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The trusted guidebook for animal lovers that describes the astonishing ways in which humans can speak with-and listen to-all creatures.In this comprehensive follow-up to the widely popular Animal Talk, a respected leader and pioneer in the field of...

Season two of the hit TV adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small is now showing on Channel 5, featuring Sam West as Siegfried Farnon.'James Herriot's books have had a lasting and profound effect on my life' Amanda OwenThis beautiful Macmillan...

During a career spanning four decades John has been the behind-the-scenes mastermind ensuring the welfare and maintenance of Richmond Park's world-famous herd of deer - widely thought of as the finest herd in captivity. Working with these fabled...

Take a look at the packaging on a container of milk and you're likely to see bucolic idylls of red barns, green pastures, and happy, well-treated cows. In truth, the distance from a living cow to a glass of milk is vast, and nearly impossible to grasp in...

People have been enchanted by elephants for centuries. For Gerry Creighton, this fascination began at an early age; his father was a keeper at Dublin Zoo and instilled in him a love and respect for animals. Gerry followed his father and joined the zoo at...

Develop a deeper, more positive relationship with the animals in your life and become a better person along the way. All around you, animals are acting as therapists, trainers, mentors, and gurus-if you pay attention. They guide you toward the next step...

Lambing can be a challenging prospect whether it's your first or your thirty-first season. This highly practical manual will take you through the period approaching, during and immediately after lambing.About the AuthorAgnes C Winter, B.VSc, PhD, DSHP,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582432540Author Michael DowningFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399578526Author Maja SafstroemFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Dozens of further filthy animal facts and falsehoods: the follow-through to the international bestselling sensation Does it Fart? How many spiders do you eat in your sleep? What does the ice-cream you eat have to do with the back end of a beaver? Do...

'Essential reading for anybody who cares about the future' Henry Marsh, *New Statesman Books of the Year*A radical examination of Britain's relationship with the land by one of our greatest nature writers.**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT GOLDEN BEER...

National Geographic Traveler: Iceland is the lighthouse to follow if you do not want to miss anything of the unique and incredible atmosphere, from the northern lights to the capital, Reykjavik, which comes to life in the long summer nights of the Arctic...

The burden of the Great War was not shouldered by soldiers alone: the tasks, the camaraderie, the day-to-day life and the devastation were all shared with the animals that accompanied the forces abroad. The horses that took part in the last cavalry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913159481Author Steve PalinFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 348gDimensions(mm) 168mm *...

Winner of the Prix Renaudot 2019 A New York Times Best Book of 2021 'Extraordinarily beautiful... a long last loving glance at the planet.' Carl Safina, author of Becoming Wild The Art of Patience sees the renowned French adventurer and writer...

'This love letter to our four-legged friends is a delight . . . there is a good joke, an intriguing tale or a fascinating statistic on every page' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday'A fact-packed history of a 15,000-year relationship' Sunday TimesHow did we...

'Turn the pages to revel in the techno-tracking that is revealing the secrets of animal lives. This is science at its best, the art of understanding truth and beauty' Chris PackhamOnce tracking animals meant following footprints. Now satellites, drones,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544002265Author Bernd HeinrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 134mm *...

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY WATERSTONES AND THE TIMES'Entertaining and original.' Guardian'Accessible and insightful, it's a thought-provoking read.' Observer' Highly readable.' The Times'Nothing less than brilliant.' Wall Street JournalWhat if...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956686388Author Mind TreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Andrew Thiriot BooksPublisher Andrew Thiriot Books

A Times Best Book of 2021 From the very first dog to glowing fish and designer pigs - the human history of remaking nature. Virus-free mosquitoes, resurrected dinosaurs, designer humans - such is the power of the science of tomorrow. But the idea...

Who doesn't love baby animals? AMAZING FACTS ABOUT BABY ANIMALS is an adorable celebration of all kinds of fuzzy, fluffy, scaly, and feathery animal babies and their parents. Full of interesting, weird, and funny facts about animals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060932619Format PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

R.M. Hare was one of the most important ethical theorists of the 20th century, and one of his graduate students, Peter Singer, became famous for his writings on animals and personhood. Singer now says that he endorses Hare's "two-level...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786197695441Author Jenny KellettFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint Bellanova BooksPublisher Bellanova BooksWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781778400346Author Peter WohllebenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Greystone BooksPublisher Greystone BooksWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 188mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950253142Author don Jose RuizFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hierophant PublishingPublisher Hierophant Publishing

The definitive edition of Darwin's classic - a brilliantly entertaining and accessible exploration of human and animal behaviour, reissued to mark the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth. Why do we bite people we feel affection towards? Why do...

Rare British Breeds is a book inspired by the Rare Breed Survival Trust Watchlist, which is published annually, listing the species of sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, goats and poultry (chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese) that are endangered in the United...

An unrivaled compendium of ancient Roman knowledge.Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23-79), a Roman of equestrian rank of Transpadane Gaul (N. Italy), was uncle of Pliny the letter writer. He pursued a career partly military in Germany, partly...

Do bear attacks touch people in the far-back recesses of their psyches? Reach latent ancestral memories of cave days when humans were potential prey? Indeed, there are those who say their nightmares involved bears before they ever saw one, either in the...

'When people gave up on Wylie, Wylie refused to give up on people.'For a street dog born in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan, to be crowned top dog at Scruffts, a competition for rescued crossbreeds held during Crufts, the largest dog show on earth, is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846811951Author Tom JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hermes HousePublisher Anness Publishing

A straightforward, easy-to-understand book that teaches you how to directly communicate with animals. Animal Talk teaches you how to open the door to your animal friends' hearts and minds without resorting to magic tricks or wishful thinking. Every...

A few months of married bliss, a lovers' nest in Darrowby and the wonders of home cooking are rudely interrupted for James Herriot by the Second World War. From the author whose books inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small, Vets Might Fly,...

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that...

This new edition is suitable for anybody with an interest in urban wildlife and conservation and is written by the renowned TV presenter Chris Packham. It is an educational and striking guide to the full range of wildlife that can be found in all manner...

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906122270Author Tristan WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 951g

An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to timespans in the natural world, featuring more than 80 beautifully designed diagrams and charts. Which organisms live the longest? How does the natural world recover from wildfires? How long do eggs...