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Birds of East Asiaby Mark Brazil
A&C Black 2009; US$ 38.99This is the first single volume guide ever devoted to the eastern Asianavifauna. The eastern Asian region, centring especially on the majorislands off the continental coast (including Japan and Taiwan) and theimmediately adjacent areas of the Asian continent from Kamchatka in thenorth and including the Korean Peninsula are an important centre ofendemism. Birds endemic to this region include representatives of manyof the major families, from the world's largest eagle - Steller's SeaEagle - to the tiny Formosan Firecrest. The east Asian continentalcoast and the offshore islands also form one of the world's majorinternational bird migration routes, especially for waterfowl,shorebirds and raptors, while the east Asian continental mainlanditself... more...
The Solace of Fierce Landscapesby Belden C. Lane
Oxford University Press, USA 1998; US$ 17.95In the tradition of Kathleen Norris, Terry Tempest Williams, and Thomas Merton, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes explores the impulse that has drawn seekers into the wilderness for centuries and offers eloquent testimony to the healing power of mountain silence and desert indifference. Interweaving a memoir of his mother's long struggle with Alzheimer's and cancer, meditations on his own wilderness experience, and illuminating commentary on the Christian via negativa--a mystical tradition that seeks God in the silence beyond language--Lane rejects the easy affirmations of pop spirituality for the harsher but more profound truths that wilderness can teach us. "There is an unaccountable solace that fierce landscapes offer to the soul.... more...
The Koalaby Roger Martin; Kathrine Handasyde
University of NSW Press 1999; US$ 11.35Perhaps the most long-awaited new edition in the Australian Natural History Series, this is a substantially different book from the previous edition by Tony Lee and Roger Martin. The contents cover the history of the koala; its distribution and abundance; nutrition; behaviour, sociality and life cycle; predators, parasites and pathogens; population biology; and conservation and management. Illustrations are widely used including eight pages of colour plates. The book places a strong emphasis on conservation and management issues, and candidly addresses issues of koala overpopulation in such areas as Kangaroo Island (South Australia) and Framlingham and French Island (Victoria). more...
The Parrot Who Owns Meby Joanna Burger
Random House Publishing Group 2001; US$ 13.99“Birds are my passion,” says Joanna Burger, “but parrots are my weakness.” Fifteen years ago, when se adopted a neglected, orphaned thirty-six year old parrot named Tiko, she entered on of the most complex relationships of her life. Sullen and hostile when he entered Dr. Burger’s home, Tiko gradually warmed as she carefully persuaded him of her good intentions. Eventually he courted her, building nests inside household furniture during mating season and trying to coax her into them. He nursed her vigilantly through a bout with Lyme disease, regularly preening each strand of hair on the pillow as she slept. For a while he even fought her husband for her attentions, but eventually theirs became a relationship... more...
Conserving Living Natural Resourcesby Bertie Josephson Weddell
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 53.00An introductory textbook for students of conservation biology and resource management. No prior knowledge of biological sciences or natural resource management is assumed. Three seminal concepts of conservation are discussed in an historical context, and the limitations and advantages of each approach are explained. more...
Woodlandsby David Lindenmayer; Mason Crane; Damian Michael; Esther Beaton
CSIRO Publishing 2005; US$ 35.95Discover the often-overlooked beauty of Australia's woodlands and native plants and animals they support. more...
Treading Lightlyby Karl-Erik Sveiby; Tex Skuthorpe
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 31.81Australian Aboriginals taught themselves thousands of years ago how to build a sustainable society in our fragile landscape. In a unique collaboration, a Swedish knowledge management professor finds out from an Aboriginal cultural custodian how they did it, and what we can learn from them. more...
Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australiaby Brad Pusey; Mark Kennard; Angela Arthington
CSIRO Publishing 2004; US$ 89.95The ecology, systematics, biogeography and management of the area's native fish. more...
The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australiaby Gunther Theischinger; John Hawking
CSIRO Publishing 2006; US$ 44.95A full-colour, comprehensive guide to the dragonflies of Australia. more...
The Politics of the Environmentby Neil Carter
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 37.00A new edition of this highly acclaimed textbook providing a comprehensive introduction to environmental politics. more...









