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Welcome to the June 2012 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue. This monthly Zoology: update contains all of the wildlife, science and environment titles added to nhbs.com in Mammals the last month. Birds

Editor's Picks - New in Stock this Month Fishes Invertebrates

● 100 Endemic Plants of Greece Palaeontology ● The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology Marine & Freshwater Biology ● Birdwatching with your Eyes Closed General Natural History ● Collins Fungi Guide Regional & Travel ● Field Guide to the Larvae and Exuviae of British Dragonflies Botany & Plant Science ● Guide to British Freshwater Macroinvertebrates for Biotic Assessment ● How Animals See the World: Comparative Behavior, Biology, and Evolution of Animal & General Biology Vision Evolutionary Biology ● Moths of Europe Volume 3 Ecology ● Nature's Compass: The Mystery of Animal Navigation Habitats & Ecosystems ● Peregrine Falcon (New Holland Publishers monograph) Conservation & Biodiversity ● Trees of Life: A Visual History of Evolution Environmental Science ● Where to Find Birds in Far North New Zealand: A Site Guide Physical Sciences Sustainable Development

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Bildbestimmungschlüssel für Kleinsäugerschädel aus Gewöllen 48 pages | 100 b/w line drawings | Aula Joachim Jenrich, Paul-Walter Löhr and Franz Müller Pbk | 2012 | 9783494015224 | Since birds lack teeth, they do not chew their food and swallow their prey whole. Indigestible #198224A | £9.99 Add to basket parts such as feathers and bones are then regurgitated as pellets. With the ....

Building Babies 550 pages | 8 colour & 40 b/w Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective illustrations | Springer Edited by Kathryn BH Clancy, Katie Hinde and Julienne N Rutherford Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781461440598 | The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, #198309A | £159.50 Add to basket neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and ....

Capybara 406 pages | 17 colour & 104 b/w Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species illustrations | Springer Edited by JR Moreira, KMPMB Ferraz, EA Herrera and DW Macdonald Hbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781461439998 | Capybaras are not merely unusual, they are extraordinary. It is widely known that they are the #198316A | £119.50 Add to basket largest living rodent (c. 50kg), but it is less well known that their biology is ....

Horses of the World 160 pages | 150 colour photos | New Bob Langrish and Nicola Jane Swinney Holland The lives of humans and horses have been intricately linked for thousands of years, with Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781780090573 | equines depicted in cave paintings dating back to 5000BC. Horses have been developed by .... #197507A | £19.99 Add to basket

The Macaque Connection 428 pages | 9 colour & 20 b/w Cooperation and Conflict between Humans and Macaques illustrations | Springer Edited by Sindhu Radhakrishna, Michael A Huffman and Anindya Sinha Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781461439660 | Most successful among the non-human primates in terms of geographical distribution and #198317A | £126.50 Add to basket adaptability to ecological habitats, macaques have existed for many thousands of years ....

Marsupials 373 pages | 68 illustrations | CUP Edited by Patricia Armati, CR Dickman and Ian Hume Hbk | 2006 | 9780521650748 | This 2006 book examines the exciting discoveries in the study of marsupials of the last 20 #147442A | £95.00 Add to basket years. These discoveries have led to significant developments in our understanding of .... Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107406070 | #198380A | £30.99 Add to basket

Seasonality in Primates 590 pages | 97 line diagrams 3 half- Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates tones 51 tables | CUP Edited by Diane K Brockman and Carel P Van Schaik Hbk | 2005 | 9780521820691 | The emergence of the genus Homo is widely linked to the colonization of 'new' highly seasonal #156154A | £98.00 Add to basket savannah habitats. However, until recently, our understanding of the possible .... Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107406469 | #198384A | £42.99 Add to basket

Thylacine 240 pages | Allen & Unwin The Tragic Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781742376318 | David Owen #198414A | £21.99 Add to basket Is it still out there? Thousands of Australians, including dedicated and serious scientists, claim to keep seeing it still. The world's largest marsupial predator was ....

The Truth About Wolves and Dogs 112 pages | 126 illustrations | Hubble & Dispelling the Myths of Dog Training Hattie Toni Shelbourne Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781845844271 | There are billions of dogs in the world, each with its own character and breed traits. Is it #198320A | £12.99 Add to basket possible that all of these dogs have dominant personalities? Apply that concept to ....

Urban Mammals 112 pages | colour photos, maps | A Concise Guide Whittet David Wembridge Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781873580851 | Channel 4's popular programme "Foxes Live - Wild in the City" is raising awareness of the #198408A | £9.99 Add to basket wildlife living under our noses. Wherever you live, wildlife will move in alongside, ....

Birds Go to subject web page

Birds of Paradise 224 pages | 150 colour photos, 2 maps Revealing the World's Most Extraordinary Birds | National Geographic Edwin Scholes and Tim Laman Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781426209581 | Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace once observed, "The bird of paradise really deserves #198279A | £40.00 Add to basket its name and must be ranked as one of the most beautiful and most wonderful of ....

Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide (2-Volume Set) 1061 pages | 180 colour plates, 1450 Pamela C Rasmussen and John C Anderton colour distribution maps | Lynx A fabulous new two-volume set, the most complete and up-to-date guide to the birds of the Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9788496553859 | region. Includes much previously unpublished data on identification, distributions, .... #196496A | £49.99 Add to basket

Birdwatching 80 pages | Usborne Susanna Davidson Pbk | 2012 | 9781409546979 | Part of the Naturetrail series, this title focuses on an in-depth explanation of the world of birds, #198412A | £7.99 Add to basket including habitats and conservation, to provide a deeper understanding ....

The Boreal Owl 384 pages | 41 colour & 143 b/w Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of a Forest-Dwelling Predator illustrations, 43 tables | CUP Erkki Korpimaki and Harri Hakkarainen Hbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9780521113717 | Widespread in North American forest regions including the Rocky Mountains, the boreal owl #198377A | £60.00 Add to basket (Aegolius funereus) was once the most numerous predatory bird in Eurasian boreal ....

The Chicken Encyclopedia 320 pages | colour photos, colour An Illustrated Reference illustrations | Storey Gail Damerow Pbk | 2012 | 9781603425612 | From addled to wind egg, crossed beak to zygote, the terminology of everything chicken is #198260A | £14.99 Add to basket demystified in "The Chicken Encyclopedia", a comprehensive A-to-Z reference volume ....

Grouse of the World 240 pages | 60 colour photos, 90 Richard Sale and Roald Popatove illustrations | New Holland Grouse are a source of fascination for people, not least for their spectacular displays and ability Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781780092508 | to survive the Arctic winter. To survive the extreme cold the birds have .... #197509A | £29.99 Add to basket

Nocturnal Birds of Southern Africa 290 pages | 370 colour photos, John Carlyon distribution maps | NetBooks "Nocturnal Birds of Southern Africa" brings the largely unseen world of night birds to the reader Hbk | 2012 | 9780620515719 | in the pages of this photographic guide, the first to cover the full spectrum .... #198354A | £39.99 Add to basket

Owls 224 pages | 200 colour photos Marianne Taylor throughout | A & C Black Everyone loves owls. This informative book, covering the northern hemisphere, will be divided Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781408155530 | in two between thematic sections covering owl biology and species accounts for .... #198542A | £24.99 Add to basket

Owls of the World 512 pages | colour photos | Christopher A Photographic Guide Helm Heimo Mikkola Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781408130285 | Having trouble separating your scops from your screech owls, Tengmalm's from tawny owl or #198540A | £34.99 Add to basket collared and spotted owlets? Then this is the book for you. "Owls of the World" is ....

Passerine Migration 184 pages | 29 b/w illustrations | Stopovers and Flight Springer Nikita Chernetsov Hbk | 2012 | 9783642290190 | Most birds cannot cover the distance between their breeding and winter quarters in one hop. #198308A | £126.00 Add to basket They have to make multiple flights alternated with stopovers. Which factors govern ....

RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds 224 pages | 900 colour illustrations, 170 Simon Harrap colour distribution maps | A & C Black A compact and informative field guide which covers over 200 of the most common birds found Pbk | 2012 | 9781408174562 | in Britain and features concise descriptions of each bird's main characteristics .... #198187A | £5.99 Add to basket

Vogelfedern an Flüssen und Seen 112 pages | 120 colour photos | Aula Finden und Bestimmen Pbk | 2011 | 9783494015019 | Hans-Heiner Bergmann #198223A | £20.99 Add to basket Rivers and lakes are favorite resting places for birds. Consequently, there is a high chance to find feathers. This handy pocket book enables you to determine to which ....

Where to Find Birds in Far North New Zealand 82 pages | colour photos, colour maps | A Site Guide Detlef Davies Detlef Davies Pbk | 2011 | 9780473198909 | Detlef Davies is Regional Representative for the Far North branch of the Ornithological Society #198355A | £15.99 Add to basket of New Zealand and has travelled widely in the country but particularly in his ....

Fishes Go to subject web page

Killers in the Water 288 pages | Blake Publishing The New Super Sharks Terrorising the World's Oceans Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781857826692 | Sue Blackhall #198188A | £7.99 Add to basket As we humans have explored the world's oceans and exploited them for tourism and recreation, we have found ourselves coming into contact with more and more sharks. And ....

Invertebrates Go to subject web page

The Complete Guide to Rearing The Rainbow Scarab and Other Dung 42 pages | 2 colour plates | Elytra and Beetles Antenna Pbk | 2012 | 9780980240153 | S Barney and O McMonigle #198403A | £12.99 Add to basket This guide to dung beetle husbandry is the sixth in the complete guide to rearing beetles series. The text covers background, captive husbandry, trapping and collecting, ....

The Exquisite Butterfly Companion 88 pages | colour photos, colour The Science and Beauty of 100 Butterflies illustrations | Sterling Hazel Davies Hbk | 2012 | 9781402778759 | This exquisite set, created with the American Museum of Natural History, is the perfect gift for #198368A | £10.99 Add to basket lovers of Lepidoptera! Tucked inside a case with an organza ribbon closure, ....

Field Guide to the Larvae and Exuviae of British Dragonflies 152 pages | colour photos, colour & b/w Damselflies (Zgypotera) and Dragonflies (Anisoptera) illustrations | British Dragonfly Society Steve Cham Pbk | 2012 | 9780955647123 | This publication combines the original volume 1 on dragonflies and volume 2 on damselflies, #198292A | £15.99 Add to basket now both out of print. ....

Insects of Britain and Western Europe 320 pages | 2000 colour illustrations | A Michael Chinery & C Black Over 2000 of the most commonly observed and most distinctive insect species of Britain and Pbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9781408179482 | western Europe, from all orders and most families, are illustrated in this essential .... #198541A | Normally £16.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £14.99

Life in a Gall 80 pages | 111 colour photos, 3 b/w The Biology and Ecology of Insects That Live in Plant Galls illustrations | CSIRO Rosalind Blanche Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780643106437 | What are plant galls and how are they caused? This book introduces the Australian native #198508A | £26.95 Add to basket insects that induce galls on plants and the plant species that host them. It explores ....

Microscopic Worlds, Volume 1: Bugs of the Ocean 112 pages | 3D colour photos | CSIRO Kerry Swanson Pbk | 2012 | 9780643103221 | In this series of three books, the author escorts the reader on a fascinating and inspiring #198221A | £39.50 Add to basket exploration of areas of the biological world unseen and unknown by most. In ....

Microscopic Worlds, Volume 2: Bugs of the Land 120 pages | 3D colour photos | CSIRO Kerry Swanson Pbk | 2012 | 9780643103894 | In this series of three books, the author escorts the reader on a fascinating and inspiring #198222A | £39.50 Add to basket exploration of areas of the biological world unseen and unknown by most. In ....

Revision and Cladistic Analysis of Pholcus and Closely Related Taxa 509 pages | colour & b/w photos, b/w (Araneae, Pholcidae) illustrations, b/w distribution maps | ZFMAK BA Huber Pbk | 2012 | 9783925382628 | The genus Pholcus Walckenaer and nine other pholcid genera are characterized by a simplified #198547A | £197.00 Add to basket type of combhair on the fourth tarsi. This supposedly monophyletic group ....

Palaeontology Go to subject web page

The Complete Book of Dinosaurs 264 pages | 900+ colour photos and The Ultimate Reference to 355 Dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous illustrations | Southwater Periods, Including More Than 900 Illustrations, Maps, Timelines and Photographs Pbk | 2012 | 9781780190372 | Dougal Dixon #198365A | £8.99 Add to basket This is the ultimate reference to 355 dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, including more than 900 illustrations, maps, timelines and ....

Quartärpaläontologische Forschung in Weimar 1962-2011 124 pages | no illustrations | Eine Bibliographie Senckenberg Bärbel Fiedler Hbk | 2012 | 9783929907872 | This bibliography, put together for the 50th anniversary of the Senckenberg Research Station of #198536A | £29.99 Add to basket Quaternary Palaeontology, Weimar, traces the career of the internationally ....

Rereading the Fossil Record 432 pages | b/w illustrations | Chicago The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline UP David Sepkoski Hbk | 2012 | 9780226748559 | Although fossils have provided some of the most important evidence for evolution, the discipline #198166A | £35.50 Add to basket of paleontology has not always had a central place in evolutionary biology. ....

Stratigraphic Paleobiology 259 pages | 2 colour plates, 31 b/w Understanding the Distribution of Fossil Taxa in Time and Space photos, 19 b/w illustrations | Chicago UP Mark E Patzkowsky and Steven M Holland Hbk | 2012 | 9780226649375 | Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of #198163A | £68.00 Add to basket the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils .... Pbk | 2012 | 9780226649382 | #198164A | £22.50 Add to basket

Marine & Freshwater Biology Go to subject web page

Iconographia Diatomologica Volume 23: Lake Baikal: 760 pages | 156 plates | Gantner Hotspot of Endemic Diatoms I Hbk | 2012 | 9783905997095 | Edited by Horst Lange-Bertalot #198235A | £180.00 Add to basket Lake Baikal is the deepest lake on earth. The aim of this first of two scheduled volumes devoted to the diatom flora of the ancient Lake Baikal is to present a provisional ....

Meer und Museum, Band 23 336 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour Wale und Robben in der Ostsee illustrations, colour maps | Deutsches Edited by Harald Benke and Götz-Bodo Reinicke Meeresmuseum This volume, a collaboration between the German Oceanographic Museum and the Danish Pbk | 2011 | #198294A | £29.99 Add whale researcher Dr. Carl Christian Kinze gives a comprehensive overview of the status .... to basket

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Acolytes of Nature 344 pages | Chicago UP Defining Natural Science in Germany, 1770-1850 Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780226667379 | Denise Phillips #198161A | £28.99 Add to basket Although many of the practical and intellectual traditions that make up modern science date back centuries, the category of "science" itself is a relative novelty. In the ....

Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World 580 pages | 24 b/w illustrations | CUP Parapegmata and Related Texts in Classical and Near-Eastern Societies Hbk | 2007 | 9780521851817 | Daryn Lehoux #198170A | £83.00 Add to basket The focus of this book is the interplay between ancient astronomy, meteorology, physics and Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781107404779 | calendrics. It looks at a set of popular instruments and texts (parapegmata) used in .... #198171A | £28.99 Add to basket

Bird, Bee and Bug Houses 144 pages | 150 colour photos, 30 30 Projects to Make Wildlife Feel at Home colour illustrations | GMCP Derek Jones Pbk | 2011 | 9781861086440 | Create enticing habitats to attract birds and insects to a garden. This title presents 30 step-by- #198411A | £16.50 Add to basket step, illustrated projects, with many suitable even for the novice. It ....

Boots, Bikes, and Bombers 550 pages | 120 b/w photos, 2 maps | Adventures of Alaska Conservationist Ginny Hill Wood Alaska UP Edited by Karen Brewster Pbk | 2012 | 9781602231733 | "Boots, Bikes, and Bombers" presents an intimate oral history of Ginny Hill Wood, a pioneering #198177A | £19.50 Add to basket Alaska conservationist and outdoorswoman. Born in Washington in 1917, Wood ....

Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans 192 pages | The History Press Isobel Williams Pbk | 2012 | 9780752458458 | Edgar Evans was described by Robert Falcon Scott as "a giant worker . . . an invaluable #198257A | £12.99 Add to basket assistant." He explored more miles of Antarctica than any other member of the Terra Nova ....

Captain Scott's Last Expedition 432 pages | photos | Amberley Diaries, 26 November 1910-29 March 1912 Publishing Robert Falcon Scott Hbk | 2012 | 9781445604442 | Scott of the Antarctic's amazing diary of the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition in which he perished #198254A | £24.99 Add to basket along with Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans after ....

Cicerone Guide: Chamonix Mountain Adventures 288 pages | 120 colour photos, 70+ Hilary Sharp maps | Cicerone This inspirational guidebook is packed with suggestions for all sorts of mountain activities, from Pbk | 2012 | 9781852846633 | gentle family walks to an ascent of Mont Blanc and from graded cycling .... #198347A | £14.95 Add to basket

Cicerone Guide: Map and Compass 192 pages | colour photos | Cicerone The Art of Navigation Pbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9781852845988 | Pete Hawkins #198360A | £14.95 Add to basket Why learn to navigate? Are you new to walking and want to learn the fundamentals of navigation? Or have you been walking for a while but have realized that you are a ....

Cicerone Guide: The High Atlas 224 pages | colour photos, maps | Treks and Climbs on Morocco's Biggest and Best Mountains Cicerone Hamish Brown Pbk | 2012 | 9781852846718 | The High Atlas mountains of North Africa offer some of the finest trekking and climbing in the #198349A | £17.95 Add to basket world, with hospitable guides, a good climate for much of the year and an almost ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking and Trekking in Iceland 256 pages | dphotos, maps | Cicerone 100 Days in the Land of Fire and Ice Pbk | 2012 | 9781852846473 | Paddy Dillon #198348A | £16.95 Add to basket This new Paddy Dillon guide to walking and trekking in Iceland offers routes throughout the country. Routes range from easy walks and challenging treks. Lots of tips for budget ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking on Rum and the Small Isles 192 pages | 100 colour photos, 30 OS Coastal and Wilderness Walking map extracts | Cicerone Peter Edwards Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781852846626 | The Small Isles are often called the hidden gems of the Western Isles, providing a walking #198353A | £14.95 Add to basket paradise for those seeking wilderness and solitude, alongside the better-known ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking on Uist and Barra 192 pages | 90 colour photos, 40 OS 40 Coastal, Moorland and Mountain Walks map extracts | Cicerone Mike Townsend Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781852846602 | This guide offers 40 varied and graded walking routes on the unique 100 km cluster of islands #198357A | £14.95 Add to basket that make up Uist and Barra. From short, flat beach walks beside crystal clear ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking the Corbetts 352 pages | colour photos, colour maps Volume 1: South of the Great Glen | Cicerone Brian Johnson Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781852846527 | The Corbetts--Scotland's mountains between 2500 and 2999ft in height-- are less visited but in #198359A | £16.95 Add to basket most cases more accessible than the ever-popular Munros, and frequently offer ....

Cicerone Guide: Walking the Italian Lakes 272 pages | 120+ colour photos, 50 Garda, Maggiore, Como and Iseo colour maps | Cicerone Gillian Price Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781852846572 | This Cicerone guidebook by Italian walking expert Gillian Price offers readers 48 day routes, on #198358A | £14.95 Add to basket little-known but well waymarked paths, in the picturesque Lakes region of ....

Colorful Realm 240 pages | 200 colour plates | Chicago Japanese Bird-and-flower Paintings by Ito Jakuchu UP Yukio Lippit Hbk | 2012 | 9780226484600 | A much-anticipated harbinger of spring, the cherry blossom is also exemplary of the Japanese #198154A | £32.50 Add to basket artistic aesthetic--a delight in simple, natural beauty and an attentiveness to ....

Cosmic Anger 304 pages | 16 page colour plate section Abdus Salam - The First Muslim Nobel Scientist and 2 b/w line drawings | OUP Gordon Fraser Hbk | 2008 | 9780199208463 | This book presents a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize for #172847A | £29.95 Add to basket Science (Physics 1979), who was nevertheless excommunicated and branded as a heretic in .... Pbk | 2012 | 9780199697120 | #198372A | £12.99 Add to basket

A Cultural History of Heredity 288 pages | 16 b/w photos, 9 b/w Staffan Muller-Wille and Hans-Jorg Rheinberger illustrations | Chicago UP It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780226545707 | naturalists. Soon thereafter it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of .... #198162A | £28.99 Add to basket

The Dinosaur Hunters 64 pages | 200 colour & b/w The Extraordinary Story of the Men and Women who Discovered Prehistoric Life illustrations, 7 maps | Carlton Books Ltd Lowell Dingus and Mark Norell Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781780971292 | The "Dinosaur Hunters" tells the story of our discovery of dinosaurs, from the eighteenth- #198191A | £24.99 Add to basket century interest in sea dragons to present day work with DNA, through the men ....

Discovering New World Orchids 676 pages | colour photos | Steve Steve Manning and Jenny Rudolf Manning This book contains many well-documented stories--of the one-armed Roezl being trapped on an Hbk | 2010 | 9780956559401 | active volcano, of the fashion-concious Ruiz taking a silver chamber pot on his .... #198356A | £89.99 Add to basket

Finding the Arctic 320 pages | 193 colour plates, 14 maps History and Culture Along a 2,500-Mile Snowmobile Journey from Alaska to Hudson's | Alaska UP Bay Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781602231634 | Matthew Sturm #198174A | £15.99 Add to basket The history of the Arctic is rich, filled with fascinating and heroic stories of exploration, multicultural interactions, and humans facing nature at its most extreme. ....

Fresh Woods, Pastures New 192 pages | b/w illustrations | Dovecote Ian Niall and Barbara Greg Press During an outbreak of meningitis in Glasgow in the 1920s Ian Niall was sent to live with his Pbk | 2012 | 9781908213082 | grandparents, then tenants of North Clutag Farm, Galloway, in south-west Scotland. .... #198182A | £9.99 Add to basket

A Glorious Enterprise 464 pages | 269 colour illustrations | The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science Pennsylvania UP Robert McCracken Peck and Patricia Tyson Stroud Hbk | 2012 | 9780812243802 | Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia stands today as the oldest #198336A | £48.99 Add to basket natural history museum in the Western hemisphere. Early expeditions organized at ....

The Image of Nature 176 pages | 100 colour photos | How to Catch Light and Life Uitgeverij Terra Lannoo Wouter Pattyn Hbk | 2012 | 9789020997972 | In "The Image of Nature", wildlife photographer Wouter Pattyn takes the reader on a voyage of #198435A | £29.99 Add to basket discovery through nature at its most beautiful. Packed full of anecdotes and ....

In Search of Shortia 201 pages | John Marsh With Asa Gray in North Carolina 1879 Pbk | 2012 | 9780985219901 | John Marsh #198303A | £25.99 Add to basket This is the journal of John Howard Redfield's travels with Asa Gray, William Canby, Charles Sargent and M.E. Hyams in search of an elusive plant in North Carolina in 1879. ....

In Search of the South Pole 192 pages | 150 photographs and Huw Lewis-Jones and Kari Herbert illustrations | Conway Maritime Press In 1911 the world was watching, waiting, hoping, attention focused on a desolate spot at the Hbk | 2011 | 9781844861378 | very end of the earth, as two men raced to conquer the South Pole. A hundred years .... #198256A | £19.99 Add to basket

Inventing Chemistry 270 pages | 5 b/w photos | Chicago UP Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts Hbk | 2012 | 9780226677606 | John C Powers #198160A | £25.99 Add to basket In "Inventing Chemistry", historian John C. Powers turns his attention to Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), a Dutch medical and chemical professor whose work reached a wide, ....

Knowing Nature 424 pages | 325 colour illustrations | Art and Science in Philadelphia, 1740-1840 Yale UP Edited by Amy RW Meyers and Lisa L Ford Hbk | 2012 | 9780300111040 | Philadelphia developed the most active scientific community in early America, fostering an #198236A | £44.99 Add to basket influential group of naturalist-artists, including William Bartram, Charles Willson ....

Life 304 pages | colour photos throughout | Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom Taschen Home sweet home. This is a remarkable photographic exploration of life on earth. In the year Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9783836530903 | 2000, world-renowned wildlife photographer Frans Lanting set out on a personal .... #198266A | £17.99 Add to basket

The Life of C. S. Rafinesque, A Man of Uncommon Zeal 480 pages | APS Charles Boewe Pbk | 2011 | 9781606189221 | Charles Boewe's study of Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840) began more than 50 #198124A | £62.00 Add to basket years ago. It was materially advanced by Boewe's ability to explore archival resources ....

Life of Earth 290 pages | illustrations throughout | Portrait of a Beautiful, Middle-aged, Stressed-out World Prometheus Stanley A Rice Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781616142254 | This is a unique and fascinating journey through the history of the Earth--from the evolution of #187801A | £24.95 Add to basket life to the future of the human race. Unlike most books on the history of ....

The Lost Photographs Of Captain Scott 192 pages | photos | Little, Brown David M Wilson Hbk | 2011 | 9781408703007 | Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in #198255A | £29.99 Add to basket March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott's diaries, ....

The Man Who Planted Trees 240 pages | Spiegel & Grau Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet Hbk | 2012 | 9781400069064 | Jim Robbins #198218A | £19.99 Add to basket Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant for hard living, had a vision: angels came to tell him that the earth was in trouble. Its trees ....

Medieval Pets 196 pages | Boydell & Brewer Kathleen F Walker-Meikle Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781843837589 | Animals in the middle ages have often been discussed--but usually only as a source of food, as #197997A | £24.99 Add to basket beasts of burden, or as aids for hunters. This book takes a completely ....

My Kumaon 224 pages | 8 colour plates, 10 b/w Uncollected Writings illustrations | OUP Jim Corbett Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9780198082897 | Hunter, naturalist, and conservationist, Jim Corbett is famous for slaying man-eating tigers and #198319A | £8.99 Add to basket leopards in the Kumaon region of northern India. Frequently appealed to by ....

New Forest Walks 160 pages | colour photos | Sigma A Time Traveller's Guide Leisure Andrew Walmsley Pbk | 2012 | 9781850589112 | Explore the New Forest with this series of 16 walks through ancient landscapes where long- #198434A | £12.99 Add to basket forgotten bumps, hollows and moss-clad earthen banks have stories to tell of Bronze ....

Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom 416 pages | 2 b/w photos, 45 b/w line The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure 1913-1925 illustrations | OUP Helge Kragh Hbk | 2012 | 9780199654987 | "Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom" is the first book that focuses in detail on the birth and #198442A | £34.99 Add to basket development of Bohr's atomic theory and gives a comprehensive picture of it. At the ....

Painterly Plants 160 pages | 200 colour photos and Clare Foster and Sabina Ruber illustrations | Merrell Publishers Flowers have long been a favorite subject among artists, and the development of many well- Hbk | 2012 | 9781858945552 | known horticultural varieties may be traced through their depiction on paper or .... #198268A | £24.99 Add to basket

Photographing the Microworld 176 pages | 200 colour photographs | The World Through a Photographer's Eyes Vivays Publishing Ltd Svetlana Belorustseva, Andrei Sochivko and David Hefford Pbk | 2011 | 9781908126009 | "Photographing the Microworld" offers an extraordinary insight into the microworld through the #198550A | £11.99 Add to basket lens of a camera, which has magnified the familiar and the unfamiliar living ....

The Plant Hunters 64 pages | 150 b/w illustrations | Andre The Adventures of the World's Greatest Botanical Explorers Deutsch Carolyn Fry Hbk | 2012 | 9780233003566 | "The Plant Hunters" tells the story of our fascination with plants and the discovery of new #198362A | £19.99 Add to basket species. From ancient times, when Alexander the Great included naturalists in his ....

The Polar World 128 pages | illustrations | Polarworld Ltd The Unique Vision of Sir Wally Herbert Hbk | 2007 | 9780955525513 | Wally Herbert and Kari Herbert #198258A | £34.99 Add to basket This unique book captures the spirit of the polar world, as never seen before--through the yes of a man who was the bridge between the heroic age of exploration and modern ....

Ralph Steadman's Extinct Boids 240 pages | illustrations | A & C Black Ralph Steadman Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781408178621 | When the renowned cartoonist Ralph Steadman was asked to produce a piece for a recent #198543A | £29.99 Add to basket exhibition of bird art, he got slightly carried away--it did, after all, make a nice ....

Sexual Selection 240 pages | colour photos | Bongout Natacha Merritt GmbH Merritt's new book "Sexual Selection" is in many ways even more captivating. She applied her Hbk | 2012 | 9783940907165 | distinctive vision to a subtle and complex art, creating astonishing and .... #198194A | £24.99 Add to basket

Usborne Spotter's Guide to Nature 256 pages | colour illustrations | Usborne Part of the Spotter's Guides series, this pocket-sized guide is suitable for enthusiasts keen to Pbk | 2012 | 9781409538813 | discover the many fascinating aspects of the natural world. Beautiful .... #198413A | £9.99 Add to basket

What Did the Romans Know? 288 pages | 6 b/w photos, 4 b/w An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking illustrations, 2 tables | Chicago UP Daryn Lehoux Hbk | 2012 | 9780226471143 | What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Daryn Lehoux makes clear in this #198169A | £28.99 Add to basket fascinating and much-needed contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient ....

The Wisdom of John Muir 200 pages | no illustrations | Wilderness 100+ Selections from the Letters, Journals, and Essays of the Great Naturalist Pr Anne Rowthorn and Bill McKibben Pbk | 2012 | 9780899976945 | In a unique treatment that will appeal to world-wide fans of John Muir, Ann Rowthorn weaves #198437A | £9.99 Add to basket the story of the great naturalist's life through an extraordinary new assemblage ....

The Woman Who Mapped Labrador 544 pages | 57 photos, 19 maps | The Life and Expedition Diary of Mina Hubbard McGill-Queens UP Edited by Roberta Buchanan and Bryan Greene Hbk | 2005 | 9780773529243 | In 1905 Mina Benson Hubbard became the first white woman to cross Labrador, completing the #167091A | £34.00 Add to basket expedition that had led to her husband's death. "The Woman Who Mapped Labrador" .... Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780773540293 | #198374A | £19.99 Add to basket

Regional & Travel Go to subject web page

American Canopy 416 pages | illustrations | Scribner Book Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation Company Eric Rutkow Hbk | 2012 | 9781439193549 | Like many of us, historians have long been guilty of taking trees for granted. Yet the history of #198234A | £23.50 Add to basket trees in America is no less remarkable than the history of the United States ....

Antarctica: Global Science from a Frozen Continent 300 pages | 185 colour & 10 b/w Edited by David Walton illustrations, 10 maps, 10 tables | CUP Antarctica is the coldest and driest continent on Earth--a place for adventure and a key area for Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781107003927 | global science. Research conducted there has received increasing international .... #196789A | £34.99 Add to basket

Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape 422 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour Edited by FHA Aalen, Kevin Whelan and Matthew Stout & b/w illustrations, colour maps | Cork This is a major update of this bestselling work on the Irish landscape. When it appeared in University Press 1997, it was instantly hailed as a pioneering volume in increasing appreciation of .... Hbk | 2010 | 9781859184592 | #198402A | £50.00 Add to basket

East of the Cape 168 pages | 270 illustrations, 3 maps | Conserving Eden Fernwood RM Cowling and Shirley M Pierce Hbk | 2008 | 9781874950844 | This book describes the geography, natural history, and people of Eden, a district municipality #198456A | £39.99 Add to basket in South Africa. It documents and explains how the integrity of Eden's ....

Exploring Britain's Coast 224 pages | colour photos | AA A Journey Around Britain's Remarkable Shoreline Hbk | 2012 | 9780749572556 | "Exploring Britain's Coast" takes a voyage of discovery around the infinite variety of the #198445A | £19.99 Add to basket country's coastline. Anyone who loves the sea and a trip to the coast will enjoy ....

The Highlands 176 pages | 100+ colour photos | Land and Light Frances Lincoln Craig Aitchison Hbk | 2012 | 9780711232747 | "The Highlands" is a celebration of Scotland's wild places, a stunning and spectacular new #198432A | £24.99 Add to basket perspective on the untamed mountains, lochs and glens from landscape photographer ....

Montes de Málaga - Parque Natural colour map, scale 1:25,000, colour Birding and Wildlife Map / Mapa Ornitológico y de Fauna photos, colour illustrations | BioGea Miguel Angel Farfán Aguilar and Jesús Duare Duarte Ediciones Trekking maps with recommended view points for wildlife watching. .... Map | 2010 | 9788461431038 | #198000A | £13.99 Add to basket

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot 448 pages | Hamish Hamilton Robert Macfarlane Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780241143810 | In "The Old Ways" Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge home to follow the ancient #197431A | tracks, holloways, drove--roads and sea paths that form part of a vast network .... Normally £19.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £15.99

Patagonia, La Ultima Esperanza 235 pages | colour photos | Mary Heebner and Macduff Everton Tixcacalcupul Press In this spectacular collection of panoramic images, award-winning photographer Macduff Hbk | 2012 | 9780938531029 | Everton proves why Chile's Last Hope Province, in the extreme southern corner of .... #198433A | £52.00 Add to basket

River in Ruin 208 pages | 14 illustrations, 1 map | The Story of the Carmel River Nebraska UP Ray A March Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780803238343 | The thin ribbon of the Carmel River is just thirty-six miles long and no wider in most places #198370A | £18.99 Add to basket than a child can throw a stone. It is the primary water supply for the ....

The Ruffled Edge 120 pages | 16 colour plates | Notes from a Nature Warden Brambleby Books Pete Howard Pbk | 2012 | 9781908241061 | These lively and vivid memoirs take the reader on an eye-opening journey through some of the #198241A | £9.99 Add to basket most interesting and diverse habitats of Britain, recounting many truly exhilarating ....

Scotland's Heritage 208 pages | colour photos, colour maps A Photographic Journey | Whittles John Hannavy Pbk | 2012 | 9781849950657 | "Scotland's Heritage" is a unique book. It combines John Hannavy's stunning and original #198410A | £18.99 Add to basket photography of Scotland with an engaging narrative on the country's evolution from 4000 ....

Sierra Blanca (Marbella, Ojén, Istán) colour map, scale 1:25,000, colour Birding & Wildlife Map / Mapa Ornitológico y de Fauna photos, colour illustrations | BioGea Miguel Angel Farfán Aguilar and Jesús Duarte Duarte Ediciones Trekking maps with recommended view points for wildlife watching. .... Map | 2009 | 9788461363742 | #197999A | £13.99 Add to basket

Sierra Crestellina - Sierra de la Utrera colour map, scale 1:25,000, colour Birding Map / Mapa Ornitológico photos, colour illustrations | BioGea Miguel Angel Farfán Aguilar and Jesús Duarte Duarte Ediciones Trekking maps with recommended view points for wildlife watching. .... Map | 2011 | 9788461510610 | #198001A | £13.99 Add to basket

Sightlines 208 pages | Sort of Books Kathleen Jamie Pbk | 2012 | 9780956308665 | Five years after "Findings" broke the mould of nature writing, Sort of Books presents #198444A | £8.99 Add to basket "Sightlines". The outer world flew open like a door, and I wondered--what is it that ....

Wild Animals of Singapore 180 pages | colour photos, b/w line A Photographic Guide to Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians and Freshwater Fishes drawings | Nature's Niche Edited by Nick Baker and Kevin Lim Pbk | 2012 | 9789810594596 | Now available in updated edition, and fully updated throughout to 2012, this is the most #198128A | £29.99 Add to basket important nature book in Singapore. It is the most comprehensive account of Singapore's ....

Botany & Plant Science Go to subject web page

A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species, Volume 2 195 pages | colour photos | OSSEA Peter O'Byrne Hbk | 2011 | 9789810889845 | #198126A | £65.00 Add to basket This sister volume to the 2001 book "South East Asian Orchid ....

Air Plants 248 pages | 8 colour plates, 37 b/w Epiphytes and Aerial Gardens photos, 32 illustrations, 12 tables | David H Benzing Cornell UP Often growing far above the ground, "air plants" (or epiphytes) defy many of our common Hbk | 2012 | 9780801450433 | perceptions about plants. The majority use their roots only for attachment in the crowns .... #198338A | £24.95 Add to basket

Alice in the Land of Plants 367 pages | 12 b/w illustrations | Biology of Plants and their Importance for Planet Earth Springer Yiannis Manetas Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9783642283376 | Why is it that plants do not need to move? How does a nonmotile organism have sex or defend #198312A | £35.99 Add to basket itself? Why are plants asymmetric and not of a fixed size? Why are some plants ....

Antiguan Shallow-water Seashells 210 pages | 94 plates with colour Deng Yan Zhang photos, maps | MdM Books This book deals with the marine shells of the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean Sea, and Hbk | 2011 | 9780615343358 | contains information on 963 species in 452 genera and 154 families found by the author .... #198376A | £89.00 Add to basket

Atlas of Soil Ascomycetes 486 pages | 322 illustrations | CBS J Guarro, J Gene, Stchigelm AM and MJ Figueras Hbk | 2012 | #198452A | £90.00 Add This compendium includes almost all presently known species of ascomycetes that have been to basket reported in soil and which sporulate in culture. They constitute a very broad ....

Australia's Poisonous Plants, Fungi and Cyanobacteria 976 pages | colour photos | CSIRO A Guide to Species of Medical and Veterinary Importance Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780643092679 | Ross McKenzie #198565A | £175.00 Add to basket "Australia's Poisonous Plants, Fungi and Cyanobacteria" is the first full-colour, comprehensive guide to the major natural threats to health in Australia affecting ....

Australian Planting Design 272 pages | colour photos, b/w Paul Thompson illustrations | CSIRO "Australian Planting Design" identifies and explores all aspects of developing better planting Pbk | 2012 | 9780643107014 | designs on any scale, raising awareness of the essential elements and .... #198397A | £39.50 Add to basket

The Beauty of Houseplants 118 pages | colour illustrations | Texas Tom Gough and David Longman Botanical RI "The Beauty of Houseplants" is set apart from the normal houseplant care book by being a total Hbk | 2011 | 9781889878300 | delight to look at. The illustrations of over 70 houseplants are in themselves .... #198212A | £29.99 Add to basket

Cacti and Succulents for Cold Climates 328 pages | 306 colour photographs | 274 Outstanding Species for Challenging Conditions Timber Press Leo J Chance Hbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781604692648 | There are many reasons to grow cacti and other succulents--they're drought-tolerant, low- #198430A | £24.99 Add to basket maintenance, and they look great. But what about hardiness? For those who thought ....

Checklist of Macao Bryophytes 86 pages | CSBS This Checklist documents 103 species of bryophytes occurred in Macao, of which liverworts Pbk | 2010 | #198580A | £39.99 Add contain 27 species in 22 genera and 14 families; hornworts 4 species in 3 .... to basket

The Chemistry of Plants 226 pages | colour illustrations | RSC Perfumes, Pigments, and Poisons Pbk | 2012 | 9781849733342 | Margareta Sequin #198251A | £24.99 Add to basket This book is an introduction to organic chemistry and its compounds as related to plants. Chemistry tends to be seen as a field that is hard to comprehend and that has ....

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents 264 pages | colour photos | Southwater The Definitive Practical Reference on Identification, Care and Cultivation, with a Pbk | 2012 | 9781780190921 | Directory of 400 Varieties and 700 Photographs #198427A | £8.99 Add to basket Miles Anderson Spiky, smooth, round, long or thin cacti and succulents come in all shapes and sizes. The purpose of this book is to help you know, enjoy and care for these striking ....

Cortinarioid Fungi of New Zealand 100 pages | Colour photographs | Karl An Iconography and Key Soop Karl Soop Spiralbound | 2012 | 9789197846431 | An iconography and key of this interesting and ecologically critical group, covering the native #198393A | £54.50 Add to basket forest flora, in particular the Nothofagus habitat. This revision includes more ....

Cortinarius in Sweden 174 pages | Col plates | Karl Soop Karl Soop Spiralbound | 2011 | 9789197846448 | A survey of this interesting and ecologically critical fungal genus, covering the Swedish flora but #198394A | £85.00 Add to basket largely applicable to Europe as a whole. This new edition with a ....

Current Advances in Algal Taxonomy and its Applications 304 pages | 24 colour & 52 b/w Phylogenetic, Ecological and Applied Perspective illustrations | Polish Botany Institute Edited by Konrad Wolowski, Irena Kaczmarska, James M Ehrman and Agata Wojtal 2012 | 9788362975037 | #198134A | This edited volume brings together papers on recent advances in algal research, specifically £39.00 Add to basket dealing with taxonomy, ecology and research applications. ....

David Austin's English Roses 160 pages | 129 colour photos | Garden David Austin Art Press Like its highly-respected companion in the series, "Old Roses", this title draws the most useful Hbk | 2012 | 9781870673709 | information from David Austin's 'The Rose' and focuses on English Roses, .... #198270A | £12.95 Add to basket

The English Roses 320 pages | 400 colour photographs | David Austin Conran Octopus Major developments in English roses have increased the number of varieties in the past five Hbk | 2011 | 9781840915549 | years since this first edition of The English Roses was published. This revised .... #191925A | £29.99 Add to basket

The Essential Guide to Growing Orchids in the Tropics 208 pages | Marshall Cavendish Chia Tet Fatt and David Astley Pbk | 2012 | 9789814351393 | "The Essential Guide to Growing Orchids in the Tropics" is the first book on orchid cultivation to #198272A | £15.99 Add to basket be written specifically for growers in tropical countries and to include ....

Exploring Britain's Country Gardens 224 pages | colour photos throughout | Celebrating Britain's Beautiful Country Gardens AA AA Publishing Hbk | 2012 | 9780749572044 | "Exploring Britain's Country Gardens" features 85 carefully selected gardens from the length #198259A | £19.99 Add to basket and breadth of Britain. Each entry each illustrated with stunning photography and ....

Flora Helvetica: French Edition (2-Volume Set) 1946 pages | 3850 colour photos, b/w Flore Illustree de Suisse distribution maps | Paul Haupt Verlag Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner and Andreas Gygax Hbk | 2012 | 9783258077017 | Includes photos and decriptions of the 3000 species, sub-species and varieties of wild plants #198228A | £176.00 Add to basket living in Switzerland; both ....

Flora Helvetica: German Edition 1656 pages | 3850 illustrations, Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner and Andreas Gygax distribution maps | Paul Haupt Verlag Includes photos and decriptions of the 3000 species, sub-species and varieties of wild plants Hbk | 2012 | 9783258077000 | living in Switzerland; both flowering plants and ferns. As well as indiginous .... #198227A | £160.00 Add to basket

Flora of China Illustrations, Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through 712 pages | illustrations | Missouri BG Valerianaceae with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae Hbk | 2012 | 9781935641032 | #191702A | £162.00 Add to basket Edited by Flora of China Editoria Committee This volume accompanies text volume 19 published in 2011. ....

Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of Southeast India, Volume 3 332 pages | colour plates, illustrations | Rosaceae - Asteraceae Regency T Pullaiah, K Sri Ramamurthy and S Karuppusamy 2007 | #198131A | £45.50 Add to In the present volume systematic enumeration of families Rosaceae to Asteraceae is given. basket Families are arranged according to Bentham and Hooker's system with incorporation ....

Flora of India 315 pages | 48 b/w photos | Rajat Albert Byrd Graf Publications This book is designed to provide up-to-date texts for all interested students and teachers of all Hbk | 2010 | 9788178804514 | levels as well as general public who have interest in flora of India. .... #198119A | £48.50 Add to basket

The Flora of North Stradbroke Island 439 pages | colour photos | Queensland KM Stephens and D Sharp Herbarium "The Flora of North Stradbroke Island" is the first comprehensive book documenting the Island's Pbk | 2009 | 9781920928155 | unique flora. It provides authoritative descriptions and a detailed .... #198398A | £39.99 Add to basket

Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, Series II: Seed Plants, Volume 3 385 pages | colour photos, illustrations | Edited by R Kiew, RCK Chung, LG Saw and E Soepadmo FRIM The Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Series II provides revisions for seed plant families that occur in Hbk | 2012 | 9789675221736 | Peninsular Malaysia. Volume 3 includes revisions of one gymnosperm family .... #198216A | £76.00 Add to basket

From Lumberjills to Wooden Wonders 124 pages | 3 line drawings | Fineleaf Mikael Grut Publishing Have you ever wondered how the Black Death affected forests and climate in Europe? Do you Pbk | 2012 | 9781907741104 | know which are the oldest trees, and which are the biggest? .... #198401A | £10.95 Add to basket

A Gardener's Guide to Native Plants of Britain and Ireland 192 pages | 221 colour photographs, 7 Rosemary FitzGerald b/w illustrations | Crowood Press Britain and Ireland have fascinating and beautiful wild flowers, but many gardeners are Pbk | 2012 | 9781847973092 | unfamiliar with this precious resource. This guide is designed to introduce some of our .... #198425A | £14.99 Add to basket

A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names 432 pages | Dover Their Meanings and Origins Pbk | 1997 | 9780486297156 | AW Smith #198249A | £18.99 Add to basket First compact dictionary to combine definitions of botanical names in general usage with information on their derivation and guides to pronunciation. A monumental index provides ....

Garlic and Other Alliums 480 pages | 130 colour illustrations | The Lore and The Science RSC Eric Block Pbk | 2010 | 9781849731805 | The name "Allium" is said to come from the Greek word to avoid because of its offensive smell. #198253A | £24.99 Add to basket The genus Allium includes more than 800 species of which only a few have been ....

The Geraniaceae Group, Geraniales Species Checklist Volume 3 26 pages | no illustrations | Geraniaceae Checklist of the Tropaeolaceae Group RTF Clifton Pbk | | 9781899742394 | #198529A | An introduction to Tropaeolum based on Sparre, with some cultivation notes. .... £16.99 Add to basket

The Geraniaceae Group, Geraniales Species Checklist Volume 4 24 pages | no illustrations | Geraniaceae Geraniaceae Knuth Tribes 2-3-4-5 Group RTF Clifton Pbk | | #198530A | £11.99 Add to Compiled from botanical sources. Part 1: Geraniaceae Link (Biebersteinia, Rhyncotheca) and basket Vivianaceae Lefor (Viviania, Caesarea, Araeoandra, Cissarobryon); Part 2: Balbisia, ....

The Geraniaceae Group, Geraniales Species Checklist Volume 5 no illustrations | Geraniaceae Group Part 2: Oxalidaceae, excluding Oxalis Pbk | | 9781899742592 | #198531A | Richard Clifton £16.99 Add to basket From various sources, B&H Tribe VI Oxalideae now treated as Family Oxalidaceae, with brief look at new ideas of Oxalidales; checklists of genera included. Addendum treats ....

The Geraniaceae Group, Geraniales Species Checklist Volume 6 no illustrations | Geraniaceae Group Balsaminaceae: Impatiens (Geraniaceae Benth. & Hooker) Pbk | | 9781899742431 | #198532A | Richard Clifton £28.99 Add to basket Compiled by Richard Clifton from Index Kewensis base data. A few descriptions, synonyms to be done. Scientific adviser Dr. C. Grey-Wilson. ....

The Hedgerow Handbook 240 pages | colour illustrations | Square Recipes, Remedies and Rituals Peg Adele Nozedar Hbk | 2012 | 9780224086714 | If there's one distinctive feature of the British countryside, it has to be the hedgerow. In fact, #198443A | £12.99 Add to basket hedgerows are such an established part of our landscape that ....

Heritage Trees of Wales 260 pages | colour illustrations, maps | Archie Miles Graffeg "Heritage Trees of Wales" takes the reader on a journey through the ancient Welsh countryside Hbk | 2012 | 9781905582495 | to visit the country's most remarkable trees. Steeped in history, surrounded .... #198364A | £19.99 Add to basket

How to Grow Fuchsias 160 pages | 550 photographs | A Practical Guide to Cultivating Fuchsias in Beds, Borders, Hedges and Cottage Southwater Gardens, Including Ideas for Planting in Pots and Baskets, and How to Make Trained Pbk | 2012 | 9781780191393 | Shapes #198428A | £9.99 Add to basket John Nicholass Flowering from late spring until the first autumn frosts, fuchsias are among the most popular and versatile of garden plants. This book shows how to grow fuchsias in every ....

Huanduj 424 pages | 448 colour photographs, 8 The Genus Brugmansia b/w illustrations, 8 colour maps | Kew Alister Hay RBG This book is a horticultural, botanical and ethnobotanical monograph of Brugmansia Hbk | 2012 | 9781842464779 | (Solanaceae), the most potent of South American entheogens (psychoactive plants used for .... #198400A | £68.00 Add to basket

Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Volume 2 139 pages | colour photos, b/w line This book contains useful technical information and serves as an important reference needed by drawings | FRIM the herbal industry in the production of high quality products. The monograph .... Pbk | 2009 | 9789839870282 | #198562A | £101.00 Add to basket

Marine Fungi 300 pages | De Gruyter And Fungal-Like Organisms Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9783110263985 | Edited by E B Gareth Jones and Ka-Lai Pang #198458A | £139.00 Add to basket Marine fungi play a major role in marine and mangrove ecosystems. Understanding how higher fungi with their spectrum of cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzymes degrade wood ....

Marine Fungi of India 488 pages | photos, illustrations | BD Borse, DJ Bhat, KN Borse, AR Tuwar and NS Pawar Broadway This monograph provides the reader a comprehensive introduction to marine fungi ofthe world Hbk | 2012 | 9789380837383 | and the Indian coast. The book contains a detailed introduction, extensive .... #198450A | £34.50 Add to basket

Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan 155 pages | 209 colour & 2 b/w Edited by Sasha Eisenman, Lena Struwe and David Zaurov illustrations | Springer "Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan" is the first English-language book Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781461439110 | detailing medicinal plant diversity in the region. More than two .... #198311A | £126.50 Add to basket

Medicinal Plants of Tripura 204 pages | 203 colour plates | Concept A Photo Descriptive Field Manual of 203 Medicinal Species Hbk | 2009 | 9788180696268 | Deepa D Nair, AK Gupta, Himangshu Bikash Das and Atanu Chakraborti #198125A | £39.99 Add to basket This book is a photographic illustration of 203 medicinal species of Tripura which will not only help in identification of these species but also give a short idea about its ....

Microscopic Worlds, Volume 3: Bacteria, Fungi, Lichens and Plants 128 pages | 3D colour photos | CSIRO Kerry Swanson Pbk | 2012 | 9780643103924 | In this series of three books, the author escorts the reader on a fascinating and inspiring #198219A | £39.50 Add to basket exploration of areas of the biological world unseen and unknown by most. In ....

Modeling Physiology of Crop Development, Growth and Yield 336 pages | illustrations | CABI Afshin Soltani and Thomas R Sinclair Hbk | 2012 | 9781845939700 | Model studies focus experimental investigations to improve our understanding and performance #198226A | £99.95 Add to basket of systems. Concentrating on crop modelling, this book provides an ....

The National Plant Collections Directory 2012 142 pages | no illustrations | NCCPG Over 640 specialist collections and where to visit them Pbk | 2012 | 9780956169846 | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens #198186A | £11.50 Add to basket The 2012 directory details all the current National Plant Collections, lists of collections by County, and lists Special Open Days. ....

Native Wildflowers and Other Ground Covers for Florida Landscapes 336 pages | 282 colour photos | Florida Craig N Huegel University Presses Florida gardens and lawns are full of flowering plants and turfgrass, most commonly exotic Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780813039800 | species. Recently, however, statewide water restrictions and a rekindling of .... #198361A | £26.50 Add to basket

The Orchid Grower's Manual 256 pages | 635 photographs | An Expert Guide to Orchids and their Cultivation Southwater Brian Rittershausen and Wilma Rittershausen Pbk | 2012 | 9781780190822 | This is an inspirational encyclopedia of orchids, with guidance on the best orchids to choose, #198269A | £14.99 Add to basket and how to grow and care for them. It contains everything you need to know to ....

Las Orquideas Oncidiineas de Colombia / The Colombian Oncidiinae 193 pages | 109 colour photos | Mariano Orchids Ospina H Pbk | 2009 | 9789589307878 | Mariano Ospina H #198130A | £49.99 Add to basket A basic work towards the understanding of 440 species of one of the most attractive and taxonomically most complex subtribes of the orchid family. The author prefers to use the ....

Pest Repellent Plants 160 pages | colour photos | Hyland Organic Solutions to Garden and Household Pests House Penny Woodward Pbk | 2012 | 9781864471182 | Apart from an A-Z of Pest-repellent Plants, this edition includes many other organic solutions, #198271A | £27.50 Add to basket from traps and barriers to sprays, oils, dusting powders and washes. It helps ....

A Pictorial Guide to Himalayan Flowers of Nepal 192 pages | colour photos | Bhakta Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale Bahadur Raskoti Nepal is a haven for over 7000 species of flowering plants belonging to more than 200 families Pbk | 2012 | 9789993347996 | and 1500 genera. The country is also home to 283 species of endemic flowering .... #198106A | £16.99 Add to basket

Plant Physics 448 pages | 44 b/w photos, 40 b/w Karl J Niklas and Hanns-Christof Spatz illustrations, 9 tables | Chicago UP From Galileo, who used the hollow stalks of grass to demonstrate the idea that peripherally Hbk | 2012 | 9780226586328 | located construction materials provide most of the resistance to bending .... #198165A | £35.50 Add to basket

Plant Sciences Reviews 2011 272 pages | CABI Edited by David Hemming Hbk | 2012 | 9781780640150 | "Plant Sciences Reviews 2011" provides scientists and students in the field with timely analysis #198121A | £140.00 Add to basket on key topics in current research. Originally published online in CAB Reviews, ....

Plant and Vegetation Mapping 145 pages | 109 colour & 120 b/w Franco Pedrotti illustrations | Springer The book is concerned principally with geobotanical mapping. Geobotany is a broad science that Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9783642302343 | deals with the study of species and of vegetation communities in relation .... #198572A | £90.00 Add to basket

Plants and Planting Plans for a Bee Garden 224 pages | colour illustrations | How To How to Design Beauitful Borders That Will Attract Bees Books Maureen Little Pbk | 2012 | 9781905862801 | For many people gardening is predominantly about plants and choosing the right combination #198429A | £14.99 Add to basket and balance to make beautiful borders. This book will help you achieve ....

Plants of the Chesapeake Bay 232 pages | 209 colour photos, 1 map | A Guide to Wildflowers, Grasses, Aquatic Vegetation, Trees, Shrubs, and Other Flora Johns Hopkins UP Lytton John Musselman and David A Knepper Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781421404974 | Buttonbush. Hercules' club. Panic grass. Tearthumb. Beach spurge. Sea rocket. Ladies' tresses. #198341A | £33.99 Add to basket These name a few of the wild and wonderful plants found in this quick reference .... Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781421404981 | #198342A | £12.99 Add to basket

Plants of the Victorian High Country 152 pages | 110 colour photos, 6 b/w A Field Guide for Walkers illustrations | CSIRO John Murphy and Bill Dowling Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9780643104631 | This book will allow anyone with little botanical knowledge to identify plants that they are most #198569A | £28.50 Add to basket likely to encounter while walking in Victoria's High Country. The guide is ....

The Practical Encyclopedia of Garden Pests and Diseases 264 pages | 900 colour photographs | An Illustrated Guide to Common Problems and How to Deal with Them Successfully Southwater Andrew Mikolajski Pbk | 2012 | 9781780190846 | This is an illustrated guide to common problems and how to deal with them successfully. It is #198426A | £8.99 Add to basket an illustrated identifier of common and rare garden pests and diseases, and a ....

Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding 664 pages | illustrations, tables | Wiley George Acquaah Hbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9780470664766 | "Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding", 2nd Edition introduces both classical and molecular #198285A | £90.00 Add to basket tools for plant breeding. Topics such as biotechnology in plant breeding, .... Pbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9780470664759 | #198284A | £42.50 Add to basket

Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Family 304 pages | CSBS Magnoliaceae Hbk | 2012 | 9787560973494 | #198304A | £89.00 Add to basket Edited by Xia Nianhe, Zeng Qingwen, Xu Fengxia and Wu Qigen The family Magnoliaceae is one of the most primitive taxa of angiosperms (flowering plants). Knowledge of this family is essential for the researches on the origin, ....

Rhododendrons in India 182 pages | 106 colour photos, 23 b/w Floral and Foliar Splendour of the Himalayan Flora line drawings | BSP Books ARK Sastry and PK Hajra Hbk | 2010 | 9788178002149 | The Genus Rhododendron is acclaimed in horticulture for its most elegant, bell-shaped flowers #198132A | £73.00 Add to basket of varied colours. In India, Rhododendron species are found in the Himalayas ....

Sarah Raven's Wild Flowers 512 pages | colour photos | Bloomsbury Sarah Raven and Jonathan Buckley Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781408833759 | #198431A | £29.99 Add to basket &b;Please note that this is a slightly smaller version of "Sarah Raven's Wild Flowers", ....

Smut Fungi of the World 1480 pages | 2800 b/w photos, 650 b/w Kálmán Vánky line drawings | APS This outstanding book is an essential tool in helping the scientific community to identify smut Hbk | 2012 | 9780890543986 | fungi everywhere. It includes keys to the genera and species and a host .... #198484A | £440.00 Add to basket

Sturt Pea 152 pages | colour photos, colour A Most Splendid Plant illustrations | FBGA David Symon and Manfred Jusaitis Hbk | 2007 | 9780977560820 | Sturt pea is one of the world's most striking and spectacular flowering plants. This richly #198140A | £74.00 Add to basket illustrated book, full of interest for the general reader, covering: .... Pbk | 2007 | 9780759000513 | #198141A | £62.00 Add to basket

Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews) 707 pages | 853 illustrations | CBS U Braun and RTA Cook Hbk | 2012 | 9789070351892 | The "Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews)" is a fully revised, expanded new #198453A | £103.00 Add to basket version of U. Braun's former monograph from 1987, which is out of print. The present ....

The Tree 192 pages | 200 colour illustrations | Meaning and Myth British Museum Press Frances Carey Hbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9780714150857 | Trees actual, mythical and metaphorical are at the heart of mankind's relationship to the #198363A | £24.99 Add to basket natural world, a relationship that serves as a powerful index of both ecological and ....

Vascular Plants of the World (50-Volume Set) CSBS De-Zhi Fu Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9787543676299 | This set of books records existing vascular plants of 1,282,280 species belonging to 819 #197079A | £3500.00 Add to basket families, 42,186 genera around the world, among them acceptable 283,341-356,015 species ....

The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus) 216 pages | 28 colour & 23 b/w George Nakhutsrishvili illustrations | Springer The book describes richness and diversity of Georgia's vegetation. Contrasting ecosystems Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9783642299148 | coexist on the relatively small territory of the country and include .... #198571A | £90.00 Add to basket

Waterlilies in India 88 pages | colour photos, b/w Taxonomy and Cultivation of the Genus Nymphaea L. (Nymphaeaceae) illustrations | IAAT R Ansari and G Jeeja Pbk | 2009 | #198451A | £22.50 Add The first comprehensive book on the Genus Nymphaea L., complete with nomenclature, to basket descriptions, illustrations, colour photographs, key for identification and phylogeny ....

Weeds of the South-East 438 pages | 2000+ colour photos | An Identification Guide for Australia Richardson (R G and PJ) FJ Richardson, RG Richardson and RCH Shepherd Pbk | 2006 | 9780958743938 | A comprehensive identification guide for weeds in the south-east region of Australia. This #162301A | £66.00 Add to basket second edition has been fully updated and reorganised to recognise recent taxonomic .... Pbk | 2011 | 9780980388534 | #198552A | £130.00 Add to basket

Wetland Plants of the Adirondacks, Volume 1 176 pages | b/w line drawings | Trafford Herbaceous Plants and Aquatic Plants Publishing (USA) Meiyin Wu and Dennis Kalma Hbk | 2011 | 9781426960628 | Wetlands are increasingly viewed as valuable resources rather than wastelands and appreciated #198139A | £22.99 Add to basket as reservoirs for species diversity. These two companion volumes provide the .... Pbk | 2011 | 9781426958434 | #198138A | £13.99 Add to basket

Wetland Plants of the Adirondacks, Volume 2 192 pages | b/w line drawings | Trafford Ferns, Woody Plants, and Graminoids Publishing (USA) Meiyin Wu and Dennis Kalma Hbk | 2011 | 9781426960574 | Wetlands are increasingly viewed as valuable resources rather than wastelands and appreciated #198136A | £22.99 Add to basket as reservoirs for species diversity. These two companion volumes provide the .... Pbk | 2011 | 9781426958403 | #198135A | £13.99 Add to basket

The Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland 512 pages | 5000 colour illustrations, The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora 1600 colour maps | A & C Black Marjorie Blamey, Richard Fitter and Alastair Fitter Pbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9781408179505 | Fully illustrated and mapped guide to the British and Irish flora. Its restriction to the British #198409A | Isles alone allows for more detail, more local information, easier .... Normally £18.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £16.99

Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian 540 pages | 361 colour photos, 22 b/w Mountains and Piedmont illustrations, 2 maps | North Carolina UP Hbk | 2011 | 9780807834404 | A Naturalist's Guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia #198577A | £43.50 Add to basket Timothy P Spira Pbk | 2011 | 9780807871720 | This richly illustrated field guide serves as an introduction to the wildflowers and plant #198578A | £22.95 Add to basket communities of the southern Appalachians and the rolling hills of the adjoining ....

Animal & General Biology Go to subject web page

Animal Science Reviews 2011 256 pages | 14 colour illustrations | CABI Edited by David Hemming Hbk | 2012 | 9781780640174 | "Animal Science Reviews 2011" provides scientists and students in animal science with timely #198232A | £140.00 Add to basket analysis on key topics in current research. Originally published online in CAB ....

Biochemistry (International Edition) 864 pages | illustrations | Cengage Mary K Campbell and Shawn O Farrell Learning Introduce your students to the latest developments in biotechnology and genomics with this Pbk | 2011 | 9781111425647 | new edition of Campbell and Farrell's best-selling text for the one-term course. .... #198275A | £48.99 Add to basket

Biochemistry (International Edition) 1280 pages | illustrations | Cengage Reginald H Garrett and Charles M Grisham Learning Continuing Garrett and Grisham's innovative conceptual and organizing "Essential Questions" Pbk | 2012 | 9781133108795 | framework, Biochemistry, 5th edition, International Edition guides students .... #198274A | £49.99 Add to basket

Chemical Synthetic Biology 384 pages | illustrations | Wiley Edited by Pier Luigi Luisi and Cristiano Chiarabelli Hbk | 2011 | 9780470713976 | Chemistry plays a very important role in the emerging field of synthetic biology. In particular, #198233A | £100.00 Add to basket chemical synthetic biology is concerned with the synthesis of chemical ....

Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation 421 pages | 24 colour & 60 b/w Edited by Marshall D McCue illustrations | Springer All animals face the possibility of food limitation and ultimately starvation-induced mortality. Hbk | 2012 | 9783642290558 | This book summarizes state of the art of starvation biology from the .... #198315A | £135.00 Add to basket

Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (International Edition) 672 pages | illustrations | Cengage John McMurry Learning Retaining the concise, to-the-point presentation that has already helped thousands of students Pbk | 2010 | 9781439049730 | move beyond memorization to a true understanding of the beauty and logic of .... #198278A | £50.99 Add to basket

Genetics of Populations 675 pages | b/w photos, b/w Philip W Hedrick illustrations, tables | Jones & Bartlett The Fourth Edition of "Genetics of Populations" is the most current, comprehensive, and Hbk | 2008 | 9780763757373 | accessible introduction to the field for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, .... #198175A | £41.99 Add to basket

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life 512 pages | colour illustrations, colour Charlotte Uhlenbroek maps | Dorling Kindersley This is a thrilling face-to-face encounter with the intimate lives, elaborate displays and Hbk | 2012 | 9781405374279 | extraordinary behaviour of animals in the wild. Internationally renowned zoologist .... #198261A | £19.99 Add to basket

Living in a Seasonal World 563 pages | 17 colour & 118 b/w Thermoregulatory and Metabolic Adaptations illustrations | Springer Edited by Thomas Ruf, Claudia Bieber, Walter Arnold and Eva Millesi Hbk | 2012 | 9783642286773 | This book summarises the newest information on seasonal adaptation in animals. Topics include #198318A | £153.00 Add to basket animal hibernation, daily torpor, thermoregulation, heat production, metabolic ....

Mathematics of Life 320 pages | Profile Books Unlocking the Secrets of Existence Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781846682056 | Ian Stewart #198197A | £9.99 Add to basket Mathematicians and biologists confront nature's enigmas. A new partnership of biologists and mathematicians is picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw ....

Molecular Cell Biology (International Edition) 973 pages | colour illustrations, tables | H Lodish, A Berk, CA Kaiser, M Krieger, A Bretscher, H Ploegh et al WH Freeman "Molecular Cell Biology" presents the key concepts in cell biology and their experimental Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781464109812 | underpinnings. The authors, all world-class researchers and teachers, .... #198206A | £59.99 Add to basket

Non Coding RNAs in Plants 507 pages | 45 colour & 22 b/w Edited by Volker A Erdmann and Jan Barciszewski illustrations | Springer Small non coding RNAs (ncRNAs), also known as the secret regulators of the cells, have been Hbk | 2011 | 9783642194535 | discovered only 20 years ago, and it has been much more recently that the attention .... #198117A | £135.00 Add to basket

Plant DNA Fingerprinting and Barcoding 202 pages | 2 colour & 37 b/w Methods and Protocols illustrations | Humana Press Edited by Nikolaus J Sucher, James Hennel and Maria C Carles Hbk | 2012 | 9781617796081 | Molecular cloning and DNA-based analysis have become part of every molecular life science #198528A | £85.50 Add to basket laboratory. The rapid adoption of DNA-based techniques has been facilitated by ....

Protein Families 400 pages | Wiley Christine A Orengo Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9780470624227 | This reference describes approaches for recognizing and classifying proteins that have evolved #198151A | £83.50 Add to basket from common ancestors. It discusses all the major resources for classifying ....

RNA Technologies and Their Applications 451 pages | 20 colour illustrations | Edited by Volker A Erdmann and Jan Barciszewski Springer RNA technologies are the driving forces of modern medicine and biotechnology. They combine Hbk | 2010 | 9783642121678 | the fields of biochemistry, chemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, physics, .... #198118A | £153.00 Add to basket

Systems Microbiology 182 pages | Caister Academic Press Current Topics and Applications Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781908230027 | Edited by Brian D Robertson and Brendan W Wren #198575A | £226.00 Add to basket Systems biology is the study of the dynamic interactions of more than one component in a biological system in order to understand and predict the behavior of the system as a ....

Thrive in Cell Biology 240 pages | 110 b/w illustrations | OUP Qiuyu Wang and Chris Smith Pbk | NYP 11/2012 | 9780199697328 | The "Thrive in Bioscience" revision guides are written to help students achieve exam success in #196260A | £15.99 Add to basket all core areas of bioscience. Each title encourages the reader to follow four ....

Tropical Vertebrates in a Changing World 208 pages | ZFMAK Edited by K-L Schuchmann Pbk | 2011 | 9783925382611 | This book contains contributions of participants of the 6th International Tropical Zoology #198546A | £80.00 Add to basket Symposium, titled "Tropical Vertebrates in a Changing World", which was held in ....

Evolutionary Biology Go to subject web page

The Artful Species 320 pages | OUP Aesthetics, Art, and Evolution Hbk | NYP 11/2012 | 9780199658541 | Stephen Davies #197266A | £24.99 Add to basket "The Artful Species" explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic ....

Evolutionary Game Theory, Natural Selection, and Darwinian Dynamics 382 pages | 79 line diagrams | CUP Thomas Vincent and Joel Brown Hbk | 2005 | 9780521841702 | All of life is a game, and evolution by natural selection is no exception. The evolutionary game #152571A | £91.00 Add to basket theory developed in this 2005 book provides the tools necessary for .... Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107406513 | #198388A | £29.99 Add to basket

Evolving Human Nutrition 432 pages | 66 b/w illustrations | CUP Implications for Public Health Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9780521869164 | Stanley Ulijaszek, Neil Mann and Sarah Elton #198378A | £65.00 Add to basket While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the ....

Exploring Evolution 192 pages | 120 illustrations | Vivays Micheal Park Publishing Ltd The topic of evolution is both fascinating and controversial. Aimed at an educated reader who Hbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9781908126252 | may know little about the topic and written in a clear, straightforward way, .... #198548A | £19.95 Add to basket

The First Boat People 346 pages | 17 line diagrams 45 half- Steve Webb tones 35 tables | CUP "The First Boat People", first published in 2006, concerns how people travelled across the world Hbk | 2006 | 9780521856560 | to Australia in the Pleistocene. It traces movement from Africa to Australia, .... #156159A | £98.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107406476 | #198385A | £27.99 Add to basket

Moral Origins 352 pages | Basic Books The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism and Shame Hbk | 2011 | 9780465020485 | Christopher Boehm #198230A | £19.99 Add to basket This is the natural and cultural history of the evolution of our sense of ethics, by a leading anthropologist of human morality. Conventional wisdom holds that human morality ....

Origins of Altruism and Cooperation 428 pages | 30 colour & 11 b/w Edited by Robert W Sussman and CRobert Cloninger illustrations | Springer This book is derived from a conference held at Washington University, March, 2009. Authors Hbk | 2011 | 9781441995193 | include academics from around the world and across multiple disciplines - .... #198310A | £117.00 Add to basket

Proving Darwin 144 pages | Pantheon Books Making Biology Mathematical Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780375423147 | Gregory J Chaitin #198200A | £15.99 Add to basket Groundbreaking mathematician Gregory Chaitin gives us the first book to posit that we can prove how Darwin's theory of evolution works on a mathematical level. ....

Ecology Go to subject web page

Applied Population and Community Ecology 256 pages | illustrations | Wiley The Case of Feral Pigs in Australia Hbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9780470658642 | Jim Hone #198286A | £75.00 Add to basket This book evaluates theory in population and community ecology using a case study of feral pigs, birds, and plants in the high country of south-eastern Australia. In ....

Biological Control of Weeds in Australia 648 pages | colour photos, illustrations | Edited by Mic Julien, Rachel McFadyen and Jim Cullen CSIRO Biological control of weeds has been practised for over 100 years and Australia has been a Hbk | 2012 | 9780643099937 | leader in this weed management technique. The classical example of control of prickly .... #198122A | £175.00 Add to basket

Ecological Communities 444 pages | 42 line diags, 1 half-tone, 6 Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs tabs | CUP Edited by Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P Craig and Peter W Price Hbk | 2007 | 9780521850391 | To gain a more complete understanding of plant-based ecological community structure requires #161591A | £100.00 Add to basket knowledge of the integration of direct and indirect effects in plant herbivore .... Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107406490 | #198386A | £29.99 Add to basket

Invasive Plant Ecology and Management 204 pages | b/w photos, b/w Linking Processes to Practice illustrations, tables | CABI Edited by Thomas A Monaco and Roger L Sheley Hbk | 2012 | 9781845938116 | Bringing together ecology and management of invasive plants within natural and agricultural #198123A | £75.00 Add to basket ecosystems, this book bridges the knowledge gap between the processes ....

Habitats & Ecosystems Go to subject web page

Civilizing Nature 272 pages | 12 illustrations, 3 tables | National Parks in Global Historical Perspective Berghahn Books Edited by Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Hohler and Patrick Kupper Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9780857455253 | National Parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global #198459A | £60.00 Add to basket environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and ....

Developmental Dynamics of Virgin Forest Reserves in the Czech 240 pages | Photos, illustrations, maps, Republic, Volume 3 / Dynamika Vyvoje Pralesovitych Rezervací V tables | Academia Hbk | 2012 | 9788020019073 | Ceskeé Republice, #198143A | £46.50 Add to basket Volume 3| Sumava Mts. and Cesky les Mts. - Diana, Stozec, Boubin Virgin Forest, Milesice Virgin Forest / Sumava a Cesky les - Diana, Stozec, Boubinsky Prales, Milesicky Prales T Vrska, P Samomil, P Unar, L Hort, D Adam, K Kral and D Janik The third part in this series presents the results of research on primeval forests in the Czech Republic, here focusing on the reserves of Sumava and Cesky forests. ....

Global Change and the Function and Distribution of Wetlands 244 pages | 7 colour & 38 b/w Edited by Beth A Middleton illustrations | Springer The "Global Change Ecology and Wetlands" book series will highlight the latest research from Hbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9789400744936 | the world leaders in the field of climate change in wetlands. "Global Change and .... #198314A | £126.00 Add to basket

The Global Forest 175 pages | - | Particular Books 40 Ways Trees Can Save Us Hbk | 2011 | 9781846144097 | Diana Beresford-Kroeger #190593A | £14.99 Add to basket A world expert on how trees chemically affect our environment, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has Pbk | 2012 | 9781846144103 | woven together ecology, ancient myth, horticulture, spirituality, science and .... #198419A | £9.99 Add to basket

A Million Wild Acres 465 pages | maps | GHR Press 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest (30th Anniversary Edition) Pbk | 2011 | 9780868064642 | Eric Rolls #194673A | £44.00 Add to basket A new edition of this classic, thirty years on. Here is a contentious story of men and their passion for land; of occupation and settlement; of destruction and growth. By ....

Soils 310 pages | 45 line diags, 21 half-tones Basic Concepts and Future Challenges | CUP Giacomo Certini and Riccardo Scalenghe Hbk | 2006 | 9780521851732 | This 2006 book was born as an international tribute to Fiorenzo C. Ugolini, an outstanding soil #161637A | £95.00 Add to basket scientist, now retired from university teaching and research. It is a .... Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107406438 | #198383A | £45.99 Add to basket

Two Billion Trees and Counting 274 pages | 54 b/w photos | Dundurn The Legacy of Edmund Zavitz Pbk | 2011 | 9781459701113 | John Bacher #198343A | £22.50 Add to basket Edmund Zavitz (1875-1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of ....

Urban Heat Islands 300 pages | Springer Consequences and Mitigation Measures Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9783540883883 | Hashem Akbari #190124A | £90.00 Add to basket Temperatures in cities are generally increasing and ambient temperatures result in increased system wired electricity use. Hashem Akbari explains how technologies that can ....

Conservation & Biodiversity Go to subject web page

Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine 704 pages | 21 colour & 18 b/w Implications for Conservation illustrations | Springer Edited by Romulo Romeu Nobrega Alves and Ierece Maria De Lucena Rosa Hbk | 2012 | 9783642290251 | People have relied on medicinal products derived from natural sources for millennia, and #198307A | £135.00 Add to basket animals have long been an important part of that repertoire; nearly all cultures, from ....

Biodiversity Monitoring in Australia 224 pages | CSIRO Edited by David B Lindenmayer and Philip Gibbons Pbk | 2012 | 9780643103573 | Ecological and biodiversity-based monitoring has been marked by an appalling lack of #198561A | £47.95 Add to basket effectiveness and lack of success in Australia for more than 40 years, despite the ....

Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia 496 pages | 32 colouer & 78 b/w Edited by D Gower, K Johnson, J Richardson, B Rosen, L Rüber and S Williams illustrations, 11 tables | CUP The flora and fauna of Southeast Asia are exceptionally diverse. The region includes several Hbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107001305 | terrestrial biodiversity hotspots and is the principal global hotspot for marine .... #198379A | £70.00 Add to basket

Bird Communities of the Ecuadorian Choco 514 pages | ZFMAK A Case Study in Conservation Pbk | 2011 | 9783925382604 | O Jahn #198545A | £197.00 Add to basket This book presents a case study on bird conservation in the Ecuadorian Choco, which is a Pacific coastal region, extending through Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. ....

The Dawn of Green 248 pages | 60 b/w photos | Chicago UP Manchester, Thirlmere, and Modern Environmentalism Pbk | 2012 | 9780226720869 | Harriet Ritvo #198172A | £11.50 Add to basket Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a ....

Earth 376 pages | 81 b/w photos, 12 tables | A Tenant's Manual Cornell UP Frank HT Rhodes Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9780801451171 | In "Earth: A Tenant's Manual", the distinguished geologist Frank H. T. Rhodes, President #198337A | £18.50 Add to basket Emeritus of Cornell University, provides a sweeping, accessible, and deeply informed ....

The Endangered Species Act and Federalism 320 pages | illustrations, maps, tables | Effective Conservation Through Greater State Commitment RFF Edited by Kaush Arha and Barton H Thompson Hbk | 2011 | 9781933115948 | States today play a major role in implementing and enforcing environmental laws such as the #198211A | £60.00 Add to basket Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. A ....

New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume 3 616 pages | 32 colour plates | Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi Canterbury UP Edited by Dennis P Gordon Hbk | 2012 | 9781927145050 | The final volume in this series deals with the kingdoms of the Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, #197884A | £60.50 Add to basket Plantae, and Fungi. ....

Where the Wild Things Were 291 pages | - | Bloomsbury Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators Hbk | 2008 | 9781596912991 | William Stolzenburg #176784A | £20.99 Add to basket &b;Please note: not to be confused with the book by .... Pbk | 2009 | 9781596916241 | #198190A | £12.99 Add to basket

Wild Hope: On the Front Lines of Conservation Success 264 pages | 37 b/w photos | Chicago UP Andrew Balmford Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780226035970 | Tropical deforestation. The collapse of fisheries. Unprecedented levels of species extinction. #196179A | £16.99 Add to basket Faced with the plethora of gloom-and-doom headlines about the natural world, .... Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780226036014 | #198544A | £12.99 Add to basket

Environmental Science Go to subject web page

Baroclinic Tides 376 pages | 167 line diagrams 11 tables Theoretical Modeling and Observational Evidence | CUP Edited by Vasiliy Vlasenko, Nataliya Stashchuk and Kolumban Hutter Hbk | 2005 | 9780521843959 | This book was first published in 2005. When an oceanic tidal wave that is primarily active on #152593A | £116.00 Add to basket the water surface passes an ocean shelf or a region with a seamount, it is .... Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107406322 | #198382A | £50.00 Add to basket

A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment 496 pages | illustrations | Edward Elgar Economics, Science and Policy Hbk | 2012 | 9781849803878 | R Quentin Grafton, Harry W Nelson and Ross Lambie #198423A | £145.00 Add to basket "A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment" bridges the gap between the many disciplines encompassing climate change, environmental economics, environmental ....

The Great Disruption 304 pages | Bloomsbury How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy Pbk | 2012 | 9781408822180 | Paul Gilding #198417A | £8.99 Add to basket Human civilisation and the economy have now grown so large that we have passed the limits of the planet to support any further growth in the current model. The science is ....

Oceanography and Marine Biology 512 pages | 552 illustrations | Sinauer An Introduction to Marine Science Hbk | 2012 | 9789878936021 | David W Townsend #198176A | £45.99 Add to basket "Oceanography and Marine Biology" preserves the basic elements of the physical, chemical, and geological aspects of the marine sciences, and merges those fundamentals ....

Regional Environmental Changes in Siberia and Their Global 351 pages | 86 colour & 18 b/w Consequences illustrations | Springer Hbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9789400745681 | Edited by Pavel Y Groisman and Garik Gutman #198306A | £89.00 Add to basket This volume presents a state-of-the-art assessment of the Earth's climate system in Siberia and relationships between climate, ecosystems and people in that region. Changes ....

Responding to Climate Change 240 pages | Edward Elgar Global Experiences and the Korean Perspective Hbk | 2012 | 9780857939951 | Edited by Chin Hee Hahn, Sang-Hyop Lee and Kyoung-Soo Yoon #198421A | £65.00 Add to basket This topical book explores the global experiences of "Responding to Climate Change", with perspectives from Australia, China, the European Union, Japan, the Republic of ....

Physical Sciences Go to subject web page

Applied Geophysics in Periglacial Environments 232 pages | 5 halftones, 13 plates, 13 Edited by Christian Hauck and Christof Kneisel tables | CUP Many research problems in cryospheric science, such as global warming-induced permafrost Hbk | 2008 | 9780521889667 | degradation, require information about the subsurface, which can be imaged using .... #176674A | £85.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107406193 | #198381A | £45.99 Add to basket

Astronomy with a Budget Telescope 165 pages | 48 colour & 63 b/w Patrick Moore and John Watson illustrations | Springer If you had purchased an inexpensive astronomical telescope a few years ago, disappointment Pbk | 2012 | 9781461421603 | would have been almost guaranteed. In current Internet age, times have .... #198262A | £31.99 Add to basket

Digitized 320 pages | 10 b/w illustrations | OUP The Science of Computers and How it Shapes Our World Hbk | 2012 | 9780199693795 | Peter J Bentley #198440A | £16.99 Add to basket There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life. You are fluent in its terminology of email, WiFi, social networking, and encryption. You use its results when ....

Exploring the Universe 192 pages | 130 colour illustrations | Brian Clegg Vivays Publishing Ltd There are few topics more awe-inspiring than cosmology. What is the universe? How does it Hbk | 2012 | 9781908126160 | work? Where did it come from? These fundamental questions intrigue adults and .... #198333A | £19.95 Add to basket

General, Organic, And Biological Chemistry (International Edition) 1056 pages | illustrations | Cengage H Stephen Stoker Learning Emphasizing the applications of chemistry and minimizing complicated mathematics, "General, Pbk | 2011 | 9781133106869 | Organic, And Biological Chemistry, 6/e, International Edition" is written .... #198295A | £55.99 Add to basket

How to Live Forever 224 pages | b/w illustrations | Quercus And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Science Publishing Alok Jha Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9780857388353 | How to clone a sheep. How to build a brain. How to boil a planet. How to save the world. From #198267A | £8.99 Add to basket the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you on a glorious tour of the known ....

The Illustrated Guide to Rocks and Minerals 256 pages | 800 photographs | How to Find, Identify and Collect the World's Most Fascinating Specimens, Featuring Southwater Over 800 Stunning Photographs and Artworks Pbk | 2012 | 9781780190853 | John Farndon #198367A | £11.99 Add to basket This title shows you how to find, identify and collect the world's most fascinating specimens, featuring over 800 stunning photographs and artworks. This is the ultimate ....

Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry 1008 pages | illustrations | Cengage FA Bettelheim, Brown WH, MK Campbell, SO Farrell and O Torres Learning This bestselling text continues to lead the way with a strong focus on current issues, Pbk | 2011 | 9781133109112 | pedagogically rich framework, wide variety of medical and biological applications, .... #198297A | £56.99 Add to basket

An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment 762 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour Edited by Joseph Holden illustrations, colour maps, tables | This highly respected and best-selling textbook provides an engaging and comprehensive Prentice-Hall introduction to the major topics within physical geography. It focuses on understanding .... Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780273740698 | #198198A | £37.99 Add to basket

Isotope Hydrology 486 pages | IAHS PK Aggarwal, KO Frohlich, JR Gat and R Gonfiantini Hbk | 2012 | 9781907161292 | The potential of using stable isotopes of water was recognized in the 1930s, but not fully #198184A | £103.00 Add to basket explored until the 1950s. Improvements in measurement techniques have facilitated ....

It's Not Rocket Science 288 pages | illustrations | Sphere Discover the Surprisingly Simple Ideas Behind the Most Exciting Bits of Science Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781847445018 | Ben Miller #198195A | £12.99 Add to basket Black holes. Global warming. The Hadron Collider. Ever had that sinking feeling that you really should know about these things, but somehow never quite grasped them? Don't ....

Like a Virgin 288 pages | Oneworld Publications The Science of a Sexless Future Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781851689118 | Aarathi Prasad #198321A | £12.99 Add to basket This adventurous romp into the frontiers of reproductive science will forever change the way you think about sex. Biologist and science writer Aarathi Prasad tackles ....

The Mysteries of Science 252 pages | 300 colour photos, b/w Lorena Farras illustrations | Tectum Publishers NV Science affects us every day and teaches us a lot about new events in the natural world. Time Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9789460650642 | and time again scientists have suceeded in discovering amazing and incredible new .... #198199A | £17.95 Add to basket

Organic Chemistry (International Edition) 1296 pages | illustrations | Cengage William Brown, Christopher Foote, Brent L Iverson and Eric Anslyn Learning Providing a modern introduction to organic chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, Pbk | 2011 | 9781111426835 | health, and the biological sciences, "Organic Chemistry", 6e, International Edition is .... #198276A | £52.99 Add to basket

Organic Chemistry (International Edition) 1376 pages | colour & b/w illustrations | John McMurry Cengage Learning The most trusted and best-selling text for organic chemistry just got better! Updated with the Pbk | 2011 | 9780840054531 | latest developments, expanded with more end-of-chapter problems, reorganized to .... #198277A | £52.99 Add to basket

Philip's Stargazing 2013 64 pages | colour star maps | Philip's Month-by-Month Guide to the Northern Night Sky Pbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781849072359 | Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest #198556A | £6.99 Add to basket This concise guide to the northern night sky helps starwatchers to see the year's most fascinating events, whether observing with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. The ....

The Quantum Universe 256 pages | 1 b/w photos, b/w Everything That Can Happen Does Happen illustrations | Allen Lane Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw Hbk | 2011 | 9781846144325 | "The Quantum Universe" brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show #197443A | that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science. But just what is .... Normally £19.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £15.99 Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9780241952702 | #198196A | £8.99 Add to basket

Science and the Written Word 192 pages | no illustrations | OUP Science, Technology, and Society Pbk | 2011 | 9780199734320 | Lou Massa #198441A | £15.99 Add to basket In order to meet the growing scientific requirements of an increasingly complex society, it is essential for us to have an appreciation of the power and breadth of science. ....

Solved Problems in Geophysics 350 pages | 192 b/w illustrations, 14 Elisa Buforn, Carmen Pro and Agustin Udias tables | CUP Solving problems is an indispensable exercise for mastering the theory underlying the various Pbk | 2012 | 9781107602717 | branches of geophysics. This book is a collection of nearly 200 problems in .... #195236A | £29.99 Add to basket

Space Chronicles 364 pages | tables | Norton Facing the Ultimate Frontier Hbk | 2012 | 9780393082104 | Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang #198329A | Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and Normally £16.99 brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has .... NHBS OFFER PRICE: £14.50

The Star Atlas Companion 486 pages | 211 b/w illustrations | What You Need to Know About Constellations Springer Philip M Bagnall Pbk | 2012 | 9781461408291 | Conventional star atlases are great for locating constellations and individual stars but "The Star #198263A | £40.99 Add to basket Atlas Companion" goes one step further and describes the physical properties ....

The Story of Earth 320 pages | Viking The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet Hbk | 2012 | 9780670023554 | Robert M Hazen #198207A | £22.50 Add to basket Earth evolves. From first atom to molecule, mineral to magma, granite crust to single cell to verdant living landscape, ours is a planet constantly in flux. In this radical ....

Treasures of the Southern Sky 220 pages | 148 colour illustrations | Robert Gendler, Lars Lindberg Christensen and David Malin Springer This coffee-table book depicts famous features of the southern sky, such as the Magellanic Hbk | 2011 | 9781461406273 | Clouds and the Tarantula Nebula, as well as the brilliant star cluster Pismis .... #198334A | Normally £40.99 NHBS OFFER PRICE: £34.99

Vesuvius 224 pages | illus | Profile Books Gillian Darley Hbk | 2011 | 9781846683176 | Volcanoes continue to grab our imagination--and Vesuvius is the most famous of them all. #188106A | £15.99 Add to basket There have been nearly thirty major eruptions since AD 79, but none has matched the .... Pbk | 2012 | 9781846683183 | #198416A | £8.99 Add to basket

Why is the Penis Shaped Like That? 320 pages | Farrar, Straus & Giroux And Other Reflections on Being Human Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9780374532925 | Jesse Bering #198375A | £11.99 Add to basket Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does "free will" really exist? ....

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2052 304 pages | Chelsea Green A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781603584210 | Jorgen Randers #198485A | £19.99 Add to basket Forty years ago, "The Limits to Growth" study addressed the grand question of how humans would adapt to the physical limitations of planet Earth. It predicted that during the ....

Beekeeping Equipment (Caveat Emptor) 53 pages | Northern Bee Books A Monograph for the Initiated and Uninitiated Pbk | | #198324A | £12.50 Add to John D Yates basket A second, updated edition of a monograph for the initiated and the uninitiated on the strengths and weaknesses of current bee hive design. The author, John Yates is a much ....

Beekeeping for All 154 pages | Northern Bee Books Abbé Warré Pbk | | #198325A | £14.50 Add to This book describes the development, construction and operation of the "People's Hive" of Abbe basket Emile Warre. The original "L'Apiculture Pour Tous" ran to twelve editions in ....

Can Animals Be Moral? 288 pages | OUP Mark Rowlands Hbk | NYP 11/2012 | 9780199842001 | Can animals act for moral reasons? Philosophical tradition answers, almost univocally, "no." #197369A | £18.99 Add to basket Recent work in cognitive ethology, however, points in the other direction. ....

Ciferae 320 pages | 112 b/w photos | Minnesota A Bestiary in Five Fingers UP Tom Tyler Hbk | 2012 | 9780816665433 | The Greek philosopher Protagoras, in the opening words of his lost book Truth, famously #198331A | £67.50 Add to basket asserted, "Man is the measure of all things." This contention--that humanity cannot know .... Pbk | 2012 | 9780816665440 | #198330A | £22.50 Add to basket

Control of Varroa 181 pages | Northern Bee Books A Guide for New Zealand Beekeepers 2007 | 9780473123925 | #198323A | Mark Goodwin and Michelle Taylor £20.50 Add to basket This revised edition is based on the original 2001 version of the manual and draws upon the authors seven years experience of managing varroa in New Zealand. Mark led the ....

Cooler, Smarter 328 pages | 34 illustrations, 2 tables | Practical Steps for Low-carbon Living Island Press Union of Concerned Scientists Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781610911924 | How can each of us live "Cooler Smarter"? While the routine decisions that shape our days-- #198537A | £13.99 Add to basket what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work--may seem small, ....

Disease Resistance in Wheat 336 pages | 17 illustrations | CABI Edited by Indu Sharma Hbk | 2012 | 9781845938185 | Disease resistance is one of the major factors that can be improved to sustain yield potential in #198243A | £95.00 Add to basket cultivated crops. This book looks at disease resistance in wheat, ....

Ecological Limits and Economic Development 424 pages | OUP Edited by Ramprasad Sengupta Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9780198081654 | This book presents a comprehensive coverage of the role of ecological constraints in limiting the #197318A | £44.99 Add to basket availability of natural resources for economic development. It discusses in ....

The Economics of Fisheries Management 248 pages | 38 illustrations, 11 tables | Trond Bjorndal and Gordon Munro OUP Over the past several decades there has been increasing interest in, and concern about, the Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9780199576753 | economics of the world's capture fishery resources. Massive amounts of resource rent .... #196879A | £50.00 Add to basket

Embedded Sustainability 269 pages | illustrations | Stanford UP The Next Big Competitive Advantage Hbk | 2011 | 9780804775540 | Chris Laszlo and Nadya Zhexembayeva #198490A | £29.99 Add to basket We are in the midst of a sea-change. In years past, corporate social responsibility may have been seen as a feather in a corporation's cap but, today, ecological and social ....

Environmental Justice 500 pages | ELI Legal Theory and Practice Pbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9781585761593 | Barry E Hill #198424A | £57.00 Add to basket This revised and updated edition of "Environmental Justice" addresses the legal and social aspects of this important and rapidly evolving field, as well as its relation to ....

Essentials of Environmental Management 309 pages | b/w illustrations, tables | Paul Hyde and Paul Reeve IOSH "Essentials of Environmental Management" provides a comprehensive introduction to the Pbk | 2011 | 9780901357489 | management of environmental issues. Clearly structured and illustrated, the book .... #198534A | £46.50 Add to basket

Farm Incomes, Wealth and Agricultural Policy 336 pages | illustrations, tables | CABI Berkeley Hill Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781845938475 | The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been supporting the incomes of the European #198208A | £95.00 Add to basket Union's agricultural community for half a century. Despite this, there is still no ....

Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Bananas 350 pages | 4 colour & 24 b/w Edited by Michael Pillay, George Ude and Chittaranjan Kole illustrations | Science Publishers/Enfield This book is to gathers, in one volume, the latest information on the genomic researches of Hbk | 2012 | 9781578087884 | Musa. A group of leading experts in Musa genetics, genomics and breeding contributed .... #198573A | £76.99 Add to basket

Globalization: Effects on Fisheries Resources 568 pages | 44 line diagrams, 4 colour Edited by William W Taylor, Michael G Schechter and Lois G Wolfson plates, 26 tables | CUP Globalization is a multidimensional issue, and its impacts on world resources cross and Hbk | 2007 | 9780521875936 | integrate environmental, economic, political and cultural boundaries. Over the last few .... #166181A | £85.00 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 08/2012 | 9781107406605 | #198390A | £42.99 Add to basket

Green Energy from Solid Waste 350 pages | Wiley A Practical Guide Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781118028704 | Ramanathan Somasundaram #198152A | £66.95 Add to basket This book provides a clear understanding of the available technologies for waste-to-energy power generation plants. Filled with practical examples, illustrations, ....

A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World 242 pages | colour illustrations | RSC John Emsley Hbk | 2010 | 9781847558626 | This book explains to the general reader the roles of chemistry in various areas of life ranging #198252A | £18.99 Add to basket from the entirely personal to the worryingly global. These roles are currently ....

Herbs 168 pages | 37 colour & 30 b/w A Global History illustrations | Reaktion Books Gary Allen Hbk | 2012 | 9781861899255 | You can't make pesto alla Genovese without basil or a Mojito without mint. You can use #198436A | £9.99 Add to basket peppermint to settle an upset stomach, ease arthritis pain with stinging nettles, and ....

Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China 156 pages | IUCN Edited by Ian Hannam and Du Qun Pbk | 2012 | 9782831710846 | Dryland zones of western China cover approximately 40 percent of the country, and contain #198205A | £27.99 Add to basket some of the most severely degraded land within the country and in the world. ....

Life, Fish and Mangroves 194 pages | Ottawa UP Resource Governance in Coastal Cambodia Pbk | 2012 | 9780776607726 | Melissa Marschke #198420A | £19.99 Add to basket In "Life, Fish and Mangroves", Melissa Marschke explores the potential of resource governance, offering a case study of resource-dependent village life. Following six ....

Living Cruelty Free 192 pages | Greatest Guides Limited Live A More Compassionate Lifestyle Pbk | 2012 | 9781907906220 | Jennifer Thomson #198418A | £9.99 Add to basket "Living Cruelty Free" offers tips and advice on how we can be kinder to animals and each other and live a kinder life. ....

The Molecular Basis of Nutrient Use Efficiency in Crops 512 pages | illustrations | Wiley Malcolm J Hawkesford and Peter Barraclough Hbk | 2011 | 9780813819921 | Efforts to increase efficient nutrient use by crops are of growing importance as the global #198237A | £130.00 Add to basket demand for food, fibre and fuel increases and competition for resources ....

Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras 256 pages | illustrations | Virginia UP Essays on Animals and History Hbk | 2010 | 9780813930602 | Harriet Ritvo #198173A | £34.50 Add to basket Over the past two decades, Harriet Ritvo has established herself as a leading scholar in animal studies and one of those most responsible for establishing this field of study as ....

The Olympic Games and the Environment 224 pages | Palgrave John Karamichas Hbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9780230228610 | This book examines the environmental credentials of Olympic Host cities and the opportunities #198415A | £55.00 Add to basket afforded by hosting the Games towards the ecological modernization of the ....

A Practical Manual of Beekeeping 304 pages | illustrations | How To Books How to Keep Bees and Develop Your Full Potential as an Apiarist Pbk | 2008 | 9781905862238 | David Cramp #198345A | £14.99 Add to basket A fascinating hobby; a remunerative business; or a globetrotting career? Which type of beekeeper do you want to be? It is entirely up to you: beekeeping can provide it all. ....

Pricing Water Resources and Water and Sanitation Services 103 pages | black & white illustrations | OECD Publishing OECD In both OECD and non-OECD countries the water sector is facing the challenges of increased Pbk | 2010 | 9789264083462 | competition for water resources, deteriorating water quality, and the effects .... #198494A | £21.99 Add to basket

Reflections on Beekeeping 66 pages | b/w illustrations | Northern W S Robson Bee Books This small book is not at all like other bee books. It is the distillation of the knowledge gained Pbk | 2011 | 9781904846826 | by Willie and his father Selby over very many years and that also that .... #198326A | £12.99 Add to basket

Reshaping Environments 356 pages | 12 colour & 83 b/w An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World illustrations | CUP Edited by Helena Bender Pbk | NYP 07/2012 | 9781107688667 | "Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World" #198392A | £50.00 Add to basket draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban ....

Soil Management 430 pages | colour illustrations | ASA Building a Stable Base for Agriculture Hbk | 2011 | 9780891188537 | Edited by Jerry L Hatfield and Thomas J Sauer #198302A | £123.00 Add to basket Degradation of soils continues at a pace that will eventually create a local, regional, or even global crisis when diminished soil resources collide with increasing climate ....

Sustainable Green Design and the Fire Service 250 pages | illustrations | Cengage A Fire Chief's Perspective Learning Ronald R Spadafora Pbk | 2012 | 9781111127343 | 'Going green' with new construction or adding green features to existing structures is excellent #198273A | £16.99 Add to basket for the environment but it can pose challenges to the fire service. Written ....

Sustainable Livestock Management For Poverty Alleviation and Food 208 pages | CABI Security Hbk | 2012 | 9781845938277 | #198229A | £75.00 Add to basket Katrien van't Hooft, Terry S Wollen and DP Bhandari Good animal husbandry practices and animal health are vital for people living in poorer countries. This practical learning manual is a realistic guide for those who are ....

The Three Levels of Sustainability 408 pages | Greenleaf Elena Cavagnaro and George Curiel Pbk | 2012 | 9781906093686 | This book aims to provide the missing link in current debates around sustainability. The role of #198496A | £21.99 Add to basket business, governments, NGOS and multilateral institutions are widely covered and ....

Toward Sustainable Communities 288 pages | colour photos, 200 colour Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments illustrations | New Society Mark Roseland Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9780865717114 | Sustainable communities are our greatest hope for meeting the intertwined ecological, #198497A | £29.50 Add to basket economic and social challenges facing us. This completely revised fourth edition of the ....

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Analysis of Generalized Linear Mixed Models in the Agricultural and 283 pages | ASA Natural Resources Sciences Hbk | 2012 | 9780891181828 | #198300A | £94.00 Add to basket EE Gbur, WW Stroup, KS McCarter, S Durham and LJ Young "Generalized Linear Mixed Models in the Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences" provides readers with an understanding and appreciation for the design and analysis of ....

Citizen Science 288 pages | 5 b/w photos, 26 Public Participation in Environmental Research illustrations, 3 maps, 6 tables | Cornell Richard Louv, Janis L Dickinson, Rick Bonney and John W Fitzpatrick UP Citizen science enlists members of the public to make and record useful observations, such as Hbk | 2012 | 9780801449116 | counting birds in their backyards, watching for the first budding leaf in .... #198339A | £30.95 Add to basket

A First Course in Systems Biology 496 pages | 50 colour illustrations, 250 Eberhard O Voit colour line drawings | Taylor & Francis "A First Course in Systems Biology" is a textbook designed for advanced undergraduate and Pbk | 2012 | 9780815344674 | graduate students. Its main focus is the development of computational models and .... #198322A | £43.99 Add to basket

Guidebook to R Graphics Using Microsoft Windows 263 pages | b/w illustrations | Wiley Kunio Takezawa Pbk | 2012 | 9781118026397 | Due to its flexibility and availability, R has become the computing software of choice for #198153A | £46.95 Add to basket statistical computing and generating graphics across various fields of research. ....

Mass Spectrometry in Structural Biology and Biophysics 316 pages | illustrations | Wiley Architecture, Dynamics and Interaction of Biomolecules Hbk | 2012 | 9780470937792 | Igor A Kaltashov, Stephen J Eyles, Dominic M Desiderio and Nico Nibbering #198282A | £93.50 Add to basket The use of mass spectrometry (MS) to study the architecture and dynamics of proteins is increasingly common within the biophysical community, and "Mass Spectrometry in ....

Qualitative Research 424 pages | Routledge The essential guide to theory and practice Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9780415674799 | Maggi Savin-Baden and Clair Howell Major #198472A | £90.00 Add to basket "Qualitative Research: The Essential Guide to Theory and Practice" provides a one-stop Pbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9780415674782 | resource for all those approaching qualitative research for the first time, as well as .... #198471A | £26.99 Add to basket

Reliability in Scientific Research 610 pages | 64 b/w illustrations, 8 Improving the Dependability of Measurements, Calculations, Equipment, and tables | CUP Software Hbk | 2011 | 9780521857703 | IR Walker #198245A | £44.99 Add to basket Covering many techniques widely used in research, this book will help researchers in the physical sciences and engineering solve troublesome--and potentially very time ....

Research Methods for Science 227 pages | 68 b/w illustrations, 34 Michael P Marder tables | CUP A unique introduction to the design, analysis, and presentation of scientific projects, this is an Pbk | 2011 | 9780521145848 | essential textbook for undergraduate majors in science and mathematics. The .... #198248A | £20.99 Add to basket

A Student's Guide to Data and Error Analysis 225 pages | 47 b/w illustrations, 12 Herman JC Berendsen tables | CUP All students taking laboratory courses within the physical sciences and engineering will benefit Hbk | 2011 | 9780521119405 | from this 2011 book, whilst researchers will find it an invaluable reference. .... #198246A | £50.00 Add to basket Pbk | 2011 | 9780521134927 | #198247A | £18.99 Add to basket

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Developing Research Proposals 160 pages | Sage Pam Denicolo and Lucinda Becker Hbk | 2012 | 9780857028655 | Writing a research proposal is one of the most important tasks facing academics, researchers #198462A | £70.00 Add to basket and postgraduate students. Yet there is a good deal of misinformation and a .... Pbk | 2012 | 9780857028662 | #198461A | £18.99 Add to basket

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 2: Ba-Bl 930 pages | Bishen Singh Sudhir Chandra 2005 | 9788121104173 | #198112A | Volume 2 of the projected 20-volume series dealing with commemorative names of plant £126.00 Add to basket genera, aimed for completion by 2014-2016. It is hoped to cover a total of 15,000 to ....

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 3: Bo-Bz 934 pages | Bishen Singh Sudhir Chandra 2006 | 9788121105385 | #198113A | Volume 3 of the projected 20-volume series dealing with commemorative names of plant £116.00 Add to basket genera, aimed for completion by 2014-2016. It is hoped to cover a total of 15,000 to ....

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 4: Cabralea 872 pages | Bishen Singh to Cleveamorpha 2009 | #198114A | £116.00 Add to basket Sudhir Chandra Volume 4 of the projected 20-volume series dealing with commemorative names of plant genera, aimed for completion by 2014-2016. It is hoped to cover a total of 15,000 to ....

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 5: 778 pages | Bishen Singh Clevelandina to Czernya 2009 | #198115A | £116.00 Add to basket Sudhir Chandra Volume 5 of the projected 20-volume series dealing with commemorative names of plant genera, aimed for completion by 2014-2016. It is hoped to cover a total of 15,000 to ....

Great Jobs for Environmental Studies Majors 192 pages | McGraw Hill Julie DeGalan and Bryon Middlekauff Pbk | 2008 | 9780071493154 | You've worked hard for that environmental studies degree. Now what? Sometimes the choice of #198506A | £15.99 Add to basket careers can seem endless; the most difficult part of a job search is narrowing down ....

How to Prepare a Scientific Doctoral Dissertation Based on Research 144 pages | 40 b/w illustrations, 2 Articles tables | CUP Pbk | NYP 09/2012 | 9781107669048 | Björn Gustavii #198391A | £14.99 Add to basket The article-based thesis is becoming increasingly common, especially in the 'hard' sciences such as biology, medicine and technology, and is beginning to replace the ....

How to Succeed in College (While Really Trying) 192 pages | 1 b/w illustrations, 2 tables A Professor's Inside Advice | Chicago UP Jon B Gould Hbk | 2012 | 9780226304656 | After years of preparation and anticipation, many students arrive at college without any real #198155A | £26.99 Add to basket knowledge of the ins and outs of college life. They've been focused on finding the .... Pbk | 2012 | 9780226304663 | #198156A | £8.99 Add to basket

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper 330 pages | 27 b/w illustrations | CUP Robert A Day and Barbara Gastel Pbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781107670747 | An essential guide for succeeding in today's competitive environment, this book provides #198574A | £23.99 Add to basket beginning scientists and experienced researchers with practical advice on writing about ....

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals of the World 512 pages | 1800+ illustrations | An Expert Reference Guide to 840 Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals from Every Southwater Continent Pbk | 2012 | 9781780191089 | Tom Jackson #198366A | £11.99 Add to basket This is an expert reference guide to 840 amphibians, reptiles and mammals from every continent. It is a comprehensive encyclopedia of over 840 animals from North and South ....

Lab Dynamics 280 pages | illustrations | CSHL Management Skills for Scientists Hbk | NYP 06/2012 | 9781936113781 | Carl M Cohen and Suzanne L Cohen #198225A | £41.00 Add to basket "Lab Dynamics" is a unique guide to the interpersonal side of scientific research and management. The book provides practical solutions to some of the toughest problems that ....

Paint Your Career Green 208 pages | illustrations | Jist Works Get a Green Job Without Starting Over Pbk | 2011 | 9781593578596 | Stan Schatt and Michele Lobl #198510A | £10.99 Add to basket "Paint Your Career Green" is the only book that offers practical advice on how readers can transition rapidly to green careers. It specifically reveals how readers can take ....

Patent Strategy for Researchers and Research Managers 248 pages | Wiley H Jackson Knight Hbk | 2012 | 9780470057742 | As individuals and companies realise the importance of their inventions, issues surrounding #198470A | £55.00 Add to basket patent laws and practices are taking centre stage around the world. Patent .... Pbk | 2012 | 9780470057759 | #198469A | £27.50 Add to basket

Philip's Pocket World Atlas 144 pages | Maps throughout | Philip's The new edition "Philip's Pocket World Atlas" contains 96 pages of maps that are politically Pbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781849072427 | coloured to emphasize countries, towns and cities, as well as major .... #198559A | £4.99 Add to basket Hbk | 1996 | 9780540063802 | #058734A | £7.99 Add to basket

Philip's World Atlas 264 pages | colour maps | Philip's This information-packed paperback atlas has been fully revised and updated. With 96 pages of Hbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781849072366 | authoritative world maps, a comprehensive index, 69 city maps, and a thematic .... #198558A | £14.99 Add to basket Pbk | NYP 10/2012 | 9781849072373 | #198557A | £12.99 Add to basket

Publishing Journal Articles 160 pages | Sage Lucinda Becker and Pam Denicolo Hbk | 2012 | 9781446200629 | - How do I go about writing a journal article? - How do I maximise my chances of getting it #198465A | £70.00 Add to basket published in a top journal? .... Pbk | 2012 | 9781446200636 | #198464A | £18.99 Add to basket

Reading, Writing and Reasoning 304 pages | Open University Press A Guide for Students Pbk | 2011 | 9780335238873 | Gavin J Fairbairn and Christopher Winch #198250A | £19.99 Add to basket Many students find the 'step up' from school or college work to university study a challenge. The same is frequently true for those returning to study after time spent in ....

Stylish Academic Writing 240 pages | 2 b/w photos, 3 b/w Helen Sword illustrations | Harvard UP Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to Hbk | 2012 | 9780674064485 | academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and .... #198439A | £16.95 Add to basket