Nature

The illegal killing of Cecil - a famous and magnificent black-maned Zimbabwean lion - by an American big-game hunter in 2015 sparked international outrage. More significantly, it drew the world's attention to the devastating plight of Africa's lions. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953378784Author Oliver GerlachFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Phelsuma PressPublisher Phelsuma Press

We spend a good amount of time in our lives managing waste: washing ourselves, taking out the trash, sorting recyclables, going to the toilet, deleting e-mail, picking out old clothes to give to charity, filling the compost bin, multitasking to save...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865475090Author Daniel DuaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint North Point PressPublisher North Point Press

Forage all across the country with this informative guide to 274 edible plants, presented by expert Green Deane. Eating wild edibles is in our genes, and it can be healthy fun! It’s seasonal, sufficient, varied, and provides plenty of nutrients. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816631292Author Helen HooverFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota PressDimensions(mm)...

The Princeton Guide to Ecology is a concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field's major subjects and key concepts. Edited by eminent ecologist Simon Levin, with contributions from an international team of leading ecologists, the book...

Established over a century ago, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) was the world's first international conservation organisation. The pioneering work of its founders in Africa led to the creation of numerous protected areas, including Kruger...

HUNDREDS OF PRACTICAL WAYS TO HELP COMBAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS! Turn over a green leaf in every aspect of your life with this comprehensive guide. Packed with practical, reliable and up-to-date advice about making achievable and sustainable changes,...

Find out about snakes from all over the world in this best-selling visual guide, with information about snake evolution, habitats, reproductive behavior, feeding, defense, and much more.Snake is the essential guide to the world of serpents, featuring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812975598Author Richard PrestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Climate change is producing profound changes globally. Yet we still know little about how it affects real people in real places on a daily basis because most of our knowledge comes from scientific studies that try to estimate impacts and project future...

Get the New Edition of New Mexico's Best-Selling Bird Guide Learn to identify birds in New Mexico, 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...

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals provides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet's making, taking readers from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of Dolly, the first cloned mammal. This book will include a great variety of beasts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953221223Author John LemayFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bicep BooksPublisher Bicep BooksWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 17mm

Everyone likes maps and maps are always used to illustrate the many books on the Antarctic. Here the focus is reversed with contemporary maps telling the story - one that should be attractive to the widest audience as it is a unique approach...

After the best part of forty years spent either living under his parents' roof, in the tropical rainforests of three continents, a vast array of student digs or most recently a one-bedroom flat, The One Show's Mike Dilger has at last bought a house - and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582381428Author Herbert S. ZimFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Golden Guides from St. Martin's PressPublisher Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press

After a decades long economic slump, the city of Flint, Michigan, struggled to address chronic issues of toxic water supply, malnutrition, and food security gaps among its residents. A community engaged research project proposed a resilience...

Unassuming yet beautiful, moss has been used for centuries in gardens, medicine, and handicrafts around the world. It is most often associated with damp, shady spaces, but can be found in the most unexpected and far-flung places in the world, from...

Immerse yourself in the world of animal rights protests, campaigns, demonstrations, outreach, rescue, and so much more. In today's world, voices of the marginalized are in the spotlight and people across the globe are recognizing animal rights as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871104127Format PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Prion LtdPublisher Prion Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for IndieFab awards (Nature) 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781598530209Author Bill McKibbenFormat HardbackPage Count 900Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The...

Find Your Recipe for Bird Watching SuccessA few minutes in the kitchen can become hours of bird watching fun. Take birding to another level by creating unique dishes especially for backyard birds. This creative cookbook turns bird food into a banana...

'Zero Carbon' is an abstract concept for most people, but we have lived energy-profiligate lifestyles for too long on finite fossil-fuel resources. We now face potential environmental catastrophe from climate change and global warming, with a continuing...

A fresh look at the world's water crises, and the existing and emerging solutions that can be used to solve them It is not your imagination: water crises are more frequent. Our twentieth-century systems for providing the water that grows food, sustains...

Twenty thousand copies of the first edition of this book were sold. An attractive and comprehensive guidebook, it has been completely revised and updated by the author. The reader will find an easy-to-use text which details the natural history of the...

Catastrophes, it seems, are becoming more frequent in the twenty-first century. According to UN statistics, every year approximately two hundred million people are directly affected by natural disasters_seven times the number of people who are affected...

In What Do Animals Think and Feel?, the biologist Karsten Brensing has something astonishing to tell us about the animal kingdom: namely that animals, by any reasonable assessment, have developed the sophisticated systems of social organization and...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book examines the growing...

The wild horse, popularly known as the mustang, is so ingrained in the American imagination that even those who have never seen one know what it stands for: freedom, independence, the bedrock ideals of the nation. But in modern times it has become...

Sparkle is the magical story of a curious snow leopard cub that experiences an exciting and gripping adventure; it's bound to fuel any child's imagination. His story teaches children the value of friendship and helps inspire them to understand the need...

Meet the natural lovechild of the popular local-foods movement and craft cocktail scene. It's here to show you just how easy it is to make delicious, one-of-a-kind mixed drinks with common flowers, berries, roots, and leaves that you can find along...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873580851Author David WembridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Whittet Books LtdPublisher Whittet Books LtdDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 12mm

Winner of the 2016 PNBA Book Award A finalist for the 2016 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Book categoryWe live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally...

This impressive volume comprises a selection of 11 pieces by Gerre Hancock, who was for 33 years Organist and Master of Choristers at St Thomas's, Fifth Avenue, New York. It includes meditative voluntaries, postludes and preludes, and flashier...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566701Author Ingrid NewkirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 438Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590561201Author Matt BallFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 9mm

Escalating urbanization and energy consumption have increased the demand for green engineering solutions and intelligent systems to mitigate environmental hazards and offer a more sustainable future. Green engineering technologies help to create...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063009332Author N. Scott MomadayFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 167gDimensions(mm)...