New PDF release: More than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and

This scholarly and authoritative publication examines the cultural and literal background, in addition to the average historical past and organic wishes and issues of turkeys. Davis explores how turkeys got here to be obvious as birds who weren't in basic terms the epitome of failure or stupidity but additionally the right centerpiece of the party of freedom in the US itself—Thanksgiving.

Download PDF by W.H. Hudson,Robert Macfarlane: Adventures Among Birds (Collins Nature Library)

The Collins Nature Library is a brand new sequence of vintage British nature writing – reissues of long-lost seminal works. The titles were selected by way of certainly one of Britain’s most sensible identified and highly-acclaimed nature writers, Robert Macfarlane, who has additionally written new introductions that positioned those classics right into a sleek context.

New PDF release: Sea-Birds (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 28)

Sea-Birds introduces us to the sea-birds of the North Atlantic, an ocean within which approximately part the area sea-bird species were noticeable at one time or one other. This variation is unique to newnaturalists. comFew of the better animals have effectively invaded the polar areas and the ocean; yet those who have - the whales, seals and sea-birds - have made a superb luck of it.

New PDF release: The Fascination of Birds: From the Albatross to the

This attractive selection of ninety nine essays conveys a wealth of data that might curiosity readers in any respect degrees of birding ability. The essays mix the author's wide box event with reflections drawn from biology, ecology, literature, tune, history, politics, economics, faith, geography, physics, chemistry, linguistics, the visual arts, the acting arts, activities, and comedy.