Nature

Did you know that Penguins have wings and feathers but they can't fly? Instead they have evolved into the most efficient swimmers and divers of all birds. Even on land penguins are surprisingly agile and can travel vast distances on foot or by...

Provides all you need to know about the safe and humane handling and restraint of animals. Safe Handling and Restraint of Animals takes a holistic approach to the handling of a wide variety of animal species. This comprehensive resource offers a thorough...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903031790Author Jon VoglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 507gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 137mm *...

Pembrokeshire contains some of the finest coastal scenery in Britain. There are great contrasts, from sandy beaches to tall cliffs, and from offshore islands to estuarine creeks. Parts have remained little changed and would probably be recognisable to...

This classic Reaktion title, now available in B-format, is a survey of crows, ravens, magpies and their relatives in myth, literature and life. It ranges from the raven sent out by Noah to the corvid deities of the Eskimo, to Taoist legends, Victorian...

Filled with beautiful illustrations, "A Speyside Odyssey" details the fascinating life story of the Atlantic Salmon as it undertakes one of the most remarkable, and most deadly, journeys in nature. The story begins with conception in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018972Author Dorothy HartleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

The quintessential Englishwoman Clarissa Dickson Wright, one of the Two Fat Ladies and author of Spilling the Beans, takes us on a personal journey through the country of her birth.From Cornwall to Cumbria, Norfolk to Northumbria she brings her...

We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life: supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and pepper drove the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967720556Author Walter JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Admore PublishingPublisher Admore PublishingWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

How native people-from the Miwoks of Yosemite to the Maasai of eastern Africa-have been displaced from their lands in the name of conservation. Since 1900, more than 108,000 officially protected conservation areas have been established worldwide, largely...

Keeping Pigs is a task that requires knowledge, but not necessarily time. Aimed at people with busy schedules this instructive book gives practical information about how to manage a small herd and keep pigs happy and healthy under the time constraints...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846824234Author Kieran HickeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789491648175Author Kees WoutersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Crossbill Guides FoundationPublisher Crossbill Guides Foundation

It is no surprise that one of the earliest works in English literature should be a poem about the sea: the sea has been a source of fascination from the earliest times, and the Anglo-Saxon poem 'The Seafarer' is only the first in a long series of...

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Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle was a journey that would revolutionise our understanding of the natural world and our place in it. The magisterial work it spawned, On the Origin of Species, is widely associated with the flora and fauna of the...

*2011 Winner, International Association of Culinary Professionals Jane Grigson Award *2011 Finalist, International Association of Culinary Professionals in the Culinary History category Throughout history, people have had a complex and confusing...

'Generous, moving and alive. A gift' - Tim Dee, author of Greenery'Intelligent, thought-provoking and always, always interesting' - Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment'Smyth writes with warmth and engaging perception about our relationship and...

Henry Hobhouse was the first to recognise plants as a causal factor in history in his Seeds of Wealth. In this new book, he examines four plants: rubber, timber, tobacco and the wine grape, each of which enormously increased the wealth of those who dealt...

Taxidermy, once the province of natural history and dedicated to the pursuit of lifelike realism, has recently resurfaced in the world of contemporary art,culture, and interior design. In Speculative Taxidermy, Giovanni Aloi offers a comprehensive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908489050Author Caz BuckinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 22Imprint Fine Feather Press LtdPublisher Fine Feather Press LtdWeight(grams) 100g

Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight in Gone.'Really, really well-written.' - CHRIS PACKHAM Inspired by his childhood...

Something is stirring. People around the world are deciding that the well-being of their community and its economy lies with them. They're people like you. They've had enough, and, rather than waiting for permission, they're rolling up their sleeves,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061780196Author Paul RudnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

The definitive history of the modern climate change era, from an award-winning writer who has been at the centre of the fight for more than thirty yearsIn 1979, President Jimmy Carter was presented with the findings of scientists who had been...

'Black Lion is a powerful, propulsive and unflinchingly honest account of one man's remarkable spiritual journey. It is life-affirming and deepening, and a vital contribution to the discourse around conservation. A must-read.' JINI REDDY, author of...

Building and constructing barns, outhouses, A-frames, greenhouses, outdoor recreation sites, boat landings, and more. Homesteading is a lifestyle that people around the world gravitate toward-and for good reason. In today's high-stress world, many people...

Grounded in historical studies of asteroids from the nineteenth century, Asteroids is a fully up to date view of these remarkable objects. Without resorting to any technical plots or mathematics, the author shows that asteroids are not just rocks in...

A unique and useful reference guide to some of the more common and best color-producing dye mushrooms of North America. The book includes step-by-step instructions to the process from collecting the mushrooms to dyeing the wool. There is an accurate and...

Famous for their size and elegance in flight, albatrosses are familiar to anyone who has travelled through the southern oceans, and are a flagship family of conservation concern. However, albatrosses are just one of several groups of 'pelagic' birds -...

Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. With "Wild Justice", Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce...

How one man's mad mission became one of the best-loved places in the worldThe creation of London Zoo - when only one other existed across the world - is a story of jaw-dropping audacity. It is the story of trailblazing scientists, rival keepers and...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion in the Living Room comes a fascinating and provocative exploration of the biology of motherhood that "is witty, reassuring, and takes motherhood out of the footnotes and places it front and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816641062Author Cary WolfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota PressDimensions(mm) 229mm...

This book identifies four key forms of air pollution: indoor, urban, regional and global. It discusses how these four types of pollution are manifest in today's society and examines the scientific and policy challenges that stand in the way of progress...

The landscape of southwestern Wyoming around the ghost town of Fossil is beautiful but harsh; a dry, high mountain desert with cool nights and long, cold winters inhabited by a sparse mountain desert community. But during the early Eocene, more than...

Describes the psychoactive constituents of cannabis and the effects on potency of growth conditions, genetics, harvesting techniques, and processing. Includes variations in THC and CBD content, species differentiation, seeds, grafting, cloning, bonsai...

The body as a measuring tool for planetary harm. A nervous system under increasing stress. In this urgent collection that moves from the personal to the political and back again, writer, activist, and migrant Jessica Gaitan Johannesson explores how we...

Meet GENERATION HOPE, young activists around the globe who are acting now to save the world. Generation Hope: You(th) Can Make a Difference introduces 20 global issues and many change-makers, like Greta...