First ever raptor world field guide, which uses all of the plates from the author's 2001 Raptors of the World handbook. There is a concise, revised text to all 340 species on facing pages. Several of the plates have been reworked and repainted for this guide, and there is an updated colour distribution map for each species.

This new field guide covers all of the world's kites, vultures, harriers, hawks, buzzards, eagles, and falcons. Based on essential sections of the widely acclaimed handbook "Raptors of the World" by the same authors, but with updated text, maps, and plates, it shows every species in a selection of different plumages, with concise facing texts and distribution maps. It provides ...(展开全部)

Ranging from the largest terrestrial carnivore, the Polar Bear, and hyper-predatory wild cats, to the tiny Least Weasel that can squeeze through a wedding ring, the true carnivores - order Carnivora - include some of the world's most charismatic, admired, feared and spectacular creatures. The first comprehensive guide to every terrestrial species, this book profiles all 250 of ...(展开全部)

理查德・康尼夫，职业新闻记者与随笔作家，为《大西洋月刊》、《发现杂志》、《史密森学会会刊》、《国家地理杂志》等众多刊物撰写文章。他也是“国家地理频道”、“发现频道”的节目撰稿人与制作人，曾获艾美奖最佳编剧奖提名，并于1997年荣获美国“国家杂志奖”。他的著作包括《魔鬼的笔》、《无脊椎世界的奇闻》、《爬行动物》和《千面老鼠》。他现定居于美国康涅迪格州。

臺北市野鳥學會與行政院農業委員會林務局於103年合作出版『臺灣野鳥手繪圖鑑』，為首本國人自力完成的繪圖式鳥類圖鑑，完整呈現台灣鳥類最新資訊與個別鳥種介紹。藉由本書英文版的呈現，期能吸引國際觀鳥人士來到臺灣觀鳥，提升臺灣保育國際能見度及開拓生態觀光市場。

China is one of the largest countries in the world, covering 7% of the earth's land surface, and encompassing a hugely diverse range of habitats. As a result it boasts a rich and diverse avifauna, including some of the most spectacular and fascinating birds to be found anywhere in the world. John MacKinnon and Karen Phillipps' important new guide will be the first truly compreh...(展开全部)

China is one of the largest countries in the world, covering 7% of the earth's land surface, and encompassing a hugely diverse range of habitats. As a result it boasts a rich and diverse avifauna, including some of the most spectacular and fascinating birds to be found anywhere in the world. John MacKinnon and Karen Phillipps' important new guide will be the first truly compreh...(展开全部)

A tantalizing, droll study of the idiosyncratic existence of the very rich, through the unexpected lens of the naturalist. Journalist Richard Conniff probes the age-old question "Are the rich different from you and me?" and finds that they are indeed a completely different animal. He observes with great humor and finesse this socially unique species, revealing their strategi...(展开全部)

Let's face it--all birds are fascinating, wonderful, idiotic jerks--no matter where in the world they reside. Following in the footsteps of the bestselling book The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America, this hilarious sequel ventures beyond to identify the stupidest birds around the world. Featuring birds from North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, au...(展开全部)

The New World History is a comprehensive volume of essays selected to enrich world history teaching and scholarship in this rapidly expanding field. The forty-four articles in this book take stock of the history, evolving literature, and current trajectories of new world history. These essays, together with the editors’ introductions to thematic chapters, encourage educators an...(展开全部)