(Paperback)

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, Revised edition)

Develops a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography which builds on the first principles of population ecology and genetics to explain how distance and area combine to regulate the balance between immigration and extinction in island populations.

(Hardback)

Broad perspective on collectivity in the life sciences, from microorganisms to human consensus, and the theoretical and empirical opportunities and challenges.

(Paperback)

Colin MacFarlane was born in Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of "No Mean City", the novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's deprived district. The author witnessed the last days of old Gorbals as street boy as a regeneration programme was implemented. He reveals what it was really like to live in old Gorbals.