Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Penguins of the World
de Pauline Reilly(Ed. OUP Australia and New Zealand) Isbn : 0195535472
12.15 €
How do penguins navigate? What do they eat and how do they find it? How does the Emperor Penguin, breeding in the depth of winter, survive without food for half a year? The first volume in a new series of spin-offs from the landmark Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, Penguins of the World dispels countless myths about penguins, and offers readers an engaging picture of these unique, much-loved birds.

Birds
de Troll Books(Ed. Troll Communications) Isbn : 0816719608
4.7 €
How do birds fly, and where do they nest ? Why do they have such a variety of beaks, feet, and wing-shapes ? After reading this book, young readers will discover the answers to these and many more questions. Nature Club books introduce readers to the marvels of our natural world. Beautifully illustrated in full color.

Birds
de Susan Kuchalla(Ed. Troll Communications) Isbn : 0893756571
3.32 €
How do birds fly, and where do they nest ? Why do they have such a variety of beaks, feet, and wing-shapes ? After reading this book, young readers will discover the answers to these and many more questions. Nature Club books introduce readers to the marvels of our natural world. Beautifully illustrated in full color.

How Birds Fly
de David Goodnow(Ed. Periwinkle Books) Isbn : 0963424408
15.16 €
How Birds Fly is a captivating, non-technical introduction to bird flight. How Birds Fly reveals the mysteries of flapping flight with sequences of high-speed photographs that lead step-by-step through the fine points of take-off, level flight and slow flight. The text is easy to understand and includes a minimum of aerodynamic jargon and anatomical technicalities. There are 68 original photographs of geese, owls, ducks, terns, osprey, ravens and ruffled grouse (including 16 in full color) all taken by the author. How Birds Fly is unique and highly recommended!

Houston Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species of the Upper Texas Coast
de James Kavanagh(Ed. Waterford Press Ltd) Isbn : 1583551433
6.6 €
Houston Birds, An Introduction to Familiar Species of the Upper Texas Coast, is a must-have, reference guide for beginners and experts alike. Whether you're on a nature hike or in your own backyard, you'll want to take along a copy of this indispensable guide. The Pocket Naturalist(tm) series is an introduction to common plants and animals and natural phenomena. Each pocket-sized, folding guide highlights up to 150 species and most feature a map highlighting prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions. Each is laminated for durability.

Title: The Butterflies of Hong Kong A Volume in the AP Na
de M. J. Bascombe(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0120802902
174.25 €
Hong Kong has a marvelously rich and diverse butterfly fauna, all contained within a relatively small area which can be seen and enjoyed within a few days outing from the central city area. An important part of the southern Chinese region, it is home to a significant proportion of the butterfly species of that part of the world. Two-hundred nineteen butterfly species in five families and 17 subfamilies have been recorded and all are described in this encyclopedic reference. A complete and up-to-date handbook on the identification, systematics, biology and ecology of the butterflies found in Hong Kong, this authoritative book includes keys, full color plates and line drawings identifying males and females, as well as eggs and papae. Throughout the book the emphasis is on the study of live a...

Falcon
de Helen Macdonald(Ed. Reaktion Books) Isbn : 1861892381
15.29 €
Historian of science, birdwatcher and falconer, Helen Macdonald has kept trained falcons since she was eleven years old. She has worked in falcon conservation biology in Britain and the United Arab Emirates, and is a Research Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Antbirds Ovenbirds: Their Lives and Homes
de Alexander F. Skutch(Ed. University of Texas Press) Isbn : 0292776993
38 €
His text is full of anecdotes and details from his vast experience in the field and contains abundant citations to others' work. For the reader who is stimulated by authoritative descriptions of the breeding, feeding habits, social life of birds, and their habitats, [this book is] all one might hope for.

Antbirds Ovenbirds: Their Lives and Homes
de Alexander F. Skutch(Ed. University of Texas Press) Isbn : 0292777051
27.5 €
His text is full of anecdotes and details from his vast experience in the field and contains abundant citations to others' work. For the reader who is stimulated by authoritative descriptions of the breeding, feeding habits, social life of birds, and their habitats, [this book is] all one might hope for.

Company of Swans
de Jim Crumley(Ed. The Harvill Press) Isbn : 1860464262
7.08 €
His prose style remains as elegant as his white-plumed subjects.