Natural History


Sacred Sea

A Journey to Lake Baikal
$49.95
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Hardback Aug 2007 ISBN13: 9780195170511ISBN10: 0195170512 For a man cut loose from his life in the U.S., Lake Baikal-Siberia's sacred inland sea- becomes a place of pilgrimage, the focal point of 25,000-mile journey by land and sea in search of connection, permanence, restoration and hope.
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Natural History and Evolution of Paper-Wasps

$99.00
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Hardback Feb 1996 ISBN13: 9780198549475ISBN10: 0198549474
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Savannah Lives

Animal Life and the Human Evolution of Africa
$35.00
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Hardback Jan 2003 ISBN13: 9780198509257ISBN10: 0198509251
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Birds of India

A Literary Anthology
$26.50
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Paperback Jan 2011 ISBN13: 9780198069393ISBN10: 0198069391 Taking a new look at natural history writings in India, this anthology brings together some of the best writings on the role of birds in human life-from religion to entertainment, mythology to science, superstition to wisdom.
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Trees

A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe
$60.00
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Hardback May 2005 ISBN13: 9780198515746ISBN10: 019851574X Helps you to identify more than 400 different trees - in gardens, parks, and fields - more quickly and easily than ever before, with photographs of every tree featured

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The Natural Selection of the Chemical Elements

The Environment and Life's Chemistry
$75.00
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Paperback Jan 2003 ISBN13: 9780198558422ISBN10: 0198558422
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A Magic Web

The Forest of Barro Colorado Island
$125.00
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Hardback Nov 2002 ISBN13: 9780195143287ISBN10: 0195143280 A fascinating exploration, in vibrant full-color photographs and engaging text, of one of the world's most treasured tropical forests
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A Great Aridness

Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest
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Hardback Nov 2011 ISBN13: 9780199778928ISBN10: 0199778922 A vivid portrait of a landscape under the stress of global climate change, and a hard look at what lies ahead for the American Southwest
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