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The Big, Bad Book of Beasts

by Michael Largo

The world's wildest collection of animal knowledge and lore!

Lions, and tigers, and bears . . . and dinosaurs, dragons, and monsters. Oh my!

For hundreds of years, the most popular books in the Western world next...

Birds In the Calendar

by F. G. Aflalo

THE woodpigeon is many things to many men. To the farmer, who has some claim to priority of verdict, it is a curse, even as the rabbit in Australia, the lemming in Norway, or the locust in Algeria. The tiller...

Stories of Birds

by Lenore E. Mulets

IN THE SNOW

It was a bright, wintry day. The frost jewels sparkled on the snow. The winds blew cutting cold from the north.

Phyllis, in her scarlet coat and cap, and long, warm leggings, waded in the deepest drifts...

Birds and Blooms of the 50 States

by Mara Murphy & Anna Branning

This enchanting tour of America's most cherished birds and flowers is an intimate collection of lovely images from beloved letterpress studio Dutch Door Press. Each state's emblematic flora and fauna are paired...

Mar: A Glimpse Into the Natural Life of a Bird

by Louise de Kiriline Lawrence

Writing with uncanny skill, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence leads us gently into the world of birds. Her perception, intuition and experience give her insights that she here freely shares with us all.

Of Birds and Birdsong

by M. Krishnan & Shanthi Chandola

M. Krishnan, one of India's greatest naturalists wrote brilliantly about the country's flora and fauna. This is his first published work devoted exclusively to birds. M. Krishnan, one of India's greatest naturalists...

Rats Incredible: An Illustrated Dictionary of Rats

by Ryn Gargulinski

Rats. You either love ’em or hate ’em and most people hate ’em. Enter Ryn Gargulinski to change what we thought were our dead-set minds. In Rats Incredible, Gargulinski sets out to debunk myths about these...

Birder's Guide to Texas

by Edward A. Kutac

For Texas residents and visitors alike, this book is your best guide to the outstanding birding opportunities in the Lone Star State.

F U, Penguin: Telling Cute Animals What's What

by Matthew Gasteier

Attention, all you clumsy pandas, lovable puffins, huggable bunnies, and penguins that elicit ooohs and aaahs: The jig is up! We have lived under your furry fists for too long.

There is a cute and present danger...

Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations

by Jeffrey Brown

Celebrated comic artist and graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown's collection of all-new drawings sweetly illustrates the joys of living with a cat. Featured in McSweeney's and on NPR's This American Life, and praised...

Cats Are Weird: And More Observations

by Jeffrey Brown

Cartoonist Jeffrey Brown's drawings perfectly capture the humor and quirkiness of cats in all their strange and charming glory. Following the success of Cat Getting Out of a Bag, this collection of color and...

Careers for Your Cat

by Ann Dziemianowicz & Ann Boyajian

Does your pampered Persian princess have a talent for interior design? Does your dapper tabby harbor the soul of an opera diva? Or is your sleek Siamese with the selective palate a restaurant critic in the making?...

Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover

by Margaret Morse Nice

In her incredibly productive lifetime (1883-1974), American-born ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice earned the admiration of ornithologists and naturalists in far distant lands.

Research Is a Passion With Me...

Going to the Dogs

by Jan Nieman

Penguin-Pedia: Photographs and Facts from One Man's Search for the Penguins of the World

by David Salomon

An exhaustive resource for penguin-o-philes, amateur and academic alike, Penguin-Pedia unites careful analysis of the behavior, habitat, reproduction, feeding habits, and population levels of all seventeen penguin...

Nest: The art of birds

by Janine Burke

Part natural history, part folklore, part exploration of art and aesthetics, part memoir, Nest is a beautiful book that will appeal to bird lovers, readers of literature and art lovers alike. It's the perfect...

Selfish Pigs: Adorably Awful Little Swine

by Andy Riley

From the creator of The Book of Bunny Suicides comes the book you’ve been waiting for: Selfish Pigs. Filled with more than 90 pieces of line art depicting pigs being selfish, this is the must-have for pig-lovers...

Horse Sense and Nonsense: A Survival Guide for Horse Lovers

by Cindy Hale & Jean Abernethy

Horse lovers know all too well that keeping a horse is practically a full-time job-with lots of fun and, well, goof-ups. For those new horse owners who sometimes wonder if their horse is smarter than they are,...

Birding Indonesia: A Birdwatcher's Guide to the World's largest Archipelago

by Paul Jepson & Rosie Ounsted

Birding Indonesia is the first guide to bird-watching in Indonesia. The archipelago contains 17% of the world's bird species, of which 381 are found nowhere else on earth. Written by the world's leading authorities...

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia: Including the Philippines and Borneo

by Morten Strange

Periplus is proud to present the very first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of mainland Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Borneo. Included are the birds of Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Indochina,...