Animals

Voted the UK's Favourite Nature BookThe memoir that inspired Chris Packham's BBC documentary, Asperger's and MeEvery minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with...

The perfect hilarious and heartwarming gift for the festive season!When the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards announced a contest for the funniest animal photo, they received entries from all over the world. Now authors and the original Award founders...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955939525Author Will NichollsFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Wagtail PressPublisher Wagtail Press

The essential mammal guide to take on safari, covering every African land mammal. Originally published in 2004, the Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals quickly became the field guide of choice to take on African safaris. Its compact format makes...

The most up-to-date and authoritative illustrated guide to the marvelous flying reptiles that dominated the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million yearsOnce seen by some as evolutionary dead-enders, pterosaurs were vigorous winged reptiles capable of...

'A remarkable field guide ... one of those books that come along every now and then and cause a revolution.' - Michael McCarthy, Independent This concise guide is a companion to the main Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland by the...

With a rich avifauna of more than 350 species that includes 29 endemics, the island of Sri Lanka is one of southern Asia's most popular birding destinations. This field guide provides full coverage of every species on the Sri Lanka list, including...

Nesting boxes, feeding tables and birdbaths make charming additions to any terrace or garden and can be as decorative as they are practical. Even the smallest outdoor space can be enlivened by a small nesting box or feeder, while larger spaces can be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908489654Author Andrea PinningtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Fine Feather Press LtdPublisher Fine Feather Press Ltd

Daphne Sheldrick's best-selling love story of romance, life and elephants, An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants is an incredible story from Africa's greatest living conservationist.A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from...

Dangerous Snakes of Australia is an indispensable field guide to all 141 identified species of venomous elapid snakes on the continent. Through detailed species accounts, Mike Swan introduces readers to the physical features, habitat, behavior, and other...

"I really don't think this book will ever be surpassed as the 'go-to' clinical ruminant reference for undergraduates, recent grads and vets in mixed practice who do not spend the majority of their time with farm animals."-- Neil Frame, Cert.E.P, Cert.V...

'Steve Brusatte, the author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, brings mammals out from the shadow of their more showy predecessors in a beautifully written book that . . . makes the case for them as creatures who are just as engaging as dinosaurs.' -...

Discover the wonderfully uplifting Starfish Cafe series from MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Jessica Redland.'Heartbreakingly moving and yet beautifully uplifting, I cried for all the right reasons!' Jo BartlettWelcome back to the Starfish Cafe - where you will...

A Guide to the Deer of the World is a long-overdue review of deer as we understand them today and includes several species which have only recently become known to science. Writing for a wide readership in a straightforward and easily accessible style,...

Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. We have hunted them for thousands of years and scratched their icons into our mythologies. They simultaneously fill us with waves of...

A comprehensive how-to manual for applying Horse Speak principles to common training goals. In 2016 Sharon Wilsie's Horse Speak: The Equine-Human Translation Guide broke new ground for anyone who works with horses, providing a practical system to...

Bees are a fascinating and indispensable group of insects, but many species are in decline, and efforts to help determine distributions and changes in abundance have to date been compromised by a serious lack of identification resources. This book is...

Deer stalking is widely regarded as the fastest growing sector within shooting sports in Britain today. Those who stalk deer for sport recognise and appreciate the exciting challenge that comes from hunting a wild and wary quarry, moreover, they enjoy...

A fantastic first book on butterflies and moths, this is the perfect companion for bug hunters ages 6 and up eager to understand how caterpillars become butterflies.Nature Explorers: Butterflies and Moths encourages little explorers to get outside and...

From No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Clare Mackintosh, A Cotswold Family Life is a warm, humorous memoir of family life in the countryside'Insightful, funny, absorbing' Prue Leith'Original yet totally recognisable' Katie Fforde'Sheer bliss!' Jill...

At first glance, dinosaurs seem like the product of a wild imagination - how could such weird and wonderful creatures ever have existed on our Earth? Before the extinction event that changed the world forever, dinosaurs and their reptilian relatives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647228705Author Graeme GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

The definitive handbook on Scottish bird species in a practical, easy-to-use format. The RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds is the ideal reference for keen birdwatchers and visitors to Scotland alike, and this fully updated second edition is richer and...

The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough's classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. ...

An eagerly anticipated addition to the New Naturalist series. The shieldbug is an amazing and beautiful species, rich with diversity in shape, form, size, life history, ecology, physiology and behaviour. But they are not commonly known,...

A portable yet authoritative guide to more than 300 of the most commonly seen birds of the Lesser Antilles. The Lesser Antilles - incorporating the nations of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent...

Touring the West Country in the late 1990s, Pavey found herself in the Somerset Levels. On seeing this expanse of reclaimed land under its wide, soft skies she was struck by its beauty and set-out to plant a wood, tree by tree. She bought four acres, and...

A heartfelt hymn to the sea and an unforgettable introduction to one of the most gifted nature writers of the new generation The seas cover over two thirds of our planet and yet most of us live our lives on land, creatures of a different element, at...

A New Scientist Gift Pick 2017From luminous squid to invisible plankton, from sandy shorelines to the bone-crushing pressure of the deep, marine conservationist Tom "The Blowfish" Hird takes us on an incredible journey revealing what lurks beneath the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842044865Author Ulysses BraveFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Lomond BooksPublisher Lomond BooksDimensions(mm) 151mm * 120mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908819055Author Richard LewingtonPage Count 8Imprint Field Studies CouncilPublisher Field Studies Council

A comprehensive single source of information on the plants and animals that live alongside us. This updated edition features new material on climate change, recycling and wild spaces in gardens. This friendly handbook is full of practical advice on...

In this fascinating best seller, Cherry Hill explores the way horses think and how it affects their behavior. Explaining why certain smells and sounds appeal to your horse's sensibility and what sets off his sudden movements, Hill stresses how...

Bees pollinate plants, produce honey, and create marvellous social colonies. They also need our help. There is nothing quite like a bee, and nothing quite like The Bee Book. This essential guide to all things apiary takes you into the hive and reveals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525619345Author Elizabeth LettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Updated to reflect the most recent species classifications, a second edition of the beautifully illustrated and beloved guide to 600 members of the suborder Serpentes. For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909820166Author Rose SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint EKL PublishingPublisher EKL PublishingWeight(grams) 232g

Author and spiritual wellness guide Maia Toll turns the insight and wisdom that birthed The Illustrated Crystallary and The Illustrated Herbiary - her best-selling volume on the mystical power of plants - to the mysteries of the animal kingdom. She...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838992170Author Priddy BooksPage Count 8Imprint Priddy BooksPublisher Priddy BooksWeight(grams) 434gDimensions(mm) 265mm * 189mm * 23mm