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What is a crab? What significance do crabs play in the world? In Crab, Cynthia Chris discovers that these charming creatures are social by nature, creative problem-solvers, and invaluable members of the environments in which they live. Their formidable...

When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city centre and caught in the war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat and...

RSPB Spotlight: Eagles is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist. Eagles are among the most impressive hunters of the animal world. Their predatory prowess and...

Every day, all over the world, animals and insects set about the purposeful tasks of designing their homes, catching their prey, and attracting their mates. In the process they create gorgeous nests, shelters, and habitats. Capturing 120 of these wonders...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888391230Author John GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375761393Author Dan O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Reverend Graeme Sims's faithful pack follow his every command as if they can read his mind. But their willingness is down to an enlightened training method using his technique of dog whispering, which is based on the idea of treating the dogs as...

A celebration of and practical guide to Europe's areas of incredible natural beauty. Step into a world boasting hilltop coastal villages, frozen Arctic landscapes and sweeping mountain ranges - and discover the 60 most breathtaking national parks, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952559952Author Dion RosserFormat HardbackPage Count 106Imprint PrimastaPublisher PrimastaWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

'An honest, compelling and important account, and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security' CHRIS PACKHAM Why are so many animals facing extinction? Climate change and poaching are not the only...

'An honest, compelling and important account, and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security' CHRIS PACKHAM Why are so many animals facing extinction? Climate change and poaching are not the only...

The most comprehensive book on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years, this volume presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who, in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness, may not entirely survive this century. Dale...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222481Author Christopher JosiffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

Alan Precup disappeared while backpacking in the Alaskan wilderness. Days later, searchers found his campsite. In the bushes about 150 feet away, they found Precup's bare skeleton, one intact hand, and both feet, still booted. In his camera were the...

'The first time Shocks saw Amber coming, he lowered his head so she could wrap her arms around his nose. It was as if they understood each other's pain. Like two broken beings, helping each other.' When Shocks the donkey was left for dead on a farm in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621389811Author Ken HultgrenFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Greenpoint BooksPublisher Greenpoint BooksWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621389811Author Ken HultgrenFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Greenpoint BooksPublisher Greenpoint BooksWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Filled with amazing stories, step-by-step exercises, and thought-provoking discussions, Bark, Neigh, Meow shows how animal companions help you transform your life and fulfill your purpose. As an expert in the field of animal intuition, Lynn McKenzie is...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker and Science News What happens when you try to recreate a woolly mammoth-fascinating science, or conservation catastrophe? Jurassic Park meets The Sixth Extinction in Rise of the Necrofauna, a...

"A book that offers hope." -The New York Times Book Review "A wondrous tapestry." -Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Audubon Medal winner Richard Louv's landmark book Last Child in the Woods inspired an international...

Keeping a few hens was once only for rural dwellers with big yards - or inner-city hippies. Now it's mainstream and an attractive proposition wherever you live. Fluffy little recycling units that eat weeds, bugs and scraps and turn them into organic eggs...

Of the world's dogs, less than two hundred million are pets, living with humans who provide food, shelter, squeaky toys, and fashionable sweaters. But roaming the planet are four times as many dogs who are their own masters neighborhood dogs, dump dogs,...

Keeping Geese is a complete guide to the domesticated goose. It shows how this intelligent bird has been absorbed into different cultures throughout history: from the taming of the Greylag and the Swan goose to the exhibition of the mighty Toulouse, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635574944Author Emma MarrisFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 666g

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION 'Pilcher is both very funny and very, very clever.' Gillian Burke 'Richly entertaining throughout.' Sunday Times For the last three billion years or so, life on Earth was...

This is a comprehensive and attractive lifestyle guide to keeping ducks and geese - from what to consider before buying them, how to house them, their welfare and even egg selection. They make wonderful and rewarding pets, and come in all shapes,...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Royal Society Prize for Science Books 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780593133231Author Ed YongFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House USA...

Did you know that the Bourbonnais Donkey drinks 4 gallons of water a day? Discover interesting facts about 24 breeds, including their appearance, history and breeding, and uses in agriculture and tourism. From the critically endangered Abyssinian, to...

Meet the dogs who searched for life amongst the ruins of the Twin Towers. Many heroes were made on 9/11 and in the weeks that followed. Not all of them showed human courage. Some of them could only show that they were truly man's best friend...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399163807Author Jackson GalaxyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906122614Author Bob KennardFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 951g

A delightfully old-fashioned debut adventure for modern children aged 7 and up, full of friendship, daring and fun. 'This is a story filled with charm ... I read this in one sitting, finding myself transported back in time and all...

Ernest Hemingway's classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting.'I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death'This is Hemingway's classic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994692450Author Heinrich Van Den BergFormat HardbackPage Count 358Imprint HPH PublishingPublisher HPH Publishing

The fifth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.In Every Living Thing James Herriot brings back familiar and much-loved friends, including his partner Siegfried and his most lucrative...

Beginning with Yuka, a 39,000-year-old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the sixteen essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalised by humans. Here are the...

The perfect gift for cat owners: "Definitely a book your cat would want you to read!"-Dr. Sarah Ellis, co-author of The Trainable Cat"Zazie Todd has created a must-have guide to improving your cat's life."-Modern Cat MagazineWe all love our cats and we...

From the hooves of chariot horses pounding the dust of the racetrack to the cries of elephants charging the battlefields, animals were a key part of Roman life. On memorials left to beloved dogs or in images of arena animals hammered onto coins, their...

Death at SeaWorld centres on the battle with the multimillion-dollar marine park industry over the controversial and even lethal ramifications of keeping killer whales in captivity. Following the story of Naomi Rose, a marine biologist and animal...