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The Jewel Hunter

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by Chris Gooddie

A tale of one man’s obsession with rainforest jewels, this is the story of an impossible dream: a quest to see every one of the world’s most elusive avian gems – a group of birds known as pittas – in a single year.

Insightful, compelling and laugh-out-loud funny, this is more than a book about birds. It's a true story detailing the lengths to which a man will go to escape his mid-life crisis. A travelogue with a difference, it follows a journey from the suburban straitjacket of High Wycombe to the steamy, leech-infested rainforests of remotest Asia, Africa and Australia.

Dangerous situations, personal traumas and logistical nightmares threaten The Jewel Hunter's progress. Will venomous snakes or razor-clawed bears intervene? Or will running out of fuel mid-Pacific ultimately sink the mission? The race is on...

If you’ve ever yearned to escape your day job, wondered what makes men tick, or simply puzzled over how to make a truly world-class cup of tea, this is a book for you.

Nightjars of the World

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by Nigel Cleere

This lavishly illustrated book is the first comprehensive photographic guide to the Caprimulgiformes of the world. Each of the 100 species of nightjars and nighthawks, 17 frogmouths, 7 potoos, Oilbird and 10 owlet-nightjars are illustrated with high quality photographs, including many images which have never previously been published.

✦ Covers 135 species - all the nightjars and nighthawks, frogmouths, potoos, Oilbird and owlet-nightjars - following the latest taxonomic studies.
✦ Features over 580 superb colour photographs – the work of 190 different photographers – covering every known species and many of the subspecies, including a significant number of images never previously published.
✦ Includes photographs of museum specimens of those species for which images of live birds were unavailable, including the five species that have not been seen since their original discovery.
✦ Species accounts include colour distribution maps, the scientific citation, identification points, the main confusion species within range, vocalizations, habitat and altitudinal range, breeding season and sites, egg type and clutch size, downy chick, status and 2009 IUCN Red List category.
✦ Fully illustrated introductory sections cover distribution, plumage and structure and general biology.
✦ A comprehensive section covering the latest taxonomic thinking and explaining the treatment of each family.

Britain's Dragonflies (2nd Edition)

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by Dave Smallshire and Andy Swash

A comprehensive photographic field guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of Britain and Ireland. This completely revised second edition covers in detail the identification of all 56 species that have been recorded, as well as seven potential vagrants. It aims to help the Dragonfly-watcher – beginner or expert – to identify any species they encounter.

• Stunning colour plates of all species – showing males, females, immatures and colour forms.

• Innovative, beautifully detailed and easy-to-use identification charts summarising the key features of both adults and larvae.

• Detailed species profiles covering:

> adult identification
> distribution, with up-to-date maps
> flight periods
> eggs and larvae, behaviour, habitat requirements, status and conservation.

• Sections on biology, habitats, tips on how and where to watch Dragonflies, and other useful information.

Finnish Lapland and the Kuusamo area

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by Dirk Hilbers

Lapland is Finland’s northernmost province and lies almost entirely above the Arctic Circle. Large parts of the province are wilderness. Most of the land, particularly in the north, is in a pristine state. A visit to Finnish Lapland is an experience that is hard to capture in words. The land is vast and roads are few. The National Park of Lemmenjoki is, together with adjacent reserves in North Norway, the largest area in Europe without roads or drivable tracks. Deep in this wilderness, enigmatic animals, such as Brown Bear, Wolverine, Wolf, Lynx and Elk, lurk. Yet at the same time, the Lapland experience unique wilderness induces reflection. The forests are – and feel – vast and empty. Their silence is all-encompassing and humbling.

If you are planning a visit you will need this latest book in the highly-acclaimed Crossbill Guides range of European natural history guides - click here for more information.

Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians

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by Howard Inns

This detailed guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands has been produced with the aim of inspiring an increased level of interest in these exciting and fascinating animals. It is designed to help anyone who finds a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, terrapin, frog, toad or newt to identify it with confidence.

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