Hedgehog (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 137)

Hedgehog (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 137)
Author: Pat Morris
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 694
Release: 2018-06-28
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0008235716

The hedgehog is regularly voted Britain’s favourite mammal, and yet we know surprisingly little about the life of this spiny mammal. Pat Morris provides an all-encompassing new study of the hedgehog and its habitat, shedding new light on conservation efforts crucial to the survival of this charming creature of our countryside.

Slugs and Snails (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 133)

Slugs and Snails (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 133)
Author: Robert Cameron
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 826
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0008203490

Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the sedentary clams, cockles and mussels. The largest group, however, are the gastropods, animals originally with a single foot and a single coiled shell.

Gulls (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 139)

Gulls (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 139)
Author: Professor John C. Coulson
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2019-04-04
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0008201447

The gull is a familiar sight by the seaside, and one of the most recognisable bird species, but most people know surprisingly little about the lives and habits of these seafaring birds. John C. Coulson remedies this with a comprehensive overview of the gull.

Collecting the New Naturalists (Collins New Naturalist Library)

Collecting the New Naturalists (Collins New Naturalist Library)
Author: Tim Bernhard
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 881
Release: 2015-10-08
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0007413467

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet. The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world with over 120 volumes published in nearly 70 years.

Hedgehog Book

Hedgehog Book
Author: Hugh Warwick
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1913733556

A welcome visitor heard rustling through our hedges or spotted shuffling across our lawns, hedgehogs are a celebrated addition to every garden and their proper care and conservation valuable to numerous other species. Through informative chapters ranging from the physiological and environmental to the inclusion of the hedgehog in myth, legend, art and literature, The Hedgehog Book is an ideal guide to its subject for all nature lovers, beautifully illustrated throughout with new photography and artwork. Chapters include: Hedgehog Life Threats to Hedgehogs The Hedgehog in Myth and Legend The Hedgehog in Art and Literature

With Honourable Intent

With Honourable Intent
Author: Tim Knight
Publisher: Collins
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017
Genre: Nature conservation
ISBN: 9780008276454

Established over a century ago, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) was the world's first international conservation organisation. The pioneering work of its founders in Africa led to the creation of numerous protected areas, including Kruger and Serengeti National Parks. For the first time, the story of FFI's history is told in its entirety.

Hedgehogs

Hedgehogs
Author: Pat Morris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2014-05-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781873580905

Save Our Species: Endangered Animals and How You Can Save Them

Save Our Species: Endangered Animals and How You Can Save Them
Author: Dominic Couzens
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2021-04-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0008438625

Whether you would like to learn how to build a bird box, dig a hedgehog tunnel or implement broader environmental changes in your community, this practical guide to saving our most endangered species will teach you how you can help on an individual, local and national level.

Seeing Like a State

Seeing Like a State
Author: James C. Scott
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0300252986

“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University