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Whether you’re identifying plants or spotting animals and birds, discover more about natural history and wildlife all over the world with our range of books, field guides, atlases and maps.

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Leviathan or, The Whale
by Philip Hoare
In Leviathan, or The Whale, the acclaimed writer Philip Hoare explores his own passion for whales and charts the troubled history of their relationship with man. He seeks to discover, on his own...
- Publisher: Fourth Estate
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First Life
by David Attenborough
First Life is Sir David Attenborough’s account of the grandest story of all – the story of the beginning of life on earth. Travelling on a ground breaking investigation, Attenborough provides a...
- Publisher: HarperCollins
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The Snow Leopard
by Peter Matthiessen
The Snow Leopard was inspired by the author's 1973 journey with George Schaller, a field biologist, to Crystal Mountain in the Himalayas, to study the wild blue sheep of the region. They also hoped...
- Publisher: Vintage
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Wildwood - A Journey Through Trees
by Roger Deakin
‘Wildwood’ is about the element of wood, as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives.”

So said Roger Deakin of this, his last book, that was published posthumously; a...
- Publisher: Penguin
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Natural History of the Antarctic Peninsula
by Sanford Moss
A chapter on the landscape and geology and one on the Southern Ocean give us the setting for the in-depth analysis of the flora and fauna of Antarctica: Green Plants, Herbivores, Fish, Birds, Mammals a...
- Publisher: Columbia Unversity Press
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Birds of Trinidad & Tobago
by Richard Ffrench
A slim volume with colour photographs and detailed descriptions of the look and habits of all the common birds of Trinidad and Tobago.

The book is divided into seven sections: Gardens and parks,...
- Publisher: Macmillan International
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Tree of Rivers – The Story of the Amazon
by John Hemming
Tree of Rivers – The Story of the Amazon by John Hemming discusses the past, present and future one of the most magnificent habitats on earth: containing the world’s largest river, with more water and...
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson
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Elephant
by Steve Bloom
Top-selling South African-born photographer Steve Bloom has compiled twelve years of work into this celebration of the elephant, the largest land mammal on earth. That work saw Bloom travel from the...
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson
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Light on the Earth
by David Attenborough
Light on the Earth brings together two decades of winning images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. Featuring 170 images by some of the world’s top photographic artists, Light on the...
- Publisher: BBC Books
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Birds of Hawaii & the Tropical Pacific
by H. Douglas Pratt
A Comprehensive (thick) pocket guide to the aves of the tropical pacific. Three quarters of the book is taken up with descriptions of each species, with a liberal scattering of b/w drawings. A...
- Publisher: Princeton University Press