Lifestyle, sport & leisure
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Lifestyle, sport & leisure
Paperback. Mildred and John Teal moved to Sapelo Island, Georgia, in 1955, where they experienced virtually undeveloped landscape of salt marsh, maritime forest, freshwater ponds, sand dunes and beaches. This book reveals their observations of the island's unique marine ecology and flora and fauna. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 184 pages, 32 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: PSP; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820319612
- ISBN
- 9780820319612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.00
€ 24.99
€ 22.00
Hardcover. This volume showcases the native flowering plants of the state of Georgia, from the Costal Plain to the Blue Ridge Mountains. The 86 colour photographs present the flowers in their natural habitat and are accompanied by text giving the plants their common and scientific names. Num Pages: 120 pages, 86 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AJC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 250 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321790
- ISBN
- 9780820321790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.89
€ 35.99
€ 33.89
Paperback. This field guide covers the wildflowers of the entire Appalachian region, which stretches from Quebec to northern Alabama. The author encourages users to "read the landscape" in order to learn about plants' habitats, distribution and use. Diagrams are provided to aid plant identification. Num Pages: 344 pages, 378 colour photographs, 1 map, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321813
- ISBN
- 9780820321813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Hardcover. This photographs in this volume celebrate nature's cycles in a diverse southern garden - the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens. A general introduction traces the history and development of this public garden, and brief sectional essays describe the special features of the Garden. Num Pages: 144 pages, 143 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AJC; WMB; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820323275
- ISBN
- 9780820323275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.02
€ 42.99
€ 38.02
Hardcover. This title unites the award-winning photography of Diane Kirkland with the writing of David Bottoms, Georgia's poet laureate. The result is portrait of the lands, waters, culture, and people of Georgia. Num Pages: 192 pages, 300 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AJC; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820323435
- ISBN
- 9780820323435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.28
€ 40.99
€ 39.28
Hardcover. This collection of photographs of African Americans takes us to a place at once familiar and foreign. Set in the South early in the 20th century, these photographs bridge a distance not only of time but also of contrasting attitudes and customs. Num Pages: 208 pages, 150 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJ; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324241
- ISBN
- 9780820324241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.07
€ 58.07
Hardcover. Cumberland Island can be reached only by boat, but more than forty thousand people make the trip each year. Naturalist and photographer Fred Whitehead captures the allure of the island's flora and fauna. Num Pages: 112 pages, 118 colour photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AJC; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324975
- ISBN
- 9780820324975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 42.16
€ 45.99
€ 42.16
Paperback. Fun and learning come together here with a collection of 100 short, self-contained features about the flora, fauna and natural history of the place where land meets sea. Each page has a colour illustration and fact-filled commentary on coast wildlife of all shapes and forms. Illustrator(s): Ingram, Charlotte. Num Pages: 112 pages, 100 full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 179 x 8. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325330
- ISBN
- 9780820325330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.74
€ 37.99
€ 31.74
Hardcover. Nature and travel writer Bill Belleville has inspired and informed countless readers through his books and magazine articles. In these eighteen essays and articles Belleville takes us through Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin America in quest of the distinctive, the wondrous, the threatened, and the undiscovered. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJ; 1KL; WNCS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325927
- ISBN
- 9780820325927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.69
€ 35.99
€ 31.69
Hardcover. A new type of historical guide, this book features more than one hundred photographs and illustrations of thirty key sites in and around the Chickamauga battlefield. Civil War scholars and enthusiasts will find a valuable new source for pondering tactical moves and unravelling historic controversies. Num Pages: 139 pages, 103 photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBLL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 921.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325989
- ISBN
- 9780820325989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.52
€ 46.99
€ 41.52
Paperback. Written by two of the Southeast's foremost authorities on sea turtle conservation, this is an illustrated guide to the species that frequent the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. It opens with comprehensive coverage of the sea turtle's evolution, juvenile and adult life cycles, nesting, diet and feeding, predators, and more. Series: Wormsloe Foundation Publication. Num Pages: 152 pages, 79 colour photos, 6 maps, 32 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSVW5; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820326146
- ISBN
- 9780820326146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.01
€ 30.99
€ 27.01
Paperback. John Lane has scaled a granite dome in the Suriname rain forest and waded past cottonmouths in the heart of a Florida cypress swamp. He has shadowed crocodiles in a mangrove thicket. Waist Deep in Black Water offers a collection of Lane's writings on topics such as wilderness exploration, conversation, and family history. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820326214
- ISBN
- 9780820326214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.33
€ 27.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. New to the city, Tallmadge saw only its concrete, glass, smog, and debris, until he focused on the "buzzing, flapping, scurrying, chewing, photosynthesizing life forms" around him. This is a hopeful guide to finding nature and balance in unlikely places. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; JFSG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820326900
- ISBN
- 9780820326900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.45
€ 27.99
€ 24.45
Hardcover. The "iron lace" that graces the businesses, homes, squares, and cemeteries of Mobile, Alabama, is as vital a part of that southern port city. Looking at how ornamental cast iron defines Mobile's heart and soul, this work explains how the local iron industry developed and then fiercely competed with big northern foundries. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80 duotone photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; AMC; WFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 279 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1093.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327006
- ISBN
- 9780820327006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.73
€ 42.99
€ 39.73
Paperback. Illustrated with over 600 colour photographs, this guide describes more than 1,100 wildflowers that can be found east of the Mississippi. Wildflowers of the Eastern United States covers forbs, grasses, rushes, and sedges, and includes common and scientific names. Num Pages: 416 pages, 631col.ill.1fig.4M. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Univ of Georgia Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327471
- ISBN
- 9780820327471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.25
€ 32.99
€ 30.25
Hardcover. A study of how narratives of travel through the antebellum South helped construct an American national identity during the years between the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars. The author makes his case on the basis of a broad range of texts including slave narratives, domestic literature, soldiers' diaries, and traditional forms of travel writing. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327655
- ISBN
- 9780820327655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.68
€ 61.68
Hardcover. Offers insights into the rise of the nature essay as a genre, the role of popular magazines as shapers and conveyors of public values, and the dynamism of place in terms of such opposed concepts as retreat and engagement, nature and culture, and wilderness and civilization. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327884
- ISBN
- 9780820327884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.78
€ 59.78
Paperback. Visit any pond on a summer day and the air will be alive with dragonflies and damselflies - shimmering aerobatic daredevils that dart above the water and even into nearby fields and woodlands. This illustrated guide, with more than 400 color photographs, covers Georgia's dragonflies and damselflies (odonates). It details more than 150 species. Series: Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book. Num Pages: 368 pages, 417 colour photos, 155 maps, 1 table, 17 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; PSVT7; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327952
- ISBN
- 9780820327952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Bugs can sometimes really bug you. On the flip side, they pollinate crops, provide food for birds and other wildlife, produce honey and other useful things, and serve as bellwether indicators of our environment's health. This book profiles over 60 crawling and flying bugs commonly found in homes, gardens, and yards in Georgia and the Southeast. Num Pages: 224 pages, 84 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328041
- ISBN
- 9780820328041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Presents an illustrated survey of the major forms and makers of the "plain style" of furniture made in the 1800s. This book features 126 pieces of furniture (including chairs, tables, slabs, huntboards, washstands, and candlestands). It provides information on furniture forms, nomenclature, and finishes. The photographs are in full color. Num Pages: 256 pages, 172 colour & 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; AFT; WCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328058
- ISBN
- 9780820328058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.68
€ 56.68