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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals

By Philip Whitfield (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780785819585 | Chartwell Books, April 30, 2005, cover price $29.99

Biomes and Habitats

Provides information regarding the shaping of the earth and its inhabitants, and includes discussions about fluctuations in population and the effects of humans upon the environment. (view table of contents)

By C. Barry Cox, Peter D. Moore and Philip Whitfield

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9780028656335 | Macmillan Library Reference, February 1, 2002, cover price $125.00 | About this edition: Provides information regarding the shaping of the earth and its inhabitants, and includes discussions about fluctuations in population and the effects of humans upon the environment.

Animals

Volumes dedicated to mammals, birds and reptiles, and amphibians organize articles by taxonomic categories, and describes the physical characteristics, behavior, feeding habits, and conservation status of each animal. (view table of contents)

By Philip Whitfield (editor)

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9780028654171 | Macmillan Library Reference, August 1, 2000, cover price $50.00 | also contains South Africa and the United States: The Declassified History | About this edition: Volumes dedicated to mammals, birds and reptiles, and amphibians organize articles by taxonomic categories, and describes the physical characteristics, behavior, feeding habits, and conservation status of each animal.

Evolution

Enhanced by colorful photographs and diagrams, an introduction to a controversial subject covers a wide range of topics, beginning with Charles Darwin and concluding with genetic engineering.

By Philip Whitfield

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Hardcover:

9780028655932 | Macmillan Library Reference, June 1, 2000, cover price $188.00 | About this edition: Enhanced by colorful photographs and diagrams, an introduction to a controversial subject covers a wide range of topics, beginning with Charles Darwin and concluding with genetic engineering.

Animals: A Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia

By Philip Whitfield (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780028654201 | Macmillan Library Reference, November 1, 1999, cover price $385.00 | About this edition: Volumes dedicated to mammals, birds and reptiles, and amphibians organize articles by taxonomic categories, and describes the physical characteristics, behavior, feeding habits, and conservation status of each animal.

Animals: Birds

By Philip Whitfield (editor)

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9780028654188 | Macmillan Library Reference, September 1, 1999, cover price $55.01 | also contains Decorating With Paper: Creative Looks With Wallpapers, Art Prints, Gift Wrap, and More | About this edition: Volumes dedicated to mammals, birds and reptiles, and amphibians organize articles by taxonomic categories, and describes the physical characteristics, behavior, feeding habits, and conservation status of each animal.

Animals: Reptiles

By Philip Whitfield (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780028654195 | Macmillan Library Reference, September 1, 1999, cover price $150.00 | also contains The Cistercian World: Monastic Writings of the Twelfth Century | About this edition: Volumes dedicated to mammals, birds and reptiles, and amphibians organize articles by taxonomic categories, and describes the physical characteristics, behavior, feeding habits, and conservation status of each animal.

The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Animals: A Visual Who's Who of the World's Creatures

Written by expert zoologists and illustrated with more than two thousand color paintings by nature artists, this complete guide to Earth's animal life includes information like breeding patterns, common and scientific names, and conservation statutes. 50,000 first printing. Lit Guild Feat Alt. (view table of contents)

By Simon and Schuster, Inc. (corporate author) and Philip Whitfield (editor)

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9780684852379 | Subsequent edition (Simon & Schuster, November 1, 1998), cover price $50.00 | About this edition: A guide to Earth's animal life includes breeding patterns, scientific names, and conservation statutes

What Makes the World Go Round?: A Question-And-Answer Encyclopedia

Provides a comprehensive, fact-filled guide that answers more than one-hundred questions regarding the world, the planet, and its inhabitants, such as why tigers have stripes, what the biggest flower is, when life began, and more. (view table of contents)

By Jinny Johnson (editor) and Philip Whitfield (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780805050868 | Henry Holt & Co, March 1, 1997, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Answers questions about the evolution of life, the inhabitants of the planet, and the earth itself

Children's Guide to Dinos

By Philip Whitfield

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Paperback:

9780590243292 | Scholastic, January 1, 1996, cover price $21.35

The Human Body Explained: A Guide to Understanding the Incredible Living Machine

A lavishly illustrated introduction to the functions of the human body provides double-page spreads and clearly written text that use comparisons and analogies from everyday life to convey the facts about our 'incredible living machine.'

By Philip Whitfield (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780805037524 | Henry Holt & Co, September 1, 1995, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Test and drawings describe human functions such as movement, sensation, energy use, circulation, reproduction, and growth

From So Simple a Beginning: The Book of Evolution

Traces the history of evolution, explains the concept of natural selection, and discusses DNA, adaptation, classification, and genetic engineering

By Philip Whitfield

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Hardcover:

9780026271158 | Macmillan Pub Co, October 1, 1993, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Traces the history of evolution, explains the concept of natural selection, and discusses DNA, adaptation, classification, and genetic engineering

Paperback:

9780020383048 | Reprint edition (Macmillan General Reference, September 1, 1995), cover price $19.95

The Robot Zoo/a Mechanical Guide to the Way Animals Work

Cutaway images of robots and their animal partners explore the intricacies of each of the animals depicted, using a mechanical approach to clearly and vividly explain the digestive and circulatory systems, movement, and adaptation process.

By John Kelly, Obin and Philip Whitfield

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9781570360640 | Turner Pub, September 1, 1994, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Cutaway images of robots and their animal partners explore the intricacies of each of the animals depicted, using a mechanical approach to explain the digestive and circulatory systems, movement, and adaptation process

Children's Guide to Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals

An authoritative reference guide to the animals of the prehistoric world offers a chronological study of five different geological periods, with profiles of the dinosaurs and other animals who lived during each. BOMC. (view table of contents)

By Philip Whitfield

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School and Library:

9780027623628 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1992, cover price $22.99 | About this edition: Describes the prehistoric animals that lived in various areas of the world during the different geological periods, from the Triassic through the Cretaceous.

Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?: Questions About Life in the Past Answered by Dr. Philip Whitfield With the Natural History Museum

Answers questions about evolution

By Philip Whitfield

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Hardcover:

9780670840557 | Viking Pr, October 1, 1991, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Answers questions about evolution

Oceans

A guide to the three-fourths of the planet that humans rarely experience describes gargantuan mountains and valleys, exotic life forms, and other aspects of the world's oceans

By Philip Whitfield

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Hardcover:

9780670841769 | Viking Pr, August 1, 1991, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A guide to the three-fourths of the planet that humans rarely experience describes gargantuan mountains and valleys, exotic life forms, and other aspects of the world's oceans

Why Do Volcanoes Erupt: Questions About Our Unique Planet Answered by Dr. Philip Whitfield

Explains how mountains are formed, if there are volcanoes on other planets, why the sunset looks red, and many more perplexities about our world

By Philip Whitfield

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Hardcover:

9780670833856 | Viking Pr, August 1, 1990, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Explains how mountains are formed, if there are volcanoes on other planets, why the sunset looks red, and many more perplexities about our world

Atlas of Earth Mysteries

Product Description: Atlas Of Earth Mysteries is a vivid reminder of natural powers in all their amazing diversity. It is a reminder, too, that fundamental questions which have fascinated and exercised curious minds for centuries remain elusively unanswered...read more

By Philip Whitfield (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780528833946 | Rand McNally, August 1, 1990, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Atlas Of Earth Mysteries is a vivid reminder of natural powers in all their amazing diversity.

Can the Whales Be Saved?: Questions About the Natural World and the Threats to Its Survival

Answers questions about ecology, endangered species, and the environment

By Philip Whitfield

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Hardcover:

9780670827534 | Kestrel Pr, August 1, 1989, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Answers questions about ecology, endangered species, and the environment

Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds: A Visual Who's Who in the World of Birds

Shows, identifies, and describes penguins, herons, storks, ducks, geese, hawks, pheasants, pigeons, parrots, hummingbirds, larks, wrens, and owls

By Edward S. Ayensu (editor) and Philip Whitfield (editor)

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Paperback:

9780020444626 | Collier Books, October 1, 1988, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Shows, identifies, and describes penguins, herons, storks, ducks, geese, hawks, pheasants, pigeons, parrots, hummingbirds, larks, wrens, and owls

Why Do the Seasons Change?: Questions on Nature's Cycles and Rhythms Answered by the Natural History Museum

Provides answers to frequently asked questions on the mysteries of nature.

By Joyce Pope and Philip Whitfield

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Hardcover:

9780670818600 | Viking Pr, October 1, 1987, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Covers astrology, the dodo, the lungs, body temperature, time zones, sleep, dreams, dragonflies, rabbits, seals, bees, spiders, turtles, frogs, comets, eclipses, and the sun

Digestion: Fueling the System

By Gordon Jackson and Philip Whitfield

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Hardcover:

9780920269381 | Torstar Books, May 1, 1985, cover price $18.95

Hearing, Taste and Smell: Pathways of Perception

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By D. M. Stoddart and Philip Whitfield

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Hardcover:

9780920269299 | Scribner, September 1, 1984, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: hardcover book

MacMillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia

Catalogs thousands of animal species, with information on conservation status, common and scientific names, habitat, behavior, and physiology

By Edward S. Ayensu (editor) and Philip Whitfield (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780026276801 | Macmillan Pub Co, September 1, 1984, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Catalogs thousands of animal species, with information on conservation status, common and scientific names, habitat, behavior, and physiology

The Animal Family/13992

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By Clive Catchpole, Frank H. Hucklebridge, Richard Orr, D. Michael Stoddart, Philip Whitfield and M. J. Woods

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Hardcover:

9780393013047 | W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1, 1980, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Used Book with typical aging from long storage shelving and use.

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