This is a complete guide to the mammal fauna of Africa. Covering all known species (around 460), this guide will enable identification of all land mammals likely to be seen anywhere in Africa. Detailed accounts, with colour illustrations, are provided for most species, but some complex small mammal groups are summarized by genera. The colour illustrations show both sexes in sexually dimorphic species, & there are also a wealth of line drawings illustrating typical behaviours, the function of camouflaged or disruptive markings & the details of interspecific variation among closely allied species. Distribution maps show the ranges of most species covered. ...

The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals is the standard identification guide to all African land mammals. This new pocket guide is an adaptation of the original into a standard field-guide format. The greatly condensed text focuses on essential information such as identification & distribution, while the author's superb illustrations have been rearranged into an easy-to-use plate format & placed opposite the text. Complex & more obscure groups like the bats & certain rodent families are summarised by genera. This is a practical, lightweight guide, ideal to be used in the field & more suitable than the original for the lay person & tourist on safari. Excellent, comprehensive field guide so you can tell your puku from your lechwe. BBC Wildlife ...

Adapted from the Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals, the greatly condensed text focuses on essential information such as identification & distribution, while the author`s superb illustrations have been rearranged into an easy-to-use plate format & placed opposite the text. Complex & more obscure groups like the bats & certain rodent families are summarised by genera. Over 500 maps plot the distribution of all larger species, & for smaller mammals the maps show distribution by genus. This is a completely revised second edition of this popular guide. The information & taxonomy have been updated to follow the newly published second edition of the Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (2015), & this new edition of the pocket guide contains several new species & illustrations. The maps have been completely replaced & there are now 200 more maps than in the original edition. ...

The kingfisher is one of the most bewitching of birds
- strikingly beautiful in colour, unmistakably elegant in profile, incomparable
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” An utter delight”
- Jennifer Tetlow. In the Encounters in the Wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close
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Usually encountered as a flash of blue or orange seen from the riverbank, most people are aware of the Kingfisher, but few are familiar with the intricacies of its day-to-day life. Here its remarkable existence is celebrated through a series of stunning chapters with images depicting courtship, nesting, fishing, winter survival & other important events in the lives of Kingfishers, which are further brought to life through the eloquent accompanying text which is enlivened by personal anecdotes from the author & photographer. The book is the first in a series, & it will be followed by Peregrine Falcon & Barn Owl in March 2011. ...

Which king`s guards massacred a group of his supporters by mistake? Who had an oversized tongue & had to slobber when they ate food? Who was so large when they died that they had to be buried in a square coffin? Who survived seven assassination attempts? As you can tell from the bizarre questions above, it wasn`t all thrones & sceptres for British kings & queens. Some of them were completely batty, & others were downright vicious. On the other h&, some monarchs were an icon to the people & represented the power & importance of Britain & Engl&. ` Kings & Queens, A Very Peculiar History` explores some of the most marvellous monarchs to have ruled Britain & ekes out their bizarre habits & idiosyncracies, featuring quirky stories & fascinating facts & lists. ...

A copiously illustrated guide to the monarchs of the British Isles & Ireland from pre-Saxon times to the present, complete with concise genealogical charts & details of key historical events. The book is divided into five sections, together with a Compendium at the end. Part One, presents information about Pre-Saxon rule, including details about ancient British chiefs, Roman rulers & the Roman Conquest. Part Two provides information about Scotl&, Ireland & Wales, with sections on Robert I & the Wars of Independence, The Union of the Crowns, the Princes of Wales & the High Kingship of Irel&. Part Three discusses the Saxons, Normans & Plantagenets. Part Four gives details about the Tudors & Stuarts. Part Five presents an in-depth discussion of the houses from Hanover to Windsor. Parts Two to Five provide all the essential information you will need to know about Kings & Queens including details of birth, parents, accession to the throne, coronation, authority, personal status, death date & burial place for each monarch. In addition an overview is given for each reign outlining major events & personal tragedies, war, celebrations & conspiracies. ...

This poster offers a timeline of all the kings & queens of England & Great Britain, from King Egbert in 802 to Queen Elizabeth II. An image of each monarch is given, along with their dates, & the different houses are colour-coded to aid understanding. ...

A combination of two fantastic activity books, with over 400 stickers with which to dress the dollies. Discover the beautitul & flamboyant traditional costumes worn by peoples around the world as they celebrate exciting festivals, & find out what the greatest kings & queens in history have worn to impress their subjects. Part of the bestselling series. ...