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  • The Man Who Loved Siberia

    by Roy Jacobsen, Anneliese Pitz ...
    Translated by Sean Kinsella ...
    Siberia, to me, is a fairy-tale land.Fritz Dörries set out on his first trip to Eastern Siberia in 1877, when there were still blank spaces on maps of the world. Travelling alone or with his brothers, he climbed mountains, traversed great rivers, explored remote islands and crossed treacherous lakes of ice, always with one purpose: to augment man's knowledge of the natural world.Bears, tigers, ... Read more

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  • The Garden of Evening Mists

    by Tan Twan Eng ...
    This “elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory" (The Independent) award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Gift of Rain follows the only Malaysian survivor of a Japanese wartime camp as she begins working for an exiled former gardener of the Emporer.Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed ... Read more

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  • Adventures of a Young Naturalist

    SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S ZOO QUEST EXPEDITIONS

    by Sir David Attenborough ...
    WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY DARA McANULTY**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise' Daily Express**'A marvellous book . . . unputdownable . . . utterly engaging' Daily TelegraphIn 1954, a young television presenter named David Attenborough was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare ... Read more

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  • Creatures of the Kingdom

    Stories of Animals and Nature

    by James A. Michener ...
    In sixteen wonderful stories, Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature. Here he sheds light on nature’s most awesome and beguiling handiwork, from the sublime shaping and reshaping of earth’s lands and seas to a ridiculous armadillo’s assault on a bit of Texas real estate that paid off handsomely. Handpicked from ... Read more

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  • Myself and Other Animals

    A posthumous work from the beloved conservationist to celebrate the centenary of his birth

    by Gerald Durrell ...
    **A posthumous work from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell, to celebrate the centenary of his birth, with a new foreword by HRH Princess Anne.‘Gerald Durrell was magic’ SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH‘A wise, genial and world-encompassing book’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Fills important gaps in the biographical narrative . . . Truly, there is magic here’ GUARDIAN**Myself and Other Animals is a ... Read more

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  • The Mammoth Book of Predators

    by Alex MacCormick ...
    Series Book 396 - Mammoth Books
    Don't go into the woods today. . .If you're on a cruise, tramping through a forest or holidaying in an exotic location, you are constantly being watched - somewhere close by a creature is lurking, stalking and eyeing your every move. The variety and range of these potential predators is truly astonishing, from Asiatic wolves to rogue elephants, fire ants to sharks, snakes, crocodiles and grizzlies ... Read more

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  • A Zoo in My Luggage

    by Gerald Durrell ...
    Series Book 1 - The Zoo Memoirs
    A British naturalist founds a zoo in this memoir by the author of the Corfu Trilogy—the inspiration for the Masterpiece production The Durrells in Corfu.For many years I had wanted to start a zoo. . . . Any reasonable person smitten with an ambition of this sort would have secured the zoo first and obtained the animals afterwards. But throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I ... Read more

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  • Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Hinkler Illustrated Classics

    by Jules Verne ...
    We are about to begin an extraordinary journey, said Professor Lidenbrock, nothing less than an expedition to the centre of the earth! With those words the professor, his nephew Axel and their guide Hans climbed down into an extinct volcano crater, and began an amazing subterranean odyssey. Living examples of extinct monsters, an underground ocean and a terrifying journey on the back of an ... Read more

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  • The River at the Center of the World

    A Journey Up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time

    by Simon Winchester ...
    A stunning tour of China, its people, and its history. Chosen as one of the best travel books of 1996 by the New York Times Book Review.Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China, pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant, ... Read more

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  • The Plains of Camdeboo

    The Classic Book of the Karoo

    by Eve Palmer ...
    The Karoo is a vast semi-desert region that extends across parts of the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This environmentally important area is the largest ecosystem in the country and is abundant in wildlife, vegetation, and ancient history. The Plains of Camdeboo is a celebration of this remarkable landscape. At first encounter the Karoo may seem arid, desolate and unforgiving ... Read more

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  • Big Game Shooting - Arctic Hunting

    by Arnold Pike ...
    A wonderful personal account of arctic hunting in the 1900s. A thrilling read for hunters and fans of adventure alike. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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  • The Congo and the Cameroons

    by Mary Kingsley ...
    Contemptuous of Europe's 'civilising mission' in Africa, Mary Kingsley's (1862-1900) extraordinary journeys through tropical west Africa are a remarkable record, both of a world which has vanished and of a writer and explorer of immense bravery, wit and humanity. Paddling through mangrove swamps, fending off crocodiles, climbing Mount Cameroon, Kingsley is both admirable and funny.Great Journeys ... Read more

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