Around the World with 1000 Birds
Russell Boyman
Indulging his passion for birds and wildlife, Russell swaps sweaty commuter trains for the trip of a lifetime in a bid to ‘tick’ 1000 birds in four continents. More details...
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Around the World with 1000 Birds Russell Boyman Indulging his passion for birds and wildlife, Russell swaps sweaty commuter trains for the trip of a lifetime in a bid to ‘tick’ 1000 birds in four continents. More details...
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Arrivals and Rivals: a duel for the winning bird Adrian M. Riley New Edition. This book is all about determination, 'true grit' and the obsession to become the top year-lister in the British Isles. 165 pages. More details...
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Rory McGrath This is Rory's story of life among birds which is a thoroughly educational, occasionally lyrical and highly amusing romp through the hidden byways of birdwatching. 350 pages. More details...
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Beguiled by Birds - Ian Wallace on British Birdwatching DIM Wallace Part history, part life story, this book describes the course of British birdwatching, particularly over the last 125 years. It is interspersed with numerous (and sometimes controversial) anecdotes which enhance the appeal of Ian's engaging and entertaining text. "It makes you want to bring Ian home, feed him, open a bottle of something - preferably Scottish in origin - wind him up and then sit back as he regales you with stories all night." - Gordon Hamlett, Bird Watching 304 pages. More details...
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Sean Dooley A very entertaining story of one man's attempt to see over 700 Australian species in one year. 322 pages. More details...
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Mark Obmascik The Big Year is the rollicking chronicle of the 275,000-mile odyssey of three unlikely adventurers who take their bird-watching so seriously it nearly kills them. 268 pages. More details...
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Bill Oddie Read the uncut versions of Bill Oddie's tall tales and side-splitting yarns. 208 pages. More details...
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Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book Bill Oddie Back in print! This scurrilous little volume received rave reviews on first publication and has become a "classic" and a collector's item. The first book to tell the truth about the obsession that is birding. 150 pages. More details...
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Gallimore & Tim Appleton The Ultimate Quiz Book for Birders, based on the popular Bird Brain of Britain contest, hosted by Bill Oddie at the annual British Birdwatching Fair. 160 pages. More details...
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Barbara & Richard Mearns Examines the history and uses of bird skin collections and the many colourful explorers involved in their development. 490 pages. More details...
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Stephen Moss A social history of birdwatching. The first book to trace the history and development of this singular pastime, on both sides of the Atlantic. "This book is well researched, full of interesting quotes, references and facts...an excellent read and will appeal to all birdwatchers." - Dawn Balmer, BTO Demography Unit 375 pages. More details...
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Mark Cocker The story of the birding community, its characters, rules and adventures - often hilariously funny. "At last! An up-to-date examination of what makes birders tick. And about time too! Wonderfully written." - Bill Oddie. 230 pages. More details...
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Phoebe Snetsinger These posthumously published memoirs chronicle the birding adventures of the then world's all-time top lister (over 8400 species). More than merely a travel narrative, the book is also a profoundly moving human document, as it details how the author's obsession with birds became a way of coping with terminal illness. 307 pages.
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Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey Nigel Collar, Patricio Robles Gil, Jamie Rojo & Adrian Long A celebration and an examination of our relationship with birds and the joy that they bring us. A portfolio drawn from the world's greatest bird photographers drives home the message of this book. 360 pages. More details...
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Mark Cocker Mark Cocker's brilliant description of his journeys in search of crows and ravens, birds that obsessed him and changed his life for ever. 224 pages. More details...
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Little Book of Environmental Principles Dr Patrick Hook Available from mid November 2008. This book comprises more than 160 entries that explain key terms, phenomena and other essential topics fundamental to our understanding of the planet. It features a wide range of entries - from coastal erosion, global warming and natural disasters to bio-fuels and conservation. 224 pages.
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Global Warning: The last chance for change Paul Brown A hard hitting and compelling book rich with insight and photographs by Paul Brown, reports and news editor for The Guardian. 320 pages. More details...
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Golden Wings and other Stories about Birders and Birding Pete Dunne Collection of 41 of Dunne's articles and essays from various media, offering his perspective on birders and birding. 122 pages. More details...
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Edited by Robert Huxley The stories of nearly 40 great pioneers, from all over Europe and America take us from Classical times to the end of the 19th century, when natural history changed from an amateur pursuit to the specialized profession we know today. 304 pages. More details...
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Simon Barnes We are all wild. It's just that civilisation keeps getting in the way. And the more civilised we become, the more we need the wild: wild places, wild creatures and wild experiences. In this book, Simon Barnes takes us on a journey through a year, from one raucous spring to the next, helping us to realise the essential truth: that by enjoying the wild world our own lives become richer and more satisfying. 282 pages.
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David Attenborough Engaging and entertaining biography of one of the world's best loved naturalists and TV presenters. 384 pages.
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Rob Hume As well as writing with insight, affection and passion about birds, Rob also paints pictures of a lost rural England and a changing countryside. His gentle humour and wisdom permeate every page. 256 pages. More details...
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Zakaria Erzinclioglu Memories and reflections of a forensic entomologist. The author examines in some detail the fascinating and macabre profession, based on his studies of Diptera - especially blowflies. The book cites many high-profile cases, some notorious crimes, both from the present day and also historical. 256 pages. More details...
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The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud Brian Garfield 354 pages. More details...
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Richard Mabey Personal story of how Britain's foremost writer on natural history battled his way back from depression through the love of nature and the English countryside. 232 pages.
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One Flew Into the Cuckoo's Egg Bill Oddie More details...
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Sally Hinchcliffe 294 pages. More details...
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Geoffrey E Hill The book paints an engaging portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behaviour, in particular sexual selection in birds. 332 pages. More details...
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Redbreast: The Robin in Life and Literature Andrew Lack 288 pages. More details...
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The Natural History of Selborne Gilbert White & John Paterson "This has been around for a while but deserves wider recognition: it presents extracts from the great Reverend's work, read against a background of appropriate bird, wildlife and countryside recordings. It works brilliantly and makes a thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours, breathing new life into Gilbert White's remarkably perceptive letters. There is a great deal here that we recognise as good science today, while the debate on hibernating swallows reveals that much was still to be worked out in the mid 18th century. Relax and enjoy the experience." - Rob Hume; RSPB Birds Magazine Summer 2002. 148 min.
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Stephen Moss A Diary of a Birding Year. Written in an easy, good-humoured style. A combination of a wide birding knowledge with the gift of making things interesting for the general reader. 192 pages. More details...
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P Dunne A collection of 19 essays illustrated by David Sibley. 176 pages.
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Stephen Moss Highly readable - a selection of extracts from the popular Birdwatch column in the Guardian. 216 pages.
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Mark Cocker Selected Writings on Nature from the author of Birders - Tales of a Tribe and Birds Britannica. 192 pages. More details...
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Brian Jackman Journeys in the natural world. Jackman's collection of travel stories from around the world written in an enthusiastic and highly readable style. 224 pages.
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John Kirk Townsend - Collector of Audobon's Western Birds and Mammals Barbara & Richard Mearns This is the first in-depth biography of Townsend, an ornithologist from Philadelphia who crossed the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River in 1834 and made two visits to the Hawaiian Islands. He returned home with a great haul of bird and mammal specimens used by J.J. Audubon in his Birds of America and Viviparous Quadrupeds. Barbara and Richard Mearns examine Townsend’s Quaker upbringing, track him on his journey westwards, provide a modern zoological commentary on his discoveries, trace his troubled career and discuss his association with Audubon and the major contribution that Townsend made to his famous works. The book is essential reading for those with an interest in early Western travels and the Oregon Trail, the wildlife of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest, or the history of birding. 389 pages. More details...
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Whose Bird? Men and women commemorated in the common names of birds Bo Beolens & Michael Watkins Potted biographies of every individual who has given his or her name to a species of bird. 400 pages. More details...
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