Natural History
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ShukerNature (Book 2): Living Gorgons, Bottled Homunculi, and Other Monstrous Blog BeastsHere be monsters Following the success of his first ShukerNature book, world-famous cryptozoologist Dr Karl Shuker is now inviting readers to pay a second visit in hard-copy format to his long-running, award-winning blog--which for over a decade has been uniquely uncovering and documenting the...
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Bats of Southern and Central Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis, Second EditionThis revised edition of a book first published in 2010 supplements the original account of the 116 bat species then known to be found in Southern and Central Africa with an additional eight newly described species. The chapters on evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation...
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Invasive Aliens: The Plants and Animals from Over There That Are Over Here'The story of "invasive species" is really the story of human history, and Eatherley tells it with great verve ... Fascinating' Daily Telegraph A unique history of plant and animal invaders of the British isles spanning thousands of years of arrivals and escapes, as...
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The Re-Origin of Species: A Second Chance for Extinct AnimalsJournalist Torill Kornfeldt travelled the world to meet the scientists working to bring extinct animals back from the dead. Along the way, she has seen the mammoth that has been frozen for 20,000 years, and visited the places where these furry giants will live...
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Monster Hike: A 100-Mile Inquiry Into the Sasquatch MysteryThis is the true story of two journeys - one of the mind, one of the body. The journey of the mind was from curiosity to belief to knowledge of one of the enduring mysteries of our time: the existence of sasquatches. Avrel Seale...
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Simple Methods of Making IncreaseAuthor: Wally ShawPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublished: 01/04/2015Pages: 28Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.06dISBN: 9781908904751This title is not returnable
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A Beekeeper's Year: A Practical Guide to Caring for Bees and BeehivesA Beekeeper's Year follows the progress of three novice beekeepers with three different types of hive, as they navigate their way through their first year of beekeeping. Follow their journey as they set up and manage their Top Bar, Warr and Flow hives -...
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Middle Age: A Natural HistoryDavid Bainbridge is a vet with a particular interest in evolutionary zoology - and he has just turned forty. As well as the usual concerns about greying hair, failing eyesight and goldfish levels of forgetfulness, he finds himself pondering some bigger questions: have I...
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Collected Works of John Muir, Naturalist (complete and unabridged), including: The Mountains of California (illustrated in B&W), Stickeen: The Story oJohn Muir (1838- 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and the modern day "patron saint of ecology". His writings on his adventures in the various wildernesses of America have been enjoyed by millions. His ecological activism helped to preserve many of the national...
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Where Do Camels Belong?: Why Invasive Species Aren't All BadWhere do camels belong? In the Arab world is the obvious answer. But they are relative newcomers there. They evolved and lived for tens of millions of years in North America, while today they retain their greatest diversity in South America and have their...
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The Honey Factory: Inside the Ingenious World of BeesBee hives. They might look at first glance like seething anarchy, but the bees know exactly what they are doing. With astounding skill, precise expertise and impressive teamwork they carry out their plans. The Honey Factory plunges the reader into the life of a...
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Transformations: Harriet and Helena Scott, Colonial Sydney's Finest Natural History PaintersThe fascinating story of the Scott sisters, who transformed nature into art in their extraordinary paintings of butterflies and moths, is told here for the first time.With their collecting boxes, notebooks, and paintbrushes, Harriet and Helena Scott entered the masculine worlds of science and...
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Following Fifi: My Adventures Among Wild Chimpanzees: Lessons from Our Closest RelativesAn exhilarating quest into a remote African forest to examine chimpanzees and understand the roots of human behavior. As a young student, John Crocker embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, spending eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He followed...
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The Handbook of NatureThis completely updated edition of The Handbook of Nature provides scientific answers to questions that arise when looking at the world around us. This book examines the relationship between humans and nature, specifically, it explains how natural phenomena/disasters influence the way we live and...
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On Becoming Lost: A Naturalist's Search for MeaningThis book is for anyone who has found solace in the forests, meadows and wilderness. Johnson sees--and conveys to the reader--that the natural world is a mentor, curative and friend. Her writing encourages us to slow down, appreciate the earth's rich beauty, and, in...
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Mountains and Marshes: Exploring the Bay Area's Natural HistoryDescribed as a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention to one of the most distinctive corners of California: the San Francisco Bay Area. Weaving a...
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Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos Vol. 2 (Loa #286): The Invisible Pyramid, the Night Country, Essays from the StarAn eminent paleontologist with the soul and skill of a poet, Loren Eiseley (1907-1977) was among the twentieth century's greatest inheritors of the literary tradition of Henry David Thoreau, Charles Darwin, and John Muir, and a precursor to such later writers as Stephen Jay...
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Animal Tracking: A Waterproof Folding Guide to Animal Tracking & BehaviorAn essential guide for any novice or expert outdoorsman, Animal Tracking will help readers to identify the feeding signs, tracks, scats, burrows, dens, bedding areas and rubbings of North America's most common mammals. This Duraguide(R) also includes information on making casts of tracks and...
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Highest Mountain, Smallest Star: A Visual Compendium of WondersAn exploration of natural and manmade wonders told through stunning Victorian-style infographics. Do you know how tall the tallest mountain on Earth is? Or how deep the deepest ocean goes? Have you ever wondered how a dinosaur would measure up against the Great Pyramid...
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El origen de las especies (Spanish Edition)Este libro de Darwin introduce la teor a cient fica de que las poblaciones evolucionan durante el transcurso de las generaciones mediante un proceso conocido como selecci n natural. Present pruebas de que la diversidad de la vida surgi de la descendencia com n...
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