Wildlife
Malay Archipelago
By Alfred Russel Wallace
Paperback
Published 01-Jul-2010
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ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE'S The Malay Archipelago is a work of astounding breadth and originality that chronicles the British naturalist's scientific exploration of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and New Guinea between 1854 and 1862.
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Extinct Boids
By Ralph Steadman
Hardback
Published 25-Oct-2012
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Cartoonist and national treasure Ralph Steadman's unique take on a variety of extinct birds ...
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Planet in a Pebble
By Jan Zalasiewicz
Paperback
Published 22-Mar-2012
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In this narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, Jan Zalasiewicz shows how many events in the Earth's ancient past can be deciphered from a single pebble. He explores how geologists reach deep into the past by forensic analysis of even the tiniest amounts of mineral matter, demonstrating and revealing Earth's extraordinary story.
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Land
By Jacquetta Hawkes
Hardback
Published 07-Jun-2012
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The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing - reissues of long-lost seminal works. The titles have been chosen by one of Britain's best known and highly-acclaimed nature writers, Robert Macfarlane, who has also written new introductions that put these classics into a modern context.
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Weeds
By Richard Mabey Mabey Richard
Paperback
Published 08-Mar-2012
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Ever since the first human settlements 10,000 years ago, weeds have dogged our footsteps. They are there as the punishment of 'thorns and thistles' in "Genesis" and, two millennia later, as a symbol of "Flanders Field". The author examines how we have tried to define them, explain their persistence, and draw moral lessons from them.
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Emerald Planet
By David Beerling
Paperback
Published 25-Sep-2008
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The Emerald Planet is the tale of our world's past - and future - as revealed by plants. Over the immensity of geological time, plants have been powerful agents of change, shaping the climate, the planet, and affecting the evolutionary path of all life. Here, David Beerling tells how.
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Stick Book
By Fiona Danks
Paperback
Published 15-Mar-2012
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Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield offer suggestions for things to do with a stick, in the way of adventures and bushcraft, creative and imaginative play, games, woodcraft and conservation, music and more.
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To the River
By Olivia Laing
Hardback
Published 05-Apr-2012
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'A gentle, wise and riddling book. Its prose, like the river it describes, flows intricately, unpredictably and often beautifully, carrying the fascinated reader onwards' Robert McFarlane
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From Above and Below
By Yann Arthus Bertrand
Hardback
Published 07-May-2013
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Ranging from the arctic to the tropics, from largescale views of Australia's barrier reef to close-up images of sea turtles, this title offers insight into the many challenges, such as over-fishing and pollution, facing the oceans today. It offers a portrait of the global issue of sustainable development.
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Big New Yorker Book of Dogs
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Published 29-Nov-2012
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Suitable for dog lovers, from the greatest magazine in the world, an irresistible anthology of long-form essays, short humour pieces, poems, fiction, and cartoons.
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