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Costa Rican Ecosystems
ISBN: PB: 9780226278933, ISBN: HB: 9780226121505, University of Chicago Press, March 2016
744 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 244 colour plates, 82 halftones, 10 line drawings, 25 tables
In the more than thirty years since the publication of Daniel H. Janzen's classic "Costa Rican Natural History", research in this small but astonishingly biodiverse, well-preserved, and well-studied Latin-American nation has evolved from a species-le...
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£52,00
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£112,50
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Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles
ISBN: HB: 9780226116006, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 155 colour plates, 1 table
Frogs are worshipped for bringing nourishing rains, but blamed for devastating floods. Turtles are admired for their wisdom and longevity, but ridiculed for their sluggish and cowardly behavior. Snakes are respected for their ability to heal and rest...
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£26,50
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City Creatures Animal Encounters in the Chicago Wilderness
ISBN: HB: 9780226192895, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
264 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 102 colour plates, 16 halftones
We usually think of cities as the domain of humans – but we are just one of thousands of species that call the urban landscape home. Chicago residents knowingly move among familiar creatures like squirrels, pigeons, and dogs, but might be surprised t...
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£22,50
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Coevolution of Life on Hosts Integrating Ecology and History
ISBN: PB: 9780226302270, ISBN: HB: 9780226302133, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 colour plates, 110 halftones, 3 line drawings, 4 tables
For most, the mere mention of lice forces an immediate hand to the head and recollection of childhood experiences with nits, medicated shampoos, and traumatic haircuts. But for a certain breed of biologist, lice make for fascinating scientific fodder...
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£34,00
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£90,00
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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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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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