24 January 2012
New books in stock this week Looking at the very best of the new arrivals from the last seven days: Fern Fever: The Story of Pteridomania Sarah Whittingham This wonderful book tells the story of the nineteenth century obsession with ferns, the infinitely various manifestations of which – in the ferneries, the pottery, sculpture and [...]
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18 January 2012
Looking at the very best of the new arrivals from the last seven days… New Books Birds of the Indian Subcontinent Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp New second edition of the ground-breaking 1998 original, featuring the usual quality of plates and information associated with the Helm Field Guides. Covers India, Pakistian, Sri Lanka, [...]
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12 January 2012
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Statistics for Ecologists Using R and Excel Mark Gardener What? A step-by-step guide to data analysis for ecologists in both the R language and Microsoft Excel. Why? It takes the reader through the process of data analysis and explains the theoretical basis of statistical tests, [...]
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29 December 2011
To celebrate another fantastic year in natural history book publishing we have put together a list of some of our favourite highlights of 2011. These ten books stand out as being uniquely interesting, original and informative, providing new angles on old topics and furthering fields of study into new areas. We hope you find as [...]
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14 December 2011
We asked NHBS Ambassador Nick Baker to choose his top 5 books for naturalists and wildife enthusiasts – he went one better and gave us a book of the year as well: The Butterfly Isles by Patrick Barkham Nick says: “The only thing that beats seeing butterflies is reading about them. So, for me, long [...]
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14 December 2011
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Peonies of the World, Volume 2: Polymorphism and Diversity Hong De-Yuan What? Second in a three-volume work dedicated to the genus Paeonia. Why? The first volume began this series’ focus on a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Paeonia. This second monograph continues the [...]
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08 December 2011
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Convergent Evolution: Limited Forms Most Beautiful George McGhee Jr What? New volume in the MIT Press Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology. Why? Following the ethos of this series which looks in detail at the theoretical models behind the practical application of the biological sciences, this [...]
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29 November 2011
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: The Natural History of the Proboscis Monkey John CM Sha, Ikki Matsuda and Henry Bernard What? A new natural history of this unique species, endemic to Borneo. Why? This concise, informative and abundantly illustrated volume summarises the current state of knowledge about the natural history [...]
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25 November 2011
This autumn NHBS has set up shop at various meetings and conferences across the UK. Anneli and Karen were presenting some of our latest books and field kit at the Butterfly Conservation Meeting at Cheltenham Race Course last Saturday, whilst Anneli will be at the BTO Annual Conference in early December. We always love the [...]
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21 November 2011
Welcome to the NHBS Winter Gift Catalogue! We’ve brought together all our favourite books from across our subject areas from the past twelve months, plus the best of the year’s DVD/Blu-ray documentaries (including the BBC’s Frozen Planet, due December), and some interesting gift ideas for photographers and young enthusiasts from our range of wildlife conservation [...]
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