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Killing the Koala and Poisoning the Prairie Australia, America, and the Environment
ISBN: PB: 9780226316987, University of Chicago Press, October 2015
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 31 halftones, 2 maps, 1 line drawing
Though separated by thousands of miles, the United States and Australia have much in common. Geographically both countries are expansive – the United States is the fourth largest in land mass and Australia the sixth – and both possess a vast amount o...
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£17,00
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Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change A Guide to Environmental Decision Making
ISBN: PB: 9780226197456, ISBN: HB: 9780226197319, University of Chicago Press, October 2015
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 halftones, 10 line drawings, 3 tables
Sustainability is a nearly ubiquitous concept today, but can we ever imagine what it would be like for humans to live sustainably on the earth? No, says Bryan G. Norton in "Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change". One of the most trafficked terms in...
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£30,00
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£92,00
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Body by Darwin How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine
ISBN: HB: 9780226059884, University of Chicago Press, October 2015
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
We think of medical science and doctors as focused on treating conditions – whether it's a cough or an aching back. But the sicknesses and complaints that cause us to seek medical attention actually have deeper origins than the superficial germs and...
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£22,50
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Search for the Rarest Bird in the World
ISBN: HB: 9781909930315, Signal Books, October 2015
256 pp., 21.3x14 cm
For sale in CIS only! In 1990 an expedition of Cambridge scientists arrived at the Plains of Nechisar, tucked between the hills of the Great Rift Valley in the Gamo Gofa province in the country of Ethiopia. On that expedition, 315 species of birds w...
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£14,99
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Paws, Noses & People A History of Dogs for the Disabled and the Development of Assistance Dogs in the UK
ISBN: PB: 9781861514875, Bookport, Memoirs Publishing, September 2015
284 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
In the past 30 years the use of assistance dogs for people with various difficulties and disabilities other than blindness and hearing loss has developed enormously, thanks to the inspiration, foresight and hard work of a few key people. Dick Lane, n...
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£12,99
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Amazing Rare Things The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery
ISBN: PB: 9780300215724, Yale University Press, September 2015
224 pp., 25.1x19.4 cm, 160 colour illus.
The Royal Collection, held at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, has been shaped by the personal tastes of kings and queens for more than five hundred years. The Collection s exquisite natural history artworks in "Amazin...
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£16,99
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From Eve to Evolution Darwin, Science, and Women's Rights in Gilded Age America
ISBN: PB: 9780226324777, ISBN: HB: 9780226134611, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 halftones
"From Eve to Evolution" provides the first full-length study of American women's responses to evolutionary theory and illuminates the role science played in the nineteenth-century women's rights movement. Kimberly A. Hamlin reveals how a number of ni...
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£20,00
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£37,50
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Planet of the Bugs Evolution and the Rise of Insects
ISBN: PB: 9780226325750, ISBN: HB: 9780226163611, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 colour plates, 31 halftones
Dinosaurs, however toothy, did not rule the earth – and neither do humans. But what were and are the true potentates of our planet? Insects, says Scott Richard Shaw – millions and millions of insect species. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient...
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£22,00
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Lions in the Balance Man-Eaters, Manes, and Men with Guns
ISBN: HB: 9780226092959, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
440 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 29 halftones
If you are a morani (warrior), you have your spear at the ready – you could be the hero, but you will have to wait until the morning light before you can go out and prove yourself. If it is a lion, you want to be the first to spear it – and if the li...
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£26,50
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All about Butterflies of Australia
ISBN: PB: 9781921517433, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, August 2015
176 pp., 21x15 cm, 300 colour illus.
This new title investigates the always-popular subject of Australian butterflies.Early chapters explore the lifecycle of these magestic insects, with stunning images showing the progression from egg through caterpillar and chrysalis stages to adult b...
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