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Birdhouses, Boxes, and Feeders for the Backyard Hobbyist - 19 Fun-to-Build Projects for Attracting Birds to Your Backyard by Stephen Moss; A. & G. Bridgewater; Paul Meisel (Contribution by)
Category: Craft
The food we supply in winter can mean the difference between life and death for small birds, and in spring and summer bird boxes help many species to raise their families. Birdhouses, Boxes, and Feeders for the Backyard Hobbyist is an invaluable source of information for both the woodworker and the bir ...Show more
Dynasties by Mike Gunton; David Attenborough (Foreword by); Stephen Moss
Category: Nature
Family isn't just important. It's everything. From lions hunting as a pride to penguins huddling together to keep from freezing in the bitter Antarctic winter, many animals are dependent on complex social relationships for their survival. Powerful dynasties lay claim to vast swathes of territory, fighti ...Show more
Dynasties: Chimpanzees: Penguin Readers Level 3 by Stephen Moss
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Penguin Readers Ser.
A few years ago, the BBC made the TV program Dynasties about animal families across the world. They chose to film David and his family - a group of chimpanzees in south-eastern Senegal. Sometimes families are happy and sometimes they fight. Sometimes life is good and sometimes it is not easy. It is the ...Show more
Dynasties: Lions Penguin Readers Level 1 by Stephen Moss
Category: Education | Series: Penguin Young Readers, Level 1 Ser.
Sometimes families are happy, and sometimes they fight. Sometimes life is good, and sometimes it is not easy. It is the same for the Marsh Lions in Kenya's Masai Mara, and for all animal families. Penguin Readers is a series written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrate ...Show more
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart by Stephen Moss
Category: Travel
In the very north of Britain, far from the bustling cities and picturesque countryside to the south, lies Western Europe's greatest wilderness: the Scottish Highlands. This is a land shaped by the flow of ancient ice, where snow-capped mountains tower over ink-black lochs, Golden Eagles soar over heathe ...Show more
Mrs Moreau's Warbler : How Birds Got Their Names by Stephen Moss
Category: Nature
We use names so often that few of us ever pause to wonder about their origins. What do they mean? And where did they come from? From the common starling to the many-colored rush tyrant, the names we have given to birds are some of the most vivid and evocative words in the English language. They can ...Show more
Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names by Stephen Moss
Category: Nature
Swallow and starling, puffin and peregrine, blue tit and blackcap. We use these names so often that few of us ever pause to wonder about their origins. What do they mean? Where did they come from? And who created them? The words we use to name birds are some of the most lyrical and evocative in the Engl ...Show more
Planet Earth: II by Stephen Moss
Category: Art
10 years on from the first, groundbreaking, Planet Earth, we use the most incredible advances in technology and scientific discovery to bring you the most exciting and immersive picture of our world's wildlife yet. With over 250 breathtaking photographs and stills from the BBC Natural History Unit's spe ...Show more
Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss
Category: Nature
The natural history of humankind, told through our long relationship with birds For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been i ...Show more
Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss
Category: Nature
From "a captivating storyteller" (Wall Street Journal), the natural history of humankind told through our long relationship with birds For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and ritu ...Show more