(Paperback)
By: Claire Preston
ISBN: 9781789140484
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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(Paperback)
By: Cynthia Chris
ISBN: 9781789149319
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An enlightening, entertaining look at that most peculiar bird, the cuckoo.
(Paperback)
By: Anna Marie Roos
ISBN: 9781789141351
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 16th September 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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The surprising and intriguing history of the much-loved goldfish.
(Paperback)
By: Hugh Warwick
ISBN: 9781780232751
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2014
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A natural and cultural history of the hedgehog that explores the symbolism of the animal, from Romans who regarded it as a weather prophet to Sonic the Hedgehog and children's books today.
(Paperback)
By: Amanda Rees
ISBN: 9781789142143
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 13th July 2020
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A funny, bold and provocative enquiry into what it means to be human.
(Paperback, Annotated edition)
By: Ildiko Szabo
ISBN: 9781789141399
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 16th September 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A new cultural and natural history of the flashing, iridescent kingfisher.
(Paperback)
By: Desmond Morris
ISBN: 9781780232799
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2014
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A natural and cultural history of the 'perfect predator' - the leopard - and its depiction in literature, art, film, advertising and popular culture.
(Paperback)
By: Steve Gronert Ellerhoff
ISBN: 9781789142228
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2020
UK Publication Date: 13th April 2020
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An account of moles in nature, and cultures around the world.
(Paperback)
By: Bethan Roberts
ISBN: 9781789144741
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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(Paperback)
By: Helen F. Wilson
ISBN: 9781789146264
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
UK Publication Date: 12th September 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A superbly illustrated account of Britains national treasure, the ruddy breasted robin.
(Paperback)
By: Louise M. Pryke
ISBN: 9781780235929
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2016
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A natural and cultural history of that most potent of arthropod, the scorpion.
(Paperback)
By: Alan Rauch
ISBN: 9781789147995
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
UK Publication Date: 20th November 2023
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A colourful and wide-ranging account of the evolution, biology and cultural history of sloths.
(Paperback)
By: Martin Wallen
ISBN: 9781789143348
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
UK Publication Date: 18th January 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Traces the many ways humans have thought about and pictured squids.
(Paperback)
By: Louise M. Pryke
ISBN: 9781789143362
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
UK Publication Date: 18th January 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A celebration of the ancient, unassuming yet exceptional turtle.
(Paperback)
By: Christopher Plumb
ISBN: 9781780239354
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
UK Publication Date: 28th May 2018
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Zebra is a comprehensive and wide-ranging study of the natural and cultural history of this popular animal.
(Paperback)
By: Graham Barwell
ISBN: 9781780231914
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2013
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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The albatross inspires awe by its remarkableease in the air and its huge wingspan, as wellas the huge journeys these birds undertakeacross the oceans. Albatross looks at theplace of these iconic birds in a wide varietyof human cultures, from early responsesby north Atlantic mariners to modernencounters.
(Paperback)
By: Daniel Heath Justice
ISBN: 9781780233369
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2015
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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From the iconic European badger to the African honey badger, the hog badger of Southeast Asia and the North American badger, this book is the first truly global cultural history of the animal in over 30 years.
(Paperback)
By: Tessa Laird
ISBN: 9781780238944
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In Bat Tessa Laird challenges preconceptions about these amazing animals, combining fascinating facts of bat biology with engaging portrayals of bats in mythology, literature, film, popular culture, poetry and contemporary art.
(Paperback)
By: Rachel Poliquin
ISBN: 9781780234236
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 1st May 2015
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Beaver explores the fascinating history of this small, often-overlooked, yet important animal and examines why the beaver has been hunted throughout the years, as well as looks at the unique way in which beavers form their societies.
(Paperback)
By: Robert Irwin
ISBN: 9781861896490
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2010
UK Publication Date: 1st May 2010
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A distinct symbol of the desert and the Middle East, the camel was once unkindly described as half snake, half folding bedstead. But in the eyes of many the camel is a creature of great beauty. This book explores why the camel has fascinated so many cultures, including those in places where camels are not indigenous.
(Paperback)
By: Annie Potts
ISBN: 9781861898586
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2012
UK Publication Date: 1st December 2011
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Chicken provides insight into the astonishing world of the chicken and contains many intriguing facts, including why the largest predator ever to walk the earth is considered the ancestor of the modern chicken and how mother hens communicate with their chicks while they're still in the egg.
(Paperback)
By: Dan Wylie
ISBN: 9781780230870
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2013
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Dan Wylie's Crocodile tracks the 23 recognized crocodilian species across every continent bar Antarctica, and through myths, artworks and literatures around the world.
(Paperback, Enlarged ed.)
By: Boria Sax
ISBN: 9781780238425
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2017
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2017
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A classic account of the crow, now available in B-format paperback. Boria Sax looks at the crow in myth, literature and life, from Noah's raven to films such as The Crow.
(Paperback)
By: John Fletcher
ISBN: 9781780230887
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2013
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In this book John Fletcher describes the evolution, species, habitats, behaviour and diet of the deer, as well as its portrayal in art and influence on popular culture, myth and song.
