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(Paperback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9781847926692
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9781529114188
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 19th October 2023
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9781845951962
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2012
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Tracking these great and terrible beasts through the toughest terrain in the world, Quammen is equally intrigued by the traditional relationship between the great predators and the people who live among them, and weaves into his story the fears and myths that have haunted humankind for 3000 years.


(Paperback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9780684836263
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1998
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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A collection of essays that offer Quammen's perspective on nature and the world around. He brings to life the pageant of nature, ranging from tales of vegetarian piranha and dogs without voices, to a profile of the scientists searching for the genes that threaten to destroy the cheetah.


(Paperback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9780712673334
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Aug 1997
UK Publication Date: 3rd July 1997
Publisher: Vintage
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Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction Over the past eight years, David Quammen has followed the threads of island biogeography on a globe-encircling journey of discovery.


(Paperback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9780684852089
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 1999
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Besides bringing together a couple of decades worth of forays into the natural world, this collection of essays from the author of The Song of the Dodo is both a wake-up call and a testimonial.


(Hardback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9781847926685
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9780099522850
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2013
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2013
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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First, a horse in Brisbane falls ill: fever, swelling, bloody froth. Then thirteen others drop dead. The foreman at the stables becomes ill and the trainer dies. This title tracks these infections to their source and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth.


(Hardback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9781426222078
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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In this inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed author David Quammen journeys to places where civilization meets raw nature and explores the challenge of balancing the needs of both.


(Paperback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9780008310714
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 8th August 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and A New York Times Notable Book of 2018.

Our understanding of the tree of life, with powerful implications for human genetics, human health and our own human nature, has recently completely changed.


(Hardback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9781426217548
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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This monumental book is an incredible journey through Yellowstone, America's first national park.


(Paperback)

By: David Quammen

ISBN: 9781477826119
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
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