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How Zoologists Organize Things: The art of classification
Humankind's fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival - differentiating the edible from the toxic, the ferocious from the tractable. Since then, our compulsion to catalogue...
Super Natural: How Life Thrives in Impossible Places
From scorching deserts to frozen seabeds, from the highest peaks of the Himalaya to the hadal depths of the oceans, there are habitats on this Earth that appear inimical to...
The Outrun
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2017 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDAATJE PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WELLCOME...
Famous Rescues At Sea
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThe sea has always been humanity's most unforgiving frontier, and Famous Rescues at Sea chronicles the extraordinary moments when courage and seamanship triumphed over...
The Glow-Worm And Other Beetles
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingIn The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles, the legendary French entomologist J. Henri Fabre turns his...
The Mason-Bees
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn The Mason-Bees, the legendary French entomologist J. Henri Fabre turns his unparalleled powers of observation upon...
Bramble-Bees And Others
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Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: FEP missingMarkings: Previous ownerFew naturalists have possessed the gift of making the insect world as vivid and...
Function And Evolution Of Behavior: An Historical Sample From The Pens Of Ethologists
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of biology and behavioral science, Function and Evolution of Behavior: An Historical Sample from the...
Aggression
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat drives living creatures to fight, dominate, and destroy — and can that impulse ever be controlled? In...
The Marvels And Mysteries Of Science
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Binding loose.At the crossroads of wonder and inquiry stands The Marvels and Mysteries...
The Sexual Code: The Social Behavior Of Animals And Men
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Staining to DJ.What does a lovebird's courtship display share with a human marriage ritual? In The Sexual Code: The Social...
The Behavioural Physiology Of Animals And Man: Selected Papers Volume 1
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew scientists have shaped our understanding of animal and human behaviour with the rigour and originality of Erich von Holst, and this landmark collection...
The Nature Of Human Behaviour
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedWhat drives human beings to act, feel, and think the way they do — and how much of that behaviour...
Learning And Instinct In Animals
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of behavioural science and zoology, W. H. Thorpe's landmark work Learning and Instinct in Animals presents a...
The Social Contract: A Personal Inquiry Into The Evolutionary Sources Of Order And Disorder
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodWhat does the animal kingdom reveal about humanity's deepest compulsions toward order, hierarchy, and conflict? In The Social Contract, Robert Ardrey presents...
An Introduction To Animal Behaviour
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew disciplines sit at such a captivating crossroads of science and nature as ethology, and Aubrey Manning's An...
Baboon Ecology: African Field Research
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the sun-scorched savannahs of East Africa, where predators lurk and social hierarchies determine survival, the lives of...
The Apes: The Gorilla, Chimpanzees, Orangutan And Gibbon - Their History And Their World
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn a world where the boundary between human and animal grows ever more fascinating, Vernon Reynolds' The Apes:...
Locomotives: A Picture History
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the thunderous iron giants of the Industrial Revolution to the sleek electric locomotives of the...
The Rush That Never Ended: A History Of Australian Mining
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the frenzied gold rushes of the 1850s to the industrial-scale mineral extraction of the twentieth century, The...
Love In The South Seas
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodLong before the Western world romanticised the Pacific islands, the indigenous peoples of Polynesia had developed rich and complex traditions...
In The Shadow Of Man
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the jungles of Gombe Stream Reserve on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, a young woman named Jane Goodall did what no scientist had...
Sociobiology And Behavior
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of genetics, evolutionary theory, and the social sciences stands Sociobiology and Behavior, a landmark scientific text that argues the biological roots of...
The Human Zoo
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedWhat happens when the most adaptable animal on Earth is confined to the concrete jungle of modern civilisation? In The Human Zoo, renowned zoologist and...
The Emergence Of Man
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the first city was built or the first word written, the story of humanity was already...
The Roots Of Mankind: The Story Of Man And His Ancestors
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the first cities rose or the first words were written, our ancestors walked a very different...
Animals Of Australia & New Zealand
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the iconic koala clinging to a eucalyptus branch to the elusive kiwi stalking the forest floor, the...
The Soul Of The Ape
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before primatology became a formal science, Eugène Marais ventured into the South African wilderness to live among...
How The Other Half Dies: The Real Reasons For World Hunger
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a time when millions face starvation, Susan George's landmark work How the Other Half Dies: The Real...
Sociobiology: The Whisperings Within
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does evolution truly want from us — and how much of our daily behaviour is silently dictated...
The Year Of The Gorilla
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore Dian Fossey became the world's most famous...
Behind The Mirror: A Search For A Natural History Of Human Knowledge
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to know — and how did the human mind evolve the capacity to do...
Australia's Resources And Their Utilisation
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAustralia is a continent of staggering contrasts — vast arid interiors, mineral-rich landscapes, and coastal abundance — and...
Irish Folk Ways
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before Ireland became a subject of romantic myth and nationalist fervour, its people had built a civilization...
The Biology Of Human Action
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of biology and the social sciences stands a provocative question: how much of what humans...
A Study In Behaviour
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the tradition of rigorous scientific inquiry, A Study in Behaviour by S. A. Barnett stands as a...
Nisa: The Life And Words Of A !Kung Woman
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the vast Kalahari Desert of Botswana, a remarkable woman named Nisa spoke her truth — and in...
The Foundations Of Ethology
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of biology, psychology, and evolutionary science stands a monumental work that forever changed how humanity understands animal behaviour. The Foundations of Ethology...
Evolution And Modification Of Behavior
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of genetics and ethology stands one of the twentieth century's most provocative scientific arguments: that the rigid...
Animal Behavior
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat does the spring song of a male bird truly signal, and can the higher animals think? Animal Behavior by...
Mankind Evolving: The Evolution Of The Human Species
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn an age when science and humanity stood at a crossroads, Theodosius Dobzhansky produced a landmark synthesis that...
The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFirst published in 1872, Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals stands as one...
Growing Points In Ethology
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of biology, psychology, and evolutionary theory, Growing Points in Ethology stands as a landmark collection...
Nuclear Winter In Australia And New Zealand: Beyond Darkness
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when the unthinkable becomes scientifically inevitable? Beyond Darkness: Nuclear Winter in Australia and New Zealand presents...
Imprinting And Early Learning
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat happens in the first fleeting moments of an animal's life that binds it, sometimes irrevocably, to the world around it? Imprinting and Early...
The Selfish Gene
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat if everything you thought you knew about evolution was only half the story? Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene ignites a revolution in biological thinking...
Animal Behaviour: A Synthesis Of Ethology And Comparative Psychology
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of two disciplines that once seemed irreconcilable, Robert A. Hinde's Animal Behaviour: A Synthesis of...
Social Communication Among Primates
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of biology, linguistics, and behavioural science stands a landmark volume that forever changed how scientists...