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Some are magnificent, noble hounds; some are frankly silly. And then there are those that seem to reflect very badly on the humans that invented them... Illustrated.

The Invention of the Dog: 75 Breeds that Changed the World ...

Tamsin Pickeral

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High into the remotest rocky wildernesses of the Himalayas we go with the author - a scientist and conservationist - who has been researching snow leopards for two decades.

The Ghost of the Mountains: Unravelling the Secrets of the Snow Leopar ...

Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi

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A near-facsimile of Bawden's delightful book of postcard-sized inventions, 'drawn from Daddie's Invaluable Collection, Cheltenham 1945', and created when far from home in his life as a war a... read more

Snails for All

Edward Bawden

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Tawny, barn, short-eared, long-eared and little... by an unreformable owl-watcher.

Ghosts of the Night: The Extraordinary Lives of British Owls ...

Chris Sperring

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The osprey conservation efforts at Aigus Field Centre, near Inverness, by the distinguished naturalist.

Osprey

John Lister-Kaye

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A bird identification guide unlike any others, as you'd expect from the duo of authors. Lyrical text and illustrations of 49 endangered species. 'A little bit of bread and no cheese' sings t... read more

The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss ...

Robert Macfarlane

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'A robin redbreast in a cage/Puts all Heaven in a rage': Fabritius' entrancing painting is at the core of this book (for a show at the Mauritshuis), which looks at our relationship with bir... read more

Birds: The Goldfinch, Bird Worlds and Us

Simon Schama

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An eclectic conference of birds, gathered from contemporary photography across diverse fields. The result is ravishing.

Aviary: The Bird in Contemporary Photography

William A. Ewing

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How could we not? By a long-time member of the British Antarctic Survey. Some illustrations.

The Penguin Book of Penguins: An Expert’s Guide to the WorldR ...

Peter Fretwell

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A Carrollian pursuit of all eighteen species - this is a rumbunctious, funny and energetic memoir of Lafferty's many quests.

An Inconvenience of Penguins: Epic voyages in pursuit of the worldR ...

Jamie Lafferty

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How we came to live with them - and they with us, their slaves - from prehistory to the present. (We can't help noting that Professor Moore is called 'Jerry' and suppose that this may be a s... read more

Cat Tales: A History

Jerry Moore

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The vicissitudes of the Amur tiger and the successes of the bilateral conservation efforts, by the expert on endangered species in northern Asia and author of Owls of the Eastern Ice.

Tigers Between Empires: The Journey to Save the Siberian Tiger from Ex ...

Jonathan C. Slaght

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Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep.

The Social Lives of Birds

Joan E. Strassmann

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Delightful and funny introduction to birds, beaks, bones, eggs and the shaking of tail feathers. For ages 4-8.

Omnibird: An Avian Investigator’s Handbook

Giselle Clarkson

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His Do Not Call the Tortoise was an earlier gem. Here again GHJ pauses to wonder at the world around us, at the profligacy of existence. And at the inscrutability of woodlice. Be charmed by ... read more

Your Lowly Hedgehog Knows

Gareth Howell-Jones

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An excellent and informative book on whales, illustrated and set out somewhat in the manner of William Grill'sShackleton's Journey. For ages 6-9.

The Whale’s Song: Discover the Giants of our Oceans ...

Rossana Bossu

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Hermit-like, Nicholson built himself a shed in a scruffy field from which to observe and listen to the birds thriving in that patch of wilderness.

Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood

Adam Nicolson

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A beautifully illustrated reissue of the historical fantasy classic, following a family of Early Iron Age horse people. For ages 9-12.

Sun Horse, Moon Horse

Rosemary Sutcliff

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Egg-mimicry is one of the cuckoo's clever ways; another is the female's striped undercarriage, like a sparrowhawk's, which help drive dunnocks and warblers away from their nests long enough ... read more

The Curious Life of the Cuckoo

John Lewis-Stempel

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The interior decoration of the bowerbird, the strutting scuffles of black grouse: the intricacies of sexual selection.

Birds, Sex and Beauty: The extraordinary implications of Charles Darwi ...

Matt Ridley

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A chance encounter with a map sets Roberts off on another unusual and intrepid exploration: this time a story of colonial Africa, when King Leopold tried to introduce Indian elephants to the... read more

A Training School for Elephants

Sophy Roberts

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The 1,500-mile watershed stretching from Austria to Romania is still home to a third of Europe's wildlife, including lynx, chamois, bears, and bison that roam its high alpine meadows and its... read more

Walking Europe’s Last Wilderness: A Journey through the Carpathi ...

Nick Thorpe

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A mix of unpublished autobiographical notes and pieces, and excerpts from Durrell's published work and archives. Published to celebrate the centenary of Durrell's birth.

Myself and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell

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The author's pen certainly gathers none of the green stuff! Another delightful avian ode, following The Owl, The Swan, The Swallow, The Robin...

The Starling: A Biography

Stephen Moss

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Delicious small-format book on John Craxton's drawings, sketches and paintings of cats (like Edward Gorey, he had many feline familiars). They frisk, are entangled in chair legs, observe fro... read more

Craxton’s Cats

Andrew Lambirth

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Humans and swifts make one tangled skein of life: Cocker is in fine form.

One Midsummer’s Day: Swifts and the Story of Life on Earth ...

Mark Cocker

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The Austrian artist's late-C18th journey to Italy and the Levant resulted in his superb Flora Graeca; at the same time he made exquisite bird paintings, published here for the first time.

Ferdinand Bauer’s Remarkable Birds

Jonathan Elphick

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The life-cycle of the frog: charming non-fiction for wobblers aged 3-5.

We Are the Wibbly!: A Tadpole’s Tail

Sarah Tagholm

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Corvine intelligence and ingenuity with good water-colour illustrations. For ages 3-6.

Clever Crow

Chris Butterworth

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The beautiful chameleon, the burrowing owl, caterpillars... Mimicry for disguise, self-defence, even for the pursuit of food. For ages 7-9.

How We Came to Be: Creatures of Camouflage and Mimicry ...

Sami Bayly

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A new edition of this remarkable work, first published in 1998.

The Life of Birds

David Attenborough

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Of all the creatures in the ocean, there is none more charming, more magical or more strange than the fish of the genus Hippocampus.

The Curious World of Seahorses: The Life and Lore of a Marine Marvel ...

Till Hein

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By a master of fine art photography whose simple compositions and use of light and depth make for very powerful work. Large format.

True Wildlife

Tom D. Jones

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An extravagantly canine abecedarius for ages 2-5.

D is for Dog

Em Lynas

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Wildsmith's three wonderful bestiaries in one volume, first published in 1967-1968: all creatures portrayed are given their lyrical collective nouns too, wakening the imagination: a walk of ... read more

Brian Wildsmith’s Animal Kingdom: Paws, Claws, Tails & Roar ...

Brian Wildsmith

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Oscar wakes up one morning to find his parents gone and a shapeshifting lion installed as his babysitter. Adventure awaits, along with deeper themes of loss. For readers aged 7+.

Oscar’s Lion

Adam Baron

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