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01/09/2010

Natural History

View larger image of 'Life Stories'Attenborough, David -  Life Stories
I listened to some of the programmes in this series on the Radio and as always enjoyed the author’s style and content in these twenty 10 minute talks. So I was pleased to come across some copies of the book to accompany the series which not only has the verbal gems but enhanced with many colour photos. The giant arum Rafflesia is the only plant covered but the rest cover an exceptionally wide an interesting range of topics. 2009 10 x 7 ¾ 224 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Extremely slight wear to dust jacket (RRP £20), New
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Attenborough, David -  Life in the Undergrowth
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Badger & Netherton -  Frogs
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Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Bailey & Keene-Young -  Okavango - a journey
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Baines, Chris -  How to Make a Wildlife Garden
A pioneer book on the subject, first published in 1983, this is the updated edition, and covers all aspects of how to make your garden much more rewarding by attracting the widest range of wildlife possible. 11 x 8 ¼ 2000 Frances Lincoln 192 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
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Baker, Nick -  British wildlife - A Month by Month guide
Covers all aspects of what might be encountered with many colour illustrations. 2003 11 x 8 ½ 160 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
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Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Baker, Nick -  Bug Book
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View larger image of 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year - 2'BBC -  Wildlife Photographer of the Year - 2
The winners of the 1992 competition, with a glorious selection of pictures of all types of wildlife. 158 pages 1993 Fountain Press 10 ¼ x 10 ¼
 
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)17.50
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View larger image of 'The Garden Bird Year'Beddard, Roy -  The Garden Bird Year
A season by season guide to the birds that might be found in gardens, well illustrated with colour illustrations to aid identification, along with other helpful suggestions for attracting them. 2001 10 ¼ x 7 ¾ 128 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
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View larger image of 'The Natural Gardener'Bourne, Val -  The Natural Gardener
Describes her approach to combining a beautiful garden with the needs of wildlife to the forefront, organised by a calendar of the year. 9 ¼ x 7 2004 Frances Lincoln 168 pages
 
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Burton, Robert -  Garden Bird Behaviour
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View larger image of 'Last Chance To See'Carwardine & Fry -  Last Chance To See
The book to accompany the TV series, where the author retraces in six episodes his trips of 20 years ago with Douglas Adams – this time in the company of Stephen Fry - where they visited some of the most endangered and fascinating creatures of the world. Well illustrated with many colour photos. 2009 10 x 7 ¾ 320 pages
 
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Comments: Very slight wear to dust jacket (RRP £20), New
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Chinery -  The Natural History of the Garden
If you want to know about any aspect of natural history that is going on in your garden, then this is the most comprehensive book I know of. Very good. 287 pages plus 24 plates of colour illustrations. 1977 9 ¼ x 5 ¾.
 
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)10.00
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View larger image of 'Indonesia - The National Parks and Other Wild Places'Cochrane & Cubitt -  Indonesia - The National Parks and Other Wild Places
A popular guide to a fascinating and only partly well known area, giving details of the main areas of natural beauty and when to go, what to see, and other practical details, illustrated with many good colour photos which show the wonderful scenery, plants and wildlife that can be found there (including under the sea) – a very appealing book that makes you want to go there! 2000 11 ¾ x 9 ¼ 176 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: ,  (RRP £19.99), New
Price: £(GBP)12.00
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Couzens, Dominic -  The Complete Back Garden Birdwatcher
The title says it all! Full details of what might be seen, how to attract it and what to look out for. 2005 11 ¼ x 9 176 pages
 
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View larger image of 'Namaqualand - a succulent desert'Cowling & Pierce & Patterson-Jones -  Namaqualand - a succulent desert
This fascinating book takes in all aspects of how plants cope with their environment in this fascinating part of South Africa. Lavishly illustrated with colour photos, the native fauna is not ignored, either. 156 pages. 1999 12 x 10 ¾
 
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Cubitt and Payne -  Wild Malaysia
An absolutely stunning book of this region which whilst including much more than just plants, does have more coverage than many books of this type. Wonderful colour photos. 208 pages 1999 13 x 9 ¾
 
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Cubitt, Mountfort & Tyabji -  Wild India
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Cover: Softcover
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Dalton, Stephen -  Secret Worlds
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View larger image of 'The Origin of Species'Darwin, Charles -  The Origin of Species
You can get a good understanding of how this genius approached his ideas from this inexpensive reprint of his famous classic. 1996 7 ¾ x 5 392 pages
 
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Elias -  Rocky Mountains
Published by the Smithsonian Institute, this is a readable account of all aspects of the Natural History of the area, with nearly 40 pages covering the plants. 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ 2002 164 pages plus 16 pages of colour photos
 
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Farrant -  Colour in Nature
Whilst only two sections of 30 pages are specifically on plants, if you are interested in nature you will find this a fascinating book. 202 pages with over 300 well reproduced colour photos. 1997 12 ½ x 9 ¾
 
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Fitzharris, Tim -  Close-Up Photography in Nature
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Funston & Borchett -  Spirit of the Bush
A general natural history of the area, very well illustrated with colour photos. 120 pages 2000 12 x 11
 
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Golley, Mark -  The Complete Garden Wildlife Book
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Cover: Softcover
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View larger image of 'Insects and Gardens - In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology'Grissell, Eric -  Insects and Gardens - In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology
With our greater appreciation of the function and critical importance of all aspects of the environment to our and the world’s well being, this book helps by explaining the types of insects we encounter in our gardens, then goes on to explain how they interact with both the plants and each other, before going on to explain how we can encourage them in our garden for both their use and our appreciation.. Well illustrated with many fascinating colour photographs. TIMBER PRESS BOOK 2001 9 x 6 345 pages
 
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Hamilton, Garry -  Frog Rescue
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View larger image of 'The National Parks and other wild places of the Philippines'Hicks -  The National Parks and other wild places of the Philippines
A popular guide to a beautiful and little known area, giving details of over 35 areas of natural beauty about when to go, what to see, and other practical details, illustrated with many good colour photos which show the wonderful scenery, plants and wildlife that can be found there (including under the sea) – a very appealing book that makes you want to go there! 2002 11 ¾ x 9 ¼ 176 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
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Price: £(GBP)12.00
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Hinde, Gerald -  Big Five of Africa
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Huxley, Anthony -  Green Inheritance
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Lewis, Pam -  Making Wildflower Meadows
An account of the several wildflower meadows the author has made in her garden, and gives good guidance for others to follow. 9 ¼ x 7 2003 Frances Lincoln 160 pages
 
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View larger image of 'Between Two Shores'McMahon & Fraser -  Between Two Shores
The follow-up to their “A Fynbos Year” this book is the same wonderful combination of Liz McMahon’s charming paintings and Michael Fraser’s insight, this time concentrating on the Cape of Good Hope. Again a mixture of natural history there is good coverage of plants, which is irresistible when seen! 1994 11 x 8 ½ 192 pages
 
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View larger image of 'A Fynbos Year'McMahon & Fraser -  A Fynbos Year
Just occasionally I come across a book that I feel is exceptional, and this is one. The charming paintings by Liz MaMahon of plants and animals are most appealing, and the text by Michael Fraser is fascinating – when I read “.. our first impression, that Fynbos looked much like the Scottish moorlands we had lately abandoned … On the day our motorbike was overtaken by a speeding Ostrich any remaining doubts were dispelled.” I knew this was something special! Although it covers all natural history, there is quite a large coverage of the plants. 1988 11 x 8 ½ 162 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
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Price: £(GBP)23.00
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Mitchell -  Loch Lomondside
Following the standard New Naturalist format, this covers all aspects of this popular, attractive and accessible location. 232 pages 2001 8 ½ x 5 ¾
 
Cover: Softcover
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Mohlenbrock -  This Land - A Guide to Central National Forests
One of a series of three books, part travelogue, part guide book, which looks at the 155 national forests across the USA., with this volume detailing those in the the central region with description of the forest itself along with visitor information. 2006 9 x 6 387 pages plus 16 pages of colour photos
 
Cover: Softcover
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Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Morris et al -  Wild Africa
The BBC book which accompanied the TV series, whilst primarily a marvellous book of the animals, it does include some of the more remarkable plants from the continent such as Welwitschsias and the alpine plants of East Africa. 240 pages 2001 11 ¼ x 10
 
Cover: Hardback
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Moss & Cotteridge -  Attracting Birds to your Garden
A good introduction to what to do and what might be seen. Many colour illustrations. 1998 11 x 8 ½ 160 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Some wear to the cover (RRP £12.99), New
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Moss, Stephen -  The Garden Bird Handbook
Tells you what facilities to provide to make your garden more attractive to birds along with which you might see and when, all well illustrated in colour. 2003 11 x 8 ¼ 160 pages
 
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Comments: , Very minor wear to cover (RRP £12.99), New
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Oldfield -  Rainforest
Looks at the various rainforests around the world area by area, with plants given a greater degree of coverage than sometimes in these books. Marvellous pictures. 160 pages 2002 13 x 9 ¾
 
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Comments: Some wear to dust jacket (RRP £24.99), New
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View larger image of 'Deserts - the living drylands'Oldfield, Sara -  Deserts - the living drylands
Another magnificent book from this author, which looks at the dry areas around the world – from America through Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East and Asia to Australia, and looks at the plants and animals without overlooking the people. Illustrated with many good quality and mainly quite large format pictures. This book will interest both those who want to know about this extreme type pf world environment, as well as those who grow plants from these areas. 2004 12 ¾ x 10 160 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Ombler -  The National Parks and Other Wild Places of New Zealand The National Parks and Other Wild Places of New Zealand
A popular guide to this beautiful and popular area, giving details of 35 areas of natural beauty about when to go, what to see, and other practical details, illustrated with many good colour photos which show the wonderful scenery, plants and wildlife that can be found there – a very appealing book that makes you want to go there! 2001 11 ¾ x 9 ¼ 176 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)17.50
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O'Shea, Mark -  Venomous Snakes of the World
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O'Shea, Mark -  Boas & Pythons of the World
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Packenham (Introduction), Chris -  Nature's Calendar
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Packham, Chris -  Wild Side of Town
Another magnificent book from this author, which looks at the dry areas around the world – from America through Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East and Asia to Australia, and looks at the plants and animals without overlooking the people. Illustrated with many good quality and mainly quite large format pictures. This book will interest both those who want to know about this extreme type of world environment, as well as those who grow plants from these areas. 2004 12 ¾ x 10 160 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
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Price: £(GBP)8.50
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Preston-Mafham -  Madagascar
A superb book which, although mostly covering the animal life of the island, does have a 20 page section that concentrates on the plants. Very well illustrated with many good colour photos from this expert wildlife photographer. 1991 12 ¼ x 9 224 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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Reader's Digest -  Guide to Britain's Wildlife, Plants & Flowers
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Cover: Softcover
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Richards -  The Best of East African Wildlife
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Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover
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Ross & Reesor -  Predator
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Very slight wear to dust jacket (RRP £19.95), New
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Ryrie, Charlie -  Wildlife Gardening (Daily Telegraph Book)
Encourage the full range of wildlife in to your garden with this book, which tells you which plants provide the most benefit, as well as other features. Many colour photos show you what you could achieve. 2003 10 ¼ x 7 ½ 192 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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View larger image of 'Northwest California - A Natural History'Sawyer, John -  Northwest California - A Natural History
A serious look at this perhaps the least spoil area of California, published by the University of California Press and written by a professor of Botany. 2006 9 ¼ x 6 247 pages plus 8 pages of colour photos.
 
Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover
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Schultz -  The Northwest Coast - a Natural History
Covers the region from Cape Mendocino in California to Cape Flattery in Washington, and looks at the overall plant and animal communities from a synthesis of geology, climate and oceanography. A unique book. 1990 9 x 6 389 pages plus 12 pages of colour photos. Timber Press
 
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Price: £(GBP)8.00
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Sinclair & Ryan -  Complete Photographic Field Guide - Birds of Southern Africa
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Sinclair & Ryan -  Birds of Africa south of the Sahara
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Spedding, Colin & Geoffrey -  The Natural History of a Garden
This book opens our eyes to the wealth of wildlife that inhabits our gardens (whether we are aware of it or not!), and guides us how to find and cherish it. 2003 9 ¼ x 6 245 pages
 
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Tallamy, Douglas -  Bringing Nature Home
An American Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology looks at the relationship between plants and insects and other wildlife, and the impact our human actions are having on it. He looks at how we can change the way we garden, and what we grow in it to help to protect what remains of their vital interaction in man made landscapes Well illustrated with colour photos. 2007 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ 288 pages
 
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Taylor & Young -  Photographing Garden Wildlife
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Taylor & Young -  Photographing Garden Wildlife
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Taylor, Green & Farndon -  The Big Bug Book
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View larger image of 'The Nature of Britain'Titchmarsh, Alan -  The Nature of Britain
A very attractively produced guide to the more commonly encountered plants and animals, based on the TV series, organised by eight habitat type from coast through to town so wherever you’re going you can do some research as to what you might see before you go – or lookup afterwards. Well illustrated and helpfully presented. 2007 11 x 8 ¾ 336 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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View larger image of 'British Isles - A Natural History'Titchmarsh, Alan -  British Isles - A Natural History
Explains the history to our natural history, from the geology history through mans impact on the scenery and flora and fauna. Based on the TV series, it is well illustrated with colour photos. 2004 11 x 8 ¾ 216 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Very slight wear to dust jacket (RRP £19.99), New
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