Nature

Many liberal political philosophers hold that the state should not impose or even promote any particular conception of the good life or human flourishing. It should not, for instance, enact laws and policies designed to elevate citizens' tastes, to...

What can Christianity as a tradition contribute to the struggle to secure the future well-being of the earth community? This collaborative volume, the third in the series on religions of the world and the environment, announces that an ecological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982105044Author David GessnerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Understanding how to sustain the services that ecosystems provide in support of human wellbeing is an active and growing research area. This book provides a state-of-the-art review of current thinking on the links between ecosystem services and poverty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904078609Author Des ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 598Imprint Langford PressPublisher Langford PressWeight(grams) 1820g

In this unique guidebook that will appeal to novice and experienced birders alike, the authors of acclaimed Birdfinding in British Columbia explore their 30 favorite birding sites in the diverse landscape of Canada's westernmost province. More detailed...

Modernity is founded on the belief that the world we build is a human invention, not a part of nature. The ecological consequences of this idea have been catastrophic. We have laid waste to natural ecosystems, replacing them with fundamentally...

A highly practical, comprehensive guide to exploring Shakespeare with young people - ideal for directors, youth theatre leaders, workshop facilitators and teachers. Experienced teacher, actor and director Max Hafler tackles the myths that...

A San Francisco Chronicle bestseller!An epic, gloriously illustrated journey up and down California's shoreline.California's coastline is world famous, an endless source of fascination and fantasy, but there is no book about it like this one. Obi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588347275Author Darren NaishFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 260mm *...

At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the billions. The flocks were so large and so dense that they blackened the skies, even blotting out the sun for days at...

To understand almost any part of the tropical rain forest's fabulously complex web of life, one must first learn to identify a bewildering array of plants. Alwyn Gentry's landmark book, completed just before his tragic death in 1993, is the only field...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645240207Author Jessie PanazzoloFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Lonely ConservationistsPublisher Lonely ConservationistsWeight(grams) 299g

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the social impacts of protected areas, the conflicts that surround them,...

Twenty favourite Christmas carols, rewritten from a feline perspective and celebrating all the joys of the Christmas season--new catnip toys, yummy dinner scraps and the ornaments shining temptingly from the tree, for example. With classics like 'Oh,...

For seventeen years, Ian McAllister has lived on the rugged north coast of British Columbia, one of the last places on the planet where wolves live relatively undisturbed by humans. The Last Wild Wolves describes his experiences over that period...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582381572Author Robert H BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Golden Books Adult Publishing GroupPublisher St Martin's Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788417047566Author ,Ignacio AcostaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Editorial PMPublisher Editorial PM

Comprehensively revised, expanded and updated, this compact guide makes the ideal travelling companion on trips to the wildlife areas and nature reserves of East Africa. It features authoritative text describing key identification features; full-colour...

How might understandings of environmentalism and the environmental humanities shift by incorporating Islamic perspectives? In this book, Anna M. Gade explores the religious and cultural foundations of Islamic environmentalisms. She blends textual and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995506510Author Marta RudykFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Gizzy Books LtdPublisher Gizzy Books LtdWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

Kenya's Rift Valley includes four major national parks--Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Mount Longonot, and Hell's Gate--as well as many smaller areas that are outstanding for wildlife. Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley features the 320 bird species that are most...

RSPB ID Spotlight Ladybirds is a reliable fold-out chart that presents illustrations of 27 of our most widespread and familiar ladybirds by renowned artist Richard Lewington. - Species are grouped by family and helpfully labelled to assist with...

An unprecedented visual and scientific journey into the secret world of bears.In Bears of the North, renowned wildlife photographer, naturalist, and bestselling author Wayne Lynch offers us a work of scintillating science and stunning beauty. Following...

This book examines theories and ethnographies related to the anthropology of power in conservation.Conservation thought and practice is power laden-conservation thought is powerfully shaped by the history of ideas of nature and its relation to people,...

Written by noted entomologist George C. McGavin, this comprehensive handbook covers all 29 orders of insect as well as spiders and terrestrial arthropods. It's packed with hundreds of annotated photographs and illustrations to help you discern the many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780713665505Author Lloyd Spencer DavisFormat HardbackImprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLCPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

A beautifully illustrated ode to the most sensuous family of water plants.Seaweed is so familiar, and yet we know so little about it. Even its names-pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack-are mystifying.In this exquisitely illustrated portrait, poet and...

Beautiful and hilarious, tearful and rambunctious, very real, ironic and magic-filled, Martin Prechtel's new book The Mare and the Mouse is a series of lyrical sagas in tribute to each of the native New Mexican horses that carried him through his youth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760633615Author Corey MosenFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint A&U New ZealandPublisher Allen & UnwinWeight(grams) 690gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm *...

After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by others, The Milky Way would like a chance to speak...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578267446Author HatherleighFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Publisher Hatherleigh Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805083187Author Carl SafinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 140mm * 28mm

Network thinking and network analysis are rapidly expanding features of ecological research. Network analysis of ecological systems include representations and modelling of the interactions in an ecosystem, in which species or factors are joined by...

From the mountains to the ocean shores, from the wetlands to the deserts, North America teems with flora and fauna in delicately balanced ecosystems found nowhere else on Earth. With this book in hand, you will understand the language of nature and see...

Virtue ethics is now widely recognized as an alternative to Kantian and consequentialist ethical theories. However, moral philosophers have been slow to bring virtue ethics to bear on topics in applied ethics. Moreover, environmental virtue ethics is an...

A colorful look at 3.5 billion years of stromatolites, peculiar structures produced by primitive life forms that lived over vast spans of geologic time. At once diverse, attractive, and sometimes puzzling, fossilized stromatolites are found worldwide in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783716518762Author Armin DettFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Benteli VerlagPublisher Benteli VerlagWeight(grams) 2380g

Gary L. Francione is a law professor and leading philosopher of animal rights theory. Robert Garner is a political theorist specializing in the philosophy and politics of animal protection. Francione maintains that we have no moral justification for...

The beginning of the author's adventure with a camera - filming wildlife across the world for the BBC Natural History Unit and other major TV companies - began in 1978 when he joined the RSPB's film unit. Untangling the Knot gives an in-depth look into...