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On the Origin of Species
By Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
2024 || Paperback || Charles Darwin || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Before the "Origin of Species", accepted thinking held that life was the static and perfect creation of God. By a single, systematic argument Darwin called this view into question. This edition includes brief biographies of some of the most important scientific thinkers leading up to and surrounding the "Origin of Species".
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Wildwood
A Journey Through Trees
2024 || Paperback || Roger Deakin || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, the author embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia, in search of what lies behind man's profound and enduring connection with wood and with trees. He tells about the element wood, as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives.
Writes of Passage / 1st edition
Reading Travel Writing
1998 || Paperback || James S. Duncan e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Writes of Passage explores the interplay between a system of "othering" which travelers bring to a place, and the "real" geographical difference they discover upon arrival. Exposing the tensions between the imaginary and real, Duncan and Gregory and a team of leading international contributors focus primarily upon travelers from the 18th and 19th Centuries to pin down the imaginary within the context of imperial power. The contributors focus on travel to three main regions: Africa, South Asia...
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Pocket Nature Series: Stargazing
Contemplate the Cosmos to Find Inner Peace
2024 || Hardcover || Swapna Krishna || Chronicle Books
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Forage
wild plants to gather and eat
2021 || Hardcover || Liz Knight || Laurence King Publishing
Forage is a beautifully illustrated celebration of edible plants that can be found throughout the world.
Anybody can enjoy the increasingly popular back-to-nature activity of foraging. In some countries these plants are now forgotten as food, but in others they are still celebrated for their value as nutritious, delicious ingredients and cooking with wild plants is increasingly being adopted by mainstream restaurants. Journeying through 50 globally populated edible plants, Forage explores the...
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RHS Latin for Gardeners
More than 1,500 Essential Plant Names and the Secrets They Contain
2024 || Hardcover || Royal Horticultural Society || Octopus Publishing Group
This beautifully illustrated guide unlocks the mysteries of botanical Latin explaining what plant names mean and the descriptive clues they conceal.
The Cloud Collector's Handbook
2021 || Hardcover || Gavin Pretor-Pinney || Hodder & Stoughton
THE CLOUD COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK fits into the pocket, allowing cloudspotters to identify cloud formations anytime and anywhere. All the common cloud types are represented, as are many of the rare ones, each fully described and illustrated with a range of photographs. Not only is THE CLOUD COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to be able to identify and understand every cloud that floats by, it also caters for the competitive cloudspotter.
Points are awarded for each ...
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Field Guide to the Marine Life of St. Eustatius
2018 || Paperback || Niels Schrieken || Brave New Books
Verken het fascinerende zeeleven van het Caribische eiland St. Eustatius. Deze gids bevat bijna 300 kleurenfoto's en beschrijvingen van o.a vissen, schildpadden, zeesterren, koralen, zeeslakken, krabben, zeeplanten en sponzen. De gids bevat een aantal soorten die alleen rond Statia worden gevonden en alle foto’s zijn op Statia gemaakt.
De gids is gebaseerd op het veldwerk van de Statia Marine Expedition 2015, is wetenschappelijk accuraat en net zo fascinerend als de natuur zelf. Het is een ...
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Pocket Nature: Leaf-Peeping
2024 || Hardcover || Erin Riley || Chronicle Books
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The Story of Trees
and How They Changed the Way We Live
2020 || Paperback || Kevin Hobbs e.a. || Laurence King Publishing
The Story of Trees takes the reader on a visual journey from some of the earliest known tree species on our planet to the latest fruit cultivars.
The chosen trees have all had a profound effect on the planet and humankind. Starting with the Ginkgo biloba, fossils of which date back 270 million years, we learn about how trees came to be integral to the development of our species and how specific trees have become important religious, political and cultural symbols.
With beautiful illustration...