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Hedges by Robert Wolton 9781399411714
RRP: £40.00£30.38An absorbing celebration of the ecology, biology and cultural history of the rich hedgerow heritage in the British Isles. Much of the UK is intensively farmed, and in such landscapes hedges are often the only refuge for wildlife. In addition to... -
Chasing the Red Queen: The Evolutionary Race Between Agricultural Pests and Poisons Andy Dyer 9781610915199
RRP: £30.00£24.85This book presents key concepts for students to understand chemical resistance in agriculture and apply that knowledge to achieving global food security. In the race to feed the world's seven billion people, we are at a standstill. Over the past century,... -
A Dictionary of Ecology by Michael Allaby
RRP: £14.99£10.95This is the fourth edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of ecology available. Written in a clear, accessible style, it contains over 6,000 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such... -
Reflections: What Wildlife Needs and How to Provide it by Dr. Mark Avery 9781784273903
RRP: £20.00£15.24In this informed, incisive and passionate commentary on the state of nature and conservation, Mark Avery reflects on our relationship with the wildlife around us. From the cats that pass through his garden to the chronic decline of farmland wildlife,... -
The Wizard and the Prophet: Science and the Future of Our Planet by Charles C. Mann
RRP: £14.99£9.79Two Groundbreaking Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future of Our Planet'Does the earth's finite carrying capacity mean economic growth has to stop? That momentous question is the subject of Charles Mann's brilliant book.' Wall Street... -
Is That a Bat?: A Guide to Non-Bat Sounds Encountered During Bat Surveys by Neil Middleton
RRP: £35.00£29.22Bat detector surveys are carried out by ecological consultants, researchers, conservationists and hobbyists. Understanding and categorising non-bat sounds in surveys offers the potential of knock-on benefits for informing development projects (e.g. other... -
Bat Roosts in Rock: A Guide to Identification and Assessment for Climbers, Cavers & Ecology Professionals by Bat Rock Habitat Key
RRP: £40.00£33.18This guide provides descriptions of when the bat species resident in Britain and Ireland use natural and human-made rock habitats, how they use them, and the environments each species occupies therein. For the first time it brings together findings from... -
Habitat Creation and Repair by Oliver L. Gilbert 9780198549666
£85.72With increasing public awareness of environmental issues, landscape managers and developers are being required to creatic substantial areas of naturalistic planting, particularly in urban areas, and to restore habitats degraded by building, development,... -
Big Bat Year: A Conservation Story by Nils Bouillard 9781784273101
RRP: £21.99£17.97Can one undertake a round-the-world trip with conservation uppermost in the mind? This is exactly what Nils Bouillard sought to do in 2019, adapting a popular concept in birding known as the 'big year' and focusing instead on bats. This had never been... -
The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage Ianto Evans 9781890132347
RRP: £30.00£19.80"The Hand-Sculpted House inspired me to learn and do more and transformed how I saw homes and building in general."-Mother Earth News "If you follow it word for word you will build yourself a house no matter who you are."-Builder Paul Dillon, quoted... -
Thus Spoke the Plant: A Remarkable Journey of Groundbreaking Scientific Discoveries and Personal Encounters with Plants by Monica Gagliano
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623172435Author Monica GaglianoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
Where Do Camels Belong?: The story and science of invasive species by Ken Thompson
RRP: £10.99£7.77Where do camels belong? In the Arab world may seem the obvious answer, but they are relative newcomers there. They evolved in North America, retain their greatest diversity in South America, and the only remaining wild dromedaries are in Australia. ... -
Romantic Ecocriticism: Origins and Legacies by Dewey W. Hall 9781498518031
RRP: £46.00£40.35Romantic Ecocriticism: Origins and Legacies is unique due to its rare assemblage of essays, which has not appeared within an edited collection before. Romantic Ecocriticism is distinct because the essays in the collection develop transnational and... -
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 9780753559710
RRP: £12.99£8.32Revised Edition with New Afterword from the Author Time #1 Nonfiction Book of the YearFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Over 3 million copies sold in 35 Languages"On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately... -
Bat Calls of Britain and Europe: A Guide to Species Identification by Jon Russ
RRP: £49.99£41.70A comprehensive guide to the calls of the 44 species of bat currently known to occur in Europe. Following on from the popular British Bat Calls by Jon Russ, this new book draws on the expertise of more than forty specialist authors to substantially... -
The School Garden Curriculum: An Integrated K-8 Guide for Discovering Science, Ecology, and Whole-Systems Thinking by Kaci Rae Christopher
RRP: £28.99£26.83Sow the seeds of science and wonder and inspire the next generation of Earth stewards The School Garden Curriculum offers a unique and comprehensive framework, enabling students to grow their knowledge throughout the school year and build on it from... -
Insects on cherry trees by Simon R. Leather
RRP: £20.00£16.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855463113Author Simon R. LeatherFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 155g -
The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction by Gísli Pálsson 9780691230986
RRP: £22.00£17.36How an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinctionThe great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of... -
Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 1: Ecological Vision, Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture Dave Jacke 9781931498791
RRP: £60.00£39.55Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and... -
Edible Forest Gardens, Volume II: Ecological Design And Practice for Temperate-Climate Permaculture Dave Jacke 9781931498807
RRP: £60.00£40.15Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and... -
The Hidden World of the Fox by Adele Brand
RRP: £8.99£6.02'A lovely little book ... quietly lyrical, often funny and gently persuasive' Sunday Times 'Succinct, clear, sophisticated. I couldn't stop reading it' Jeff VanderMeer We've all... -
The Ecological Gardener: How to Create Beauty and Biodiversity from the Soil Up Matt Rees-Warren 9781645020073
RRP: £20.00£13.75Engaging and quirky; full of ideas and inspiration for garden projects that you'll be itching to try for yourself. Dave Goulson, author of The Garden Jungle A thoughtful and practical guide Country Life Design a garden for the future - because what... -
Dune by Frank Herbert 9780575081505
RRP: £12.99£9.00'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POST'I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings' Arthur C Clarke'It is possible that Dune is even more relevant now than when it was first published' NEW YORKERThe Duke of Atreides... -
The Effective Ecologist: Succeed in the Office Environment Neil Middleton 9781784270834
RRP: £21.99£17.97The Effective Ecologist covers the stuff that no-one told you about at university - how to develop your office-related and business skills to succeed in your career as a professional ecologist. This book shows you how to be more effective in your... -
Biology of Wonder: Aliveness, Feeling and the Metamorphosis of Science by Andreas Weber
RRP: £21.99£17.06The disconnection between humans and nature is perhaps one of the most fundamental problems faced by our species today. The schism between us and the natural world is arguably the root cause of most of the environmental catastrophes unraveling around us... -
Fundamental Processes in Ecology: An Earth Systems Approach by David M. Wilkinson
£36.23Fundamental Processes in Ecology presents a way to study ecosystems that is not yet available in ecology textbooks but is resonant with current thinking in the emerging fields of geobiology and Earth System Science. It provides an alternative,... -
Flora of Middle-Earth: Plants of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium by Walter S. Judd
RRP: £35.99£26.05The book considers the importance of plants in Tolkien's conception of Middle-earth. It develops the theme that Middle-earth is our own world - and will awaken the reader to the connection between the plants of Tolkien's legendarium and those growing in... -
The Barbarian Principle: Merleau-Ponty, Schelling, and the Question of Nature by Jason M. Wirth
RRP: £26.97£23.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438448466Author Jason M. WirthFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Birds, Beasts and Bedlam: Turning My Farm into an Ark for Lost Species Derek Gow 9781645021339
RRP: £20.00£13.35'A do-er, not a dreamer, Gow has become one of our most outspoken rewilders.' Countryfile Magazine 'In this warm and funny autobiography, [Gow] writes with a whimsical fluency about the moments of humour and pathos in an unusual life.' Country... -
Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland: Expanded and Revised Second Edition by Neil Middleton
RRP: £38.00£31.20The social calls of bats are an area about which relatively little is known, with more research still required to expand our understanding. However, these calls are increasingly recognised as a useful aid to identification: they appear to be species... -
Woodland Survey Handbook: Collecting Data for Conservation in British Woodland by Keith Kirby
RRP: £30.00£24.17How do you record the wildlife in a wood? This book explains ways to record the flora and fauna found in woodland and outlines the sources you can use to find out more about the history and management of an area. Whether you have just a few hours, or a... -
New Principles in the Working of Nature Nature as Teacher by Viktor Schauberger
RRP: £25.99£18.28Viktor Schauberger was one of the first genuine environmentalists. In the 1930s he was predicting ecological catastrophe when no-one else could see it coming. He foresaw: Global warming and its devastating consequencesIncreasing violence and... -
In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
RRP: £10.99£7.40'One of history's most impressive field studies; an instant animal classic' TIMEJane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with,... -
Life at High Pressure: In the Deep Sea and Other Environments by Alister Macdonald 9783030675899
RRP: £34.99£28.35The book discusses the ways in which high hydrostatic pressure (i.e. water pressure) affects all grades of life which thrive at pressures much greater those in our normal environment. The deep sea is the best known high pressure environment, where... -
Topological Quantum by Steven H. Simon 9780198886723
RRP: £65.00£61.54At the intersection of physics, mathematics, and computer science, an exciting new field of study has formed, known as "Topological Quantum." This research field examines the deep connections between the theory of knots, special types of subatomic... -
Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire 9780063097261
RRP: £14.99£9.70An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in... -
The Humanure Handbook, 4th Edition: Shit in a Nutshell by Joseph C Jenkins
RRP: £19.99£13.65An updated edition of an underground classic This is the 4th edition of a self-published book that no respectable publisher would touch with a ten-foot shovel. The 1st edition was published in 1994 with a print run of 600 copies, which the author... -
The Ice Age: A Very Short Introduction by Jamie Woodward
RRP: £8.99£6.45The study of the Quaternary ice age has revolutionized ideas about Earth system change and the pace of landscape and ecosystem dynamics. The Ice Age: A Very Short Introduction looks at evidence from the continents, the oceans, and the ice core records,... -
Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services: Science, Policy and Practice by Aletta Bonn 9781107619708
RRP: £49.99£43.53Peatlands provide globally important ecosystem services through climate and water regulation or biodiversity conservation. While covering only 3% of the earth's surface, degrading peatlands are responsible for nearly a quarter of carbon emissions from... -
The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them by Peter Wohlleben
RRP: £18.99£12.93A perfect gift for the hikers, walkers, and tree lovers in your life, this illuminating manifesto on ancient forests reveals how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them."Another...