Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Crows Do Not Have Retirement: Poems
de David Zieroth(Ed. Harbour Publishing) Isbn : 1550172506
18 €
Crows Do Not Have Retirement, David Zieroth's sixth book of poems, explores the many lives of the spirit and the flesh: lives that challenge, bewilder and excite. With the fluidity of language and sharpness of image that he is known for, Zieroth voyages through the conflicting worlds of dream and everyday life, exploring feelings of extreme self-irony, honesty, jubilation and terror.

In The Company Of Crows And Ravens
de John M. Marzluff, Tony Angell(Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300100760
23.63 €
Crows are one of the few birds that everyone can recognize. As ubiquitous members of the worldwide corvid family (which also includes the ravens, jays, magpies, and their kin), the more than 40 distinct species of crows have formed both practical and mythic relationships with their human neighbors. In this delightful blend of science, art, and anthropology, biologist Marzluff and illustrator Angell, both fascinated by the corvids, demonstrate why the crows and ravens are worthy of study and respect. Crows and ravens are adaptable, intelligent, and able to learn, remember, and use insight to solve problems. They use unique methods to obtain food, such as pulling up the lines of ice fishermen and rolling walnuts under car wheels. Humans have long noted these large, black, brainy birds, and t...

Tropical Birds Coloring Book
de Lucia De Leiris(Ed. Dover Publications Inc.) Isbn : 0486247430
5.39 €
Crisp, accurate line renderings of 44 species from tropical habitats around the world. Green-tailed sylph, bird of paradise, scarlet ibis, rhinoceros hornbill, Mandarin duck, regal sunbird, many other exotic specimens. Captions provide common and scientific names, range, other data. Color illustrations of all birds on covers.

Projects for the Birder's Garden: Over 100 Easy Things That You can Make to Turn Your Yard and Garden into a Bird- Friendly Haven
de Fern Marshall Bradley(Ed. Rodale Books) Isbn : 0899093930
18.96 €
Create your own private nature preserve-with dozens of ingenious ideas to turn a typical backyard into a beautiful natural habitat for birds and other wildlife.Experience the gratification of watching birds gobble seeds and other treats from your homemade bird feeder. Look on with delight as a mother bird tends to her babies in the protective hideaway of a birdhouse you have lovingly constructed from a dried gourd. Create a sunflower plantation, a bird teepee, a tent-style twig feeder, a pedestal birdbath. Follow the step-by-step instructions in this book, and your yard will quickly become an enticing playground, breeding ground, and feeding ground for colorful songbirds. And that's not all-there are also projects specially designed to attract beautiful hummingbirds and butterflies to your...

Build Your Own Birdhouses and Feeders: From Simple, Natural Designs to Spectacular, Customized Houses and Feeders
de John Perkins(Ed. Firefly Books Ltd) Isbn : 155209135X
23.57 €
Create an amazing range of birdhouses and bird feeders with these easy-to-follow woodworking designs. Step-by-step illustrations will inspire the novice woodworker, while more complex projects will challenge those with more experience. Designs range from simple wooden boxes to magnificent bird mansions suitable for all outdoor spaces, from large gardens to the smallest balcony. There are plans and projects for birdhouses, nesting boxes and feeders with a list of the best materials and notes...

Build Your Own Birdhouses: From Simple, Natural Designs to Spectacular, Customized Houses and Feeders
de John Perkins(Ed. Booksales) Isbn : 0785807411
12.34 €
Create an amazing range of birdhouses and bird feeders with these easy-to-follow woodworking designs. Step-by-step illustrations will inspire the novice woodworker, while more complex projects will challenge those with more experience. Designs range from simple wooden boxes to magnificent bird mansions suitable for all outdoor spaces, from large gardens to the smallest balcony. There are plans and projects for birdhouses, nesting boxes and feeders with a list of the best materials and notes...

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Java, Sumatra and Bali
de Tony Tilford(Ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing) Isbn : 0883590492
15.16 €
Craig Robson has visited South-East Asia many times in the past 25 years and has studied more bird species in the region than anyone else from Europe. He helped to launch the thriving Oriental Bird Club and served on the Council of the OBC for five years, writing numerous papers in their journal during that time. Craig is based in Norfolk, England. A selection of leading artists, including Richard Allen, Hilary Burn, Clive Byers, Dan Cole, John Cox, Tony Disley, Martin Elliott, Mike Langman, Ian Lewington, Andrew Mackay, Stephen Message, Chris Schmidt, Jan Wilczur and Tim Worfolk, were specially commissioned to provide the artwork.

Handbook of Western Australian Birds: Handbook of Western Australian Birds Vol 1 Non-passerines (emu to Dollarbird) v. 1
de R.E. Johnstone, G.M. Storr(Ed. Western Australian Museum) Isbn : 0730712087
82.23 €
Covers all the species of birds recorded from the Western Australia and its offshore islands including Ashmore reef, Christmas and Cocos Keeling Islands. This is Volume one which covers the non passerine birds. Each species is comprenhensively treated with informaton. Distribution maps and species accounts compiled from a data bank with over 2 million records will provided a benchmark for future studies. Forty five specially commissioned plates prepared by five prominent Western Australian artists with reference to museum specimens and photographs.

Classical Nova Explosions: International Conference on Classical Nova Explosions Sitges, Spain 20-24 May 2002
de Margarita Hernanz, Jordi Jose(Ed. American Institute of Physics) Isbn : 073540092X
188.11 €
Covers a large number of topics, such as the astrophysical scenario, the explosion mechanism, light curves and spectra, and observations based on ground and space facilities, covering all wavelength ranges from radio and infrared to X and gamma-rays.

Pheasants, Partridges Grouse: Including Buttonquails, Sandgrouse and Allies
de Phil McGowan, Steve Madge(Ed. Helm) Isbn : 0713639660
59.06 €
Covering almost 260 species of gamebirds, this book focuses on identification, status and distribution, habitats and geographical variation. Many of these species are both exotic and endangered, some are kept in private aviaries, while others are exploited commercially.