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Paperback. How does insect suturing work? Which insect did the ancient Egyptians worship as a god? What did Ogden Nash have to say about termites? Which insect produces "Turkey Red" dye? What bug has survived for 300 million years? An illustrated collection of insect tales, this title tells you about the six-leg kingdom and its occupants. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534170
ISBN
9781557534170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.02

Paperback. Helps readers find out about Aesop's insects, Edgar Allan Poe's Gold Bug, and Ogden Nash's creepy crawlies. This book also helps readers dig up some facts on the Colorado and Japanese beetles, and cash in on the million dollar beetle. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256. Bee's Knees, Bug Lights and Beetles. 120 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WNCN. Dimension: 189 x 140 x 13. Weight: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557535092
ISBN
9781557535092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.12

Paperback. A guide to identifying trees in Indiana and surrounding states. It explains how to identify various species in different seasons and color photographs show important characteristics. Num Pages: 355 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
2 Exp Rev
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557535726
ISBN
9781557535726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.05

Paperback. Series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond. Num Pages: 150 pages, ill. BIC Classification: VFM; WNGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 287.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557535818
ISBN
9781557535818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 147 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536488
ISBN
9781557536488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Pregowski, Michal Piotr; Wlodarczyk, Justyna. Series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557537409
ISBN
9781557537409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.59

Paperback. As a twenty-three-year-old veterinarian, William W. Putney joined the Marine Corps at the height of World War II. He commanded the Third Dog Platoon during the battle for Guam and later served as chief veterinarian and commanding officer of the War Dog Training School, where he helped train former pets for war in the Pacific. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; BTM; HBG; HBWQ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Potomac Books
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887198
ISBN
9781574887198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.28

paperback. A field guide for anyone who would like to identify the local snakes of Virginia. It offers information about location, diet, reproduction, enemies, life span, distinguishing characteristics, size, habitat and common names. Num Pages: 187 pages, 53 colour photographs, 38 drawings, 28 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; PSVW5; WNC; WNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921549
ISBN
9780813921549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.48

hardcover. Hullihen Williams Moore has been visiting Shenandoah National Park since the mid-1960s, but it was after studying with Ansel Adams in 1979 that he began seriously photographing it. This collection documents the quiet beauty of the area, and includes two essays in which Moore discusses it further. Num Pages: 96 pages, 51 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AGN; AJC; WN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 721.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813922249
ISBN
9780813922249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.05

Paperback. Hullihen Williams Moore has been visiting Shenandoah National Park since the mid-1960s, but it was after studying with Ansel Adams in 1979 that he began seriously photographing it. This collection documents the quiet beauty of the area, and includes two essays in which Moore discusses it further. Num Pages: 96 pages, 51 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AGN; AJC; WN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 243 x 10. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922263
ISBN
9780813922263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.09

Hardback. Host to a large and diverse bird population as well as a long human history, Virginia is arguably the birthplace of ornithology in North America. The result of over a decade of research, this work addresses this element of the state's natural history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b&w illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922423
ISBN
9780813922423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.87

Paperback. Washington, DC, boasts more than three hundred species of trees from America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. This guide is suitable for locating, identifying, and learning about them. It gives the reader a guided tour of the nation's capital, highlighting historic and rare trees of the urban canopy. It also includes photographs of flowering trees. Illustrator(s): Alexander, Polly. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps, 48 colour photos, 540 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 213 x 32. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926889
ISBN
9780813926889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.92

Hardback. Covers the history of the horse in the Old Dominion. This book is illustrated with the many historical depictions of the horse by painters, photographers, and commercial artists. It celebrates the equine tradition in Virginia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 46 colour & 113 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928166
ISBN
9780813928166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.25

Hardback. Roughly 35 million years ago, a stray meteorite dropped out of the sky over Virginia and left an impact that helped shape one of the continent's most distinctive coastlines. This title includes stories that reveal the rich natural history Virginia had compiled long before the first human set eyes on it. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928418
ISBN
9780813928418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hendrickson Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Edition
Collector ed.
SKU
V9781598566826
ISBN
9781598566826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.37

A memoir of home, nature, and change in the American West, Light in the Trees makes cultural and environmental topics personal through a narrator's travels between past and present, rural and urban. Growing up on a mountain foothill in western Washington, Gail Folkins offers a small-town viewpoint of the Pacific Northwest. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BM; RN; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729513
ISBN
9780896729513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.78

Num Pages: 224 pages, 71 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; WNCS2; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469624938
ISBN
9781469624938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.37

Smoke the Donkey recounts the strong friendship between Folsom and this stray donkey and the massive challenges of reuniting Smoke with Folsom in the United States following Folsom's retirement. Num Pages: 272 pages, 31 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: BM; JWT; WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612348117
ISBN
9781612348117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.29

Paperback. Pummeled by a century of drought, depopulation, and soil erosion, America's Great Plains are in dire straits. Frank and Deborah Popper have a solution: create a Buffalo common by returning 139,000 acres in ten states to prairie and reintroducing the buffalo that once roamed there. Num Pages: 204 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RGBC; RNKH; RPG; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226510965
ISBN
9780226510965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.73

Paperback. A nature guide for both botanists and the more casual observer, identifying over 400 species of plant found in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. More than 50 percent of the plants described occur only in these mountains and nowhere else in the world. There are colour photographs and line drawings. Num Pages: 220 pages, 160 colour photographs, 250 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; PST; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766400316
ISBN
9789766400316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.31

hardcover. Series: Poyser Monographs. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
T & AD Poyser United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408136690
ISBN
9781408136690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 259 pages, 8 Double-sided page coloured photos. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Protea Book House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781485302599
ISBN
9781485302599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: PSVT3; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 212 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617230141
ISBN
9781617230141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.69

Hardcover. 336 pages, 500 colour photographs, distribution maps. A photographic guide to the most commonly used and best known South African plant medicines, including their botany, main traditional uses and active ingredients. This edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest research findings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PST; WNP. Dimension: 247 x 177 x 26. Weight: 978.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Briza Publications
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875093373
ISBN
9781875093373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.26

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