Environmentalists & Naturalists

Born into what was one of the wealthiest families in the world, "Walter Rothschild" became the best known zoologist of his day - and one of Britain's great eccentrics. A benign and enigmatic figure with a boundless enthusiasm for nature, he amassed the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838185503Author Ian R SwinglandFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Ian R. SwinglandPublisher Ian R. SwinglandWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The life and art of the 18th-century naturalist Mark Catesby, and his pioneering work depicting the flora and fauna of North America, are explored in vibrant detail This book explores the life and work of the celebrated eighteenth-century English...

Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century England, designing country estates and mansions, moving hills and making flowing lakes and serpentine rivers, a magical world of green. This English landscape style spread across Europe and the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922825032Author Jooste J Major GeneralFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Ingwe PublishingPublisher Ingwe Publishing

Explore the wonders of wild Mongolia through the eyes of a distinguished field biologist Mongolia became a satellite of the Soviet Union in the mid-1920s, and for nearly seven decades it effectively closed its doors to the outside world. Biologist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416954743Author Terri IrwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 154mm...

Louis Bromfield was a World War I ambulance driver, a Paris expat, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist as famous in the 1920s as Hemingway or Fitzgerald. But he cashed in his literary success to finance a wild agrarian dream in his native Ohio. The...

In this classic of American literature, Thoreau gives an account of his two years experience of the 'simple life' in the woods, telling how he sought and found material and spiritual sustenance in the solitude of the cabin which he built for himself on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783823017Author Scribble RozFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Chipmunka PublishingPublisher Chipmunka PublishingWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm)...

Whatever happened to him actually outshines anything I've had my James Bond do. -Ian Fleming James Bond: author, ornithologist, marksman, and . . . identity-theft victim? When James Bond published his landmark book, Birds of the West Indies, he had no...

'Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat.' - Greta ThunbergNo matter your age, location or skin colour, you can be an effective activist...

* "We see through this book the immense power of language...to change the minds of lawmakers and tourists alike." -The New York Times Book Review * "A poignant portrait of an era when mere words could change the world." -San Francisco Chronicle * The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060565312Author Professor Douglas BrinkleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 960Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers...

Kate Nicholls left England to raise her five children in Botswana: an experience that would change each of their lives. Living on a shoestring in a lion conservation camp, Kate home-schools her family under a camelthorn tree while they also learn at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735241060Author Adam ShoaltsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

From survivor of genocide to conservation hero: A moving, heartwarming memoir about a real-life chimpanzee whisperer-now the subject of the award-winning documentary film Pant Hoot.Stany Nyandwi's gift for communicating with chimpanzees is so special...

"In me, there is the red of miry clay, the brown of spring floods, the gold of ripening tobacco. All of these hues are me; I am, in the deepest sense, colored." From these fertile soils of love, land, identity, family, and race emerges The Home Place, a...

The Whale in the Living Room follows the thrilling adventures of film-maker, John Ruthven, as he travels the globe, dives into our oceans and passionately recounts his life-affirming experiences.What creatures could remain undiscovered in the 95 per cent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062964120Author Jonathan FranklinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperOneWeight(grams) 152g

An artist's uniquely personal journey across AmericaIn the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the...

"An inspiring book about love in its purest form."-JANE GOODALL, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of PeaceWith the heartwrenching vulnerability of The Glass Castle and the spiritual journey of H is for Hawk, this stunning debut...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award 2019.Book InformationISBN 9780735275072Author Diana Beresford-KroegerFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House...

A Guide on Climate Optimism and Environmental Sustainability Zahra Biabani, a climate activist focused on hope and action, wrote this book to help readers learn why we need to and how we can stay optimistic in the face of the climate crisis. People are...

The story that captured the imagination of the world... In 1969 Harrods department store in London sold a three month old lion cub to two young Australians, John Rendall and Anthony (Ace) Bourke. They called him Christian. For a year Christian lived...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953534033Author Roger DeakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 145mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063090835Author Greg SkomalFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570674129Author Captain Paul WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Groundswell BooksPublisher Book Publishing Company

Timeless Narrative of Human Connection to Animals:Dorsey explores his connection to the gray whales of the lagoon on spiritual, emotional, and physical levels, and what this means for himself and for his wife, Irene.The Destination for One of the...

'HONEST, POWERFUL AND RIVETING'Levison Wood, author of The Art of Exploration'JUST BRILLIANT...THE BOOK OF THE DECADE'Tim Flannery, former Australian of the Year'WOW. A HUGELY IMPORTANT AND ENJOYABLE BOOK THAT WILL RESTORE YOUR FAITH IN HUMANITY AND WHAT...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861517623Author Jim EmertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Mereo BooksPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 5mm

In the summer of 1869, John Muir set out from California's Central Valley with a flock of sheep and trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. His journals describe the summer he spent in what would become Yosemite National Park. Celebrating the...

An epic biography filled with drama, conflict, and surmounted challenges.The Real RFK Jr. is an intimate biographical portrait examining the controversial activist's journey from anguish and addiction to becoming the country's leading environmental...

Includes a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales and an introduction by Jane Goodall Richard St. Barbe Baker was an inspirational visionary and pioneering environmentalist who is credited with saving and planting billions of trees. He saved lives, too,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547053561Author Dale PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 853gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 165mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947534087Author Bruce PascoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribe USPublisher Scribe USWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307461254Author James CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452287358Author Nick JansFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 133mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781896559834Author Charlotte Du CannFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Greenbank BookPublisher Greenbank BookWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

In this absorbing memoir, well-known eco-philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and deep ecology activist /teacher Joanna Macy recounts her adventures of mind and spirit in the key social movements of our era. Macy's autobiography reads like a novel as she...