Observations on Modern Falconry
1,122円 Originally published in 1972 this important falconry book is probably one of the best of its kind. The author was a respected falconer of many years experience and his sheer pleasure in the sport shines through his writing. Contents Include: The Mews - Weathering Enclosure, Bath, Blocks - Bells, ...
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon
933円 Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson’s groundbreaking bestseller, When Elephants Weep, was the first book since Darwin’s time to explore emotions in the animal kingdom, particularly from animals in the wild. Now, he focuses exclusively on the contained world of the farm animal, revealing startling, irrefuta...
Picturing the Wolf in Children's Literature
11,772円 From the villainous beast of “Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Three Little Pigs,” to the nurturing wolves of Romulus and Remus and Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, the wolf has long been a part of the landscape of children’s literature. Meanwhile, since the 1960s and the popularization of scie...
Hawking or Falconry (History of Falconry ...
1,122円 Originally called "Hawking or Faulconry", this title was originally published in 1686 as part of the author's classic work - "The Gentleman's Recreation.", and is now considered an important milestone in the early history of Falconry. This is a fascinating read for any Falconry enthusiast or hist...
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Puni...
164円 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SourcesーAmira’s distinction between retributive and preventive processesーAddosio’s incorrect designation of the latter as civil suitsーInconsistent attitude of the Church in excommunicating animalsーCausal relation of crime to demoniacal possessionーSquatter sovereignty of...
Mules and Hybrids - Production, Managemen...
1,122円 Probably no branch of aviculture has progressed so rapidly during the past twenty-five years as that which has for its central interest the production of the many beautiful and rare crosses between various species of birds which to-day tempt the appetite of the bird fancying public, ever on the l...
Incubation and Brooding of Chickens
748円 This is a 1928 guide to incubating and brooding chickens. Written with the beginner in mind, it simply explains each step of the processes with the aid of photographs and diagrams, making it ideal for modern readers with a practical interest in keeping chickens and other poultry. Contents Include...
The Manx Shearwater
10,464円 The Manx Shearwater ranks amongst the world's most evocative seabirds. Whether it be seen slicing the wave tips of a stormy sea or uttering its weird strident cry in the night sky above a breeding colony, it has all the magic that a bird lover could wish for - and many of the characteristics that...
Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator i...
2,388円 "Rich detail and vivid anecdotes of adventure....A treasure trove of exotic fact and hard thinking."ーThe New York Times Book Review, front page For millennia, lions, tigers, and their man-eating kin have kept our dark, scary forests dark and scary, and their predatory majesty has been the stuff ...
The Secret Lives of Chickens
891円 Chickens are fascinating, social, both gentle and fierce, cunning, and clever. They figure things out, they plan, and they manipulate. The Secret Lives of Chickens pulls us into a time and place that seem simpler but actually are not, because of the feathered inhabitants within. This is about how...
Blessing of the Animals
1,159円 Come in to the Cathedral of the Earth to worship and to . . . Find out how "swarm intelligence" is creating smarter phone systems inspired by creativity and collective wisdom of the common ant. Discover what happens when a vision ary artist travels to Africa to bury the portraits of 23 primates ...
The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable...
2,136円 The true tale of an edenic Rocky Mountain town and what transpired when a predatory species returned to its ancestral home. When, in the late 1980s, residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their yards, it became clear that the cats had repopulated the land after de...
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