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Ken Richardson

Australia's Amazing Kangaroos

This book provides an authoritative source of information on kangaroos and their relatives. Topics include: species characteristics and biology, adaptations and function, and conservation. The book also d…

Joseph Mendelson

Herpetology

Herpetology: Evolution, Natural History, and Conservation of Reptiles and Amphibians offers a comprehensive exploration of the fascinating world of reptiles and amphibians. This text serves as an essentia…

Andean Herpetofauna

This book provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the Andean herpetofauna, covering topics ranging from natural history and thermal ecology to biogeography and conservation. Extending over 8,900 kilom…

John B Anderson

Gulf Coast Demise?

"The once formidable Rio Grande Delta has vanished, and unsustainable land loss in south Louisiana will result in the virtual loss of the Mississippi River Delta by 2050. Barrier islands, peninsulas,…

Wildlife Monitoring

This book aims to propose a protocol for wildlife monitoring, in special in human-altered environments like agricultural and silvicultural landscapes. Its target audience includes wildlife biologists both…

Hugh Warwick

Cull of the Wild

WINNER OF THE ZSL CLARIVATE AWARD FOR COMMUNICATING ZOOLOGY. LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION.'Honest and intelligent.' CHRIS PACKHAM 'Expertly researched, engaging and even…

Alexandra Zimmermann, Brian McQuinn

Negotiating Coexistence

The conservation of biodiversity and natural resources is ultimately and unavoidably about managing conflict. Tensions arise from access to land, competition for resources, and human decision-making, whic…

Allan J Lichtman

Conservative at the Core

Conservative at the Core unpacks the history, rhetoric, and policies of the American conservative movement and probes the truth about what conservatism actually represents.Allan J. Lichtman investigates t…

Aquatic Biomes

Aquatic Biomes: Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity explores the effects of anthropogenic activities on Earth's aquatic biomes, species, and climate. It summar…

Will Wright

Borders of Biodiversity

What happens to species when climate disruption causes suitable habitat within one country to move or vanish? In Borders of Biodiversity, Will Wright examines the histories of transnational conservation e…

John D Warner

Walter Beinecke and the Reimagining of Nantucket

Following the demise of whaling in the late 1800s, the island of Nantucket fell into economic torpor. Its population declined and many of its homes and local businesses fell into disrepair.In the mid-twen…

Edward Cavallerano

Fire in the Piney Woods

"Fire lookout towers are enjoying a retrospective rebirth, attracting the curious and the adventurous, as Americans seeking escape for moments of solitude rediscover the structures' national signific…

George Strait

Cold Beer Conversation

Franziska von Verschuer

Collecting Seeds, Assembling Worlds

How has the world lost three quarters of its crop diversity in less than a century? How does a collection of seeds frozen in the Arctic help face this loss and ensure future food security? And how can Ind…

Brannon Costello

Conversations with Rick Veitch

From his roots in underground comics to his high-profile runs on mainstream characters, Rick Veitch (b. 1951) has carved out a career unlike anyone else's. Collecting thirteen interviews--including three …

Constance Bailey

Conversations with Kiese Laymon

In over a dozen interviews, Conversations with Kiese Laymon provides an in-depth look at author Kiese Laymon as an educator, creative writer, activist, family member, and Mississippian. Interviews capture…

Tracy Carr

Conversations with Ellen Gilchrist

Known for her short stories populated by a recurring cast of headstrong, honest, and sometimes outrageous Southern women characters, Ellen Gilchrist's (1935-2024) four decades of writing and twenty-six wo…

Howard Hunter

Conversations with Jason Berry

Conversations with Jason Berry offers an intimate look at the life and mind of one of America's most fearless investigative journalists and cultural historians. Across twenty-three compelling interviews, …

Debolina Dutta

A Jurisprudence of Conversations

How do feminists, as lawyers and activists, think about, and do law, in a way that makes life more meaningful and just? How are law and feminism called into relation, given meaning, engaged with, used, re…