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Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance. A Fabulous Kingdom charts these quests and the eventual race for the North Pole, chronicling the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-06-01
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In this revelatory book, Callum Roberts uses his lifetime's experience working with the oceans to show why they are the most mysterious places on earth, their depths still largely unexplored.In The Ocean of Life we get a panoramic tour beneath the seas: Why do currents...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2012-05-31
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From the Pryor Mountain Mustang to the Tennessee Walking Horse, North America is home to an amazing variety of horses. In this lavish, photograph-filled guide, Judith Dutson provides 96 in-depth profiles that include each breed’s history, special uses,...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2012-05-07
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The classic, No.1 bestselling and much-loved memoir by Hannah Hauxwell about life in remote Yorkshire in the 1970s.'The world's favourite Daleswoman' YORKSHIRE POST'She brings the reader back to the essentials' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS'Hannah's humility, simplicity and...
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Orion
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2012-05-03
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EMMA GRAY'S NEW BOOK 'MY FARMING LIFE' ('A HEARTWARMING TALE OF LIFE ON THE LAND' Alan Titchmarsh) IS OUT NOWWhat happens when you swap 'I do' for pastures new?When twenty-three-year-old shepherdess Emma Gray breaks off her engagement, the chance to take over an...
Editeur :
Sphere
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2012-04-26
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"If there was a price placed on clean water we might start treating it like it has value. Maybe when it's gone we'll realize we can't drink oil or money." -- Dave Matthews Less than 1 percent of the world's water is fresh and potable -- and no more will ever be...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
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2012-04-24
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Rationis Defensor is to be a volume of previously unpublished essays celebrating the life and work of Colin Cheyne. Colin was until recently Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Otago, a department that can boast of many famous philosophers among...
Editeur :
Springer
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2012-04-23
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This new edition of Biological Oceanography has been greatly updated and expanded since its initial publication in 2004. It presents current understanding of ocean ecology emphasizing the character of marine organisms from viruses to fish and worms, together with their...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-04-11
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In seven works of non-fiction, especially in Birders and the universally acclaimed Birds Britannica, Mark Cocker has established himself as one of the foremost writers on nature and wilderness.In his most lyrical work to date, he has drawn together the best of his...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-03-31
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A comprehensive and accessible manual of feline medicine and surgery, it explains the symptoms and treatment of every disease or injury that a cat owner is likely to encounter. Written in a straightforward manner by experts in their fields, the book contains detailed...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2012-03-31
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Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-03-23
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Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-03-22
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A "passionate amalgam of science and autobiography" that will leave you hearing -- and seeing -- nature as never before (New York Times Book Review). Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in natural sound, and...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2012-03-19
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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects...
Editeur :
Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2012-03-16
Collection :
Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin
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AN EAGLE IN THE AIRING CUPBOARD picks up where Rex Harpers first book,AN OTTER ON THE AGA, left off. It follows the fortunes of the Cornish RSPCA centre through one of its most testing twelve months. Once more it is a mixture of funny, touching and sometimes moving...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2012-03-15
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It now seems certain that our planet is warming. Is it the result of human activity and if so how do we combat it? This reasoned and reasonable guide helps to clarify the controversial issues and the way forward.An accessible guide to climate change that not only gives...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2012-03-01
Collection :
Brief Histories
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Daphne Sheldrick's best-selling love story of romance, life and elephants, An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants is an incredible story from Africa's greatest living conservationist.A typical day forDaphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers;...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2012-03-01
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'TRULY INSPIRING' Mail on SundayNow familiar to millions of Gardeners' World fans as Longmeadow (the home of Nigel & Nellie), this is the story of Monty & Sarah Don's early days there. The Jewel Garden is the story of the garden that bloomed from the muddy fields...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2012-03-01
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Since 1972 Mark Cocker has been a member of a community of obsessional people, almost all male, who sacrifice most of their spare time, a good deal of money, sometimes their chances of a partner or family, even occasionally their lives, to watch birds. Birders is the...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-02-29
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One night Mark Cocker followed the roiling, deafening flock of rooks and jackdaws which regularly passed over his Norfolk home on their way to roost in the Yare valley. From the moment he watched the multitudes blossom as a mysterious dark flower above the night woods,...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2012-02-29
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