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Biology, life sciences

Hardback. Over the course of five decades, the seventeenth-century naturalist Georgius Everhardus Rumphius assiduously gathered information on the native plants of Ambon Island and its archipelago. This book surveys the Indonesian economic and medicinal uses of the plants Rumphius described. Translator(s): Beekman, E. M. BIC Classification: 1FMN; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300153750
ISBN
9780300153750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.44
€ 72.02

Paperback. The papers in this volume represent original work to celebrate the centenary of the American Society of Zoologists. They illustrate the impressive nature of historical scholarship that has subsequently focused on the development of biology in the United States. Editor(s): Maienschein, Jane. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813517025
ISBN
9780813517025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.20

Hardcover. Bringing together 20 scientists who have worked on all aspects of horseshoe crab biology, this detailed and comprehensive view of the species describes the horseshoe crab's behaviour, natural history and ecology, as well as its anatomy, physiology, distribution, development and life cycle. Editor(s): Shuster, Carl N.; Barlow, Robert B.; Brockman, H. Jane. Num Pages: 472 pages, 33 color, 87 halftones, 81 line illustrations, 4 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: PSVT5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 203 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1189.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011595
ISBN
9780674011595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.44
€ 132.93

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 498 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVD; PSVW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611754
ISBN
9780691611754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 107.45
€ 81.73

Paperback. Provides the comprehensive treatment of amphibians and reptiles biology and evolution ever produced. Costa Rica has played, and continues to play, a pivotal role in the study of tropical biology as well as the development of ecotourism and ecoprospecting. It is an essential book for a wide audience of nature lovers and naturalists. Num Pages: 516 pages, 516 colour plates, 396 maps, 335 line drawings, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; PSVW5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 278 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226735382
ISBN
9780226735382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.24
€ 58.04

Hardback. The Amygdaloid Nuclear Complex Num Pages: 163 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 97 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; MMPH; MNN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 655.
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
163
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319232423
ISBN
9783319232423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.17

Paperback. Series: Prehistoric Archaeology & Ecology S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 55ill. BIC Classification: HD; JHMP; PSX; RBG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
paper edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226439587
ISBN
9780226439587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. In this text the author explains and provides clinical examples of her psychogenealogical approach to psychotherapy. She shows how, as mere links in a chain of generations, we may have no choice in having the events and traumas experienced by our ancestors visited upon us in our own lifetime. Translator(s): Trager, Anne. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJT; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415191876
ISBN
9780415191876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.27

Paperback. A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written Num Pages: 800 pages, integrated B&W diagrams and images; 4x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 50. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474606455
ISBN
9781474606455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Hardback. Tracing the global trade and trafficking in animals that supplied U.S. zoos, Daniel Bender shows how Americans learned to view faraway places through the lens of exotic creatures on display. He recounts the public's conflicted relationship with zoos, decried as prisons by activists even as they remain popular centers of education and preservation. Num Pages: 380 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSV; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 263 x 32. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737341
ISBN
9780674737341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.69

Paperback. Molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of animals and their evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland provides an authoritative summary of the modern view of animal life, its origins, and the new classification resulting from DNA studies. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 18 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: PSV; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199593217
ISBN
9780199593217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Hardback. Only then will we have any hope of preventing the worst-case scenario of the sixth mass extinction. Num Pages: 208 pages, 83, 83 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RNKH1; WNCB; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 213 x 20. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417189
ISBN
9781421417189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.55

Paperback. Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" is important and yet least read scientific work in the history of science. This title includes a practical resource for anyone reading "The Origin" for the first time or for those who want to reread it with the insights and perspective. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 205 x 34. Weight in Grams: 936.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Facsimile
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060173
ISBN
9780674060173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. The lizard genus Anolis contains more species than any other genus of reptile, bird, or mammal. Caribbean members of this group have been intensively studied, but knowledge of Central and South American anoles has lagged behind. James R. McCranie and Gunther Kohler begin to fill this gap with a detailed account of the anoles of Honduras. Series: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Special Publications Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: PSV. Dimension: 174 x 254 x 18. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504417
ISBN
9780674504417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. The ant fauna of the Fijian archipelago is a diverse assemblage of endemic radiations, pan-Pacific species, and exotics introduced from around the world. This book describes the Fijian ant fauna, and includes the results of a archipelago biodiversity inventory. Series: UC Publications in Entomology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 570 b/w photographs, 133 line illustrations, 186 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 716. Series: UC Publications in Entomology. 400 pages, Illustrationsstrations (black and white), maps (black and white). The ant fauna of the Fijian archipelago is a diverse assemblage of endemic radiations, pan-Pacific species, and exotics introduced from around the world. This book describes the Fijian ant fauna, and includes the results of a archipelago biodiversity inventory. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; PSVT7. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 22. Weight: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520098886
ISBN
9780520098886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.24
€ 49.90

Paperback. The Apothecaries' Garden Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBT; PST; TVS; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750936385
ISBN
9780750936385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PSA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Souvenir Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780285643611
ISBN
9780285643611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Hardback. This richly detailed study explores the issue of how architects view the phenomenal world. Mallgrave sketches various moments of architectural thought as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory. He later repositions this question from the perspective of contemporary neuroscience. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405195850
ISBN
9781405195850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.55

Paperback. Parasites are masterful works of evolutionary art. The tiny mite Hisliostoma laboratorium, a parasite of Drosophila, launches itself, in an incredible display of evolutionary engineering, like a surface- to-air missile at a fruit fly far above its head. Translator(s): Simberloff, Daniel. Num Pages: 280 pages, 70line drawings. BIC Classification: PSGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114385
ISBN
9780226114385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. A timely and stimulating collection of essays about the impact of Darwin's ideas on visual culture Editor(s): Larson, Barbara; Brauer, Fae. Num Pages: 348 pages, 84 illus. BIC Classification: ACB; AGN; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611689778
ISBN
9781611689778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.91

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