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Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species by Marianne Taylor; Elizabeth Clinton (Editor); Merlin D. Tuttle (Foreword by)
Category: Nature
The ultimate illustrated guide to all known bat speciesBats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species explores bats and their fundamental role in our ecosystems through lavish full-color photographs and lively narrative. From the Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox, a megabat with a wingspan of more than five fe ...Show more
Beautiful Owls by Marianne Taylor
Category: Nature
From Minerva's sacred companion to the intellectual leader of Winnie the Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood, these most mysterious members of the bird kingdom have long been revered as feathery embodiments of wisdom, as well as admired for their breathtaking beauty. The latest title in the successful Beautiful se ...Show more
How Birds Live Together: Colonies and Communities in the Avian World by Marianne Taylor
Category: Non-Fiction
A beautifully illustrated exploration of the ways birds cohabit Featuring dramatic and delightful wild bird colonies and communities, How Birds Live Together offers a broad overview of social living in the avian world. From long-established seabird colonies that use the same cliffs for generations to th ...Show more
I Used to Know That - General Scien by TAYLOR Marianne
Category: Non-Fiction
Take a look at all the sciences: biology, for example the human body, cell biology and genetics; chemistry, including the periodic table, fuels and pollution, metals and alloys; and physics, such as the laws of energy and electricity, forces and the universe, waves, radiation and space. I Used To Know T ...Show more
I Used to Know That: General Science by Marianne Taylor
Category: Science | Series: I Used to Know That Ser.
For those whose memories of learning science at school consist of burning magnesium and playing with iron filings and a magnet, and whose brains shut down as soon as things start to sound 'too technical', I Used to Know That: General Science is here to remind you of everything you've forgotten or should ...Show more
I Used to Know That: Science: Fascinating Truths about How Animals Evolve, Plants Grow, Brains Work, Molecules Bond, and Stars Explode by Marianne Taylor
Category: Reference
"I Used to Know That: Science" covers the many facets of the modern scientific world including the general principles of physics, chemistry, and biology and explains how they affect our everyday lives. Do you know why we are able to see light and hear sound? What is the Earth made of? How does the body ...Show more
Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor
Category: Nature
The charm and mystique of owls resonates through human history. From ancient myth and superstition to the most popular modern children's stories, these beautiful, deadly birds are harbingers of good and bad news, icons of fear and wisdom, and powerful sidekicks of magic-makers. Yet uncovering the realit ...Show more
The Animal Mind by Marianne Taylor; Joel Sartore (Illustrator); Melissa Groo (Illustrator); Peter Delaney (Illustrator)
Category: Nature
We are only beginning to understand the ways in which the animal mind is as complex as our own. A prairie dog's vocal language is now the most sophisticated ever decoded, but their unique jump-yip poses as many questions as answers. Gorillas use sign language to describe past events to researchers, so d ...Show more
The Pocket Book of Bird Anatomy by Marianne Taylor
Category: Nature
What is a bird? To answer that, we must understand how birds are different from all other living things and how they fit into the diversity of life on Earth.This excellent RSPB guide to bird anatomy looks at the avian body, system by system, how it evolved, and how it functions. Chapters explore traits ...Show more
The Story of Life in 10½ Chapters by Marianne Taylor
Category: Nature
An exploration of the key aspects of life on Earth - now and in the future - through the study of 10 and a half species. If an alien visitor were to collect ten souvenir life forms to represent life on earth, which would they be? This is the thought-provoking premise of Marianne Taylor's The Story of L ...Show more
The Way of the Hare by Marianne Taylor
Category: Nature
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The Way of the Hare by Marianne Taylor
Category: Nature
To the people of rural Britain, hares are deeply beloved, perhaps above all other animals. They thrive in abundance in imagery but can be maddeningly elusive in reality. In our stories – ancient and modern – they are magical, uncanny and illogical beings which commune with the moon, vanish at will, and ...Show more