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nhbs monthly cataloguenew and forthcoming titles Issue: 2011/04April 2011 www.nhbs.com [email protected] +44 (0)1803 865913

Welcome to the April 2011 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue. This monthly update contains all of the wildlife, science and environment titles added to nhbs.com in the last month. Customer testimonials: read what our customers say about NHBS. Editor's Picks - New in Stock this Month

● Atlas of Oceans● Provisional Atlas of the UK's Larger Moths● Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions● Phenotypic Variation● Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia● Great British Marine Animals● Birds of NZ, Hawai'i, Central and West Pacific● Island Environments in a Changing World● Reptile Habitat Management Handbook● Birds Britannia● Snakes of Honduras● Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia

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Zoology: Mammals Birds Reptiles & Amphibians Fishes Invertebrates Palaeontology Marine & Freshwater Biology General Natural History Regional & Travel Botany & Plant Science Animal & General Biology Evolutionary Biology Ecology Habitats & Ecosystems Conservation & Biodiversity Environmental Science Physical Sciences Sustainable Development Data Analysis Reference

Mammals Go to subject web page

Biology and Management of White-Tailed Deer Edited by David G HewittSponsored by the Quality Deer Management Association, this book is the first comprehensive reference in more than 20 years on the white-tailed deer, the most studied ....

685 pages | 210 b/w illus, 42 b/w tabs | CRC PressHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1439806519 | #190567A | £76.99 Add to basket

The Elephants and I Pursuing a dream in troubled Zimbabwe Sharon PincottAn unplanned visit to South Africa's Kruger National Park changed Sharon Pincott's life as she knew it. She was a high-flying Information Technology specialist Down Under, but ....

280 pages | colour photos | JacanaPbk | 2009 | 1770096493 | #189873A | £14.99 Add to basket

Polar Bears The Arctic's Fearless Great Wanderers Anthony DaltonAround the Arctic Circle, polar bears are at the top of the food chain. They have no natural enemies and are fearless, living on the ice and hunting seals - their favourite ....

128 pages | b/w photos | Heritage HousePbk | 2010 | 1926613740 | #190770A | £8.50 Add to basket

Sri Lankan Elephant A Celebration of Majesty Vajira Wijegunawardane

210 pages | Lake House BookshopHbk | 2010 | 955529240X | #190489A | £99.00 Add to basket

Birds Go to subject web page

100 Birds to See in Your Lifetime David Chandler and Dominic CouzensContains entries on 100 of the most remarkable avian species across the world, illustrated with stunning photographs of each. Entries describe the natural history and ....

224 pages | 200 full-colour photographs, 100 distribution maps | Carlton Publishing GroupPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1847327524 | #190501A | £14.99 Add to basket

Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Suriname OH Ottema, JHJM Ribot and AL SpaansFor a small country, Suriname has a rich avifauna, with a total of 739 species and subspecies. This checklist presents data on the life zones and habitats where the ....

144 pages | 2 col maps | Vrienden van StinasuPbk | 2009 | 9991470220 | #189911A | £24.50 Add to basket

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Aves de Cuba Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba Orlando H Garrido, Arturo Kirkconnell and Roman CompanyThis Spanish-language edition of the groundbreaking Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba provides all Spanish-speaking visitors to the country and its citizens with an ....

376 pages | 51 col plates, 145 maps, 1 illus | ComstockPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0801476917 | #190612A | £18.95 Add to basket

Avifauna of the Eastern Himalayas and Southeastern Sub-Himalayan Mountains Center of Endemism or Many Species in Marginal Habitats? Edited by Swen C Renner and John H Rappole

176 pages | California UPPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0943610893 | #190859A | £16.95 Add to basket

Bird Watch A Survey of Planet Earth's Changing Ecosystems Martin Walters and Jonathan ElphickFrom the tufted puffin in the Pacific Northwest to the hook-billed hermit in the Brazilian rainforest, birds suffer from the effects of climate change in every corner of ....

256 pages | Chicago UPHbk | 2011 | 0226872262 | #190624A | £36.50 Add to basket

Birds of Melanesia Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia Guy DutsonThis new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarks to Vanuatu, a popular ....

416 pages | 75 plates | Christopher HelmPbk | NYP 09/2011 | 0713665408 | #187620A | £34.99 Add to basket

The Birds of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica N Sauberer et alThis booklet about the birds of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica contains descriptions well over a hundred of the characteristic birds of the region. Species descriptions and ....

60 pages | La Gamba TFSPbk | 2007 | 3200009373 | #190393A | £21.50 Add to basket

Birds of the Indian Subcontinent Carol Inskipp, Richard Grimmett and Tim InskippThis is a new edition, in paperback, of the authors' groundbreaking Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (1998) and covers all the bird species found in India, Pakistian, Sri ....

448 pages | Col plates, maps | Christopher HelmPbk | NYP 09/2011 | 1408127636 | #187624A | £29.99 Add to basket

Coastal Waders and Wildfowl in Winter Edited by PR Evans, JD Goss-Custard and WG HaleThis book arose from an international meeting held at Texel in the Netherlands in April 1981 to discuss the feeding requirements and behaviour of shorebirds and coastal ....

340 pages | CUPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521281679 | #190407A | £24.99 Add to basket

Conservación Colombiana 13 A new species of Antpitta from the Colibrí del Sol Bird Reserve, Columbia/Revision of the status of bird species in Colombia / Una nueva especie de tororoi de la Reserva Natural de las Aves Colibri del Sol, Colombia/Revision del estatus de especies de aves en ColombiaFundacion ProAves

87 pages | b/w photos, tabs | Fundacion ProAvesPbk | 2010 | #190669A | £9.99 Add to basket

Ethno-Ornithology Birds and Indigenous People, Culture and Society Edited by Sonia Tidemann and Andrew GoslerAn African proverb states that when a knowledgeable old person dies, a whole library disappears. In that light, this book presents knowledge that is new or has not been ....

346 pages | Col plates, figs, tabs | EarthscanHbk | 2010 | 1844077837 | #183176A | £60.00 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 1849713383 | #190585A | £29.99 Add to basket

Fauna of Inner Mongolia, Volume 3 Aves Non-passeriformes Xu RiganThe general introduction includes the species and distribution of non-passeriformes in Inner Mongolia, the environment of the Inner Mongolia, the characteristics of the Avian ....

679 pages | Figs, tabs | CSBSHbk | 2007 | 7811151537 | #190480A | £93.00 Add to basket

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Gambia and Senegal Nik Borrow, Ron Demey and Tony DisleyThis new field guide covers The Gambia, a country which is very popular with a large number of birders and tourists, and the whole of neighbouring Senegal. This fascinating ....

320 pages | 140 colour plates | Christopher HelmPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 1408134691 | #189987A | £29.99 Add to basket

The Poetry of Birds Edited by Simon Armitage and Tim DeeBirds are the most obvious wild things we have around us. They are much watched and much loved, not least by poets. ....

384 pages | VikingHbk | 2009 | 0670916412 | #182509A | £24.99 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0141027118 | #190627A | £9.99 Add to basket

Sandhill and Whooping Cranes Ancient Voices Over America's Wetlands Paul A JohnsgardDriving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect," he says, "that the migrating cranes of a pre-ice ....

168 pages | 19 illustrations, 3 maps | Bison (Nebraska UP)Pbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0803234961 | #190497A | £9.99 Add to basket































Town and Country Birds Andy ClementsThis highly illustrated guide helps you to spot Britain's varied selection of town and country birds. Each entry features a log section where you can record your own findings, ....

192 pages | colour photographs | AAPbk | 2011 | 0749568305 | #190382A | £5.99 Add to basket

Was Beethoven a Birdwatcher? A Bird's Eye History of the World David TurnerDid the Cetti's Warbler inspire the opening notes of the last movement of Beethoven's Second Symphony? Who among a host of rivals wrote the best poem about the nightingale? ....

288 pages | Illustrations | SummersdaleHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1849531455 | #190517A | £12.99 Add to basket

Reptiles & Amphibians Go to subject web page

The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica Edited by R Albert et alThis booklet about the amphibians and reptiles of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica, contains descriptions of the majority of the region's species. Species descriptions and ....

60 pages | La Gamba TFSPbk | 2005 | #190391A | £21.50 Add to basket

Amphibians and Reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago (Peninsula Malaysia) A Field Guide LL Grismer

239 pages | 218 col photos | ChimairaHbk | 2011 | 3899734823 | #190850A | £42.50 Add to basket

Amphibians of Malawi An Analysis of their Richness and Diversity in a Changing Landscape V Mercurio

393 pages | Col & b/w illus | ChimairaHbk | 2011 | 3899734955 | #190848A | £54.50 Add to basket

Frogs and Toads Chris MattisonWith nearly 6,000 species currently identified, frogs and toads are the most familiar and abundant amphibians on the planet. They were the first vertebrates to make a sound, ....

192 pages | Over 200 colour photographs | Natural History MuseumHbk | 2011 | 0565092626 | #190514A | £19.99 Add to basket

Pocket Professional Guide to Lizards More Than 300 Essential-To-Know Species Robert G SpracklandThis book is an essential directory to more than 300 lizard species, including readily available terrarium choices plus dozens of seldom seen and rare species that are of ....

400 pages | col photos | TFHPbk | 2010 | 0793812763 | #190600A | £29.99 Add to basket

Reptile Habitat Management Handbook Paul Edgar, Jim Foster and John BakerThis handbook brings together habitat management advice for all native UK reptiles. The half dozen species here have experienced population declines, and are now all ....

78 pages | col photos, tabs | ARC TrustPbk | 2010 | 0956671705 | #190482A | £19.99 Add to basket

Rhacodactylus: Biologie, Haltung und Zucht mit Einem Farbigen Anhang Weiterer Geckoarten Neukaledoniens R Seipp and FW HenkelStandard work on this New Caledonian genus of gecko. ....

173 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps | ChimairaHbk | 2011 | 3930612232 | #190846A | £38.00 Add to basket

Rhacodactylus: Biology, Natural History and Husbandry R Seipp and FW HenkelStandard work on this New Caledonian genus of gecko. ....

172 pages | Col photos, maps, drawings | ChimairaHbk | 2011 | 393061233X | #190241A | £42.50 Add to basket

The Snakes of Honduras Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation James R McCranieHonduras is the second largest of the seven Central American countries. Its snake fauna, however, has been one of the least known in the region and numerous studies have ....

714 pages | Col plates, figs, dist maps, tabs | SSARHbk | 2011 | 0916984818 | #190548A | £100.00 Add to basket

The Snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia R De LangA field guide to the terrestrial and semi-aquatic snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands with identification key. ....

349 pages | 220 col photos | ChimairaHbk | 2011 | 3899734807 | #190849A | £54.50 Add to basket

Fishes Go to subject web page

Circulation in Fishes G H SatchellWhen this book was published in 1971, there were several thousand papers dealing with the structure and functions of the heart and blood vessels of fishes. This monograph ....


Fish Evolution and Systematics: Evidence from Spermatozoa With a Survey of Lophophorate, Echinoderm and Protochordate Sperm and an Account of Gamete CryopreservationBGM JamiesonBrings together the literature on fish spermatozoa and voluminous work on the evolutionary history of fishes to provide a detailed synthesis of the two fields of fish ....

319 pages | 21 b/w illus, 319 line illus, 10 tabs | CUPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521292565 | #190413A | £24.99 Add to basket


































Fishes of Indiana A Field Guide Thomas P SimonIndiana has more fish species than any other state north of the Ohio River. This rich variety of fish fauna is on display in this informative and beautifully illustrated ....

368 pages | 240 col & 133 b/w illus, 227 maps | Indiana UPPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0253223083 | #189724A | £14.99 Add to basket

Shark! Killer Tales from the Dangerous Depths Robert ReidSHARK! The cry that strikes fear into the hearts of beach lovers around the world. It carries a chill of terror, that death is nearby and waiting. Or injuries so shocking ....

368 pages | Col illus | Allen & UnwinPbk | 2010 | 1741759021 | #190496A | £24.99 Add to basket

Wrasses and Parrotfishes The Complete Illustrated Guide to their Identification and Captive Care Scott W MichaelThis guide provides authoritative coverage of popular and rare species that are among the most sought-after in the aquarium world. In addition to the illustrations, tip ....

288 pages | col photos | MicrocosmHbk | 2009 | 1890087440 | #190644A | £62.00 Add to basket

Invertebrates Go to subject web page

Agricultural Acarology Introduction to Integrated Mite Management Marjorie A HoyThis volume covers the basic biology, behavior, and ecology of key mite pests and of their important natural enemies. It emphasizes the appropriate use of diverse control ....


Annotated Checklist of Indian Marine Molluscs (Cephalopoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda), Part 1 Ramakrishna and A DeyThis book includes details of all known species of marine molluscs from India in the classes Cephalopoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda. The work was based mainly on the ....

358 pages | 42 col & 6 b/w plates | Vedams2010 | 8181712633 | #190753A | £72.00 Add to basket

Beekeeping A Seasonal Guide Ron BrownA charming and practical guide for anyone wishing to keep bees, accompanying the would-be beekeeper through every season of the bee-keeping year. From spring awakening ....

192 pages | 50-75 illustrations | BatsfordHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1906388970 | #190542A | £16.99 Add to basket

Biodiversity of Spiders NP Singh and Vijay SihagSpiders are ubiquitous in natural and agricultural habitats. They are useful indicators of overall species richness and the health of terrestrial communities. This book ....

172 pages | Vedams2011 | 8187445866 | #190754A | £43.50 Add to basket

Butterflies Spotting and Identifying Britain's Butterflies Matthew OatesOur unique fascination with butterflies has been a gloriously British pastime since the early 18th century, through the Victorian butterfly mania of the 1890s and two World ....

104 pages | 20 to 30 colour illustrations | National TrustHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1907892052 | #190513A | £7.99 Add to basket

Butterflies Fauna of Jinggangshan Chen Chunquan and Jia Fenghai

218 pages | Photos | CSBSHbk | 2008 | 7539031816 | #190484A | £97.00 Add to basket

Butterflies of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica H Krenn et alThis guide book focuses on the butterflies of the Golfo Dulce Region in Costa Rica. It introduces the reader to a representative selection of species from the region. The text ....


Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7 Curculionoidea I Edited by I Löbl and A SmetanaThe aim of Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera is to provide a tool that addresses the most urgent needs: 1) a list of available names, both valid and invalid, of taxa ....

373 pages | Apollo Books (Consignment)Hbk | 2011 | 8788757935 | #190491A | £82.00 Add to basket

Corbiculate Bees of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica S Jarau et alThis booklet about the corbiculate bees of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica, features the majority of the species of the region. Species descriptions and many colour ....


Damselflies of Texas A Field Guide John C AbbottOn any warm summer day, you can easily observe damselflies around a vegetated pond or the rocks along the banks of a stream. Like the more familiar ....

292 pages | 632 colour photographs, 79 illustrations, 80 maps, 4 tables | Texas UPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0292714491 | #190520A | £16.99 Add to basket





























Dragonflies of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica S Scheeweihs et alThis booklet about the dragonflies of the Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica features the majority of the species of the region. Species descriptions and many colour ....


Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 54: Lepidoptera Geometridae Geometrinae Han Hongxiang and Xue DayongThis volume of Fauna Sinica deals with the systematics and fauna of Geometrinae from China, where bestrides both Palaearctic and Oriental regions. The whole work includes ....

787 pages | Plates | CSBSHbk | 2011 | 7030295536 | #190483A | £113.00 Add to basket

Gnaphosid Genera of the World John MurphyWith more than 2000 described species in over 100 genera, Gnaphosidae is the seventh most diverse spider family, out of 108. Gnaphosids are distributed over all parts of the ....

605 pages | illus | BAS2011 | 0950009342 | #190752A | £62.00 Add to basket

Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region: Satyrinae Part 4 Tribe Satyrini, Subtribe Maniolina W Eckweiler and GC BozanoManiola, Pyronia, Aphantopus, Hyponephele. This volume includes the first ever full revision of the genus Hyponephele. ....

102 pages | Col illus, distribution maps | Omnes ArtesPbk | 2011 | 8887989125 | #127935A | £41.00 Add to basket

Insect Ecology An Ecosystem Approach Edited by Timothy D SchowalterThis book provides a modern perspective of insect ecology that integrates two approaches traditionally used to study insect ecology: evolutionary and ecosystem. This integration ....

634 pages | Illus, figs | Academic PressHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0123813514 | #190725A | £60.99 Add to basket

Insect Herbivore - Host Dynamics Tree-Dwelling Aphids Tony DixonLiterature currently available on the population dynamics of insect herbivores tends to favour top-down regulation of abundance by the action of natural enemies. This unique ....

199 pages | 91 illus, 13 tabs | CUPHbk | 2005 | 0521802326 | #147417A | £73.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1107402638 | #190832A | £25.99 Add to basket

Insects in Helan Mountain of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Ningxia Helanshan Kunchong) Wang Xinpu and Yang GuijunThis book is divided into two parts. Part I is general account, which is introduced the natural situation and biological resources in the Helan Mountain Natural Reserve of ....

472 pages | 49 plates | CSBSPbk | 2010 | 7227043967 | #190488A | £56.00 Add to basket

Klic k Urcovani Drepciku (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) Ceska a Slovenska Petr Cizek and Serge DoguetFlea-beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics. ....

232 pages | Col illus, line drawings | KabourekPbk | 2008 | 8025417859 | #190367A | £40.50 Add to basket

Der Kosmos Libellenführer Alle Arten Mitteleuropas Heiko BellmannPhoto identification guide to 85 species of dragonfly in Europe. Includes ecological and life history background, keys and bibliography. ....

279 pages | 250 col photos | KosmosHbk | 2010 | 344012794X | #190425A | £29.50 Add to basket

Longhorn Beetles of Yunan Li LishaThis book is divided into preface, outline, classification, the directory of longicorn beetle, new species and new records of species. The book tells us 512 species of ....

223 pages | 10 plates | CSBSHbk | 2009 | 7541627267 | #190487A | £86.00 Add to basket

Phytoseiidae and Otopheidomenidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) of the World A Self Study Guide Vikram PrasadThis is the first book in color on the plant and stored mite predatory mite family Phytoseiidae and the sister group ectoparasitic parasitic insect associated mite family ....

208 pages | IndiraHbk | 2011 | 093033728X | #190251A | £273.00 Add to basket

Phytoseiidae of North America and Hawaii (Acari: Mesostigmata) Harold A Denmark and Gregory A EvansThis is the first book on the very important predatory mite family Phytoseiidae of North America and Hawaii. These mites are found on plants, in soil, forest litter and stored ....

451 pages | IndiraHbk | 2011 | 0930337263 | #190252A | £293.00 Add to basket

Squat Lobsters Biology of the Marine Decapod Crustacean Families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae Edited by Gary CB Poore, Shane T Ahyong and Joanne TaylorEdited and written by the widely acknowledged global experts in the field, this comprehensive volume summarizes the state of knowledge of squat lobsters, facilitates ....

304 pages | 120 b/w & col illus | CRC PressHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1439866147 | #190722A | £114.00 Add to basket
































World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 10: Psychidae (Lepidoptera) T SobczykThis volume includes details of around 1300 species of Psychidae. ....

220 pages | ApolloHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 8788757986 | #188391A | £69.00 Add to basket

Palaeontology Go to subject web page

Applications of Palaeontology Techniques and Case Studies Robert Wynn JonesPalaeontology, the scientific study of fossils, has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. ....

432 pages | 171 b/w illus. | CUPHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 110700523X | #190661A | £80.00 Add to basket

The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil Window into an Ancient World Edited by David Martill, Gunter Bechly and Robert LoveridgeThis beautifully illustrated volume describes the entire flora and fauna of the famous Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil - one of the world's most important fossil ....

625 pages | Col plates, figs, illus | CUPHbk | 2007 | 0521858674 | #166733A | £92.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521300800 | #190816A | £44.99 Add to basket

Dino Gangs The New Biology of Dinosaurs Philip J Currie and Josh YoungWith his groundbreaking new findings and extensive research, palaeontologist and dino hunter Dr Phil Currie challenges the very foundations of traditional dinosaur theories. ....

320 pages | With index | Harper CollinsHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0007413394 | #190535A | £19.99 Add to basket

Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia Edited by Angel Galobart, Maite Suñer and Begoña PozaEastern Iberia contains one of the richest fossil records of Mesozoic vertebrates in Europe. This record spans an 80-million-year period that includes key moments in Earth's ....

336 pages | 292 col illus, 5 maps | Indiana UPHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0253356229 | #189723A | £30.99 Add to basket

The Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution Else Marie Friis, Peter R Crane and Kaj Raunsgaard PedersenThe recent discovery of diverse fossil flowers and floral organs in Cretaceous strata has revealed astonishing details about the structural and systematic diversity of early ....

550 pages | 237 b/w & 90 col illus. | CUPHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0521592836 | #190673A | £95.00 Add to basket

The Fossil Hunter Dinosaurs, Evolution and the Woman whose Discoveries Changed Science Shelley EmlingIn 1811, when she was only twelve years old, Mary Anning discovered the first dinosaur skeleton - of an ichthyosaur - while fossil hunting on the cliffs of Lyme Regis. Mary, ....

234 pages | - | PalgraveHbk | 2009 | 0230611567 | #181241A | £16.99 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0230103421 | #190840A | £9.99 Add to basket

Fossils in Amber Remarkable Snapshots of Prehistoric Forest Life D Penney and DI GreenFossils preserved in amber provide us with a unique insight into the biodiversity and ecology of long extinct tropical forests. Today, similar habitats contain a major ....

226 pages | 127 col photos | Siri Scientific PressPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 095586366X | #190495A | £39.00 Add to basket

Links with the Past in the Plant World A C SewardOriginally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a ....

152 pages | CUPPbk | 2011 | 1107401593 | #190827A | £12.99 Add to basket

Plants and the K-T Boundary Douglas J Nichols and Kirk JohnsonIn Plants and the K-T Boundary, two of the world's leading experts in palynology and paleobotany provide a comprehensive account of the fate of land plants during the 'great ....

279 pages | 28 line diagrams, 97 half-tones, 125 figures | CUPHbk | 2008 | 0521835755 | #173740A | £75.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521305632 | #190817A | £32.99 Add to basket

Tretihorní Fauna Severoceské Hnedouhelné Pánve / Tertiary Fauna of Northbohemian Basin Zdenek Dvorák, Karel Mach, Jakub Prokob and Stanislav KnorThis book features details of fossils found in the brown coal basin of Northern Bohemia. ....

col photos | Granit| 8072960741 | #190657A | £36.50 Add to basket

Marine & Freshwater Biology Go to subject web page

The Great Barrier Reef History, Science, Heritage James Bowen and Margarita BowenComprehensive cultural and ecological history of European impact, from early voyages of discovery to the most recent developments in reef science and management, providing a ....

454 pages | 19 col plates, 6 b/w photos, 1 map | CUPHbk | 2003 | 0521824303 | #138696A | £50.00 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0521172799 | #190385A | £26.99 Add to basket
































Illustrated Keys to Free-Living Invertebrates of Eurasian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Deep Waters, Vol. 2 Edited by GN BuzhinskajaThis illustrated volume contains identification keys to nine taxonomic groups of arctic invertebrates - Nemertea, Cephalorhyncha, Oligochaeta, Hirudinida, Pogonophora, Echiura, ....

168 pages | illus, maps | Alaska Sea Grant ProgSpiralbound | 2011 | 1566121620 | #190689A | £40.50 Add to basket

The Littoral Fauna of the British Isles A Handbook for Collectors N B Eales and Stanley KempOriginally published in 1967, as the fourth edition of a text first published in 1939, this reference book provided the serious student of marine biology with the means of ....


Marine Aquarium Handbook: Beginner to Breeder Martin A Moe JrThis indispensable resource - the bestselling saltwater aquarium book of all time - is now available in a completely updated and redesigned third edition that includes ....

352 pages | col photos | MicrocosmPbk | 2010 | 0982026218 | #190602A | £21.50 Add to basket

Marine Mikroorganismer i Sand Jahn Throndsen and Wenche Eikrem

185 pages | AlmaterSpiralbound | | #190774A | £62.00 Add to basket

Marine Pictolife Eastern Atlantic (and British Isles) The third in the series of fully waterproof marine species identification guides for diving, boating and the beach. It also incorporates a blank waterproof page for ....

58 pages | Col photos, waterproof | PictolifeSpiralbound | 2010 | 2952780927 | #190844A | £21.99 Add to basket

Marine Pictolife Mediterranean Sea The second in the series of fully waterproof marine species identification guides for diving boating and the beach. It also incorporates a blank waterproof page for ....

58 pages | Col photos, waterproof | PictolifeSpiralbound | 2009 | 2952780919 | #190843A | £21.99 Add to basket

Seashore Detectives' Handbook Camilla De la BedoyereThis practical handbook enables readers to identify more than 40 UK coastal wildlife species. Readers are encouraged to personalize their handbook by adding photos, making ....

96 pages | Col illus | Miles Kelly PublishingSpiralbound | 2011 | 1848104812 | #190529A | £7.99 Add to basket

Seashore Safaris Exploring Rocky and Sandy Seashores with Judith Oakley Judith OakleyMarine biologist Judith Oakley explores and explains the diversity of British seashores in her new book Seashore Safaris. ....

224 pages | colour photos | GraffegPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1905582528 | #190505A | £11.99 Add to basket

General Natural History Go to subject web page

The African Naturalist The Life and Times of Rodney Carrington Wood 1889-1962 David HappoldRodney Wood was a remarkable man - a great naturalist who spent 50 years mainly in Nyasaland (now Malawi) studying and collecting mammals, birds, fish, insects, shells and ....

264 pages | Book GuildHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1846245559 | #190546A | £17.99 Add to basket

Cicerone Guides: Walking on Guernsey With Routes on Alderney, Sark and Herm Paddy DillonLocated closer to France than to Britain, Guernsey has always been an intriguing destination for travellers. British visitors feel like they're at home and abroad at the ....

192 pages | col photos, col maps | CiceronePbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1852846399 | #190795A | £12.95 Add to basket

Cicerone Guides: Walking on Jersey 24 Routes and the Jersey Coastal Walk Paddy DillonFamous for its sunshine, history and wonderful coastline, Jersey is an intriguing destination for travellers. Outwardly British but with French overtones, it is a compact ....

192 pages | col photos, col maps | CiceronePbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1852846380 | #190794A | £12.95 Add to basket

Countryfile: Adam's Farm My Life on the Land Adam HensonIn 2001, Adam Henson was chosen from 3,500 applicants to become a presenter on Countryfile. Adam's agricultural knowledge and open manner soon made him a popular ....

320 pages | colour photos | BBC BooksHbk | 2011 | 1849900701 | #189791A | £16.99 Add to basket

Deep Country Five Years in the Welsh Hills Neil AnsellNeil Ansell spent five years living between the back of beyond and the middle of nowhere, on his own, with no electricity, gas or water and effectively only the wildlife ....

224 pages | Hamish HamiltonHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0241145007 | #190506A | £16.99 Add to basket





























Dog Days, Raven Nights John Marzluff, Colleen Marzluff and Bernd HeinrichTwenty years ago, fresh out of graduate school and recently married, John and Colleen Marzluff left Arizona for a small cabin in the mountains of western Maine. Their ....

352 pages | 56 black-&-white illustrations | Yale UPHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0300167113 | #190522A | £19.99 Add to basket

A Fleur d'Eau Michel Loup and Aino AdriaensMichel Loup is a prize-winning photographer drawn to underwater scenes of great beauty, whether of weeds and reeds at the bottom of lakes and ponds, waterlilies seen from ....

192 pages | Col photos | Titom EditionsHbk | 2010 | 2952298580 | #190143A | £64.99 Add to basket

John James Audubon's Journal of 1826 The Voyage to the Birds of America John James Audubon, Daniel Patterson and John KnottJohn James Audubon, an early American naturalist and painter, produced one of the greatest works of natural history and art of the nineteenth century, The Birds of ....

504 pages | 22 illustrations, 3 appendixes | Nebraska UPHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0803225318 | #190518A | £33.99 Add to basket

Life: The Wonders of Life The Amazing World of Nature This books features stunning nature photography from the pages of Life Magazine. ....

144 pages | 100 photos, 5 prints | Time-LifeHbk | 2011 | 1603201416 | #190615A | £21.99 Add to basket

The Man in Seat 61 - Worldwide A Guide to Train Travel Beyond Europe Mark SmithMark Smith is the Man in Seat Sixty-One. Although this might make him sound like a fictional spy, he is in fact the man behind the massively popular seat61.com website, ....

576 pages | Bantam PressPbk | 2011 | 0593059433 | #190775A | £15.99 Add to basket

Mountain Adventures in the Maurienne The Vanoise and Dauphiné Alps Andy HodgesThis guide offers all the inspiration needed for a multi-activity holiday in the Haute Maurienne, in the French Alps. With many suggestions for day walks, mountaineering ....

192 pages | col photos, maps | CiceronePbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1852846216 | #190792A | £14.95 Add to basket

An Optimist's Tour of the Future Mark StevensonMark Stevenson has been to the future a few years ahead of the rest of us - and reckons it has a lot going for it. His voyage of discovery takes him to Oxford to meet ....

256 pages | Profile BooksPbk | 2011 | 1846683564 | #190594A | £12.99 Add to basket

Physics of the Future How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 Michio KakuBased on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top scientists, who are already inventing the future in their labs, Kaku - in a lucid and engaging fashion - ....

416 pages | Allen LaneHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1846142687 | #190769A | £21.99 Add to basket

The View from Lazy Point A Natural Year in an Unnatural World Carl SafinaBeginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, the author takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from the high Arctic south ....

416 pages | 35 b/w illus, 8 maps | Henry HoltHbk | 2011 | 0805090401 | #190486A | £19.99 Add to basket

Weather Forecasting The Country Way Robin PageEver wanted to know if the sun will really shine tomorrow? ....

80 pages | PenguinPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0241953065 | #190767A | £6.99 Add to basket

Wild Vision In Celebration of the Natural World John BeattyThirty years ago a young man sailed by way of the Falkland Islands to Antarctica, where he was to work as a field assistant on the British Antarctic Survey. This adventure, ....

240pp full colour with photographic illustrations | Vertebrate PublishingHbk | 2011 | 1906148295 | #190879A | £24.99 Add to basket

Regional & Travel Go to subject web page

American Georgics Writings on Farming, Society, and Culture, 1782-present Edited by Edwin C Hagenstein, Sara M Gregg and Brian DonahueFrom Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to Michelle Obama's White House organic garden, the image of America as a nation of farmers has persisted from the beginnings of the ....


At the Water's Edge A Personal Quest for Wildness John Lister-KayeFor the last thirty years John Lister-Kaye, one of Britain's best-known nature writers, has taken the same circular walk from his home deep in a Scottish glen up to a small ....

309 pages | - | CanongateHbk | 2010 | 1847674046 | #183507A | £18.99 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 1847674054 | #190386A | £8.99 Add to basket





























Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places 500 Ways to Discover the Wild Christopher SomervilleChristopher Somerville takes us a journey of discovery through Britain and Ireland, spanning their length and breadth as he seeks out 500 of his favourite Wild Places in ....

544 pages | Allen LaneHbk | 2008 | 0713999675 | #176544A | £24.99 Add to basketPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0141029226 | #190531A | £16.99 Add to basket

Cicerone Guides: The High Tatras Walks, Treks and Scrambles Colin Saunders and Renata NaroznaA detailed guide to the Tatras, a deservedly popular area between Poland and Slovakia, complete with details of the White and Western Tatras. ....

336 pages | col illus, maps | CiceronePbk | 2006 | 1852844825 | #185355A | £15.95 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1852846828 | #190790A | £17.95 Add to basket

Cicerone Guides: Trekking in the Stubai Alps Stubai Rucksack Route and Glacier Tour Allan HartleyThird edition trekking guide to two multi-day hut-to-hut tours in the stunningly scenic Austrian Tyrol, Europe, south of Innsbruck - the Stubai Rucksack Route (or Hohen Weg) ....

192 pages | Col photos, maps | CiceronePbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1852846232 | #190791A | £14.95 Add to basket

Crystal Wood Chris YatesA sublime journey into the heart of the British countryside, guided by one of the masters of nature writing who notices the sublime and explains the hidden. Last ....

320 pages | 24 b/w illus | Harper CollinsHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0007415540 | #190502A | £14.99 Add to basket

Ecosystem Diversity in the Piedras Blancas National Park and Adjacent Areas (Costa Rica), with the first vegetation map of the area A Weissenhofer et alThe Golfo Dulce region is botanically one of the most diverse areas in Central America. During the last 15 years, research plots have been established in the Piedras Blancas ....

36 pages | Map | La Gamba TFSPbk | 2008 | #190388A | £25.50 Add to basket

Essential Illustrated Wildlife Guide to Southern Africa Edited by David BristowThis completely revised and easy-to-use guide to Southern Africa features detailed descriptions and clear, colour illustrations of over 600 of the most common southern ....

368 pages | col illus | Sunbird PublishingPbk | 2010 | 1920289062 | #187660A | £29.99 Add to basket

A Guide to the Knobstone Trail Indiana's Longest Footpath Nathan D Strange and Marion T JacksonOne of the most beautiful footpaths in the country, the Knobstone Trail offers a spectacularly rugged, 58-mile trek through 40,000 acres of forested land in southern ....

160 pages | 41 colour illustrations, 24 b&w illustrations, 19 maps | Indiana UPPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0253222974 | #190507A | £14.99 Add to basket

Helikonien und Kolibris M Dolezel et alThis booklet introduces the work of the Tropical Field Station La gamba and describes the plants and flowers of Costa Rica. ....

64 pages | La Gamba TFSPbk | 2002 | #190389A | £21.50 Add to basket

Himalayan Journals, 2-Volume Set Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc. Joseph Dalton HookerSir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. He succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as Director ....

976 pages | 80 b/w illus. 2 maps | CUPNYP 06/2011 | 110802937X | #190421A | £44.99 Add to basket

Himalayan Journals, Volume 1 Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc. Joseph Dalton HookerSir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. He succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as Director ....

460 pages | 45 b/w illus. 2 maps | CUPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1108029353 | #190419A | £22.99 Add to basket

Himalayan Journals, Volume 2 Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc. Joseph Dalton HookerSir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. He succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as Director ....

516 pages | 35 b/w illus. | CUPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1108029361 | #190420A | £24.99 Add to basket

Kilimanjaro A Photographic Journey to the Roof of Africa Michel Moushabeck and Hiltrud SchulzThis book captures the essence of this majestic mountain with over 200 full-colour photographs and an engaging and entertaining narrative that smoothly ties together ....

160 pages | 200 col photos | Haus PublishingPbk | 2011 | 1907973028 | #190761A | £12.99 Add to basket

The Naturalisation of Animals and Plants in New Zealand George Malcolm ThomsonGeorge Thomson (1848-1933) was born in Calcutta, grew up in Scotland and emigrated to New Zealand at 20. He settled there, working as a teacher and analytical chemist, and ....

624 pages | 1 map | CUPPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1108108318 | #190468A | £27.99 Add to basket
































The Nature Guide to Extremadura, Spain Dirk HilbersThe remote region of Extremadura in south-western Spain is characterised by gently rolling hills with a savannah-like landscape, suddenly interspersed with rugged mountain ....

224 pages | Col photos, col illus | KNNV CONSIGNMENT BOOKSPbk | 2011 | 9050113818 | #188893A | £19.95 Add to basket

To the River A Journey Beneath the Surface Olivia LaingTo the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One midsummer week, over sixty years later, Olivia Laing walked Woolf's river ....

304 pages | CanongateHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1847677924 | #190499A | £16.99 Add to basket

Botany & Plant Science Go to subject web page

The Biology of Fungal Pathogens Volume 5: Fungal Pathogens and Diseases of Cereals DVD Edited by Dr Joseph-Alexander Verreet and Dr Holger KlinkThis disc feature two new videos - Pythium Root Rot of Cereals and Rhizoctonia Root Rot of Cereals. Through an exciting blend of vivid three-dimensional animations and real ....

APSDVD | 2009 | 0890543798 | #190687A | £252.00 Add to basket

Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa Edited by H Glen and G GermishuizenThe first edition of 'Botanical Explorations' was written by M.D. Gunn and L.E.W. Codd. It was an invaluable source of information on the numerous collectors who have ....

489 pages | Illus | SANBI BookshopHbk | 2010 | 191997654X | #190853A | £65.00 Add to basket

Botany and Horticulture of the Genus Freesia (Iridaceae) Edited by John C Manning and Peter GoldblattFreesias are well-known throughout the world as striking plants that add colour and fragrance to any garden or bouquet. Chapters include various aspects of botany such as ....

114 pages | SANBI BookshopPbk | 2010 | 1919976582 | #190854A | £52.50 Add to basket

British Parasitic Fungi A Host-parasite Index and a Guide to British Literature on the Fungus Diseases of Cultivated Plants W C MooreProvides a comprehensive guide to all the parasitic fungi which have been reported on cultivated plants in Great Britain, the diseases which they cause and the British ....


British Rust Fungi Malcolm Wilson and D M HendersonW. B. Grove's British Rust Funghi, first published by Cambridge University Press in 1913, had long been the standard work on the subject. But it had grown increasingly ....


Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests Book and CD set WW Bockus, RL Bowden, RM Hunger, WL Morrill, TD Murray and RW SmileyThis set includes both the 3rd edition of the Compendium along with all of the images from the book on a CD. The disc is compatible with both PC and Mac systems. ....

APS2010 | #190683A | £152.00 Add to basket

Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests Edited by WW Bockus, RL Bowden, RM Hunger, WL Morrill, TD Murray and RW SmileyThis volume is the definitive publication on diseases of wheat, completely updated since the previous edition published in 1987. Twenty years of advances and new discoveries ....

171 pages | 269 col & b/w illus | APSCD | 2010 | 0890543860 | #190682A | £100.80 Add to basketPbk | 2010 | 0890543852 | #190681A | £103.00 Add to basket

Developmental Biology of Higher Fungi British Mycological Society Symposium 10 D Moore, LA Casselton, DA Woods and JC FranklandOriginally published in 1985, this book describes research on the ecological, structural, physiological, genetic and molecular factors that control morphogenesis in ....


Distribution of Grasses in Texas Robert B Shaw, Barron S Rector and Amanda M DubeThis book is a compilation of information about the distribution of grasses in the 12 ecoregions and 254 counties of Texas. 721 species have been reported for the state and ....

196 pages | Texas Botanical RIPbk | 2011 | 1889878324 | #190841A | £35.50 Add to basket

Elm RH RichensElm, one of the three principal landscape trees of England, differs from the others in its complex variability and its intricate relationship with human settlement. This book ....

347 pages | B/w photos | CUPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521294622 | #190806A | £26.99 Add to basket

Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi Edited by A D M Rayner, C M Brasier and David MooreThe fungi represent superb tools for the study of evolution 'in action' This 1987 book was the first to bring together, in one volume, coverage of the growing consensus of ....































A Field Guide to the Bulbs of Greece Christopher Grey-WilsonA comprehensive guide to the bulbous plants of Greece, including all the islands. Simple descriptions and identification keys to aid the reader. Profusely illustrated with ....

224 pages | Col photos | AGSHbk | 2010 | 0900048808 | #190378A | £29.99 Add to basket

Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington Edited by Pamela Camp, John Gamon and Joseph ArnettThis book offers a window into the beauty and diversity of the rarest plants in the state. The field guide includes: ....

404 pages | 600 colour illustrations, 350 drawings, 350 maps | Washington UPPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0295990929 | #190521A | £26.99 Add to basket

Flora Liquenologica Iberica, Volume 5: Physciaceae I Endohyalina, Rinodina y Rinodinella Meireia Giralt

105 pages | Col & b/w figs | SELPbk | 2010 | #190490A | £35.50 Add to basket

Flora Neotropica, Volume 107: Combretaceae Clive A Stace

374 pages | maps, drawings, b&w photos | NYBG PressHbk | 2010 | 0893275034 | #187083A | £99.00 Add to basket

Flora Neotropica, Volume 108: Disterigma (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae) Paola Pedraza-Peñalosa

126 pages | maps, line drawings, b&w photos | NYBG PressHbk | 2010 | 0893275131 | #190135A | £67.00 Add to basket

Flora of China, Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae This volume features 2,024 species described in 22 families. Among these, the Acanthaceae include the large genus Strobilanthes (128 species); the Adoxaceae include ....

884 pages | Missouri BGHbk | 2011 | 1935641042 | #039115A | £143.00 Add to basket

Flore Vasculaire du Maroc, Volume 2, Asteraceae et Monocotyledones Inventaire et Chorologie M Ibn Tattou and M Fennane

398 pages | Institute ScientifiquePbk | 2010 | #190381A | £112.00 Add to basket

Fungal Walls and Hyphal Growth Symposium of the British Mycological Society Held at Queen Elizabeth College London, April 1978 Edited by J H Burnett and A P J TrinciThis book charts a number of significant advances in our knowledge of the cytology, physiology and biochemistry of the growth of mould hyphae. It is a symposium volume, ....


Galanthomania Sneeuwklokjes - Snowdrops Hanneke Van DijkContains an alphabetical list of 500 different snowdrops. This is the first book in which the new official classification is given based on cultivar groups. The book ....

160 pages | Col illus | Uitgeverij Terra LannooPbk | 2011 | 9089892435 | #190396A | £50.00 Add to basket

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Berries Edited by Kevin M Folta and Chittaranjan KoleRecent interest in the health-related, culinary, and biological properties of berries is stimulating new initiatives in berry breeding and production. Breakthroughs in molecular ....

200 pages | 10 b/w & 7 col illus | Science Publishers/EnfieldHbk | 2011 | 1578087074 | #190494A | £75.00 Add to basket

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Conifers Edited by Christophe Plomion, Jean Bousquet and Chittaranjan KoleThis book presents the implications of the genomic revolution for conifers, which go all the way from a better understanding of the evolution of these organisms to new knowledge ....

480 pages | b/w & col illus | Science Publishers/EnfieldHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 1578087198 | #190800A | £126.00 Add to basket

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Poplar Edited by C P Joshi, Stephen P DiFazio and Chittaranjan KoleWritten by researchers representing 6 countries and 28 institutions, this book highlights the development of the genus Populus as a model for organism for tree ....

390 pages | 42 b/w & col illus | Science Publishers/EnfieldHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1578087147 | #190796A | £96.00 Add to basket

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Vegetable Brassicas Edited by Jan Sadowski and Chittaranjan KoleDue to their diversity, vegetable brassicas are of great economic importance and offer unique opportunities to enrich our knowledge about plant growth, development, and rapid ....

450 pages | b/w & col illus | Science Publishers/EnfieldHbk | 2011 | 1578087066 | #190551A | £104.00 Add to basket

Grasses of South Texas A Guide to Their Identification and Value James H Everitt, D Lynn Drawe, Christopher R Little and Robert I LonardThe vast rangelands of south Texas - that portion of the state lying south of San Antonio and extending west and south to the Rio Grande and east to the Gulf of Mexico - ....

336 pages | 300 col photos, 6 illus, 1 map | Texas Tech UPPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0896726681 | #190621A | £31.00 Add to basket

Growing Perennials in Cold Climates Mike Heger and John WhitmanComprehensive and fully illustrated, this book serves as a resource for selecting, siting, planting, and maintaining perennials that flourish in northern climates. ....

448 pages | 262 col & 16 b/w photos, 1 map | Minnesota UPPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0816675880 | #190613A | £29.99 Add to basket


































Handbook of Bryophyta Peter GeorgeAlthough aimed at graduate students, the text is written in simple language, with self-explanatory diagrams. ....

292 pages | B/w illus | VedamsHbk | 2010 | 8178804182 | #184502A | £43.50 Add to basket

Handbook of the New Zealand Flora, 2 Volume Set A Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and Macquarrie's IslandsJoseph Dalton HookerSir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), botanist, explorer, and director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, is chiefly remembered as a close friend and colleague of ....


Hardy Heathers from the Northern Hemisphere E Charles NelsonThis fully illustrated monograph describes all Calluna, Daboecia and Erica species growing naturally in the northern hemisphere. It includes details of the distribution, ....

512 pages | 230 col photos, 41 line illus, 20 maps, 15 botanical paintings | Kew RBGHbk | NYP 09/2011 | 1842461702 | #189740A | £60.00 Add to basket

Historical Plant Incidence in Southern Africa CJ SkeadThis collection of observations by early southern African travellers presents a picture of the vegetation as they saw it painted by the pens of the earliest European visitors ....

378 pages | Col illus | SANBI BookshopHbk | 2009 | 1919976531 | #190852A | £65.00 Add to basket

Icones Orchidacearum, Fascicle 10 Orchids of Mexico, Part 4 Edited by Eric Hágsater and Miguel SotoThis volume is the continuation of the series with the treatment of 100 Mexican orchid species. Six new taxa are proposed and another eight new nomenclatural combinations ....

136 pages | b/w plates | Herbario AmoUnbound | 2008 | 9687889128 | #190654A | £70.00 Add to basket

Icones Orchidacearum, Fascicle 11 The Genus Epidendrum 7 Eric Hágsater et alThis volume consists of 100 botanical illustrations of the genus Epidendrum, comprising 20 species new to science, a new name, and 79 species of the genus, in some cases ....


Icones Orchidacearum, Fascicle 12 The Genus Epidendrum 8: Species New & Old in Epidendrum Eric HágsaterThis volume features plates 1201 to 1300 and describes 43 new species as well as corrections and new synonyms from previous volumes. ....


Icones Orchidacearum, Fascicle 13 The Genus Epidendrum, Part 9 Edited by Eric Hágsater and Luis Sánchez SaldañaThis volume includes 30 new species from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, and French Guyana, 2 new combinations and status, and many lectotipifications and neotypes. ....


Intermediary Metabolism in Plants David Denzil DaviesThis book reviews the ideas and theories of biochemical action in plants. Recognising that factual information requires encyclopaedic treatment, it provides biochemical facts ....


Niger Flora Or, An Enumeration of the Plants of Western Tropical Africa Edited by William Jackson HookerGerman scientist Theodore Vogel (1812-1841) joined an 1841 expedition to the Niger as its chief botanist. He died in the course of the journey, though not before taking ....

678 pages | 44 b/w illus. 1 map | CUPPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1108030386 | #190835A | £31.99 Add to basket

Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulphur Utilisation by Fungi L BoddyPresents a detailed analysis of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur utilization by fungi. Based on the 1988 British Mycological Society symposium, it is broadly based, covering ....


North American Wildland Plants A Field Guide James L Stubbendieck, Stephan L Hatch and Neal M BryanNorth American Wildland Plants contains descriptions of the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America. This comprehensive reference ....

520 pages | 219 figures | Nebraska UPPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0803234856 | #190519A | £26.99 Add to basket

On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects And on the Good Effect of Intercrossing Charles DarwinIn this investigation of orchids, first published in 1862, Darwin expands on a point made in On the Origin of Species that he felt required further explanation, namely that ....

378 pages | 34 b/w illus. | CUPPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1108027156 | #190431A | £20.99 Add to basket




























Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa, Volume 1 Dariusz L Szlachetko et alThis monograph covers geographically southern Chad, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, the Central African Republic (CAR), Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the ....

363 pages | 47 col photos, diagrams, distribution maps | Gdansk University PressHbk | 2010 | 8373267638 | #190380A | £160.00 Add to basket

The Orchids of Rwanda Eberhard Fischer, D Killmann, G Delepierre and JP LebelThe first fully illustrated field guide to the rich orchid flora of Rwanda covering 242 species. Illustrated by colour photographs and colour drawings. Introductory chapters ....

438 pages | 1183 col photos, col maps | Universitat Koblenz LandauPbk | 2010 | 3941326015 | #190377A | £57.50 Add to basket

Organic Gardening The Natural No-dig Way Charles DowdingForget the rules: 'received wisdom' about gardening is surprisingly inaccurate. Understand better what is going on in the soil and with your plants, in your own garden ....

240 pages | 32 colour plates, illus | Green BooksPbk | 2010 | 1900322811 | #190632A | £12.95 Add to basket

Perspectives in Plant Cell Recognition Edited by JA Callow and JR GreenPresents a review of advances in understanding the cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms governing cell-cell interactions in plants. In the case of the interaction ....

282 pages | Illus | CUPHbk | 1992 | 0521404452 | #020372A | £83.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521281806 | #190434A | £34.99 Add to basket

Plant Bacteriology Clarence I KadoThe study of plant bacteriology has led to countless novel findings and advances benefitting medicine and biotechnology as well as horticulture and agriculture. Our ....

336 pages | 48 col & 16 b/w illus | APSHbk | 2010 | 0890543887 | #190686A | £161.00 Add to basket

Plant Diseases Caused by Bacteria An Image Database and Educational Resource CD Edited by MN Schroth, EI Hecht-Poinar and AM AlvarezThis database contains 1006 images of plants affected with bacteria diseases that may be browsed or searched by host common or scientific name, disease name, pathogen, pathogen ....

1006 images | APSCD | 2010 | 0890543909 | #190684A | £310.80 Add to basketCD | 2010 | 0890543909 | #190685A | £546.00 Add to basket

The Plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Central Province, Cameroon A Conservation Checklist Edited by Martin Cheek, Yvette Harvey and Jean Michel OnanaThis book provides a flora of the Mefou area, Cameroon. Introductory chapters cover the vegetation, geology, soil types, climate, threats, invasive and alien plants, ....

252 pages | 8 col plates, line illus, maps | Kew RBGPbk | 2011 | 1842464000 | #185780A | £39.99 Add to basket

Pollination and Floral Ecology Pat WillmerPollination and Floral Ecology is the most comprehensive single-volume reference to all aspects of pollination biology--and the first fully up-to-date resource of its kind to ....

840 pages | 296 col illus, 440 line illus, 93 tabs | Princeton UPHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0691128618 | #189857A | £65.00 Add to basket

Principles of Horticulture CR Adams, KM Bamford and MP EarlyPrinciples of Horticulture is an excellent introduction to a wide range of aspects of commercial and leisure horticulture. Written in a highly accessible and readable style, ....

456 pages | col illus | Butterworth HeinemannPbk | 2008 | 0750686944 | #174442A | £20.99 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0080969577 | #190724A | £24.99 Add to basket

Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidants in Higher Plants Edited by S Dutta GuptaProviding basic information on reactive oxygen species (ROS), this volume describes new developments in the action of ROS, the role of antioxidants, and the mechanisms ....

380 pages | Science Publishers/EnfieldHbk | 2010 | 1578086868 | #190553A | £111.00 Add to basket

Red List of South African Plants D Raimondo et alThis Red List is a major milestone for South Africa in that it is the first data-driven, comprehensive assessment of the country's indigenous vascular flora. South Africa is ....

668 pages | Col photos | SANBI BookshopHbk | 2009 | 1919976523 | #190851A | £68.00 Add to basket

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Plants Edited by P S NutmanA synthesis of knowledge on the fixation of nitrogen by systems involving plants, especially legumes, and micro-organisms. Such associations utilize nitrogen from the ....


Animal & General Biology Go to subject web page

Adaptation and Well-Being Social Allostasis Jay SchulkinRecently, an interest in our understanding of well-being within the context of competition and cooperation has re-emerged within the biological and neural sciences. ....

192 pages | 51 b/w illus, 22 tabs | CUPHbk | 2011 | 0521509920 | #190671A | £44.99 Add to basket
































Animal Friendships Anne Innis DaggResearch into social behaviour in animals has often focused on aggression, yet members of social species are far more likely to interact with each other in a positive way. ....

256 pages | CUPHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 1107005426 | #190401A | £70.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0521183154 | #190402A | £29.99 Add to basket

The Avian Erythrocyte Its Phylogenetic Odyssey Chester A Glomski and Alessandra PicaThe erythrocyte is perhaps the world's single best known cell; the red cell made its debut in a few invertebrates and thereupon conducted a conceptual phylogenetic odyssey ....

650 pages | Science Publishers/EnfieldHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 157808718X | #190759A | £133.00 Add to basket

Biochemistry JM Berg, JL Tymoczko and L StryerSince its first edition in 1975, this extraordinary textbook has helped shape the way that biochemistry is taught, and has become one of the most trusted books in the field. ....

1050 pages | Col plates, illus, figs, tabs | WH FreemanHbk | 2006 | 071676766X | #157907A | £51.99 Add to basketHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1429276355 | #190836A | £53.99 Add to basket

Biology Neil A Campbell, Jane B Reece et alThis package contains Campbell's Biology 9th Edition, access to Mastering Biology, and access to all 5 Mastering Biology Virtual lab rooms. Campbell's Biology 9th Edition is a ....

1300 pages | illus | Pearson EducationPbk | 2011 | 1408276801 | #190423A | £59.69 Add to basket

Genetics A Conceptual Approach Benjamin A PierceSince its inception, this book has been known for its engaging writing style and its focus on the key concepts in genetics. ....

745 pages | Col illus | WH FreemanHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1429276061 | #190837A | £48.99 Add to basket

In Situ Hybridisation Application to Developmental Biology and Medicine Edited by N Harris and DG WilkinsonAdvances in our understanding of biological mechanisms have frequently been associated with the development of techniques. In situ hybridisation is a classic case of just such ....


Integrated Molecular Evolution Scott Orland RogersThis book provides an in-depth look at the processes involved in evolution at the molecular and cellular levels. It begins with a broad overview of evolution, including a ....

357 pages | 197 b/w illus, 15 tabs | CRC PressHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1439819955 | #190823A | £63.99 Add to basket

Introduction to Experimental Biophysics Biological Methods for Physical Scientists Jay NadeauA practical companion for physical scientists investigating wet laboratory experiments and biological research areas, this book gives a clear understanding of what is ....

674 pages | b/w & col illus | CRC PressPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1439829535 | #190824A | £57.99 Add to basket

Introduction to Genetic Analysis AJF Griffiths, SR Wessler, S Carroll and John DoebleyThis best-selling textbook, known for its prominent authorship, exposes students to the landmark experiments in genetics, teaching them how to analyze experimental data and ....

838 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tabs | WH FreemanHbk | 2007 | 0716799022 | #166187A | £49.99 Add to basketHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1429276347 | #190839A | £51.99 Add to basket

Manipulative Tenants Bacteria Associated with Arthropods Elinat Zchori-Fein and Kostas BourtzisThis text provides an overview of the primary bacterial symbionts in addition to ten of the most abundant secondary symbionts known to date. The editors have brought together ....

312 pages | b/w & col illus | CRC PressHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1439827494 | #190560A | £31.99 Add to basket

Physiology of the Graafian Follicle and Ovulation RHF Hunter

350 pages | 5 Col plates, 90 figs | CUPHbk | 2003 | 0521781981 | #136846A | £105.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0521205867 | #190804A | £42.99 Add to basket

Self-organisation and Evolution of Biological and Social Systems Edited by Charlotte HemelrijkSelf-organisation of social systems can be observed at all levels of biological complexity, from cells to organisms and communities. Although individuals are governed ....

42 line diagrams 5 half-tones 2 tables | CUPHbk | 2005 | 0521846552 | #152588A | £85.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1107402565 | #190831A | £34.99 Add to basket

The Structure of Biological Membranes Edited by Philip YeagleCompletely revised and updated to reflect advances in the field, this new edition focuses on lipids and the lipid bilayer, as well as on membrane protein structure and ....

552 pages | b/w illus, tabs | CRC Press UKHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1439809577 | #190554A | £99.00 Add to basket
































Viruses Biology, Applications, and Control David R HarperThis concise textbook covers the essential aspects of virology included in biomedical science courses. It takes a conceptual approach and examines common themes that emerge ....

346 pages | b/w & col illus | GarlandPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0815341504 | #190555A | £40.99 Add to basket

Vision in 3D Environments Edited by Laurence R Harris and Michael RM JenkinBiological and machine systems exist within a complex and changing three-dimensional world. We appear to have no difficulty understanding this world, but how do we go about ....

400 pages | 152 b/w illus, 1 tab | CUPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1107001757 | #190672A | £65.00 Add to basket

Water, Fungi and Plants Edited by PG Ayres and L BodyWater is the solvent for metabolic processes, it participates directly in many biochemical reactions and has a vital skeletal function. It also plays a key role in the ....

400 pages | 7 b/w photos, 73 b/w illus, 33 tables | CUPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521106230 | #190474A | £31.99 Add to basket

Evolutionary Biology Go to subject web page

Evolution The View from the Cottage Jean-Pierre RogelWith all the attention to 'creationism' in the news these days, Jean-Pierre Rogel decided it was time to show how Darwin's concept of natural selection can be seen in ....

176 pages | 20 b/w photos | Ronsdale PressPbk | 2010 | 1553801040 | #190771A | £14.99 Add to basket

On the Origin of Species Through Heteropatric Differentiation A Review and a Model of Speciation in Migratory Animals Kevin Winker

40 pages | California UPPbk | 2010 | 0943610885 | #190857A | £13.95 Add to basket

The Origin of Our Species Chris StringerIn this ground-breaking book Chris Stringer sets out to answer all the big questions in the debate about our origins. How can we define modern humans, and how can we recognise ....


The Perception of the Environment Essays in Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill Tim IngoldIn this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural ....

465 pages | Figs | RoutledgeHbk | 2000 | 041522831X | #129558A | £95.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0415617472 | #190808A | £29.99 Add to basket

Pillars of Evolution Douglas W Morris and Per LundbergThis book provides a fresh and provocative perspective on adaptive evolution. Readers new to the study of evolution will find a new insight that establishes evolutionary ....

296 pages | 70 illus | OUPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0198568797 | #190727A | £65.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0198568800 | #190726A | £29.95 Add to basket

Plasticity, Robustness, Development and Evolution Patrick Bateson and Peter GluckmanHow do we understand and explain the apparent dichotomy between plasticity and robustness in the context of development? Can we identify these complex processes ....

175 pages | 15 b/w illus. | CUPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0521516293 | #190822A | £70.00 Add to basket

The Rational Optimist How Prosperity Evolves Matt RidleyMatt Ridley, acclaimed author of the classics Genome and Nature via Nurture, turns from investigating human nature to investigating human progress. In The Rational Optimist ....

448 pages | Fourth EstateHbk | 2010 | 0007267118 | #190787A | £19.99 Add to basket

The Reason Why The Miracle of Life on Earth John GribbinDoes one planet really matter among the immensity of the Cosmos? John Gribbin is here to persuade us that it does. In this ground-breaking and provocative new book Gribbin ....


Simulating Human Origins and Evolution Ken WessenThe development of populations over time, and, on longer timescales, the evolution of species, are both influenced by a complex of interacting, underlying processes. Computer ....

241 pages | Tables, figures | CUPHbk | 2005 | 0521843995 | #152570A | £92.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0521397995 | #190821A | £29.99 Add to basket

Ecology Go to subject web page

Biological Invasions Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal and Microbe Species Edited by David PimentelThis volume reconfirms the diverse and unpredictable roles that non-native species assume as they invade new ecosystems: destruction of vital crops and forests, major ....

369 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs, maps | CRC PressHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 143982990X | #190566A | £76.99 Add to basket
































Phylogeography Concepts, Intraspecific Patterns and Speciation Processes Edited by Damien S RutgersPhylogeography is the study of the historical processes that may be responsible for the contemporary geographic distributions of individuals. This is accomplished by ....

199 pages | Nova ScienceHbk | 2011 | 1606929542 | #190820A | £49.50 Add to basket

Habitats & Ecosystems Go to subject web page

Chemistry of Mangrove Ecosystem of the Indian Sundarbans Ecology of Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India Manjistha ChattopadhyayAt the mouth of Ganga-Brahmaputra river system, Sundarbans represents one of the largest single areas of mangrove forests. The mangrove ecosystems are hot spots of biological ....

200 pages | b/w illus | LAPPbk | 2010 | 3843377162 | #190638A | £89.00 Add to basket

Edgelands Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul FarleyEdgelands explores a wilderness that is much closer than you think: a debatable zone, neither the city nor the countryside, but a place in-between - so familiar it is never ....

256 pages | Jonathan CapeHbk | 2011 | 0224089021 | #190512A | £12.99 Add to basket

Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies Y Anjaneyulu and Valli ManickamThis book covers the prediction and assessment of impacts on soil and groundwater management, surface water management, biological environment, air environment, the ....

428 pages | CRC Press UKHbk | 2011 | 0415665566 | #190565A | £76.99 Add to basket

The Fertility of the Soil Sir Edward J RussellOriginally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a ....


The Global Forest 40 Ways Trees Can Save Us Diana Beresford KroegerA world expert on how trees chemically affect our environment, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has woven together ecology, ancient myth, horticulture, spirituality, science and ....

192 pages | Particular BooksHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1846144094 | #190593A | £14.99 Add to basket

Improved Grassland Management J FrameThis new, fully updated and revised edition of "Improved Grassland Management" covers all aspects of grassland management and is of particular relevance to the UK and the ....

351 pages | Col plates, figs, tabs, maps | Crowood PressPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1847972616 | #190580A | £24.99 Add to basket

An Introduction into Applied Soil Hydrology Klaus BohneBased on almost four decades of teaching experience as a university professor, the author prepared the scope and contents of this soil hydrology book for readers with ....

224 pages | figs, tabs | Catena| 3923381514 | #190574A | £59.50 Add to basket

Mangrove Ecosystems Function and Management Edited by LD de LacerdaPresents the current state of knowledge, of use to decision/policy makers and of interest to those who interested in the ecological and economic potential of the various ....

292 pages | B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps | SpringerPbk | 2010 | 3642075851 | #190639A | £148.50 Add to basket

Mangroves Ecology, Biology and Taxonomy Edited by James N MetrasMangrove ecosystems are tropical or subtropical communities of mainly tree species which can be found on low, muddy, usually intertidal coastal areas. They cover an area of ....

Nova ScienceHbk | 2011 | 1617289914 | #190640A | £152.50 Add to basket

Principles of Snow Hydrology David R DeWalle and Albert RangoPrinciples of Snow Hydrology describes the factors that control the accumulation, melting and runoff of water from seasonal snowpacks over the surface of the earth. The ....

416 pages | 105 line diagrams, 81 half-tones, 8 colour plates | CUPHbk | 2008 | 0521823625 | #175852A | £86.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521290325 | #190440A | £44.99 Add to basket

Smart Growth From Sprawl to Sustainability Jon ReedsThis book shows how urban sprawl is unsustainable in an age of climate change and peak oil, and challenges the UK to develop a 'Smart Growth' approach to improve the quality ....

288 pages | Green BooksPbk | 2011 | 190032282X | #190586A | £14.95 Add to basket

Stream Ecosystems of Costa Rica F Schiemer et alThis volume, a guide to tropical streams and rivers, will be of particular interest to naturalists and students during field trips and other visits. It focuses on the ....






























Sustaining Coastal Zone Systems Edited by Paul Tett, Autun Sandberg and Anne MetteThis book introduces a 'systems approach' to understanding and managing complex interactions between the natural ecosystems and the human economies and societies in the ....

160 pages | col illus | Dunedin Academic PressPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1906716277 | #190676A | £17.95 Add to basket

Tropical Palms Dennis V JohnsonOriginally published in 1998, this book has been updated in 2010 to include the most recent information and developments regarding the conservation status and use of various ....

166 pages | Col photos, b/w illus, tabs | FAOPbk | 2010 | 9251067422 | #190493A | £27.99 Add to basket

Conservation & Biodiversity Go to subject web page

Beyond the Sacred Forest Complicating Conservation in Southeast Asia Edited by Michael Dove, Percy E Sajise and Amity A DoolittleReflecting new thinking about conservation in Southeast Asia, Beyond the Sacred Forest is the product of a unique collaboration involving ethnographic research in Indonesia, ....

392 pages | 10 maps | Duke UPPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0822347962 | #190581A | £16.99 Add to basket

Illegal Trade in Wildlife Edited by Horace O Williams and Viktor T GranteGlobal trade in illegal wildlife is a growing illicit economy, estimated to be worth at least $5 billion and potentially in excess of $20 billion annually. Some of the most ....

176 pages | Nova ScienceHbk | 2009 | 1606922807 | #190757A | £57.50 Add to basket

Peru: Maijuna Edited by Michael P Gilmore et alIn July of 2009 a team of socioeconomic experts from the United States and Peru conducted a social asset inventory of the ancestral territory of the Maijuna indigenous ....

328 pages | Chicago Field MNHPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0982841906 | #189787A | £19.50 Add to basket

Zoo Conservation Biology John E Fa, Stephan M Funk and Donnamarie O'ConnellIn the face of ever-declining biodiversity, zoos have a major role to play in species conservation. Written by professionals involved in in-situ conservation and restoration ....

400 pages | 45 b/w illus, 16 tabs | CUPHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0521827639 | #190622A | £75.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0521534933 | #190623A | £34.99 Add to basket

Environmental Science Go to subject web page

Arsenic Natural and Anthropogenic Edited by Eleonora Deschamps and Jorg MatschullatThis volume features a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination into arsenic's behaviour in air, water, soils, sediments, plants and the human body. Based on ....

238 pages | CRC Press UKHbk | 2011 | 0415549280 | #190698A | £78.99 Add to basket

Atlas of Oceans An Ecological Survey of Underwater Life John FarndonA tragedy is playing out beneath the surface of the world's bodies of marine waters, one that began long before the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Although many books ....

256 pages | 320 col illus | Yale UPHbk | 2011 | 0300167504 | #190296A | £36.00 Add to basket

Breaking and Dissipation of Ocean Surface Waves Alexander BabaninWave breaking represents one of the most interesting and challenging problems for fluid mechanics and physical oceanography. Over the last 15 years our understanding has ....

485 pages | 135 b/w illus, 6 tabs | CUPHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1107001587 | #190660A | £75.00 Add to basket

Burning Rivers John HartigThis book focuses on the use, abuse and restoration of rivers that have been heavily polluted by petrochemicals. As examples, the author chooses four North American rivers - ....

194 pages | Multi-SciencePbk | 2010 | 1907132163 | #190695A | £33.00 Add to basket

The Case Against Fluoride How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep it There Paul Connett, James Beck and H S MicklemWhen the US Public Health Service endorsed water fluoridation in 1959, there was little evidence of its safety. Now, six decades later and after most countries have rejected ....

384 pages | figs, tabs | Chelsea GreenPbk | 2010 | 1603582878 | #190772A | £19.95 Add to basket

Climate Change Denial Heads in the Sand Haydn WashingtonHumans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it ....

224 pages | Figures, diagrams, graphs | EarthscanPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1849713367 | #190536A | £14.99 Add to basket

Climate Change and National Security A Country-Level Analysis Edited by Daniel MoranIn this unique and innovative contribution to environmental security, an international team of scholars explore and estimate the intermediate-term security risks that climate ....

256 pages | 42 maps, 2 figs, 12 tabs | Georgetown UPPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1589017412 | #190620A | £20.75 Add to basket






























Climate Extremes and Society Edited by Henry F Diaz and Richard J MurnaneExtreme climatic events present society with significant challenges in a rapidly warming world. Ordinary citizens, the insurance industry and governments are concerned about the ....

340 pages | 37 line diagrams, 32 half-tones, 24 colour plates, 102 figures | CUPHbk | 2008 | 0521870283 | #173743A | £81.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521298482 | #190812A | £42.99 Add to basket

Climate Wars The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats Gwynne DyerDwindling resources. Massive population shifts. Natural disasters. Any of the expected consequences of climate change could - as Gwyne Dyer argues - tip the world towards ....

320 pages | Oneworld PublicationsPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1851688145 | #190762A | £9.99 Add to basket

Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics Principles and Parameterizations Jerry StrakaThis book focuses specifically on bin and bulk parameterizations for the prediction of cloud and precipitation at various scales - the cloud scale, mesoscale, synoptic scale, ....

384 pages | CUPHbk | 2009 | 0521883385 | #179602A | £75.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521297591 | #190809A | £42.99 Add to basket

Clumsy Floodplains Responsive Land Policy for Extreme Floods Thomas HartmannAdopting an innovative interdisciplinary approach, this book examines how society can manage the use of the floodplains along rivers in the face of extreme floods, focusing ....

170 pages | b/w illus | AshgateHbk | 2011 | 1409418456 | #190690A | £65.00 Add to basket

The Dark Side of Green The Unintended Consequences of the Climate Change Movement Gary S MooreApplying science to the politically charged global warming debate, this text incorporates the work of scholars from around the world who address the issue without ....

208 pages | 45 b/w illus | CRC PressPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 1439800618 | #190563A | £38.99 Add to basket

Driven to Extinction The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity Richard Pearson and American Museum of Natural HistoryCould more than a million species disappear in the 21st century? Written by a leading scientist in the field, Driven to Extinction draws upon fascinating ....

264 pages | SterlingHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1402772238 | #190599A | £16.99 Add to basket

Estuaries Dynamics, Mixing, Sedimentation and Morphology David PrandleThis volume provides researchers, students, practising engineers and managers access to state-of-the-art knowledge, practical formulae and new hypotheses for the dynamics, ....

236 pages | Figs, tabs | CUPHbk | 2009 | 0521888867 | #177953A | £69.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521297818 | #190810A | £27.99 Add to basket

Frontiers of Climate Modeling Edited by JT Kiehl and V RamanathanThe physics and dynamics of the atmosphere and atmosphere-ocean interactions provide the foundation of modern climate models, upon which our understanding of the chemistry and ....

352 pages | 16 col plates, diags, tabs | CUPHbk | 2006 | 0521791324 | #158460A | £98.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521298687 | #190813A | £42.99 Add to basket

The Great Disruption How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy Paul GildingHuman civilisation and the economy have now grown so large that we have passed the limits of the planet to support any further growth in the current model. The science is ....

304 pages | BloomsburyHbk | 2011 | 1408812096 | #190545A | £18.99 Add to basket

An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing Martin SeelyeDescribes the use of satellite data in the retrieval of oceanic physical and biological properties. The book covers radiative transfer, ocean surface properties, satellite ....

500 pages | Col plates, b/w illus, tabs | CUPHbk | 2004 | 0521802806 | #143269A | £53.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521003415 | #190400A | £32.99 Add to basket

Legal Responses to Climate Change Dr Nicola DurrantThe challenges of climate change pose problems requiring new and innovative legal responses by legal practitioners, government officials and corporate officers. This book ....

368 pages | Federation PressPbk | 2010 | 1862878080 | #190826A | £44.00 Add to basket

The Little Book of Carbon Emissions Nicola TerryThis is a data book of facts and figures about carbon emissions and energy use in the UK. The book emphasises the impact of domestic consumption and personal lifestyle ....

256 pages | 150 illus | UIT CambridgePbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1906860149 | #190603A | £12.99 Add to basket






























Mercury Pollution An Interdisciplinary Overview Edited by Michael C Newman and Sharon L ZuberUsing mercury pollution as an example, this book illustrates the interdisciplinary approach required for solving environmental problems. It explains the details of the ....

312 pages | 54 illus, 6 tabs | CRC PressHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1439833842 | #190829A | £57.99 Add to basket

Metal Contamination in Aquatic Environments Science and Lateral Management Samuel Luoma and Philip S RainbowMetal contamination is one of the most ubiquitous, persistent and complex environmental issues, encompassing legacies of the past (e.g. abandoned ....

573 pages | 137 line figures, 31 halftones, tabs | CUPHbk | 2008 | 0521860571 | #176675A | £65.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521279011 | #190428A | £31.99 Add to basket

Phytoremediation Using Constructed Mangrove Wetlands Mechanisms and Application Potential Lin Ke and Nora F Y TamPhytoremediation is the use of green plants and their associated microbiota, soil amendments, and agronomic techniques to remove, contain, or render harmless ....

Nova SciencePbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1617619256 | #190641A | £35.99 Add to basket

Reporting on Climate Change Understanding the Science Edited by L Jeremy Richardson and Bud WardThis bestselling book is the fourth in a series initially intended to help journalists - both reporters and editors - understand and report on the most authoritative scientific ....

90 pages | col photos & illus | Island PressPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1585761567 | #190731A | £21.99 Add to basket

The Rough Guide to Climate Change The Symptoms, the Science, the Solutions Robert HensonThis book gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. ....

416 pages | Illus | Rough GuidesPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1848365799 | #190768A | £12.99 Add to basket

The Theory of Large-Scale Ocean Circulation Roger M SamelsonMounting evidence that human activities are substantially modifying the Earth's climate brings a new imperative to the study of the ocean's large-scale circulation. This ....

218 pages | 33 b/w illus. 28 exercises | CUPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1107001889 | #189956A | £50.00 Add to basket

Visualizing Climate Change A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions Stephen SheppardClimate change may be all around us, but it is often difficult to see. Carbon dioxide is invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice ....

224 pages | Computer-generated landscape scenarios, maps | EarthscanHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1844078205 | #190584A | £39.99 Add to basket

Weather, Climate and Human Affairs A Book of Essays and Other Papers Hubert H LambThis wide-ranging collection of essays is written by one of the world's foremost experts on weather and climate. Six of the chapters have not been published before. The rest, ....

364 pages | photos, figs, maps | RoutledgeHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0415676436 | #190803A | £90.00 Add to basket

Physical Sciences Go to subject web page

The 4-Percent Universe Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality Richard PanekOnly 4% of the universe consists of the matter that makes our bodies, the Earth and every star and planet. Over the last few decades scientists have been battling to ....

320 pages | Oneworld PublicationsPbk | 2011 | 1851688218 | #190855A | £10.99 Add to basket

The Astronomy Revolution 400 Years of Exploring the Cosmos Edited by Donald G York, Owen Gingerich and Shuang-Nan ZhangThis interdisciplinary volume investigates and explains how the field of astronomy and cosmology has affected human life and perceptions of the universe. Chapters cover the ....

472 pages | col illus, col tabs | Taylor & FrancisHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1439836000 | #190786A | £49.99 Add to basket

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Edited by William M HaynesThis latest, 92nd edition of the most respected scientific reference in the world contains a wealth of enhancements, featuring analyses, updates, and validations of ....

2646 pages | CRC PressHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1439855110 | #190776A | £95.00 Add to basket

Chemistry Rob Lewis and Wynne EvansThe fourth edition of this popular, student-friendly textbook provides a course in chemical literacy. With complete yet concise coverage of core topics, it starts from ....

488 pages | col illus | MacmillanPbk | 2006 | 0230000118 | #157908A | £26.99 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0230291821 | #190834A | £27.99 Add to basket

Chemistry The Science in Context Thomas R Gilbert et alThe third edition of Chemistry: The Science in Context provides additional opportunities for students to test their understanding and practice their problem-solving skills. ....

1104 pages | Col illus | NortonPbk | 2011 | 0393118274 | #190467A | £55.00 Add to basket






























The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects Sir William Herschel's Star Clusters, Nebulae and Galaxies Mark BrattonSir William Herschel's contributions to astronomy during the late eighteenth century are unrivalled. His lasting legacy is his dedicated all-sky survey of star clusters and ....


The Continental Drift Controversy Henry FrankelResolution of the sixty year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth Science. This three-volume treatise ....


Etna A History of the Mountain and its Eruptions G F RodwellG. F. Rodwell (1843-1905) was researching an entry about Mount Etna for the Encyclopaedia Britannica when he realised that no history of this Italian volcano ....

188 pages | 10 b/w illus. 3 maps | CUPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1108028748 | #190833A | £12.99 Add to basket

The Exoplanet Handbook Michael PerrymanExoplanet research is one of the most explosive subjects in astronomy today. More than 500 exoplanets are now known, and groups world-wide are actively involved in a broad ....


Geographies of Mars Seeing and Knowing the Red Planet K Maria D LaneOne of the first maps of Mars, published by an Italian astronomer in 1877, with its pattern of canals, fueled belief in intelligent life-forms on the distant red planet - a ....

272 pages | 39 halftones, 6 line drawings | Chicago UPHbk | 2010 | 0226470784 | #190858A | £28.99 Add to basket

Geological Observations on South America Being the Third Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle Charles DarwinFirst published in 1846, Darwin's Geological Observations made up the third part of his memoir of his voyage on the Beagle during the years 1832-1836. While the first part ....

316 pages | 5 b/w illus. 1 map | CUPPbk | 2010 | 1108027148 | #190416A | £16.99 Add to basket

Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Charles DarwinCharles Darwin (1809-1882) published Observations on the Volcanic Islands in 1844. It is one of three major geological works resulting from the voyage of the Beagle, and ....

192 pages | 2 maps | CUPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 110807233X | #190417A | £12.99 Add to basket

The Geology of Mars Evidence from Earth-Based Analogs Edited by Mary ChapmanResearch into the geological processes operating on Mars relies on interpretation of images and other data returned by unmanned orbiters, probes and landers. Such ....

474 pages | 15 diags, 10 col plates, 155 halftones | CUPHbk | 2007 | 0521832926 | #167589A | £94.00 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0521206596 | #190805A | £47.99 Add to basket

Geomorphology and Global Environmental Change Edited by Olav Slaymaker, Thomas Spencer and Christine Embleton-HamannHow will global environmental change affect the landscape and our interaction with it? Apart from climate change, there are other important catalysts of landscape change, ....

434 pages | 36 figs, 16 plates, 50 tables | CUPHbk | 2009 | 0521878128 | #181298A | £48.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521291003 | #190418A | £31.99 Add to basket

The Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption Geological and Geophysical Data 1975-1976 Edited by SA Fedotov, Ye K Markhinin, J Agrell, MR Colenso, F Cooley and A LeeIn 1975-1976 a remarkable volcanic eruption took place on the Kamchtka peninsula, part of the Soviet Union's arc of active volcanoes. Dr Fedotov and his colleagues studied the ....


How it Ends From You to the Universe Chris ImpeyAlthough we may try to keep it hidden in the back of our minds, most of us are aware of our own mortality. But few among us know what science, with the help of insights yielded ....

352 pages | 68 b/w illustrations | NortonHbk | 2010 | 0393069850 | #186690A | £18.99 Add to basketPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 039333998X | #190539A | £12.99 Add to basket

Introducing Volcanology A Guide to Hot Rocks Dougal JerramVolcanoes have an endless fascination. Their eruptions are a regular reminder of the power of nature and our vulnerability to this raw geological phenomenon, however ....

160 pages | col illus | Dunedin Academic PressPbk | NYP 09/2011 | 1906716226 | #190537A | £9.99 Add to basket

Journey of the Universe Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn TuckerToday we know what no previous generation knew: the history of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth. Through the astonishing combined achievements of natural ....

192 pages | Yale UPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0300171900 | #190540A | £18.99 Add to basket































The Living Cosmos Our Search for Life in the Universe Chris ImpeyConsidering the development of life on Earth, the existence of life in extreme environments and the potential for life elsewhere in the Universe, this book gives a ....

393 pages | 129 b/w illus | Random HouseHbk | 2007 | 1400065062 | #173983A | £23.99 Add to basketPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0521173841 | #190667A | £13.99 Add to basket

The Making of the British Landscape How We Have Transformed the Land, from Prehistory to Today Francis PryorThis is the changing story of Britain as it has been preserved in our fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islands. From our suburban streets ....

812 pages | Col plates, figs | Allen LaneHbk | 2010 | 1846142059 | #186279A | £29.99 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0141040599 | #190530A | £14.99 Add to basket

Metamorphic Rocks A Classification and Glossary of Terms Edited by Douglas Fettes and Jacqueline DesmonsMany common terms in metamorphic petrology vary in their usage and meaning between countries. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on the ....

264 pages | 10 line diagrams, 9 tabs | CUPHbk | 2007 | 0521868106 | #169260A | £55.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 052133618X | #190818A | £29.99 Add to basket

Minerals and Their Localities Jan H Bernard and Hyrsl JaroslavEncyclopedic listing of every known mineral species, with paragraph-size discussions for each species, emphasizing formation conditions and major worldwide localities. ....

824 pages | 1050 Col photos | Granit| 8072960547 | #190656A | £128.00 Add to basket

Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide to the Elements John EmsleyIn this readable, informative, and fascinating guide to the elements are entries on each of the 100-odd chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from actinium to zirconium. ....

592 pages | Figs, tabs | OUPPbk | 2003 | 0198503407 | #138759A | £12.99 Add to basketPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0199605637 | #190285A | £12.99 Add to basket

New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically over the course of the last few ....

324 pages | National Academies PressPbk | 2011 | 0309157994 | #190785A | £26.99 Add to basket

Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy Edited by Patrick Moore and Robin ReesPacked with up-to-date astronomical data about the Solar System, our Galaxy and the wider Universe, this is a one-stop reference for astronomers of all levels. ....

586 pages | 35 b/w illus, 48 maps, 270 tabs | IOPHbk | 2000 | 0750306203 | #097078A | £46.99 Add to basketHbk | 2011 | 0521899354 | #190664A | £34.99 Add to basket

A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way Edward Emerson BarnardEdward Emerson Barnard's Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way was originally published in two volumes in 1927. Together these volumes contained a wealth ....

376 pages | 50 b/w illus. | CUPHbk | 2011 | 0521191432 | #190665A | £75.00 Add to basket

Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator or Spreadsheet Peter Duffett-Smith and Jonathan ZwartThis highly regarded book is ideal for those who wish to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator or spreadsheet. ....

304 pages | 110 b/w illus. 10 tabs | CUPPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0521146542 | #190662A | £24.99 Add to basket

Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Sam BoggsA concise treatment of the fundamental principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy, featuring the important physical, chemical, biological and stratigraphic characteristics ....

600 pages | B/w photos, illus, tabs, figs, maps | Pearson EducationPbk | 2011 | 0321745760 | #190481A | £56.99 Add to basket

Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology A Closer Look Edited by J Ehlers, PL Gibbard and P D M HughesThe book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major ....

1000 pages | ElsevierHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0444534474 | #190723A | £180.00 Add to basket

Reactions The Private Life of Atoms Peter AtkinsThrough an innovative, closely integrated design of images and text, and his characteristically clear, precise, and economical exposition, Peter Atkins explains the ....

256 pages | col illus | OUPHbk | NYP 09/2011 | 0199695121 | #190728A | £16.99 Add to basket

Sizing Up the Universe A New View of the Cosmos J Richard Gott III and Robert J VanderbeiThe almost unimaginably large size of many objects in the universe accounts in part for astronomy's tremendous appeal. Yet the problem of depicting a vast range of scales is ....

240 pages | 120 Colour Photographs | National GeographicHbk | 2010 | 1426206518 | #190856A | £19.99 Add to basket
































Stars and Their Spectra An Introduction to the Spectral Sequence James B KalerStellar spectroscopy is the fundamental tool for investigating the natures of stars and is central to our understanding of modern astronomy and astrophysics. Revised and ....

422 pages | 229 b/w illus, 18 tabs | CUPHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0521899540 | #190666A | £29.99 Add to basket

Thermodynamics of the Earth and Planets Alberto DouceThis textbook provides an intuitive yet mathematically rigorous introduction to the thermodynamics and thermal physics of planetary processes. It demonstrates how the ....

730 pages | 200 b/w illus. 10 tables 200 exercises | CUPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0521896215 | #190473A | £50.00 Add to basket

Tsunami Warning and Preparedness An Assessment of the U.S. Tsunami Program and the Nation's Preparedness Efforts Many coastal areas of the United States are at risk for tsunamis. After the catastrophic 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, legislation was passed to expand U.S. tsunami warning ....

296 pages | National Academies PressPbk | 2011 | 0309137535 | #190784A | £31.99 Add to basket

Wonders of the Universe TV Series Brian CoxProfessor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. ....

BBC VideoBlu-ray disc | 2011 | #190873A | £25.00 Add to basketDVD | 2011 | #190872A | £19.99 Add to basket

Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox and Andrew CohenProfessor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. 13.7 billion ....

256 pages | colour illus | Harper CollinsHbk | 2011 | 0007395825 | #190534A | £19.99 Add to basket

Sustainable Development Go to subject web page

Agrobiodiversity Management for Food Security A Critical Review Jillian M Lenné and D WoodAgrobiodiversity provides most of our food through our interaction with crops and domestic animals. Future global food security is firmly anchored in sound, science-based ....

288 pages | CABIHbk | 2011 | 1845937619 | #190616A | £75.00 Add to basket

Animate Earth Science, Intuition and Gaia - A New Scientific Story Dr Stephan Harding and Clive ArdaghThe companion DVD to Stephan Harding's book of the same title, Animate Earth is an emotional and scientific journey that explores the complexities of our relationship with ....

45 mins | Green BooksDVD | 2011 | 190032279X | #190635A | £15.00 Add to basket

Animate Earth Science, Intuition and Gaia Stephan HardingIn Animate Earth Stephan Harding explores how Gaian science can help us to develop a sense of connectedness with the 'more-than-human' world. His work is based on a careful ....

288 pages | Green BooksPbk | 2009 | 1900322544 | #190634A | £12.95 Add to basket

Building your own Sustainable and Energy Efficient House Henry SkatesMany people aspire to one day build a house for themselves but for one reason or another they have never taken the plunge. This book explains how to go about building a home ....

192 pages | Crowood PressHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1847972586 | #190547A | £16.99 Add to basket

Chernobyl The Long Shadow Chris ParkFirst published in 1989, Chernobyl: The Long Shadow offers a balanced review of what happened there, why and how it happened, and what the main lessons and implications of ....

224 pages | RoutledgeHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0415675979 | #190707A | £75.00 Add to basket

Choosing Wood Heating A Guide to Pellet, Chip and Log Heating Systems Chris LaughtonThis book includes full details of the Renewable Heat Incentive as well as covering all wood fuel technologies and heating systems - including pellet, chip and log burners, not ....

192 pages | 40 b/w illus & photos | CATPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1902175654 | #190694A | £27.99 Add to basket

Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health Edited by Stephen BattersbyClay's Handbook of Environmental Health, since its first publication in 1933, has provided a definitive guide for the environmental health practitioner, or reference for ....

896 pages | 103 tabs, 60 illus, 10 photos | Spon Press (Routledge)Hbk | 2004 | 0415318084 | #144203A | £195.00 Add to basketHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0415492858 | #190714A | £175.00 Add to basket

Confronting Collapse The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World Michael C RuppertThe world is running short of energy - especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resulting price increases, threaten industrialized civilization, the global ....

224 pages | illus | Chelsea GreenPbk | 2010 | 1603582649 | #190636A | £12.95 Add to basket































Convert Your Home to Solar Energy Joseph R Provey and Everett M BarberConsumers are clamouring for information on alternative energy; this guide has arrived at just the right time. Practical and authoritative, it is written by experts in the ....

240 pages | Col photos, b/w illus | Taunton PressPbk | 2011 | 1600852521 | #190601A | £17.99 Add to basket

Cosmic Society Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel R PrimackAfter a four-century rupture between science and the questions of value and meaning, this groundbreaking book presents an explosive and potentially ....

288 pages | 72 colour illustrations | Yale UPHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0300165080 | #190541A | £19.99 Add to basket

Disaster on the Horizon High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout Bob CavnarThis book delves into the worst oil well accident in US history, which killed eleven men and led to the current environmental and economic catastrophe on the Gulf Coast. ....

248 pages | b/w illus | Chelsea GreenPbk | 2011 | 1603583165 | #190766A | £12.50 Add to basket

Drilling Down The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma Joseph A Tainter and Tadeusz W PatzekFor more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic ....

130 pages | 40 black & white tables | Springer VerlagPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1441976760 | #190596A | £13.99 Add to basket

Earth The Operators' Manual Richard AlleySince the discovery of fire, humans have been energy users and always will be. Our mastery of energy is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom and has ....

416 pages | 8 pages of colour and 50 black-and-white illustrations | NortonHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0393081095 | #190538A | £19.99 Add to basket

Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the Western Pacific Edward GlazierAs the ecosystem-based trend in fisheries management continues to be implemented worldwide, a thorough background of this new management approach and ....

332 pages | Wiley-BlackwellHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0813821541 | #190397A | £145.00 Add to basket

The Edible Balcony Growing Fresh Produce in the Heart of the City Alex MitchellJust because you don't have any soil doesn't mean you can't eat delicious fruit and vegetables every day of the year. From an easy edible balcony that can be set up over a ....

176 pages | col. Illustrations | Kyle CathiePbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1856269469 | #190628A | £16.99 Add to basket

Elixir A Human History of Water Brian FaganThis book spans five millennia, from the beginnings of civilisation to the global water shortages of today. Our present-day interaction with this most essential resource has ....

384 pages | BloomsburyHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1408815737 | #190498A | £19.99 Add to basket

Environmental Management Ian ThomasThis book describes the main approaches to environmental management that come from the social sciences, in an Australian context. ....

376 pages | Federation PressPbk | 2011 | 1862878161 | #190718A | £41.99 Add to basket

The Essential Amory Lovins Selected Writings Amory B LovinsAmory B Lovins is one of the world's leading authorities on energy, integrative design, and their links with economy, environment, development, and security. This unique ....

384 pages | Photographs, tables, graphs, index | EarthscanHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1849712263 | #190582A | £19.99 Add to basket

Everyday Environmentalism Jason J CzarnezkiFaced with the seemingly overwhelming prospect of global climate change and its consequences, is there anything that a person can do to make a difference? 'Yes, there ....

150 pages | ELIPbk | 2011 | 1585761524 | #190508A | £28.99 Add to basket

Fish Stress and Health in Aquaculture Edited by GK Iwama, AD Pickering, J Sumpter and C SchreckThe principal themes of this book are stress and health in fish. Stress is of central concern in aquaculture, as the various stressors which accompany intensive fish ....

278 pages | 4 b/w photos, 11 line illus, 10 tabs | CUPPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0521281709 | #190414A | £21.99 Add to basket

The GM Crop Manual A World Compendium Edited by L G CoppingThis book outlines all the GM products that are currently available to growers and provides a snapshot of the world of GM crops as of October 2010. This field of crop ....

216 pages | BCPEHbk | 2010 | 1901396207 | #190749A | £114.00 Add to basket

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Grapes Edited by AF Adam-Blondon, JM Martinez-Zapater and C KoleGrapevine is a highly valuable crop worldwide, both from cultural as well as commercial point of view. One major advantage this crop has is that it is well adapted to scarce ....






























Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Potato Edited by James M Bradeen and Chittaranjan KoleIn this volume, world leaders in potato research review historical and contemporary potato research resulting in advances in nutritional quality, yield, disease and insect ....


Green Activism in Post-Socialist Europe and the Former Soviet Union Edited by Adam Fagan and JoAnn CarminGreen activism played a critical role in the downfall of Soviet-style communism in Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s. After the revolutions, environmentalists were ....

170 pages | RoutledgeHbk | 2011 | 0415668549 | #190802A | £80.00 Add to basket

Green Outcomes in the Real World Global Forces, Local Circumstances, and Sustainable Solutions Peter McMannersOver the last three decades the world economy has grown strongly on the back of 'globalization' supported by the policies of free-trade, open markets and privatisation. ....

254 pages | GowerHbk | 2010 | 0566091798 | #190691A | £74.00 Add to basket

Green Products Perspectives on Innovation and Adoption Edited by Joao Neiva De Figueiredo and Mauro F GuillenSharing successful examples of sustainable products from around the world, this book supplies in-depth analysis of key factors that affect the adoption of sustainable ....


Grow Your Food for Free Well Almost Dave HamiltonDon't like spending money in garden centres? Think you can make it yourself for a fraction of the price or find a cheaper option? Dave Hamilton shows you how. By ....

192 pages | col illus | Green BooksPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1900322897 | #190764A | £14.95 Add to basket

How to Grow Winter Vegetables Charles DowdingThis book explains how to come through winter with plenty of vegetables stored and others ready for harvest, and gives advice for growing plants through winter for eating ....

192 pages | col illus | Green BooksPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1900322889 | #190765A | £14.95 Add to basket

An Indispensable Truth Francis F ChenRecent books have raised the public consciousness about the dangers of global warming and climate change. This book is intended to convey the message that there is a ....

450 pages | 376 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables | Springer VerlagHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1441978194 | #190597A | £44.99 Add to basket

Managing Environmentally Sustainable Innovation Insights from the Construction Industry Bart BossinkA paradigm shift is happening at this moment. Firms and consumers are aware of the fact that they cause environmental pollution, depletion of resources and are responsible for ....

160 pages | 22 illus, 11 tabs | RoutledgeHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 041587971X | #190811A | £75.00 Add to basket

Metaphors for Environmental Sustainability Redefining Our Relationship with Nature Brendon LarsonScientists turn to metaphors to formulate and explain scientific concepts, but an ill-considered metaphor can lead to social misunderstandings and counterproductive ....


Methods of Analysis of Food Components and Additives Edited by Semih OtlesThis volume is a concise presentation of the state of the art in the analysis of food components. The author brings together an international team of experts to summarize key ....

512 pages | CRC PressHbk | NYP 09/2011 | 1439815526 | #189832A | £108.00 Add to basket

A New Agenda for Sustainability Edited by Kurt Aagaard Nielsen, Bo Elling, Erling Jelsoe and Maria FigueroaTwo decades after the Brundtland Commission's Report "Our Common Future" adopted the concept of 'sustainable development', this book provides a renewal of the concept ....

256 pages | b/w illus | AshgateHbk | 2010 | 0754679764 | #190692A | £65.00 Add to basket

Pests and Pathogens: Management Strategies Edited by Vudem D Reddy, Poduri N Rao and Khareedu V RaoThe need and demand to feed the ever-increasing global population pose major challenges for increasing crop productivity in an eco-friendly manner. Cultivation of crops under ....

590 pages | CRC PressHbk | 2011 | 0415665760 | #190830A | £108.00 Add to basket

Practical Guide to Environmental Management Frank B FriedmanThis book provides readers with the firm grounding in history necessary to put environmental issues in context and a practical map to avoid the pitfalls and capitalize ....

500 pages | Figs | ELIPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1585761559 | #190730A | £87.00 Add to basket

Renewable Energy Yearbook 2010 Renergy FNP Agra FNP ResearchThe intensive exploration of natural resources has begun to take a heavy toll on the environment, economic models appear to have been worn out, and major cultural and ....

432 pages | CRC PressCD | 2010 | 0415667666 | #190562A | £178.00 Add to basketHbk | 2010 | 0415667631 | #190561A | £210.00 Add to basket






























Renewable Energy Yearbook 2011 Renergy FNP Agra FNP ResearchThis yearbook maps out the renewable energy sector in Brazil, identifying potential, obstacles, and perspectives. Besides the now traditional ethanol and biodiesel, the book ....

432 pages | CRC PressCD | NYP 06/2011 | 0415667704 | #190721A | £178.00 Add to basketHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0415667690 | #190720A | £210.00 Add to basket

Scarcity and Frontiers How Economies Have Evolved Through Natural Resource Exploitation Edward B BarbierThroughout much of history, a critical driving force behind global economic development has been the response of society to the scarcity of key natural resources. Increasing ....

768 pages | 46 b/w illus, 42 tabs | CUPHbk | 2010 | 0521877733 | #190745A | £65.00 Add to basketPbk | 2010 | 0521701651 | #190746A | £29.99 Add to basket

The Secret Life of Stuff A Manual for a New Material World Julie HillWould you like: products that don't damage the environment? A better way of life without agonising about your 'footprint'? To really know your stuff? Climate change? Biofuels? ....

368 pages | VintagePbk | 2011 | 0099546582 | #190604A | £8.99 Add to basket

Solar Technology The Earthscan Expert Guide to Using Solar Energy for Heating, Cooling and Electricity Lars AndrenSolar energy is free, abundant and sustainable, with many methods existing to harness it. This guide is an essential introduction to the subject, explaining how the ....

192 pages | col photos, illus, maps | EarthscanHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1849711097 | #190778A | £34.99 Add to basket

Sustainability in Austerity How Local Government Can Deliver During Times of Crisis Philip MonaghanAs the economic crisis of 2008/09 unfolded, it became apparent that the huge mountains of debt being built up by central governments were unsustainable and that savage cuts ....

256 pages | GreenleafPbk | 2010 | 1906093571 | #190747A | £27.50 Add to basket

Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies Edited by Noureddine BenkebliaFocusing on the use of new biotechnologies to create more sustainable agriculture within the framework of global environmental changes, this reference highlights developments in ....


The Sustainable Self A Personal Approach to Sustainability Education Paul MurrayAchieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time. It is not an issue confined to a particular subject area or to certain jobs. It is a way ....

240 pages | Photographs, figures, tables, graphs | EarthscanPbk | 2011 | 1849712409 | #190583A | £16.99 Add to basket

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Business and Enterprise Edited by Joshua BishopThis book is a further key output of TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity). It provides important new evidence of growing corporate concern about ....

224 pages | EarthscanHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 1849712514 | #190200A | £39.99 Add to basket

Tourist Destination Governance Practice, Theory and Issues Edited by E Laws, H Richins, JF Agrusa and N ScottManaging and co-ordinating tourism in a destination requires the organisation and co-operation of a large number of sectors - businesses, local authorities and ....

240 pages | CABIHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1845937945 | #190618A | £65.00 Add to basket

Transition in Action Totnes and District 2030, an Energy Descent Action Plan Jacqi Hodgson and Rob HopkinsThis is a lively and colourful community-based guide to reducing local dependence on fossil fuels and reducing the local carbon footprint over the next 20 years, a period ....

300 pages | col illus | Green BooksPbk | 2010 | 1900322854 | #190633A | £19.99 Add to basket

The Vegetable Growers Handbook Frank TozerThis highly practical book contains all the information you need to successfully grow more than 50 common vegetables. There are specific step-by-step instructions for each ....

192 pages | illus | Chelsea GreenPbk | 2010 | 0977348938 | #190637A | £16.95 Add to basket

Water Power and Water Mills An Historical Guide Jonathan BrownThe sight of the watermill is evocative of rural Britain - the wheel turning gently to grind corn. However, that is only part of the story of the harnessing of the power of ....

192 pages | 163 colour photographs and drawings | Crowood PressHbk | 2011 | 1847972438 | #190578A | £24.99 Add to basket

Wind Power Workshop Building Your Own Wind Turbine Hugh PiggottThis fully revised edition of includes the author's thoughts about wind turbine construction, thirty new additional illustrations and an expanded and vastly superior ....

208 pages | 100 b/w illus & photos | CATPbk | 2011 | 190217562X | #190693A | £33.00 Add to basket






























The Zero Carbon House Martin Godfrey Cook'Zero Carbon' is an abstract concept for most people, but we have lived energy-profiligate lifestyles for too long on finite fossil-fuel resources. We now face ....

160 pages | Crowood PressHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1847972624 | #190579A | £16.99 Add to basket

Data Analysis Go to subject web page

Bayesian Model Selection and Statistical Modeling Tomohiro AndoBayesian model selection is a fundamental part of the Bayesian statistical modeling process. The quality of these solutions usually depends on the goodness of the ....

300 pages | 46 illus, 13 tabs | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)Hbk | 2010 | 1439836140 | #190573A | £63.99 Add to basket

Practical Statistical Methods A SAS Programming Approach Lakshmi PadgettThis reference presents a broad range of statistical methods for a diverse audience. It first introduces fundamental concepts from statistics and then discusses data analysis ....


R Graphics Paul MurrellIn today's world of statistical computing, R is the program of choice for tens of thousands of statisticians, which is why R Graphics is sure to become an instant ....

552 pages | 233 illus, 27 tabs | CRC PressHbk | 2006 | 158488486X | #158607A | £56.99 Add to basketHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1439831769 | #190719A | £49.99 Add to basket

Systems Biology Simulation of Dynamic Network States Bernhard O Palsson and Marc AbramsBiophysical models have been used in biology for decades, but they have been limited in scope and size. In this book, Bernhard O. Palsson shows how network reconstructions that ....


Reference Go to subject web page

Collection Development in the Digital Age Edited by Maggie Fieldhouse and Audrey MarshallThe last decade has seen profound changes in how library collections are developed and managed, driven by a rapidly evolving market place, more sophisticated user-expectations ....

224 pages | FacetPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 1856047466 | #190610A | £49.95 Add to basket

E-books in Academic Libraries Ksenija Mincic-ObradovicWritten from the perspective of a librarian, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of e-books on academic libraries. The author discusses advantages to both ....

200 pages | Chandos PublishingPbk | 2010 | 1843345862 | #190550A | £56.50 Add to basket

Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings Vanda BroughtonLCSH are increasingly seen as 'the' English language controlled vocabulary, despite their lack of a theoretical foundation, and their evident US bias. In mapping exercises ....

192 pages | FacetPbk | NYP 08/2011 | 1856046184 | #190609A | £34.95 Add to basket

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms Updated to contain over 110,000 definitions from 100 areas of science and technology. ....

2500 pages | McGraw HillHbk | 2002 | 007042313X | #129870A | £95.00 Add to basketHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0071608990 | #190424A | £169.99 Add to basket

Peer Review and Scientific Assessment A Handbook for Funding Agencies Alan Moghissi, Betty Love and Sorin StrajaPeer review and assessment are vital elements in numerous scientific decisions, particularly scientific publishing, research funding and regulatory science. This ....


























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