Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Dodo: From Extinction to Icon
de Errol Fuller(Ed. Collins) Isbn : 0007145721
20.06 €
Sailors from a group of Dutch ships that reached the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in 1598 found dodo birds in considerable numbers along the coast. Forty years later the species was all but gone there, and by 1690 it was extinct everywhere. Fuller, a British painter interested in curiosities of natural history, tells the dodo's story with grace and many intriguing illustrations. Hard facts about the dodo are minimal. The bird was "a gigantic, flightless pigeon" with a massive beak, a large head and a tuftlike tail. But its exact appearance is uncertain because drawings made while it still lived are contradictory. Written accounts are "as tantalizing as the pictures." Having set out the few facts, Fuller goes on to describe the dodo's popularity in literature--and to give it an epitaph ...

The Dodo: Extinction in Paradise
de Errol Fuller(Ed. Bunker Hill Publishing Inc) Isbn : 1593730020
8.5 €
Sailors from a group of Dutch ships that reached the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in 1598 found dodo birds in considerable numbers along the coast. Forty years later the species was all but gone there, and by 1690 it was extinct everywhere. Fuller, a British painter interested in curiosities of natural history, tells the dodo's story with grace and many intriguing illustrations. Hard facts about the dodo are minimal. The bird was "a gigantic, flightless pigeon" with a massive beak, a large head and a tuftlike tail. But its exact appearance is uncertain because drawings made while it still lived are contradictory. Written accounts are "as tantalizing as the pictures." Having set out the few facts, Fuller goes on to describe the dodo's popularity in literature--and to give it an epitaph ...

The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes
de S. Chandrasekhar(Ed. Clarendon Press) Isbn : 0198520506
33.67 €
S. Chandrasekhar is at University of Chicago.

National Geographic Photographing Birds
de Rulon Simmons, Bates Littlehales(Ed. National Geographic) Isbn : 0792254848
18.96 €
Rulon Simmons has won numerous awards for his photography, which has appeared in many publications including Birds and Blooms and National Geographic Bird Watcher. Bates Littlehales, a lifelong birder, has contributed photographs to more than 60 National Geographic publications over the course of his twenty-five year association with the Society.

Attracting Butterflies Hummingbirds to Your Backyard: Watch Your Garden Come Alive With Beauty on the Wing
de Sally Roth(Ed. Rodale Books) Isbn : 0875968880
20.89 €
Roll out the welcome mat for butterfles and hummingbirds. Attracting Butterfles and Hummingbirds to Your Backyard reveals the secrets for creating irresistible gardens and a welcoming landscape, which will lure these amazing creatures up close and personal for your enjoyment and wonder. Author Sally Roth knows the best plants, feeders, and water features that appeal to butterflies and hummingbirds, plus she offers an entertaining and insightful guide to butterfly and hummingbird behavior.

Birds of Heaven,the
de Peter Matthiessen(Ed. Vintage) Isbn : 0099447045
9.44 €
rolific and gifted novelist and naturalist, National Book Award-winner Matthiessen (The Snow Leopard) provides literally a worldwide tableau in his quest for various subspecies of cranes. These large flying birds celebrated in myth and folklore are found everywhere from Siberia to Australia, sub-Saharan Africa to North America. The author moves through each of these diverse climes as he not only reminds readers of the awesome beauty of the natural world but also introduces them to fascinating bits of local history and legend. The title of the book derives from the lore of taiga-dwelling shamans, who believe these great birds possess the ability to traverse the three realms of heaven, earth and the underworld. In practical terms, that's not so far off: some species of cranes can fly as high...

The Birds of Heaven: Travels With Cranes
de Peter Matthiessen(Ed. North Point Press) Isbn : 0865476578
15.2 €
rolific and gifted novelist and naturalist, National Book Award-winner Matthiessen (The Snow Leopard) provides literally a worldwide tableau in his quest for various subspecies of cranes. These large flying birds celebrated in myth and folklore are found everywhere from Siberia to Australia, sub-Saharan Africa to North America. The author moves through each of these diverse climes as he not only reminds readers of the awesome beauty of the natural world but also introduces them to fascinating bits of local history and legend. The title of the book derives from the lore of taiga-dwelling shamans, who believe these great birds possess the ability to traverse the three realms of heaven, earth and the underworld. In practical terms, that's not so far off: some species of cranes can fly as high...

The Birds of Heaven: Travels With Cranes
de Peter Matthiessen(Ed. Farrar Straus Giroux) Isbn : 0374199442
26.12 €
rolific and gifted novelist and naturalist, National Book Award-winner Matthiessen (The Snow Leopard) provides literally a worldwide tableau in his quest for various subspecies of cranes. These large flying birds celebrated in myth and folklore are found everywhere from Siberia to Australia, sub-Saharan Africa to North America. The author moves through each of these diverse climes as he not only reminds readers of the awesome beauty of the natural world but also introduces them to fascinating bits of local history and legend. The title of the book derives from the lore of taiga-dwelling shamans, who believe these great birds possess the ability to traverse the three realms of heaven, earth and the underworld. In practical terms, that's not so far off: some species of cranes can fly as high...

Naturally . . . South Texas: Nature Notes from the Coastal Bend
de Roland H. Wauer(Ed. University of Texas Press) Isbn : 0292791399
23.7 €
Roland H. Wauer, of Victoria, Texas, enjoyed a 32-year career as a National Park Service interpreter, biologist, and Chief of Resource Management. His previous University of Texas Press books are The American Robin, A Birder's West Indies: An Island-by-Island Tour, Birds of the Northwestern National Parks: A Birder's Perspective, and For All Seasons: A Big Bend Journal.

Naturally South Texas: Nature Notes from the Coastal Bend
de Roland H. Wauer(Ed. University of Texas Press) Isbn : 0292791445
47.5 €
Roland H. Wauer, of Victoria, Texas, enjoyed a 32-year career as a National Park Service interpreter, biologist, and Chief of Resource Management. His previous University of Texas Press books are The American Robin, A Birder's West Indies: An Island-by-Island Tour, Birds of the Northwestern National Parks: A Birder's Perspective, and For All Seasons: A Big Bend Journal.