Canada's arctic from west to east before Adam Shoalts, bestsellingauthor and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, set out to be the first in thespring of 2017?Because it was deemed impossible.Between his...

320 pages | Allen Lane

Hardback #247192 Oct-2019 9780735236837 £27.99

The Lark AscendingThe Music of the British LandscapeRichard King(Author)Written by one of our most celebrated music writers, The Lark Ascending is a lyrical explorationof how Britain's history and identity has been shaped by the mysterious relationship betweenmusic and nature.Through a series of "headphone...

368 pages | Faber & Faber

Hardback #247209 Jun-2019 9780571338795 £14.99

Wildlife PhotographySaving My Life One Frame at a TimePaul Williams(Author)A guide on how to capture the best wildlife images Inspiration for absolutely anyone interestedin wildlife photographyLong overdue, this is a unique book about wildlife photography and thepower it has to improve physical and mental wellbeing....

224 pages | 176 colour photos | Hubble & Hattie

Paperback #247255 2019 9781787114166 £29.99

Painting Nature's DetailsMeriel Thurstan(Author), Rosie Martin(Author)A practical guide to painting nature's flora and fauna from award-winning botanical paintingauthors Meriel Thurstan and Rosie Martin. Recording the wildlife that surrounds us is an age-old art. The authors, in collaboration with the Eden...

144 pages | 200 colour illustrations | B T Batsford

Paperback #247264 Jul-2019 9781849945455 £14.99

The Natural History of the BahamasA Field GuideDave Currie(Author), Joseph M Wunderle, Jr.(Author), Ethan Freid(Author), David NEwert(Author), D Jean Lodge(Author)Take The Natural History of the Bahamas with you on your next trip to the Bahamas or theTurks and Caicos Islands or keep it close to hand in your travel library. The Natural History ofthe Bahamas offers the most comprehensive coverage of the...

552 pages | 768 colour photos, 7 b/w illustrations, 1 map | ComstockPublishing Associates

Paperback #247285 Oct-2019 9781501713675 £27.99

Atlas of Amazing BirdsMatt Sewell(Author)Matt Sewell has made his personal selection of the most amazing birds from around the worldand illustrated them in his dazzling style, accompanied by witty and informative descriptionsand maps of every continent. Did you know that the bald eagle...

160 pages | colour illustrations | Pavillion Children's Books

Hardback #247342 Aug-2019 9781843654063 £16.99

The Copyeditor's HandbookA Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate CommunicationsAmy Einsohn(Author), Marilyn Schwartz(Author)Unstuffy, hip, and often funny, The Copyeditor's Handbook has become an indispensableresource both for new editors and for experienced hands who want to refresh their skills andbroaden their understanding of the craft of copyediting. This...

568 pages | 17 b/w illustrations, 25 tables | University of California Press

Paperback #247169 2019 9780520286726 £29.99

EvolutionsFifteen Myths That Explain Our WorldOren Harman(Author)A brilliant lyrical exploration of how modern science illuminates what it means to be human,from the award-winning author of The Price of Altruism.We no longer think, like the ancientChinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the...

242 pages | 50 b/w illustrations | Head of Zeus

Paperback #245865 Nov-2019 9781788547581 £8.99Hardback #241947 2018 9781788547574 £19.99

The Quest for a Universal Theory of LifeSearching for Life As We Don't Know ItCarol E Cleland(Author)Integrating both scientific and philosophical perspectives, The Quest for a Universal Theory ofLife provides an informed analysis of the challenges of formulating a universal theory of life.Among the issues discussed are crucial differences between...

260 pages | Cambridge University Press

Hardback #246515 Oct-2019 9780521873246 £59.99

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Conservation & Biodiversity

Sampling TheoryFor the Ecological and Natural Resource SciencesDavid Hankin(Author), Michael S Mohr(Author), Kenneth B Newman(Author)Sampling theory considers how methods for selection of a subset of units from a finitepopulation (a sample) affect the accuracy of estimates of descriptive population parameters(mean, total, proportion). Although a sound knowledge of sampling...

368 pages | Oxford University Press

Paperback #247065 Sep-2019 9780198815808 £39.99Hardback #247064 Sep-2019 9780198815792 £79.99

Finding our Place in the UniverseHow We Discovered Laniakea – the Milky Way's HomeHélène Courtois(Author), Nikki Kopelman(Translated by)You are here: on Earth, which is part of the solar system, which is in the Milky Way galaxy,which itself is within the extragalactic supercluster Laniakea. And how can we pinpoint ourlocation so precisely? For twenty years, astrophysicist...

184 pages | 69 illustrations | MIT Press

Hardback #247165 2019 9780262039956 £19.99

The Copyeditor's WorkbookExercises and Tips for Honing Your Editorial JudgmentErika Bűky(Author), Marilyn Schwartz(Author), Amy Einsohn(Author)The Copyeditor's Workbook – a companion to the indispensable The Copyeditor's Handbook,now in its fourth edition – offers comprehensive and practical training for both aspiring andexperienced copyeditors. Exercises of increasing...

384 pages | 25 b/w photos, 2 b/w illustrations | University of CaliforniaPress

Paperback #247170 2019 9780520294356 £19.99

The Copyeditor's Handbook and Workbook (2-Volume Set)Amy Einsohn(Author), Marilyn Schwartz(Author), Erika Bűky(Author)This set includes two essential resources for writers and editors: The Copyeditor’s Handbook,now in its fourth edition, and The Copyeditor’s Workbook, the new companion to thebestselling Handbook. Unstuffy, hip, and often funny,...

880 pages | 25 b/w photos, 19 b/w illustrations, 25 tables | University ofCalifornia Press

Paperback #247171 2019 9780520306677 £46.99

The Reality BubbleBlind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions That Shape Our WorldZiya Tong(Author)From one of the world's most engaging science journalists, a groundbreaking and wonder-filledlook at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerousways.Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind...

376 pages | Allen Lane

Hardback #247176 2019 9780735235564 £26.99

Falling Felines and Fundamental PhysicsGregory J Gbur(Author)How do cats land on their feet? Discover how this question stumped brilliant minds and how itsanswer helped solve other seemingly impossible puzzlesThe question of how falling cats landon their feet has intrigued humans since at least the middle of...

360 pages | 75 b/w illustrations | Yale University Press

Hardback #247271 Nov-2019 9780300231298 £18.99

An Introduction to Conservation BiologyAnna A Sher(Author), Richard B Primack(Author)Now fully revised and updated in its second edition, An Introduction to Conservation Biology iswell suited for a wide range of undergraduate courses, as both a primary text for conservationbiology courses and a supplement for ecological and...

512 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Sinauer Associates

Paperback #247133 Jul-2019 9781605358970 £87.99

Conservation DronesMapping and Monitoring BiodiversitySerge A Wich(Author), Lian Pin Koh(Author)Increasing numbers of ecologists and conservation biologists have begun to explore the use ofdrone technology to obtain accurate and up-to-date data on the distribution and density ofspecies, as well as the threats to their habitats, in their...

118 pages | 45+ colour photos and colour & b/w illustrations, tables |Oxford University Press

Paperback #240713 Jun-2019 9780198787624 £22.99Hardback #239568 2018 9780198787617 £39.99

On the Backs of TortoisesDarwin, the Galápagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary EdenElizabeth Hennessy(Author)In a world plagued by environmental crises, the Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as alast foothold of pristine nature. On the Backs of Tortoises tells the story of how the islands'namesakes – the giant tortoises – became...

320 pages | 20 b/w illustrations | Yale University Press

Hardback #246640 Nov-2019 9780300232745 £19.99

Recovering Lost Species in the Modern AgeHistories of Longing and BelongingDolly Jørgensen(Author)This groundbreaking book brings together environmental history and the history of emotions toexamine the motivations behind species conservation actions. In Recovering Lost Species inthe Modern Age, Dolly Jørgensen uses the environmental...

248 pages | 13 b/w illustrations | MIT Press

Paperback #246719 Oct-2019 9780262537810 £22.50

Population Dynamics for ConservationLouis W Botsford(Author), J Wilson White(Author), Alan Hastings(Author)The management and conservation of natural populations relies heavily on concepts andresults generated from models of population dynamics, and yet this is the first book to presenta unified and coherent explanation of the underlying theory. This...

352 pages | Oxford University Press

Paperback #247063 Sep-2019 9780198758372 £34.99Hardback #247062 Sep-2019 9780198758365 £69.99

Fauna of Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kozhikode, KeralaPavittu M Sureshan(Author)Malabar Wildlife sanctuary is the 16th wildlife sanctuary of Kerala, India, and is located in theWestern Ghats. It is one of the 35 world biodiversity hotspots of and was established in 2009. Itis situated within the limits of the Nilgiri Biosphere...

387 pages | 61 plates with colour photos; colour illustrations, colour maps| Zoological Survey of India

Paperback #247195 2019 9788181715180 £52.99

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Ornithology

Sostenibilidad y Áreas Protegidas en España: Naturaleza, Población y Economía[Sustainability and Protected Areas in Spain: Nature, Population and Economy]David Rodríguez Rodríguez(Author), Javier Martínez Vega(Author)Conceived as paradigms of sustainability, protected areas have as their priority theconservation of biodiversity. But the processes that threaten these natural spaces are diverseand varied: their fragmentation due to the expansion of urban areas...

141 pages | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Paperback #247287 2019 9788400104764 £39.99

The Terrestrial Protected Areas of Madagascar: Their History, Description, and Biota /Les Aires protégées Terrestres de Magagascar: Leur Histoire, Description et Biote (3-Volume Set)Steven M Goodman(Editor), Marie Jeanne Raherilalao(Editor), Sébastien Wohlhauser(Editor),Fanja Andriamialisoa(Translated by)In 1989, a book written by Martin E. Nicoll and Olivier Langrand was published on theprotected areas of Madagascar, which heralded in a new era of conservation for this islandnation. In the subsequent three decades, there was an important increase...

1716 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations, colour maps | AssociationVahatra

Hardback #247298 2019 9782953892390 £190.00

A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant PopulationsRichard Frankham(Author), Jonathan D Ballou(Author), Katherine Ralls(Author), Mark DBEldridge(Author), Michele R Dudash(Author), Charles B Fenster(Author), Robert CLacy(Author), Paul Sunnucks(Author)The habitats of most species have been fragmented by human actions, isolating smallpopulations that consequently develop genetic problems. Millions of small, isolated,fragmented populations are likely suffering from inbreeding depression and loss...

272 pages | Oxford University Press

Paperback #247301 Oct-2019 9780198783428 £24.99Hardback #247300 Oct-2019 9780198783411 £69.99

Birds of Prey of AustraliaA Field GuideStephen Debus(Author)Raptors are popular and iconic birds, and are important ecologically, with some species listedas threatened. Yet they are among the most difficult birds to identify. This fully updated thirdedition of the popular and award-winning field guide Birds...

224 pages | plates with colour photos and colour illustrations; b/willustrations, b/w distribution maps | CSIRO

Paperback #247313 Jul-2019 9781486311118 £44.99

Die Wasseramsel [The White-Throated Dipper]Stefan Bosch(Author), Peter WW Lurz(Author)The dipper is an extraordinary songbird: it can fly, swim and dive. In fast-flowing waters, itdives with strong wing beats to the bottom to look for small aquatic animals. This way of life isunique among the species living in streams.The book deals...

220 pages | 120 colour photos | VerlagsKG Wolf (formerly WestarpWissenschaften)

Paperback #247214 Jun-2019 9783894322861 £36.99

National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North AmericaJonathan Alderfer(Author), Noah Strycker(Author)Geared to the casual and experienced birdwatcher alike, this completely revised guide to 150of the most common and interesting birds in North America provides the perfect way toappreciate the feathered friends outside your window, along with the...

256 pages | 290 colour photos, 500 illustrations, 150 colour distributionmaps | National Geographic Society

Paperback #246336 Nov-2019 9781426220623 £12.99

The Norfolk Cranes' StoryJohn Buxton(Author), Chris Durdin(Author), Nick Upton(Author)This book tells the story of how cranes bred at Horsey in Norfolk, and how they were protectedand studied there. The cranes' story starts with their arrival at Horsey in 1979. Their firstnesting attempt was in 1981 and the first chick fledged...

143 pages | 65 colour & 6 b/w photos, 3 colour illustrations | The NorfolkCranes' Story

Paperback #247078 2019 9781999838652 £14.99Hardback #192812 2011 9780954254551 £29.99

A Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of Sri LankaGehan de Silva Wijeyeratne(Author)A fully comprehensive field guide to the 468 bird species of Sri Lanka. With photographs fromthe author and the region's other top-quality nature photographers, each species is illustrated,including variants where relevant. A Photographic Field...

300 pages | 650 colour photos | John Beaufoy Books

Paperback #247236 Sep-2019 9781912081011 £19.99Paperback #235892 2017 9781909612839 £19.99

Birds of JapanOtani Chikara(Author)Spanning more than 3000 km from northeast to southwest, the Japanese archipelagocomprises four major islands and thousands of rocks and islets that stretch from Taiwan to theRussian Far East, and encompass a wide range of habitats. Thus, Alpine...

~1500 colour illustrations, 500+ colour distribution maps | Lynx Edicions

Flexibound #245011 Jul-2019 9788416728121 £39.99Hardback #246780 Jul-2019 9788416728169 £44.99

Birds of the West IndiesGuy M Kirwan(Author), Anthony Levesque(Author), Mark W Oberle(Author), Christopher JSharpe(Author)Most people associate the Caribbean with palm-fringed sandy beaches, cricket and rum.Mention the West Indies to birders and they think toddies and tremblers, among a remarkablearray of c. 190 endemic species. Furthermore, no fewer than six families...

400 pages | ~1600 colour illustrations, ~570 colour distribution maps |Lynx Edicions

Flexibound #246781 Jun-2019 9788416728176 £39.99Hardback #245870 Jun-2019 9788416728183 £44.99

Birds MongoliaAn Annotated Bird ChecklistGombobaatar Sundev(Author), Bayanmunkh Dashnyam(Author)Most bird watchers imagine that Mongolia is an endless grassland country. In reality, thecountry boasts spectacularly varied landscapes that contain a rich diversity of birds and theirhabitats. There are several major mountain ranges with peaks...

98 pages | no illustrations | Internom

Paperback #245908 2016 9789997841407 £19.99

The Twelve Birds of ChristmasStephen Moss(Author)Naturalist Stephen Moss digs beneath the surface of some of our most popular Christmascarols, to reveal that every gift – and verse – may represent a bird, in an ornithologicalcelebration of the Festive Season. He weaves history,...

208 pages | Square Peg

Hardback #246224 Oct-2019 9781529110104 £12.99

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RSPB Garden BirdsMarianne Taylor(Author)Even the smallest garden attracts some birdlife, and watching garden birds is a great joy for allnature lovers, especially those who cannot travel as widely as they might like. Gardenbirdwatchers are often new to birdwatching and can feel daunted...

224 pages | 300 colour photos | Bloomsbury Publishing

Hardback #246581 Nov-2019 9781472955913 £19.99

The 50 Best Birdwatching Sites In New ZealandLiz Light(Author), Oscar Thomas(Illustrator)New Zealand has a diverse range of bird species and is especially important for pelagics.Thirteen of the world's 18 penguin species have been recorded in the New Zealand region(including the Ross Dependency). Nine of these species breed here....

208 pages | ~200 colour photos, 5 colour maps | John Beaufoy Books

Paperback #246636 Oct-2019 9781912081493 £19.99

125 Best Bird Watching Sites in IndiaBikram Grewal(Author), Bhanu Singh(Author), Panchami Manoo Ukil(Author)A fully illustrated guide to the 125 best sites or viewing both common and rare speciesthroughout the 29 states of the sub-continent.

400 pages | ~680 colour photos, 110 colour maps | John Beaufoy Books

Paperback #246638 Nov-2019 9781912081790 £24.99

Oceanic Birds of the WorldA Photo GuideSteve NG Howell(Author), Kirk Zufelt(Author)Oceanic birds are among the most remarkable but least known of all birds, living at sea, farfrom the sight of most people. They offer unusual identification challenges – many species looksimilar and it can be difficult to get good views of...

360 pages | 368 plates with 2200 colour photos; 114 colour distributionmaps | Princeton University Press

Paperback #246676 Nov-2019 9780691175010 £19.99

Great Plains BirdsLarkin A Powell(Author)The Great Plains is a well-known and well-studied hybrid zone for many animals, most notablybirds.In Great Plains Birds Larkin Powell explores the history, geography, and geology of theplains and the birds that inhabit it. From the sandhill crane...

224 pages | 66 colour & 8 b/w photos, 16 illustrations, 12 maps |University of Nebraska Press

Paperback #246868 Nov-2019 9781496204189 £12.99

Observer les Oiseaux en France: Plus de 300 Sites Ornitho [Watching Birds in France:More than 300 Birdwatching Sites]Jean-Yves Barnagaud(Author), Nidal Issa(Author), Sébastien Dalloyau(Author)This guide presents the 312 best birdwatching sites throughout France. The maps presentedat different scales allow readers to select them and locate them precisely. Practical information(access, itinerary, seasons, etc.) is available to optimize...

352 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations, colour maps | BIOTOPE

Paperback #247046 2019 9782366622287 £49.99

Beckwith’s Nineteenth Century Birds of Shropshire with Notes on Surrounding DistrictsWilliam E Beckwith(Author), Thomas Bewick(Illustrator), John Tucker(Editor), PeterTucker(Editor)The introductory section of this book about William E. Beckwith gives an account of the man,his life and times, giving a context for his work. He had independent means and was able todevote much of his life to the study of the biological world,...

384 pages | 8 plates with colour & b/w photos and colour & b/willustrations; b/w illustrations | Lanius

Paperback #247047 2017 9780954012236 £19.99

Hummingbirds, Volume 1: North America, Central America & CaribbeanJohn C Arvin(Author), Sangeetha Kadur(Illustrator), Raul Andrade(Illustrator), VydhehiKadur(Illustrator), John P O'Neill(Foreword By), Lawrence V Lof(Preface By)The Gorgas Science Foundation has worked for years to publish volume one of a two-volumeset of large format, fine-art books which showcase the remarkable beauty and diversity ofhummingbirds. With such a large and diverse group of birds, few books...

216 pages | colour illustrations, colour distribution maps | GorgasScience Foundation

Hardback #247068 2016 9781615845149 £47.99

My Penguin YearLiving with the EmperorsLindsay McCrae(Author)Emperor penguins have the most extraordinary lifecycle. They march up to 100 miles oversolid ice to reach their breeding grounds. They choose to breed in the depths of the worstwinter on the planet; and in an unusual role reversal, the males...

256 pages | Hodder & Stoughton

Hardback #247073 Nov-2019 9781529325454 £19.99

An Asylum of LoonsCharming Names from the Bird WorldAdventure Publications(Author)When "bird" is not the word, this book tells you what is. A murder of crows, a charm ofgoldfinch, a huddle of penguins – groupings of birds are more than just a "flock". Collectivenouns for specific types of birds range...

80 pages | colour photos | Adventure Publications

Hardback #247081 Jun-2019 9781591939047 £10.99

Trinidad & Tobago BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh(Author), Raymond Leung(Illustrator)The islands of Trinidad and Tobago off the northeastern coast of South America offerunparalleled birding with many of the typical Neotropical bird families represented – toucans,woodcreepers, ovenbirds, antbirds, manakins, and motmots. This...

12 pages | 140 colour illustrations, 2 colour maps | Waterford Press

Unbound #247082 Sep-2019 9781620053690 £6.25

Nova Scotia BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh(Author), Raymond Leung(Illustrator)The peninsula and offshore islands that make up Nova Scotia – one of Canada's easternmostprovinces – are home to more than 400 species of resident or migratory birds. With threedistinctive coastlines with different characteristics,...

12 pages | 140 colour illustrations, 2 colour maps | Waterford Press

Unbound #247084 Sep-2019 9781620053669 £6.25

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Newfoundland & Labrador BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh(Author), Raymond Leung(Illustrator)Newfoundland/Labrador is the most easterly province of Canada and home to more than 350species of resident or migratory birds. This stunning destination is a must-see for birdwatcherswho will observe millions of seabirds, birds of prey, and some...

12 pages | 140 colour illustrations, 2 colour maps | Waterford Press

Unbound #247086 Sep-2019 9781620053652 £6.25

Where to Watch Birds in Berkshire20 of the Best SitesBrian Clews(Author), Renton Righelato(Author)A 50-page booklet showing the 20 best bird-watching sites in the Royal County of Berkshire.Colourfully illustrated with maps and access details for each site, and photographs of the keyspecies likely to be encountered in each, season by season....

49 pages | colour photos, colour maps | Birds of Berkshire Atlas Group

Paperback #247089 2019 9780952929727 £5.99

Phantom of the NorthGreat Gray Owls of the Grand Tetons and YellowstoneSteve Mattheis(Illustrator), Katherine Gura(Author)Award-winning photographer Steve Mattheis and biologist Katherine Gura invite you to enterthe domain of the Great Gray Owl. With sections devoted to the four seasons, Phantom of theNorth provides a thorough natural history of one of the most...

152 pages | colour photos | Sweetgrass Books

Hardback #247108 Jun-2019 9781591522478 £46.99

Australian Birds, PardalotesTaxonomic and Natural HistoryMaurizio Perini(Author), Luca Milione(Illustrator)The first monograph about the birds belonging to the genus Pardalotus. The four species,endemic to the Australian continent, are extensively treated in 167 pages and the book isillustrated with hundred original artworks.

167 pages | colour illustrations | theOLIVA

Hardback #247121 2019 9780321598158 £145.00

I Like BirdsA Guide to Britain's Avian WildlifeStuart Cox(Author)I Like Birds explores the history and habits of 60 of Britain's most interesting, popular andprized species of bird.From the coast to the heart of the countryside, each entry features a boldillustration that captures a bird's individual...

160 pages | colour illustrations | Quadrille Publishing

Hardback #247140 Aug-2019 9781787134171 £12.99

Birding Hotspots in the Algarve: Lagoa, Portimão and MonchiqueGonçalo Elias(Author)The seventh volume of the series Birding hotspots in the Algarve contains a description of themost interesting places to watch birds in the Western Algarve (Lagoa, Portimão andMonchique).

40 pages | b/w photos, b/w maps | Gonçalo Elias (privately published)

Paperback #247161 2019 9781729869017 £9.99

American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of OhioEthan Kistler(Author), Brian E Small(Illustrator)From the shores of Lake Erie in the north to the long and winding Ohio River of its eastern andsouthern border, Ohio provides amazingly diverse habitats for birds. The hilly Appalachianregion of the east and south contain some of the most diverse...

368 pages | colour photos | Scott & Nix, Inc

Flexibound #247208 2019 9781935622703 £23.99

Birds of CambodiaCambodia Bird Guide Association (CBGA)(Author)Sandwiched principally between its better-known neighbours of Thailand, to the north andwest, and Vietnam, to the east, the relatively small and comparatively low-lying country ofCambodia is dominated by the vast combined floodplains of the Tonle...

1300+ colour illustrations, <600 colour distribution maps | Lynx Edicions

Flexibound #247220 Jul-2019 9788416728213 £34.99Hardback #247221 Jul-2019 9788416728206 £39.99

Magyarország Fészkelo Madarainak Költésbiológiája [Breeding Biology of HungarianNesting Birds] (2-Volume Set)Haraszthy László(Author)18 years in the making, the author has produced a two-volume publication describing the life of240 bird species and the mapping of their nesting sites in Hungary. These volumes detail nestand egg types, documented with photos, the size of the nests...

1780 pages | 2268 colour photos | Pro Vértes Nonprofit Zrt

Hardback #247260 2019 £180.00

Birds of BhindawasIncluding Some Mammals, Reptiles and ButterfliesSatish Pande(Author), Niranjant Sant(Author), Pramod Deshpande(Author)The Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is a wetland that is uniquely located at the confluence ofthree major biogeographic zones in India, the sub-Himalayan montane, Indo-Gangetic plainsand the semi-desert, meaning that representative resident and...

173 pages | colour photos | Ela Foundation

Paperback #247266 2008 9788190695510 £46.99

East Coast SeabirdsA Visual Guide to the Sea and Shore Birds of the Maritime ProvincesJeffrey C Domm(Author)This concise pocketguide helps you identify sea and shore birds along the coast of Canada'sMaritime provinces.Features including full-colour illustrations, detailed information anddescriptions, observation calendar, flying and feeding patterns...

96 pages | colour illustrations, maps | Formac Publishing Company

Paperback #247276 Sep-2019 9781459505643 £17.99

American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of WisconsinCharles Hagner(Author), Brian E Small(Illustrator)With more than 15,000 interior lakes and bordering both Lake Superior to the north and LakeMichigan to the east, Wisconsin is famous as a place to observe waterbirds of all types. It alsohas expansive forested areas, plains, and farmlands providing...

368 pages | colour photos | Scott & Nix, Inc

Flexibound #247277 Nov-2019 9781935622697 £23.99

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Botany

Flight CallsExploring Massachusetts through BirdsJohn R Nelson(Author)The paths of different birds look like double helixes, flowing strands of hair, and migratingserpents, and they beckon with calls that have definite meanings. These mysterious creaturesinspire growing numbers of birders in their passionate pursuit...

288 pages | Bright Leaf

Paperback #247284 Aug-2019 9781625344700 £24.99Hardback #247283 Aug-2019 9781625344694 £120.00

Turn the Tide: Birds around the North Sea [English / Dutch]Sijmen Hendriks(Author)The North Sea area is important for many birds: to breed, to overwinter, or as fueling stopduring migration. Author Sijmen Hendriks travelled the area around the North Sea during four-and-a-half years, photographing birds and the landscapes in which...

240 pages | colour photos | KNNV Uitgeverij

Hardback #247295 Oct-2019 9789050116978 £39.99

The TulipThe Story of a Flower That Has Made Men MadAnna Pavord(Author)Tells the tale of tulipomania – the plants, the people and the obsession that drove some peoplebankrupt and others crazy. The flowers coveted by kings and worshipped by sultans are allhere, gloriously illustrated.

464 pages | colour & b/w illustrations | Bloomsbury Publishing

Hardback #246778 Nov-2019 9781526602688 £39.99

Plant SystematicsAn Integrated ApproachGurcharan Singh(Author)The present fourth edition blends information on classical fundamental aspects with recentdevelopments especially in the field of molecular systematics, cladistics and computeridentification. Special attention has been given to information on...

552 pages | 73 b/w photos, 270 b/w illustrations, 30 tables | CRC Press

Hardback #247125 Jun-2019 9780367250881 £148.00

Grasses of South AustraliaAn Illustrated Guide to the Native and Naturalised SpeciesJohn Jessop(Author), Gilbert RM Dashorst(Illustrator), Fiona M James(Illustrator)In this book, for the first time, all of the State's grasses have been carefully drawn to show theirsalient features, including more than 450 line drawings and 20 paintings illustrating typicalmembers of each tribe. In recent years there has...

574 pages | 20 plates with colour illustrations; 456 b/w line drawings |Wakefield Press

Paperback #247077 2018 9781743055830 £34.99

Cyanophyceae of Maldah District, West BengalPratibha Gupta(Author)This monograph for the first time provides data on the blue-green algae group Cyanophyceaein Maldah District, West Bengal, India. The book also contains keys to genera and species.

132 pages | colour illustrations, colour & b/w maps | Botanical Survey ofIndia

Hardback #247163 2018 9788193475843 £44.99

RSPB Handbook of Garden WildlifePeter Holden(Author), Geoffrey Abbott(Author), Miranda Krestovnikoff(Foreword By)This popular RSPB field guide is a rich resource of information on our most familiar gardenwildlife.For the second edition RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife sections have beenupdated and some expanded to offer comprehensive coverage of the many...

256 pages | 450+ colour photos | Bloomsbury Publishing

Paperback #243696 2018 9781472964618 £12.99

The World Encyclopedia of TreesA Reference and Identification Guide to 1300 of the World's Most Significant TreesTony Russell(Author), Catherine Cutler(Author), Martin Walters(Author)This beautifully illustrated volume, substantially updated for this new large-format edition, is theultimate reference guide to more than 1300 of the most spectacular, best-loved and unusualtrees across the globe, from the huge redwoods of...

512 pages | 1500 colour photos and colour illustrations, colourdistribution maps | Lorenz Books

Hardback #247116 Jul-2019 9780754834755 £19.99

Orchids of East GippslandA Field GuideJames Turner(Author), Andrew Bould(Author), Jennifer Wilkinson(Author), NevilleWalsh(Foreword By)An accurate record of all orchid species and hybrids found in the East Gippsland region,Victoria, Australia, as observed by local field naturalists over 50 years. Introductory chaptersinclude orchid structure, pollination and habitat description....

242 pages | colour photos | Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club

Spiralbound #247291 2018 9780992487713 £59.99

A Guide to Wild Fruits of BorneoAnthony Lamb(Author)The edible wild fruits, nuts and seeds of Borneo that are found in the different forests fromcoastal seashores and islands, through the lowlands and hills, to the montane forests, and ondifferent soils, are estimated to be in the region of 500...

311 pages | colour photos | Natural History Publications Borneo

Paperback #246635 2019 9789838121927 £34.99Hardback #246632 2019 9789838121910 £49.99

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Garden Flowers of IndiaPakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Sri LankaPradeep Sachdeva(Author), Vidya Tongbram(Author)This photographic identification guide to the 280 native and introduced species of gardenflower most commonly seen in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka isperfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from...

176 pages | colour photos | John Beaufoy Books

Paperback #246639 Oct-2019 9781912081752 £11.99

A Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of MyanmarNorio Tanaka(Author), Yu Ito(Author), Mu Mu Aung(Author), Nobuyuki Tanaka(Editor)Myanmar (Burma) spans tropical evergreen, mixed deciduous, savanna and alpine vegetationtypes due to a distinct north–south polarity. Various kinds of aquatic vegetation are found in thecountry, from freshwater to marine environments. Being...

112 pages | colour photos | Natural History Publications Borneo

Paperback #246684 2019 9789838121934 £27.99

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Moose des Waldbodens: Der Bestimmungsführer [Mosses of the Forest Floor: TheIdentification Guide]Christine Rapp(Author)This guide treats the Swiss moss flora found on the forest floor, and considers it as a part of theforest flora, examining their function as indicator plants of forested sites. The book is aimed atforesters, scientists, environmental educators,...

192 pages | 200 colour photos, ~30 b/w line drawings | Verlag PaulHaupt

Hardback #246929 Oct-2019 9783258081397 £59.99

100 Bushveld TreesMegan Emmett-Parker(Author), Shem Compion(Illustrator)This highly visual new guide introduces readers to 100 of the most memorable trees in thebushveld – the northern and eastern regions of South Africa, encompassing both the lowveldand the highveld.An introduction covers the basics of tree...

264 pages | 1000 colour photos | Random House Struik

Paperback #247000 2019 9781775846550 £37.99

Fern Albums and Related MaterialMichael Hayward(Author), Martin Rickard(Author), Patrick Brownsey(Foreword By)Fern albums were collections of pressed ferns mounted into specimen books, many of thebooks containing the specimens being especially made for this purpose. The authors of thisfascinating and well researched book on fern albums, Michael Hayward and...

226 pages | 400+ colour photos | British Pteridological Society

Paperback #247032 2019 9780992612047 £34.99

Native Bromeliads of FloridaHarry E Luther(Author), David H Benzing(Author)Do bromeliads ever harm their hosts? Are they parasites? Can any of them really live on air?How many kinds live in Florida? Are the pretty ones easy to grow in my garden? This is the firstbook on Florida's bromeliads and will appeal to both...

146 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps | Pineapple Press

Paperback #247036 2016 9781561649679 £10.95

Wildflowers of the Eastern United StatesAn Introduction to Common Species of Woods, Wetlands and FieldsJohn Eastman(Author)This field guides contains descriptions by wild plant expert John Eastman, offering details onthe identification, growth, interaction, locations, and more. It covers some 130 commonwildflower species and species groups, including forest, field, and...

288 pages | colour photos | Stackpole Books

Paperback #247042 2014 9780811713672 £19.95

Flora Fungorum Sinicorum, Volume 52 [Chinese]Yang Zhuliang(Author)The genus Rhizopus is a mushroom family, some of which are famous edible fungi, whileothers are highly toxic. Ingestion of such toxic bacteria often causes poisoning and even death.As a decomposer, the fungus plays an important role in the material...

228 pages | plates with colour photos; b/w photos and b/w line drawings |Science Press

Hardback #247049 2019 9787030606878 £99.99

Guide de la Flore des Alpes: 1400 Espèces des Étages Montagnard, Alpin et Subalpin[Guide to the Flora of the Alps: 1400 Species of the Montagnard, Alpine and SubalpineAreas]Norbert Griebl(Author), Odile Koenig(Author)The grandiose landscapes and mountain flowers of the Alps are of incomparable beauty andform an often unforgettable picture during a hike. Interest in them is constantly renewed by thevariability of individual species and hybrids derived from them....

464 pages | 1000 colour photos, 1000 colour distribution maps |Delachaux et Niestle

Hardback #247050 2019 9782603026113 £52.99

Puffballs of Northern and Central EuropeMikael Jeppson(Author)An identification guide to puffballs (genera Apioperdon, Bovista, Bryoperdon, Calvatia,Disciseda, Langermannia, Lycoperdon, and Mycenastrum) of northern and central Europe(approximately 55 species). All species are keyed out, described and...

360 pages | colour photos, b/w line drawings, colour & b/w distributionmaps, tables | Swedish Mycological Society

Hardback #247067 2018 9771654546008 £79.99

Wild Flowers of Kenya and Northern TanzaniaAnne Powys(Author)The first of a new-format series on East African natural history, this book on the wild flowers ofthe region is structured according to flower colour to aid identification, and presents twospecies per page, covering approximately 250 different...

160 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps | Random HouseStruik

Paperback #247094 Jul-2019 9781775842453 £8.99

Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: CompositaeShahina A Ghazanfar(Author), John R Edmondson(Author), Nicholas J Hind(Author)The Flora of Iraq is the only botanical guide for this region in the Middle East. It enables anyonedocumenting, studying, or managing Iraq's vast and rich flora to identify the area's vascularcryptogams (plants that do not make seeds) as...

530 pages | 111 b/w line drawings | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Paperback #247095 Jul-2019 9781842466858 £79.99

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 95, Part 136: MyrtaceaeMaria Lúcia Kawasaki(Author), Bruce K Holst(Author), Álvaro J Pérez(Author)The Ecuadorian members of Myrtaceae are revised. Fifteen genera and 131 native species aredocumented in Ecuador, viz. Amomyrtella (1 sp.), Blepharocalyx (1 sp.), Calycolpus (2 spp.),Calyptranthes (28 spp.), Campomanesia (2 spp.), Eugenia (43 spp.),...

187 pages | 34 colour & b/w photos, 12 b/w line drawings | BotanicalInstitute, Goteborg University

Paperback #247128 2019 9789185529636 £66.99

Mosses of Eastern India & Adjacent Regions (3-Volume Set)HC Gangulee(Author)This 3-volume set will serve as a guide and will be of immense interest to researchers in thefield of Indian muscology. In this work, the author has initiated a study of the moss species sofar reported from Eastern India, supplemented by his own...

2145 pages | b/w line drawings, b/w distribution maps | New CentralBook Agency

Paperback #247167 2017 9788173815461 £230.00

Bryoflora of the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve Western Ghats, IndiaAED Daniels(Author), KC Kariyappa(Author)This book presents an original account of the bryoflora of the Agasthyamalai BiosphereReserve in the Southern Western Ghats and deals with 403 species and 15 infraspecific taxabelonging to 160 genera, 60 families and 16 orders. Of these, 243...

658 pages | 10 plates with colour photos, 224 b/w line drawings, 1 colourmap | Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh

Hardback #247178 2019 9788121109925 £125.00

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Travellers in Ottoman LandsThe Botanical LegacyInes Aščerić-Todd(Editor), Sabina G Knees(Editor), Janet Starkey(Editor), PaulStarkey(Editor), Semih Lutfu Turgut(Foreword By)This collection of around twenty papers has its origins in a two-day seminar organised by theAssociation for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) in conjunction withthe Centre for Middle Eastern Plants at the Royal Botanic...

409 pages | 139 plates with colour illustrations; 28 b/w illustrations, 2maps, 7 tables | Archaeopress

Paperback #247215 2018 9781784919153 £59.99

Into the WoodsA Celebration of TreesDebbie Baxter(Illustrator), Gary Milsom(Contributor)Into the Woods is a “beautiful journey through trees” in the company of Suffolk-based artistDebbie Baxter. It is both a celebration of these giants of nature and a call to action to preserveour ancient woodlands. Debbie has also worked...

96 pages | 50 colour & b/w illustrations | Mascot Media

Paperback #247217 2019 9781916478336 £19.95

Columnar Cacti and Their MutualistsEvolution, Ecology, and ConservationTheodore H Fleming(Editor), Alfonso Valiente-Banuet(Editor)Although cacti such as the saguaro and organ pipe have come to define the Sonoran Desert formany people, they represent some 170 species of columnar cacti found in many parts of theAmericas. These giant plants are so dominant in some ecosystems...

386 pages | 93 b/w illustrations, 49 tables | University of Arizona Press

Paperback #247265 2019 9780816540211 £47.95

Rare Endemic and Threatened Plants of Western GhatsMK Ratheesh Narayanan(Author), MK Nandakumar(Author), CN Sunil(Author), VBalakrishnan(Author), KA Sujana(Author)The mountainous Western Ghats covers just 6% of the total land area of lndia, but holds morethan 30% of lndia's biodiversity and several endemics. Unfortunately, the Western Ghats is anunder-explored region even in the case of higher plant...

270 pages | colour photos, colour maps | Southern Book Star

Hardback #247267 2018 9788186660270 £110.00

Les Bases de la Botanique de Terrain: Familles et Genres de Plantes à Fleurs d'EuropeTempérée [The Basics of Field Botany: Families and Genera of Flowering Plants ofTemperate Europe]Rita Lüder(Author), Emmanuelle Champion(Author), Jean Terrisse(Author)This unique and unparalleled reference book is ideal to learn in-depth observation in the field.More than 800 pages to identify 80 plant families, 60 genera and more than 600 species foundin temperate Europe.Summary in French:Un ouvrage de...

848 pages | Delachaux et Niestle

Hardback #247286 2019 9782603026380 £84.99

Flora Fungorum Sinicorum, Volume 57 [Chinese]Hymenochaetales (1) Redactor PrincipalisDai Yucheng(Author)This volume is the first of several to deal with the fungus order Hymenochaetales. Except for afew species of mycorrhizal fungi, most of the species in this orderare wood-decaying fungi.These fungi not only have important ecological functions, but...

248 pages | b/w photos, b/w line drawings | Science Press

Hardback #247293 2018 9787030595379 £79.99

A Flora Of The East Greenland Central Fjord Region 70°N – 77°NGeoffrey Halliday(Author)This fjord region occupies the middle third of Greenland's east coast. It extends for nearly 500miles (800 km) from north to south and from 100 (180 km) and 150 (240 km) east to west, fromthe inland ice to the outer coast. With its rich flora,...

280 pages | 106 colour plates; 1 b/w photo, 12 colour & 3 b/willustrations, 245 b/w distribution maps | Trollius Publications

Paperback #247297 2019 9780953971879 £27.99

A Photographic Guide to the Vegetation of the South Texas Sand SheetDexter Peacock(Author), Forrest S Smith(Author)The South Texas Sand Sheet, also known as the Coastal Sand Plains and the Llano Mesteño,is a vast region covering more than two million acres at the southern tip of the state, just northof the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The landscape's...

248 pages | 365 colour photos | Texas A & M University Press

Flexibound #247302 Nov-2019 9781623497828 £32.50

Isle of Bute FloraAngus Hannah(Author)The first ever Flora for the Isle of Bute, an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. The outcomeof 20 years intensive research by the author on this scenically varied and botanically richisland, the book Includes:- A full introduction to Bute...

360 pages | 90 colour photos, 500 distribution maps | TrolliusPublications

Paperback #247308 2019 9780953971886 £29.99

The Rare Plants of HerefordshireLes Smith(Author), Peter Garner(Author), Mark Jannick(Author)No other county in England, and few in the British Isles, has been so poorly recorded anddocumented as Herefordshire, and yet it has a remarkable diversity of habitat and is wellendowed with botanical treasures.The Rare Plants of Herefordshire...

190 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | Trollius Publications

Hardback #247309 Jun-2019 9780953971893 £29.50

Wood Properties and Uses of Scots Pine in BritainPaul McLean(Author)Scots pine is the second most abundant conifer growing in the UK and the only native coniferspecies grown for timber. It grows well on sites that are too dry for Sitka spruce and it plays alarge role in the landscape and rural economy. This report...

44 pages | Forestry Commission

Paperback #247311 2019 9780855389857 £9.99

Mushroom Diversity in OdishaMushrooms of Urban and Suburban Areas of BhubaneswarNibha Gupta(Author), Jiban Jyoti Panda(Author), Rebecca Nayar(Foreword By)This is a small field guide to the fungi found in the urban and suburban areas of Bhubaneswarin India’s eastern state of Odisha.

58 pages | colour photos | Regional Plant Resource Centre, India

Paperback #247327 2019 9788192779164 £44.99

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Mammals

The Genus Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in Eastern Ghats of IndiaAn Account of the Diversity, Distribution and Taxonomy of the Wild and Naturalized Species ofSolanum L. Occurring in Eastern Ghats of IndiaC Kalidass(Author), PC Panda(Author), Rebecca Nayar(Foreword By)From the foreword:"The Solanaceae, also known as the potato or deadly nightshade family, isone of humankind’s most utilized and important plant families. It contains some of the world’smost important food plants, such as the...

76 pages | colour photos, 1 colour map | Regional Plant ResourceCentre, India

Paperback #247346 2019 9788192779195 £56.99

OrcaThe Whale Called KillerErich Hoyt(Author)A timely update on a beloved classic.When Erich Hoyt's Orca: The Whale Called Killer wasfirst published in 1981, little was known about Orcinus orca. The largest member of the dolphinfamily was then considered too dangerous to approach in the...

356 pages | 50 colour photos, b/w illustrations, and b/w maps | FireflyBooks

Paperback #247244 Oct-2019 9780228102298 £18.95

Status of Western Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock (Harlan, 1834) (Primates:Hylobatidae) in Assam, IndiaUttam Saikia(Author), Narayan Sharma(Author)This report describes the conservation status of the western hoolock gibbon, Hoolock hoolock,in the Indian state of Assam. This is one of only two ape species in South Asia. Its distributionrange extends between the rivesrs Brahmaputra in the west...

20 pages | colour illustrations | Zoological Survey of India

Paperback #247164 2019 9788181715203 £22.50

Handbook of Whales, Dolphins and PorpoisesMark Carwardine(Author)This outstanding new handbook to whales, dolphins and porpoises is the most comprehensive,authoritative and up-to-date guide to these popular mammals. With nearly 1,000 accurateillustrations – complete with detailed annotations pointing out...

528 pages | ~1000 colour photos and colour illustrations | BloomsburyPublishing

Hardback #242625 Nov-2019 9781472908148 £29.99

Saving the Last RhinosThe Life of a Frontline ConservationistGrant Fowlds(Author), Graham Spence(Author)'Endangered means we still have time, but extinction is forever'– Grant FowldsIn 2016 thenumber of rhinos poached in South Africa stood at 1,054 (Department of EnvironmentalAffairs). In 2017, 529 rhinos had been slaughtered by 24th...

304 pages | 16 plates with colour photos | Robinson Publishing

Hardback #245067 Nov-2019 9781472142535 £18.99

Wild Horses of the Summer SunA Memoir of IcelandTory Bilski(Author)A wondrous story of adventure and friendship featuring a group of women who ride Icelandichorses.Each June, Tory Bilski meets up with fellow women travelers in Reykjavik where theyhead to northern Iceland, near the Greenland Sea. They escape their...

260 pages | 16 plates with colour photos | Murdoch Books UK Ltd

Paperback #247305 Aug-2019 9781911632450 £12.99Hardback #245423 2019 9781643130644 £28.99

Polar BearMargery Fee(Author)Polar bears are truly majestic animals: the largest land-dwelling carnivore on earth, they canmeasure up to 3 metres in length, and weigh up to 700 kilograms. They are also iconic in otherways – a symbol of the climate change debate, with...

224 pages | 95 colour and 10 b/w photos and illustrations | ReaktionBooks

Paperback #246594 Nov-2019 9781789141467 £12.95

Studying PrimatesHow to Design, Conduct and Report Primatological ResearchJoanna M Setchell(Author)Primatology draws on theory and methods from diverse fields, including anatomy,anthropology, biology, ecology, medicine, psychology, veterinary sciences and zoology. Themore than 500 species of primate range from tiny mouse lemurs to huge gorillas...

324 pages | Cambridge University Press

Paperback #246647 Oct-2019 9781108434270 £26.99Hardback #246648 Oct-2019 9781108421713 £64.99

The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest40 Years of ResearchChristophe Boesch(Editor), Roman Wittig(Editor), Catherine Crockford(Editor), LindaVigilant(Editor), Tobias Deschner(Editor), Fabian Leendertz(Editor)Taï Chimpanzee Project (Taï National Park, Cote D'Ivoire) has yielded unprecedented insightsinto the nature of cooperation, cognition, and culture in our closest living relatives. Founded in1979 by Christophe and Hedwige Boesch, the...

524 pages | 114 b/w illustrations | Cambridge University Press

Hardback #247010 Nov-2019 9781108481557 £79.99

The Unsung HeroesDaphne Sheldrick(Author)A collection of previously untold stories about orphaned elephants in the care of The DavidSheldrick Wildlife Trust and their heroic rescuers. The Orphans celebrated in this book comefrom many different corners of Kenya, showcasing the...

218 pages | colour photos | Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Hardback #247033 2019 9781527240407 £44.99

Saving the Tasmanian DevilRecovery through Science-Based ManagementCarolyn Hogg(Editor), Samantha Fox(Editor), David Pemberton(Editor), KatherineBelov(Editor)The Tasmanian devil is threatened by Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), a transmissibleform of cancer that has reduced the population by over 80%. Hunting, extreme climate events,vehicle collision and habitat destruction also put pressure on this...

348 pages | CSIRO

Hardback #247127 Aug-2019 9781486307180 £99.99

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Giraffe ExtinctionUsing Science and Technology to Save the Gentle GiantsTanya Anderson(Author)Aimed at high-school students, this book lays out how, quietly, without most people noticing,the population of giraffes in the wild has decreased by nearly 40 percent since 1985. Giraffeshave disappeared entirely from seven countries where they...

128 pages | colour illustrations, tables | Twenty-First Century Books

Hardback #247207 Oct-2019 9781541532380 £44.99

Zootaxa, Volume 4566: Hidden in Plain SightReassessment of the Pig-Footed Bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus (Peramelemorphia,Chaeropodidae), with a Description of a New Species from Central Australia, and Use of theFossil Record to Trace its Past DistributionKenny J Travouillon(Author), Bruno F Simões(Author), Roberto Portela Miguez(Author), SelinaBrace(Author), Philippa Brewer(Author), David Stemmer(Author), Gilbert J Price(Author),Jonathan Cramb(Author), Julien Louys(Author)The Pig-footed Bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus, an extinct arid-adapted bandicoot, wasnamed in 1838 based on a specimen without a tail from the Murray River in New South Wales.Two additional species were later named, C. castanotis and C....

69 pages | Magnolia Press

Paperback #247235 2019 £69.99

The Primate Family TreeThe Amazing Diversity of Our Closest RelativesIan Redmond(Author), Dame Jane Goodall(Preface By)The Primate Family Tree is a beautiful and comprehensive resource on the subject of ouranimal relatives: apes, monkeys and lemurs. Readers will learn an abundance of facts, reviewrecent research and conservation efforts and discover the remarkable...

176 pages | 160 colour photos and colour illustrations | Firefly Books

Paperback #247242 Sep-2019 9781554079643 £19.95

The Gray Wolf RevealedKaj Granlund(Author), Will Graves(Author)A completely rewritten English version of this book, which was first published in Swedish andGerman in 2016.Environmental extremists successfully advanced their political agenda tomake our world a "wilder" place to live in. They insist...

288 pages | 228 colour photos, colour illustrations and colour maps |Nanomatic Oy

Paperback #247345 2019 9789529413522 £34.99

Key to the Herpetofauna of the Continental United States and CanadaRobert Powell(Author), Joseph T Collins(Author), Errol D Hooper, Jr.(Author)This profusely illustrated comprehensive key for identifying amphibians and reptiles from thecontinental United States and Canada incorporates a wealth of scientific findings.Since the firstedition was published in 1998 and the second in 2012, the...

192 pages | 279 b/w line drawings, 25 b/w distribution maps | UniversityPress of Kansas

Paperback #247113 Jul-2019 9780700628902 £27.99

Arizona's Amphibians & ReptilesA Natural History and Field GuideJohn C Murphy(Author), Lawrence LC Jones(Illustrator), René C Clark(Illustrator), GaryNafis(Illustrator) et alFor both the casual observer and the experienced naturalist, this indispensable field guide andnatural history reference covers all the salamanders, frogs, spadefoots, toads, lizards, snakes,tortoises, and turtles in Arizona. Over 250 stunning...

348 pages | 258 colour photos, colour distribution maps | Book ServicesUS

Paperback #247040 2019 9781645165552 £42.99Hardback #247041 1970 9781645165545 £66.50

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Snakes of AustraliaScott Eipper(Author), Tyese Eipper(Author)This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 species of snake most commonly seen inAustralia is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from Australia's topnature photographers are accompanied by detailed species...

176 pages | colour photos | John Beaufoy Books

Paperback #246637 Oct-2019 9781912081509 £11.99

Venomous Snakes of MalawiAn Identification Guide to the 20 Species of Snake Considered Venomous to Humans inMalawiRupert Wilkey(Author), Thoko Banda(Foreword By)Malawi has its fair share of snakes and more often than not they come into contact with people.Although 69% of the snakes found in Malawi are harmless, the majority of the venomousspecies usually cause a fatal bite due to lack of prompt medical...

175 pages | 20 colour photos, 51 b/w illustrations, 20 colour distributionmaps | Njoka Books

Paperback #247051 2019 9780954298333 £19.95

Texas Reptiles & AmphibiansA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh(Author), Raymond Leung(Illustrator)The diverse habitats of Texas – swamps, marshes, pine forests, rocky hills, mountains, desertsand prairies – combined with its central location where species from the east, west and Mexicoconverge, make it a prime destination to find...

12 pages | 100 colour illustrations, 2 colour maps | Waterford Press

Unbound #247083 Sep-2019 9781620053706 £6.25

Nossas Incríveis Serpentes: Caracterização, Biologia, Acidentes E Conservação [OurIncredible Serpents: Characterization, Biology, Accidents and Conservation]Otávio AV Marques(Author), Carlos R Medeiros(Author)When man appeared, the earth was already inhabited by serpents. Living with these reptileshas always aroused curiosity, fascination and fear. And thouh snakes can cause accidents,they can generate innumerable benefits to humans on the other hand....

80 pages | colour photos | Ponto A

Hardback #247097 2019 9788569650027 £62.99

Secrets of SnakesThe Science beyond the MythsDavid A Steen(Author)Snakes inspire extreme reactions. Love or hate these limbless reptiles, almost everyone isfascinated by them. Although snakes are widespread and frequently encountered, they may bemore misunderstood than any other group of animals. From giant...

180 pages | 103 colour photos, 3 illustrations | Texas A & M UniversityPress

Flexibound #247184 Oct-2019 9781623497972 £26.50

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Marine & Freshwater Biology

Evolutionary Biology

Gefährliche Schlangen Ostafrikas und Verwechslungsarten: Äthiopien, Eritrea,Somalia, Sudan, Südsudan [Dangerous snakes of East Africa and Confusion Species:Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan]Florian Bacher(Author), Karin Ernst(Author), Kriemhild Repp(Author), Silke Schweiger(Author)This fold-out guide introduces the 68 dangerous snake species found in East Africa, and easilyconfused but innocuous species.Summary in German:Der Folder stellt in 68 Abbildungen diegefährlichen Schlangen Ostafrikas und ihre Verwechslungsarten...

22 pages | 68 colour illustrations | Vienna Natural History Museum /Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Unbound #247231 2019 9783903096240 £14.99

Gefährliche Schlangen Westafrikas und Verwechslungsarten: Gambia, Mali,Mauretanien, Senegal [Dangerous Snakes of West Africa and Confusion Species:Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal]Florian Bacher(Author), Karin Ernst(Author), Kriemhild Repp(Author), Silke Schweiger(Author)This fold-out guide introduces the 60 dangerous snake species found in West Africa, andeasily confused but innocuous species.Summary in German:Der Folder stellt in 60Abbildungen die gefährlichen Schlangen Westafrikas und ihre...

20 pages | 60 colour illustrations | Vienna Natural History Museum /Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Unbound #247232 2019 9783903096233 £14.99

Das Leben im Wassertropfen: Mikroflora und Mikrofauna des Süßwassers: EinBestimmungsbuch [Life in a Drop of Water: Freshwater Microflora and Microfauna: AnIdentification Guide]Heinz Streble(Author), Dieter Krauter(Author), Annegret Bäuerle(Author)Numerous microorganisms from various groups of the plant and animal kingdom live in watereverywhere in the world. More than 1500 species are described in detail in this book. Thepresented plant and animal groups are quickly found thanks to a quick...

398 pages | 30 plates with 66 colour & 2 b/w photos; 1643 b/w linedrawings | Kosmos Verlag

Hardback #247328 2018 9783440156940 £49.99

Reef LifeAn Underwater MemoirCallum M Roberts(Author)Reef Life is the story of how Callum Roberts, Britain's pre-eminent marine conservationscientist, fell in love with coral reefs and embarked on a thirty-year career. He began as ayoung university student who had never been abroad, spending a...

384 pages | Profile Books

Hardback #246269 Nov-2019 9781788162159 £13.99

Shell Life on the SeashorePhilip Street(Author)Originally published in 1961. For many, the highlights of seaside holidays are rockpooling andgathering the glorious array of shells left strewn on the beach after the receding tide. Attractedby the infinite variety of shapes and colours, visitors...

240 pages | Faber & Faber

Paperback #247147 Aug-2019 9780571354450 £9.99

Ahab's Rolling SeaA Natural History of "Moby-Dick"Richard J King(Author)Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduringworks of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing – or even a novel of thesea. Yet Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie...

464 pages | 12 color plates; 71 b/w illustrations | University of ChicagoPress

Hardback #247183 Oct-2019 9780226514963 £22.99

Zootaxa, Volume 4601: The Catshark Genus Scyliorhinus (Chondrichthyes:Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae): Taxonomy, Morphology and DistributionKarla DA Soares(Author), Marcelo R de Carvalho(Author)The catshark genus Scyliorhinus belongs to the family Scyliorhinidae, the most diverse familyof sharks, and currently presents 16 valid species according to most modern accounts. Thelong history of taxonomic rearrangements and inaccurate...

147 pages | Magnolia Press

Paperback #247234 2019 £89.99

Poissons Profonds de l'Océan Indien [Deep-Sea Fishes of the Indian Ocean]Patrick Durville(Author), Thierry Mulochau(Author), Alain Diringer(Author)Aimed at a wide audience of both amateurs and professionals of the marine world, this is a fieldguide to the fish living in the deep waters of the Indian Ocean.Summary in French:Destiné àtous, amateurs et professionnels du monde...

208 pages | colour illustrations | Editions Orphie

Paperback #247261 2011 9782877636346 £32.99

Extinction and EvolutionWhat Fossils Reveal about the History of LifeNiles Eldredge(Author), Carl Zimmer(Introduction By)Extinction and Evolution recounts the work and discoveries of Niles Eldredge, one of theworld's most renowned paleontologists, whose research overturned Charles Darwin's theory ofevolution as a slow and inevitable process, as published in...

256 pages | colour photos, colour illustrations | Firefly Books

Paperback #247241 Oct-2019 9780228101871 £19.99Hardback #214894 2014 9781770853591 £29.99

The Philosophy of Social EvolutionJonathan Birch(Author)From mitochondria to meerkats, the natural world is full of spectacular examples of socialbehaviour. In the early 1960s Bill Hamilton changed the way we think about how suchbehaviour evolves. He introduced three key innovations – now known as...

224 pages | Oxford University Press

Paperback #247269 Sep-2019 9780198851684 £18.99Hardback #235716 2017 9780198733058 £29.99

The Ape that Understood the UniverseHow the Mind and Culture EvolveSteve Stewart-Williams(Author), Michael Shermer(Foreword By)The Ape that Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: thehuman animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? Whatwould it make of our sex differences, our sexual behaviour, our...

350 pages | Cambridge University Press

Paperback #247148 Oct-2019 9781108732758 £12.99Hardback #241364 2018 9781108425049 £19.99

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Ecology

Earth System Sciences

Skin DeepJourneys in the Divisive Science of RaceGavin Evans(Author)Everything you need to know about race (but were afraid to ask).In academic journals and oninternet message boards, certain scientists and thinkers are laying siege to one of the greattaboos. Could it be, they ask, that racism has a rational basis...

384 pages | Oneworld Publications

Hardback #247139 Aug-2019 9781786076229 £18.99

Why We BelieveEvolution and the Human Way of BeingAgustín Fuentes(Author)A wide-ranging argument by a renowned anthropologist that the capacity to believe is whatmakes us humanWhy are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, andhope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered...

288 pages | 8 b/w illustrations | Yale University Press

Hardback #247185 Nov-2019 9780300243994 £19.99

How History Gets Things WrongThe Neuroscience of Our Addiction to StoriesAlex Rosenberg(Author)To understand something, you need to know its history. Right? Wrong, says Alex Rosenberg inHow History Gets Things Wrong. Feeling especially well-informed after reading a book ofpopular history on the best-seller list? Don't. Narrative history...

296 pages | 10 colour & 37 b/w illustrations | MIT Press

Paperback #247204 Aug-2019 9780262537995 £12.99Hardback #247205 2018 9780262038577 £21.99

Intergroup Conflicts and Their ResolutionA Social Psychological PerspectiveDaniel Bar-Tal(Editor)Intergroup Conflicts and Their Resolution provides a framework that sheds an illuminating lightinto the psyche of people involved in macro-level destructive intergroup conflicts, involvingsocieties and ethnic groups, that take place continuously in...

384 pages | 5 b/w illustrations, 2 tables | Psychology Press Ltd

Hardback #247340 2010 9781841697833 £70.99

Wildlife Disease EcologyLinking Theory to Data and ApplicationKenneth Wilson(Editor), Andy Fenton(Editor), Dan Tompkins(Editor)Just like humans, animals and plants suffer from infectious diseases, which can criticallythreaten biodiversity. Wildlife Disease Ecology describes key studies that have driven ourunderstanding of the ecology and evolution of wildlife diseases....

500 pages | Cambridge University Press

Paperback #246469 Nov-2019 9781316501900 £44.99Hardback #246468 Nov-2019 9781107136564 £74.99

Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 61Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship between Biodiversity and Ecosystem FunctionDavid A Bohan(Editor), Alex J Dumbrell(Editor)The latest release in the Advances in Ecological Research series includes specific chaptersthat cover mechanistic links between biodiversity and ecosystem function.

318 pages | Academic Press

Hardback #246924 Nov-2019 9780081029121 £230.00

Ecological ModelsJay Odenbaugh(Author)In this book, the author considers three questions. What are ecological models? How are theytested? How do ecological models inform environmental policy and politics? Through severalcase studies, the reader will see how these representations which...

75 pages | 8 b/w illustrations | Cambridge University Press

Paperback #247132 Aug-2019 9781108728690 £14.99

Carrion Ecology and ManagementPedro P Olea(Editor), Patricia Mateo-Tomás(Editor), José Antonio Sánchez Zapata(Editor)Carrion, or dead animal matter, is an inherent component of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystemsworldwide, and is exploited by a wide diversity of organisms from different trophic levels,including microbes, arthropods and vertebrates. Further,...

471 pages | 21 colour & 15 b/w illustrations | Springer-Verlag

Hardback #247136 Aug-2019 9783030164997 £129.99

Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology: Analysis of Distribution, Abundance andSpecies Richness in R and Bugs, Volume 2: Dynamic and Advanced ModelsMarc Kéry(Author), J Andrew Royle(Author)Part 1: Models for dynamic systems13. Modeling population dynamics without replicate countswithin a season14. Modeling population dynamics with replicate counts within a season15.Hierarchical models of survival16. Modeling species distribution and...

520 pages | Academic Press

Paperback #247187 Nov-2019 9780128095850 £76.95

Guide to the Non-Native Invasive Plants of Britain and IrelandRebecca Farley-Brown(Author), Lizzie Harper(Illustrator)The Guide to the Non-Native Invasive Plants of Britain and Ireland features 31 species of landplants covered by legislation in UK and Republic of Ireland. These are plants that are causingproblems and impacting on local biodiversity due to their...

8 pages | 1 colour photo, colour illustrations | Field Studies Council (FSC)

Unbound #247210 2019 9781908819499 £3.50

Principles of Glacier MechanicsRoger LeB. Hooke(Author)The third edition of this successful textbook will supply advanced undergraduate and graduatestudents with the tools they need to understand modern glaciological research. Practicingglacial geologists and glaciologists will also find Principles of...

517 pages | illustrations | Cambridge University Press

Paperback #247061 Nov-2019 9781108446075 £59.99Hardback #247060 Nov-2019 9781108427340 £120.00

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From Deep Sea to Laboratory, Volume 1The First Explorations of the Deep Sea by H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876)Alan CastleThe scientific expedition of H.M.S. Challenger in the 1870s marks the starting point of physicaloceanography. This ship traveled the seas of the globe pursuing a dual objective: to conductan in-depth study of animal life and to observe the physical...

312 pages | Wiley-ISTE

Hardback #247213 2019 9781786303745 £103.00

Evolution of Magmatic and Diamond-Forming Systems of the Earth's Lower MantleAnna V Spivak(Author), Yuriy A Litvin(Author)This book sheds valuable new light on the genetic mineralogy of lower-mantle diamonds andsyngenetic minerals. It presents groundbreaking experimental results revealing the meltingrelations of ultrabasic and basic associations and a physicochemical...

95 pages | 39 b/w illustrations | Springer-Verlag

Hardback #247145 2018 9783319785172 £99.99

Rockhounding WyomingA Guide to the State's Best Rockhounding SitesKenneth Lee Graham(Author)The 75 sites described in Rockhounding Wyoming take you across the red desert to the highmountain majesty of the Big Horns and Wind Rivers as well as the geologic wonders ofYellowstone National Park. Graham, a former hardrock miner, developed an...

256 pages | 230 colour photos | Falcon Guides

Paperback #247043 2017 9781493027415 £13.95

Tides: A Very Short IntroductionDavid George Bowers(Author), Emyr Martin Roberts(Author)The tide is the greatest synchronised movement of matter on our planet. Every drop ofseawater takes part in tidal motion, driven by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun. At thecoast, we see the tide as a twice-daily rise and fall of sea level...

144 pages | 40 b/w illustrations | Oxford University Press

Paperback #246194 Nov-2019 9780198826637 £8.99

Deep CarbonPast to PresentBeth Orcutt(Editor), Isabelle Daniel(Editor), Rajdeep Dasgupta(Editor)Carbon is one of the most important elements of our planet, and 90% of it resides insideEarth's interior. Deep Carbon summarizes 10 years of research by scientists involved in theDeep Carbon Observatory, a global community of 1200 scientists....

678 pages | Cambridge University Press

Hardback #246642 Oct-2019 9781108477499 £59.99

Trees and Global WarmingThe Role of Forests in Cooling and Warming the AtmosphereWilliam J Manning(Author)Large-scale tree planting is advocated to provide additional atmospheric cooling and furtherreduce global warming. This raises a question about the present time. Do trees cool or warmthe atmosphere? This question does not have a simple yes or no...

350 pages | Cambridge University Press

Hardback #246659 Oct-2019 9781108471787 £49.99

Neptune's LaboratoryFantasy, Fear, and Science at SeaAntony Adler(Author)An eyewitness to profound change affecting marine environments on the Newfoundland coast,Antony Adler argues that the history of our relationship with the ocean lies as much in what weimagine as in what we discover.We have long been fascinated with...

224 pages | 15 photos | Harvard University Press

Hardback #246873 Nov-2019 9780674972018 £31.95

Sea Level RiseA Slow Tsunami on America's ShoresOrrin H Pilkey(Author), Keith C Pilkey(Author)The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly90,000 miles of shoreline will be immense: Miami and New Orleans will disappear; manynuclear and other power plants, hundreds of wastewater plants and toxic...

208 pages | 34 colour illustrations, 1 map | Duke University Press

Paperback #247055 Sep-2019 9781478006374 £20.99Hardback #247054 Sep-2019 9781478005063 £79.99

Mineralogy of Quartz and Silica MineralsJens Götze(Editor)This is a reprint of a special issue published in the journal Minerals.The present book reportsrecent contributions from research in the field of quartz and other silica minerals. The variousforms of silica (SiO2) represent important constituents...

274 pages | 154 Illustrations | Mdpi AG

Paperback #247143 2018 9783038973485 £56.20

Rocks & Landscape of the North York MoorsRoger Osborne(Author)This is a full-colour guide to the rocks that lie beneath the wonderful landscape of the NorthYork Moors National Park. Packed with photographs and illustrations, this handy guide unveilsthe Jurassic structure of the North York Moors. From Sutton...

48 pages | 139 illustrations | High Tide Publishing

Paperback #247156 2010 9781904622246 £7.50

The Dinosaur CoastYorkshire Rocks, Fossils and LandscapeRoger Osborne(Author)Pocket-sized edition of the best-selling guide to Yorkshire’s spectacular Dinosaur Coast.FromSaltburn to Flamborough this fully illustrated colour guide shows you the fantastic Jurassicscenery, the abundant fossils, the old industries and the...

64 pages | 200 colour photos and colour illustrations | High TidePublishing

Paperback #247160 2015 9780993364600 £7.50

Geoscience and Exploration of the Argyle, Bunder, Diavik, and Murowa DiamondDepositsAndy T Davy(Editor), Chris B Smith(Editor), Herwart Helmstaedt(Editor), A LyntonJaques(Editor), John J Gurney(Editor)The idea for this Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) diamonds volume was conceived alittle over a decade ago by the former head of exploration at Rio Tinto, a multinational miningcorporation. The goal was to produce a comprehensive and compelling...

451 pages | colour photos | Society of Economic Geologists

Hardback #247168 2018 9781629493060 £260.00

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Environmental & Social Studies

SnowA History of the World's Most Fascinating FlakeAnthony R Wood(Author)The complete story of snow, this is the first book to fully examine snow as a historical, cultural,and scientific phenomenon.From "Winter Wonderland" to "Snowmageddon", we've had a long,love-hate relationship with snow. This...

288 pages | Prometheus Books

Hardback #247189 Nov-2019 9781633885943 £24.99

A Glossary of Kimberlite and Related Terms (3-Volume Set)Barbara H Scott Smith(Author), Tom E Nowicki(Author), J Kelly Russell(Author), Kimberley JWebb(Author), Roger H Mitchell(Author), Casey M Hetman(Author), Jock vA Robey(Author)This Glossary of Kimberlite and Related Terms is a comprehensive handbook for use in theinvestigation of kimberlites (the most common type of primary diamond deposit) and relatedrocks by both the diamond industry and academia. Together with the...

259 pages | illustrations, tables | Scott-Smith Petrology Inc

Spiralbound #247238 2018 9781775280606 £260.00

Metamorphic GeologyMicroscale to Mountain BeltsSilvio Ferrero(Editor), Pierre Lanari(Editor), Philippe Goncalves(Editor), Eugene GGrosch(Editor)In Earth evolution, mountain belts are the loci of crustal growth, reworking and recycling. Thesecrustal-scale processes are unravelled through microscale investigations of textures andmineral assemblages of metamorphic rocks. Multiple episodes of...

482 pages | illustrations | Geological Society

Hardback #247263 2019 9781786204004 £170.00

PalaeohydrologyTraces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme EventsJürgen Herget(Editor), Alessandro Fontana(Editor)This book provides a review of the most relevant topics on the booming discipline ofpalaeohydrology and focuses on previous extreme events like exceptional floods and droughts.Reviews written by leading experts of their fields are combined with...

272 pages | 60 colour & 40 b/w illustrations | Springer-Verlag

Hardback #247307 Nov-2019 9783030233143 £99.99

Les Manganèse en Ardenne [Manganese in the Ardennes]Michel Blondieau(Author)Manganese has greatly contributed to the mineralogical renown of the Stavelot Massif in theBelgian Ardennes. The latter has been actively researched and exploited in upper and lowerparts of the Vallée de la Lienne. This richly illustrated...

82 pages | 60 colour photos | Les Éditions du Stâve dès Boûs

Paperback #247331 2019 9782960206111 £34.99

Le Coticule [French]Michel Blondieau(Author)The geological massif of Stavelot in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium is characterizedby the presence of a razor-sharp rock unique in the world, coticule. This richly illustrated book(more than 50 photos, some of rare samples) allows...

78 pages | 50 colour photos | Les Éditions du Stâve dès Boûs

Paperback #247332 2019 9782960206104 £29.99

Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea MiningImpacts, Consequences and Policy PerspectivesRahul Sharma(Editor)This volume discusses environmental issues associated with deep-sea mining, with anemphasis on potential impacts, their consequences and the policy perspectives. The bookdescribes the methods and technologies to assess, monitor and mitigate mining...

577 pages | 182 colour & 35 b/w illustrations | Springer-Verlag

Hardback #247337 2019 9783030126957 £119.99

FirestormHow Wildfire Will Shape Our FutureEdward Struzik(Author)For two months in the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian townof Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire "the Beast". It acted like a mythical animal, alivewith destructive energy, and they hoped never to...

272 pages | 26 photos | Island Press

Paperback #246832 Nov-2019 9781610919975 £17.99Hardback #239550 2017 9781610918183 £22.99

21 Lessons for the 21st CenturyYuval Noah Harari(Author)Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecologicalcataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the...

352 pages | Vintage

Paperback #247329 Aug-2019 9781784708283 £9.99Hardback #242467 2018 9781787330672 £18.99

This Is Not A DrillThe Extinction Rebellion HandbookExtinction Rebellion(Author)Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown. Nowyou can become part of the movement – and together, we can make history. It's time. This isour last chance to do anything about the global...

160 pages | Penguin Books

Paperback #247039 Jun-2019 9780141991443 £6.99

Self-Devouring GrowthA Planetary Parable as Told from Southern AfricaJulie Livingston(Author)Under capitalism, economic growth is seen as the key to collective wellbeing. In Self-DevouringGrowth Julie Livingston upends this notion, showing that while consumption-driven growthmay seem to benefit a particular locale, it produces a number of...

176 pages | 20 illustrations | Duke University Press

Paperback #247056 Sep-2019 9781478005087 £75.99Paperback #247057 Sep-2019 9781478006398 £19.99

No One Is Too Small to Make a DifferenceGreta Thunberg(Author)The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who hasbecome the voice of a generation'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today'InAugust 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg,...

80 pages | Penguin Books

Paperback #247070 Jun-2019 9780141991740 £2.99

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History & Other Humanities

Future FoodsHow Modern Science Is Transforming the Way We EatDavid Julian McClements(Author)We are in the midst of an unprecedented era of rapid scientific and technological advances thatare transforming the way our foods are produced and consumed. Food architecture is beingused to construct healthier, tastier, and more sustainable foods....

395 pages | 88 colour & 5 b/w illustrations, 10 tables | Springer-Verlag

Paperback #247100 Jul-2019 9783030129941 £24.99

Saving FoodProduction, Supply Chain, Food Waste and Food ConsumptionCharis M Galanakis(Author)Saving Food: Production, Supply Chain, Food Waste and Food Consumption presents thelatest developments on food loss and waste. Emphasis is placed on global issues, theenvironmental impacts of food consumption and wasted food, wasted nutrients,...

426 pages | Academic Press

Paperback #247152 Jun-2019 9780128153574 £115.00

Plunder of the CommonsA Manifesto for Sharing Public WealthGuy Standing(Author)We are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth;our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost non-existent, our parks are cordoned off for private events and...

416 pages | Penguin Books

Paperback #247330 Aug-2019 9780141990620 £9.99

Walls in the LandscapeCelebrating the Craft of Dry Stone WallingThe Dry Stone Walling Association (DSWA)(Author), HRH The Prince Of Wales(Foreword By),Lord Cavendish of Furness(Introduction By)This book has been produced by the Dry Stone Walling Association to coincide with its 50thanniversary. The book is crammed full of stunning photographs of dry stone walls from aroundthe country, highlighting the skills of wallers past and...

96 pages | 100+ colour photographs | Dry Stone Walling Association

Hardback #247341 2018 9780956845825 £23.50

The Great NaturalistsRobert Huxley(Editor)The Great Naturalists tells the story of the development of ideas about natural history as seenthrough the lives, observations and discoveries of nearly forty great naturalists, from Classicaltimes to the end of the 19th century. From such giants...

304 pages | 198 illustrations | Thames & Hudson

Paperback #247334 Aug-2019 9780500294796 £10.99

From Cells to OrganismsA History of Cell TheorySherrie L Lyons(Author)From Cells to Organisms uses the history of cell theory to explore the emergence of biology asa distinct field in its own right – separate from anatomy, physiology, and natural history. It alsoexplores nineteenth- and twentieth-century ideas...

304 pages | University of Toronto Press

Paperback #242746 Oct-2019 9781442635098 £19.99Hardback #242747 Oct-2019 9781442635104 £42.99

Philosophy of Biology: A Very Short IntroductionSamir Okasha(Author)Over the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-disciplineof the philosophy of science. Covering some of science's most divisive topics, such asphilosophical issues in genetics, it also encompasses areas...

144 pages | b/w illustrations | Oxford University Press

Paperback #244778 Nov-2019 9780198806998 £8.99

The Greater GulfEssays on the Environmental History of the Gulf of St LawrenceClaire Elizabeth Campbell(Editor), Edward MacDonald(Editor), Brian Payne(Editor)The largest estuary in the world, the Gulf of St Lawrence is defined broadly by an ecology thatstretches from the upper reaches of the St Lawrence River to the Gulf Stream, and by a web ofinfluences that reach from the heart of the continent to...

384 pages | 8 photos | McGill-Queens University Press

Paperback #246985 Nov-2019 9780773558687 £27.99Hardback #246986 Nov-2019 9780773558670 £98.99

BBC Wildlife Documentaries in the Age of AttenboroughJean-Baptiste Gouyon(Author)This book explores the history of wildlife television in post-war Britain. It revolves around therole of David Attenborough, whose career as a broadcaster and natural history filmmaker hasshaped British wildlife television. The book discusses...

225 pages | 20 colour photos | Palgrave

Paperback #247007 Nov-2019 9783030199814 £19.99

Our Wild CallingHow Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives – And Save TheirsRichard Louv(Author)The bestselling author of the landmark work Last Child in the Woods now shows us howcultivating the powerful, mysterious, and fragile bond between humans and other animals canimprove our mental, physical, and spiritual health, protect our planet,...

288 pages | Algonquin Books

Hardback #247105 Nov-2019 9781616205607 £27.99

Understanding AnimalsPhilosophy for Dog and Cat LoversLars Svendsen(Author)How do animals perceive the world? What does it really feel like to be a cat, or a dog? InUnderstanding Animals, Lars Svendsen investigates how humans can attempt to understandthe lives of other animals. The book delves into animal communication,...

240 pages | 1 illustration | Reaktion Books

Hardback #247114 Aug-2019 9781789141597 £14.99

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Organismal to Molecular Biology

Levelling the LakeTransboundary Resource Management in the Lake of the Woods WatershedJamie Benidickson(Author), Graeme Wynn(Foreword By)Stretching across parts of Ontario, Manitoba, and Minnesota, the Lake of the Woods and RainyLake basin spans US and Canadian boundaries and jurisdictions. Levelling the Lake exploresa century and a half of social, economic, and legal arrangements...

404 pages | 18 photos, 1 illustration, 12 maps | University of BritishColumbia Press

Paperback #247123 Sep-2019 9780774835497 £26.99Hardback #247124 2019 9780774835480 £73.99

Knowledge of Life TodayConversations on Biology (Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit)Jean Gayon(Author), Victor Petit(Author)Knowledge of Life Today presents the thoughts of Jean Gayon, a major philosopher of sciencein France who is recognized across the Atlantic, especially for his work in philosophy and thehistory of life sciences. The book is structured around...

Wiley-ISTE

Hardback #247175 2019 9781786303653 £125.00

Franz Joseph GallNaturalist of the Mind, Visionary of the BrainStanley Finger(Author), Paul Eling(Author)Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) was always a controversial figure, as was his doctrine, latercalled phrenology. Although often portrayed as a discredited buffoon, who believed he couldassess a person's strengths and weaknesses by measuring...

584 pages | Oxford University Press USA

Hardback #247259 Aug-2019 9780190464622 £61.99

The Political Economy of Resource RegulationAn International and Comparative History, 1850-2015Andreas R Dugstad Sanders(Editor), Pål Thonstad Sandvik(Editor), Espen Storli(Editor)Industrialist John Paul Getty famously quipped, "The meek shall inherit the earth, but not itsmineral rights". Throughout history, natural resources have been sources of wealth and powerand catalysts for war and peace. They are natural...

376 pages | 6 illustrations, 2 maps, 16 tables | University of BritishColumbia Press

Paperback #247325 Oct-2019 9780774860611 £35.99Hardback #247326 2019 9780774860604 £78.99

Free Will as an Open Scientific ProblemMark Balaguer(Author)An argument that the problem of free will boils down to an open scientific question about thecausal histories of certain kinds of neural events.In this largely antimetaphysical treatment offree will and determinism, Mark Balaguer argues that the...

216 pages | Bradford Books

Paperback #247338 2012 9780262517249 £7.99

The Champions of CamouflageJean-Philippe Noël(Author)A selection of nature's greatest imposters, tricksters and magicians.Whether to escapepredators or to surprise their prey, the talented strategists of nature in The Champions ofCamouflage survive using visual trickery and fascinating...

160 pages | 110 colour photos | Firefly Books

Hardback #222194 Oct-2019 9780228102038 £24.99

Sex, Lies, and Brain ScansHow fMRI Reveals What Really Goes on in Our MindsBarbara J Sahakian(Author), Julia Gottwald(Author)The recent explosion of neuroscience techniques has been game-changing in terms ofunderstanding the healthy brain, and in the development of neuropsychiatric treatments. Oneof the key techniques is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI),...

176 pages | 4 plates with colour illustrations; b/w illustrations | OxfordUniversity Press

Paperback #246196 Nov-2019 9780198752899 £9.99Hardback #235075 2017 9780198752882 £16.99

Seeds of ScienceWhy We Got It So Wrong on GMOsMark Lynas(Author)See our interview with the author here.In the mid-1990s, UK newspapers picked up on acontroversial issue that had been slowly gathering steam – genetically modified organisms.The media soon could talk about little else. Headlines screamed...

304 pages | no illustrations | Bloomsbury Sigma (Bloomsbury imprint)

Paperback #246610 Oct-2019 9781472946973 £9.99Hardback #240064 2018 9781472946980 £12.90

Skeleton KeysThe Secret Life of BoneBrian Switek(Author)This book is published in Europe in paperback with the title The Secret Life of Bones: TheirOrigins, Evolution and Fate.Our bones have many stories to tell, if you know how to listen.Boneis a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material...

276 pages | b/w illustrations | Duckworth Overlook

Paperback #247224 Aug-2019 9780715653791 £9.99Hardback #243424 2019 9780399184901 £26.99

Nine PintsA Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of BloodRose George(Author)Most humans contain between nine and twelve pints of blood. Here Rose George, whoprobably contains nine pints, tells nine different stories about the liquid that sustains us,discovering what it reveals about who we are. In Nepal, she meets girls...

384 pages | Granta

Paperback #247335 Aug-2019 9781846276149 £9.99Paperback #244576 2018 9781846276125 £14.99

The Biology of ReproductionGiuseppe Fusco(Author), Alessandro Minelli(Author)Reproduction is a fundamental feature of life, it is the way life persists across the ages. TheBiology of Reproduction offers new, wider vistas on this fundamental biological phenomenon,exploring how it works through the whole tree of life. It...

490 pages | Cambridge University Press

Paperback #246650 Oct-2019 9781108731713 £34.99Hardback #246651 Oct-2019 9781108499859 £79.99

Into the Illusive WorldAn Exploration of Animals' PerceptionPaul A Moore(Author)Have you ever thought about what a dog smells as it stops to sniff at a tree? Or what a cat iswatching as it stares intensely off into space? What about animals in the wild? What do theysee, hear, smell, and feel? How do they perceive their...

310 pages | 30 colour & 1 b/w illustrations | Springer-Verlag

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Palaeontology

Animal LanguagesThe Secret Conversations of the Living WorldEva Meijer(Author)Dolphins and parrots call each other by their names. Fork tailed drongos mimic the calls ofother animals to scare them away and then steal their dinner. In the songs of many species ofbirds, and in skin patterns of squid, we find grammatical...

304 pages | John Murray

Hardback #247141 Aug-2019 9781473677678 £14.99

Trilobites, Dinosaurs and MammothsAn Introduction to the Prehistory of the British IslesJames McKay(Author)With his colourful illustrations, palaeoartist James McKay takes us on a whistle-stop tourthrough millions of years of Earth history in this portable guide (measuring 21 × 15 cm). TheBritish Isles are a special place for understanding...

96 pages | 44 colour illustrations, colour & b/w maps | PalaeontologicalAssociation

Paperback #247120 2019 9780901702258 £6.99

Yorkshire's Jurassic FossilsRoger Osborne(Author)Yorkshire is famous for its wonderful Jurassic fossils. Huge marine reptiles, exquisite plants,ammonites, lobsters and starfish are among the abundant fossils found on the coast andmoors. This fully illustrated guide book gives a sound...

64 pages | 200 colour photos | High Tide Publishing

Paperback #247153 2019 9780993364631 £7.50

Ko Seibutsu no Saizu ga Jikkan Dekiru! Riaru Saizu ko Seibutsu Zukan Chūseidai-Hen[Real Size Ancient Creatures: Mesozoic Edition]Ken Tsuchiya(Author), Gunma Natural Museum(Editor)Following on the success of the first book, this is the second book of ultra-realistic depictions ofdiverse prehistoric creatures large and small set in modern-day scenes. In this Mesozoicedition, more than 100 species are selected from amongst...

256 pages | colour illustrations | Gijutsuhyōronsha

Paperback #247227 Jul-2019 9784297106560 £54.99

Chishiki Zero Demo Hamaru Omoshirokute Kimyona ko Seibutsu-Tachi [Interesting andStrange Ancient Creatures]Ken Tsuchiya(Author)An popular science introduction to palaeontology, covering topics from dinosaurs totrilobitesSummary in...

245 pages | b/w photos, b/w illustrations | Kanzen

Paperback #247228 2019 9784862555168 £34.99

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