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Empty Hands, Open Arms: The Race to Save Bonobos in the Congo and Make Conservation Go Viral
ISBN: 9781571313409 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When acclaimed author Deni Bechard first learned of the last living bonobosmatriarchal great apes that are, alongside the chimpanzee, our closest relatives in the animal kingdomhe was completely astonished. How could the world possibly accept the extinction of this majestic species?
Bechard discovered one relatively small NGO, the Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI), which has done more to save bonobos than many far larger organizations. Based on the author s extensive travels in the Congo and Rwanda, this book explores BCI's success, offering a powerful, truly postcolonial model of... When acclaimed author Deni Bechard first learned of the last living bonobosmatriarchal great apes that are, alongside the chimpanzee, our closest rela...
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117,43 zł |
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Among African Apes: Stories and Photos from the Field
ISBN: 9780520267107 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Tai National Park in Cote d Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apesand at the lives of the humans who study them. In tales of adventure, research, and conservation, veteran field researchers and conservationists describe exciting discoveries made over the past few decades about chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. The book features vivid descriptions of interactions among these highly intelligent creatures as...
These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Ta...
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273,53 zł |
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Among African Apes: Stories and Photos from the Field
ISBN: 9780520274594 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Tai National Park in Cote d Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apesand at the lives of the humans who study them. In tales of adventure, research, and conservation, veteran field researchers and conservationists describe exciting discoveries made over the past few decades about chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. The book features vivid descriptions of interactions among these highly intelligent creatures as...
These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Ta...
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103,89 zł |
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Primates of the World: An Illustrated Guide
ISBN: 9780691156958 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This stunningly illustrated guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs of Madagascar--among the smallest primates known to exist--to the regal mountain gorillas of Africa. Organized by region and spanning every family of primates on Earth, the book features 72 splendid color plates, facing-page descriptions of key features of each family, and 86 color distribution maps.
This stunningly illustrated guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs of Mada... |
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127,58 zł |
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Gorillas in the Mist
ISBN: 9780753811412 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dian Fossey's classic account of four gorilla families; the basis for the major movie starring Sigourney Weaver
Dian Fossey's classic account of four gorilla families; the basis for the major movie starring Sigourney Weaver
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56,09 zł |
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My First Book about the Alphabet of Primates - Amazing Animal Books - Children's Picture Books
ISBN: 9781532837920 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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45,71 zł |
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Distributions and Phylogeography of Neotropical Primates: A Pictorial Guide to All Known New-World Monkeys
ISBN: 9781494852535 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first complete pictorial field guide to all the known Neotropical Primates/Monkeys of the New World. All taxa are depicted in full color by illustrators Stephen Nash and Piero Gozzaglio according to their phylogeography. Moreover, splash pages containing many, often unique photographs taken by the author of both monkeys in the wild or kept free-ranging in several rehabs/halfway houses run by him over more than 16 years in the rain forest at about 30 km from the city of Manaus-AM, Brazil. Included are also a number of recently identified but not yet published taxa new to science,...
This is the first complete pictorial field guide to all the known Neotropical Primates/Monkeys of the New World. All taxa are depicted in full color b...
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227,63 zł |
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Final Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Site
ISBN: 9781494955717 / Angielski / Miękka / 602 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The environmental impact statement has been prepared pursuant to the review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission of an application submitted by Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. for an early site permit.
The environmental impact statement has been prepared pursuant to the review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission of an application submitted by S...
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118,91 zł |
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Planet Without Apes
ISBN: 9780674416840 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Planet Without Apes" demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth. Leading primatologist Craig Stanford warns that extinction of the great apes chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans threatens to become a reality within just a few human generations. We are on the verge of losing the last links to our evolutionary past, and to all the biological knowledge about ourselves that would die along with them. The crisis we face is tantamount to standing aside while our last extended family members vanish from... "Planet Without Apes" demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth.... |
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139,44 zł |
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Hero Chimps
ISBN: 9781500476595 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Very comprehensive, well-researched and informative" - Jan Feuerstein, Save The Chimps Remarkable mini-biographies of some high profile chimps, including space travellers, Ham and Enos; Michael Jackson's chimp-child, Bubbles; Washoe and Nim, who learned sign language; Tarzan's side-kick Cheetah; London Zoo tea-party chimps; and 'actor' chimps in TV adverts. All were manipulated by humans to be substitutes for us, entertain us or act as celebrity accessories. This book salutes them and the many other unnamed and forgotten chimps who have done so much for humankind."Very comprehensive, well-researched and informative" - Jan Feuerstein, Save The Chimps Remarkable mini-biographies of some high profile chimps... |
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54,90 zł |
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Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction and Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation on the Reservation of the Sk
ISBN: 9781499648638 / Angielski / Miękka / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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96,03 zł |
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No He's Not a Monkey, He's an Ape and He's My Son
ISBN: 9781497645011 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book answers the question that is on everybody's mind: "What's it like to raise a chimpanzee in Manhattan?" Hester Mundis's hilarious memoir No He's Not a Monkey, He's an Ape and He's My Son is the complete guide to raising a chimp in the heart of urban America. Join Hester, her husband, their terrifying attack dog Ahab, and the funniest monkey--excuse us, ape-- ever to occupy an apartment on the Upper West Side of New York City in this true adventure of woman versus beast.
This book answers the question that is on everybody's mind: "What's it like to raise a chimpanzee in Manhattan?" Hester Mundis's hilarious memoir N...
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74,04 zł |
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Basic Bigfoot Research & Guide to Knowing The Truth
ISBN: 9781502304575 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Basic Bigfoot Research with simple illustrations laid out in a simple to read format for all level of readers. Basic Comparisons & Simple education for the new and upcoming Enthusiasts . Let this book guide you in coming to your own conclusions as facts are displayed along with basic discussions.
Basic Bigfoot Research with simple illustrations laid out in a simple to read format for all level of readers. Basic Comparisons & Simple education fo...
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43,47 zł |
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Stalked! My Encounter with a Colorado Bigfoot
ISBN: 9781503082359 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A wild story of dread and horror in the remotest part of Colorado, 'Stalked ' is full of adventure and tension. Brad Morris relates this terrifying tale of an encounter with a Bigfoot at 14,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies, where he finds something that will change his life forever. But this discovery also results in something strange stalking him, and Brad soon finds himself not only fighting his fears and an early high-altitude snowstorm, but also a strange creature whose intentions are unknown.
A wild story of dread and horror in the remotest part of Colorado, 'Stalked ' is full of adventure and tension. Brad Morris relates this terrifying ta...
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45,71 zł |
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Histoires des singes
ISBN: 9781507541692 / Francuski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tout ce qui amuse innocemment les hommes peut leur etre presente pour sujet de lecture dans les momens ou l'esprit cherche a se delasser. La matiere qui compose ce Recueil est de ce genre. On a rassemble dans un fort court espace tout ce qu'il y a de plus curieux a scavoir touchant les Animaux dont l'instinct nous cause une espece de ravissement & d'admiration. Les Singes entr'autres sont devenus depuis quelque tems assez communs en France. L'etendue & l'accroissement de notre commerce nous ont procure cette sorte de denree qui nous plait, de cela seul qu'elle nous amuse. Il n'y a guere de...
Tout ce qui amuse innocemment les hommes peut leur etre presente pour sujet de lecture dans les momens ou l'esprit cherche a se delasser. La matiere q...
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63,97 zł |
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Forest Friends of the Night: My True Story of Discovery of the Bigfoot People
ISBN: 9781506101651 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,40 zł |
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Primates in the Real World: Escaping Primate Folklore and Creating Primate Science
ISBN: 9780813937366 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The opening of this vital new book centers on a series of graves memorializing baboons killed near Amboseli National Park in Kenya in 2009--a stark image that emphasizes both the close emotional connection between primate researchers and their subjects and the intensely human qualities of the animals. Primates in the Real World goes on to trace primatology's shift from short-term expeditions designed to help overcome centuries-old myths to the field's arrival as a recognized science sustained by a complex web of international collaborations. Considering a series of pivotal episodes... The opening of this vital new book centers on a series of graves memorializing baboons killed near Amboseli National Park in Kenya in 2009--a stark... |
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158,81 zł |
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In the Footsteps of the Russian Snowman
ISBN: 9781909488304 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Russia - or to be exact, the Soviet Union - was the first country to probe the snowman riddle on a scientific basis. In 1958, in the post-Stalinist political thaw, the Soviet Academy of Sciences diverted itself for a time with the exotic and sensational subject of the Himalayan yeti. As the Academy had received reports of similar creatures in the mountains of Soviet Central Asia, it set up a special commission to collect evidence on the subject and launched a major expedition to the Pamirs to establish the existence of snowmen there. The expedition was a failure (this book explains why), and...
Russia - or to be exact, the Soviet Union - was the first country to probe the snowman riddle on a scientific basis. In 1958, in the post-Stalinist po...
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109,76 zł |
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Gorillas For Kids
ISBN: 9781516846887 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Table of Contents Introduction What is a gorilla? What kinds of gorillas are there? The history of gorillas and humans Cross River Gorilla Western Lowland Gorilla Eastern Lowland Gorilla Mountain Gorilla Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Gorillas have long interested people. When the large apes were discovered by Europeans, it sent a frenzy into the scientific community. Never before had such large apes been seen, at least not by them. They were not so unusual to the societies already living in the same general area. Westerners believed that the gorilla was a violent beast,...
Table of Contents Introduction What is a gorilla? What kinds of gorillas are there? The history of gorillas and humans Cross River Gorilla Western Low...
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45,71 zł |
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Sasquatch Down
ISBN: 9781909488373 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. BODIES OF BIGFOOT: No less a personage than world-renowned paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey, when asked about Sasquatch, retorted, "Show me the bones."1 And indeed-under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants-each taxon (a group of one or more populations of a distinct organism) is based on a particular "type specimen." In order for Bigfoot-Sasquatch-Yeti to be scientifically classified, named, and (perhaps) legally protected, it must first be proven to exist. That basic requirement has spawned a fierce...
BODIES OF BIGFOOT: No less a personage than world-renowned paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey, when asked about Sasquatch, retorted, "Show me the bones....
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104,32 zł |
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