nhbs monthly catalogue new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2006/08 August 2006 www.nhbs.com [email protected] +44 (0)1803 865913

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Mammals Go to subject web page

The Black Bear Almanac 288 pages | Col illus | Lyons Press David Smith Hbk | 2006 | 1592289231 | #161502A | Ursus americanus, the American black bear, can be found from Canada to Mexico. More and £17.99 BUY more, bears are becoming a familiar sight, not only where human development encroaches ....

Bobcat 272 pages | 5 maps, 16 b/w photos, 16 Master of Survival color photos, 15 line illus | OUP Kevin Hansen Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0195183037 | Bobcat: Master of Survival tells the story of the most adaptable and resilient wild feline in the #161026A | £17.99 BUY world. While half the wild cat species worldwide are in danger, the ....

Cat 224 pages | 100 illustrations, 25 in Katharine M Rogers colour | Reaktion Books Part of the Reaktion's animal series, Cat traces the relationship between humans and the cat Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1861892926 | from its original domestication in ancient Egypt c. 2000 BC, where it .... #161032A | £12.95 BUY

Deer & Deer Parks of Lincolnshire Lincs NU Chris Manning Pbk | 2006 | #160957A | £24.50 BUY Current and historic details of Lincolnshire's deer, focusing on their landscape impact, particularly the creation and maintenance of parks. It includes a Gazetteer of the ....

Discovering Dolphins 48 pages | 43 colour photos | Colin Stephanie Nowacek and Douglas Nowacek Baxter Provides a fresh introduction to dolphins around the world. This book tells how they eat, Pbk | 2006 | 1841072885 | #161006A | communicate and survive in their different marine environments. It includes .... £5.00 BUY

Dolphins 96 pages | Col photos | Evans Mitchell Jonathan Bird Books Dolphins, perhaps like no other sea creatures, captivate and delight us. They are highly evolved Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1901268179 | and social animals, communicating with each other through their own language of .... #161494A | £9.99 BUY

Field Guide to Antelope of Southern Africa 124 pages | A5 size | WESSA KZN N Zaloumis and R Cross Pbk | 2005 | 1874975108 | #158715A | This book has been designed to slip into a pocket and, in addition to detailed descriptions of £19.50 BUY each species, carries information on distribution, preferred habitat, ....

Fox 224 pages | 100 illustrations, 25 in Martin Wallen colour | Reaktion Books Foxes live throughout the world in widely different habitats from forest to desert to the Arctic. Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1861892977 | What is surprising, though, is that scientists admit that very little is .... #161034A | £12.95 BUY

The King and I 256 pages | colour photos | Rupa & Co Travels in Tigerland Pbk | 2006 | 812910797X | #159971A | Prerna Singh Bindra £23.95 BUY A travelogue celebrating the big cats in India. ....

Lemurs 460 pages | 78 illus | Springer Ecology and Adaptation Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 038734585X | Edited by Lisa Gould and ML Sauther #160637A | £88.50 BUY Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation brings together information from recent research, and provides new insight into the study of lemur origins, and the ecology and adaptation ....

Primate Anti-Predator Strategies 750 pages | 78 illus | Springer Edited by Sharon/Nekaris, Anna Gursky Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0387348077 | This volume details the different ways that nocturnal primates avoid predators. Anti-predator #160638A | £77.00 BUY strategies exhibited by nocturnal prosimians include: crypsis, alarm ....

Rhino 48 pages | col illus | Silver Jungle Joanna Skipwith Hbk | 2006 | 0955265215 | #161261A | Rhinos have inspired artists for many centuries, but as the images multiply, the real animals £9.99 BUY are dying out. These books combine information about the real animals as well as ....

The Soul of the Ape 192 pages | Human & Rousseau Eugene Marais Pbk | 2006 | 0798145927 | #035996A | This is a new edition of this important work which was first published in 1969, 33 years after £13.95 BUY Marais's death. Although he worked on this book during the last years of his life ....

Wolves 96 pages | Col photos | Evans Mitchell Art Wolfe Books There are probably more myths and legends about wolves than any other living creature. In Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1901268187 | fiction, they are most often portrayed as evil but in this book the authors set out, .... #161495A | £9.99 BUY

Wolves 448 pages | 32 col plates, illus, 73 tabs Behavior, Ecology and Conservation | Chicago UP Edited by L David Mech and Luigi Boitani Hbk | 2003 | 0226516962 | #142372A | The first systematic, comprehensive overview of wolf biology since 1970. Many of the world's £31.00 BUY leading experts provide up-to-date coverage of topics including: wolf social .... Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0226516970 | #161055A | £19.00 BUY

Birds Go to subject web page

Aves Acuaticas en los Humedales de Cuba 178 pages | Col photos, maps | BirdLife L Magica, D Denis, M Acosta, A Jimenez and A Rodriguez International Este libro, informativo y ameno, con hermosas ilustraciones, fotografias y pinturas, introduce al Hbk | 2006 | 9590504078 | #161540A | publico en el maravilloso mundo de las aves acuaticas y sus habitat, asi .... £14.99 BUY

Bird Song in the Antarctic, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands Mandarin Productions 23 Songs / calls of Birds plus Southern Elephant Seals and a colony of King Penguins. These CD | 2006 | #161465A | £7.65 BUY recordings were made in December 2004 and represent just some of the birds that ....

Birding in Eastern Europe 288 pages | illus | WildSounds Gerard Gorman Pbk | 2006 | #161040A | £19.99 BUY This guide covers the best birding sites in eleven eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia ....

The Birds of Essex 512 pages | Line drawings, maps, tabs, Simon Wood 32 col plates | A & C Black "The County Avifaunas" are a growing series giving full details of the status and range of every Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 071366939X | species recorded in the county in question. Each title covers all species on .... #161080A | £40.00 BUY

Birds of Surrey Surrey BC Jeffery Wheatley Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | #160569A | A comprehensive account of the status, distribution and history of birds in Surrey, based on £35.00 BUY many years of research and fieldwork. This is a County Avifauna which is ....

Compact Guide to Colorado Birds Lone Pine Michael Roedel and Gregory Kennedy Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 9768200227 | #161285A | £8.50 BUY

Compact Guide to Indiana Birds Lone Pine Gregory Kennedy and Ken Brock Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 9768200278 | #161286A | £8.50 BUY

Compact Guide to Kansas Birds Lone Pine Ted Cable and Gregory Kennedy Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 9768200251 | #161288A | £8.50 BUY

Compact Guide to New Jersey Birds Lone Pine Paul Lehman and Kennedy Gregory Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 9768200243 | #161289A | £8.50 BUY

Compact Guide to Oklahoma Birds Lone Pine Ted Cable and Gregory Kennedy Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 9768200235 | #161290A | £8.50 BUY

Compact Guide to South Carolina Birds Lone Pine Curtis Smalling and Gregory Kennedy Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 976820026X | #161291A | £8.50 BUY

Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice 352 pages | 79 illus | OUP An integrated approach Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0198569998 | Edited by Ken A Otter #160985A | £55.00 BUY Chickadees and titmice are among the most popular birds in North America, due in large part to their readiness to use bird feeders, to nest in urban gardens, and even to be ....

Flightless Birds 264 pages | 16 col photos, b/w illus | Clive Roots Greenwood Press Covers the loss of flight in birds, both permanently after years of evolution, and temporarily as Hbk | 2006 | 0313335451 | #161497A | a result of unusual moulting behaviour, and those species that are in .... £36.99 BUY

Important Bird Areas in Fiji 66 pages | 50 Col photos, 14 tabs, 17 Conserving Fiji's Natural Heritage maps | BirdLife International Edited by Vilikesa T Masibalavu and Guy Dutson Pbk | 2006 | 9829101013 | #161537A | This book describes the 14 sites in Fiji which are of global importance for bird conservation. £15.00 BUY These Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are priorities for conserving the ....

Important Bird Areas of the Falkland Islands 160 pages | colour photos, distribution Falklands Conservation maps, tables | Falklands Conservation The book describes 22 sites in the Falklands, which are of global importance for bird Pbk | 2006 | 0953837165 | #161008A | conservation. These Important Bird Areas are priorities for conserving the natural .... £10.00 BUY

Manx Bird Atlas 416 pages | 20 colour plates, 158 line Chris Sharpe drawings, 555 maps | Liverpool UP The Manx Bird Atlas project was established to undertake the first comprehensive survey of all Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1846310393 | bird species to be found on the Island of Man during both the winter and .... #161068A | £60.00 BUY

Migrating Raptors of the World 344 pages | 16 color plates, 10 Their Ecology and Conservation halftones, 19 tables, 10 charts/graphs, Keith L Bildstein 12 maps | Comstock Many raptors, the hawks, eagles, and falcons of the world, migrate over long distances, often in Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 080144179X | impressively large numbers. Many avoid crossing wide expanses of water and .... #161081A | £19.95 BUY

Peacock 224 pages | 100 illustrations, 45 in Christine E Jackson colour | Reaktion Books People in most countries are familiar with the blue peacock. It is one of the very few bird Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1861892934 | species that will tolerate a person standing within a few feet of it, and appears .... #161035A | £12.95 BUY

Philip's Photographic Guide to Birds of the World 384 pages | 1300 photos, 150 artworks Edited by Andrew Gosler and maps | Philip's "Philip's Photographic Guide to Birds of the World" features 1,300 individual bird species, Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0540089680 | making it the most comprehensive single-volume photographic collection of birds .... #160969A | £25.00 BUY

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and East Asia 512 pages | 800 col photos | A & C Black Tadao Shimba Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0713674393 | Despite its rich avifauna and popularity with tourists, Japan has long been lacking a good #161077A | £24.99 BUY English-language field guide. This new photographic guide will be the first book to ....

The Pocket Guide to Scilly Birds 128 pages | colour photos | Post Box Nigel Hudson and Danni Borrett Publications A photographic guide to the birds of the Scilly Isles, which boast the largest list of species for Hbk | 2006 | 0955343003 | #161004A | any location in Europe. This book covers 104 of the most common species, .... £7.99 BUY

Polish Bird Festival: May 2006 Mandarin Productions This CD is a representative of some of the 220 plus birds which can be seen and heard during CD | 2006 | #161551A | £7.65 BUY the Polish Bird Festival. It is held annually in May and for many years ....

Sixth European Woodcock and Snipe Workshop 25-27 November 2003, 114 pages | Figs, tabs | Wetlands Nantes, France International Pbk | 2006 | 9058820270 | #158202A | Proceedings of an International Symposium of the WI Woodcock and Snipe Specialist £15.00 BUY Group, Edited by Y Ferrand This volume contains 16 papers covering topics such as breeding biology, ecology, behaviour, population dynamics, monitoring and hunting bags.The papers focus on Woodcock ....

Tony Soper's Bird Table Book 192 pages | B/w illus | David & Charles The Complete Guide to Attracting Birds and Other Wildlife to Your Garden Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0715324136 | Tony Soper #161491A | £16.99 BUY All-new edition of this classic work, with completely revised text and brand new illustrations. This book covers everything you need to know about attracting wild birds ....

Reptiles & Amphibians Go to subject web page

Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union, Volume 168 pages | Graphs, tables, 14 colour 10: The Amphibians of Belarus plates | Pensoft Pbk | 2006 | 9546422614 | #160547A | SM Drobenkov, RV Novitsky, LV Kosova, KK Ryzhevich and MM Pikulik £39.95 BUY This book summarizes the results of a long-term investigation of amphibian distribution, ecology and morphology in the Republic of Belarus. For all amphibian species, Triturus ....

Biology of Turtles 448 pages | 200 illus | CRC Press From Structures to Strategies of Life Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0849333393 | Edited by Jeanette Wyneken, Vincent Bels and Matthew H Godfrey #159406A | £85.00 BUY Presents the morphology, physiology, and behavior of both freshwater and marine turtles. It explores life histories along with ecological strategies of adaptation, examines ....

Fauna Sinica: Amphibia, Volume 1: General Account of Amphibia: 479 pages | Science Press Gymnophiona and Urodela Hbk | 2006 | #158152A | £37.50 BUY Fei Liang

Frogs and Other Amphibians 192 pages | 120 col illus | Antique Paul Starosta and Teddy Moncuit Collectors Features colour photographs of frogs and amphibians of various shapes, sizes and colours. .... Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1905377053 | #161507A | £27.50 BUY

Reptiles and Amphibians of Canada Lone Pine Chris C Fisher Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1551052792 | #161300A | £9.50 BUY

Turtles of the World 416 pages | 300 color photographs, 320 Franck Bonin, Bernard Devaux and Alain Dupré color maps | Christopher Helm From the familiar painted turtle basking on a log to the majestic long-lived giant tortoises, Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0713682353 | turtles are among the most fascinating animals on the planet. For many years .... #160133A | £35.00 BUY

Fishes Go to subject web page

Action Plan for the Conservation of Sturgeons (Acipenseridae) in the 121 pages | Council of Europe Danube River Basin 2006 | 9287159920 | #160988A | £12.95 BUY J Bloesch et al Six species of sturgeons are native to the Danube River Basin. The need for conservation action is urgent, given that recent observations in the Lower Danube indicate that all ....

Discovering Sharks 48 pages | 43 colour photos | Colin Jeffrey C Carrier Baxter Sharks are greatly misunderstood creatures. Yet, the lifestyles of these supreme predators at Pbk | 2006 | 1841072893 | #161007A | the top of the ocean food chain is an amazing success story. This work .... £5.00 BUY

Salmon 224 pages | 100 illustrations, 25 in Peter Coates colour | Reaktion Books Every year, wild salmon travel hundreds of miles upstream. They fight fierce river currents, Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1861892950 | leap over rocks and small waterfalls, and die by the thousands of starvation, .... #161036A | £12.95 BUY

Invertebrates Go to subject web page

Allpet Roaches: Care and Identification Handbook for the Pet and 44 pages | Col & b/w illus | Elytra and Feeder Cockroaches Antenna Pbk | 2000 | 0971912912 | #160584A | R Willis and Orin McMonigle £10.95 BUY

Atlas of Crayfish in Europe Paris MNHN Edited by C Souty-Grosset, DM Holdich, Noel. PY, JD Reynolds and P Haffner Pbk | 2006 | 2856535798 | #161027A | Crayfish are important as part of our natural heritage and represent key elements in freshwater £28.95 BUY ecosystems. Their conservation favours the protection of the aquatic ....

The Butterflies and Moths of Lincolnshire Lincs NU Species review to 2004 Pbk | 2006 | #160956A | £19.95 BUY Edited by Colin Smith A review of the current known status of the Butterflies and Moths of Lincolnshire giving details of latest records for the more unusual species. There are vice-county tables for ....

The Complete Guide to Rearing Flower and Jewel Scarabs 44 pages | B/w photos | Elytra and Orin McMonigle Antenna Pbk | 2006 | 097191298X | #160583A | £10.50 BUY

Complete Guide to Rearing the Elephant Stag Beetle 44 pages | Col & b/w illus | Elytra and Orin McMonigle Antenna Rearing techniques for stags from around the world with emphasis on Lucanus elephus. .... Pbk | 2004 | 0971912041 | #160582A | £10.50 BUY

Esperiana Memoir, Volume 1: The Lepidoptera of the Brandenberg 362 pages | Photos, drawings, plates | Massif in Namibia, Part 1 Hermann H. Hacker - Esperiana Hbk | 2004 | 3938249005 | #161403A | Edited by Wolfram Mey £75.00 BUY

Esperiana Memoir, Volume 2 Hypotacha Hampson, 1913, Audea Walker, 220 pages | plates, maps, drawings | (1858) 1857 und Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 1860 (Lepidoptera, Hermann H. Hacker - Esperiana Hbk | 2005 | 3938249021 | #161404A | Noctuidae, Catocalinae) £59.00 BUY Revision und Phylogenie der Gattungsgruppe Crypsotidia Rothschild, 1901, Tachosa Walker, 1869, Lars Kühne

Esperiana, Volume 12: Insect-Fauna of Yemen, Part 4 410 pages | Hermann H. Hacker - Edited by Hermann H Hacker Esperiana NYP 09/2006 | 3938249048 | #161569A | £119.00 BUY

Faune des Carabidae de Turquie 150 pages | 18 colour plates | Pierfranco Cavazzuti Magellanes Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 2911545893 | #161575A | £46.50 BUY

Fly 224 pages | 100 illustrations, 25 in Steven Connor colour | Reaktion Books Few creatures live in such close and intimate contact with human beings as flies. As `the Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1861892942 | constant, immemorial witnesses to the human comedy', flies accompany human beings .... #161033A | £12.95 BUY

Forest Entomology in East Africa 350 pages | Springer Forest Insects of Tanzania Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1402046545 | Hans G Schabel #161016A | £100.00 BUY East African forests, among the world's most biologically rich and diverse, are subject to multiple pressures, including insects. As the first work to focus exclusively on East ....

Fulgoridae 1, Supplement 1 23 pages | coour plates | Hillside Books Nouveaux Fulgoridae Neotropicaux / New Neotropical Fulgoridae Pbk | 2004 | 1903237262 | #160562A | Patrick Bleuzen and Thierry Porion £24.95 BUY

Fulgoridae 2, Supplement 1 15 pages | colour plates | Hillside Books Nouveaux fulgoridae d'Asie du Sud-Est / New fulgoridae from South-East Asia Pbk | 2002 | 1903237128 | #160560A | Shinji Nagai and Thierry Porion £24.95 BUY

Fulgoridae 2, Supplement 2 14 pages | colour plates | Hillside Books Nouveaux fulgoridae d'Asie du Sud-Est / New fulgoridae from South-East Asia Pbk | 2004 | 1903237254 | #160568A | Shinji Nagai and Thierry Porion £42.50 BUY

Le Genre Ceroglossus 180 pages | 24 colour plates | Eric Jiroux Magellanes Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 2911545907 | #161576A | £51.50 BUY

The Insects: Structure, Function and Biodiversity 821 pages | line drawings | Kalyani Dunston P Ambrose Hbk | 2004 | 8127218537 | #158742A | £32.50 BUY

An Introduction to the Invertebrates 355 pages | 96 line illus, figs | CUP Janet Moore Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0521857368 | So much has to be crammed into today's biology courses that basic information on animal #161019A | £60.00 BUY groups and their evolutionary origins is often left out. This is particularly true for .... Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0521674069 | #161020A | £23.99 BUY

Longhorn Beetles of the Amazon - Volume 1 125 pages | Col illus | Wako Yosho- Hisayasu Arai Hanbai K.K Fine colour illustrations with species names. .... Hbk | 2005 | #160288A | £64.00 BUY

Memoires Entomoloqiques 348 pages | col photos | Pensoft Paramemoires d'un Timarchophile Pbk | 2006 | 9546422649 | #161482A | P Jolivet £22.50 BUY Autobiography of the famous naturalist, traveller and professional entomologist Pierre Jolivet from the National Museum of Natural History, Paris. ....

The Molluscs 445 pages | 101 illus | Universal A Guide to their Study, Collection, and Preservation Publishers Edited by C Sturm, T Pearce and A Valdes Pbk | 2006 | 1581129300 | #161279A | Mollusks have been important to humans since our earliest days. Initially, when humans were £34.50 BUY primarily interested in what they could eat or use, mollusks were important as ....

The Soul of the White Ant 160 pages | Human & Rousseau Eugene Marais Pbk | 2006 | 0798145935 | #144244A | In his fascinating investigations into the psyche of the ants, their strangely rich inherited £18.50 BUY memory of instinct, Marais makes challenging assertions about the group soul ....

Palaeontology Go to subject web page

Early-Middle Pleistocene Transitions: The Land-Ocean Evidence 326 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | Edited by MJ Head and PL Gibbard Geological Society The Early-Middle Pleistocene transition (around 1.2 to 0.5 Ma) marks a profound shift in Earth's Hbk | 2005 | 1862391815 | #161328A | climate state. Low-amplitude 41 ka climate cycles, dominating the earlier part .... £103.00 BUY

Out of Thin Air 320 pages | Joseph Henry Press Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0309100615 | Peter Ward #161246A | £16.99 BUY For 65 million years dinosaurs ruled the Earth until a deadly asteroid forced their extinction. But what accounts for the incredible longevity of dinosaurs? A renowned ....

Plants, People and Places 272 pages | 200 b/w illus | Oxbow Recent Studies in Phytolithic Analysis Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 184217245X | M Madella and D Zurro #161278A | £75.00 BUY Phytoliths - rigid microscopic bodies that occur in most plant species - have gone a long way since that day when Darwin became curious about a fine powder deposited on the ....

Marine & Freshwater Biology Go to subject web page

Aquatic Oligochaete Biology IX: Selected Papers from the 9th 222 pages | Springer Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, 6-10 October 2003, Wageningen, Hbk | 2006 | 1402047819 | #161387A | £104.00 BUY The Netherlands Edited by P F Verdonschot, H Wang, A Pinders and R Nijboer This volume contains selected papers from the 9th Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, 6-10 October 2003, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 18 contributions deal with the biology of ....

A Diver's Guide to Reef Life 478 pages | 1400 colour photos | Andrea Ferrari and Antonella Ferrari Nautilus A Diver's Guide to Reef Life is set to become the indispensable companion for reef divers Hbk | 2006 | 9832731011 | #157732A | wishing to identify, photograph or learn about the myriad of fascinating .... £30.00 BUY

Ocean 512 pages | Col illus | Dorling Kindersley Robert Dinwiddie, Philip Eales and Fabien Cousteau Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1405312920 | Explore the last wilderness left on Earth. From mangrove swamp to ocean floor, mollusc to #161515A | £30.00 BUY manatee, Atlantic Conveyer to Hurricane Katrina, unravel the mysteries of the sea. ....

Sea Creatures Guide Book Turkish Marine Research Bayram Ozturk | #157846A | £13.95 BUY Sea Creatures Guide Book is the sixth book in an education series as part of TUDAV's Life Project. The book introduces 160 species including sea mammals and sea turtles. ....

General Natural History Go to subject web page

After Eden 184 pages | 9 illus, 2 maps | Duke UP The Evolution of Human Domination Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0822338858 | Kirkpatrick Sale #161532A | £52.00 BUY When did the human species turn against the planet that we depend on for survival? Human Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0822339382 | industry and consumption of resources have altered the climate, polluted water and soil, .... #161533A | £12.99 BUY

Bill Ricker: An Appreciation 154 pages | Springer Edited by David L Noakes Hbk | 2006 | 140204707X | #161384A | This book is the first complete biography of one of the founders of fishery science, William £57.50 BUY Edwin (Bill) Ricker (1908 - 2001). Bill is immortalized in the Ricker Curve. He ....

The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture 200 pages | B/w illus | Chicago UP MF Robinson Hbk | 2006 | 0226721841 | #161201A | With chronological chapters featuring emblematic Arctic explorers - including Elisha Kent Kane, £25.00 BUY Charles Hall, and Robert Peary - this title reveals why the North Pole, a ....

The Countryman's Bedside Book 308 pages | B/w illus | Merlin Unwin BB Hbk | 2006 | 1873674945 | #161504A | Captures in words and wood engravings the wonders of English wildlife and countryside. This £18.95 BUY work includes essays on the purple emperor butterfly, a night fishing on the ....

Discovering the Great South Land 192 pages | 24 col photos, 36 b\w illus | B Heath Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd This is the story of the evolution of the sailing ships that gradually linked Australia to Europe. Pbk | 2005 | 1877058319 | #161234A | The book explains how the navigational problems of Australia's huge coastline .... £7.99 BUY

The Evolution of Death 256 pages | SUNY Press Why We Are Living Longer Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 079146945X | Stanley Shostak #161505A | £50.25 BUY Argues that death is not unchanging, but rather has evolved over time. .... Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0791469468 | #161506A | £16.75 BUY

Hawai'i's Pioneer Botanist Dr. William Hillebrand 134 pages | b&w photos | Bishop His Life and Letters Museum Press Ursula H Meier Hbk | 2005 | 1581780478 | #160319A | Dr. William Hillebrand (1849-1886) takes his place as one of the most influential foreigners in £19.95 BUY the Hawaiian Islands in this fascinating biography. Not only was Dr. ....

Hunger 288 pages | Basic Books An Unnatural History Hbk | 2005 | 0465071635 | #161484A | Sharman Apt Russell £13.99 BUY Every day, we wake up hungry. Every day, we break our fast. Hunger explores the range of this Pbk | 2006 | 0465071651 | #161485A | primal experience. Sharman Apt Russell, the highly acclaimed author of Anatomy of a .... £8.99 BUY

John Herschel's Cape Voyage: Private Science, Public Imagination and 225 pages | B/w illus | Gower the Ambitions of Empire Hbk | 2004 | 0754635589 | #161197A | £58.50 BUY S Ruskin Demonstrates the reason for Herschel's renown was due to the notion that his voyage was aligned with imperial ambition. It is the purpose of this book to make a case for the ....

Lavoisier in the Year One 256 pages | 8 illus | Norton The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution Pbk | 2006 | 0393328546 | #161059A | Madison Smartt Bell £8.99 BUY Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing a new terminology. Madison Smartt Bell's enthralling narrative ....

Life 304 pages | colour photos | Taschen A Journey Through Time Hbk | 2006 | 3822839949 | #161259A | Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom £29.99 BUY In the year 2000, world-renowned wildlife photographer Frans Lanting set out on a personal journey to photograph the evolution of life on earth. He made pilgrimages to ....

Murmurs of the Deep: Scientific Adventure in the Caribbean 239 pages | Col photos | Arcade Gilles Fonteneau Publishing Fonteneau describes his pursuit of three goals: measuring the tectonic plates of the Caribbean Hbk | 2006 | 1559707763 | #161214A | in order to help prevent a tsunami, studying the erosion of coral reefs and .... £16.95 BUY

Nature's Way 256 pages | David & Charles Lore, Legend, Fact and Fiction Hbk | 2006 | 0715324179 | #161492A | Ruth Binney £9.99 BUY A fascinating and absorbing miscellany of traditional wisdom, proverbial sayings and modern science that uncovers the truth behind many generations' worth of superstitions ....

Scientific Perspectivism 160 pages | 12 col plates, 29 line Ronald N. Giere drawings | Chicago UP Many people assume that the claims of scientists are objective truths. But historians, Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0226292126 | sociologists, and philosophers of science have long argued that scientific claims .... #161047A | £19.00 BUY

The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist 170 pages | 8 illus | Springer James Longuski Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0387308768 | This book translates "thinking like a rocket scientist" into every day thinking so it can be used #161478A | £15.50 BUY by anyone. It's short and snappy and written by a rocket scientist. The book ....

The Tilapia Trail b&w photos, colour photos | MPM The life story of a fish biologist 2006 | 0954559649 | #161005A | Ro Lowe-McConnell £23.50 BUY Rosemary McConnell was one of the early pioneers studying the ecology and evolution of the world's richest diversity of ....

Weak Links 392 pages | 52 illus | Springer Stabilizers of Complex Systems from Proteins to Social Networks Hbk | 2006 | 3540311513 | #161464A | Peter Csermely £38.50 BUY Why do women stabilize our societies? Why can we enjoy and understand Shakespeare? Why are fruitflies uniform? Why do omnivorous eating habits aid our survival? Why is Mona ....

White Nature 160 pages | 100 col illus | Antique Vincent Munier and Lysiane Ganousse Collectors Captures nature in a winter landscape. This work features photographs by three times winner of Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1905377045 | the Eric Hosking award for BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, who takes us .... #161508A | £25.00 BUY

Regional & Travel Go to subject web page

Alaska 392 pages | 38 illus, maps | Washington An American Colony UP Stephen Haycox Hbk | 2006 | 0295982497 | #161554A | Alaska has not evolved in a vacuum. It has been part of larger stories: the movement of Native £15.95 BUY peoples and their contact and accommodation to Western culture, the spread of .... Pbk | 2006 | 0295986298 | #161555A | £11.99 BUY

Animal Nation 272 pages | Washington UP The True Story of Animals and Australia Pbk | 2006 | 0868408905 | #161557A | Adrian Franklin £15.95 BUY Animal Nation traces the complex relationships between animals and humans in Australia. It starts with the colonial period, when unfamiliar native animals were hunted almost to ....

Below Freezing 116 pages | Col photos, maps | Wild A Dive Guide to Antarctica Guides LE Trotter Pbk | 2006 | #161018A | £19.95 BUY Below Freezing is the first and only dive guide to the Antarctic. Until recently the exclusive realm of scientific and military divers, this icy wilderness has become ....

Big Bend National Park 112 pages | 82 col photos, 1 map | Laurence Parent and Nick Patoski Texas UP Big Bend National Park is one of the few places left in America where a person can literally get Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0292714416 | away from it all. Nestled in the great bend of the Rio Grande that forms .... #161549A | £18.95 BUY

Bulgarian Antarctic Research, Life Sciences Volume 5 106 pages | Tabs, figs | Pensoft AV Golemansky and R Metcheva Pbk | 2006 | 9546422630 | #161343A | £31.50 BUY

Encyclopedia of the Antarctic 1248 pages | Routledge Edited by Beau Riffenburgh Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0415970245 | The Antarctic is unique, geographically, politically, and scientifically. It is the most remote, #161267A | £240.00 BUY hostile, and dangerous continent, while at the same time it is the most pristine ....

Jungle of the Maya 152 pages | 226 col photos | Texas UP Douglas Goodell Hbk | 2006 | 0292714122 | #161523A | The Selva Maya (Jungle of the Maya) is one of the world's most magical yet least appreciated £21.00 BUY places - an enormous tropical forest that encompasses much of Belize, ....

Mockingbird Songs 384 pages | 29 illus, 5 maps, notes, Ecological Landscape of the South index | North Carolina UP Jack Temple Kirby Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0807830577 | The American South is generally warmer, wetter, weedier, snakier, and more insect infested #161364A | £2.50 BUY and disease prone than other regions of the country. It is alluring to the ....

National Park, City Playground 224 pages | 24 illus, 2 maps | Mount Rainier in the Twentieth Century Washington UP Theodore R Catton Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0295986433 | The majestic beauty of Mount Rainier, which dominates the Seattle and Tacoma skyscapes, has #161550A | £11.99 BUY in many ways defined the Pacific Northwest. At the same time, those two major cities ....

The Natural History of Madagascar 1709 pages | 144 col plates, 59 illus, Edited by Steven M Goodman and Jonathan P Benstead 163 line illus, 254 tabs | Chicago UP Comprehensive, up-to-date account of this island nation's priceless biological treasures. Hbk | 2004 | 0226303063 | #136574A | Includes contributions by nearly 300 world-renowned experts covering the .... £54.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0226303071 | #161056A | £31.50 BUY

The Nature of Southwestern Colorado 480 pages | Col & b/w photos | Colorado Recognizing Human Legacies and Restoring Natural Places UP WL Baker and DD Paulson Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0870818481 | Two ecologist-geographers guide readers through southwestern Colorado, where mountains #161528A | £60.50 BUY meet red rock, detailing the area's ecology, human impacts, and current environmental ....

River of Renewal 288 pages | 40 photos, 3 maps | Myth and History in the Klamath Basin Washington UP Stephen Most Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0295986220 | A land of mountains, forests, wetlands, lakes, and rivers, the Klamath Basin spans the Oregon- #161553A | £14.99 BUY California state line. Farms and ranches, logging towns, and back-to-the-land ....

Scotland's Beginnings 64 pages | 120 col illus | NMSE Michael Taylor and Andrew Kitchener Publishing What would we have seen if we looked out over the landscape of Scotland at its very beginning, Pbk | 2006 | 1901663264 | #161510A | before the impact of mankind? What would it be like to swim in the Jurassic .... £5.99 BUY

Seashore of Southern California Lone Pine Ian Sheldon Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1551052326 | #161301A | £11.50 BUY

Secrets of the Savanna 230 pages | Col photos, maps | Twenty Three Years in the African Wilderness Unravelling the Mysteries of Elephants Houghton Mifflin and People Hbk | 2006 | 0395893100 | #161180A | M Owens and D Owens £18.95 BUY When the Owenses arrived at North Luangwa National Park in the mid-1980s, the park had been abandoned to poachers. Corrupt local officials, and even the scouts who were hired ....

Silent Fields 352 pages | b/w drawings | OUP The Long Decline of a Nation's Wildlife Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0198520719 | Roger Lovegrove #159154A | £25.00 BUY Since time immemorial mankind has taken it upon himself to wage war against nature -- against those species of birds and mammals which he believes conflict with his ....

Wild Scotland 169 pages | Col photos, maps | Luath The Essential Guide to the Best of Natural Scotland Press James McCarthy Pbk | 2005 | 1842820966 | #151267A | Describes the geology, landforms and wildlife of Scotland and what is being done to conserve £8.99 BUY Scottish habitats and species. ....

Botany & Plant Science Go to subject web page

Advances in Algal Biology: A Commemoration of the Work of Rex Lowe 249 pages | Springer Edited by R J Stevenson, Y Pan, J P Kociolek and J C Kingston Hbk | 2006 | 1402047827 | #161385A | Advances in Algal Biology: A Commemoration of the Work of Rex Lowe was written by students £100.00 BUY and colleagues of Rex Lowe to acknowledge his esteemed career that included ....

British Field Crops 80 pages | 153 b&w botanical line A Pocket Guide to the Identification, History and Uses of Traditional and Novel Arable drawings | Sally Francis Crops in Great Britain Pbk | 2005 | 0955046610 | #160955A | Sally A Francis £8.50 BUY This field guide includes 90 different crops, including novel crops just beginning to be grown on Britain's farms; 150 clear botanical line drawings of leaves, flowers, seed ....

Clusia 400 pages | Springer A Woody Neotropical Genus of Remarkable Plasticity and Diversity Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 3540372423 | Edited by Ulrich E Lüttge #160912A | £77.00 BUY Clusia is the only dicotyledonous tree genus with crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), and in some cases all variants of CAM can even be expressed in one given species. ....

Compendium of Medicinal Plants of the World 328 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Amritpal Singh Hbk | 2006 | 157808430X | #160995A | Alternative systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Siddha, Homoepathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine £30.80 BUY and Western Medcila Herbalism) utilizes medicinal plants for formulations. The ....

Fencing Paradise 240 pages | Eden Project Books The Uses and Abuses of Plants Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1903919320 | Richard Mabey #161493A | £8.99 BUY In this remarkable journal of visits to Eden, Mabey transports his reader from Cornwall to the Mediterranean to the Tropics, from Old World to New, from present to personal ....

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 24 892 pages | OUP Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, Part 1 Hbk | 2006 | 0195310713 | #153851A | Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee £58.00 BUY Volume 24 of Flora North America is one of two volumes on grasses to be published in this series (Volume 25, though it follows sequentially, was published in 2003). Together ....

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: 600 pages | 1000 line illus., 910 species- Dilleniidae, Part 2 distribution maps | OUP Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0195318226 | Salicales, Capparales #032824A | £58.00 BUY Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee Flora of North America Volume 7 is the seventh volume of nineteen on dicotyledons to be published in the Flora of North America series. It treats more than 910 species ....

Flora of the Maltese Islands 384 pages | Full colour illus | Backhuys A Field Guide Hbk | 2006 | 3823614789 | #161041A | Hans Christian Weber and Bernd Kendzior £28.50 BUY In this fieldguide to the wild flowers of the Maltese Islands, more than 600 of the approximately 1000 species of vascular plants found in Malta are considered. The guide ....

Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges, Volume 1 232 pages | illus | Linton Press Orchids, Irises, Lilies, Grass-trees, Mat-rushes and other Petaloid Monocotyledons Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0977571203 | Enid Mayfield #161069A | £42.00 BUY This area of south-eastern Australia has a rich and exceptionally diverse Flora with over 130 orchid species represented in this volume. ....

Fungi in the Environment 364 pages | 42 line diags, 48 half-tones, Edited by Geoff Gadd, Sarah Watkinson and Paul Dyer 10 tabs | CUP Fungi are of fundamental importance in the terrestrial environment. They have roles as Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521850290 | decomposers, plant pathogens, symbionts, and in elemental cycles. Fungi are often .... #161601A | £80.00 BUY

Garden Natural History 288 pages | Harper Collins Stefan Buczacki Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007139934 | A history of gardens in Britain with special reference to the evolution of different styles and the #127508A | £45.00 BUY changing importance in them of native and exotic plant species. .... Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0007139942 | #127509A | £25.00 BUY

A Glossary of Garden History 144 pages | Illus | Shire M Symes Pbk | 2006 | 0747806462 | #161238A | Presents an alphabetical glossary of over five hundred entries that explains and illustrates such £14.50 BUY terms, aimed at readers of garden literature and visitors to gardens. A ....

Icones Pleurothallidiinarum XXVIII: Reconsideration of Masdevallia, Missouri BG and the Systematics of Specklinia and Vegetatively Similar Genera Pbk | 2006 | 1930723520 | #160993A | £62.00 BUY (Orchidaceae) Carlyle A Luer In addition to the taxonomic treatment of Specklinia and similar pleurothallid genera, segregate taxa are recognized within the large genus Masdevallia. New orchid taxa are ....

Keeping it Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the 384 pages | 42 illus, 16 tabs | Northwest Coast of North America Washington UP Pbk | 2006 | 0295985658 | #161556A | Edited by Douglas Deur and Nancy J Turner £17.99 BUY The European explorers who first visited the Northwest Coast of North America assumed that the entire region was virtually untouched wilderness whose occupants used the land ....

The Management and Maintenance of Historic Parks, Gardens and 352 pages | 250 photos | Frances Lincoln Landscapes Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0711224390 | #160996A | £35.00 BUY John Watkins and Thomas Wright This new reference book is for all those professionals, agents, owners, designers and managers concerned with the many aspects of managing historic gardens, parks and design ....

Multiplication of RNA Plant Viruses 339 pages | Springer CL Mandahar Hbk | 2006 | 140204724X | #161277A | Multiplication is the basic biological function of all organisms and is dependent upon replication £92.50 BUY of genomes. This is also true of plant viruses even though they possess a ....

The Names of Plants 326 pages | B/w illus | CUP David Gledhill Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521866456 | An invaluable reference for botanists and horticulturalists. The first section gives an historical #161486A | £55.00 BUY account of the significant changes in the ways that plants have been known .... Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521685532 | #161487A | £24.99 BUY

Plant Biotechnology 346 pages | 140 line illus | OUP The genetic manipulation of plants Pbk | 2003 | 0199254680 | #129641A | Adrian Slater, Nigel Scott and Mark Fowler £24.99 BUY The second edition of Plant Biotechnology: the genetic manipulation of crop plants presents a Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0199282617 | balanced, objective exploration of the technology behind genetic .... #160374A | £24.99 BUY

Plants of Alberta Lone Pine France Royer and Richard Dickinson Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1551052830 | #161296A | £19.50 BUY

Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia and the Inland Northwest 464 pages | Lone Pine R Parish, R Coupe and D Lloyd Pbk | 1999 | 1551052199 | #161298A | £17.50 BUY

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast 528 pages | Lone Pine Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska Pbk | 2004 | 1551055309 | #161299A | Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon £18.50 BUY

Pomegranates 256 pages | CRC Press Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine Hbk | 2006 | 0849398126 | #159441A | Navindra P Seeram and David Heber £74.99 BUY While one may not find ancient studies that substantiate the pomegranate's curative and preventive qualities, the exalted status of this fruit goes back as far as the history ....

Practical Plant Identification 368 pages | 8 line illus, 2 tabs | CUP Including a Key to Native and Cultivated Flowering Plants in North Temperate Regions Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521861527 | J Cullen #161239A | £45.00 BUY Practical Plant Identification is an essential guide to identifying flowering plant families (wild or Pbk | 2006 | 0521678773 | #161586A | cultivated) in the northern hemisphere. Details of plant structure and .... £17.99 BUY

RHS Encyclopedia of Perennials 496 pages | colour illus | Dorling Graham Rice Kindersley This is the definitive practical guide to choosing, planting and combining herbaceous perennials Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1405306009 | - an essential tool for gardeners of all levels, from the experts at the RHS. .... #160095A | £25.00 BUY

Saffron (Crocus Sativus): Production and Processing 252 pages | Col & b/w figs | Science Edited by M Kafi et al Publishers/Enfield Saffron is a precious spice which is mainly grown in Iran, India, Spain, Greece, Italy, Pakistan, Pbk | 2006 | 157808427X | #161380A | Morocco, and central Asian countries. This book presents a comprehensive .... £33.30 BUY

Success with Wild Flowers & Plants 160 pages | 150 colour photos | GMCP Julian Slatcher Pbk | 2006 | 186108417X | #161092A | We are all familiar with the charm of daffodils, primroses, bluebells and ferns, which will flourish £12.95 BUY in the majority of gardens, but here Julian Slatcher shows how many other ....

The Tree 264 pages | Crowood Press Management, Cultivation and Biology Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1861268858 | Robert Watson #161488A | £25.00 BUY An essential reference tool for all those who have a passion for trees as well as those who work in tree-related professions whether they be garden managers, forest and country ....

Tree Transgenesis 357 pages | 19 illus, 8 in col | Springer Recent Developments Hbk | 2006 | 3540321985 | #161383A | Edited by Matthias Fladung and Dietrich Ewald £115.50 BUY Tree improvement is necessary to meet the growing demand for the renewable resource wood. Many novel possibilities to obtain improved species are offered by biotechnology, ....

Trees and Tall Shrubs of Illinois Lone Pine Linda J Kershaw and Clem Hamilton Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1551054752 | #161302A | £11.95 BUY

A Tropical Garden Flora 908 pages | Bishop Museum Press Plants Cultivated in the Hawaiian Islands and other Tropical Places Hbk | 2005 | 1581780397 | #156463A | George W Staples and Derral R Herbst £85.00 BUY Describes more than 2,100 species of tropical and subtropical plants, provides brief descriptions and keys for identification, and weaves together the origins, uses, ....

Wild Flowers of the Table Mountain National Park - Standard Edition 350 pages | illus | Botanical SSA Terry Trinder-Smith, Mary Maytham Kidd and Fay Anderson Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | #161029A | This field guide for the identification of one third of the indigenous wild flowers growing in the £23.95 BUY world-renowned Table Mountain National Park, South Africa, showcases some ....

Wild Orchids of the Canadian Maritimes and Northern Great Lakes 336 pages | 316 colour plates, 85 illus, Region 40 maps | Florida University Presses Pbk | 2006 | 0813029112 | #160994A | Paul Martin Brown £22.50 BUY A guide to finding the native orchid species found in the fields and forests of the Canadian Maritimes and shorelines of the Northern Great Lakes. This work illustrates ....

The Wildlife Gardener 224 pages | - | Harper Collins Stefan Buczacki Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0007231849 | The ultimate gardening book for all wildlife lovers, written by the leading expert in the field. #155490A | £20.00 BUY This book debunks the myth that you need to grow a jungle to attract ....

Wood and Tree Fungi 334 pages | 74 illus, 12 in col | Springer Biology, Damage, Protection, and Use Hbk | 2006 | 3540321381 | #161460A | Olaf Schmidt £54.00 BUY This book provides an up-to-date overview of the various wood and tree fungi that damage trees, lumber, and timber. Special focus is given to identification, prevention, and ....

The World of Kew 224 pages | 150 colour photos | BBC Accompanies the BBC Series A Year At Kew Books Carolyn Fry Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 056349378X | Published to accompany the third series of "A Year at Kew" (which will be called "A New Year At #159175A | £18.99 BUY Kew") this autumn, this lavishly illustrated book takes a close look at the ....

Animal & General Biology Go to subject web page

Bacterial-Epithelial Cell Cross-Talk 424 pages | 28 line diags, 6 half-tones, Molecular Mechanisms in Pathogenesis 4 col plates | CUP Edited by Beth A McCormick Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0521852447 | An emerging theme in molecular and cellular microbiology has been the ability of many #161611A | £75.00 BUY pathogens to usurp the host cell and eventually colonize the host. This interaction ....

Biological Adhesives 284 pages | 61 illus, 3 in col | Springer Edited by Andrew M Smith and James A Callow Hbk | 2006 | 3540310487 | #161461A | Many plants, animals, and microbes use adhesive polymers and structures to attach to inert £107.50 BUY substrates, to each other, or to other organisms. This is the first major review ....

Bioluminescence 500 pages | World Scientific Chemical Principles and Methods Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 9812568018 | Osamu Shimomura #161252A | £51.00 BUY This book, written by a distinguished scientist in the field, provides a comprehensive overview of the biochemical aspects of all luminous organisms currently known. It is the ....

Cells of Cells 512 pages | Norton The Global Race to Capture and Control the Stem Cell Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0393058778 | Cynthia Fox #161063A | £17.99 BUY At the cutting edge of science, "Cell of Cells" charts the race to put the stem cell to use. From a laboratory in the Sahara, where one problem is sand in the Petri dishes, to ....

Cryptozoology and the Investigation of Lesser Known Animals 227 pages | - | Coachwhip Publications Edited by Chad Arment Pbk | 2006 | 1930585292 | #161432A | £14.50 BUY

Darwinian Reductionism 272 pages | 3 line drawings | Chicago UP Or, How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0226727297 | Alexander Rosenberg #161051A | £25.50 BUY After the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953, scientists working in molecular biology embraced reductionism-the theory that all complex systems can be understood in ....

Ecology of the Acanthocephala 240 pages | 46 line diags, 1 half-tone, Clive Kennedy 61 tabs | CUP Acanthocephalans, or spiny-headed worms, are endoparasites found in almost all marine, Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0521850088 | freshwater and terrestrial systems. They infect a huge range of definitive and .... #161610A | £60.00 BUY

Evolutionary Bioinformatics 450 pages | 86 illus | Springer Donald R. Forsdyke Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0387334181 | Books on bioinformatics which began appearing in the mid 80s primarily served gene-hunters, #160973A | £34.50 BUY and biologists who wished to construct family trees showing tidy lines of ....

Hibernation 264 pages | Greenwood Press Clive Roots Hbk | 2006 | 0313335443 | #161498A | Examines those animals that cannot migrate and are forced to remain in a habitat that is £36.99 BUY inhospitable, and consequently sleep deeply for weeks or months. This unique trait, ....

Integrative Action of the Autonomic Nervous System 632 pages | CUP Neurobiology of Homeostasis Hbk | 2006 | 0521845181 | #161407A | Wilfrid Janig £95.00 BUY Almost all bodily functions are dependent on the functioning of the autonomic nervous system - from the cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal tract, the evacuative and ....

Large-Scale Genome Sequence Processing 250 pages | Imperial College Press Masahiro Kasahara and Shinichi Morishita Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1860946356 | Efficient computer programs have made it possible to elucidate and analyze large-scale #161256A | £39.00 BUY genomic sequences. Fundamental tasks, such as the assembly of numerous whole-genome ....

Nocturnal Animals 264 pages | Greenwood Press Clive Roots Hbk | 2006 | 031333546X | #161499A | Examines how nocturnal animals live and explains their highly developed senses that enable £36.99 BUY them to survive in the dark, as well as their behaviour and adaptations to avoid ....

Searching for Ropens 207 pages | b/w illus | Bookshelf Press Living Pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea Pbk | 2006 | 1595940049 | #161433A | Jonathan Whitcomb £9.50 BUY Do pterosaurs still live on Umboi, a remote tropical island in Papua New Guinea? This book relates eye-witness accounts of a large flying animal that has no feathers, eats ....

Toxicants in Terrestrial Ecosystems 268 pages | 18 illus | Springer A Guide for the Analytical and Environmental Chemist Hbk | 2006 | 354033694X | #161375A | T R Crompton £100.00 BUY The presence of deliberately added or adventitious organic and inorganic compounds in soils can cause contamination of the crops which are grown on the land or animals ....

Evolutionary Biology Go to subject web page

Darwin and the Nature of Species 304 pages | SUNY Press David N Stamos Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0791469379 | Examines Darwin's concept of species in a philosophical context. .... #161509A | £54.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0791469387 | #161511A | £18.00 BUY

Darwinism and its Discontents 352 pages | CUP Michael Ruse Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 052182947X | Presenting an ardent defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this book offers a clear #161600A | £19.99 BUY and comprehensive exposition of Darwin's thinking. Michael Ruse brings the story ....

Evolution 312 pages | 72 halftones, 11 line A Scientific American Reader drawings | Chicago UP Edited by Scientific American Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0226742687 | From the Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925 to the court ruling against the Dover Area School #161043A | £41.00 BUY Board's proposed intelligent design curriculum in 2005, few scientific topics have .... Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0226742695 | #161044A | £14.00 BUY

Fins into Limbs 344 pages | 40 col plates, 32 halftones, Evolution, Development and Transformation 138 line drawings | Chicago UP Edited by Brian K. Hall Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0226313360 | Long ago, fish fins evolved into the limbs of land vertebrates and tetrapods. During this #161048A | £69.50 BUY transition, some elements of the fin were carried over while new features .... Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0226313379 | #161050A | £28.50 BUY

Making Sense of Evolution 236 pages | 9 halftones, 10 tables | The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology Chicago UP Massimo Pigliucci and Jonathan Kaplan Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0226668363 | Making Sense of Evolution explores contemporary evolutionary biology, focusing on the #161045A | £44.50 BUY elements of theories-selection, adaptation, and species-that are complex and open to .... Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0226668371 | #161046A | £18.00 BUY

Modularity: Understanding the Development and Evolution of Natural 454 pages | Figs | Bradford Books Complex Systems Hbk | 2005 | 0262033267 | #161235A | £35.95 BUY Werner Callebaut and Diego Rasskin-Gutman Collection of papers which broadens the scientific discussion of modularity by bringing together experts from a variety of disciplines. ....

Origins 160 pages | Col illus | Double Story The Story of the Emergence of Humans and Humanity in Africa Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1770130403 | Edited by Geoff Blundell #161315A | £15.95 BUY This book demonstrates the very special position Africa occupies in the evolution and creative development of humankind. After almost a century of scientific research into ....

Primate Origins 550 pages | 149 illus | Springer Adaptations and Evolution Hbk | 2006 | 0387303359 | #158950A | Edited by Matthew J Ravosa and Marian Dagosto £104.00 BUY The goals of this volume are twofold. First, it aims to provide a novel focus on adaptive explanations for cranial and postcranial features and functional complexes, ....

The Theoretical Biologist's Toolbox 390 pages | CUP Quantitative Methods for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Hbk | 2006 | 0521830451 | #161405A | Marc Mangel £55.00 BUY Mathematical modelling is widely used in ecology and evolutionary biology and it is a topic that Pbk | 2006 | 0521537487 | #161406A | many biologists find difficult to grasp. In this new textbook Marc Mangel .... £27.99 BUY

Ecology Go to subject web page

Biological Invasions 420 pages | Springer Edited by Wolfgang Nentwig Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 3540369198 | This new volume on Biological Invasions deals with both plants and animals, differing from #160911A | £115.00 BUY previous books by extending from the species to an ecosystem and global level. Its ....

Ecological Communities 532 pages | 42 line diags, 1 half-tone, 6 Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs tabs | CUP Edited by Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy Craig and Peter Price Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521850398 | To gain a more complete understanding of plant-based ecological community structure requires #161591A | £80.00 BUY knowledge of the integration of direct and indirect effects in plant herbivore ....

Exploring Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems 216 pages | Illustrated | CSIRO Comparative Studies and Theory Development Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0643092439 | Edited by Brian Walker, John Anderies, Ann Kinzig and Paul Ryan #161072A | £52.50 BUY The capacity of a system - an ecosystem or a social-ecological system - to tolerate disturbance, without collapsing into a qualitatively different state controlled by a ....

Global Biopiracy 336 pages | Cornell UP Patents, Plants, and Indigenous Knowledge Pbk | 2006 | 080147311X | #161519A | Ikechi Mgbeoji £12.95 BUY "Biopiracy raises serious issues pertaining to the conservation of biological diversity and genetic resources in agriculture, the integrity of plant life forms, a just ....

Histories of the Borneo Environment 322 pages | Washington UP Economic, Political, and Social Dimensions of Change and Continuity Pbk | 2006 | 9067182540 | #161558A | Edited by Reed L Wadley £18.95 BUY In light of the tremendous changes that have come to the island of Borneo in recent decades, this volume takes a detailed historical look at its environment from native, ....

Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession 210 pages | 37 illus | Springer Edited by Lawrence Walker, Richard J Hobbs and Joseph Walker Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 038735302X | While studies of restoration and ecological succession have been published independently, there #160919A | £42.50 BUY is much overlap between these approaches that has not been ....

Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology 351 pages | Springer Methods and Applications Hbk | 2006 | 1402046626 | #161462A | Edited by J Wu, K Jones, H Li and O Loucks £69.00 BUY Presenting the current state of the art in scaling and uncertainty in ecology, Wu et al's Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology is the first book of its kind - ....

Habitats & Ecosystems Go to subject web page

America's Parks 384 pages | 200 col photos | Abrams Philippe Bourseiller, Jean-Francois Chaix et al Hbk | 2006 | 0810930846 | #161483A | Moving from the cascading waters of Niagara Falls to the massive volcanoes of Hawaii, £29.95 BUY renowned nature photographer Philippe Bourseiller takes readers on a captivating visual ....

Ancient Trees, Living Landscapes 256 pages | colour plates, illus | Tempus Richard Muir Hbk | 2005 | 0752434438 | #155345A | Magisterial survey of woodlands in the British Isles by the leading archaeologist. This is £25.00 BUY stimulating and thoughtful history, very much along the lines of Oliver Rackham's .... Pbk | 2006 | 075243926X | #161522A | £16.99 BUY

Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the 368 pages | 22 tabs, 3 maps, 6 figures, Global Electronics Industry 37 halftones | Temple UP Hbk | 2006 | 1592133290 | #161443A | Edited by Ted Smith, David A Sonnenfield and David N Pellow £50.00 BUY "Challenging the Chip is essential reading for anyone who owns a cell phone or computer. As its Pbk | 2006 | 1592133304 | #161442A | vividly written chapters reveal, our digital possessions connect us not only to .... £16.95 BUY

City and Environment 240 pages | 10 tabs, 7 figs, 5 halftones An Introduction to Urban Environmental Issues Around the Globe | Temple UP Christopher G Boone and Ali Modarres Hbk | 2006 | 1592132839 | #161441A | "From ancient Mesopotamia to post-modern Los Angeles, Boone and Modarres provide a broad £48.00 BUY sweep of the relationship between urbanization and the environment. Their goal is .... Pbk | 2006 | 1592132847 | #161440A | £15.95 BUY

Land-Use and Land-Cover Change 222 pages | 44 illus, 19 in col | Springer Local Processes and Global Impacts Hbk | 2006 | 3540322019 | #161455A | Edited by Eric F Lambin and Helmut G Geist £61.50 BUY The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Among the causative mechanisms behind land change, ....

Large Rivers, Volume 17, No 1-2 Schweizerbart'sche 2006 | #161306A | £132.00 BUY

Measuring Landscapes 240 pages | figures, photos, tables | A Professional Planner's Manual Island Press Andre Botequilha Leitao, Joseph Miller, Jack Ahern and Kevin McGarigal Hbk | 2006 | 159726086X | #161582A | This practical handbook bridges the gap between those scientists who study landscapes and the £48.95 BUY planners and conservationists who must then decide how best to preserve and .... Pbk | 2006 | 1559638990 | #161583A | £24.50 BUY

A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecosystems of the 154 pages | Conservation International Draw River, Boi-Tano, Tano Nimiri and Krokosua Hills Forest Reserves, Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1881173909 | #161038A | £13.00 BUY Southwestern Ghana Edited by Jennifer McCullough, Jan Decher and David Guba Kpelle This Rapid Assessment Program Bulletin reports the findings of an expedition in 2003 into four forest reserves in southwestern Ghana that were recently designated as ....

Soil Atlas of Europe 128 pages | Maps, tabs, figs | Joint A Jones, L Montanarella and R Jones Research Centre More than 20 years of collaboration between European soil scientists has resulted in the Pbk | 2006 | 928948120X | #154281A | publication by the European Commission of the first ever "Soil Atlas of Europe". .... £22.50 BUY

Soils of the World 130 pages | Springer Wolfgang Zech and Gerd Hintermaier-Erhard Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 3540304606 | This book describes and comprehensively illustrates all earth soils in accordance with the #161459A | £61.50 BUY prevailing worldwide WRB classification. However, it goes far beyond description and ....

Valuing Complex Natural Resource Systems 240 pages | Edward Elgar The Case of the Lagoon of Venice Hbk | 2006 | 1845428471 | #161357A | Edited by Anna Alberini, Paolo Rosato and Margherita Turvani £62.00 BUY In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of the ecological system, settlements and groups of people. This ....

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The Conservation of Genetic Diversity: Science and Policy Needs in a 91 pages | Figs | JNCC Changing World Pbk | 2006 | #161362A | £10.00 BUY Edited by A Gregory et al

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural 120 pages | Council of Europe Habitats (Bern, 19 September 1979) 2005 | 9287157367 | #160990A | £22.95 BUY Texts adopted by the Standing Committee 2001-2004 The Council of Europe's convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, or "Bern Convention", came into force on 1 June 1982. The aim of the Bern ....

Endangered 192 pages | Col photos | Cassell Wildlife of the Brink of Extinction Illustrated George McGavin and David Burnie Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 184403495X | There have been at least five great extinctions in the history of the Earth where up to 95 per #161490A | £20.00 BUY cent of all species have been wiped out in one event. The causes are attributed ....

A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of the Coral Reefs of 124 pages | Conservation International Northwest Madagascar Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1881173844 | #161037A | £13.00 BUY Edited by Sheila A McKenna and Gerald R Allen This volume reports the results of a marine survey in 2002 off the northwestern coast of Madagascar. This marine area is one that many conservationists think has the greatest ....

Using Tax Incentives to Conserve and Enhance Biodiversity in Europe 110 pages | Council of Europe Clare Shine 2005 | 9287157804 | #160989A | This report looks at ways in which tax incentives may help to promote conservation of biological £12.95 BUY and landscape diversity in Europe. ....

Environmental Science Go to subject web page

Atmosphere and Climate 336 pages | 134 illus, 21 in col | Studies by Occultation Methods Springer Edited by Ulrich Foelsche, Gottfried Kirchengast and Andrea Steiner Hbk | 2006 | 3540341161 | #161371A | This book presents carefully edited and peer-reviewed papers from the 2nd International £115.50 BUY Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-2), held in Graz, ....

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics 750 pages | 173 line diagrams, 43 half- Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation tones, 146 exercises | CUP Geoffrey K Vallis Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521849691 | Fluid dynamics is fundamental to our understanding of the atmosphere and oceans. Although #160951A | £40.00 BUY many of the same principles of fluid dynamics apply to both the atmosphere and ....

Exercises in Environmental Physics 330 pages | Springer Valerio Faraoni Hbk | 2006 | 0387339124 | #161377A | This book presents a collection of problems and exercises in environmental science. It can be £36.00 BUY used in many courses in environmental studies especially environmental physics, ....

The Failures of American and European Climate Policy 274 pages | SUNY Press International Norms, Domestic Politics, and Unachievable Commitments Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0791468550 | Loren R Cass #161512A | £43.75 BUY Examines why some nations, but not others, have met their commitments to international climate treaties. ....

Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 266 pages | 64 line diagrams, 18 half- James C McWilliams tones, 7 colour plates | CUP Earth's atmosphere and oceans exhibit complex patterns of fluid motion over a vast range of Hbk | 2006 | 052185637X | #160952A | space and time scales. These patterns combine to establish the climate in response to .... £40.00 BUY

Global Warning 320 pages | Col Photos | A & C Black The Last Chance for Change Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0713682051 | Paul Brown #161074A | £19.95 BUY "Global Warning" will be an authoritative and visually stunning book, unique in its approach. While most of the current literature on the subject is highly scientific, this ....

Hot House 295 pages | 120 illus, 32 in col | Global Climate Change and the Human Condition Springer Robert G Strom Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 038734179X | Global warming is extremely complex because it deals with so many different characteristics of #161456A | £17.50 BUY the Earth and their complex interactions. It is addressed by almost ....

The Impact of Climate Change on Regional Systems 288 pages | Edward Elgar A Comprehensive Analysis of California Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1845427475 | Edited by Joel B Smith and Robert Mendelsohn #161352A | £62.00 BUY Climate scientists have determined that recent global temperature increases are due in large part to increased greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Even if ....

The International Handbook on Environmental Technology Management 624 pages | Edward Elgar Edited by Dora Marinova, David Annandale and John Phillimore Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 184064687X | This important Handbook is the first comprehensive account that brings together recent #161349A | £144.00 BUY developments in the three related fields of environmental technology, environmental ....

Introducing Environment 208 pages | OUP Alice Peasgood and Mark Goodwin Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0199217130 | Our planet is a dynamic network of energy, organisms, and non-living material - generating #161567A | £19.99 BUY biodiversity on a global scale. But how does this network operate? How do its ....

Partial Order in Environmental Sciences and Chemistry 406 pages | 140 illus | Springer Edited by Rainer Bruggemann and Lars Carlsen Hbk | 2006 | 354033968X | #161374A | The environmental and chemical sciences are ever more reliant on computers. This dependence £77.00 BUY needs formalization, and the theory of algebraic relations is one ....

Philip's Guide to the Weather 192 pages | Philip's Ross Reynolds Pbk | 1999 | 054007456X | #097900A | This is a fully revised edition of this practical guide to observing, measuring and understanding £9.99 BUY the weather. The new edition has been updated in the aftermath of the .... Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0540089834 | #160970A | £9.99 BUY

Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils 360 pages | Springer Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Phytoremediation of Metal- Hbk | 2006 | 1402046863 | #160979A | Contaminated Soils, held in Trest, Czech Republic, 18-30 August 2002 £100.00 BUY Edited by Jean-Louis Morel, Guillaume Echevarria and Nadezhda Goncharova Pbk | 2006 | 1402046871 | #160978A | This is the first book aimed at developing a common language among scientists working in the £46.00 BUY field of Phytoremediation. Authors of the main chapters are leading scientists in ....

Toxicants in Aqueous Ecosystems 465 pages | 19 illus, 134 tabs | Springer A Guide for the Analytical and Environmental Chemist Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 3540357386 | T Crompton #161269A | £115.50 BUY It is becoming increasingly realised that the oceans and rivers, in particular, are not unlimited reservoir into which waste can be dumped and that control of these emissions ....

Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters 448 pages | 94 line diagrams, 66 half- Leo H Holthuijsen tones, 6 tables | CUP Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters describes the observation, analysis and prediction of wind-Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0521860288 | generated waves in the open ocean, in shelf seas, and in coastal .... #160953A | £45.00 BUY

Physical Sciences Go to subject web page

Alexis Chermette et la Fluorite 144 pages | Col illus | Museum Lyon P Ageneau et al Hbk | 2002 | 2913323294 | #159948A | Well illustrated study of fluorite, based on the collection of the French geologist Alexis £33.50 BUY Chermette. ....

Alluvial Fans: Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Dynamics 248 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | Edited by AM Harvey, AE Mather and M Stokes Geological Society Alluvial fans are important sedimentary environments. They trap sediment delivered from Hbk | 2005 | 1862391890 | #161330A | mountain source areas, and exert an important control on the delivery of sediment to .... £92.00 BUY

Applied Partial Differential Equations 160 pages | 90 col illus | Springer A Visual Approach Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 3540346457 | Peter Markowich #161463A | £48.50 BUY The book presents topics of science and engineering, which occur in nature or are part of our daily lives. It describes phenomena which are modelled by partial differential ....

Binocular Astronomy 270 pages | 236 illus, 75 in col | Stephen Tonkin Springer This book contains everything an astronomer needs to know about binocular observing. The Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1846283086 | book takes an in-depth look at the instruments themselves. It has sections on evaluating .... #161369A | £19.50 BUY

Biomathematics 110 pages | World Scientific Modelling and Simulation Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 9812381104 | Edited by JC Misra #161254A | £76.00 BUY This book on modelling and simulation in biomathematics will be invaluable to researchers who are interested in the emerging areas of the field. Graduate students in ....

Biomining 310 pages | 67 b/w illus, 5 col illus | Edited by DE Rawlings and DB Johnson Springer Biomining is the biotechnology that uses microorganisms to recover metals, in particular copper Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 354034909X | and gold, from ores and concentrates. Having developed from a very simple .... #161276A | £100.00 BUY

A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes & Binoculars 235 pages | 78 illus, 63 in col | Springer James Mullaney Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1846284392 | Both beginning/novice amateur astronomers (at the level of Astronomy and Night Sky #161471A | £19.50 BUY magazine readers), as well as more advanced amateur astronomers (level of Sky & ....

The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Revolutions 220 pages | CUP Hanne Andersen, Peter Barker and Xiang Chen Hbk | 2006 | 0521855756 | #161408A | Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions became the most widely read book about £45.00 BUY science in the twentieth century. His terms 'paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' ....

Complete and Easy Guide to Stargazing 176 pages | Apple Press Pat Price Pbk | 2005 | 184543031X | #161548A | Complete and Easy Guide to Stargazing provides readers with the information and instruction £12.99 BUY they need to enjoy astronomy without having to invest in their own ....

Contact with Alien Civilizations 445 pages | Springer Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0387285989 | Michael A Michaud #161367A | £17.50 BUY This book describes a wide variety of speculations by many authors about the consequences for humanity of coming into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The ....

Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics 270 pages | Springer L Bergstrom and A Goobar Pbk | 2006 | 3540329242 | #161365A | Beginning with some basic facts about the observable universe the authors consider in £38.50 BUY successive chapters the complete range of topics that make up a degree course in ....

Death by Black Hole 320 pages | Norton And other Cosmic Quandaries Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0393062244 | Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith #161067A | £15.99 BUY Readers of his essays in "Natural History" magazine recognise Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with clarity and enthusiasm. ....

Deep-sky Companions: Hidden Treasures 496 pages | 120 half-tones, 120 figs, Stephen James O'Meara 110 maps | CUP Stephen O'Meara's new and exciting observing guide spotlights an original selection of 109 Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0521837049 | deep-sky objects that will appeal to sky-watchers worldwide. His 'hidden treasures' .... #161599A | £25.00 BUY

Desert Dust in the Global System 287 pages | 114 illus | Springer A S Goudie and N J Middleton Hbk | 2006 | 3540323546 | #161372A | Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a £100.00 BUY vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical ....

Earthly Scents - Heavenly Pleasures 300 pages | Wiley A Cultural History of Scents Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 3906390349 | Gunther Ohloff #161331A | £34.95 BUY Scented materials are an essential part of human culture. In Assyrian Nineveh, frankincense would be sacrificed to the sun god Baal, in Egypt, spikenard oil was placed ....

Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath 370 pages | Springer C Vishveshwara Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 3540331999 | Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath is a humourous and informal rendition of #161473A | £15.50 BUY the story of gravitation theory from the early historic origins to the latest ....

The Energy of Nature 244 pages | 76 line illus | Chicago UP EC Pielou Hbk | 2001 | 0226668061 | #100597A | Drawing on a wide range of scientific disciplines from physics, chemistry, and biology to all the £16.00 BUY earth sciences, Pielou explores energy's role in nature - how and where it .... Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0226668088 | #161057A | £11.50 BUY

Environmental Chemistry 300 pages | Springer Fundamentals and Microscale Laboratory Experiments NYP 03/2007 | 0387260617 | #161451A J Ibanez, M Hernandez-Esparaza, D Doria-Serrano and A Fregoso-Infante | £48.50 BUY

Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars 330 pages | CUP Peter Eggleton Hbk | 2006 | 0521855578 | #161409A | Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. Stars evolve primarily by nuclear £65.00 BUY reactions in their interiors, but a star with a binary companion can also have its ....

Fundamentals of Space Biology 376 pages | 104 illus., 4 in colour | Research on Cells, Animals, and Plants in Space Springer Edited by Gilles Clément and K Slenzka Hbk | 2006 | 0387331131 | #160974A | This book is intended as an overview at an undergraduate or early university level and £88.50 BUY describes the effects of spaceflight at cellular and organism levels. Past, current, and ....

Galaxies and How to Observe Them 180 pages | 125 illus | Springer Wolfgang Steinicke and Richard Jakiel Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1852337524 | This book is a unique work satisfying the need for a modern, comprehensive review of all major #161468A | £19.50 BUY aspects of galaxy observation. The book combines the physical background on the ....

Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide 255 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | Edited by SJ Baines and RH Worden Geological Society Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main compound identified as affecting the stability of the Earth's Hbk | 2004 | 1862391637 | #161319A | climate. A significant reduction in the volume of greenhouse gas emissions to .... £92.00 BUY

High-Strain Zones: Structure and Physical Properties 460 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | Edited by D Bruhn and L Burlini Geological Society This collection of research and review papers addresses the question of structural evolution Hbk | 2005 | 1862391785 | #161325A | during deformation to high strains and the physical properties of rocks that .... £115.00 BUY

The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections 520 pages | b& photos, illus | Geological Fireballs, Falls and Finds Society Edited by GJH McCall, AJ Bowden and RJ Howarth Hbk | 2006 | 1862391947 | #160828A | The book moves through the history of the great museum collections, the discovery of £115.00 BUY extraordinary fertile finds from cold and hot desert regions in the last fifty years. ....

Introduction to Applied Mathematics for Environmental Science 317 pages | 67 illus | Springer DF Parkhurst Hbk | 2006 | 0387342273 | #161274A | This book teaches mathematical structures and how they can be applied in environmental £48.50 BUY science. Each chapter presents story problems with an emphasis on derivation. Linear and ....

Lectures in Astrobiology 815 pages | Springer Volume II Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 3540336923 | Edited by Muriel Gargaud, Herve Martin and Phillipe Claeys #161390A | £115.50 BUY Based on material delivered at several summer schools, this book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects associated with ....

Lonely Minds in the Universe 300 pages | 58 illus | Springer The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0387339256 | Giancarlo Genta #161391A | £17.50 BUY The possibility that humans are not alone in the Universe and might in the future come in close contact with other intelligences is one of the most intriguing questions of ....

Mars, A Cosmic Stepping Stone 224 pages | 50 illus | Springer Kevin Nolan Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0387341641 | Humans have had a fascination with Mars for thousands of years. Even when we knew the #161472A | £17.50 BUY planets only as wanderers in the sky, Mars stood out. It was prominent and ....

Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets 802 pages | 310 line-diagrs, 70 half- Peter Jenniskens tones | CUP Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets is a unique handbook for astronomers interested in Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0521853494 | observing meteor storms and outbursts. Spectacular displays of 'shooting stars' are .... #161560A | £85.00 BUY

Mineral Deposits and Earth Evolution 270 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | Edited by I McDonald, AJ Boyce, IB Butler, RJ Herrington and DA Polya Geological Society Mineral deposits are not only primary sources of wealth generation, but also act as windows Hbk | 2005 | 1862391823 | #161329A | through which to view the evolution and interrelationships of the Earth system. .... £92.00 BUY

Miss Leavitt's Stars 240 pages | 10 illus | Norton The Untold Story of the Forgotten Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Hbk | 2005 | 0393051285 | #161064A | Universe £13.99 BUY George Johnson Pbk | 2006 | 0393328562 | #161065A | At the beginning of the twentieth century scientists argued over the size of the universe. The £8.99 BUY answer to the controversy was discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who ....

The Monthly Sky Guide 58 pages | Maps | CUP I Ridpath and W Tirion Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0521684358 | The classic beginner's guide to the night sky, now in full colour throughout. .... #161022A | £9.99 BUY

Nebulae and How to Observe Them 220 pages | 128 illus., 11 in colour | Steven Coe Springer Up-to-date information for amateur astronomers. Details observing techniques for practical Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1846284821 | astronomers, working with a range of different instruments. .... #160975A | £19.50 BUY

Pattern Asterisms 182 pages | 120 illus, 40 in col | A New Way to Chart the Stars Springer John Chiraville Pbk | 2006 | 1846283272 | #161469A | Since the very beginning of astronomy, people have looked up sky and constructed patterns - £19.50 BUY the constellations - out of the almost random scattering of stars in the ....

Petrophysical Properties of Crystalline Rocks 351 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | Edited by PK Harvey et al Geological Society Boreholes are commonly drilled into crystalline rocks to evaluate their suitability for various Hbk | 2005 | 1862391734 | #161323A | applications such as waste disposal (including nuclear waste), geothermal .... £103.00 BUY

Philip's Complete Guide to Stargazing 320 pages | 300+ col illus, maps, charts Robin Scagell and John Woodruff | Philip's "Philip's Complete Guide to Stargazing" is an inspiring introduction to observing the night sky, Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0540089370 | written by Robin Scagell, author of the Philip's bestseller "Stargazing with .... #161304A | £25.00 BUY

Physical Geodesy 403 pages | 111 illus | Springer Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof and Helmut Moritz Pbk | 2006 | 3211235841 | #161458A | "Physical Geodesy" by Heiskanen and Moritz, published in 1967, has for a long time been £45.50 BUY considered as the standard introduction to its field. The enormous progress since then, ....

Physical Geology of High-Level Magmatic Systems 253 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | Edited by C Breitkreuz and N Petford Geological Society This book gives an up-to-date overview of the physical geology of sub-volcanic intrusions. Hbk | 2004 | 1862391696 | #161320A | Topics covered in this wide-ranging volume include important aspects of the .... £98.00 BUY

Practical Astronomy 208 pages | 150+ col illus, charts | Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion Philip's This is a fully revised edition of Philip's popular "Practical Astronomy", a classic introduction to Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0540089990 | observational astronomy, updated to include telescopes and accessories .... #161313A | £9.99 BUY

Principles of Environmental Chemistry 273 pages | RSC Edited by RM Harrison Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0854043713 | Environmental chemistry is becoming increasingly important and is crucial in the understanding #161317A | £49.50 BUY of a range of issues, from climate change to local pollution problems. ....

Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes 235 pages | 87 illus | Springer Step-by-Step Activities for Discovery Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1846284783 | Michael K Gainer #161470A | £19.50 BUY This book demonstrates the use of an 80mm refractor and shows how it can be used as a real scientific instrument. The author is an experienced small telescope user and an ....

Saturn and How to Observe It 184 pages | 96 illus | Springer Julius Benton Pbk | 2005 | 1852338873 | #161543A | Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, and the only one with a spectacular ring £19.50 BUY system that is easily visible from Earth. Saturn is a gas-giant, a huge ....

Space Tourism 224 pages | Springer Adventures in Earth Orbit and Beyond Hbk | 2005 | 0387402136 | #161547A | Michel van Pelt £19.00 BUY Space tourism is not science fiction anymore, Michel van Pelt tells us, but merely a logical step in the evolution of space flight. Space is about to be opened up to more ....

Submarine Slope Systems: Processes and Products 225 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | Edited by DM Hodgson and SS Flint Geological Society Submarine slopes provide the critical link between shallow-water and deep-water sedimentary Hbk | 2005 | 1862391777 | #161324A | environments. They accumulate a sensitive record of sediment supply, .... £80.00 BUY

Symmetry and the Monster 255 pages | B/w illus | OUP One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics Hbk | 2006 | 0192807226 | #160153A | Mark Ronan £14.99 BUY Mathematics is being driven forward by the quest to solve a small number of major problems - generating excitement in the mathematical world and beyond. Four famous ....

Terrane Processes at the Margins of Gondwana 445 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | Edited by APM Vaughan, PT Leat and RJ Pankhurst Geological Society The Australide orogen, the southern hemisphere Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic terrane Hbk | 2005 | 1862391793 | #161327A | accretionary orogen that forms the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana, is one of the .... £115.00 BUY

The Triumph of Numbers 224 pages | Norton How Counting Shaped Modern Life Hbk | 2005 | 0393057690 | #161061A | IB Cohen £16.99 BUY The great historian of science I.B. Cohen explores how numbers have come to assume a leading Pbk | 2006 | 0393328708 | #161062A | role in science, in the operations and structure of government, in marketing and .... £9.99 BUY

Uncentering the Earth 302 pages | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Copernicus and the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0297845683 | William T Vollmann #161530A | £16.99 BUY In 1543, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lay on his deathbed, his just-published masterpiece On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres in his hands. At ....

Understanding Earth 567 pages | Col & b/w photos, figs, Frank Press and Raymond Siever tabs, maps | WH Freeman The fifth edition of "Understanding Earth" continues the book's enduring goal, to help students Pbk | 2007 | 0716776960 | #161272A | understand what physical geology teaches us about the world and what it brings .... £38.99 BUY

Vertical Coupling and Decoupling in the Lithosphere 344 pages | Figs, tabs | Geological J Grocott, KJW McCaffrey, G Taylor and B Tikoff Society Recent advancements in the understanding of mountain belts have focused on vertical coupling Hbk | 2004 | 1862391599 | #161318A | of the lithospheric layers. This volume describes the extent to which observed .... £98.00 BUY

Whitaker's Almanac Little Book of Astronomy 144 pages | Col illus | A & C Black Mike Flynn Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 071368237X | Do you ever find yourself marvelling at the mysterious dark world beyond our skies? Bursting #161075A | £9.99 BUY with captivating images, this handy reference book is all you need to explore ....

The World Today 432 pages | Wiley Concepts and Regions in Geography Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0470046813 | HJ de Blij and Peter O Muller #161332A | £46.50 BUY Building on the strength and success of de Blij and Muller's best-selling "Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts", this book offers all content that has made it the ....

Sustainable Development Go to subject web page

Aquaculture and Behavior 352 pages | Blackwell Edited by Felicity Huntingford and Sunil Kadri Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 140513089X | The behaviour of fish and shellfish under culture situations has long been ignored despite, for #158441A | £39.50 BUY example heavy commercial losses that can result from fish stressed and ....

Biosaline Agriculture and Salinity Tolerance in Plants 208 pages | 60 illus | Birkhauser Edited by M Ozturk, Y Waisel, MA Khan and G Gork Hbk | 2006 | 3764376090 | #161322A | The availability of freshwater for agricultural use is declining in many areas of the world. This is £68.00 BUY the reason for the increasing use of lower quality or of saline water for ....

Branching Out, Digging In 256 pages | Georgetown UP Environmental Advocacy and Agenda Setting Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1589011236 | Sarah B Pralle #161500A | £18.75 BUY Sarah B. Pralle takes an in-depth look at why some environmental conflicts expand to attract a lot of attention and participation, while others generate little interest or ....

Channels and Challenges 142 pages | Col illus | Central Fisheries The enhancement of Salmonid Rivers Board Martin O'Grady Pbk | 2006 | #161011A | £29.50 BUY Over the past 20 years the Central and Regional Fisheries Boards have invested substantial monies (circa 30m Euros) in the enhancement of salmonid rivers in Ireland ....

The Common Agricultural Policy and Organic Farming 224 pages | CABI An Institutional Perspective on Continuity and Change Hbk | 2006 | 1845931149 | #161573A | K Lynggaard £49.95 BUY The Common Agricultural Policy and Organic Farming covers how ideational change came about to enhance the understanding of change within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) ....

Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries 304 pages | Palgrave Edited by Tadayoshi Terao and Kenji Otuka Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0230004709 | This book examines the issues of environmental policy formation and implementation linked to #161361A | £60.00 BUY economic development, by reviewing the Japanese experiences and the examples ....

Ecological Engineering for Pest Management 256 pages | Figs, tabs | Cornell UP Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods Hbk | 2004 | 0801443423 | #161521A | Edited by G Gurr, S Wratten, M Altieri and D Pimentel £53.50 BUY "Provides the best available information on ecological engineering today and the book includes a detailed consideration of the possible positive and negative interactions ....

Encyclopedia of Globalization 1728 pages | Routledge Edited by JA Scholte and R Robertson Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0415973147 | Globalization: much discussed but little understood. The term has catapulted from obscurity to #161266A | £340.00 BUY the headlines in just a few years. Globalization, anti-globalization: what ....

Energy Law and the Environment 264 pages | CUP Rosemary Lyster and Adrian Bradbrook Pbk | 2006 | 0521843685 | #161597A | The current unsustainable practices worldwide in energy production and consumption have led £35.00 BUY to a plethora of environmental problems. Until recently environmental law largely ....

Environmental Health in Central and Eastern Europe 249 pages | Springer Edited by K Donnelly and Leslie Cizmas Hbk | 2006 | 1402048440 | #161376A | Complex chemical mixtures impact our health every day. In the United States, and also in £69.00 BUY Central and Eastern Europe, there are a number of locations where complex chemical ....

Environmental Planning and Management 300 pages | Imperial College Press Christian N Madu Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1860946712 | This book focuses on environmental planning and management. Environmental problems are #161250A | £45.00 BUY not purely scientific; some of the major problems deal with poor management and the ....

Environmental Principles and Ethics (with Field Trip Guide) 240 pages | World Scientific MH Wong, FWK Lee and MKF Fung Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 9812568387 | This book with the accompanying field trip guide, aims to foster environmental literacy of non- #161251A | £28.00 BUY science students and to train them to look at environment-related issues from a ....

Environmental Valuation in Developed Countries 480 pages | Edward Elgar Case Studies Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1840641479 | Edited by David Pearce #161348A | £98.00 BUY This is the second of two volumes of case studies that illustrate how environmental economists place values on environmental assets and on the flows of goods and services ....

Explorations in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 288 pages | Edward Elgar Essays in Honor of Gardner M. Brown, Jr. Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1845421841 | Edited by Robert Halvorsen and David F Layton #161353A | £78.00 BUY Gardner M. Brown has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of ....

Fish For Life 427 pages | - | Amsterdam UP Interactive Governance for Fisheries Pbk | 2005 | 9053566864 | #160588A | Edited by Jan Kooiman, Maarten Bavinck, Svein Jentoft and Roger Pullin £32.50 BUY One billion people around the world rely upon fish as their primary-and in many cases, their only-source of protein. At the same time, increasing demand from wealthier ....

Fisheries Economics 384 pages | 175 illus | Blackwell Edited by Trond Bjorndal et al Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1405141611 | Focuses on the area of fisheries economics and management. Compiled in honour of the work #160416A | £99.50 BUY and achievements of Professor Gordon Munro of the University of British Columbia, ....

The Fourth Circle 392 pages | Stanford UP A Political Ecology of Sumatra's Rainforest Frontier Hbk | 2006 | 0804752117 | #161014A | John F McCarthy £48.95 BUY This book addresses the politics of environmental change in one of the richest areas of tropical Pbk | 2006 | 0804752125 | #161013A | rainforest in Indonesia. Based on field studies conducted in three agricultural .... £19.50 BUY

Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement, 464 pages | CRC Press Vol. 3: Vegetable Crops Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0849396468 | #159437A | £92.00 BUY Ram J Singh The fourth book in this series, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Vegetable Crops, Volume 3 provides discussion subjects for each crop, ....

Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement, 328 pages | CRC Press Vol. 4: Oilseed Crops Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0849336392 | #161002A | £85.00 BUY Ram J Singh The fourth book in this series is the first comprehensive treatise on oilseed crops in nearly a decade, including recent advances in genetic analysis and molecular methods. ....

Global Agricultural Policy Reform and Trade 224 pages | Edward Elgar Environmental Gains and Losses Hbk | 2005 | 1843768879 | #161350A | Edited by Joseph Cooper £56.50 BUY `This is a very valuable and timely book that provides insightful factual and methodological Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1847200583 | perspectives on the co-evolution of agriculture and the environment in an .... #161351A | £15.96 BUY

Global Health Watch 2005-06 368 pages | Half-tones, figs | Zed Books An Alternative World Health Report Hbk | 2005 | 1842775685 | #161525A | Edited by Global Health Watch £55.00 BUY As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, advances in science and technology are securing Pbk | 2005 | 1842775693 | #161526A | better health and longer lives, but only for a small fraction of the world's .... £18.95 BUY

Great Rivers of the World 304 pages | 610 col illus | White Star Paolo Pnovaresio Ediz The courses of the great rivers recount the history of the Earth and mankind. This book is Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 8854401447 | dedicated to 25 of the world's longest, most important rivers, from the Ganges, .... #161531A | £29.95 BUY

Growing Food 325 pages | 16 illus | Springer A Guide to Food Production Hbk | 2006 | 1402048270 | #161450A | Tony Winch £46.00 BUY This specialist handbook is intended as a quick and easy reference guide to be used by individuals and organisations that are involved with the production of food, from both ....

Humanitarian Aid Work 216 pages | Pennsylvania UP A Critical Approach Hbk | 2006 | 0812239431 | #161445A | Carlos Martin Beristain £39.00 BUY "Drawing on over a decade of field experiences in Latin America as well as a burgeoning literature about the psychological and social effects of war and disasters, Martin ....

Institutional Dynamics in Environmental Governance 292 pages | Springer Edited by Bas Arts and Pieter Leroy Hbk | 2006 | 140205078X | #161394A | Environmental policy in its broadest context has been significantly revitalized and renewed £54.00 BUY during the last two decades. That observation is nothing new, attested to by the ....

Joint Production and Responsibility in Ecological Economics 392 pages | Edward Elgar On the Foundations of Environmental Policy 2006 | 1840648724 | #161354A | Stefan Baumgarter, Malte Faber and Johannes Schiller £78.00 BUY This groundbreaking book takes a fresh look at how environmental problems emerge from economic activity and how they may be addressed in a responsible and sustainable manner. ....

The Making of Environmental Law 312 pages | 2 b/w illus | Chicago UP Richard J Lazarus Hbk | 2004 | 0226470377 | #148886A | Lazarus argues that in the future, environmental law must forge a more nuanced understanding £22.50 BUY of the uncertainties and trade-offs, as well as the better-organized .... Pbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0226469727 | #161058A | £14.50 BUY

The Millennium Development Goals 256 pages | Tabs, figs | Zed Books Raising the Resources to Tackle World Poverty Hbk | 2005 | 1842777343 | #161527A | Edited by Fantu Cheru and Colin Bradford Jr £55.00 BUY How can the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) be made a reality by 2015? If the MDGs Pbk | 2005 | 1842777351 | #161529A | are to halve global poverty and significantly improve conditions for the world's poor on .... £18.95 BUY

Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on 350 pages | Washington UP Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia Pbk | 2006 | 9067182435 | #161559A | £18.95 BUY Edited by Peter Boomgaard, David Henley and Manon Ossewijer This book examines the history of the human interaction with forest and marine ecosystems in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The present excessive levels of ....

Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge 209 pages | SUNY Press David M Standlea Hbk | 2006 | 0791466310 | #161448A | Examines the battle to develop the oil resources of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. .... £38.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0791466329 | #161449A | £12.50 BUY

On Risk and Disaster 304 pages | Pennsylvania UP Lessons from Hurricane Katrina Pbk | 2006 | 0812219597 | #161444A | Edited by Ronald Daniels, Donald Kettl and Howard Kunreuther £18.00 BUY Hurricane Katrina not only devastated a large area of the nation's Gulf coast, it also raised fundamental questions about ways the nation can, and should, deal with the ....

Organic Agriculture 320 pages | Illustrations | CABI A Global Perspective Hbk | 2006 | 1845931696 | #159733A | Edited by Paul Kristiansen, Acram Taji and John Reganold £75.00 BUY There is a growing niche market world-wide for organic produce. However there are considerable problems in expanding organic production and it is often considered a ....

Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge 270 pages | CUP Edited by Andrew Dobson and Robyn Eckersley Hbk | 2006 | 052183810X | #161595A | In recent years the engagement between the environmental 'agenda' and mainstream political £45.00 BUY theory has become increasingly widespread and profound. Each has affected the .... Pbk | 2006 | 0521546982 | #161596A | £17.99 BUY

Protecting our Environment 196 pages | SUNY Press Lessons from the European Union Hbk | 2005 | 079146511X | #161513A | Janet Hunter and Zachary Smith £35.00 BUY Examines how the European Union has handled environmental protection issues. .... Pbk | 2005 | 0791465128 | #161514A | £13.75 BUY

Reasoning in Biological Discoveries 344 pages | 10 tabs | CUP Essays on Mechanisms, Interfield Relationships, and Anomaly Resolution Hbk | 2006 | 0521858879 | #161608A | Lindley Darden £48.00 BUY Reasoning in Biological Discoveries brings together a series of essays which focus on one of the most heavily debated topics of scientific discovery today. Collected together ....

Rebuilding Urban Places after Disaster 400 pages | 60 b/w illus, 8 col illus | Lessons from Hurricane Katrina Pennsylvania UP Edited by Eugenie L Birch and Susan M Wachter Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0812219805 | Disasters-natural ones, such as hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes, and unnatural ones such as #161516A | £23.00 BUY terrorist attacks-are part of the American experience in the twenty-first ....

Reimagining Political Ecology 440 pages | 2 col illus, 5 tabs, 6 col Edited by Aletta Biersack and James B Greenberg maps, 16 figs | Duke UP Reimagining Political Ecology is a state-of-the-art collection of ethnographies grounded in Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0822336855 | political ecology. When political ecology first emerged as a distinct field in the .... #161536A | £67.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0822336723 | #161538A | £15.99 BUY

Saving Sterling Forest 208 pages | SUNY Press The Epic Struggle to Preserve New York's Highlands Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0791469395 | Ann Botshon #161501A | £37.25 BUY The story of the twenty-five-year quest to preserve twenty thousand acres of forest in Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0791469409 | southeastern New York. .... #161503A | £12.50 BUY

Science and Policy in Natural Resource Management 264 pages | 40 line diags | CUP Understanding System Complexity Hbk | 2006 | 0521858836 | #161612A | Helen E Allison and Richard J Hobbs £55.00 BUY Despite many well intentioned policies and changes to management practices, the world's natural resources continue to decline. The roles and interplay between science and ....

Spaces of Sustainability 256 pages | Routledge Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0415358035 | Mark Whitehead #161264A | £75.00 BUY Spaces of Sustainability is an engaging and accessible introduction to the key philosophical Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0415358043 | ideas which lie behind the principles of sustainable development. This .... #161265A | £21.99 BUY

Subsurface Hydrology 512 pages | Wiley George Pinder and Michael Celia Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0471742430 | Groundwater hydrology - the study of the occurence, distribution and movement of water #161333A | £52.95 BUY beneath the earth's surface - involves concepts from a number of traditional sciences, ....

Sustainability in Agriculture 130 pages | - | RSC Edited by RE Hester and RM Harrison Pbk | 2005 | 0854042016 | #160954A | World trade in agriculture, with its massive subsidies, restrictive barriers, international £60.00 BUY collaboration and competition, and the livelihoods of millions of farmers ....

Sustainable Development 200 pages | Ashgate National Aspirations, Local Implementation 2006 | 075464605X | #161316A | Edited by Jennifer Hill, Alan Terry and Wendy Woodland £55.00 BUY Following on from the 'Earth Summit' held in Rio in 1992 and the resulting Agenda 21, the key to successful implementation was believed to be that each country would choose ....

Teaching Kids to Love the Earth 192 pages | 40 line illus | Minnesota UP M Lacheski, J Passineau, A Limnea and P Treuer Pbk | 1991 | 0816641978 | #161518A | Teaching Kids to Love the Earth is a collection of 186 earth-caring activities designed for use £9.95 BUY with children of all ages to help them experience and appreciate the earth. ....

Tourism in Developing Countries 688 pages | Edward Elgar Edited by Twan Huybers Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 1843769980 | The collection of articles encompassed by this book provide a comprehensive overview of the #161346A | £183.00 BUY progress of academic thought in respect of the economic, social and environmental ....

Tropical Homegardens 377 pages | Springer A Time-Tested Example of Sustainable Agroforestry Hbk | 2006 | 1402049471 | #160997A | Edited by BM Kumar and PKR Nair £107.50 BUY `Homegardens' are integrated tree - crop - animal production systems, often in small parcels of land surrounding homesteads, and primarily found in tropical environments. ....

Urban Groundwater Management and Sustainability 500 pages | Springer Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Management and Development Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1402051735 | of Urban Groundwater Systems, Baku, Azerbaijan, 6-15 August 2004 #160976A | £138.50 BUY Edited by John H Tellam, Michael O Rivett and Rauf G Israfilov Pbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1402051743 | Urbanization modifies underlying groundwater systems. This often leads to adverse #160977A | £65.50 BUY hydrological, water quality, geotechnical, and socio-economic effects which jeopardize ....

Using Experimental Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics 224 pages | Edward Elgar Edited by John A List Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 1845428552 | This book explores frontier work at the intersection of experimental and environmental #161356A | £56.50 BUY economics, with cutting edge research provided by premier scholars in the field. ....

The Voluntary Environmentalists 198 pages | CUP Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations Hbk | 2006 | 0521860415 | #161562A | Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski £45.00 BUY Can businesses voluntarily adopt progressive environmental policies? Most environmental Pbk | 2006 | 0521677726 | #161563A | regulations are based on the assumption that the pursuit of profit leads firms to .... £17.99 BUY

Water Dynamics: 3rd International Workshop on Water Dynamics, 236 pages | Springer Sendai, Japan, 16-17 November 2005 Hbk | 2006 | 0735403279 | #161393A | £131.50 BUY Edited by K Tohji, B Tsuchiya and B Jeyadevan Water is the essential constituent for life and this proceedings covers the role of water in materials, earth science and geo/biosphere. It assesses the role of water in a ....

Wealth, Welfare and Sustainability 208 pages | Edward Elgar Advances in Measuring Sustainable Development Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 1843765764 | Kirk Hamilton and Giles Atkinson #161355A | £62.00 BUY This important book presents fresh thinking and new results on the measurement of sustainable development. ....

The White Man's Burden 392 pages | OUP Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill And So Little Good Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0199210829 | William Easterly #161613A | £16.99 BUY We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as ....

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Bayesian Inference for Gene Expression and Proteomics 450 pages | 22 tabs | CUP Edited by Kim-Anh Do, Peter Muller and Marina Vannucci Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 052186092X | The interdisciplinary nature of bioinformatics presents a challenge in integrating concepts, #161614A | £45.00 BUY methods, software, and multi-platform data. Although there have been rapid ....

The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics 410 pages | Figs, tabs | CUP Brian S Everitt Hbk | 2006 | 0521860393 | #161021A | Over 3600 terms are defined, covering medical, survey, theoretical, and applied statistics, £45.00 BUY including computational aspects. Entries are provided for standard and .... Pbk | 2006 | 0521690277 | #161023A | £17.99 BUY

Handbook of Data Visualization 1000 pages | Springer Edited by Chun-huoh Chen, Wolfgang Hardle and Antony Unwin Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 3540330364 | Visualizing the data is an essential part of any data analysis. Modern computing developments #161479A | £191.50 BUY have led to big improvements in graphic capabilities and there are many new ....

Introduction to Modeling in Wildlife and Resource Management 208 pages | 20 illus | Blackwell Norman Owen-Smith Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1405144394 | This book provides students with the skills to develop their own models for application in #160889A | £19.99 BUY conservation biology and wildlife management. Assuming no special mathematical ....

Introduction to Remote Sensing 318 pages | - | CRC Press Arthur P Cracknell and Ladson Hayes Hbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0849392551 | This new edition of Introduction to Remote Sensing provides a full and authoritative #159479A | £24.99 BUY introduction for scientists who need to know the scope, potential, and ....

Methods in Molecular Biophysics 900 pages | 400 line diags, 150 col Structure, Dynamics, Function plates | CUP Igor Serdyuk, Nathan Zaccai and Joseph Zaccai Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 052181524X | Our knowledge of biological macromolecules and their interactions is based on the application of #161606A | £45.00 BUY physical methods, ranging from classical thermodynamics to recently ....

Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies 416 pages | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press) Dropout, Casual Inference and Sensitivity Analysis Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1584886099 | Michael J Daniels and Joseph W Hogan #159424A | £44.99 BUY This book focuses on how to handle missing data in longitudinal studies, offering specific coverage of models for longitudinal data, missing data mechanisms, and various ....

Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology 320 pages | CRC Press Guy C Cox Hbk | NYP 09/2006 | 0849339197 | Covering the basics of optical microscopy, as well as recent techniques, such as fluorescent #159439A | £74.99 BUY lifetime imaging and Forster resonance energy transfer, Optical Imaging ....

Principles of Statistical Inference 250 pages | 5 figs | CUP DR Cox Hbk | 2006 | 0521866731 | #161589A | In this definitive book, D. R. Cox gives a comprehensive and balanced appraisal of statistical £45.00 BUY inference. He develops the key concepts, describing and comparing the main .... Pbk | 2006 | 0521685672 | #161590A | £19.99 BUY

Problems and Solutions in Biological Sequence 344 pages | 27 line diagrams, 27 tabs, Mark Borodovsky and Svetlana Ekisheva 172 exs | CUP This book is the first of its kind to provide a large collection of bioinformatics problems with Hbk | 2006 | 0521847540 | #161588A | accompanying solutions. Notably, the problem set includes all of the .... £48.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0521612306 | #161587A | £22.99 BUY

Under the Microscope 150 pages | World Scientific A Brief History of Microscopy NYP 09/2006 | 9810237812 | #161258A William J Croft | £29.00 BUY This is a brief history of the development of microscopy, from the use of beads and water droplets in ancient Greece, through the simple magnifying glass, to the modern ....

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Academic Scientists at Work 289 pages | Springer Navigating the Biomedical Reserch Career Pbk | 2006 | 0387321764 | #161454A | Jeremy Boss and Susan Eckert £19.00 BUY Academic Scientists at Work guides the scientist on the journey from the end of a postdoctoral career to the point of promotion to Associate Professor. ....

Cabinets for the Curious 297 pages | - | Gower Looking Back at Early English Museums Hbk | 2005 | 075460506X | #161255A | Ken Arnold £55.50 BUY This book uses the study of early museums to cast light on modern museum philosophies. At a time when many contemporary institutions are suffering from a sense of cultural ....

Encoding Across Frontiers: Proceedings of the European Conference on 286 pages | - | Haworth Press Encoded Archival Description and Context (EAD and EAC), Paris, France Hbk | 2005 | 0789030268 | #159965A | £34.50 BUY Edited by Bill Stockting and Fabienne Queyroux Encoding Across Frontiers is a careful selection of the finest presentations from the European Conference on Encoded Archival Description and Context (EAD and EAC) held in ....

Introducing Delphi Programming 567 pages | OUP Theory through Practice Pbk | 2005 | 0195789113 | #161541A | Katherine Malan £34.99 BUY Covers the basics of Delphi and includes features of Delphi 6,7 and 8. The book has been written for students taking first year course in Information Systems at universities and ....

Mastering Your PhD 156 pages | 8 illus | Springer Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond Pbk | 2006 | 3540333878 | #161466A | Patricia A Gosling and Bart D Noordam £23.00 BUY "Mastering your PhD" helps guide PhD students through their graduate student days. Filled with practical advice on getting started, communicating with your supervisor, ....

Philip's Atlas of Exploration 256 pages | Philip's Royal Geographic Society Pbk | NYP 10/2006 | 0540082155 | Aimed at both geography students and general readers, this reference to the history of #160971A | £25.00 BUY exploration extends from its earliest beginnings to the sophisticated scientific ....

Writing Scientific Software 316 pages | CUP A Guide to Good Style Hbk | 2006 | 0521858968 | #161602A | Suely Oliveira and David E Stewart £45.00 BUY The core of scientific computing is designing, writing, testing, debugging and modifying numerical software for application to a vast range of areas: from graphics, meteorology ....