Animals Nature and Environment

Nicci Mackay / Spoken in Whispers: The Autobiography of a Horse Whisperer (Hardback)

 The author describes how her gift of empathy with horses has given her the ability to understand their physical pains and emotional states simply by touching them     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the...

Adrian House / The Great Safari - The Lives Of George And Joy Adamson (Hardback)

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Robert Sullivan / A Whale Hunt (Hardback)

New York-based freelance writer Sullivan ( Meadowlands ) chronicles two years he spent at the center of a controversy that pitted two cherished ideals against each other protecting whales and preserving ancestral practice. The Makah, on the Olympic...

Michael Bright / Unlocking Nature's Secrets - Dicoveries from the Natural World

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John Humphrys / The Great Food Gamble

 What we are doing to our food and how it affects our health. Good copy.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers...

Kevin Van Tighem / Bears: An Altitude SuperGuide (Large Paperback)

Informative and visually exciting, this book presents a complete guide to bears of all kinds, describing their habitats, family life, and behavior, as well as the ways in which they are perceived in human culture and the ecological forces that make the...

Leah Lemieux / Rekindling the Waters: The Truth about Swimming with Dolphins (Large Paperback)

Dolphins have become one of the ocean's most sought-after creatures. Since antiquity, Dolphins have possessed an undeniable, mysterious and compelling allure for humankind, which in recent years has intensified, inspiring everything from New Age fervour...

David Suzuki, Ian Hanington / Just Cool It!: The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do - A Post-Paris Agreement Game Plan (Large Paperback)

Climate change is the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving it. So, what do we do, and is there hope for humanity? The problem itself is complex, and there’s no single solution. But by...

Richard L.E Ford - 3 Vintage Nature Guides - British Reptiles and Amphibians, Eggs and Nests, British Wild Animals - ( Black's Young Naturalists Series) 1967 reprints

These three books are from the multi volume Black's Naturalist Series, published in teh 1960's. All three copies are former convent school reference library copies, and have a school name stamped on the blank endpapers, as well as brown ghostmarks from...

Colm O’Regan / Climate Worrier - A Hypocrite's Guide to Saving the Planet(Hardback)

Bestselling author Colm O’Regan is a worrier. A professional one. Caution is his watchword. Risk aversion is his love language. Now Colm is grappling with the biggest worry of the whole ‘planet being on fire’ thing and how exactly we...

David Lindo / The Urban Birder (Hardback)

Anyone can become an Urban Birder. You can do it anywhere and any time, whether youve got the day to spare, on your way to work, during your lunch break or just looking out of a window. Look up and you will see. The book is an inspirational look at the...

Meredith Hooper / The Ferocious Summer : Palmer's Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica (Hardback)

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Helen Attwater / My gorilla journey: living with the orphans of the rainforest (Hardback)

 Helen Attwater and her husband Mark reared gorillas in Africa that were orphaned by poachers. The animals were then reintroduced into the wild, in a supposedly " protected" area of the rainforest. Battling against terrible conditions, the couple...

David Attenborough - Life on Earth - HB - 1979 - BBC

Co-published by Collins & the BBC , 1979, based on David Attenborough's TV series of the same name.   David Attenborough’s unforgettable meeting with gorillas became an iconic moment for millions of television viewers. Life on...

Hugh Leonard - Rover and Other Cats ( Hardback ) Illustrated 1992

Leonard writes about the comedies, tragedies and adventures of his many and varied feline friends. Hardcover, with illustrations by William Geldart.  Playwright and journalist Hugh Leonard was born John Keyes Byrne on November 9, 1926. While...

Thelma Rowell - Social Behaviour of Monkeys - Vintage Penguin PB -1972

Published by Penguin as part of it's Science of Behaviour Series, 1972.  Stdies based on the author's own observations in the mountians of east Africa ( primarily with baboons) - comparing and contrasting social organisation in highrer primates and...

Jack Seely / Warrior: The Amazing Story of a Real War Horse (Hardback)

 December 2011 sees the premier of Steven Spielberg's much anticipated film, War Horse, which is the most popular piece of fiction ever written about horses in war. My Horse Warrior, first published in 1934 is equally wondrous fact. It is...

David Borgenich / The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac : Great Outdoors

 Bears. Avalanches. Grill fires. The great outdoors is packed with perils, so be prepared from the moment you lace up your boots. With detailed instructions on how to get out of every kind of trouble in the wild, this new, dynamic almanac format in...

Seymour Garte / Where We Stand: A Surprising Look at the Real State of Our Planet (Hardback)

Global warming, new epidemics, and the destruction of natural resources have all made the future of the planet seem increasingly dire.  Where We Stand will serve as a reality check for a debate surrounded by controversy. Garte presents...

John Malam / The Ultimate Book Of Dinosaurs (Hardback)

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Michael Viney - A Year's Turning - HB - BRAND NEW

A Year’s Turning is one of Ireland’s greatest works of nature writing and nature memoir, in the tradition of writers such as Tim Robinson and Robert Macfarlane. Michael Viney and his wife Ethna lived in the city, had successful jobs...

Kathy Donaghy - Finding My Wild - How A Move to the Edge Brought Me Home - PB - BRAND NEW 2023

‘Life had brought me to the edge of myself and here I was feeling like I was on the edge of the world.’ After moving back to her homeplace on the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal with her young family, journalist Kathy Donaghy’s life...

Conor W. O'Brien - Ireland Through Birds : Journeys in Search of a Wild Nation - PB - BRAND NEW

  ‘Places, histories, hikes … a lovely armchair travel book.’ – Margaret Atwood Twelve birds. One country. A wild Ireland waiting to be discovered. In Ireland Through Birds, Conor O’Brien takes the...

Paul Griffiths- A Concise History of Modern Music - From Debussy to Boulez - HB

Beginning at the threshold of the modern era, with the late Romanticism of Debussy and Mahler, the author traces the new directions of music through composers such as Alban Berg and Anton Webern, Charles Ives, Edgard Varese and Olivier Messiaen,...

Frederick Becker / The Great Dane (Large Paperback)

 THE GREAT DANE EMBODYING A FULL EXPOSITION OF THE HISTORY, BREEDING PRINCIPLES, EDUCATION, AND PRESENT STATE OF THE BREED. BY FREDERICK BECKER A VINTAGE DOG BOOKS BREED CLASSIC. Originally published in 1933, this extremely rare early work on the...

Richard Orr & Joyce Pope - Mammals of Britain & Europe - Hardcover ILLUSTRATED -1983

A large format profusely illustrated hardcover, in dustjacket, published by Pelham Books, 1983. Previous owners gift inscription on blank front endpaper, otherwise unmarked, light creasing to page edgeds and slight bumps to corners. Price clipped on...

Michael Fewer - A Natural Year - PB - Illustrated - BRAND NEW

In A Natural Year, critically acclaimed travel writer Michael Fewer celebrates the everyday wonder of Irish nature in these beautifully written diaries, observed from his homes in south Dublin and rural Waterford, in which he delights at the...

Richard Nairn - Wild Waters : The Magic of Ireland's Rivers and Lakes - PB - BRAND NEW 2023

Description Rivers and lakes are the arteries and beating heart of Ireland. To our ancestors these wetlands were their highways, providing valuable sources of food including fish and wildfowl as well as vital materials such as reeds for thatching and...

Matt Brown / Everything You Know About Planet Earth is Wrong (Hardback)

   A fascinating and humorous read that debunks the surprising myths about the world we always believed. The latest addition to the popular Everything You Know series, this book will blow apart your beliefs in the world's physical and social...

Ann Cuthbertson / The Charmers and Rogues : From the Daily Telegraph (Hardback)

 This first collection of Pet Tales, compiled by Life editor Anne Cuthbertson, features a talking dog and a surfboarding cat, a chicken that thinks it's human, a foul-tempered duck called Mussolini, a bear called Tina, and an escaped cornsnake who...

Claire Ellicott / Saving Anne the Elephant : The Rescue of the Last British Circus Elephant (Hardback)

 When shocking images emerged of Anne, Britain's last circus elephant, being beaten by one of her keepers, it sparked a national outcry. Undercover footage showed the gentle creature cowering in fear as the youth repeatedly inflicted violent attacks...

Adam Henson / A Farmer and His Dog (Hardback)

 For me, the bond I have with Peg, my border collie sheepdog is priceless. I know how very lucky I, and thousands of other shepherds and farmers, are to have these extraordinarily bright, enthusiastic dogs at our side. But we, who work the land and...

Bel Mooney / Small Dogs Can Save Your Life (Hardback)

 A story of survival, transformation and love. In a beautiful and powerful memoir which mixes honest, personal revelation with literature, history, and inspirational self-help, Bel Mooney tells the story of her rescue dog, Bonnie, who in turn...

Kate May / For the Love of Dogs (Hardback)

 To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden.'Milan KunderaFar above and beyond their loyalty and devotion, we love dogs all the more for their individual quirks and personalities - the funny sideways look they give...

John Connell / The Farmer's Son : Calving Season on a Family Farm (Hardback)

 For fans of James Herriot, a poignant memoir--and #1 Irish bestseller--about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old worldFarming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he...

Andrew Cotter / Olive, Mabel & Me : Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs (Hardback)

   "Beautifully written ... as funny as you would hope."The TimesOLIVE & MABEL: two of the internet's favourite dogs!ANDREW COTTER: one of our best-loved commentators.Olive and Mabel are the Labradors that broke the internet. With more...

Peter Wedderburn / Pet Subjects : Animal Tales from the Telegraph's Resident Vet (Hardback)

 Pete the Vet has seen it all - whether Apollo the hamster, Nero the cat, Samson the rabbit or Ned the terrier, he has come across a whole host of cases that aren't in the textbook. With nearly twenty-five years at a veterinary clinic combined with...

Gill Lewis / Gorilla Dawn (Large Paperback)

   The thrilling, heartbreaking, and inspirational new story from award-winning storyteller Gill Lewis.Deep in the heart of the African jungle, a baby gorilla is captured by a group of rebel soldiers. Imara and Bobo are two children also...

Gavin Maxwell / Ring of Bright Water (Vintage Paperback)

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Vernon Reynolds - The Apes : The Gorilla Chimpanzee Orangutan and Gibbon - Their History and their World - HB - 1967

HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION, Dutton USA, 1967.  A lively observation based study of the great apes - exploring evolutionary origins and divergence, behaviour, and the role of apes in myth and fact throughout human history, and ( from a 1960's viewpoint)...

Jane Wilson-Howarth / Himalayan Hostages

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Joe Garden / The Devious Book for Cats

 Cats once were proud, shrewd, independent animals who lived life on our own terms. But then came a life of domestication, comfort and free health care. And now cats are in danger of losing our sense of adventure completely. Fluffy and Bonkers say...

Marc Abraham / Lucy's Law

 'The campaign for Lucy's Law has been smashing' PAUL O'GRADYThe true story of one little dog who helped bring an end to puppy farming in the UK.Lucy, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was born into a Welsh puppy farm in 2008. She was repeatedly bred...

Kimberly Newton Fusco / Chasing Augustus

  Rosie must get Augustus back. He may be a big, sloppy dog and her grandpa Harry says he can't live in the flat, but he forgets how much you can love a dog. He is the true-blue friend of Rosie's soul and she will do anything to find him. She...

Monica Holloway / Cowboy and Wills

 The day Monica learns that her loveable, brilliant three-year-old son, Wills, has Autism, she takes him to buy an aquarium. It's the first in a string of impulsive trips to the pet store to buy animals as a distraction from the uncontrollable,...

Michael Blundell - The Wild Flowers of Kenya - HB -1982

Contains over 500 detailed species descriptions, glossary, maps and an illustration key to leaf and flower forms. Invaluable companion for every traveler to the region. 311 colour photographs of the ( HUGELY DIVERSE) range of flowering plants , Given the...

Paul Cunningham / Ireland's Burning (Large Paperback)

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Emma Thompson / Letters to the Earth : Writing to a Planet in Crisis (Hardback)

 A profound, powerful and moving collection of 100 letters from around the world responding to the climate crisis, introduced by Emma Thompson and lovingly illustrated by CILIP award winner Jackie Morris.'All power to this amazing project.' JOANNE...

Steve Backshall / Deadly Diaries (Large Paperback)

  In his first ever DEADLY DIARIES Steve Backshall shares what it means to him to film the world's top predators. Learn how it feels to have a blue whale silently power past you in crystal clear Indian Ocean waters or to dangle beneath a...

John Button- The Best of Resurgence - A Selection from 1965-1990 - PB

Resurgence is a magazine which has been a consistent advocate of Green thinking for the last 25 years. This book brings together 64 articles published in the magazine from 1965 to 1990. They range over subjects as diverse as economics, the arts,...

Tom Cox / Talk to the Tail (Hardback)

 Following on from Tom's life with six cats in UNDER THE PAW, he now picks up the story in TALK TO THE TAIL, updating readers on what has happened with his feline friends as well as looking back for more confessions about his animal-loving past...

T.F Gaskell- The Gulf Stream - HB 1972 - Oceanography & Exploration

In an age when man has turned his face from the earth towards the mysteries of other planets, it is amazing to find that large areas of the earth's surface remain uncharted and even unexplored. Oceans cover two thirds of the earth and beneath their...