Animals Nature and Environment

Alisdair Aird / Good Guide to Dog Friendly Pubs, Hotels and BandBs 2007

  What happens when you want to take a holiday but can't bear the thought of leaving your dog to pine in kennels? What do you when you fancy a good day out or even just a pleasant drink and your dog looks up at you with big, brown eyes? From the...

Alisdair Aird / Good Guide to Dog Friendly Pubs, Hotels and B and Bs 4th edition

  What happens when you want to take a holiday or even just pop out for a drink and your dog looks up at you with expectant eyes? Do you know which pubs welcome muddy paws with a bowl of water and a dog biscuit? Or where you and your dog can both...

Louise Booth / When Fraser Met Billy

 Billy the cat was rescued from an abandoned house. Fraser was a two-year-old autistic child with a multitude of problems when he first met Billy at the cat protection shelter. Billy purred, laid his paws across Fraser and they have been inseparable...

Helen Armitage / Lady of the Loch

 During the last decade, the osprey has risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes - once extinct in Britain, now returned as a powerful symbol of hope. The opreys' story is a moving tale of triumph over adversity. Their slow but sure resurgence has...

Eugene Linden / The Parrot's Lament (Hardback)

  Based upon interviews with professionals who work with animals, Eugene Linden demonstrates that many animals possess startling intelligence that can be mistaken or ignored by academics in scientific research situations...

Mark Poirier / Goats

Ellis is fourteen. His parents have split up - Mom's gone New Age in Tucson with some asshole abstract artist; and Dad - Fucker Frank, is sporting nerdy glasses and retailing Mexican knick-knacks to Washington wannabes. Ellis is about to start at a...

Clare Campbell / Dogs of Courage

 In Bonzo's War, Clare Campbell told the fascinating story of what it was like for Britain's pets when the world was at war. This time, she follows the incredible journey of the dogs who conscripted to fight for their country, with some even...

A. P. McCoy / My Autobiography (Large Paperback)

  Tony McCoy is incredibly driven. Fighting his way to the top from a tough, Northern Irish background, he has collected fifteen consecutive jockey of the year titles, yet lives in fear of slipping from the pinnacle. His record-breaking 3,000th...

Cree, John - Training the Alsatian ( German Shepherd) - HB - Vintage - 1977 - Dogs

Hardcover in dustjacket published by Pelham Publishing, London , 1977.  From the blurb - the book provides a sensible down to earth approach to training the Alsatian, it is aimed at pet owners, breeders, novice handlers and trainers, and gives...

FitzPatrick, H.M - Ireland's Countryside - PB - 1973 - Nature and Landscape

This copy was published in 1973, originally published in 1972.  illustrated throughout with b&w photographs, the author was from a forestry background, so there is a particular emphasis on forests and woodlands.    Light creasing to...

Michael Hoeye / The Sands of Time

  Hermux is drawn into intrigue when his artist friend tackles a taboo subject - cats. Then, Birch, a chipmunk once drummed out of town for deciphering an ancient map of the Kingdom of Cats, returns with another old scroll and another adventure...

Alice Taylor / As Time Goes By (Hardback)

 Alice Taylor brings the reader with her on her 80th birthday year.Alice had a big birthday on the horizon, the village was about to celebrate many milestones, and she had just received the gift of a book focusing her on the art of living well. So...

Tom Inglis / To Love a Dog (Large Paperback)

 'A little gem of a book' Brendan O'Connor'Quietly devastating ... A touching testament to the relationship between one man and his dog' Business PostTom Inglis and his Wheaten terrier Pepe have lived together for eighteen years: countless days of...

Simon Whaley / Bluffer's Guide to Dogs

 Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of canine canniness. Never again confuse your BARF with your bite, your BAER with your bark, or your British bulldog with your Bavarian boarhound. Bask in the admiration...

Belinda Jones / Bodie on the Road

 Bodie was on death row in a Los Angeles shelter, having been abandoned by his owner. Belinda was in a heap on the floor of her vintage apartment, having been dumped by the man of her dreams. Two lost souls ready to find a new life.Together they...

Greta Thunberg / No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

 The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today'In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg,...

James Bowen / The Little Book of Bob (Hardback)

 The new book from James and street cat Bob.'One thing I've known about Bob from the very beginning is that he possesses a wisdom that is unusual, even in cats. In the decade since we met he's grown even wiser in my eyes. This book is a collection...

Andrea Hayes / Dog Tales (Hardback)

 'Maybe these animals are angels in disguise? It often seems like the right owner and that special dog came into each other's lives at the perfect time for a miracle to occur. Each provides joy, healing, patience, courage, gratitude and of course...

Cooper, M & Thomas, R.J - Profitable Sheep Farming - HB 5th Ed 1982 - Agriculture

Hardcover, 5th revised edition 1982 ( having been published first in 1965) and published by The Farming Press.  Cooper ( a professor of agriculture  from farming stock in New Zealand) argues that shhep farming in the UK ( and elsewhere) had...

John Bradshaw / In Defence of Dogs (Hardback)

 A dog is not for Christmas. This is.John Bradshaw, one of the world's leading dog experts, brings us a compelling insight into what dogs would ask us for, if only they knew how.The dog has been mankind's faithful companion for tens of thousands of...

Eanna Ni Lamhna / Straight Talking Wild (Large Paperback)

      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 from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Melissa Wareham / Rescue Me (Hardback)

  Melissa Wareham always wanted to work with dogs. After failing her biology O-level, she realised she'd have to start at the bottom, cleaning out kennels at Battersea Dogs Home. From frail old men looking for a four-legged companion to famous...

Henrietta Knight / Not Enough Time (Large Paperback)

 This is the rollercoaster story of a great love, between racehorse trainer Henrietta Knight and her husband, Terry Biddlecombe, a hell-raising ex-champion jockey, with two failed marriages and a history of alcoholism behind him.It is a story of...

Brian O'Connor / Add A Zero : From EURO5,000 to EURO50,000 in an Irish Racing Season

  It's March in Ireland - the flat season is about the start and Irish Times racing correspondent, Brian O'Connor has decided to boldly go where no racing correspondent has gone before. He puts his money where is mouth is and attempts to turn...

Will McCallum / How to Give Up Plastic : Simple steps to living consciously on our blue planet

 'We have a responsibility, every one of us' David AttenboroughAround 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean every year, killing over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals. By 2050 there could be more plastic in the ocean than...

Matt Walker / Why Do Moths Drink Elephants' Tears? : And other zoological curiosities (Hardback)

  The first professionally researched miscellany guide to the animal kingdom, packed with fascinating and bizarre facts. Did you know that the male flour beetle is the only animal which can mate and impregnate a female he has never met? That...

Noel Fitzpatrick / Listening to the Animals: Becoming The Supervet (Hardback)

 THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.A powerful, heart-warming and inspiring memoir from the UK's most famous and beloved vet, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick - star of the Channel 4 series The Supervet.Growing up on the family farm in Ballyfin, Ireland,...

T Pearse Lyons ( Editor ) - Biotechnology in the Feed industry - 2 Volume Lot - 1987 & 1988 - Alltech

Two hardcover professional scientific publications the proceedings fo the annual conferences held in (animal) feeding and nutrition, and edited by T Pearse Lyons, the Irish born founder of Alltech. 1987 - proceedings of Alltech's 3rd symposium) ...

Dion Leonard / Finding Gobi (Main edition) : The True Story of a Little Dog and an Incredible Journey (Hardback)

 THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLERLike A Streecat Named Bob before it, Finding Gobi is a truly heart-warming story for animal lovers worldwide...In 2016, Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner, unexpectedly stumbled across a little stray dog...

David Attenborough / Life on Air : Memoirs (Hardback)

 Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly five decades and there are very few places on the globe that he has not visited. In this volume of memoirs...

Cat Warren / What the Dog Knows : scent, science, and the amazing ways dogs perceive the world

 A World Book Night book.A New York Times-bestselling book about the extraordinary abilities of man's best friend.When Cat Warren adopted Solo, an unruly German shepherd puppy, she soonbegan to wonder what she'd let herself in for. Solo's boundless...

John Bradshaw / In Defence of Dogs : Why Dogs Need Our Understanding

 What would dogs ask for, if they knew how? In the Sunday Times bestseller In Defence of Dogs John Bradshaw, an anthropologist at Bristol University who has been at the centre of the latest research into what makes dogs tick, gives us the answers...

Barby Keel / Gabby: The Little Dog that had to Learn to Bark

 A heartwarming true animal story, for fans of A Dog's Purpose, A Street Cat Named Bob and Marley & Me. In the 54 years she has run the Barby Keel Animal Sanctuary, deep in the Kent countryside, Barby has taken in all manner of animals in need...

Lucy Daniels / Animal Ark Pets: Animal Ark Pets Bind Up 4-6

 Pony Parade Paul's new pony is from a sanctuary, but when people at school see it, they think he's been mistreating his pet - not helping it back to health. Can Mandy prove them wrong Guinea-pig Gang Mandy has lots of friends with guinea-pigs and...

J Walton Groves - Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada - HB Illustrated in dustjacket, 1962

HARDCOVER IN DUSTJACKET, ILLUSTRATED 1ST EDITION, 1962.  Condition - Book - Very Good + in a fair dustjacket. 298 pp, acknowledgments, introduction, parts of a mushroom, collecting mushrooms, food value of mushrooms, mushroom poisoning,...

Clare Balding / My Animals and Other Family (Hardback)

   My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discovery'I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and suspect I had aged in dog years. By the time I was ten I had discovered the pain of...

Patrick Veitch / Enemy Number One : The Secrets of the UK's Most Feared Professional Punter (Hardback)

    This is the sensational inside story on how professional punter Patrick Veitch overcame adversity to take the bookmakers for over GBP 10 million in an eight year period. Veitch studied maths at Cambridge alongside becoming a major...

Colm Keane / Animal Crackers : Irish Pet Stories (Large Paperback)

    Adorable dogs,spirited horses, mischievous donkeys and cats who barely tolerate us are just some of the colourful characters you will meet in Animal Crackers. You will also encounter bright bunnies, cunning foxes, wise old birds, a...

Eileen Battersby / Ordinary Dogs : A story of Two Lives

   Eileen Battersby is the chief literature critic of The Irish Times and is, in the words of John Banville, 'the finest fiction critic we have'.But her first full-length book is not about international literature or the state of the novel. It...

Philip Lymbery / Dead Zone

   'An honest, compelling and important account and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security' Chris PackhamClimate change and poaching are not the only culprits behind so many animals...

Don Conroy / Saoirse, the Grey Seal (Large Paperback)

      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 from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Martin Clunes / A Dog's Life (Large Paperback)

   Martin Clunes is happy to admit that with Mary, it was love at first sight; her soft, brown eyes, her perfect figure and that unstoppable wagging tail. As cocker spaniels go, she was perfect. Mary was soon joined in the Clunes' household by...

Michael Kelly / Tales From the Home Farm : Live More, Spend Less, Grow Your Own Food (Large Paperback)

   Turn the doom and gloom into a better, more enjoyable way of living.Want to eat better, save money, work those muscles without the treadmill, know where your food comes from? This could be the new, recession-proof you! Five years ago...

Jan Fennell / The Dog Listener : Learning the Language of Your Best Friend

   You've heard of the Horse Whisperer - now meet the woman who uses similar methods to train dogs.Jan Fennell's remarkable gifts have earned her the nickname "the dog listener". Her unique understanding of the canine world and its instinctive...

Jane Smiley / A Year at the Races

   A candid exploration of the abiding bond between humans and horses from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres.'intensely lovable' Daily Telegraph'fascinating' Financial Times'gives insight into the ups and downs of...

Kevin Conley / Stud : Adventures in Breeding

    Every year on Valentine's Day, the great Thoroughbred farms open their breeding sheds and begin their primary business. The fearsome roars of stallions and the vigorous encouragement of their handlers echo through breeding country, from...

Tina Humphrey / Chandi : The rescue dog who stole a nation's heart

 Tina and Chandi won the hearts of the nation with their fantastic dance routines on Britain's Got Talent. Now, in this heart-warming memoir Tina shares their story.When Tina met Chandi she was a frightened, abandoned puppy in a local pound. Under...

Cesar Millan / A Member of the Family : Cesar Millan's Guide to a Lifetime of Fulfillment with Your Dog

 Many of us think of our dogs not as pets, but as full-fledged members of our families. If you own a dog or are thinking about getting one - A Member of the Family is the ultimate resource for integrating your canine companion into your household...

Clare Balding / My Animals and Other Family

   My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discovery'I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and suspect I had aged in dog years.'Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household...

E Charles Nelson & Wendy Walsh - The Burren : Wildflowers - A Companion to the wildflowers of an Irish Limestone Wilderness PB 1991 ( County Clare)

This botanical study of the Burren, that enigmatic, limestone region in Ireland that harbours in a seemingly barren landscape beautiful plants, ferns, orchids, gentians, mountain avens and many more which are not natural to such a habitat, is accompanied...

John Connell / The Cow Book : A Story of Life on an Irish Family Farm (Large Paperback)

 'This is an important slice of living, breathing agricultural history written with absolute honesty by an insider who has the rare quality of being able to see it from the outside too.' - Rosamund Young, author of The Secret Life of Cows'I usually...

Eanna Ni Lamhna / Talking Wild : Wildlife on the Radio (Large Paperback)

      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 from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...