The Earth: natural history: general interest Books
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Tending the Valley A Prairie Restoration Odyssey
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£999.99
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Canyon Mountain Cloud Absence and Longing in
Book SynopsisPart memoir, part scholarly exploration of the psychological and societal dimensions of ""place-creation"", Canyon, Mountain, Cloud details the author's experience working and living in several American parks and protected areas.
£999.99
John Wiley & Sons New Era Reflections on the Human and Natural
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£999.99
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Meander Scars
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£999.99
Washington State University Press Native Trees of Western Washington A Photographic
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction What is a tree?Coniferous vs. broad-leaved treesBasic tree physiologyWhy trees grow where they doWhat does it mean to be native?Identifying a speciesThe cycle of forest developmentLowland Conifers1. Douglas-fir 2. Western hemlock 3. Western redcedar 4. Grand fir 5. Sitka spruce 6. Western white pine 7. Lodgepole/shore pine 8. Pacific yew Lowland Broad-leaved Trees 9. Red alder10. Bigleaf maple 11. Black cottonwood 12. Bitter cherry13. Pacific willow 14. Scouler's willow 15. Pacific madrone 16. Cascara 17. Pacific dogwood 18. Paper birch 19. Oregon white oak 20. Oregon ash 21. Pacific crabappleHigh-elevation Species 22. Mountain hemlock 23. Pacific silver fir 24. Noble fir 25. Subalpine fir 26. Alaska yellow cedar 27. Engelmann spruce 28. Whitebark pineIsolated Populations 29. Ponderosa pine 30. Quaking aspen 31. Seaside juniper 32. Golden chinkapin Species Lists Species by family Species by shade tolerance Site tolerances of lowland speciesGlossary References Index of Common and Scientific names About the Author
£16.10
Washington State University Press Tahoma and Its People A Natural History of Mount
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Mount Rainier: Geologic History and Processes 2. The People: Footprints of Days Past 3. The Nisqually River, From Glacier to Sound 4. Historic Longmire and Surrounding Area 5. The Puyallup River: Watershed under Pressure 6. The Carbon River Area: Land of Moisture 7. The Sunrise Area: The High and Dry East SideConclusion: Messengers for the Future AcknowledgmentsAppendix A: Explore Mount Rainier Appendix B: Steward Mount Rainier Appendix C: Significant Geologic Events at Mount RainierNotes Bibliography Index About the Author
£25.16
North Star Press of Saint Cloud Inc Minnesota Phenology
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£15.19
Tilbury House,U.S. The Pier at the End of the World
Book SynopsisThe Pier at the End of the World follows a day in the life of the creatures lurking in the cold, tide-swept waters beneath a remote pier on the edge of a northern sea. From dawn to darkness, bizarre and beautiful animals crawl, swim, lurk, and slither thr
£9.65
Leete's Island Books,U.S. The Once and Future Ocean
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£16.10
Leete's Island Books,U.S. The Once and Future Ocean
Book SynopsisTrade Review"We live on an ocean planet, though most of us rarely remember it; that blindness is one of the reasons we've stood by as the seas acidified, one of the great environmental crises in human history. This powerful book reminds us that our maritime identity is one important way we can start rebuilding a damaged planet." Bill McKibben, author, Eaarth ; founder, 350.org"I recommended this book to all my friends and co-workers, no matter what their background; the book speaks to everyone and provides guidance on how we can take steps at home and in our workplace to start initiating this change. The book had a deep impact on me personally; I have started to do more to play my part and have included my son on our journey towards contributing to a new hydraulic society." Mireille Chiasson, Regional Manager, Oceans Management & Ecosystem Management, Fisheries and Oceans, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada"In the spirit of Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us , Neill not only raises concern for our rapidly deteriorating marine environment, but also offer the concept of a 'New hydraulic society' and its great potential for a world looking for an alternative solution." Dr. Paul Mayewski, Director, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine"This book represents an interesting and important contribution for a better public awareness of the great importance of the Oceans -- and Water itself -- for the survival of our Planet. It is essential to change into a new development paradigm, based on the values of sustainability and democracy." Mario Soares, Chair, Independent World Commission on the Future of the Oceans
£19.76
Leete's Island Books,U.S. Aqua Terra
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Big governments, big economies, and big polluters are coming to the realization that the Blue-Green recovery is the smart choice. With the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration getting underway next year, we should prepare ourselves for good works ahead. Personal voices can move us to partake in those good works. Through his personal reflections and 'oceanic feelings', Peter Neill gives us inspiration through this collection of ocean essays." Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean"With a passion for all things ocean, Peter Neill takes us on an informative and inspirational journey through time and space, history and Nature. This is without question one of the most thought-provoking and motivating books about the ocean I have read." Wendy M. Watson-Wright, PhD IOC-UNESCO; Ocean Frontier Institute"True to his title, Peter Neill gives us a new, universal vocabulary for understanding our complex relationship with the waters of the world. Aqua Terra is indispensable reading for anyone seeking to refine their bonds with the world ocean." Lincoln Paine, author of The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
£13.25
Bartleby Press Washington in Spring
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£16.10
Belt Publishing In the Watershed
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£15.26
St Martin's Press The Names of the Stars
Book Synopsis2016 Montana Book Award Honor BookFrom the Author of Indian Creek Chronicles and the Winner of Five PNBA Awards, Pete Fromm's New Memoir Sees His Return to the Wilderness to Explore a Life Lived in the Wilds.Twenty-five years after his beloved memoir Indian Creek Chronicles, Pete Fromm was asked to return to the wilderness to babysit more fish eggs. No longer a footloose twenty-year-old, at forty-five, he was the father of two young sons. He left again, alone, straight into the heart of Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness, walking a daily ten-mile loop to his fish eggs through deer and elk and the highest density of grizzly bears in the lower forty-eight states.The Names of the Stars is a trek through a life lived at its edges. From loon calls echoing across Northwood lakes to the grim realities of lifeguarding in the Nevada desert, through the isolation of Indian Creek and years spent running the Snake and Rio Grande as a riv
£15.30
Picador USA The Arbornaut
Book SynopsisAn eye-opening and enchanting book by one of our major scientist-explorers. Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's WifeNicknamed the Real-Life Lorax by National Geographic, the biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowmanaka CanopyMegtakes us on an adventure into the eighth continent of the world''s treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate actionWelcome to the eighth continent!As a graduate student exploring the rain forests of Australia, Meg Lowman realized that she couldn't monitor her beloved leaves using any of the usual methods. So she put together a climbing kit: she sewed a harness from an old seat belt, gathered hundreds of feet of rope, and found a tool belt for her pencils and rulers. Up she went, into the trees. Forty years later, Lowman remains one of the world's foremost arbornauts, known as the real-life Lorax. She planned one of the first treetop walkways and helps create mo
£17.00
Picador USA Life Between the Tides
Book SynopsisAdam Nicolson explores the marine life inhabiting seashore rock pools with a scientist's curiosity and a poet's wonder in this beautifully illustrated book.The sea is not made of water. Creatures are its genes. Look down as you crouch over the shallows and you will find a periwinkle or a prawn, a claw-displaying crab or a cluster of anemones ready to meet you. No need for binoculars or special stalking skills: go to the rocks and the living will say hello.Inside each rock pool tucked into one of the infinite crevices of the tidal coastline lies a rippling, silent, unknowable universe. Below the stillness of the surface course different currents of endless motionthe ebb and flow of the tide, the steady forward propulsion of the passage of time, and the tiny lifetimes of the rock pool's creatures, all of which coalesce into the grand narrative of evolution.In Life Between the Tides, Adam Nicolson in
£17.00
St Martin's Press The Treeline
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2023 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismOriginal and readable. ?Financial Times'' Best Environmental Books of 2022Superb, inspiring. ?Winner, National Academies of Science Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science CommunicationsIlluminating. Silver Medalist, National Outdoor Book Awards Longlisted for the American Library Association''s 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionFinalist, 2023 Banff Mountain Book CompetitionFinalist, 2023 Dayton Literary Peace PrizeIn the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the lung at the top of the world.For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. Ben Rawlence''s The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, Canada t
£17.00
Abrams Press Cactus Country
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£999.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Penguins
Book SynopsisWhether you hope to travel to the Southern Hemisphere or simply want to learn more about wildlife, Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide deserves a spot on your bookshelf.Trade ReviewThe writing is crisp and often witty and entertaining. These characteristics make it appealing to professional ornithologists as well as enthusiastic children-it would be great bedtime reading for any penguin lover... Highly recommended. Choice In an easy-reading question-and-answer format, Kooyman and Lynch pack a huge amount of information into this volume, which covers a wide array of topics... As a penguin biologist, I was surprised how much I learned reading Penguins that I had not already known. For penguin enthusiasts, Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide is a must read that will, thanks to Lynch's spectacular photographs, be thoroughly thumbed through by the whole family. Likewise, this book should be required reading for those doing penguin outreach or informal education. -- Heather J. Lynch Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Introducing Penguins2. Form and Function3. Penguin Colors4. Penguin Behavior5. Penguin Ecology6. Reproduction and Development7. Food and Feeding8. Penguins and Humans9. Penguin Problems (from a human viewpoint)10. Human Problems (from a penguin's viewpoint)11. Penguins in Stories and Literature12. Penguinology"Appendix A: Penguins of the WorldAppendix B: Penguin Research and Conservation OrganizationsBibliographyIndex
£45.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Penguins
Book SynopsisWhether you hope to travel to the Southern Hemisphere or simply want to learn more about wildlife, Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide deserves a spot on your bookshelf.Trade ReviewThe writing is crisp and often witty and entertaining. These characteristics make it appealing to professional ornithologists as well as enthusiastic children-it would be great bedtime reading for any penguin lover... Highly recommended. Choice In an easy-reading question-and-answer format, Kooyman and Lynch pack a huge amount of information into this volume, which covers a wide array of topics... As a penguin biologist, I was surprised how much I learned reading Penguins that I had not already known. For penguin enthusiasts, Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide is a must read that will, thanks to Lynch's spectacular photographs, be thoroughly thumbed through by the whole family. Likewise, this book should be required reading for those doing penguin outreach or informal education. -- Heather J. Lynch Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Introducing Penguins2. Form and Function3. Penguin Colors4. Penguin Behavior5. Penguin Ecology6. Reproduction and Development7. Food and Feeding8. Penguins and Humans9. Penguin Problems (from a human viewpoint)10. Human Problems (from a penguin's viewpoint)11. Penguins in Stories and Literature12. Penguinology"Appendix A: Penguins of the WorldAppendix B: Penguin Research and Conservation OrganizationsBibliographyIndex
£30.55
Johns Hopkins University Press The Science of Ocean Waves
Book SynopsisZirker is that rare animal who can both communicate the most demanding technical detail and make it accessible.-New ScientistTrade ReviewFrom ocean scientists and surfers-to whom it brings some different and interesting ways of looking at things; to the amateur who's always been slightly curious... You'll never look at the sea in the same way again. -- Chris Almond Weather This fascinating book is hard to put down... [ The Science of Ocean Waves] is an interesting read for scientists and laypeople, and it would make a great book for an undergraduate oceanography class. Choice In his new book, The Science of Ocean Waves: Ripples, Tsunamis, and Stormy Seas, J. B. Zirker offers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of a familiar phenomenon whose complexity is hardly appreciated by nonscientists. Zirker's deep insights, historic perspectives, and excellent narrative, which he provides with minimal graphics and without a single equation, make the book a fascinating read... The Science of Ocean Waves is truly a remarkable achievement. It has a great chance to become a standard text for students, scientist, weather and ocean forecasters, engineers, climate modelers, and anyone else whose curiosity or professional interests relate to ocean waves. -- Alexander Babanin Physics TodayTable of ContentsPreface1. A Walk along the Beach2. What Exactly Is a Wave?3. How the Wind Generates Ocean Waves4. A Touch of Reality: How Big Waves Behave5. Observations at Sea: The Postwar Boom6. Forecasting and Monitoring Storm Waves7. Breaking Waves8. Freaks and Rogues9. Tsunamis10. Internal Waves and El Niño11. The Tides12. The Currents13. Ship Waves14. Renewable Energy from Waves and Tides15. The FutureGlossaryIndex
£37.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Oak Seed Dispersal
Book SynopsisThe definitive examination of oak forest evolutionary ecology. Seed dispersal is a critical stage in the life cycle of most flowering plants. The process can have far-reaching effects on a species' biology, especially numerous aspects of its ecology and evolution. This is particularly the case for the oaks, in which the dispersal of the acorn is tied to numerous tree characteristics, as well as the behavior and ecology of the animals that feed on and move these seeds to their final destination. Forest structure, composition, and genetics often follow directly from the dispersal processwhile also influencing it in turn. In Oak Seed Dispersal, Michael A. Steele draws on three decades of field research across the globe (e.g., the United States, Mexico, Central America, Europe, and China) to describe the interactions between oaks and their seed consumers. Rodents, birds, and insects, he writes, collectively influence the survival, movement, and germination of acorns, as well as the estabTable of ContentsForeword, by Stephen B. Vander WallPreface Chapter 1. Seed DispersalChapter 2. The Distribution, Diversity, and Evolution of the OaksChapter 3. The Oak Life CycleChapter 4. Masting in OaksChapter 5. The Oak Dispersal Process: Intrinsic Factors IChapter 6. The Oak Dispersal Process: Intrinsic Factors IIChapter 7. The Oak Dispersal Process: Extrinsic Factors IChapter 8. The Oak Dispersal Process: Extrinsic Factors IIChapter 9. The Rodents: Seed Predators or Seed Dispersers?Chapter 10. The Jays: A Different Kind of Oak Dispersal AgentChapter 11. The Mind of the ScatterhoarderChapter 12. The Insects: Acorn Predators, Parasites, or Commensals?Chapter 13. Anthropogenic Factors Influencing Oak Dispersal, Establishment, and RegenerationChapter 14. Threatened Oak Forests and Oak Forest ConservationChapter 15. Oak Dispersal and Oak-Animal Interactions: Looking ForwardLiterature CitedIndex
£64.00
National Geographic Society Beyond Possible
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£24.00
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Lower American River Images of America
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Earthquake Lake
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing (SC) The Belgrade Lakes Region
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Lake Merritt
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Acadia National Park
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£20.39
History Press The Nantahala River A History Guide Natural
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£20.39
History Press Yampa Valleys Lost Egeria Park
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£20.39
History Press DuPont Forest A History Natural History
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£18.69
History Press New Jerseys Lost Piney Culture
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£20.39
History Press A Natural History of Lake Ontario
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£18.69
History Press Cougar Bay Nature Preserve
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£19.99
The University of North Carolina Press Hiking North Carolinas National Forests 50
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£19.95
Capstone Press Volcanoes Little Scientist
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£8.99
Skyhorse Publishing The Next Valley Over: An Angler's Progress
Book SynopsisAcclaimed sporting and adventure writer Charles Gaines has spent much of his life on the water, around the world, fishing rod in hand, angling for trout, redfish, salmon, bonefish, bass, marlin, tuna, and practically everything else that swims. Just about any place where there's water to fish and eccentrics to keep him company, Gaines has been.The Next Valley Over, a collection of his best writing on fishing from his long and storied career, is culled from the pages of Men's Journal, Forbes, and Sports Afield, among other publications, and ultimately is about the heart of the sport. While his stories are lined with the accoutrement of angling--the art of technique, the equipment, the lodges, the fish themselves--they're really about why we love to fish and what it means to our culture. As Thoreau once said: Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” What they are after” is what Charles is curious about, and he has devoted the better part of his life and sanity to coming up with answers.Starting and ending at the majestic Lake Tadpole in St. Clair County, Alabama, where Gaines’s love of fishing was initially sparked, the Next Valley Over chronicles exploits in exotic locations with eccentric characters. In the process of his quest of nearly every species known to man, Gaines explores what we are really searching for when we fish.
£15.74
Penguin Books Ltd The Eight Master Lessons of Nature: What Nature
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£21.60
BookBaby Gwine Home: A Gullah/Geechee Saga
£24.79
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd Polar Bears: The Natural History of a Threatened Species
£27.50
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Arctic Icons: How the Town of Churchill Learned
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£31.50
Fitzhenry & Whiteside The North Atlantic Right Whale: Disappearing
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£21.21
Sasquatch Books The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on
Book Synopsis“With distinctive wit and uncommon intelligence,” a Seattle writer offers a “provocative, highly original” profile of Mount Rainier—capturing the majestic beauty and deadly allure of one of the largest active volcanoes in the U.S. (Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air) Mount Rainier is one of the largest and most dangerous volcanoes in the country, both an awesome natural monument and a formidable presence of peril. In The Measure of a Mountain, Seattle writer Bruce Barcott sets out to grasp the spirit of Rainier through an exploratory, meandering, and deeply personal journey along its massive flanks. From forest to precipice, thinning air to fractured glaciers, he explores not only the physique of Rainier but the psychology and meaning of all mountains—and the deep connection that exists between humans and landscape. What he finds is a complex of moss-bearded hemlocks and old-growth firs, high meadows that blossom according to a precise natural timeclock, sheets of crumbling pumice, fractured glaciers, and unsteady magma. Rainier’s snow fields bristle with bug life, and its marmots chew rocks to keep their teeth from overgrowing. The mountain rumbles with seismic twitches and jerks, seeing one-hundred-thirty earthquakes annually . . . Rainier is an obsession, a temple that attracts its own passionate acolytes—from scientists and priests to rangers, and mountain guides—as well as a monument to death. Referred to by locals as simply “the mountain,” it is the single largest feature of the Pacific Northwest landscape—provided it isn’t hidden in clouds. Visible or not, though, Rainer’s presence is undeniable. Filled with adventure, poignant personal reflections, and fascinating mountain lore told by Indian chiefs, professional guides, priests, and scientists, The Measure of a Mountain is one man’s stirring quest to reconcile with a dazzling creation of nature, at once alluring and sometimes deadly.Trade Review"With distinctive wit and uncommon intelligence, Bruce Barcott has penned a . . . provocative, highly original appreciation of a great mountain. He is a hell of a writer." –Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air "Utterly absorbing . . . A marvelous bio
£14.17
Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press Pond Life: Revised and Updated
Book SynopsisThis guide describes and illustrates, in full color, the plants and animals that live in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and wetlands. It includes surface-dwelling creatures as well as those of open water, the bottom, and the shore and tells how various animals and plants live together in a community. Plus suggestions for:Where and when to lookObserving and collecting specimensMaking exciting discoveries
£7.99
St Martin's Press Geology
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£999.99
Smithsonian Books North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird
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£19.80
Smithsonian Books Volcanoes and Earthquakes: A Guide To Our Unquiet
Book SynopsisConcise and engaging visual guide to Earth's most devastating natural forces: earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate tectonicsOne in 20 people in the world live within range of an active volcano. On average, Magnitude 2 and smaller earthquakes occur several hundred times a day worldwide. Volcanoes and Earthquakes explores the massive natural forces from within the Earth that greatly affect its surface, often with dramatic and long-lasting consequences.Written in an accessible style, and fully illustrated with photographs, diagrams, and maps, the book explains the violence of earthquakes and volcanoes that impact humankind, and the gradual continental drift and mountain building that have transformed the Earth over the 4.5 billion years of its existence. It details the processes that have and continue to form, destroy, and move the Earth's surface.The authors describe how the Earth formed, from the beginnings of the solar system to the growth of the continents as they are today, and delve deep into the Earth's core to explore what drives the plates and feeds volcanoes. The last chapter examines the changes in the tectonic processes that link the Earth's mass, water, atmosphere, and life, including the effects on climate, sea-level, and the distribution of plant and animal species. Volcanoes and Earthquakes is a powerful reminder of the impact of natural forces on our everyday lives.
£16.96
Smithsonian Books Lost Animals: Extinct, Endangered, and
Book SynopsisMeet the incredible animals that have disappeared due to competition, mass extinctions, hunting, and human activity.Lost Animals brings back to life some of the most charismatic creatures to inhabit the planet. It captures the imagination with more than 200 incredible photographs, artworks of fossils, and scientific drawings of charming creatures like dodos, paraceratherium (the largest land mammal), spinosaurus (the biggest carnivorous dinosaur), placeoderm fishes (the sharks of their day), and more! Lost Animals is a captivating documentation of evolution and extinction. Each chapter focuses on a specific time in Earth's history, from the Cambrian explosion (the most intense surge of evolution the world has ever experienced) to present times, with profiles of the key species that lived then. From long extinct animals to Lazarus species--animals that were thought to be extinct before being rediscovered--this book takes readers on a journey through Earth's natural history, highlighting the world's biggest animal losses and its moments of conservational hope.
£31.50
