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The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary

The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: a 21st Century Bestiary

An entrancing and entertaining A-Z of the world's oddest and most far-fetched creatures - a bestiary for the 21st century. Read more...

Madingley Rise and Early Geophysics at Cambridge

Madingley Rise and Early Geophysics at Cambridge

This fine illustrated hardback volume, written by Carol Williams, traces the fascinating story of Geophysics at Madingley Rise. Read more...

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Vanished Ocean

This is a book about an ocean that vanished six million years ago - the ocean of Tethys. Read more...

Image: Cloud Road

Cloud Road

In every atlas there is a country missing from the maps of South America: the Andean nation. Read more...

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A Natural Calling

This book provides new factual material on Charles Darwin, following many years of research into Darwin’s relationship to his cousin William Darwin Fox. Read more...

Image: Poseidon’s Steed: the Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality

Poseidon’s Steed: the Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality

Poseidon’s Steed trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a kaleidoscopic history that mirrors man's centuries-old fascination with the animal, sweeping from the reefs of Indonesia, through the back streets of Hong Kong and back in time to ancient Greece and Rome. Read more...

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Hope for Animals and their World

The incredible rapid rate at which various animals and plants are disappearing from the planet is shocking. Read more...

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Birdscapes

What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? Read more...