Animals

Queen bee. Worker bees. Busy as a bee. These phrases have shaped perceptions of women for centuries, but how did these stereotypes begin? Who are the women who keep bees and what can we learn from them? Beeconomy examines the fascinating evolution of...

Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, "Watching Giants" opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colorful first-person account, drawing from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389509724Author Elie MetchnikoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904078623Author Helen SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 183Imprint Langford PressPublisher Langford PressWeight(grams) 520g

Journeying from coming of age, coming to Manchester and coming to terms with life, Rob Steventon wrangles humour from the more preposterous - and disgraceful - aspects of modern society. Political, radical and filled with social commentary, astute...

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

Belize is the permanent or migratory home of 500 species of birds, including the national bird -- the keel-billed toucan. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians,...

A survey of the historical development of the idea of race, this anthology offers pre-twentieth century theories about the concept of race, classic twentieth century sources reiterating and contesting ideas of race as scientific, and several...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805045437Author Doug PeacockFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 137mm *...

Game fishes, particularly those of the salmon family, are critical indicators of the health of those ecosystems upon which we now know we are dependent. As the authors of this important environmental book argue, "Our game fishes [then] serve as more than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353578299Author Neha SinhaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins IndiaWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993027840Author Angela JewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 131Imprint Whytbank PublishingPublisher Whytbank Publishing

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)...

Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a...

Highly portable, concise, and informative, this is the essential guide for identifying Southern Africa's most visible wildlife. Featuring full-color photos of more than 400 species of birds, mammals, snakes, lizards, and insects, Wildlife of Southern...

A compelling and innovative exploration of how animals shaped the field of natural history and its ecological afterlives   Can corals build worlds? Do rattlesnakes enchant? What is a raccoon, and what might it know? Animals and the questions they raised...

The popular pocket Photographic Guide covers nearly 20 books. From Alpine Plants to Insects, Freshwater Fish to Rocks and Minerals. Each book has been written by renowned experts in their field with photographs throughout the series. They are compact,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984585090Author Tom MoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Spinning Sevens PressPublisher Spinning Sevens PressWeight(grams) 417g

In the time of Lewis and Clark, wolves were abundant throughout North America from the Arctic regions to Mexico. But man declared war on this cunning and powerful animal when cattle replaced the buffalo on the western plains, reducing the wolf's range to...

Winner of ForeWord Magazine's 2006 Gold Award for Nature Book of the Year The most comprehensive and compelling chronicle of human-grizzly-bear interactions ever written, In the Presence of Grizzlies (formerly published as The Essential Grizzly) examines...

* A fascinating true tale: When city girl Shreve Stockton set out to ride her Vespa from San Francisco to New York, she never imagined she'd end up staying in Wyoming, falling in love with a trapper, and working as a ranch hand. Nor could she have...

Sloth Bear: The Barefoot Bear of Sri Lanka synthesises the author's body of research and experiences while working on the subspecies of sloth bear in Sri Lanka. Accompanied by beautiful photographs, the book provides readers with access to scientific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781776323210Author Gerald HindeFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint HPH PublishingPublisher HPH Publishing

A remarkable look at the rarest butterflies, how global changes threaten their existence, and how we can bring them back from near-extinctionMost of us have heard of such popular butterflies as the Monarch or Painted Lady. But what about the Fender's...

In this Consciousness Classic dating from 1967, Dr. John C. Lilly details the discoveries of his research regarding the abilities of dolphins, current ideas (at that time) about their intellect, and the paradoxes of interspecies communication. The book...

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

Set in the early 1950s rural South, One Good Mama Bone chronicles Sarah Creamer's quest to find her "mama bone" after she is left to care for a boy who is not her own but instead is the product of an affair between her husband and her best friend and...

A cutting-edge photographic field guide to the birds of ChileThis is the first modern-style photographic field guide to the birds of Chile, an increasingly popular destination with birders and naturalists. Compact and easy to carry, pack, and use, Birds...

The Texas Nature Set offers the best in wildlife and plant identification for The Lone Star State. The set includes three Pocket Naturalist Guides to Texas -- Trees & Wildflowers, Birds, and Wildlife -- and is attractively packaged in a cellophane bag...

From the under-snow tunnels of Arctic lemmings to the egg nests of the bizarre Australian echidna, from the Pacific waters inhabited by sea otters and whales to the subways of major cities, this extraordinary and attractive book brings us into the homes...

More than ever before, there is widespread interest in studying bumble bees and the critical role they play in our ecosystems. Bumble Bees of North America is the first comprehensive guide to North American bumble bees to be published in more than a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903767146Author Louise CalderFormat HardbackPage Count 227Imprint Archaeopress PublishingPublisher Archaeopress PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855462789Author Valerie K. BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 235g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922634634Author Thornton S BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Living Book PressPublisher Living Book PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874357599Author Peter CreedFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Pisces PublicationsPublisher Pisces Publications

The number of ways in which humans interact with animals is almost incalculable. From beloved household pets to the steak on our dinner tables, the fur in our closets to the Babar books on our shelves, taxidermy exhibits to local zoos, humans have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250798718Author Jonathan C SlaghtFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm *...

Raptors are formally classified into five families and include birds-such as eagles, ospreys, kites, true hawks, buzzards, harriers, vultures, and falcons-that are familiar and recognized by many observers. These diurnal birds of prey are found on every...

Pollinators, parasites, purifiers, predators, decomposers - insects arguably play the most important roles in the functioning of the Earth's ecosystems. This lavishly illustrated and highly authoritative book is structured around southern Africa's 13...

Focusing on a recent wave of international art cinema, Animal Worlds offers the first sustained analysis of the relations between cinematic time and animal life.Book InformationISBN 9781474446396Author Laura McMahonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint...