Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy (Witton Mark P.)(Pevná vazba)

Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy (Witton Mark P.)(Pevná vazba)

The most authoritative illustrated book on flying reptiles availableFor 150 million years, the skies didn't belong to birds--they belonged to the pterosaurs. These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian dinosaurs until their extinction 65 million years

Plants That Kill: A Natural History of the World's Most Poisonous Plants (Dauncey Elizabeth A.)(Pevná vazba)

A full-color illustrated guide to the natural history of the most poisonous plants on earthThis richly illustrated book provides an in-depth natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth, covering everything from the lethal effects of hemlock and deadly nightshade to the uses of such plants

Skomer Island: Its History and Natural History (Alexander Mike)(Pevná vazba)

Skomer is a captivating island and one of Britain's most spectacular National Nature Reserves, visited by tens of thousands of people every year and receiving regular media attention from magazines, radio and television wildlife programs. It has internationally important populations of seabirds,

Woods - A Celebration (Penn Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A tribute to the natural history of some of our most iconic British woods.The National Trust manages hundreds of woods, covering over 60,000 acres of England and Wales. They include many of the oldest woodlands in the land and some of the oldest living things of any kind - trees that are thousands

Butterflies - A Natural History (Warren Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Modern Family: The Untold Oral History of One of Television's Groundbreaking Sitcoms (Freeman Marc)(Pevná vazba)

Louis Vuitton City Bags: A Natural History (Kaufmann Jean-Claude)(Pevná vazba)

This volume is an unprecedented history of Louis Vuitton's women's bags, the most coveted line of accessories in women's fashion. At the heart of Louis Vuitton are its City Bags, a range of women's bags that dates back to the turn of the twentieth century. Featuring the trademark monograms of the

Rivers: A Natural and Not-So-Natural History (Raven Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Natural History of Magick (David Poppy)(Pevná vazba)

The Pocket Book of the Gaa (Reynolds Mark)(Pevná vazba)

A fully illustrated history of Ireland s most famous sporting institution, published in association with the GAA museum in Croke Park. This is a fascinating and colourful introduction to Gaelic games, covering football, hurling, camogie and handball. This pocket sized book features all the key

Coral Reefs: A Natural History (Kelley Russell)(Pevná vazba)

An illustrated look at corals from around the world Corals are among the most varied lifeforms on Earth, ranging from mushroom corals and leather corals to button polyps, sea fans, anemones, and pulse corals. Bridging the gap between plant and animal, these marine invertebrates serve as homes to

Gray's Anatomy: Slip-Case Edition (Gray Henry)(Pevná vazba)

Written in the 1850s by a young doctor, Henry Gray, Gray's Anatomy was the most comprehensive and accessible anatomy of its time. This beautifully produced slipcased volume contains the historic text of the second edition and all of Henry Vandyke Carter's masterly drawings. It is essential reading

Evolution in Action - Natural History through Spectacular Skeletons(Pevná vazba)

Spectacular, mysterious, elegant, or grotesque, the vertebrate skeletons of Earth's fossil record carry within them the traces of several billion years of life. This book provides a map of those billion years in time. It presents the undeniable truth of Darwin's theory, showing through 200

Just the Tonic: A Natural History of Tonic Water (Nesbitt Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Tonic water elicits images of sparkling drinks and stirred concoctions, but it has a history that reaches beyond the bar. Its roots go back centuries, starting with the Andes and the cinchona tree, and it had its start as a natural medicine instead of as a tasty mixer. Quinine, tonic water's

Flies: The Natural History & Diversity of Diptera (Marshall Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Advance praise for Flies Stephen A. Marshall has delivered one of the most beautiful and useful accounts of insect life ever written. -- Edward O. Wilson, Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University Meticulously researched and illustrated with more than 2000 color photographs taken by the

Paper: Paging Through History (Kurlansky Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce, and art; it has formed the foundation of civilizations,

The Story of Film (Revised Edition) (Cousins Mark)(Pevná vazba)

An updated edition - with completely new chapters - of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and complements Mark Cousins' fascinating 15-hour film documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Filmmaker and author Mark Cousins shows how filmmakers are influenced

Stripped Bare: The Art of Animal Anatomy (Bainbridge David)(Pevná vazba)

A lavishly illustrated compendium of the art and history of animal anatomy from antiquity to todayFor more than two thousand years, comparative anatomy--the study of anatomical variation among different animal species--has been used to make arguments in natural philosophy, reinforce religious

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Unforgettable Portraits (Natural History Museum)(Pevná vazba)

This is a collection of the most memorable portraits taken over the past decades of the international Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Each is accompanied by a story that tells how the picture came to be taken and its importance as a record of an unforgettable

Netter's Surgical Anatomy Review P.R.N. (Trelease Robert)(Spiral)

Compact and portable, Netter's Surgical Anatomy Review P.R.N. is the easiest and most convenient way to refresh need-to-know anatomy for surgeons-in-training. Vibrant, detailed artwork by preeminent medical illustrator Frank H. Netter, MD makes it easy to visualize the anatomy that underlies the

Calculus Made Easy (Thompson Silvanus P.)(Pevná vazba)

Natural History (Pliny)(Pevná vazba)

Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic Natural History, in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. The contents of the books are as follows. Book 1: table of contents of the others and of authorities; 2: mathematical and metrological survey of

A Natural History of Fairies (Hawkins Emily)(Pevná vazba)

This enchantingly illustrated natural history of fairies, compiled in the 1920s by the botanist Professor Elsie Arbour for her niece, is now unveiled for readers of today. Featuring a gold foil-embossed cloth cover, a ribbon marker, and sprayed gold edges, this gorgeous volume is filled with

Natural History (Pliny)(Pevná vazba)

Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic Natural History, in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. The contents of the books are as follows. Book 1: table of contents of the others and of authorities; 2: mathematical and metrological survey of