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Paperback. Can we live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth, and all the biological knowledge about ourselves that would die along with them? Extinction of the great apes threatens to become a reality within a few human generations. Stanford tells us how we can redirect the course of an otherwise bleak future. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW79; RNCB; RNKH1; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Belknap Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416840
ISBN
9780674416840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.37

Hardcover. Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay's ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGBP; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281417
ISBN
9780674281417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.62

Hardback. Animal Kingdoms reveals the far-reaching cultural, political, and environmental importance of hunting in colonial India. Julie E. Hughes explores how Indian princes relied on their prowess as hunters of prized game to advance personal status, solidify power, and establish links with the historic battlefields and legendary deeds of their ancestors. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 color illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072800
ISBN
9780674072800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.92
€ 54.40

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
€ 29.62

Paperback. Wovens the story of one of the successful species in North America: the coyote. This book traces a female coyote's movements along a winding path between landscapes in which her species learned to survive and flourish. It asks us to rethink the meaning of progress and create a suburban wildlife ethic. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060180
ISBN
9780674060180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.27

Hardback. Traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. This title explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056107
ISBN
9780674056107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.31

Hardback. Color can attract mates, intimidate enemies, and distract predators. But it can also conceal animals from detection. It is an adaptation to the visual features of the environment but also to the perceptual and cognitive capabilities of other organisms. Judy Diamond and Alan Bond reveal factors at work in the evolution of concealing coloration. Num Pages: 274 pages, 52 color illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052352
ISBN
9780674052352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.60

Hardback. The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event? Series: Alain Locke Lecture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050983
ISBN
9780674050983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.68

Paperback. Offers an account of the author's research on the front lines of the global biodiversity crisis - coping with the delays in obtaining permits, learning to outrun advancing army ants, subsisting on a diet of Spam and manioc, and ultimately falling in love with the forest of northern Congo. Num Pages: 336 pages, 49 color illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; WNCK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048423
ISBN
9780674048423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.21

Hardback. At a time when night-singing insects have slipped beyond our notice--indeed, are more likely to be heard as NatureSounds than in a backyard--John Himmelman reconnects people to the crickets and katydids whose songs form a part of our own natural history. Online insect calls accompany this colorfully illustrated narrative. Num Pages: 272 pages, 53 color illustrations, 24 halftones, 18 line illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046900
ISBN
9780674046900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Weight in Grams: 4800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035492
ISBN
9780674035492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.96
€ 100.32

Paperback. Discusses the biology and plight of right whales, including their reproduction, feeding, genetics, and endocrinology, as well as fatal run-ins with ships and fishing gear. Employing individual identifications, acoustics, and population models, this title presents history of this animal. Editor(s): Kraus, Scott D.; Rolland, Rosalind M. Num Pages: 576 pages, 34 color illustrations, 116 halftones, 48 line illustrations, 21 tables. BIC Classification: RNK; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034754
ISBN
9780674034754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.22

Hardback. The waters around Australia, the world's smallest continent, are home to the greatest diversity of sharks and rays on Earth. This book describes 300 of these species. It is suitable for conservation biologists, fish biologists, divers, naturalists, commercial and recreational fishermen. Num Pages: 640 pages, 500 halftones, 90 pages of color plates. BIC Classification: 1MBF; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 226 x 48. Weight in Grams: 3134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034112
ISBN
9780674034112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.13
€ 119.04

Hardback. Drawing on archival sources to analyze a hundred-year perspective on sports in China, this book explores why the country became obsessed with Western sports at the turn of the twentieth century, and how it relates to China's search for a national and international identity. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028401
ISBN
9780674028401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.34

Hardback. A short flight from the Florida coast, Hispaniola offers opportunities, not just to photographers, but to evolutionary biologists as well. This book captures the variety of living creatures that have erupted in evolutionary isolation here, and the urgency of scientists racing to give that variety a name before it vanishes. Editor(s): Fernandez, Eladio. Num Pages: 400 pages, 375 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; AJC; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 308 x 261 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674026285
ISBN
9780674026285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.92
€ 58.21

Paperback. In over 400 full-colour photographs, this work brings us eye to eye with the smaller majority - the 99 percent of animal life that is smaller than a human finger. It takes us on a visual journey into the often overlooked world cloaked by a leaf, camouflaged on the surface of a rock, or even trapped underfoot. Num Pages: 288 pages, 450 color illustrations. BIC Classification: WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025622
ISBN
9780674025622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.72

Hardback. Offers a study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before WWII. This book examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup from relatively small-scale events to the expensive, politically resonant, globally popular entertainment extravaganzas. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPS; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023260
ISBN
9780674023260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.74
€ 70.50

Paperback. Rome is not one city but many, each with its own history unfolding from a different centre. Beginning with the very shaping of the ground on which Rome first rose, this book conjures various cities, taking the reader through time and space to the shifting realities - architectural, historical, political and social - that constitute Rome. Series: From the Ground Up. Num Pages: 368 pages, 100 color illustrations, 30 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; WQH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022638
ISBN
9780674022638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.26

Hardcover. A bilingual (English - Portuguese) edition of William James's diaries and letters. It also includes reproductions of his drawings. The material belongs to the Houghton Archives at Harvard University and is of interest to both William James scholars and Brazilian studies experts. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 264 x 25. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021334
ISBN
9780674021334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.23

Hardcover. This title is a basic guide to the cosmic frontier - about black holes in the centres of galaxies, about the way some galaxies cannibalize each other, about the vast differences between galaxies and the remarkable new evidence regarding dark energy and the cosmic expansion. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 colour illustrations, 61 halftones, 56 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 258 x 30. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010796
ISBN
9780674010796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.27

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