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New Books on Natural History - May 2024
Welcome to our May Newsletter, with our selection of new and forthcoming titles which we hope will be of interest to you.
Highlights include:
* A new book on Casebearer moths (Coleophoridae) of northern Europe
* A fine illustrated guide to the life stages of Butterflies & Moths in Finland (in Finnish)
* Larger moths of Lancashire (due this month)
* Three new books from the Princeton 'Lives of...' series: Spiders, Bees & Lichens
Ian & Julie Johnson and all the team at Pemberley Books
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by Tabell, J.; Siloaho, R.; Sippola, L.
Cat No. : 59079, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos, b/w line drawings
Hardback £125.00
Text English/Finnish/Swedish. This is the first of two volumes to treat northern European casebearer moths (Coleophoridae), covering all 189 known species. All male and female genitalia illustrated (more)
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by Palmer, S.; Smart, B.
Cat No. : 57317, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos, col illus, maps
Hardback £29.95
£37.95 (Save £8.00)
A landmark publication, being the first comprehensive assessment of the moths of Lancashire (including North Merseyside and most of Greater Manchester) since 1940. Based on nearly two million (more)
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by Leverton, R.; Cubitt, M.
Cat No. : 57792, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 809 photos, 548 maps, 554 phenology charts
Hardback £45.00
This book covers the larger species traditionally known as macromoths. All those with at least one acceptable Scottish record in the wild are included, currently totalling 577 species. Unproven (more)
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by Silvonen, K.; Kulmala, K.; Waselius, P.; Silvonen, J.
Cat No. : 59347, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £79.00
Text Finnish. Part 1 covers the developmental stages of 268 species of Finnish butterflies and moths (Papilionoidea - Lasiocampoidea - Bombycoidea (incl. Sphingidae) - Drepanoidea- Notodontidae - (more)
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by Hausmann, A.
Cat No. : 58767, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 24 col plates, 61 b/w plates, 237 b/w photos + b/w illus, b/w distribution maps
Hardback £148.00
This volume covers a number of difficult genera such as Cyclophora, Scopula and Idaea. The latter genus, with more than 100 species occuring in Europe, is particularly (more)
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by Burrows, C.P.
Cat No. : 56130, Published : APR 2024, Illustrations : 70 col photos
Hardback £26.00
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Discover the world of the honeybee with this deluxe book, featuring 70 stunning images shot with ultraviolet technology. A comprehensive look into the amazing science of bees, this book collects (more)
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by Patch, H.; Grozinger, C.
Cat No. : 56284, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 150+ col illus
Hardback £22.00
£30.00 (Save £8.00)
The Lives of Bees provides a one-of-a-kind look at the life and natural history of bees. Blending stunning photographs and illustrations with illuminating profiles of selected species, this (more)
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by Schieb, A.
Cat No. : 57982, Published : MAY 2024, Illustrations : 120 col illus
Paperback £15.00
£20.00 (Save £5.00)
Ants come alive on this fabulously illustrated journey into the heart of a bustling colony. Ants share a vibrant and complex communal life and remarkable abilities to communicate with each other. (more)
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by Rickitt, R.
Cat No. : 58004, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 400 col photos
Paperback £20.00
A comprehensive gardener's guide to sustainable beekeeping. Beekeeping has changed. While once it was a hobby that pursued the rich rewards of honey and wax, many new beekeepers now instead seek (more)
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by Bezdek, J.; Sekerka, L. (Eds)
Cat No. : 57614, Published : 2024
Hardback £143.50
2nd edition, revised and updated edition. First part of volume 6/2 of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, which focuses on the second part of the beetle superfamily Chrysomeloidea (more)
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by Strunc, V.
Cat No. : 56586, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £115.00
This unique pictorial guide aims to introduce these amazing predators of the insect world to all nature lovers. This book is the first in a series of books on tiger beetles organized by zoo area. The (more)
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by Pohjoismäki, J.; Haarto, A.; Kakko, I.
Cat No. : 59399, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col distribution maps
Hardback £79.00
Text Finnish. Easy-to-use determination formulas and detailed descriptions, with numerous drawings and photographs, facilitate the identification of species and encourage learning about them. (more)
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by Wagner, R.; Ivkovic, M.; Plant, A.
Cat No. : 59363, Published : AUG 2024, Illustrations : 7 col illus, 49 b/w illus
Paperback £79.99
Text English. This book is an up-to-date synopsis of aquatic dance flies (Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae), insects that have been studied for more than 200 years in Europe. Its publication comes (more)
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by Smithers, P.
Cat No. : 59223, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 50 col photos
Paperback £9.99
Small Game Hunter takes the reader through many encounters with invertebrates that the author has had over the course of his career and around the globe. From a fascination with moths and (more)
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by Boudot, J.-P.; Grand, D.; Wildermuth, H.; Monnerat, C.
Cat No. : 58110, Published : 2024
Hardback £47.50
Text French. 3rd edition. (more)
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by Macadam, C.R.; Davies, R.
Cat No. : 58847, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 50 photos
£4.00
Folding photo-based identification chart. There are 17 species of free-living freshwater leech in Britain and Ireland. Around half of all these can be identified from live animals in the field, while (more)
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by Nelson, X.
Cat No. : 56293, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 150 col illus
Hardback £22.00
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A beautifully illustrated guide to the natural history and breathtaking diversity of spiders around the world Spiders are dominant predators in virtually every terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. A (more)
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by Porter, R.; Campbell, O.; Al-Sirhan, A.
Cat No. : 55618, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 180 col plates, 636 col distribution maps
Paperback £24.00
£30.00 (Save £6.00)
3rd edition. Illustrated by John Gale, Mike Langman and Brian Small. The ultimate field guide to the birds of the Middle East, an indispensable companion for any traveller to the region. The Middle (more)
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by Rhyder, J.; Wege, D.
Cat No. : 57610, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 500 col photos + b/w illustrations
Paperback £25.00
Bird Tracks: A Guide to British Species explores and enhances the ability to identify a diversity of birds using just their tracks and trails. John Rhyder and David Wege approach this subject (more)
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by Dando, M.; Ebert, D.A.
Cat No. : 54577, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos + illus
Paperback £26.50
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The definitive field guide to all the sharks, rays and chimaeras of eastern North America. The waters off the East Coast of North America are home to an amazing variety of sharks, rays and (more)
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by Smylie, M.
Cat No. : 57931, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 8 col plates, 30 b/w photos, text illus
Paperback £15.99
The story of herring is entwined in the history of commercial fishing. For over two millennia, herring have been commercially caught and its importance to the coastal peoples of Britain cannot (more)
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by Linnie, M.
Cat No. : 58257, Published : DUE 2024, Illustrations : 64 col photos
Paperback £18.00
The Unnatural History of Animals tells the remarkable story of Trinity College’s Zoological Museum, hidden in the heart of Ireland’s oldest university. The book brings the museum’s colourful (more)
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by Mittermeier, R.A.; Reuter, K.E.; Rylands, A.B.; Louis, E.E. et al
Cat No. : 58433, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 35 col + 1 plain plates, b/w photos, drawings, maps
Paperback £49.99
The fifth edition of this world-renowned guide provides detailed information on the origins, discovery, study, and conservation of Madagascar's lemurs and comprehensive species accounts for all (more)
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by Horner, K.
Cat No. : 58187, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 250 col photos, col distribution maps
Paperback £24.95
Turtles are among the most fascinating, attractive, easily recognized and loved vertebrates on the planet. Yet, of the hundreds of species worldwide, well over half are in danger of becoming extinct (more)
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by Muer, T.; Jahn, R.; Sauerbier, H.
Cat No. : 59388, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 2475 col photos
Hardback £118.00
Text English. More than 2100 endemic, autochthonous, introduced and invasive species, subspecies and varieties are described. 2475 colour photographs ensure a reliable identification of all described (more)
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by Norman, S.; Harper, L.
Cat No. : 58879, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col illus
£4.00
This identification chart covers 46 of the special flowers that you may see on walks by still and moving water in Britain and Ireland. Still water includes ponds, reservoirs, lakes and canals, while (more)
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by Bessette, A.E.; Roody, W.C.; Bessette, A.R.
Cat No. : 57987, Published : MAY 2024, Illustrations : 459 col illus
Paperback £69.00
2nd revised edition. The definitive source on one of the most sought-after wild mushrooms, updated and expanded. Of all the groups of wild mushrooms, none have engendered more enthusiasm and (more)
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by O'Keefe, L.
Cat No. : 57990, Published : MAY 2024, Illustrations : 250 illus
Paperback £17.99
Mushrooms are one of our planet's most amazing and unusual organisms. Used for millennia as a source of food, medicine, and occasionally poison, mushrooms and toadstools have become part of our (more)
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by Lücking, R.; Spribille, T.
Cat No. : 56292, Published : JUNE 2024, Illustrations : 150+ col illus
Hardback £22.00
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Existing at the intricate margins of life, lichens are the result of symbiotic relationships between fungi and photosynthesizing partners in the form of algae or cyanobacteria. Comprising more than (more)
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by Various authors
Cat No. : 58861, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col illus, col photos
£20.00
How valuable is your woodland for wildlife? The Woodland Condition Assessment (WCA) will help you assess your woodland’s condition in a standardised way. Carrying out the assessment is (more)
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by Perkins, D.J.
Cat No. : 54686, Published : JULY 2024, Illustrations : 250+ photos, col illus
Paperback £17.49
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This introductory book explains bee biology and diversity complemented with beautiful drawings and photographs. It forms an essential companion to a field guide, an accessible and affordable (more)
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by Ball, S.; Morris, R.
Cat No. : 51408, Published : AUG 2024, Illustrations : 660 col photos, 53 tables 162 maps
Paperback £17.95
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3rd fully revised and updated edition. A new, improved and updated edition of the bestselling photographic guide Britain's Hoverflies is a beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to the (more)
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by Drewitt, E.
Cat No. : 56287, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 500+ photos
Paperback £27.95
This book is the first comprehensive guide to bird pellets, the undigested remains of food that form together into a ball or sausage-like shape and are regurgitated. It showcases the range of pellets (more)
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by Kreutz, C.A.J.
Cat No. : 55872, Published : JULY 2024, Illustrations : c. 4000 col photos + illus
Hardback £42.50
This guide presents the first comprehensive overview of all named orchid taxa from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Nomenclature, type information, a description, and notes on etymology, (more)
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by MacPherson, J.
Cat No. : 53813, Published : JULY 2024
Hardback £46.50
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A definitive account of the bright-eyed assassins of the British countryside. Stoats, weasels, martens and polecats belong to the mustelid family, along with badgers and otters, and feral American (more)
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by Biggs, J.; Williams, P.
Cat No. : 4167, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 150 b/w illus, 32 col photos
Hardback £46.50
£65.00 (Save £18.50)
Cat No. : 4168, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 150 b/w illus, 32 col photos
Paperback £26.50
£35.00 (Save £8.50)
Ponds and pools are a common feature of our landscape - there are at least ten times as many ponds as lakes in the UK - and they are also important wildlife habitats. This book provides a (more)
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by Power, J.
Cat No. : 55737, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £25.00
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Have you ever wondered how many species of bee we have in Sussex? And did you know that Sussex is one of the richest,most diverse counties in Britain for bees? Now, at last, our solitary bees and (more)
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by Wolton, R.
Cat No. : 55621, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 300+ col illus
Hardback £32.00
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An absorbing celebration of the ecology, biology and cultural history of the rich hedgerow heritage in the British Isles. Much of the UK is intensively farmed, and in such landscapes hedges are (more)
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by Sterling, P.; Parsons, M.; Lewington, R. (Illus.)
Cat No. : 54581, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 1500 col photos + illus, 900 col distribution maps
Paperback £29.95
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Cat No. : 54580, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 1500 col photos + illus, 900 col distribution maps
Hardback £44.95
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The fully revised and expanded second edition of the ground-breaking book that made the fascinating micro-moth group accessible to the general naturalist. Written by a team of moth experts under (more)
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by Gallard, J.-Y.
Cat No. : 58388, Published : 2017, Illustrations : 33 col plates
Hardback £78.00
Text bilingual English and French. The first exhaustive iconography of this family of butterflies in French Guyana. 475 species (in 83 genera) are listed, this represents more than a third of all (more)
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