Natural History
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Natural History
Paperback. Chicken provides insight into the astonishing world of the chicken and contains many intriguing facts, including why the largest predator ever to walk the earth is considered the ancestor of the modern chicken and how mother hens communicate with their chicks while they're still in the egg. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 216 pages, 72 colour illustrations, 103 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCB; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898586
- ISBN
- 9781861898586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Hardback. No dog lover can imagine life without their canine friend. Woof is a compendium of delightful quotes that capture the essence of this affection. Some are by famous people, others not; some are philosophical, others light-hearted - all are memorable. Featuring beautiful photography, this is a collection of quotes to treasure. Editor(s): Jones, Anouska. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Exisle Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925335095
- ISBN
- 9781925335095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.62
€ 22.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pelagic Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907807404
- ISBN
- 9781907807404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.19
€ 31.19
Paperback. In 2008, a YouTube clip became an internet phenomenon. It showed the emotional reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa to be introduced into his rightful home in the wild. This title tells their story, accompanied by photographs. Num Pages: 208 pages, Over 50 b&w / colour photos in 5 x 8-page sections. BIC Classification: BT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Broadway Boks,2010
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553820607
- ISBN
- 9780553820607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
€ 15.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSC; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811736220
- ISBN
- 9780811736220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.86
€ 18.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926613741
- ISBN
- 9781926613741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.76
€ 15.99
€ 11.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554887460
- ISBN
- 9781554887460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.18
€ 32.99
€ 29.18
Paperback. Mixing scientific fact, personal concern, direct experience and intriguing revelation, the author aims to shed new light on our planetary weather system, and to make more sense of disturbing manifestations like global warming, glacial retreat, and the disruption of currents such as El Nino. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 215. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0003036
- ISBN
- 9780099406297
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This is the first and only book that explains in non-technical terms how to use pocket, portable and laboratory instruments to identify diamonds and coloured gems and to separate them from imitations and 'look-alikes'. Num Pages: 288 pages, 76 colour illustrations, 43 line drawings, 48 b&w illustrations, 16 tables. BIC Classification: GBC; PNV; RBGK; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719802515
- ISBN
- 9780719802515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; MJNA; VFJB; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405925020
- ISBN
- 9781405925020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Hardback. A major work celebrating the oak tree in Britain, now available in paperback - exploring the history, culture, topography and biology of the nation's iconic tree. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 215. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472123756
- ISBN
- 9781472123756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.46
€ 40.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows. This book looks at the relationships of plants and animals with the land and people, through time and across landscapes. Editor(s): Phillips, Steven John; Comus, Patricia Wentworth; Dimmitt, Mark Alan; Brewer, Linda M. Num Pages: 590 pages, 432 b/w line illustrations and photos, 24-page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; RGBA; RNC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287471
- ISBN
- 9780520287471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.58
€ 45.99
€ 32.58
Paperback. Illustrates and describes nearly 1,800 bird species found in the Palearctic - the huge region that includes Europe, Asia north of the Himalayas, Africa north of the Sahara Desert, and the Middle East excluding the Gulf countries. This book covers non-passerines - non-songbirds, including raptors, owls, swifts, hummingbirds, cuckoos, and pigeons. Illustrator(s): Arlott, Norman. Series: Princeton Illustrated Checklists S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 91 color plates. 700 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1FPJ; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press Group Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136851
- ISBN
- 9780691136851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.45
€ 35.99
€ 30.45
Hardcover. The Photographed Cat presents readers with an examination of how human-cat relationships are depicted in early twentieth-century photography. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; AGN; AJ; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610267
- ISBN
- 9780815610267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.45
€ 24.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; GBC; PSVW3; PSVW5; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801437687
- ISBN
- 9780801437687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.94
€ 79.94
Hardback. Offers information for identifying New England's remarkable array of tracheophytes (vascular plants, excluding mosses). With fully researched entries on some 3,500 native and non-native species, this title provides a botanical reference for the region's noncultivated plants. Illustrator(s): Farnsworth, Elizabeth J.; Morrison, Gordon. Num Pages: 992 pages, 1000 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 184 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171549
- ISBN
- 9780300171549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.26
€ 72.26
Paperback. Dissects the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. The author shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394534
- ISBN
- 9780141394534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardcover. Written by the former First Chief Rider of the world renowned Spanish Riding School in Vienna, this book is ideal for riders of all levels who wish to improve dressage technique. Num Pages: 224 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: WN; WSNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- The Kenilworth Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905693054
- ISBN
- 9781905693054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.72
€ 33.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. Reveals the natural history of the Puget Sound region. This book begins with a discussion of how the ice ages and vulcanism shaped the land and examines the natural attributes of the region - flora and fauna, climate, special habitats, life histories of key organisms - as they pertain to the ecosystem. It contains over three hundred photographs. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 488 pages, 400 illus. BIC Classification: WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1475.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295974774
- ISBN
- 9780295974774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.71
€ 46.99
€ 41.71
Paperback. A guide to the beetles of the United States and Canada east of the Mississippi River. It covers 1,400 species in all 115 families east of the Mississippi River. It presents information on identification, natural history, collecting, and geographic range for each species and family. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1,500+ color illus. 31 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBBF; 1KBC; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 205 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133041
- ISBN
- 9780691133041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.12
€ 40.99
€ 32.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 160 Colour Photographs, 160 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 108. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426216473
- ISBN
- 9781426216473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.53
€ 14.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 212. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426217821
- ISBN
- 9781426217821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.61
€ 21.99
€ 19.61
Hardcover. We are told from the time we are children that insects and spiders are pests, when the truth is that most have little or no effect on us - although the few that do are often essential to our existence. This title suggests we take a closer look at our slapped-at, stepped-on, and otherwise ignored cohabitants. It brings together fifty stories. Num Pages: 170 pages, 6 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926988
- ISBN
- 9780813926988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.08
€ 29.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Snoke, Arthur W.; Tullis, Jan; Todd, Victoria R. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 634 pages, 139 line illus. 263 plates 3 tables. BIC Classification: WNR; WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 281 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691600734
- ISBN
- 9780691600734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.88€ 89.70
€ 118.88
€ 89.70