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Ants: Workers of the World

Spicer Rice, E. · 2021 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Abrams 144, 80 col photos. 292x279mm. HB. NEW. . Nature's most successful insects captured in remarkable macrophotography. In this book, photographer Eduard Florin Niga brings us incredibly close to the most numerous animals on Earth, whose ability to organize colonies, com…

Fair Weather Hitchhiker

Julia Millen · 2020 · Book Haven

NZ$25.50 (€12.78 | $14.09 | £10.66 | ¥2,250)

Cuba Press Limited 2020 Softcover, 336pp. A restless 17-year-old seeking fame, fortune (and romance) goes hitchhiking with three older girls. What begins as a holiday frolic becomes a survival recipe for life. Radiating hope and energy, the narrative follows this naive New Zeala…

Art, Marriage, And Family In The Florentine Renaissance Palace

Jacqueline Musacchio 1085574 · 2008 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

Yale University Press, 2008, Gekartonneerd met stofomslag, 320, A beautifully illustrated account of life behind the walls of a Florentine Renaissance home Although we live in an era when vast sums of money are lavished on wedding festivities, we are not unique: in Renaissance …

The Irish Butterfly Book: A Complete Guide to the Butterflies of Ireland: 2021

Harding, J. · 2021 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

Jesmond Harding 328, col photos. 240x170mm. PB. NEW. . The often mysterious behaviour of Ireland’s butterflies is explored in this book.Why do some female Speckled Woods flaunt themselves at males, while other female Speckled Woods behave so evasively? Can Brimstone butterflies …

Reinventing Alexander. Myth, Legend, History in Renaissance Italian Art

Claudia Daniotti · 2022 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.41 | ¥17,603)

, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 348 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:80 b/w, 16 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503597430. Summary In this book Claudia Daniotti provides the first comprehensive study of the representation of Alexander the Great in Renaissance Italian art, e…

The Biology of Moult in Birds

Jenni, L.; Winkler, R. · 2020 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£56.25 (€67.43 | $74.33 | ¥11,870)

Helm xii, 306, col photos. . HB. NEW. . Feathers are amazing structures unique to birds and, for a variety of reasons, they need to be renewed periodically as a whole in a process called moult. During this process, all of the functions of plumage are impaired and most aspects of…

Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland

Waring, P.; Townsend, M.; Lewington, R. · 2017 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£26.50 (€31.77 | $35.02 | ¥5,592)

Bloomsbury Publishing 480, 1700+ col illus, 80+ photos. 216x135mm. PB. NEW. . 3rd edition, fully revised, updated and restructured, bringing it in line with the latest taxonomy. Moths are illustrated in their resting postures, together will illustrations of forms, undersides and…

Remarkable Insects

None Stated · 1842 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Religious Tract Society, 1842. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this delightful work on insects, with illustrations in the text. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A guide to insects with facts and features of creatures such as: the honey …

Research and Development of Materiel Maintainability Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY · 1966 · Pegasus Books

$19.75 (€17.92 | £14.95 | ¥3,154)

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1966. Hardcover. Cover is maroon with gold lettering on front and spine. Printed in June, 1966. Has number '705-1' stamped on front. Pages are clean and tight. Extensively illustrated with b/w charts, diagrams, tables and one …

Parrots. A Guide to Parrots of the World

Juniper, Tony · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€49.95 ($55.06 | £41.67 | ¥8,793)

YALE UNIV PR, Hardcover, 584, This is the first book created primarily for the field identification of parrots, one of the most familiar and colorful groups of birds. From the mighty macaws to the diminutive pygmy parrots, the 350 species of parrots include cockatoos, parakeets,…

Science and the World's Religions

Patrick McNamara, Wesley J. Wildman · 2012 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.41 | ¥17,603)

ABC-CLIO, 2012, Hardcover, 302, In Science and the World's Religions, experts with scientific and religious backgrounds explore vital existential or practical issues, drawing on whatever sciences are relevant and engaging at least two religious traditions. The multidisciplinary …

For The Relief Of Unbearable Urges

Nathan Englander · 2000 · Book Haven

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Faber & Faber 2000 Paperback 205 For the Relief of Unbearable Urges is bold, funny and irresistibly inventive, a brilliant tragi-comic vision delivered in a voice that is as humorous and full of life as it is sorrowful and haunted - a work of stunning authority and imagination. …

The Child and the Butterflies

Wood, Theodore; Kelman, Janet Harvey (Illus) · 1910 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

T.C. & E.C. Jack London 87, 8 col plates,. . PB. Stapled. orig. limp cloth. Sort tear to head of spine. Vg.. Scarce. The Child and Nature Series. Based on the work <i>Butterflies and Moths</i> by the same author and illustrator. Described by Rev. Theodore Wood. Janet Harvey Kelm…

Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland

Roy, H.; Brown, P.M.J. · 2018 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Bloomsbury 160, 100 col photos, 50 plates. 216x135mm. HB. Vg. From the library of British coleopterist, Robert Angus, with his name pencilled to endpaper.. This brand new illustrated field guide covers all 47 species of ladybird occurring in Britain and Ireland in a handy and ea…

A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Australia: 2nd Edition

Nielsen, J.; Rowland, P.; Whitlock, R. · 2023 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.99 (€15.57 | $17.16 | ¥2,741)

John Beaufoy Publishing 176, c.300 col photos. . PB. NEW. . 2nd edition. <i>A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Australia</i> is an introductory photographic guide to 280 butterfly species commonly seen in Australia, and is perfect for residents and visitors alike. The 2n…

RSPB Spotlight Robins

Taylor, M. · 2019 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.99 (€15.57 | $17.16 | ¥2,741)

Bloomsbury Publishing 128, 250 col photos. 210x148mm. PB. NEW. . Our most iconic bird, the Robin, is one of the most characterful and familiar of all our garden visitors. Their melodious voices, bright red breasts and cheeky attitudes always endear them to us, but how much do we…

The Bumblebee Book

Owens, N. · 2020 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£24.95 (€29.91 | $32.97 | ¥5,265)

Nature Bureau v, 186, col photos, col distribution maps. . HB. NEW. . This book offers an easy introduction for those new to bumblebees and also provides the more experienced naturalist with a wealth of information about their fascinating lives. All 27 bumblebee species occurrin…

A guide to Stag Beetles of Australia

Hangay, G.; de Keyzer, R. · 2017 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.95 (€49.09 | $54.11 | ¥8,642)

CSIRO Australia x, 245, col photos, text figs. . PB. NEW. . Most Australian stag beetles live secretive lives, spending the majority of their life cycle inside decaying timber or under logs sunken in the soil. Yet these active recyclers of the forest are admired by beetle-loving…

The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia

Braby, M.F. · 2016 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

CSIRO 400, col photos, distribution maps. 215x148mm. PB. NEW. . 2nd edition. A fully updated guide to all butterfly species on Australia's mainland and remote islands, stunningly illustrated with colour photographs, many of which are new, of each of the 435 currently recognised …

Get Ahead...Get Financially Sorted by 30: The New Zealand Way

Joan Baker and Annette Sampson · 2004 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Allen & Unwin 2004 Paperback, 208pp. 1 You can be financially set by 30 2 Earning it-pay cheques and balances 3 So what's the problem? 4 Another day older and deeper in debt-how to break the cycle 5 Banks are bastards-but you can beat them 6 Funny money-how to enjoy life without…