Animals

The New York Times Editors' ChoiceNPR Science Friday Book Club SelectionAn intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver-the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped American history and may save its ecological future.From...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990716204Author Adam WhittierFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint New England Coastal Wildlife AlliancePublisher New England Coastal Wildlife...

Everyone is familiar with the dodo and the wooly mammoth, but how many people have heard of the scimitar cat and the Falkland Island fox? Extinct Animals portrays over 60 remarkable animals that have been lost forever during the relatively recent...

In a world all too familiar with environmental disasters, Horst Kornberger argues that the bee crisis is a more significant problem than deforestation, pollution and global warming put together, as it points to the causes behind all these. Global Hive is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140275018Author Mark KurlanskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 176gDimensions(mm) 182mm...

This is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and easily accessible field guide to the mammals of Borneo--the ideal travel companion for anyone visiting this region of the world. Covering Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan, the book provides essential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570983931Author David RockwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Roberts Rinehart PublishersPublisher Roberts Rinehart PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806540832Author Frank MortimerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.

The story of the USS Indianapolis is well-known. After delivering crucial components of the atomic bomb that would level Hiroshima in 1945, the Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the South China Sea. Of the nearly 1,200 men aboard, 900...

Few animals on the planet inspire the sense of wonder evoked by the narwhal. The 'Arctic unicorn' is everyone's version of "awesome" and "cool." Explorers, aristocrats, artists and scientists celebrate this elusive whale and its extraordinary tusk. From...

"A magnificent journey alongside orcas, bringing these beautiful creatures to life." -Jay Ritchlin, David Suzuki FoundationSpirits of the Coast brings together the work of marine biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, poets, artists, and storytellers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931832274Author Todd WilkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Riverbend PublishingPublisher Riverbend Publishing

The Bees in Your Backyard provides an engaging introduction to the roughly 4,000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada, dispelling common myths about bees while offering essential tips for telling them apart in the field. The book...

A welcome dive into the world of aquarium craft that offers much-needed knowledge about undersea environments. Atlantic coral is rapidly disappearing in the wild. To save the species, they will have to be reproduced quickly in captivity, and so for the...

The story of the canine has been fundamentally entwined with that of humanity since the earliest times, and this ancient and fascinating story is told in Susan McHugh's Dog, now available in B-format. The book unravels the debate about whether dogs are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780639919362Author Frank NunanFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Write-On PublishingPublisher Write-On PublishingWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

"Engaging and often uproariously funny. . . . For animal buffs, this one is not to be missed." -Kirkus ReviewsReviews"McMullen tells tales about her Welsh farm and its incredible assortment of goats, sheep, dogs, horses, and people. . . . For fans of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307387103Author Richard EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 315gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578326139Author Kevin C MatosFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Kaveman Aquatics, Inc.Publisher Kaveman Aquatics, Inc.Weight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm)...

Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9781416569855Author MontgomeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon Spotlight EntertainmentPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 248gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 142mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955869426Author Richard PeirceFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Shark CornwallPublisher Shark Cornwall Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143123521Author Terrie M. WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 269g

A book to help the ordinary birdwatcher appreciate the fascinating songs, stories, and science of common birds."Grounded in science but watered by the heart of a poet, this intimate and personal look at the lives of the birds we see every day invites us...

A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnidsThe American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855462833Author B. N. K. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 135g

This innovative two-volume book highlights and examines the most important challenges facing farmers, conservationists, and policy makers, using examples of real-life, linked studies from a farmed landscape, which bridge the divide between the theory and...

Over the last decade, the study of shark biology has benefited from the development, refinement, and rapid expansion of novel techniques and advances in technology. These have given new insight into the fields of shark genetics, feeding, foraging,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855462772Author Valerie K. BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 95g

In this majestic book, Cyril Ramaphosa reveals his passion and love for cattle as he introduces us to the magnificent Ankole cattle, originating in Uganda, and now, through his intervention, flourishing in South Africa. He reflects on the legacy...

Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New Naturalist volume provides a natural history of this environment and its biological communities. The margins of the continents, especially...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640092761Author Robert Michael PyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. In more than one hundred thirty striking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423660361Author Julie ArgyleFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936307531Author John BenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vendera PublishingPublisher Vendera PublishingWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399580376Author Rachel LevinFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781877246951Author Doak WadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint White Cloud BooksPublisher Upstart Press Ltd

for SATB, upper voices, and organ This compelling work tells the story of creation through a tapestry of biblical passages, spiritual writings, poems, and hymns by writers such as Thomas Traherne. The piece is structured around a recurring refrain,...

Integrated Population Models: Theory and Ecological Applications with R and JAGS is the first book on integrated population models, which constitute a powerful framework for combining multiple data sets from the population and the individual levels to...

This is the first fully illustrated guide to all 336 dragonfly and damselfly species of eastern North America--from the rivers of Manitoba to the Florida cypress swamps--and the companion volume to Dennis Paulson's acclaimed field guide to the...

Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. With "Wild Justice", Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce...