Natural History
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Natural History
Hardback. Offers a study and perspective on the relationship between politics and the art found in American zoos and aquariums. This book examines the ways that zoos and aquariums have successfully served as sculptural gardens for the masses. It also contains art and architecture that convey political messages about both the patrons and the animals. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFKB; WNGF; WNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739111208
- ISBN
- 9780739111208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.14
€ 144.14
Paperback. Helps to discover how the turtle's proverbial slowness helps it survive a long, cold winter under ice. In this title, the author offers insight into what exactly it's like to live inside a shell - to carry the heavy carapace on land and in water, to breathe without an expandable ribcage, to have sex with all that body armor intervening. Num Pages: 192 pages, 11 halftones, 12 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PSPM; WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072305
- ISBN
- 9780674072305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.67
€ 34.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595341686
- ISBN
- 9781595341686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.71
€ 20.99
€ 19.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595341600
- ISBN
- 9781595341600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.55
€ 20.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595341662
- ISBN
- 9781595341662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.36
€ 21.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages, 271 colour illus. BIC Classification: WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764330834
- ISBN
- 9780764330834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.01
€ 31.99
€ 21.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages, 280 color & 38 B/W images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNX; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764336164
- ISBN
- 9780764336164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.89
€ 36.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 color illus. 20 halftones. 35 line illus. BIC Classification: WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168364
- ISBN
- 9780691168364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.75
€ 21.99
€ 17.75
Hardback. The air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? This title tells an account of the history of atmospheric oxygen on Earth. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 color illus. 20 halftones. 35 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP; WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145020
- ISBN
- 9780691145020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.35
€ 46.99
€ 33.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 halftones. 19 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173337
- ISBN
- 9780691173337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.52
€ 24.99
€ 18.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 125 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691166810
- ISBN
- 9780691166810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; WNG; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599211367
- ISBN
- 9781599211367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.44
€ 16.99
€ 14.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813934501
- ISBN
- 9780813934501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.47
€ 23.99
€ 22.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935751
- ISBN
- 9780813935751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.70
€ 15.99
€ 15.70
Eerie, fascinating, and often moving, these tales of geologic history and human fortitude and folly will stay with you long after you put the book down. Num Pages: 360 pages, 133, 80 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates, 37 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: RNR; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801896927
- ISBN
- 9780801896927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.78
€ 42.78
Paperback. The all-new Stokes guide to the birds of eastern North America sets a new standard - with more species, more photographs and easier identification than any other regional field guide. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2000 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNCB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 140 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316213936
- ISBN
- 9780316213936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.06
€ 23.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 39 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGT; RNKH; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199782246
- ISBN
- 9780199782246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.92
€ 27.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493017683
- ISBN
- 9781493017683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.36
€ 21.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 47 black & white halftones, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WNGH; WSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493022472
- ISBN
- 9781493022472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.69
€ 15.99
€ 13.69
Paperback. "The Companion Species Manifesto" is about the implosion of nature and culture in the joint lives of dogs and people, who are bonded in "significant otherness". In all their historical complexity, Donna Haraway tells us, dogs matter. They are not surrogates for theory, she says; they are not here just to think with. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH; WNGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 159 x 7. Weight in Grams: 96. Dogs, People and Significant Otherness. 60 pages. "The Companion Species Manifesto" is about the implosion of nature and culture in the joint lives of dogs and people, who are bonded in "significant otherness". In all their historical complexity, Donna Haraway tells us, dogs matter. They are not surrogates for theory, she says; they are not here just to think with. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HP; JH; WNGD. Dimension: 133 x 159 x 7. Weight: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Prickly Paradigm Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780971757585
- ISBN
- 9780971757585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.15
€ 13.99
€ 13.15
Hardcover. An up-to-date compilation written by authorities in particular aspects of ichnology. Considers the biological evidence that can be derived from trace fossils including both marine and terrestrial paleoenvironments. Features ancient and modern examples running the gamut from late Precambrian through fish coprolites to dinosaur eggs. Editor(s): Donovan, Stephen K. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations, figures, tables. BIC Classification: RBX; WNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471948438
- ISBN
- 9780471948438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 317.52
€ 317.52
Hardcover. Packed with facts and featuring two color galleries and 70 black-and-white photographs, Frogs: The Animal Answer Guide is sure to address the questions on the minds of curious naturalists. Series: The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist. Num Pages: 192 pages, 97, 27 colour illustrations, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899355
- ISBN
- 9780801899355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.18
€ 58.18
Paperback. Astronomers recently discovered a very rich population of Pluto-like objects beyond the orbit of Neptune. This book offers in-depth historic and physical discussions of those remote regions and includes nearly two hundred amazing illustrations, most in color. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441908643
- ISBN
- 9781441908643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.85
€ 33.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. After a glimpse of kangaroos at Switzerland's Basel Zoo at the age of three, Doris Herrmann's life trajectory became clear. Despite overwhelming physical disabilities - Herrmann was born deaf and later lost her sight - she dedicated her life to the study of Australia's signature marsupials. This book tells her story. Translator(s): Foster, Paul. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BGA; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685590
- ISBN
- 9781563685590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.80
€ 25.99
€ 20.80