Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

The Company of Swans
de Jim Crumley(Ed. The Harvill Press) Isbn : 1860465587
11.8 €
His prose style remains as elegant as his white-plumed subjects.

The Hippos: Natural History and Conservation (A Volume in the Poyser Natural History Series)
de S. Keith Eltringham(Ed. Academic Press) Isbn : 085661131X
61.26 €
Hippos are unusual in being genuinely amphibious and this has a fundamental effect on their physiology and way of life. Following a general introduction, there is a detailed description of hippo anatomy and physiology, including many fascinating and little known facts about their skin structure and physiology. The complex question of hippo stomach anatomy, and its impact on their diet and nutrition, is critically reviewed. Hippos have a four-chambered stomach similar to ruminants although, unlike them, they do not chew the cud. Hence they are often called«pseudoruminants.»The fossil history of hippos is then considered and the recently claimed relationship with whales is examined. Subsequent chapters are devoted to their social biology and ecology, including descriptions of their breeding ...

Herons of North America: Their World in Focus (Natural World)
de James A. Hancock(Ed. Academic Press) Isbn : 0123227291
40.11 €
Herons, the graceful predators of swamps, wetlands and lake margins, are often the abiding memory for bird lovers after a days birding in the marshes. For the general nature lover, they are a portrait symbol of the wild free places and the grandeur of the natural world. North American herons live in a complex world. Most of them congregate in colonies either large or small, and they are joined by many birds that share their nesting sites. Most of these different species live together in harmony, but inevitably such gatherings attract predators and scavengers. James Hancock, a veteran traveler and lover of herons the world over, gives a pocket guide in words and photographs to the lives of these birds and their, sadly, often endangered habitats. The book seeks to describe the many and varie...

Galapagos diary : A complete guide to the archipelagos birdlife
de Hermann Heinzel(Ed. Berkeley : University Of California Press) Isbn : 0520227948
38.92 €
Hermann Heinzel has been involved with birds and bird illustration for many years, working for television, magazines, and book publishers on many projects. He illustrated the highly successful Birds of Britain and Europe. Barnaby Hall is a wildlife photographer.

Galapagos Diary: A Complete Guide to the Archipelago's Birdlife
de Hermann Heinzel; Barnaby Hall;(Ed. University of California Press) Isbn : 0520228367
33.07 €
Hermann Heinzel has been involved with birds and bird illustration for many years, working for television, magazines, and book publishers on many projects. He illustrated the highly successful Birds of Britain and Europe. Barnaby Hall is a wildlife photographer.

Mitsuaki Iwago's Penguins
de Mitsuaki Iwago(Ed. Chronicle Books) Isbn : 0811814408
18.96 €
Here, one of the world's most famous wildlife photographers turns his camera to one of the world's most endearing creatures. In this extraordinary portrait, penguins swim, hop, waddle, mate, molt, and lay eggs--in fact, everything but fly. Includes more than 100 magnificent photographs.

Texas Outdoor Adventure Guide for Kids
de Melissa Maupin(Ed. University of Texas Press) Isbn : 1885696280
14.2 €
Here's the definitive resource to locate places where kids can roam and have fun outdoors. Texas is spread out far and wide, and newcomers may be surprised at the state's broad diversity of terrain and plant and animal life. Each section of the state has a distinctive look and offers children unique opportunities to get outside and experience nature firsthand. This book lists and describes places with great outdoor programs for kids, ranging from state parks to nature centers and museums. There are chapters on the best sites for fishing and shooting sports, for water recreation, and for birding and other kinds of wildlife watching. The best places for nature study, environmental protection activities, and volunteer opportunities are also treated in detail, as are overnight camps and trips....

A Guide to Bird Finding West of the Mississippi
de Olin Sewall Pettingill(Ed. Oxford University Press Inc) Isbn : 019502818X
33.26 €
Here the inimitable Pettingill offers the definitive guide to birdwatching in the Western United States, illustrated with deft drawings by George Sutton. Like the companion volume on the eastern states, this book offers complete coverage of the best watching sites, the species, and much helpful information.

The Deep Sky: An Introduction
de Philip Harrington(Ed. Sky Publishing Corporation) Isbn : 0933346808
23.7 €
Here is the perfect reference for anyone who owns a telescope or a pair of binoculars, but doesn't know what to look for amid the constellations. It explains how to find double and multiple stars, variable stars, open and globular clusters, nebulae, and galaxies -- and what you'll see when you do. Includes 36 full-page sky charts; equipment, books, and software suggestions; sketches of how deep-sky objects look through a small telescope; and more than 100 black-and-white photographs.

In the Kingdom of Gorillas: Fragile Species in a Dangerous Land
de Amy Vedder Bill Weber(Ed. Simon Schuster) Isbn : 0743200063
29.9 €
Here is the long-awaited update to the fate of mountain gorillas in Rwanda, as written by the married couple who joined Dian Fossey at her Karisoke research facility in the late 1970s. Although Fossey's is the more familiar name owing to her groundbreaking contact with the gorilla and subsequent grief over their deaths because of poaching, Weber and Vedder have ultimately accomplished far more to insure their survival. Unlike Fossey, they believe that the key to saving the gorilla is to create an ecotourism program that will benefit the Rwandan people. Much of the book is a detailed account of both field research and the political challenges of establishing the Mountain Gorilla Project, but the final chapters are devoted to a chilling portrait of mass genocide in the early 1990s. This impo...