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Wildlife of Australia

by Iain Campbell and Sam Woods Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
04/2013
ISBN:
9780691153537
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Pbk 288 pages

Ideal for the nature-loving traveller, Wildlife of Australia is a handy photographic pocket guide to the most widely seen birds,...

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Geometry in Nature

by John Blackwood Floris Books
Pub Date:
09/2012
ISBN:
9780863159213
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Pbk 288 pages

From the simplest observations in nature to detailed measuring of intricate forms, we find geometry everywhere in the world around...

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Metamorphosis of Plants

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The MIT Press
Pub Date:
09/2009
ISBN:
9780262013093
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Hbk 156 pages

The Metamorphosis of Plants, originally published in 1790, was Goethe's first major attempt to describe what he called in a letter...

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Darwin in Galapagos: Footsteps to a New World

by K Thalia Grant and Gregory B Estes Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
11/2009
ISBN:
9780691142104
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Hbk 376 pages

In 1835, during his voyage on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin spent several weeks in Galápagos exploring the islands and making extensive...

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Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case that Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature

by D Graham Burnett Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
10/2007
ISBN:
9780691129501
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Hb+ 304 pages

In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, "Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is...

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Parrots: The Animal Answer Guide

by Matt Cameron Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub Date:
06/2012
ISBN:
9781421405445
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Pb+ 272 pages

Have you ever wondered what parrots eat in the wild? Or why so many species live in the Amazon? How intelligent are parrots? What...

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Snakes: Ecology and Conservation

by Stephen J Mullin and Richard A Seigel Cornell University Press
Pub Date:
05/2009
ISBN:
9780801445651
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Hbk 376 pages

Destruction of habitat due to urban sprawl, pollution, and deforestation has caused population declines or even extinction of...

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How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin's Finches

by Peter R Grant and B Rosemary Grant Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
10/2007
ISBN:
9780691133607
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Hb+ 256 pages

Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galápagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that...

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Parrots: The Animal Answer Guide

by Matt Cameron Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub Date:
08/2012
ISBN:
9781421405438
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Hb+ 272 pages

Have you ever wondered what parrots eat in the wild? Or why so many species live in the Amazon? How intelligent are parrots? What...

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Better to Eat You With: Fear in the Animal World

by Joel Berger University of Chicago Press
Pub Date:
09/2008
ISBN:
9780226043630
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Hbk 360 pages

At dawn on a brutally cold January morning, Joel Berger crouched in the icy grandeur of the Teton Range. It had been three years...

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Mammals of North America 2ed

by Roland W Kays and Don E Wilson Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
11/2009
ISBN:
9780691140926
Format:
Pb+ 248 pages

The best-selling field guide that "sets new standards" (New Scientist) and "makes all other field guides for mammals of the United...

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Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia

by Robert Burton and John Croxall Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
08/2012
ISBN:
9780691156613
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Pbk 200 pages

South Georgia is rich in wildlife and spectacular scenery, and it is a prime destination spot on most Antarctic tours. This beautifully...

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Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery

by Steve Nicholls University of Chicago Press
Pub Date:
04/2009
ISBN:
9780226583402
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The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. The skies were filled with...

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From Where I Sit: Essays on Bees, Beekeeping, and Science

by Mark L. Winston Comstock Publishing As
Pub Date:
06/1998
ISBN:
9780801484780
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A scientist before he was a beekeeper, Mark L. Winston found in his new hobby a paradigm for understanding the role science should...

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Birds of Western North America: A Photographic Guide

by Paul Sterry and Brian E Small Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
09/2009
ISBN:
9780691134284
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Pb+ 416 pages

Combining informative and accessible text, up-to-date maps, and - above all - tunning color photographs, this is the best and...

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Congratulations Darrell LewisFriday, Jun 07, 2013

Darrell Lewis's 'A Wild History : Life and Death on the Victoria River Frontier', has been shortlisted for the Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award.

Michael Ruse LectureThursday, Jun 06, 2013

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