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New Books on Natural History
New Books For Easter
April 2022
Here is a selection of the latest entomology books and other works on natural history.
These have just been published or are due out very soon.
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by Easterbrook, M.
Cat No. : 49316, Published : JUN 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £22.95
£29.95 (Save £7.00)
Situated in the relatively hot and dry south-east corner of England, Kent provides great conditions for butterflies. As well as an ideal climate, Kent has good habitats for butterflies, such as chalk (more)
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by Kirk-Spriggs, A.H.; Sinclair, B.J. (Eds)
Cat No. : 34945, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col + b/w figs, line drawings
Paperback £99.00
This volume, the third in the series, includes family chapters by the world's leading experts, dealing with 51 of the 108 families of flies that occur in the region. It covers the (more)
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by Sourakov, A.; Chadd, R.W.
Cat No. : 46966, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos + illus
Hardback £18.75
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A richly illustrated look at the natural history of moths. Moths are among the most underappreciated insects on the planet, yet they make up the majority of some 180,000 known species of (more)
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by Bunyard, B.
Cat No. : 46967, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos + illus
Hardback £18.75
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A fascinating and richly illustrated exploration of the natural history of fungi We know fungi are important, for us as well as the environment. But how they live, and what they can do, remains (more)
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by Chittka, L.
Cat No. : 48245, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col illus
Hardback £20.00
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Most of us are aware of the hive mind - the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws (more)
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by Sterry, P.; Cleave, A.
Cat No. : 48767, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 1500+ col photos
Paperback £16.50
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A richly illustrated guide to the wildflowers and other flora of coastal Britain, Ireland and Northwest Europe. The rugged and beautiful coastal regions of Britain and Ireland are among the (more)
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by Lang, S.-Y.
Cat No. : 49479, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 40 col + 26 b/w plates, 280+ distribution maps
Hardback £129.00
Text English. Contains the most complete information to date on the distribution, differences, relationships and taxonomy of 287 species. This volume deals with some of the more obscure satyrid (more)
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by Harding, J.
Cat No. : 48488, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £29.99
The often mysterious behaviour of Ireland’s butterflies is explored in this book. Why do some female Speckled Woods flaunt themselves at males, while other female Speckled Woods behave so (more)
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by Sargerson, J. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 49140, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 150+ col photos
Paperback £8.00
Articles in the magazine cover: Endemic and rare butterflies in Spain and the progress of rare butterflies in Hungary. There is a trip to three countries: Bulgaria, Greece and Macedonia in just three (more)
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by Glaßl, H.
Cat No. : 48992, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos, maps
Hardback £59.99
Text German. In this book all previously described names of Parnassius sacerdos, phoebus, smintheus are presented, including all related taxa from Europe, Asia and North America. (more)
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by Miller, J.S.; Wagner, D.L.; Opler, P.A.; Lafontaine, J.D.
Cat No. : 47017, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 28 col + 50 b/w plates
Hardback £120.00
This is Volume 2 of a two-part revision of North American Notodontidae known to occur north of the Mexican border. A total of 179 notodontid species in 51 genera is recognized. Volume 1 (Miller et (more)
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by Dobson, J.; Williams, M.; Collins, S.
Cat No. : 48183, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col text figs
Paperback £59.00
Cat No. : 48184, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col text figs
Hardback £85.00
Produced from a manuscript prepared by the late Torben Larsen and written in Torben's imimitable style. All taxonomic details have been thouroughly updated and the book includes the latest English (more)
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by Turin, H.; Kotze, D.J.; Muller-Kroehling, S.; Saska, P.; Spence, J.; Heijerman, T.
Cat No. : 49494, Published : APR 2022, Illustrations : col photos, figs + tables
Hardback £115.00
Over the past decades, large amounts of data about carabids have been collected in the Netherlands, initially for the purpose of creating distribution maps for the country. In addition to information (more)
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by Ghahari, H.; Gadallah, N.S.; Shaw, S.R. (Eds)
Cat No. : 46963, Published : APR 2022
Paperback £155.00
Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera): Taxonomy, Distribution, Biology, and Biocontrol Benefits of Parasitoid Wasps provides the latest and most comprehensive knowledge of parasitoid (more)
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by Fogden, M.
Cat No. : 48522, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £18.99
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Pollinators in Crisis is a book is about flowers, their pollinators and the pollination crisis that is affecting Britain and elsewhere. It describes the role flowers have played in human (more)
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by Knilans, S.; Freeman, J.
Cat No. : 48671, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 25 illus
Hardback £17.99
Bee populations are plummeting. The solution? Give them what they need to live naturally, and they’ll handle the rest. Susan Knilans and Jacqueline Freeman are in love with bees. So in love that (more)
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by Heimes, P.
Cat No. : 47930, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 728 col photos, 92 col distribution maps, 2 col maps
Hardback £99.00
Mexico is one of the hotspots of lizard diversity. The huge number of species made it necessary to split the saurians into two volumes. This volume covers the Iguania, i.e. deals with the following (more)
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by Bildstein, K.L.
Cat No. : 47472, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 23 col illus
Hardback £26.99
As Vultures of the World shows, few avian groups are as widely recognized, but as little understood as are vultures and condors. Keith L. Bildstein's latest work is an inspirational and (more)
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by Warakagoda, D.; Hettige, U.; Warakagoda, H.
Cat No. : 47332, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £13.99
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The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of Sri Lanka. The island of Sri Lanka is one of Southern Asia's most popular birding destinations, boasting a remarkably high number of (more)
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by Cauli, F.; Galeotti, P.; Genero, F.
Cat No. : 49471, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 182 col photos, 110 drawings, distribution maps
Hardback £56.00
Text Italian. This volume covers the owls of Italy and Europe. (more)
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by Calledda, di F.; Campo, E.; Floriani, M.; Mazza, R.
Cat No. : 47854, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col illus
Paperback £29.00
Text Italian. Of all the macromycetes, the genus Cortinarius is by far the largest, counting a number of species estimated at no less than three thousand units worldwide. The taxonomy of these (more)
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by Kibby, G.; Tortelli, M.
Cat No. : 49266, Published : APR 2022, Illustrations : col photos + illus
Hardback £39.95
£45.00 (Save £5.05)
[SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS]. Over 330 species illustrated by colour photographs and illustrations including drawings of species along with identification keys to subgenera and species. This is the (more)
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by Anstey, F.
Cat No. : 49421, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 200 col photos, 10 b/w illus
£6.99
The Pocket Guide to Wildflower Families proved so popular that the author looked for a congenial way of continuing ID down to species level - but without the encumbrance of hundreds of species (more)
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by Zuchowski, W.
Cat No. : 47334, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 820 col illus, 124 b/w illus
Paperback £26.99
Tropical Plants of Costa Rica is the essential guide to Costa Rica's native and exotic plant species. In this comprehensive volume, Willow Zuchowski introduces readers to an array of the country's (more)
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by Koerner, C.
Cat No. : 49463, Published : APR 2022, Illustrations : 283 col illus, 36 b/w illus,
Paperback £59.99
Cat No. : 49465, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 283 col illus, 36 b/w illus,
Hardback £89.99
Third edtion. This book is a completely revised, substantially extended treatment of the physical and biological factors that drive life in high mountains. The book covers the characteristics of (more)
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by Kelly, M.
Cat No. : 48668, Published : APR 2022, Illustrations : 15 col illus, 4 b/w illus
Hardback £20.00
A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women In Britain today, a mosaic of regulations protects the natural (more)
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by Heijerman, C.; Heijerman, T.
Cat No. : 49196, Published : 2020, Illustrations : col photos + line drawings
Paperback £17.50
Text Dutch. Illustrated key to the Silphidae of the Netherlands. (more)
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by Barendregt, A.
Cat No. : 49197, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos + line drawings
Paperback £19.50
Text Dutch. Illustrated key to the Sciomyzidae of the Netherlands. (more)
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by Štrunc, V.
Cat No. : 49423, Published : APR 2022, Illustrations : 182 col plates, 800 col illus
Hardback £85.00
A selection of species from the attractive Jewel beetle family, Buprestidae, from all inhabited continents, including more than 500 species/subspecies and 100 genera. High resolution colour images of (more)
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by Sumner, S.
Cat No. : 48677, Published : MAY 2022
Hardback £16.95
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There may be no insect with worse PR than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders. Where bees and ants have long been the darlings of the insect world, wasps are much older, (more)
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by Couzens, D.; Ashton, G.
Cat No. : 48682, Published : MAY 2022, Illustrations : c. 200 photos
Paperback £12.99
A photographic identification guide to 150 species of garden insect most commonly found in Britain and North-West Europe. Packed with information, written with huge enthusiasm and illustrated with (more)
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by Eaton, E.R.
Cat No. : 48524, Published : MAY 2022, Illustrations : 51 b/w illus
Hardback £7.99
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A fun and fact-filled A–Z treasury.Insectpedia introduces you to the wonders of the insect world while inviting you to make discoveries of your own. Featuring dozens of entries on topics (more)
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by Rose, S.
Cat No. : 48248, Published : MAY 2022, Illustrations : 2,830 col illus, 508 maps
Paperback £22.00
£28.00 (Save £6.00)
An accessible field guide to more than 500 of the most commonly found spider species in North America. Of the more than 49,000 species of spider worldwide, some 4,000 are in North America. (more)
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by Milton, N.
Cat No. : 48611, Published : MAY 2022, Illustrations : 120 col illus
Hardback £21.50
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In 2019 the most comprehensive survey ever of adders was published. According to 'Make the Adder Count' the species will disappear from most of Britain in the next 15-20 years unless we take action (more)
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by Janssen, J.; Sy, E.
Cat No. : 49459, Published : MAY 2022, Illustrations : 300 photos
Hardback £24.99
This photographic identification guide to 226 lizard species most commonly seen in mainland and maritime Southeast Asia (covering Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Peninsular and (more)
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by Galbraith, P.
Cat No. : 49342, Published : APR 2022
Hardback £18.99
Our wild places and wildlife are disappearing at a terrifying rate. This is a story about going in search of the people who are trying to save our birds, as well as confronting the enormity of what (more)
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by Latta, S.; Rimmer, C.; McFarland, K.
Cat No. : 48247, Published : MAY 2022, Illustrations : col illus + maps
Paperback £16.00
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Illustrated by Dana Gardner and Barry Kent MacKay. The classic guide to the birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti - now fully revised and updated. Field Guide to the Birds of the Dominican (more)
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by Thomas, P.
Cat No. : 42441, Published : APR 2022, Illustrations : col figs
Hardback £47.50
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Cat No. : 42442, Published : APR 2022, Illustrations : col figs
Paperback £27.50
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A long-awaited volume in the New Naturalist series examining the trees of Britain. Trees are essential components to many of the landscapes of Britain and have been vital in determining the (more)
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by Lynes, M.
Cat No. : 49139, Published : APR 2022, Illustrations : col photos, b/w illus
Paperback £20.00
The UK and Irish Alchemilla flora stands at twenty species: fifteen natives and five introductions. Of the native species, four are recently-published names by the author of this new work, set (more)
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by Ghazanfar, S.A.
Cat No. : 42340, Published : MAY 2022, Illustrations : 50 col illus
Hardback £25.00
This book is the first to explore and highlight the history of the plants mentioned in the Qur'an, many of which are part of our everyday life, from pomegranates and grapes to ginger and garlic. (more)
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by Hall, T.
Cat No. : 47622, Published : MAY 2022
Hardback £19.99
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A wealth of ancient trees, avenues, and forests grow in Britain and Ireland. Boasting Europe's largest number of ancient oaks and yews, Britain and Ireland are home to forests that can be traced back (more)
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by Hill, M. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 49366, Published : MAY 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £17.50
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Cambridge is a biodiversity hotspot and its wildlife is celebrated in this multi-authored book. The city's habitats, geology, climate and development are all covered. These are followed by chapters (more)
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by Longstaffe-Gowan, T.
Cat No. : 48673, Published : APR 2022, Illustrations : 198 col + b/w illus
Hardback £30.00
A highly original study of eccentric English garden-makers and their extraordinary gardens In his new book, English Garden Eccentrics, renowned landscape architect and historian Todd (more)
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by McCracken, D.P.
Cat No. : 48681, Published : MAY 2022
Hardback £35.00
There is more to St Helena than an exiled emperor; the tiny island in the middle of the wild South Atlantic Ocean has a rich garden heritage and an extraordinarily diverse flora, both exotic and (more)
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by Benyamini, D.
Cat No. : 45880, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 1466 col photos
Hardback £120.00
Second to be published in a 4-volume series. This unique series includes for the first time all available present-day information for every butterfly species in the Levant; In addition to regular (more)
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by Jones, R.
Cat No. : 45145, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 250 col photos
Hardback £32.00
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Ants are everywhere, though they are small, secretive, easily overlooked and usually misunderstood. But these seemingly puny insects have a superpower that makes them amongst the most important (more)
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by Lees, D.; Ferguson, J.; Lawrence, M.; Brown, R.
Cat No. : 47379, Published : DEC 2021, Illustrations : col illus + photos
Paperback £24.00
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Contains a wealth of fascinating material for any field naturalist. This unique guide enables the reader to find, interpret and understand field marks left by a variety of birds throughout Britain (more)
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by Fraigneau, C.
Cat No. : 46805, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £44.00
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This guide covers more than 400 species, with an innovative key allowing for exceptionally precise identification by colour as well as feather structure and shape. Collection and conservation (more)
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