‎Animals‎

‎WILSON EDWARD O‎

‎The Diversity Of Life‎

‎Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 1992. Softcover. Brand new book. In the Amazon Basin the greatest violence sometimes begins as a flicker of light beyond the horizon. There in the perfect bowl of the night sky untouched by light from any human source a thunderstorm sends its premonitory signal and begins a slow journey to the observer who thinks: the world is about to change." Watching from the edge of the Brazilian rain forest witness to the sort of violence nature visits upon its creatures Edward O. Wilson reflects on the crucible of evolution and so begins his remarkable account of how the living world became diverse and how humans are destroying that diversity. Wilson internationally regarded as the dean of biodiversity studies conducts us on a tour through time traces the processes that create new species in bursts of adaptive radiation and points out the cataclysmic events that have disrupted evolution and diminished global diversity over the past 600 million years. The five enormous natural blows to the planet such as meteorite strikes and climatic changes required 10 to 100 million years of evolutionary repair. The sixth great spasm of extinction on earth--caused this time entirely by humans--may be the one that breaks the crucible of life. Wilson identifies this crisis in countless ecosystems around the globe: coral reefs grasslands rain forests and other natural habitats. Drawing on a variety of examples such as the decline of bird populations in the United States the extinction of many species of freshwater fish in Africa and Asia and the rapid disappearance of flora and fauna as the rain forests are cut down he poignantly describes the death throes of the living world's diversity--projected to decline as much as 20 percent by the year 2020. All evidence marshaled here resonates through Wilson's tightly reasoned call for a spirit of stewardship over the world's biological wealth. He makes a plea for specific actions that will enhance rather than diminish not just diversity but the quality of life on earth. Cutting through the tangle of environmental issues that often obscure the real concern Wilson maintains that the era of confrontation between forces for the preservation of nature and those for economic development is over; he convincingly drives home the point that both aims can and must be integrated. Unparalleled in its range and depth Wilson's masterwork is essential reading for those who care about preserving the world biological variety and ensuring our planet's health. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 1992 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 74427X1

‎Wilson Hugh M. Kerr Harry A.‎

‎DIVERSION TERRACES CORNELL EXTENSION BULLETIN 808‎

‎Cornell Extension Bulletin. VG. 1955. Reprint. Booklet; may. Light usage showing. Slight musty scent. Discusses terraces carrying water examples of where diversion terraces are used building and layouts dimensions fertilize and seeding etc. B/w photos drawings and illustrations Free gift wrapping card and drop shipping. Let us know the occasion and message. ; 6x9; 15 pages . Cornell Extension Bulletin unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 18559

‎Wilson Jane editor‎

‎VICTORIAN URBAN WILDLIFE‎

‎Angus & Robertson paperback stiff pictorial card 1991 190 pages illustrated. A fascinating and useful book. I love it when some wild creature appears in our garden e.g. A blue tongue lizard tree frog or one of the many bird species in the area. Very good. ISBN 0207165882. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 6950 ISBN : 0207165882 9780207165887

‎Wilson Kit‎

‎Cat Encyclopedia‎

‎Surrey: Andrew George Elliot 1951. Foreword by E. Keith-Robinson. 20 b/w Plates.Technical Drawings. Includes Information about the cat's place in nature physical composition life history 26 varieties of cats caring for cats. 175pp. includes Index. Beige cloth black text on spine. Cloth has areas of sunning with rubbing on edges and corners. Tiny pen mark on Ffep. Light foxing to fore edge of text block. Binding is square and firm. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by E. F. Coote Lake. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Andrew George Elliot Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000863

‎Wilson Lars‎

‎My Beaver Colony‎

‎Garden City: Doubleday 1968. First Edition. Very Good minus/Good DJ. 12mo = 7-9". Green hard covers with silver printing on spine. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Bulman. Slight bumping on corners and spine. Very clean with tight binding. First Edition. DJ has wearing along bottom edges Doubleday hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : NF45367

‎Wilson Nena‎

‎Ring: The Story of a St. Bernard‎

‎Thomas S. Rockwell A very good to fine brown hardcover. Light wear aorund the edges and to spine. Ex. Library stamps on the fep & ffep. Copyright 1930. . Thomas S. Rockwell hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 2T0757

‎Wilson Steven C. & Karen C. Hayden‎

‎A NATURAL COLLECTION‎

‎Bainbridge Island Washington: An Entheos Book. Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0939750007 . Color Photographs; 218 pages . An Entheos Book hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 102876 ISBN : 0939750007 9780939750009

‎Wilson Sylvia‎

‎BARK BUSTERS. The Guide to Dog Behaviour and Training Updated Ed‎

‎Simon & Schuster Australia quarto paperback Updated Editiopn 2009 228 pages illustrated. Includes simple and effective - and cruelty-free - techniques to create a harmonious relationship with your dog. My cat who lives with dogs either side of our property says it is impossible to create harmony with dogs around! This book has only one minor defect - a couple of creased pages otherwise it is very good -clean and has no previous-owner's name or similar defects. ISBN 9780731814237. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 20273 ISBN : 9780731814 9789780731816

‎Wilson Walter‎

‎ANIMAL STORIES‎

‎Chicago: Moody Press. Good; Owners Name Inside. 1971. Paperback. 96 pages . Moody Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 61546

‎WILSON THE PUG; LEVINE NANCY‎

‎HOMER FOR THE HOLIDAYS: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF WILSON THE PUG‎

‎NEW YORK: VIKING STUDIO. VG/VG REMAINDER DOT. PAGES CLEAN BINDING TIGHT. 2004. HARDCOVER. VIKING STUDIO hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : MASTER275185I

‎Wilson, Maryland ; Croft, David B.†; Australian Wildlife Protection Council.†‎

‎Kangaroos : myths and realities‎

‎Large octavo in white color-illus DJ; 264 p. : col. ill., maps ; 24 cm; bibliography: p. 250-264. One of the most detailed and current studies of kangaroos and their habitat and issues concerning their health and survival. Very well done. Numerous illustrations and color photos. // Kangaroos -- Australia.† Wildlife conservation -- Australia.† Kangaroo hunting -- Australia.† Previous edition was titled: The kangaroo betrayed, was published in 1999.‎

‎Wilton Janice‎

‎Swedish Vallhund‎

‎Allenhurst NJ: Kennel Club Books 2004. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book shows some shelfwear. Color photos and instructions throughout. First Edition 1st Printing. Pictorial Boards. Very Good -/No Jacket. Kennel Club Books Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 64260 ISBN : 1593783264 9781593783266

‎WINKELSTRATER, Karl H.:‎

‎Das Betteln der Zoo-Tiere. Beiheft Zeitschrif für Psychologie Nr. 39.‎

‎Bern und Stuttgart, Hans Huber, 1960, gr. in-8vo, 92 S., ill. mit s./w. Fotogr., Original-Broschüre.‎

Bookseller reference : 110643aaf

‎Winchester A.M‎

‎Zoology - The science of animal life‎

‎D. Van Nostand Company 1947 in8. 1947. Cartonné.‎

‎Bon état de conservation bords frottés intérieur propre‎

Bookseller reference : 100128178

‎Winchester, A.M.; Jaques, H.E.‎

‎How to Know the Living Things‎

‎A clean, unmarked book. Spiral bound. The Pictured Key Nature Series. 173 pages. Previous owner's attractive bookplate. Photo of Table of Contents available.‎

‎Winfrey Laurie Platt‎

‎The Unforgettable Elephant‎

‎Walker & Co. 1980. Jacket has light edge wear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. Illus. by Photographs. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Walker & Co. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0911177 ISBN : 0802706509 9780802706508

‎Wing Henry H.‎

‎THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY DAIRY HERD 1889 TO 1928‎

‎Ithaca New York: Cornell University. Good with no dust jacket; Ex. Library Book - Bulletin 576 August 1933. 1933. Pamphlet. 64 pages . Cornell University unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 84126

‎Winifred Norling‎

‎Cousins at St Kilda's‎

‎Ward Lock London 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 224 pages. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Spine has moderate lean and slight fading. No dust jacket with this book. Edges of pages are mildly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. Award presentation plate laid in. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 18040265. Ward Lock hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 18040265

‎Winn Howard E.; Winn Lois K.‎

‎Wings in the Sea : The Humpback Whale‎

‎Hanover NH U.S.A.: University Press of New England 1985. Ex-library with usual pocket and markings slight edgewear interior unblemished. 151 pp. Soft Cover. Good. Oblong 8vo. University Press of New England Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 4989 ISBN : 0874513367 9780874513363

‎Winold Mrs. Susie Aiken‎

‎jim Family the‎

‎New York: Abingdon Press 1915. 41 yellowing pages navy scruffed boards with red ltrs and border on front cover corners/head-heel of spine/ and edges are bumped. name on upper ffep. A bird story for little folks. . Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Abingdon Press‎

Bookseller reference : 0016306

‎Winson J. W‎

‎Wildwood Trails in British Columbia‎

‎Vancouver: Chapman & Warwick. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight clean book unmarked in green cloth with gilt spine titles; dj slightly sunned with chip from lower rear panel; 204 pp illustrated with clipping/illustration of author laid-in. . Chapman & Warwick hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 15332

‎WINSTED WENDY‎

‎Ferrets‎

‎T. F. H. Publications Neptune City: 1989. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. ISBN: 0866228292. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City: 1989 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 52435X1 ISBN : 0866228292 9780866228299

‎WINSTON MARK L‎

‎Bee Time: Lessons From The Hive‎

‎Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2014. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Being among bees is a full-body experience Mark Winston writes�from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and beeswax to the sight of workers flying back and forth between flowers and the hive. The experience of an apiary slows our sense of time heightens our awareness and inspires awe. Bee Time presents Winston's reflections on three decades spent studying these creatures and on the lessons they can teach about how humans might better interact with one another and the natural world. Like us honeybees represent a pinnacle of animal sociality. How they submerge individual needs into the colony collective provides a lens through which to ponder human societies. Winston explains how bees process information structure work and communicate and examines how corporate boardrooms are using bee societies as a model to improve collaboration. He investigates how bees have altered our understanding of agricultural ecosystems and how urban planners are looking to bees in designing more nature-friendly cities. The relationship between bees and people has not always been benign. Bee populations are diminishing due to human impact and we cannot afford to ignore what the demise of bees tells us about our own tenuous affiliation with nature. Toxic interactions between pesticides and bee diseases have been particularly harmful foreshadowing similar effects of pesticides on human health. There is much to learn from bees in how they respond to these challenges. In sustaining their societies bees teach us ways to sustain our own. Mark L. Winston is Academic Director of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. "In this personal and scientific journey into the history we share with bees Winston ranges over neonicotinoid pesticides and colony collapse the control of African 'killer' bees and more. The charismatic social insects emerge as both icons of societal cohesion and symbols of nature's paradoxically mingled power and fragility."�Barbara Kiser Nature "Winston writes lovingly of the rhythms and quiddities of the apiary� In a highly personal style Winston steps between reportage scientific exactitude and a deep poetically expressed love of bees beekeeping and the cultural forms that bees inspire. People and bees have been working together for millennia�synergy that Winston sensitized by his work as a communications specialist clearly feels brings out the best and the worst in humanity. His take on the situation makes Bee Time an insightful delight."�Adrian Barnett New Scientist "Winston wants to acquaint his readers with the fascinating complexity of the bee world and he also wants to alert readers to the fact that the bee world is drastically endangered. He brings to this hybrid task a very smooth ability to simplify the complex bee-literature he's obviously mastered providing engaging glimpses into the world of the hive�and usually presenting them in parallel context of the human world� Considering the enormous ripple-effects that would happen in the wake of the disappearance of these key pollinators Winston's wake-up call takes on an urgency that's belied by its friendly approachable tone. That clarion call makes Bee Time an important book even if you by chance suffer from a touch of apiphobia."�Steve Donoghue Open Letters Monthly "Winston presents a stark picture of how much we expect from and rely on bees."�Kristin Treen Literary Review "Thoughtful and eloquent� Winston is an inspired cross-pollinator who uses the 'full-body experience' of being with bees to draw lessons for human hives."�Sarah Murdoch The Toronto Star "Winston's lyricism inspires awe of these necessary insects."�Temma Ehrenfeld The Weekly Standard "A recap of what's been going on in beekeeping over the past 10 years or so� Winston has left no hive unturned in this work documenting all the good and the bad that has occurred� There are indeed lessons to learn from a bee hive. This work will share some of them with you."�Kim Flottum Bee Culture "Winston combines beekeeping work/research philosophical musings and his personal memories in this enjoyable book."�J. M. Gonzalez Choice "No other book celebrates the long relationship between humans and honeybees as powerfully thoughtfully and enchantingly as this one. Written in lyrical prose Bee Time is a delightful and inspiring read."�Thomas D. Seeley author of Honeybee Democracy "Bee Time is a unique book: in turn a touching memoir a warm paean to the honey bees that have fueled Winston's impressive scientific career and an insightful analysis of some of the serious environmental problems facing us today."�Gene E. Robinson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2014 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 83786X3

‎Winstone Daphne‎

‎FLAME‎

‎London: Peter Lunn 1945. Yellow cloth binding with red imprint has bumped corners and light soiling. Interior clean bright and tight. 79 page story well-illustrated color frontispiece and many b/w sketches. Author wrote this when she was 12 and an illness confined her to bed for 18 months. Published exactly as it was written except for some spelling correction. Story of a wonderful chestnut pony and his careful upbringing by understanding horsemen. Then he is stolen by gypsies and his life changes drastically. Overtones of Black Beauty!. Illus. by Edwards Lionel. 4to - Oblong. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Peter Lunn Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 09386

‎Winter Milo Illustrator.‎

‎The Three Little Pigs.‎

‎<p>Square Folio 13" x 10"0 illustrated paper wrappers. Illustrated. 14 pp. Minor writing on front cover corner chip missing on rear cover only affecting the letter T some edgewear and edge folds normal aging; otherwise very good and generally bright and clean. Attractive illustrations by Milo Winter are featured in this version of a classic tale. Winter 1888-1956 was a talented book illustrator that also did illustrations for an edition of Alice in Wonderland. # 106001</p> Merrill Publishing Co.,‎

Bookseller reference : 106001