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Dogs

Paws, Noses & People A History of Dogs for the Disabled and the Development of Assistance Dogs in the UK

Lane Dick

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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Nature

Amazing Rare Things The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery

Attenborough Sir David, Owens Susan, Clayton Martin, Alexandratos Rea

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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Evolution

From Eve to Evolution Darwin, Science, and Women's Rights in Gilded Age America

Hamlin Kimberly A.

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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Entomology

Planet of the Bugs Evolution and the Rise of Insects

Shaw Scott Richard

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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Mammals

Lions in the Balance Man-Eaters, Manes, and Men with Guns

Packer Craig

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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Entomology

All about Butterflies of Australia

Sankowsky Garry

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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Reptiles & Amphibians

Field Guide to Reptiles of Queensland Second Edition

Wilson Steve

ISBN: PB: 9781921517488, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, August 2015
256 pp., 21x14.8 cm

"A Field Guide to Reptiles of Queensland" covers all of Queensland's 440 named species, including 135 that occur nowhere else. Colour photographs make for quick identification, aided by line drawings, keys, distribution maps and descriptions. Queens...

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Nature

Ecology

Our Once and Future Planet Restoring the World in the Climate Change Century

Woodworth Paddy

ISBN: PB: 9780226333403, ISBN: HB: 9780226907390, University of Chicago Press, August 2015
536 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 35 halftones

The environmental movement is plagued by pessimism. And that's not unreasonable: with so many complicated, seemingly intractable problems facing the planet, coupled with a need to convince people of the dangers we face, it's hard not to focus on the...

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Nature

Peru: Tapiche-Blanco Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 27

Pitman Nigel

ISBN: PB: 9780982841952, University of Chicago Press, Field Museum of Natural History, August 2015
400 pp., 27.3x21 cm, 24 colour plates

In October 2014 an interdisciplinary team of geologists, biologists, and social scientists carried out a rapid inventory of the biological and cultural diversity of the remote Tapiche and Blanco watersheds of Amazonian Peru. This report summarizes th...

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Evolution

Great Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution

Dial Kenneth P., Shubin Neil, Brainerd Elizabeth L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226268255, University of Chicago Press, August 2015
424 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 68 colour plates, 62 halftones, 14 line drawings, 12 tables

How did flying birds evolve from running dinosaurs, terrestrial trotting tetrapods evolve from swimming fish, and whales return to swim in the sea? These are some of the great transformations in the 500-million-year history of vertebrate life. And wi...

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