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Paperback. Includes a preface and epilogue that brings Wilderness and the American Mind into dialogue with contemporary debates about wilderness. This is a study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSAF; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190380
- ISBN
- 9780300190380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.61
€ 26.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. Rangeland ecosystems support half of the world's livestock while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Editor(s): Du Toit, Johan T.; Kock, Richard; Deutsch, James. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNKH; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405177856
- ISBN
- 9781405177856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.56
€ 92.56
Hardcover. Editor(s): Davis, Ryan E. Num Pages: 319 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 259 x 23. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612099668
- ISBN
- 9781612099668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.87€ 178.35
€ 262.87
€ 178.35
Paperback. Zoos, aquariums, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. This book presents the thinking and practice in the care and management of wild mammals in zoos and other institutions. It offers information from studies of animal behavior; advances in captive breeding; and new thinking in animal management and welfare. Editor(s): Kleiman, Devra G.; Thompson, Katerina V.; Baer, Charlotte Kirk. Num Pages: 720 pages, 100 halftones, 39 line drawings, 67 tables. BIC Classification: MZG; PSVW7; TVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 219 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1462.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226440101
- ISBN
- 9780226440101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.97€ 64.61
€ 76.97
€ 64.61
Paperback. Brings together the principles of ecology, population biology, wildlife conservation and management. Examines wildlife in the context of ecosystems and the factors which determine population levels. Considers the problems of conservation and management from national and international points of view. Shows why single-species approaches often fail. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471080428
- ISBN
- 9780471080428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 239.78
€ 239.78
Paperback. Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. This book challenges this long-held view. It reveals that animals exhibit a range of moral behaviors, including fairness, empathy, trust, and reciprocity. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041636
- ISBN
- 9780226041636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.36
€ 23.99
€ 19.36
Hardcover. Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. This book challenges this long-held view. It reveals that animals exhibit a range of moral behaviors, including fairness, empathy, trust, and reciprocity. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PSVP; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041612
- ISBN
- 9780226041612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 42.08
€ 53.99
€ 42.08
Hardback. Offering fresh perspectives on colonial, legal, environmental, and Native American history, Wild by Nature reenvisions the familiar stories of early America as animal tales. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12, 2 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFFZ; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422350
- ISBN
- 9781421422350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 47.39
€ 50.92
€ 47.39
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580894180
- ISBN
- 9781580894180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.69
€ 23.99
€ 17.69
Hardback. Besides being cruel and inhumane, torture does not work the way torturers assume it does. As Shane O Mara s account of the neuroscience of suffering reveals, extreme stress creates profound problems for memory, mood, and thinking, and sufferers predictably produce information that is deeply unreliable, or even counterproductive and dangerous." Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; LNF; MMH; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 218 x 31. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674743908
- ISBN
- 9780674743908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.84
€ 41.99
€ 34.84
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on the role of size in biology. This title explores the universal impact of being the right size. By examining stories ranging from "Alice in Wonderland" to "Gulliver's Travels", it shows that humans have always been fascinated by things big and small. Num Pages: 176 pages, 35 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152332
- ISBN
- 9780691152332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.19
€ 19.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 halftones. 21 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163888
- ISBN
- 9780691163888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.01
€ 42.99
€ 31.01
paperback. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262533492
- ISBN
- 9780262533492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.62
€ 26.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. Examines biological anthropology, the history of the life sciences, and the literature of science studies while upending common understandings of science and culture with a mixture of anthropology, common sense, and disarming humor. This book focuses on the evolution of science, its role in modern culture, and its challenges for the 21st century. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259607
- ISBN
- 9780520259607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813545509
- ISBN
- 9780813545509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Why Evolution is True focuses on the hard evidence that proves evolution by natural selection to be a fact. Weaving together and explaining the latest discoveries and ideas from many disparate areas of modern science, this succinct and important book will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth-and the beauty-of evolution Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199230853
- ISBN
- 9780199230853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. Hypocrisy is the natural state of the human mind. This title shows us that the key to understanding our behavioral inconsistencies lies in understanding the mind's design. It explains the roots and implications of our inconsistent minds, and why it is perfectly natural to believe that everyone else is a hypocrite. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JMAQ; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154398
- ISBN
- 9780691154398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.56
€ 26.99
€ 20.56
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226318011
- ISBN
- 9780226318011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.17€ 52.77
€ 62.17
€ 52.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 264 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226318158
- ISBN
- 9780226318158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813547213
- ISBN
- 9780813547213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.50
€ 31.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. Editor(s): Sekercioglu, agan H.; Wenny, Daniel G.; Whelan, Christopher J. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226382630
- ISBN
- 9780226382630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.19
€ 51.99
€ 40.19
Hardback. In a world increasingly concerned with the human species and its future, Marian Stamp Dawkins argues that we need to rethink some of the fundamental questions regarding animal welfare. How are we justified in projecting human emotions on to animals? What kind of mental lives do they have? What can science tell us about their quality of life? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199587827
- ISBN
- 9780199587827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. A leading neuroscientist makes an incendiary argument defending free-will and responsibility, against the prevailing 'deterministic' view of how our brains control our behaviour. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GTR; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472137524
- ISBN
- 9781472137524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Editor(s): Damon, Joseph P. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: PSAK. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631171574
- ISBN
- 9781631171574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.45€ 129.43
€ 189.45
€ 129.43