Natural History

The Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939, Paperback - Marjorie Kohli

154,99 RON 165,99 RON

Reducere. To thousands of young people, emigration has been the golden bridge by which they have passed from an apparently hopeless childhood to lives of use...

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The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America, Paperback - Greta LaFleur

282,99 RON 302,99 RON

Reducere. If sexology--the science of sex--came into being sometime in the nineteenth century, then how did statesmen, scientists, and everyday people make m...

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Exploring Britain`s Hidden World - A Natural History of Seabed Habits, Hardback - Keith Hiscock

185,99 RON

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

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Natures in Translation. Romanticism and Colonial Natural History, Hardback - Alan Bewell

285,00 RON

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

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Japan. The Natural History of an Asian Archipelago, Paperback - Wildlife of Japan Mark Brazil

207,99 RON

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Wildlife of Japan Mark BrazilIllustration(s): 600+ color photos, illus., and mapsNumber of pages: 3...

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Butterflies. A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behaviour, Paperback - Dick Vane-Wright

81,99 RON

In Butterflies leading expert Dick Vane-Wright provides a complete introduction to the biology, natural history and classification of this major gr...

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From Burleigh to Boschink: A Community Called Stony Lake, Paperback - Christie Bentham

133,99 RON 143,99 RON

Reducere. From Burleigh to Boschink: A Community Called Stony Lake covers over a hundred years of human history, encompassing the Aboriginal Peoples, their p...

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Red. A Natural History of the Redhead, Main, Hardback - Jacky Colliss Harvey

104,99 RON

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

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Temple of Science. The Pre-Raphaelites and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Hardback - John Holmes

319,99 RON

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

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Dialogues and Natural History of Religion, Paperback - David Hume

48,99 RON

David Hume is one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in English. His Dialogues ask if a belief in God can be inferred from what i...

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The Empire of the Eagle: An Illustrated Natural History, Hardcover - Mike Unwin

256,99 RON

A lavishly illustrated celebration of each of the world's sixty-eight currently recognized eagle species in all their magnificence and beguiling di...

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The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way, Hardcover - Colin Davey

173,99 RON

The American Museum of Natural History is one of New York City's most beloved institutions, and one of the largest, most celebrated museums in the ...

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Dystopia: A Natural History, Paperback - Gregory Claeys

232,99 RON

Dystopia: A Natural History is the first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia. Taking the term to encompass both a literary tradition of sa...

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Arizona's Amphibians & Reptiles: A Natural History and Field Guide, Paperback - John C. Murphy

316,99 RON 339,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionFor both the casual observer and the experienced naturalist, this indispensable field guide and natural history reference covers all the...

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How Wildlife Photography Became Art. 55 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Hardback - ***

220,99 RON

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

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Wired for Culture. The Natural History of Human Cooperation, Paperback - Mark Pagel

80,00 RON

What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rit...

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So Excellent a Fishe: A Natural History of Sea Turtles, Paperback - Archie F. Carr

117,99 RON 126,99 RON

Reducere. No single individual did more to promote sea turtle research and conservation than Archie Carr (1909-1987). So entwined did he become with these cr...

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The Queen & MR Brown: The Ugliest Fish in the Sea, Paperback - James Francis Wilkins

44,99 RON

The Queen and Mr Brown visit their animal friends in the Natural History Museum for another mystery tour. This time their destination is the bottom...

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Ultimate Gout Cure Handbook: Gout Diagnosis, History, Science, Prevention and Natural Treatment Remedies, Paperback - David Whitehead

74,99 RON 80,99 RON

Reducere. Stop masking your health issues with medication. It's time to address--and solve--the root cause.Once thought to be a disease of lords, more than e...

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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, Paperback - Gilbert White

348,99 RON

White's Natural History and Antiquities (1789) consists of a series of letters written to Daines Barrington and Thomas Pennant. The letters in Natu...

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Between the Rocks and the Stars: Narratives in Natural History, Paperback - Stephen Daubert

127,99 RON 136,99 RON

Reducere. These stories take readers where they cannot go, be it out into space, back in time, deep under the ocean, down to microscopic scales, or out onto ...

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Frontiers of Science: Imperialism and Natural Knowledge in the Gulf South Borderlands, 1500-1850, Hardcover - Cameron B. Strang

481,99 RON

Cameron Strang takes American scientific thought and discoveries away from the learned societies, museums, and teaching halls of the Northeast and ...

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Drifting Into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River, Paperback - Janisse Ray

111,99 RON 119,99 RON

Reducere. Janisse Ray was a babe in arms when a boat of her father's construction cracked open and went down in the mighty Altamaha River. Tucked in a life p...

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Murder at the Natural History Museum. The thrilling historical whodunnit, Paperback - Jim Eldridge

56,99 RON

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

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Divine in the Commonplace. Reverent Natural History and the Novel in Britain, Hardback - Amy M. King

684,99 RON

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

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Social Support and Motherhood. The Natural History of a Research Project, Paperback - Ann Oakley

246,99 RON

Ann Oakley develops a sociology of the research process, telling how a research project on caring and social support is undertaken. It has much res...

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Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed, Hardcover - David R. Kaufman

222,99 RON 238,99 RON

Reducere. In 1990 David Kaufman decided to explore Peachtree Creek from its headwaters to its confluence with the Chattahoochee River. For thirteen years he ...

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Natural History of Dragons. A Memoir by Lady Trent, Paperback - Marie Brennan

56,99 RON

Tells a true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, prospects, and her life to satisfy scientific curiosity. This title also shows...

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Gilbert White. A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne, Paperback - Richard Mabey

62,99 RON

When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and influenti...

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Murder at the Natural History Museum. The thrilling historical whodunnit, Hardback - Jim Eldridge

125,99 RON

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

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Anasazi Painted Pottery In Field Museum Of Natural History (Volume 5), Paperback - Paul S. Martin

123,99 RON 132,99 RON

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

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Making Natural Knowledge. Constructivism and the History of Science, Paperback - Jan Golinski

328,99 RON

An introduction to constructivism, this book is a research paradigm that reflects on the importance of this theory, tells the history of its rise t...

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History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology, Hardcover - N. T. Wright

305,99 RON 327,99 RON

Reducere. How can we know about God? That question increasingly bothered scientists and philosophers in the modern period as they chipped away at previously ...

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Dry Store Room No. 1. The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum, Paperback - Richard A. Fortey

69,99 RON

'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capt...

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Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland, Paperback - Diarmid A. Finnegan

220,99 RON

Winner of the Frank Watson Prize in Scottish History, 2011 The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of ...

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Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River, Hardcover - Janisse Ray

147,00 RON

Janisse Ray was a babe in arms when a boat of her father's construction cracked open and went down in the mighty Altamaha River. Tucked in a life p...

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Where the Roots Reach for Water: A Personal and Natural History of Melancholia, Paperback - Jeffery Smith

122,99 RON 131,99 RON

Reducere. Winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir Jeffery Smith was living in Missoula, Montana, working as a psychiatric case manag...

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Floating Gold. A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris, Paperback - Christopher Kemp

119,99 RON

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Christopher KempIllustration(s): 12 color plates, 21 halftonesNumber of pages: 232Publication ...

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The Red Planet. A Natural History of Mars, New ed, Paperback - Simon Morden

59,99 RON

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

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The Lives of Fungi. A Natural History of Our Planet's Decomposers, Hardback - Britt Bunyard

190,99 RON

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

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The Lives of Moths. A Natural History of Our Planet's Moth Life, Hardback - Rachel Warren Chadd

190,99 RON

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

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Points North: Discover Hidden Campgrounds, Natural Wonders, and Waterways of the Upper Peninsula, Paperback - Mikel B. Classen

155,99 RON 166,99 RON

Reducere. Featuring more than 150 color photos of the U.P.'s most beautiful, historic, and natural locations I've spent many years exploring the wilderness o...

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Turning Darkness into Light. A Natural History of Dragons book, Paperback - Marie Brennan

56,99 RON

A brand-new adventure set in the hugely popular A Natural History of Dragons universe - a delightful Victorian-esque fantasy.

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History of Embalming and of Preparations in Anatomy, Pathology, and Natural Hiistory, Paperback - J. N. Gannal

96,99 RON

This is a history of the process of embalming dead bodies, something that people have been doing for thousands of years. From the preface: "I have ...

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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Paperback - Michael Pollan

113,99 RON

One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year Winner of the James Beard Award Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defen...

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Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation, Paperback - Steven Johnson

107,99 RON

The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What kind of environment bre...

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A Natural History of California: Second Edition, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Allan A. Schoenherr

318,99 RON 341,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Allan A. SchoenherrIn this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan A. Schoenherr describes the natural history...

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Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises: A Natural History and Species Guide, Hardcover - Annalisa Berta

268,99 RON 287,99 RON

Reducere. The eighty-nine cetacean species that swim our seas and rivers are as diverse as they are intelligent and elusive, from the hundred-foot-long, two-...

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Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion Into the American Museum of Natural History, Paperback - Douglas J. Preston

105,99 RON 113,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Douglas J. PrestonDinosaurs in the Attic is a chronicle of the expeditions, discoveries, and scientists behind the greatest...

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The Natural History of Weasels and Stoats: Ecology, Behavior, and Management, Paperback - C. M. King

521,99 RON

DescriptionField naturalists have observed the activities of weasels for centuries. Their descriptions were often accurate but sometimes misinterpr...

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Guide to the Geology and Natural History of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Paperback - Edgar W. Spencer

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. As you travel along the Blue Ridge Parkway, hike the Appalachian Trail, or visit the national and state parks scattered throughout the Blue Ridge M...

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Between Paradise and Peril: The Natural Disaster History of the Monterey Bay Region, Paperback - Gary Griggs

182,99 RON

Description"Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice" - Will DurantThe Monterey Bay Region seems to have it all ...

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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century, Paperback - Kirk Wallace Johnson

85,99 RON 92,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionAs heard on NPR's This American Life "Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a clas...

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Mountain Nature: A Seasonal Natural History of the Southern Appalachians, Paperback - Jennifer Frick-Ruppert

117,99 RON 126,99 RON

Reducere. The Southern Appalachians are home to a breathtakingly diverse array of living things--from delicate orchids to carnivorous pitcher plants, from mi...

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Natural Rebels: A Social History of Enslaved Women in Barbados, Paperback - Hilary Beckles

256,99 RON 274,99 RON

Reducere. Although we are learning a lot from historians about the lives of slaves in the United States, we still know little about slavery in the Caribbean....

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Around Preston. Heritage, Natural History and Walking in the City and Beautiful Countryside Beyond, Paperback - David Hindle

44,99 RON

This beautiful book celebrates, with its combination of history, wildlfie and walking in the amazing countryside around Preston is perfect book for...

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Land of Bears and Honey: A Natural History of East Texas, Paperback - Joe C. Truett

103,99 RON 111,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionWinner, Ottis Lock Endowment Award for the best book on East Texas, East Texas Historical Association, 1985Texas Literary Festival Award...

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Plants That Cure. A Natural History of the World's Most Important Medicinal Plants, Hardback - Melanie-Jayne Howes

153,00 RON

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

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Natural History of Latin, Paperback - Tore (Emeritus Professor of Latin, University of Goeteborg) Janson

56,99 RON

Tells the history of Latin from its origins. This book offers persuasive arguments for its value and gives access to its fascinating worlds. It des...

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A Taxonomic Study of North American Ranunculaceae. A Treatment of the Members of This Natural Order Whether Found in Gardens or Native in North Americ

50,99 RON

Publisher: Nabu PressAuthor(s): Kary Cadmus DavisIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 178Publication date: 2011Dimension...

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Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the Wind, Paperback - Lyall Watson

94,99 RON

DescriptionHeaven's Breath, the first history of the wind, looks at this ubiquitous and invisible entity from the point of view of geography, biolo...

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Living Wisdom of Trees. A Guide to the Natural History, Symbolism and Healing Power of Trees, Hardback - Fred Hageneder

107,99 RON

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

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The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium: An Essay in Natural History, Hardcover - Juan Pimentel

202,00 RON

One animal left India in 1515, caged in the hold of a Portuguese ship, and sailed around Africa to Lisbon--the first of its species to see Europe f...

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The Granite Landscape: A Natural History of America's Mountain Domes, from Acadia to Yosemite (Revised), Paperback - Tom Wessels

134,99 RON 144,99 RON

Reducere. In The Granite Landscape Tom Wessels synthesizes history, geology, biology, and personal narrative to enhance our understanding and appreciation of...

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Unforgettable Underwater Photography, Hardcover - Rosamund Kidman Cox

125,99 RON

DescriptionAll the pictures in this collection have been celebrated in the past decades by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition--the w...

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Breeding the World's Largest Living Arachnid: Amblypygid (Whipspider) Biology, Natural History, and Captive Husbandry, Hardcover - Orin McMonigle

360,99 RON

What arachnologist worth his salt could forget the arachnid with a two-foot legspan? The Order Amblypygi not only contains world record species, bu...

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The Lost Species: Great Expeditions in the Collections of Natural History Museums, Paperback - Christopher Kemp

145,99 RON

The tiny, lungless Thorius salamander from southern Mexico, thinner than a match and smaller than a quarter. The lushly white-coated Saki, an arbor...

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A Natural History of the Romance Novel, Paperback - Pamela Regis

160,99 RON 172,99 RON

Reducere. The romance novel has the strange distinction of being the most popular but least respected of literary genres. While it remains consistently domin...

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John Abbot and William Swainson: Art, Science, and Commerce in Nineteenth-Century Natural History Illustration, Hardcover - Janice Neri

579,99 RON

An archive of never-before-published illustrations of insects and plants painted by a pioneering naturalist During his lifetime (1751-ca. 1840), En...

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The Nature of Cricket. A Natural History of the Cricket Ground, Hardback - Graham Coster

116,99 RON

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...

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