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National Geographic Face to Face Readers is a high-interest series of books for confident, independent readers that have been adapted to a Key Stage 2 audience by education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively...

"The spread of the towns, the disforesting of the hills, and other causes are conspiring to destroy many of the conditions which made the Riviera of former days so happy a resort for the lovers of Nature. But there will always be much to observe and much...

In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907908104Author Owen MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee BooksWeight(grams) 196gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781408159903Author Michael ShrubbFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint T & AD PoyserPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 756g

'Will Burns is a soulful English poet of the kind we don't make enough of' MAX PORTER'Hugely affecting and timely' LUKE TURNER'A boldly struck chord, one that contains many of the dissonances, but also the harmonies, found in England today' CHRIS POWERIn...

"This is a way of putting my life out there, because if I were to write a memoir, there'd be five volumes before I got to The Beatles. So I'm going at it this way, through photographs and quotes. And this is, I feel, a better way for me to do it." -...

Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao is the essential guide for anyone traveling to those islands. It showcases the more than 280 species seen on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao and provides descriptions of and directions to the best places to bird, from the...

Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life-growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of collapse. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick environment:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451234599Author Reed TimmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Containing 146 stunning color photos, Animals of the Serengeti is a remarkable look at the mammals and reptiles most likely to be encountered in the world-famous Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. With an eye-catching layout, accessible text,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954525658Author John MuirFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Warbler ClassicsPublisher Warbler ClassicsWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

From cars made of carrot to tea-smuggling spies, from Popeye's spinach to the hallucinogenic effects of lettuce, renowned garden expert Chris Beardshaw takes us on a journey through history's most fascinating plants, flowers, vegetables and herbs: the...

Global warming and the future of the climate is one of the greatest challenges of our time, but what do we know about climate variations 500 years ago, or 5000 years ago? How can we know anything at all about the history of weather? What impact have...

Even in the brick and concrete heart of our cities, nature finds a way. Birds and mammals, insects, plants and trees - they all manage to thrive in the urban jungle, and Bob Gilbert is their champion and their chronicler. He explores the hidden...

Think of deer and the image that pops into most American's minds is that of a white-tailed deer, the most common large mammal in North America. Most Europeans are more familiar with red deer. It may surprise many people to know that there are actually...

This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of rural society in a post-Brexit UK by examining the emergence of new environmental and rural policies and the implications of this transition for rural communities. Through the Common Agricultural Policy,...

Mainland Ecuador's spectacular wildlife makes it a magnet for nature tourists, but until now there hasn't been a go-to, all-in-one guide geared to the general reader. With this handy and accessible guide, visitors now have everything they need to...

Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland, Tenth Edition delivers the latest developments in crop varieties, crop protection products and environmental schemes. This new edition reflects the changing world around us, with sections...

The water vole is one of Britain's most endangered mammals. A native of the British Isles, and popularised in modern culture as 'Ratty' in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, the water vole is a cherished resident of our rivers, canals, streams...

Thomas Hardy notes the thrush's 'full-hearted evensong of joy illimited', Gilbert White observes how swallows sweep through the air but swifts 'dash round in circles' and Rachel Carson watches sanderlings at the ocean's edge, scurrying 'across the beach...

The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows. Covering south easternmost California, much of southern and central Arizona, most of Baja California,...

Glutton, demon of destruction, symbol of slaughter, mightiest of wilderness villains...The wolverine comes marked with a reputation based on myth and fancy. Yet this enigmatic animal is more complex than the legends that surround it. With a shrinking...

Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's A Natural History of Man in Britain (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760554149Author Damon GameauFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Macmillan AustraliaPublisher Pan Macmillan AustraliaWeight(grams) 1093gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486827780Author Pierre-Joseph RedouteFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Journeying along London's waterways on a canal boat called Pike, Helen Babbs puts down roots for two weeks at a time before moving on. From Walthamstow Marsh in the east to Uxbridge in the west, she explores the landscape in all its guises: marshland,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912465163Author Michael VineyFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Artisan House EditionsPublisher Artisan House EditionsWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525575153Author iO Tillett WrightFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Get the perfect coffee-table book for birders and nature lovers, pairing naturalist knowledge with beautiful watercolor paintings. This is the bird book for people who love birds! Naturalist, watercolorist, and debut author Jenny deFouw Geuder...

Create your very own urban jungle and help your houseplants thrive with this handy pocket guide to plant care. Houseplants bring life and energy into our homes, improving air quality and even boosting our productivity. But even the most committed...

In seventeenth-century Britain, a new breed of 'curious' gardeners were pushing at the frontiers of knowledge and new plants were stealing into Europe from East and West. John Tradescant and his son were at the vanguard of this change - as gardeners, as...

Braiding together illustration, observation, and reportage, artist and naturalist Robin Lee Carlson offers a watershed work that will forever change how we live with wildfire in the West.When the nature reserve at Cold Canyon went up in flames-a casualty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262537827Author Finn Arne JorgensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 16mm

Hard-hitting recommendations for what must be done to manage global natural capital and reverse environmental destruction Natural capital is what nature provides to us for free. Renewables-like species-keep on coming, provided we do not drive them...

Joint species distribution modelling (JSDM) is a fast-developing field and promises to revolutionise how data on ecological communities are analysed and interpreted. Written for both readers with a limited statistical background, and those with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646930909Author Ross JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Good HorsemanshipPublisher Good HorsemanshipWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

As we face a global environmental crisis, The Eco Hero Handbook addresses all your eco-anxieties and dilemmas to empower you to become part of the solution. Looking behind the slogans and exploring the myths, this handy guide offers a clear and balanced...

John James Audubon (1785-1851) was for half a century America's dominant wildlife artist. His seminal Birds of America, a collection of 435 life-size prints, is still a standard work, and the name Audubon remains synonymous with birds and bird...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645471400Author Susan Bauer-WuFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc