Nature

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild bees. The authors worked with an international group of bee experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could...

One of the most famous scenic places on earth, the Yosemite Region is highlighted by Yosemite National Park's famous granite cliffs and waterfalls and the world's largest trees in Sequoia National Park. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over...

From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the era of climate wars has begun. Extreme weather is breeding banditry, humanitarian crisis, and state failure. In Tropic of Chaos , investigative journalist Christian Parenti travels along the front lines of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683340928Author Anne McCrary SullivanFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

This is nature writer Jan Wiltshire's second book, following the highly successful About Scout Scar. Cumbrian Contrasts celebrates the wonder of one of the most beautiful, diverse and precious parts of the British Isles. From the source of rivers high in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602391604Author Alexander SchwabFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse Publishing

How and why do trout think? How do they decide where to eat and which food to eat? Why do they refuse to behave as predicted, stumping anglers by rejecting a larger fly for a smaller one or not responding at all to anything in an angler's box? How do...

On his nineteenth birthday, Peter Allison flipped a coin. One side would take him to Africa and the other to South America, the two places he wanted to explore before he died. He recounted his time spent as a safari guide in Africa to much acclaim in...

Self-sufficiency expert Caleb Warnock shares his expertise on living off the land in 276 Edible Wild Plants of the United States and Canada. Packed with over 800 photographs of over 250 wild berries, roots, nuts, greens, and flowers, this valuable...

A stunningly illustrated natural history of spidersSpiders are among the most versatile creatures on the planet, inhabiting six of the seven continents and thriving in environments ranging from deserts and rain forests to Arctic tundra and cities...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578051700Author George B. SchallerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Sierra Club BooksPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 411g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620051306Author James KavanaghPage Count 36Imprint Waterford Press LtdPublisher Waterford Press Ltd

The sight of strings of wild Barnacle geese flying overhead, with a noisy chorus of honking, will be a familiar sight to many. However, following their migration, little is known about the lives of these sociable geese. "Flight of the Wild Geese" tells...

The astonishing richness of birdsong is both an aesthetic and a scientific mystery. Evolutionists have never been able to completely explain why birdsong is so inventive and why many species devote so many hours to singing. The standard explanations of...

China's breathtaking diversity of natural habitats--from mountains and deserts to grasslands and lush tropical forests--is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. This one-of-a-kind pocket guide describes the characteristics,...

Mullets (grey mullets) are a family (Mugilidae) and order of ray-finned fish found in temperate and tropical waters worldwide. There are approximately 80 species of mullet; these fish have been considered an important food source in Mediterranean Europe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566312Author Jim MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992866105Author Jackie Jones-HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 237Imprint House of Light Pubilshers LtdPublisher House of Light Pubilshers LtdWeight(grams)...

This revised, updated and expanded edition of Guide to Seabirds of Southern Africa remains the only book to focus exclusively on the seabirds of southern Africa, and includes nine new species for the region. This essential guide offers: Authoritative...

With the abundance of supermarket selections of prepackaged greens, you can create a restaurant-style salad along with a fabulous dressing in your own kitchen easier than ever.Before bagged blends, a salad with four different types of lettuces was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395927908Author Pete DunneFormat PaperbackPage Count 355Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 703g

Tips, tactics, and techniques for all skill levels. The ancient art of trapping goes back centuries, almost to the beginning of civilization. Native Americans used the pit trap, deadfalls, and snares, the Chinese documented the use of nets and pits in...

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs. A wide range of topics is covered, from fossils and taphonomy to dinosaur physiology, evolution, and extinction. In addition,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780912550268Author Dorcas S MillerFormat PaperbackImprint Nature Study Guild PublishersPublisher Nature Study Guild PublishersWeight(grams) 50g

Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists from Stegner's...

Like many coral specialists fifteen years ago, J. E. N. Veron thought Australia's Great Barrier Reef was impervious to climate change. "Owned by a prosperous country and accorded the protection it deserves, it would surely not go the way of the Amazon...

The extent to which human activity has influenced species extinctions during the recent prehistoric past remains controversial due to other factors such as climatic fluctuations and a general lack of data. However, the Holocene (the geological interval...

Tropical fruits such as banana, mango, papaya, and pineapple are familiar and treasured staples of our diets, and consequently of great commercial importance, but there are many other interesting species that are little known to inhabitants of temperate...

As a little girl in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Aalasi learned from her mother how to identify and harvest plants. Later, a mother herself, and living in Niaqunnguuq (Apex), she continued the practice, living off the land and passing her knowledge on to the...

Laguna Lake, the largest lake in the Philippines, supplies Manila's dense urban region with fish and water while operating as a sink for its stormflows and wastes. Transforming the lake to deliver these multiple urban ecological functions, however, has...

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated overview to the birds of Maine The first comprehensive overview of Maine's incredibly rich birdlife in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine is a detailed account of all 464 species recorded in the Pine Tree...

Colony Collapse Disorder, ubiquitous pesticide use, industrial agriculture, habitat reduction-these are just a few of the issues causing unprecedented trauma in honeybee populations worldwide. In this artfully illustrated book, Heather Swan embarks on a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476763071Author Kim CrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683059349Author Coloring TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Speedy Publishing LLCPublisher Speedy Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506464442Author Mallory McDuffFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916463196Author Tony GuntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Lopinga BooksPublisher Lopinga Books

"This book is an intellectual appetizer plate for readers. It surveys many topics on whale evolution, ecology, anatomy, physiology, behavior, and human interactions but only lightly touches each topic. By doing so, the authors provide an introduction to...

After years of prosecuting hard-core criminals, rising legal star Alan Bell took a private sector job in South Florida’s newest skyscraper. Suddenly, he suffered such bizarre medical symptoms, doctors suspected he’d been poisoned by the Mafia. Bell’s...

What if the stories of trees and people are more closely linked than we ever imagined?Winner of the World Wildlife Fund's 2020 Jan Wolkers PrizeOne of Science News's "Favorite Books of 2020" A New York Times "New and Noteworthy" BookA 2020 Woodland Book...

The latest in the popular 'Quick ID Guide' series, this compact little book is an easy-to-use identification guide to the whales, dolphins and seals found in southern African waters and the Southern Ocean. Close to 50 species occur here: from the...