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New Books on Entomology and Other Natural History
New Books ********************************************************************************************** The list below provides an update on new and forthcoming publications on Entomology and other Natural History. Our online business continues and we are pleased to send our specialist titles to customers in the UK and around the world. As Covid restrictions are lifting in the UK, we are delighted that our shop is once again open to visitors. We will initially be operating an appointment system, so please contact us if you would like to arrange a visit. Pemberley Books continues to process orders received via our website and by telephone. Our team is available to take orders and answer your queries. A note on Brexit for EU customers can be found after the list of books below. |
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by Wilkerson, R.C.; Linton, Y.-M.; Strickman, D.
Cat No. : 43391, Published : APR 2021, Illustrations : 168 col plates, 199 b/w illus
Hardback £119.95
£144.50 (Save £24.55)
In this two-volume set, three of the world's leading experts on mosquito disease, ecology, and systematics offer readers unique insights into the fascinating world of mosquitoes while illustrating (more)
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by Wallace, H.
Cat No. : 44595, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, line drawings
Paperback £16.50
Grasses are an important diagnostic component of many habitat classification schemes, including the National Vegetation Classification (NVC). Unfortunately most keys to grasses require examination of (more)
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by Goulson, D.
Cat No. : 43863, Published : APR 2021
Hardback £13.99
£16.99 (Save £3.00)
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Sting In The Tale comes this practical guide to creating a paradise for pollinators. There are twenty six different species of bumblebees to be (more)
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by Sherwin, G.
Cat No. : 44516, Published : 2020
DVD £19.50
This identification guide describes all the resident species of butterflies on mailand Britain and Ireland, and a few regular migrant species which breed here are also included - 58 in total. Life (more)
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by O'Shea, M.
Cat No. : 42878, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £19.95
£25.00 (Save £5.05)
The ultimate book on these fascinating creatures, featuring the all the different types of lizard worldwide. As survivors from the time of the dinosaurs, lizards are scaly, cold-blooded, living (more)
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by Scales, H.
Cat No. : 44264, Published : MAR 2021, Illustrations : 8 col plates, b/w illus
Hardback £12.99
£16.99 (Save £4.00)
The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the planet. For centuries, myth-makers and storytellers have concocted imaginary monsters of the deep, and now scientists are looking there to find (more)
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by Sivell, O.
Cat No. : 43382, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, text figs
Paperback £39.95
Identification guide to the adults of all British species in the families Calliphoridae, Polleniidae and Rhiniidae. It takes an original approach, using high quality diagnostic photographs (more)
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by Sargerson, J. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 43709, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 140 col photos
Paperback £8.00
Articles in this issue: Butterflies in the Queyras National Park in France and in the Eastern Pyrenees in France. The further development of Corfu Butterfly Conservation is featured. A species rich (more)
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by Warren, M.
Cat No. : 43262, Published : APR 2021, Illustrations : 300 col photos + illus
Hardback £28.00
£35.00 (Save £7.00)
Butterflies have never been more popular. The membership of Butterfly Conservation alone has now reached over 33,000 people and is growing at around 3,000 per year. Added to this, over 110,000 people (more)
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by Corbet, A.S.; Pendlebury, H.M.; van der Poorten, G.M.; van der Poorten, N.E.
Cat No. : 42641, Published : DEC 2020, Illustrations : col frontis, 138 col plates, 459 line drawings
Hardback £65.00
5th edition, revised by George and Nancy van der Poorten. The text has been updated with new information on distributions, life histories and larval food plants. The taxonomy of each species has been (more)
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by Boyce, H.
Cat No. : 43085, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 350+ col photos
Paperback £19.99
This comprehensive photographic field guide is the first complete guide to identifying Harlequin ladybirds found in Britain and Ireland. It also covers all the other 25 conspicuous ladybird species (more)
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by Buszko, J.
Cat No. : 43712, Published : 2020, Illustrations : col plates
Hardback £36.50
Text Polish. Includes 157 species of Crambidae and one species of Thyrididae. Detailed species descriptions make up the main secton of this book. Descriptions cover morphology of the imago of the (more)
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by Seow-Choen, F.
Cat No. : 43959, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos + line drawings
Hardback £75.00
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by Lane, S.A.; Lucas, C.B.H.; Whiffin, A.L.
Cat No. : 43952, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, dist. Maps
Paperback £25.00
Atlas and identification guide. The Histeridae and Silphidae atlas covers 75 beetle species in three families: Histeridae, Sphaeritidae and Silphidae. Many of these large beetles are associated (more)
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by Anstey, F.
Cat No. : 43870, Published : MAR 2021, Illustrations : 125 col photos
Paperback £8.50
The guide aims to make the ‘difficult’ Asteraceae family accessible to beginners, with basic explanations, and flowcharts for about 50 of the commonest species. Similar to the author's other books in (more)
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by McCosh, D.; Rich, T.
Cat No. : 44236, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £30.00
Covers 13 Hawkweed species. Plants of both sections have tall, leafy stems with clasping leaf bases, and form natural groups of superficially similar species. Species in these sections are mainly (more)
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by Chatters, C.
Cat No. : 43261, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 300 col photos
Hardback £28.00
£35.00 (Save £7.00)
Heathlands are so much more than simply purple carpets of heather. They are ancient landscapes found throughout Britain that support a complex of inter-related species and an immense diversity of (more)
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by Swingland, I.R.
Cat No. : 44024, Published : 2020, Illustrations : col + b/w illus
Paperback £12.99
In The Law of the Wild, Ian Swingland offers a unique window into his life as a world-renowned conservation biologist. Captivating the reader with his adventures, exploits and near-death (more)
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by Lowen, J.
Cat No. : 44249, Published : MAY 2021
Hardback £14.99
£18.99 (Save £4.00)
Although mostly unseen by us, moths are everywhere. And there are a lot of them. Inspired by a revelatory encounter with a Poplar Hawk-moth - a huge, velvety-winged wonder wrapped in silver - James (more)
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by Dykman, S.
Cat No. : 44668, Published : MAY 2021
Hardback £21.99
Science, nature, and adventure come together in Sara Dykman's riveting account of her solo bike trip along the 10,000 mile-long migratory path of the monarch butterfly. Outdoor educator and field (more)
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by Eaton, E.R.
Cat No. : 43800, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 150 col photos
Hardback £18.75
£25.00 (Save £6.25)
The ultimate visual journey into the beautiful and complex world of wasps. Wasps are far more diverse than the familiar yellowjackets and hornets that harass picnickers and build nests under the (more)
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by Fritsche, O.; Foitzik, S.
Cat No. : 44670, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : 15 b/w illus
Hardback £16.99
'Beautifully written and filled with mind-boggling wonders' - Dave Goulson, author of A Sting in the Tale 'Thrilling, compellingly readable and paradigm-shattering' - Charles Foster, (more)
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by Scholtz, C.; Scholtz, J.; de Klerk, H.
Cat No. : 44669, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : c.2000 col photos
Paperback £26.50
Pollinators, parasites, predators, decomposers - insects arguably play the most important roles in the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems. This lavishly illustrated and highly authoritative (more)
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by Spicer Rice, E.
Cat No. : 44666, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : 80 col photos
Hardback £30.00
Nature's most successful insects captured in remarkable macrophotography. In Ants, photographer Eduard Florin Niga brings us incredibly close to the most numerous animals on Earth, (more)
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by Yukawa, J.; Tokuda, M. (Eds)
Cat No. : 44127, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : 17 col illus, 43 b/w illus, 80 Tables
Hardback £119.99
This book provides practical ecological, ethological, evolutionary, and biogeographic data for gall-inducing cecidomyiids, their galls and host plants, based on field surveys, laboratory experiments (more)
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by Balcombe, J.
Cat No. : 42327, Published : MAY 2021
Paperback £12.99
From an expert in animal consciousness, a book that will turn the fly on the wall into the elephant in the room. For most of us, the only thing we know about flies is that they're annoying, and our (more)
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by Paulson, D.R.; Haber, W.A.
Cat No. : 44667, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £26.99
Among the largest of all insects, dragonflies and damselflies are conspicuous. Active during the day, often brightly colored, and extremely photogenic-something about their appearance and dashing (more)
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by 42Boudot, J.-P.; Doucet, G.; Grand, D.
Cat No. : 42848, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £24.00
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This visually impressive encyclopedia is a must-have for Britain's army of dragonfly-watchers. Written at an advanced level, this book contains keys, first-class photography, and highlights to key (more)
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by Klimaszewski, J.; Brunke, A.; Sikes, D.S.; Pentinsaari, M.; Godin, B.; Webster, R.P.; Davies, A.; Bourdon, C.; Newton, A.
Cat No. : 44197, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : 304 col illus, 8 b/w illus, 260 col tables
Hardback £149.99
Arctic and Subarctic North America is particularly affected by climate change, where average temperatures are rising three times faster than the global average. Documenting the changing (more)
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by Kibby, G.
Cat No. : 44538, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col plates + photos
Hardback £35.00
£42.00 (Save £7.00)
All copies ordered pre-publication will be signed by the author. This third volume completes coverage of the gilled fungi, the agarics and covers: Agaricaceae (continued from volume 1), (more)
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by Devlin, Z.
Cat No. : 44661, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £14.99
2nd revised edition. Discover the fascinating world of Ireland's diverse and astonishing collection of native wildflowers. This new edition reflects the many changes to our botanical knowledge since (more)
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by Snowball, S.; Chivers, C.
Cat No. : 44115, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : 200+ col photos & illus
Paperback £18.99
This is the third in a series of highly acclaimed and informative guides to the safe and responsible collection of fossils along the Dorset coast. The focus in this book is on the eastern section, (more)
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by Edwards, A.; Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
Cat No. : 44330, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : col illus
Hardback £30.00
The Plant Hunter's Atlas is a lavishly illustrated volume telling some of the most extraordinary tales of horticultural discovery and exploring the characters behind the stories. Taking in the (more)
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by Sheldrake, M.
Cat No. : 41906, Published : 2020
Hardback £16.00
£20.00 (Save £4.00)
The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. Neither plant nor animal, they are found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies. They can be microscopic, yet also account for (more)
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by Holyoak, D.T.
Cat No. : 43680, Published : FEB 2021, Illustrations : col photos, line drawings, maps
Hardback £32.50
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A guide to the species of the moss family Bryaceae in western and central Europe. Colour photos, line drawings and maps for all species. Includes identification keys. (more)
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by Sharpe, T.
Cat No. : 43390, Published : 2020, Illustrations : 82 illus
Hardback £20.00
Described as ‘the greatest fossilist the world ever knew’, a fully illustrated biography of Mary Anning is long overdue. Drawing on recent research into her life and times, yet always aware of her (more)
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Pemberley Books and BrexitPemberley Books continues to supply customers in the EU. Please note that now the Brexit transition period has ended, EU customers are responsible for payment of local VAT on delivery of parcels (this will be at the lower rate for books where applicable). Please note that there may also be a small handling charge made by the carrier to collect this VAT. Until July 2021 when the EU VAT legislation changes, packages valued under EUR 22 are exempt from VAT charges.
We are committed to continue serving our EU customers and are investigating options to make this easier in the future.
If you have any questions or comments about this please contact Ian Johnson
ian.johnson@pemberleybooks.com
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