Natural History, Hardback - ***

Pliny the Elder (23-79 CE) produced in his Natural History a vast compendium of Roman knowledge. Topics included are the mathematics and metrology ...

Publisher: Somerset Archaeological and Natural History SocietyAuthor(s): Sue BakerIllustration(s): black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 25...

Ecology is the science of ecosystems, of habitats, of our world and its future. In the latest New Naturalist, ecologist David M. Wilkinson explains...

An original and revelatory exploration of the hidden world of slime - the substance upon which we and our world depend.Publisher: Granta BooksAutho...

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DescriptionThroughout British history rivers have been of profound economic, social and cultural importance--yet as we see with increasing frequenc...

The first of two volumes describing Australia's 1200 known species of bryozoans.Publisher: CSIRO PublishingNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 20...

This book discusses how literary writers re-envisioned species survival and racial uplift through ecological and biogeographical concepts of disper...

The story of ancient cities from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages: a tale of war and politics, pestilence and famine, ...

Ultimately, Natures in Translation demonstrates that-far from being separate from the dominant concerns of British imperial culture-nature was inte...

The Natural History Museum, London is home to one of the world's most important and comprehensive collections of natural history specimens, literat...

Built between 1855 and 1860, Oxford University Museum of Natural History is the extraordinary result of close collaboration between Pre-Raphaelite ...

The latest edition of the bestselling week-to-view diary from the Natural History Museum. All images are drawn from the award-winning Wildlife Phot...

Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerising visual record of ten of the world's most significant natural history expeditions.

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This sumptuous volume reveals the lives of some of history's greatest explorers, using the specimens they collected, the letters they wrote and the...

This is the story of plant life on Earth, retold through a remarkable record of spectacular fossils. Palaeobotanist Paul Kenrick explains the impor...

The weird and wonderful lifestyle of orchids, the most diverse and widespread of plant families, featuring stunning artwork by the Bauers, Sydney P...

This is a colourful guide to life on earth during the time of the dinosaurs from London's Natural History Museum. Packed with bite-size facts and e...

Interesting Insects presents striking and surprisingly photogenic insect portraits, each specially selected from the oldest and most important ento...

A stunning photographic record of endangered honey bees in their wild, forest habitat, with images from world-renowned nature photographer Ingo Arn...

Interesting Shells presents striking and beautiful shell portraits, each one specially selected by expert curators at the Natural History Museum, L...

The World of Birds is a groundbreaking guide to every aspect of bird life and a complete survey of the world's orders and families of birds. Writte...

Fairies are all around us - you just need to look carefully and you'll see signs of them everywhere. Written and compiled by the esteemed botanist ...

Publisher: Somerset Archaeological and Natural History SocietyAuthor(s): C.Walter HodgesIllustration(s): black and white line drawingsNumber of pag...

This is a collection of the most memorable portraits taken over the past decades of the international Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition...

Officially titled The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America this is the second ground-breaking work by world-renowned artist and naturalist John J...

A lavishly illustrated compendium dedicated to the sauropod dinosaur group, featuring the largest animals to ever live on land.Illustrations: 2000+

A beautiful gift hardback collection of poetry with poems inspired by The Natural History Museum.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Ana SampsonNumb...

All 100 images awarded in the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are featured in this powerful collection, together with the storie...

An imaginative natural history survey of the wide world of spirits, from whiskey and gin to grappa and moonshinePublisher: Yale University PressAut...

An action-packed graphic novel mystery with gentle humor and Bad Guysstyle illustrations, perfect for dinosaur-loving emerging readers.

A visual journey of awe-inspiring beauty from planet Earth to the other planets in our Solar System. Michael Benson uses the black-and-white raw fr...

Spectacular, mysterious, elegant, or grotesque, the vertebrate skeletons of Earth's fossil record carry within them the traces of several billion y...

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Poppy DavidNumber of pages: 64Collection: Folklore Field GuidesPublication date: 2021Dimensions...

The Inside Out of Flies is a look under the bonnet at the astonishing mechanics of fly anatomy. Erica McAlister reveals the engineering miracles em...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Richard SallerIllustration(s): 5 b/w illus.Number of pages: 216Collection: The Princeton Economic H...

Between 1737 and 1746, James Knight a merchant, planter, and sometime Crown official and legislator in Jamaica wrote a massive two-volume history o...

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing, U.S.Author(s): Douglas BurgessNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 237 x 35Cover type: ...

Tom Wright develops a distinctive approach to natural theology grounded in an 'epistemology of love'. This approach arises from reflection upon the...

An enthralling narrative journey through the history and geography of Mars by an award-winning writer, geologist and geophysicist.Publisher: Elliot...

Britain's shallow seas are a mysterious domain. They remain largely unseen and unexplored except by marine scientists and divers, who have been doc...

A captivating history of red hair through the ages, drawing on science, religion, politics, literature and art.Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor(s): ...

The most memorable images taken from 55 years of the acclaimed Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.Illustrations: 200+ colourEditor(s): R...

Elegantly and persuasively argues that natural theology was an important presence, not only in the natural histories of the eighteenth and nineteen...

When the Natural History Museum hires Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton to investigate the destruction of a fossilised dinosaur skeleton, they are s...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Britt BunyardIllustration(s): 187 color photos + 42 b/w illus. 36 maps.Number of pages: 288Collecti...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Rachel Warren ChaddIllustration(s): Color photos + illus.Number of pages: 288Collection: The Lives ...

An exploration of the world's most important medicinal plants, the compounds they produce and how they benefit the human body. With diagrams, photo...

A definitive guide to the sacred place trees hold for cultures around the world, exploring the natural history, folklore and symbolism that give ea...

The first book to explore the relationship between cricket and the natural world, from the trees, shrubs and flowers around a cricket ground to the...

The life and art of the 18th-century naturalist Mark Catesby, and his pioneering work depicting the flora and fauna of North America, are explored ...

A collection of powerful and dramatic images of weather phenomena from around the world. Each image is taken from the acclaimed annual competition ...

A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand and obey its iron laws.Publisher: John Murray Pr...