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New Natural History Books - July 2023
Welcome to our Newsletter, with a Selection of Recently Published and Forthcoming Natural History Titles
The latest work in the New Naturalist series, Shieldbugs has just been published, customers have reported that this is an excellent read.
Also proving popular is the well illustrated Hymenoptera: The Natural History and Diversity of Wasps, Bees and Ants, by Stephen Marshall.
We have also listed a number of interesting books due to be published in the next few weeks. Place your order now to ensure you are the first to receive a copy.
All the team at Pemberley Books wish you have an enjoyable Summer.
Ian & Julie Johnson
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by Jones, R.
Cat No. : 42438, Published : JULY 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £46.99
£65.00 (Save £18.01)
Cat No. : 42439, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col + b/w photos
Paperback £26.99
£35.00 (Save £8.01)
An eagerly anticipated addition to the New Naturalist series. The shieldbug is an amazing and beautiful species, rich with diversity in shape, form, size, life history, ecology, physiology (more)
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by Marshall, S.A.
Cat No. : 51205, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £60.00
£75.00 (Save £15.00)
Comprehensive and packed with richly illustrated keys and thousands of colour photographs identified with help from nearly 100 of the world’s best hymenopterists, this volume provides the reader with (more)
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by Blackburn, T.
Cat No. : 53720, Published : 2023, Illustrations : b/w photos
Hardback £16.00
£20.00 (Save £4.00)
Every morning, ecologist Tim Blackburn is inspired by the diversity contained within the moth trap he runs on the roof of his London flat. Beautiful, ineffably mysterious organisms, these moths offer (more)
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by Llobet, T. et al
Cat No. : 54516, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 7349 col illus, 6459 col distribution maps
Hardback £69.99
£85.00 (Save £15.01)
For the first time ever, you can contemplate All the Mammals of the World together in a single easy-to-use, fully illustrated volume. Created for a broad public, from wildlife enthusiasts to (more)
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by Summers, R.
Cat No. : 54364, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £29.99
A comprehensive account of the biology of this wading bird, based partly on joint studies and surveys by members of Scottish bird ringing groups over the past 50 years. The Purple Sandpiper breeds (more)
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by New, T.R.
Cat No. : 54239, Published : JULY 2023, Illustrations : 7 col illus, 27 b/w illus
Hardback £119.99
Conservation interest in moths, by far the predominant components of Lepidoptera, lags far behind that for butterflies, for which conservation practice provides many well-established lessons for (more)
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by Carril Messinger, O.; Wilson, J.S.
Cat No. : 52320, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 581 col photos, 198 b/w silhouettes, 205 maps.
Paperback £21.00
£30.00 (Save £9.00)
A portable, full-color photographic guide to the most commonly seen bees in the western United States and Canada. Bees play a vitally important role in the pollination of native plants and (more)
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by Scheel, D.
Cat No. : 54435, Published : JULY 2023
Hardback £25.00
Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none captivates us quite like the octopus. This highly intelligent master of disguise is one of our planet's most intriguing and enigmatic creatures. Marine (more)
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by Ackerman, J.
Cat No. : 53694, Published : 2023
Hardback £16.99
'And if anyone knows anything about anything … it's Owl who knows something about something.' Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne From prehistoric cave paintings to the prints and etchings of (more)
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by Borrow, N.; Demey, R.
Cat No. : 54799, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 149 col plates
Paperback £24.00
£30.00 (Save £6.00)
2nd edition. This comprehensive and fully updated edition of Birds of Senegal and The Gambia is the ultimate guide for travellers and birdwatchers visiting one of Africa's richest birdwatching (more)
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by Dyer, D.; Howell, S.N.G.
Cat No. : 53733, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 203 col plates, 19 col photos, 920 col distribution maps
Paperback £18.75
£25.00 (Save £6.25)
A state-of-the-art illustrated field guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Costa Rica is among the most popular birding destinations in the world, with a breathtaking diversity of neotropical birdlife (more)
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by Spawls, S.; Mohammad, A.; Mazuch, T.
Cat No. : 53734, Published : 2023, Illustrations : Col photos throughout
Hardback £68.00
£85.00 (Save £17.00)
This handbook is the first complete guide to the herpetofauna of northeast Africa, covering seven countries - Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. It contains keys, (more)
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by Cooke, A.
Cat No. : 53740, Published : JULY 2023, Illustrations : col illus throughout
Paperback £27.50
This book describes the history of amphibian conservation and research in Britain. It is packed with unique insights from the author who, in the late 1960s, was Britain's first professional amphibian (more)
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by Gooley, T.
Cat No. : 54116, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 16 plates with col photos, b/w illus
Hardback £22.00
Do two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is a clue. Each tree we meet is filled with signs that reveal secrets about the life of that tree and the landscape we stand (more)
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by Dilger, M.
Cat No. : 52924, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 8 col plate section
Hardback £15.50
£17.99 (Save £2.49)
For most of 2020, Mike Dilger's day-job of travelling to the four corners of the British Isles all but disappeared. Having been confined to one place by the Covid pandemic, and with daily dog walks (more)
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by Kenicer, G.J.
Cat No. : 54439, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 50 b/w illus
Hardback £16.99
Dr Gregory Kenicer brings us a concise but through exploration of plants and their names in the Scots language through the ages. Presented as a dictionary, and covering a vast variety of flower, (more)
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by Ruksans, J.
Cat No. : 53972, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col illus
Hardback £42.00
The first supplement to the author's The World of Crocuses (2017). Part 1: Information about crocuses and their cultivation, presenting new ideas on cultivation and a discussion on (more)
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by Armstrong, P.H.
Cat No. : 54437, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 44 illus
Paperback £12.99
A new account of the brilliant and influential yet combative naturalist Richard Owen. Brilliant, hard-working, immensely productive and influential, the naturalist Richard Owen was a great promoter (more)
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by Frankopan, P.
Cat No. : 54123, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 16 plates with col + b/w photos, b/w illus, b/w maps
Hardback £22.50
£30.00 (Save £7.50)
When we think about history, we rarely pay much attention to the most destructive floods, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts or the ways that ecosystems have changed over time. In (more)
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by McNamara, K.
Cat No. : 55192, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 47 col illus, 26 b/w illus
Hardback £15.95
£18.00 (Save £2.05)
An illumination of the secret underworld upon which we live. Unearthing the Underworld is a history of the Earth as told through rocks - the secret-keepers of past environments, of changing (more)
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by Parsons, M.; Clancy, S.
Cat No. : 49336, Published : SUMMER 2023, Illustrations : col photos, distribution maps
Hardback £55.00
The first comprehensive review of this popular group of moths in Britain and Ireland since Barry Goater’s British Pyralid Moths (Harley Books, 1986). This new publication will include specimens and (more)
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by Eeles, P.
Cat No. : 54115, Published : SEP 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £24.50
£32.50 (Save £8.00)
This is the first book to focus solely on those butterfly species regarded as extinctions, rare migrants or introductions. There are 59 butterfly species that are considered resident or regular (more)
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by Johnson, B.R.
Cat No. : 50700, Published : AUG 2023, Illustrations : 16 col illus, 101 b/w illus
Hardback £26.25
£38.00 (Save £11.75)
Foreword by Thomas D. Seeley. The most comprehensive and up-to-date general reference book on honey bee biology. Honey bees are marvelously charismatic organisms with a long history of interaction (more)
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by Grimaldi, D.A. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 54607, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 150 col illus
Hardback £21.50
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A beautifully illustrated exploration of the world's most extraordinary animals. With an astounding 3.5 million species occupying virtually every habitat on Earth, insects are one of the most (more)
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by Engelbrecht, I.
Cat No. : 55205, Published : AUG 2023, Illustrations : c.950 col photos
Paperback £14.99
£19.99 (Save £5.00)
An authoritative antidote to the myths surrounding these often maligned and misunderstood creatures. Among the world's most fascinating living fossils, scorpions have been around for some 420 (more)
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by de Almeida, R.F.; Lücking, R.; Vasco-Palacios, A.; Gaya, E.; Diazgranados, M. (Eds)
Cat No. : 55194, Published : 2023
Hardback £125.00
£150.00 (Save £25.00)
The Catalogue of Fungi of Colombia is the first comprehensive listing of the known Colombian funga. Compiled by a team of Colombian and international mycologists from the Royal Botanic (more)
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by Mikšik, M.
Cat No. : 51449, Published : AUG 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £98.00
This is the first of a two-volume set on European boletes. Vol. 1 presents all species, forms and varieties of the genera: Baorangia, Boletus, Butyriboletus, Caloboletus, Cupreoboletus, (more)
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by Schou, J.C.; Moeslund, B.; Weyer, K. van de; Wiegleb, G.; Lansdown, R.; Holm, P.; Bastrup-Spohr, L.; Sand-Jensen, K.
Cat No. : 54061, Published : AUG 2023, Illustrations : 1400 col photos, 358 b/w illus
Hardback £71.25
£95.00 (Save £23.75)
The first comprehensive guide to the aquatic plants of the region. Beneath the surface of bodies of freshwater - springs, streams, rivers, ponds and lakes - there is a world of plants of great (more)
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by Bashford, A.
Cat No. : 54429, Published : 2023, Illustrations : b/w photos + illus
Paperback £14.99
In his early twenties, poor, depressed, stranded in the Coral Sea on the seemingly endless survey mission of HMS Rattlesnake, hopelessly in love with the young Englishwoman Henrietta Heathorn, (more)
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by Flannery, M.C.
Cat No. : 55190, Published : JULY 2023, Illustrations : 42 b/w illus
Hardback £25.00
How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science. Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants (more)
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by Barclay, M.V.L.; Bouchard, P.
Cat No. : 54606, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 150 col illus, col distribution maps
Hardback £18.75
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A richly illustrated guide to the astonishing variety of beetles around the world. Beetles make up about a quarter of known animal species and are arguably the most diverse group of organisms on (more)
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by Benton, T.; Owens, N.
Cat No. : 48849, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col illus
Hardback £46.99
£65.00 (Save £18.01)
Cat No. : 48850, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col illus
Paperback £26.99
£35.00 (Save £8.01)
Bees, for most people, mean honey or bumble bees. In fact, the honey bees and bumblebees make up only a small proportion of the bee species that live in Britain, while the other bees are the great (more)
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by Tree, I.; Burrell, C.
Cat No. : 53735, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col + b/w illus
Hardback £27.50
£35.00 (Save £7.50)
The enormity of climate change and biodiversity loss can leave us feeling overwhelmed. How can an individual ever make a difference? Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell know firsthand how (more)
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by Top, M; Fritsch, D.; Kononenko, V.
Cat No. : 54483, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 92 col plates, col distribution maps
Hardback £190.00
This book deals with all 1623 known species of European Noctuids. The concise text describes habitats, flight periods, larval food plants and distribution of every European species and their (more)
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