Product Description: A colorful, authoritative pocket guide to 220 of the world's snakes Details on size, shape, habitats, and conservation ID fact file for quick and accurate identification Full-color photographsPublished in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, America's foremost authority in history and science...read more

Product Description: This book includes feature-by-feature descriptions of each species of British and European tree. The text and illustrations for each species appear on same page, for easy reference. The illustrations show both the outline of the mature tree and details of bark, leaves, flower and fruit...read more

Product Description: This field guide identifies, describes and illustrates over 430 species, covering almost all of the birds likely to be encountered in the whole of Britain and Europe. It provides details of plumage and distinctive features, behaviour, songs and calls, and breeding habits.

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Product Description: This volume should enable anyone who is in the countryside, whether on a walk along the coast or in the mountains or a ramble through woodland, fields or wetlands, to identify hundreds of flower species. Each wild flower entry includes: identifying illustrations and description of appearance and colour; size, type of habitat, geographical range and flowering season; and herbal medicinal uses...read more

Product Description: A comprehensive review of pharmacologic treatments for metabolic bone disease. The authors discuss the clinical pharmacology and practical aspects, including dose, frequency and route of administration, side effects and monitoring of a variety of drug treatments as they are applied to conditions such as hypoparathyroidism, Paget's disease and osteoporosis...read more

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Product Description: This guide covers all the wild animals found in East Africa and the major areas visited by safaris - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia. Each species is illustrated, with the differences betwen the male and female pointed out.

Product Description: Packed full of color photographs of every bird listed, as well as handy hints on watching birds.

Discusses the migratory instincts of animals, fish, and insects in regard to where and when they migrate, as well as their natural ability to navigate.

Discusses the hunting skills of wild land and sea animals, such as the polar bear, tiger, hunting dog, heron, tawny owl, snake, chameleon, whale, leopard seal, piranha, dragonfly, and wasp

Describes how animals, fish, and insects build their homes and keep them safe from predators and the forces of nature

Explains how animals team up and help one another with obtaining food and protecting their territories and their young from enemies, and how humans and other animals get help from various creatures

Product Description: A comparison of the scenery, underlying physical structure and ecology of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, describing the mammals and birds found in each region and explaining the various evolutionary developments that have allowed them to adapt their lives to ensure survival in such environments...read more

Product Description: Book by Hosking, Eric, Hosking, David, Flegg, Jim