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Birds

Field Guide to Cape Cod Including Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Block Island, and Eastern Long Island

Lynch Patrick J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300226157, Yale University Press, November 2018
448 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 570 colour illus.

This essential guidebook presents the most abundantly illustrated and fascinating account of the natural history of Cape Cod, its nearby islands, Block Island, the western coast of Rhode Island, and southeastern Long Island ever published. Exploring...

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Birds

Amazing Nature

Empire of the Eagle An Illustrated Natural History

Unwin Mike, Tipling David

ISBN: HB: 9780300232899, Yale University Press, November 2018
288 pp., 28.9x23.5 cm, 400 colour illus.

Eagles hold a unique allure among birds for their combination of power, grace, and predatory prowess. Captivating the human imagination, these raptors have symbolized pride, freedom, and independence of spirit since humankind's earliest times. This b...

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Mammals

Evolution

Critical Terms for Animal Studies

Gruen Lori

ISBN: PB: 9780226355429, ISBN: HB: 9780226355399, University of Chicago Press, November 2018
448 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 figure, 1 table

Animal Studies is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field devoted to examining, understanding, and critically evaluating the complex relationships between humans and other animals. Scholarship in Animal Studies draws on a variety of methodologies t...

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Mammals

Cow with Ear Tag #1389

Gillespie Kathryn

ISBN: PB: 9780226582856, ISBN: HB: 9780226582719, University of Chicago Press, November 2018
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 halftones, 5 line drawings

To translate the journey from a living cow to a glass of milk into tangible terms, Kathryn Gillespie set out to follow the moments in the life cycles of individual animals – animals like the cow with ear tag #1389. She explores how the seemingly beni...

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Anthropology

Sea Life

Fishing How the Sea Fed Civilization

Fagan Brian

ISBN: PB: 9780300240047, Yale University Press, October 2018
368 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 39 black&white illus.

In this history of fishing – not as sport but as sustenance – archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food t...

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Evolution

Mammals

How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution

Dugatkin Lee Alan, Trut Lyudmila

ISBN: PB: 9780226599717, ISBN: HB: 9780226444185, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
240 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 17 colour plates

Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs – they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishin...

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Birds

Evolution

Belonging on an Island Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai'i

Lewis Daniel

ISBN: HB: 9780300229646, Yale University Press, June 2018
320 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 23 black&white illus.

This natural history takes readers on a thousand-year journey as it explores the Hawaiian Islands' beautiful birds and a variety of topics including extinction, evolution, survival, conservationists and their work, and, most significantly, the concep...

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Sea Life

Ecology

Fishing Lessons Artisanal Fisheries and the Future of Our Oceans

Bailey Kevin M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226307459, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 halftones, 9 line drawings

Fish bones in the caves of East Timor reveal that humans have systematically fished the seas for at least 42,000 years. But in recent centuries, our ancient, vital relationship with the oceans has changed faster than the tides. As boats and fishing t...

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Dogs

Secrets of the Snout The Dog's Incredible Nose

Rosell Frank

ISBN: HB: 9780226536361, University of Chicago Press, April 2018
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 tables

Dogs and humans have worked side by side for thousands of years, and over the millennia we've come to depend upon our pooches as hunters, protectors, and faithful companions. But when it comes to the extraordinary quality of man's best friend which w...

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Birds

Ecology

Moral Entanglements Conserving Birds in Britain and Germany

Bargheer Stefan

ISBN: PB: 9780226543826, ISBN: HB: 9780226376639, University of Chicago Press, April 2018
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 halftones, 1 line drawing

At the center of Stefan Bargheer's account of bird watching, field ornithology, and nature conservation in Britain and Germany stands the question of how values change over time and how individuals develop moral commitments. Using life history data d...

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