Nature

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925820638Author Paul SorrellFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Exisle PublishingPublisher Exisle Publishing

A magnificent illustrated journey into California's famed deserts and the astonishingly abundant life they contain.2023 Glenn Goldman Award Winner for California Lifestyle, Chosen by the California Independent Booksellers AllianceA San Francisco...

Don't miss this page-turning love story about two strangers learning to read between each others' lines. Perfect for fans of Emily Henry's Beach Reads! Sarah and Max should never have met. She's a shy bookworm who's barely ever left her...

Almost 3,000 species of flowering plants are named or described and keyed in this, the third of Oleg Polunin's guides to the flowers of Europe. The author describes the 16 richest plant hunting areas from his own experience travelling in the area. The...

Protozoa may be found in almost every aquatic habitat, each containing dozens of species. The diversity can provide invaluable insights into the nature of the habitat. Protozoa can thus be used to illustrate biological principles. This colour guide makes...

The National Institute of Health recently announced its plan to retire the fifty remaining chimpanzees held in national research facilities and place them in sanctuaries. This significant decision comes after a lengthy process of examination and debate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838221508Author Ijoma MangoldFormat HardbackImprint DAS EDITIONSPublisher DAS EDITIONS

From two of the world's leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs without peopleWhat would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Would dogs be able to survive on their own without us? A Dog's World imagines a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593319987Author National Audubon Society National Audubon SocietyFormat HardbackPage Count 720Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Trees and woods offer great potential for rebuilding our wider relationship with nature, reinforcing local identity and sustaining wildlife. We need more trees and woods in our lives, to lock up carbon, to mitigate flooding, to help shade our towns and...

"A beautiful, absorbing, tragic book."--Larry McMurtry In 1851, a war began in what would become Yosemite National Park, a war against the indigenous inhabitants. A century later--in 1951--and a hundred and fifty miles away, another war began when the U...

From 'scaredy' cats to 'moody cows', we often give animals personality when we talk about them, but does this have any basis in scientific fact? How can we tell if a cat is feeling fear, and how does a grumpy cow behave? What would make an animal an...

Birds of Southern Africa surpasses other field guides to the region by illustrating and describing all 1,250 bird species of South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. In addition, this is the only...

A charming and quirky illustrated exploration of birds and the reasons we love them. From the Common Swift, which can stay in the air continuously without landing for up to ten months at a time, even sleeping on the wing, to the tiny...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857236463Author Tony RussellFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Hermes HousePublisher Anness PublishingWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 174mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743426893Author Elizabeth Marshall ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 312g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995109582Author Dick VeitchFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Massey University PressPublisher Massey University PressWeight(grams)...

This book addresses the relevance of geographical indication (GI) as a tool for local and socio-economic development and democratization of agri-food, with case studies from Asia, Europe and the Americas.A geographical indication is a sign used on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416546948Author Jennifer WoodliefFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 147mm *...

Get the New Edition of Kentucky's Best-Selling Bird Guide Learn to identify birds in Kentucky, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781776323319Author Philip van den BergFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint HPH PublishingPublisher HPH Publishing

In autumn 2006 an unnerving phenomenon hit the United States: honeybees were mysteriously disappearing from hives across the nation, with beekeepers reporting losses of between 30 and 90 per cent of their entire colonies. The problem soon spread to parts...

The jaguar is one of the most mysterious and least-known big cats of the world. The largest cat in the Americas, it has survived an onslaught of environmental and human threats partly because of an evolutionary history unique among wild felines, but also...

'Lucid, informed and persuasive' Evening Standard 'Thought-provoking' Daily Mail 'An extraordinary book' Nicholas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer The history of humanity's relationship with other species is baffling. Without animals...

This compact title is an essential guide to every aspect of the subject, from when and what to feed the birds to building bird tables and nest boxes and planting a garden that will provide nesting, feeding and roosting places. There is also an ID guide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623170936Author Wolf D. StorlFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

"Elephant Reflections" brings award-winning wildlife photographer Karl Ammann's gorgeous images together with a revelatory text by writer Dale Peterson to illuminate one of nature's greatest and most original works of art: the elephant. The photographs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439193587Author Eric RutkowFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 322g

A simpler and more user-friendly visual approach to gull identificationThis unique photographic field guide to North America's gulls provides a comparative approach to identification that concentrates on the size, structure, and basic plumage features of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908531858Author Andrew SpaltonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Nomad PublishingPublisher Nomad Publishing

To English poets and writers of the seventeenth century, as to their predecessors, mountains were ugly protuberances which disfigured nature and threatened the symmetry of earth; they were symbols God's wrath. Yet, less than two centuries later the...

In this title, informative text describes the mating rituals of gibbons, wolves, swans and beavers, amongst others. An ideal Valentine's Day gift for that special person in your life, "Mates for Life" is an affectionate and amusing look at our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560980070Author Fred BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 547gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

The illegal trade in live apes, ape meat and body parts occurs across all ape range states and poses a significant and growing threat to the long-term survival of wild ape populations worldwide. What was once a purely subsistence and cultural activity,...

All our seas feed into one true ocean, interconnected and interdependent. Producing over half of the world's oxygen, our planet's ocean is a natural and vital wonder. As well as supporting a vast array of life, it plays a crucial role in regulating our...

Dawn Again: Tracking the Wisdom of the Wild is a memoir of exploration and survival that will inspired you to better tend to the planet, even if it's simply tending the soil in your own back yard! "By recounting her own wilderness immersion, animal...

The waters of the Nile are fundamental to life in Egypt. In this compelling ethnography, Jessica Barnes explores the everyday politics of water: a politics anchored in the mundane yet vital acts of blocking, releasing, channeling, and diverting water...

The little-known story of the systems that bring us our drinking water, how they were developed, the problems they are facing, and how they will be reinvented Turn on the faucet, and water pours out. Pull out the drain plug, and the dirty water...

The Australian magpie is one of our nation's most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form enduring friendships with people.Written by award-winning author...

How did medieval Europeans use and change their environments, think about the natural world, and try to handle the natural forces affecting their lives? This groundbreaking environmental history examines medieval relationships with the natural world from...