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People and Wildlife, Conflict or Co-existence?by Rosie Woodroffe; Simon Thirgood; Alan Rabinowitz; Guy Cowlishaw; John Gittleman; Michael Samways
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 63.00Conflict between people and wildlife is a major emerging conservation issue that is difficult to resolve. This book discusses whether, and how, coexistence of people and endangered wildlife may be encouraged, using measures such as novel and traditional farming methods, compensation, sustainable hunting and ecotourism. more...
Unlikely Friendshipsby Jennifer Holland
Workman Publishing Company 2011; US$ 10.95It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: ?The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid . . . ? Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. The well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten; and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey?an Indian leopard slips into a village every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness mothers a baby oryx. Ms. Holland narrates the details and arc... more...
A Sand County Almanacby Aldo Leopold
Oxford University Press, USA 1968; US$ 11.65First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Written with an unparalleled understanding of the ways of nature, the book includes a section on the monthly changes of the Wisconsin countryside; another part that gathers informal pieces written by Leopold over a forty-year period as he traveled through the woodlands of Wisconsin, Iowa, Arizona, Sonora, Oregon, Manitoba, and elsewhere; and a final section in which Leopold addresses the philosophical issues involved in wildlife conservation. As the forerunner... more...
Into Thin Airby Jon Krakauer
Random House Publishing Group 1998; US$ 9.99When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10,1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds... Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed Outside journalist and author of the bestselling Into the Wild. Taking the reader step by step from Katmandu to the mountain's deadly pinnacle, Krakauer has his readers shaking on the edge of their seat. Beyond the... more...
We Bought a Zooby Benjamin Mee
Weinstein Publishing 2008; US$ 18.99Chuck it all in and buy a zoo? Why not? thought Benjamin Mee, unaware of the grim living conditions, creditors and escaped big cat that lay in wait...A few years ago, Ben and his wife, Katherine, sold their small flat in Primrose Hill and moved to France to pursue their dream of restoring an old barn near Nimes. That dream then became much, much bigger for, last October, they moved with their two young children, Ben's 76 year-old mother and his brother, into a run-down zoo on the edge of more...
Mosses and Liverworts of Rainforest in Tasmania and South-eastern Australiaby SJ Jarman; BA Fuhrer
CSIRO Publishing 1995; US$ 23.95Mosses and liverworts inhabit a miniature world hidden in our rainforests and often go unnoticed. This book seeks to raise the reader's awareness of these plants and reveals their beauty in the book's many high quality colour photographs. A comprehensive introduction is provided along with specific notes on these plants. more...
Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0by Thomas L. Friedman
Picador 2009; US$ 9.99This Independence Day edition of Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0 includes an an exclusive preview of That Used to Be Us : How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back , by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, on sale September 5th, 2011. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Businessweek Best Business Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America.... more...
Tree Faller's Manualby ForestWorks
CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 24.95Covers risk assessment, theory and techniques for manual tree-felling. more...
The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australiaby Richard Thomas; Sarah Thomas; David Andrew; Alan McBride
CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 42.95A complete guide to locating every resident bird species in Australia. more...
Water Sustainabilityby J.A.A. Jones
Hodder Education 2010; US$ 59.99Using the latest mapping techniques, J.A.A. Jones, Chair of the IGU Commission for Water Sustainability, examines water availability, the impact of climate change and the problems created for water management worldwide as well as possible solutions. more...