Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Peterson First Guide to Astronomy
de Jay M. Pasachoff, Roger Tory Peterson(Ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Isbn : 0395935423
6.6 €
A clear, up-to-date text covering virtually everything in the sky concisely but accurately tells how to get started in astronomy--without even a telescope or a pair of binoculars. 65 color photos, 24 color sky maps.

The Charm of Birds
de Edward Grey(Ed. Weidenfeld Nicolson) Isbn : 0575070587
22.43 €
A classic work of ornithology, one of the finest ever written on birdsong, first published in 1927 and now reissued in a beautiful new edition

The Big Year
de Mark Obmascik(Ed. Doubleday) Isbn : 0385606850
12.98 €
A classic in the making -- an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or #8220 ; birders, #8221 ; spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the world #8217 ; s quirkiest contests -- the race to spot the most species in North America in a single year. And 1998 wasn #8217 ; t just a big year. It was the biggest. The Big Year is Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Obmascik #8217 ; s account of what was to become the greatest birding year of all time.It was freak weather conditions that ensured all previous records were broken, but what becomes clear within the pages of this classic portrait of obsession is that while our feat...

A Complete Guide to Bird Feeding
de John V. Dennis(Ed. Castle Books) Isbn : 0785816542
9.49 €
A classic guide revised and updated, and for the first time available in paperback.Since its publication in 1975, A Complete Guide to Bird Feeding has been considered the best book on the subject. John V. Dennis, an ornithologist and biologist with a Iifetime's experience of bird feeding, tells you precisely how to choose and install bird feeders, how to take advantage of the plantings and natural topography of your garden, how to prepare and place food, and how to protect your feeding sites from potential predators or greedy competitors, such as cats, squirrels, and blue Jays. His lively and engaging text discusses the habits and food preferences of eighty different likely bird-patrons and what types of feeders are best adapted to them.In this edition, Mr. Dennis has included the latest i...

A Complete Guide to Bird Feeding
de John V. Dennis(Ed. Alfred a Knopf Inc) Isbn : 0679750525
17.1 €
A classic guide revised and updated, and for the first time available in paperback.Since its publication in 1975, A Complete Guide to Bird Feeding has been considered the best book on the subject. John V. Dennis, an ornithologist and biologist with a Iifetime's experience of bird feeding, tells you precisely how to choose and install bird feeders, how to take advantage of the plantings and natural topography of your garden, how to prepare and place food, and how to protect your feeding sites from potential predators or greedy competitors, such as cats, squirrels, and blue Jays. His lively and engaging text discusses the habits and food preferences of eighty different likely bird-patrons and what types of feeders are best adapted to them.In this edition, Mr. Dennis has included the latest i...

Bird Neighbors
de Neltje Blanchan(Ed. IndyPublish.com) Isbn : 1404361626
13.29 €
A charming, detailed, delightful guide best described by the author, who writes : The plan of the book is not a scientific one, if the term scientific is understood to mean technical and anatomical. The purpose of the writer is to give, in a popular and accessible form, knowledge which is accurate and reliable about the life of our common birds. This knowledge has not been collected from the stuffed carcasses of birds in museums, but gleaned afield. In a word, these short narrative descriptions treat of the bird's characteristics of size, color, and flight ; its peculiarities of instinct and temperament ; its nest and home life ; its choice of food ; its songs ; and of the season in which we may expect it to play its part in the great panorama Nature unfolds with faithful precision year af...

Bird Neighbors
de Neltje Blanchan(Ed. IndyPublish.com) Isbn : 1588278212
15.76 €
A charming, detailed, delightful guide best described by the author, who writes : The plan of the book is not a scientific one, if the term scientific is understood to mean technical and anatomical. The purpose of the writer is to give, in a popular and accessible form, knowledge which is accurate and reliable about the life of our common birds. This knowledge has not been collected from the stuffed carcasses of birds in museums, but gleaned afield. In a word, these short narrative descriptions treat of the bird's characteristics of size, color, and flight ; its peculiarities of instinct and temperament ; its nest and home life ; its choice of food ; its songs ; and of the season in which we may expect it to play its part in the great panorama Nature unfolds with faithful precision year af...

Bird Neighbors
de Neltje Blanchan(Ed. IndyPublish.com) Isbn : 1404361618
18.99 €
A charming, detailed, delightful guide best described by the author, who writes : The plan of the book is not a scientific one, if the term scientific is understood to mean technical and anatomical. The purpose of the writer is to give, in a popular and accessible form, knowledge which is accurate and reliable about the life of our common birds. This knowledge has not been collected from the stuffed carcasses of birds in museums, but gleaned afield. In a word, these short narrative descriptions treat of the bird's characteristics of size, color, and flight ; its peculiarities of instinct and temperament ; its nest and home life ; its choice of food ; its songs ; and of the season in which we may expect it to play its part in the great panorama Nature unfolds with faithful precision year af...

Bird Neighbors
de Neltje Blanchan(Ed. IndyPublish.com) Isbn : 141421605X
84.54 €
A charming, detailed, delightful guide best described by the author, who writes : The plan of the book is not a scientific one, if the term scientific is understood to mean technical and anatomical. The purpose of the writer is to give, in a popular and accessible form, knowledge which is accurate and reliable about the life of our common birds. This knowledge has not been collected from the stuffed carcasses of birds in museums, but gleaned afield. In a word, these short narrative descriptions treat of the bird's characteristics of size, color, and flight ; its peculiarities of instinct and temperament ; its nest and home life ; its choice of food ; its songs ; and of the season in which we may expect it to play its part in the great panorama Nature unfolds with faithful precision year af...

A Catalogue of Books Ancient And Modern Relating to Falconry
de James Harting(Ed. Kessinger Publishing Co) Isbn : 1417975105
32.26 €
A Catalogue Of Books Ancient And Modern Relating To Falconry With Notes, Glossary And Vocabulary.