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Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It"s weirder than we are capable of imagining. In this breathtakingly audacious book, Simon Barnes opens our eyes to the real marvels of the planet we live on.
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Short Books
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2014-10-02
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'After Mark Cocker’s glorious book, you will never look at a blackberry bush the same way again.' Philip Hoare, New Statesman In 2001 Mark Cocker moved to Claxton, a small village in Norfolk. In a series of daily writings spanning the course of a year he explores his...
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Vintage Digital
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2014-10-02
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Marine pollution occurs today in varied forms--chemical, industrial, and agricultural-and the sources of pollution are endless. In recent history, we've seen oil spills, untreated sewage, eutrophication, invasive species, heavy metals, acidification, radioactive...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-10-01
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This volume discusses the general physics of debris flows and various approaches to modeling - including the SEGMENT-Landslide approach – as well as the pros and cons of these approaches and how other approaches are sub-sets of the SEGMENT-Landslide approach. In...
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Springer
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2014-09-29
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Charismatic David Kennard lives a life most people can only dream about. Farming on a spectacularly beautiful part of the Devon coast he has an almost telepathic bond with nature and with his working sheepdogs. His is a life filled with daily challenges, from the...
Editeur :
Headline
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2014-09-25
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A fascinating look at the insect world found in one field in France - and how important that world is to all of us - from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellerA Sting in the Tale In 2003 Dave Goulson bought a derelict farm in the heart of rural France, together with...
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Vintage Digital
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2014-09-04
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Our peculiarly British obsession with gardens goes back a long way and Plants: From Roots to Riches takes us back to where it all began. Across 25 vivid episodes, Kathy Willis, Kew's charismatic Head of Science, shows us how the last 250 years transformed our...
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John Murray
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2014-08-28
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Of all animals, horses are believed to have the greatest ability to mirror human emotions, and their natural empathy can be a powerful antidote to human stress. In horses that have been rescued, the ability to connect and give back to those who saved them is...
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E-Penguin
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2014-08-27
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The first introductory palaeontology text which demonstrates the importance of selected fossil groups in geological and biological studies, particularly in understanding evolutionary patterns, palaeoenvironmental analysis, and stratigraphy. Part one explores several key...
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Wiley
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2014-08-15
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In 1966 Will Cohu's grandparents moved to Bramble Carr, a remote cottage on the Yorkshire moors. The summers and winters he spent there were full of freedom and light; only after childhood ended was he aware of the price the adults had paid for life in this most...
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Vintage Digital
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2014-07-31
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Discover the memoir that inspired the major new film starring Claire Foy and Brendan GleesonThe hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life. An instant international bestseller and prize-winning...
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Vintage Digital
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2014-07-31
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The book is the outcome of a unique venture: a team of Chinese geographers and a team of American geographers collaborated on a new Comparative Geography of China and the United States.The book meets a high demand for comparative information about China and the United...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-07-17
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GeoJournal Library
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Feral and stray domestic cats occupy many different habitats. They can resist dehydration for months by relying exclusively on the tissue water of their prey allowing them to colonize remote deserts and other inhospitable places. They thrive and reproduce in humid...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2014-07-16
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This book presents the latest research developments in geoinformation science, which includes all the sub-disciplines of the field, such as: geomatic engineering, GIS, remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, digital cartography, etc.
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-07-08
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
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Britain has some of the most beautiful woodland in the world, with some of the most beautiful inhabitants. All year round, the trees in forests, copses and wastelands offer our feathered friends food, shelter and a place to congregate and show-off. Now, in this...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2014-06-26
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An invaluable reference and exceptionally usable guide to the mammals of India
Covering the rich diversity of mammal species in India, from tigers, elephants, rhinos and whales to primates, rodents and bats, Indian Mammals is a comprehensive, field-ready and illustrated...
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Hachette India
Parution :
2014-06-20
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This is the remarkable true story of a young man's initiation in the Himalayas. David Manners was trekking in Nepal when he stumbled upon the mountain home of a jhankri, or Nepalese shaman. The jhankri accepted David as his pupil, and so began the next stage of David's...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2014-06-05
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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and plant lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live.Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to commonly found woody plants in the region. It features...
Editeur :
Timber Press
Parution :
2014-06-03
Collection :
A Timber Press Field Guide
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_________________'BRITAIN'S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER' - THE TIMESWINNER OF THE THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2015What really goes on in the long grass?Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow’s life from January to December, together with its...
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Transworld Digital
Parution :
2014-05-22
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This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Third World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in June 2014. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in three full-color volumes and one mono-color...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-05-21
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