This Guide describes and illustrates all of the approximately 775 species recorded to date in Australia, nearby islands and seas of the continental shelf. Includes 167 superbly painted plates.
 

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Published: April 2010

 

 

 

 How about this! Not one, but two great new Field Guides for Australia! In 132 color plates of remarkable beauty and precision, Nicolas Day captures the details of more than 770 of Australia's birds. Detailed color distribution maps accompany the species text. This updated edition includes three replacement plates and twelve additional rare species. This is the revised 8th edition.

 

 

This amusing book unlocks some of the secrets of how and what birds may be thinking. Read it, and you will never look at a parrot, chicken, hawk or pigeon in quite the same way again
 

Published: April 2010 

 

Describing 102 species of salamanders occurring in the southeastern United States, the authors provide us with the most comprehensive and authoritative, yet accessible and fun-to-read, guide to these often secretive, always fascinating wonders of nature.

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This full-color field guide is an indispensable companion to the most popular neotropical ecotourism destination: Costa Rica. Featuring all the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and arthropods that one is likely to see on a trip to the rainforest.

 

Publlished: May 2010 

 

The Private Lives of Birds is a treasure trove of fascinating insights into bird behavior. With her trademark clarity and humor, Bridget Stutchbury - 'bird detective' extraordinaire-reveals avian lives of uncommon drama, rife with adultery, divorce, sibling rivalry, lying, social climbing and life-or-death marathons.

 

Published: June 2010 

 

 

 

From Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceaei, this beautiful volume provides the common and scientific names for each flower family; information on the flower and color range maps of more than 700 species for both native and introduced types.

 

Published: April 2010 

 

Newly updated and packed with recommendations of the world's best places to visit, this book is a joyous gift for travelers, an around-the-world listing of beaches, museums, monuments, islands, inns, restaurants, and more..

 

Published: March 2010 

 

The book is elegantly structured: each chapter emphasizes one distinct aspect of the Galapagos in the hope that by displaying visually the essence of its splendid wildness, the volume can serve as an inspiration to ensure the survival of the islands' threatened animals. This richly illustrated book captures the ethereal, haunting quality of the Galapagos

 

Published: February 2010 

 

Darlyne Murawski leads young readers inside the fascinating world of butterflies: learn how they are magically transformed from squirmy caterpillars; discover how each species develops unique wings; and witness a butterfly food fight, as they wrestle over a flower until a winner is declared. (Ages 7-11)

 

Published: May 2010 

 

Now for Windows and Mac. This is the ultimate birding resource. Identify any bird with the ID Wizard. Thousands of color photos, videos, songs.  Revised and updated with new range maps and extra features.

 

 

 

This is the deepest and most thorough history of ornithology that we have seen. The mixture of history, biographical sketches, period illustrations, and science give it a broad appeal

 

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Published March 2010

 

 

 Each month features reproductions of his finely detailed species portraits along with a range map and text pointing out key identification marks, behavior, and habitat information.

 

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Published September 2010