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adoration. Thousands of people flocked to visit him every day and ride on his back. When, in 1882, he was sold to the Barnum & Bailey Circus in America, 100,000 children wrote to Queen Victoria begging her to intervene. But fame came at a price and Jumbo led a troubled private life that was far from idyllic. He also found himself at the centre of political battles, international rivalry and greed. 224pp in paperback, photos.


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69076 LION COUNTRY


by Chris Weston


The companion book to the ITV series of the same name, this is the gripping story of one of the African Lion and Environmental Research Trust’s ‘release prides’. With


intimate photos of the lions, a knowledgeable text and contributions from the series’ presenter, the author explains the background to the ALERT programme and how it is linked to other conservation efforts across Africa. He details the history and mythology that turned lions into the ‘king of beasts’ and the complex social structure that makes them unique among cats. Finally, he shows how the ALERT lions are reared in preparation for their release and follows them on their great adventure into the wild. Photos of majestic lions, lionesses and their cuddly cubs, as well as the other beasts. 184 large pages in glorious colour. £19.95 NOW £5.50


69089 WHALE WATCHER: A Global Guide to Watching Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises in the Wild by Trevor Day


Here is the very latest research on the world’s whales and their smaller relatives, the dolphins and porpoises, as well as practical info and expert advice on how to identify each species. Detailed artwork provides an essential and comprehensive visual reference. Identification keys show, at a glance, the most recognisable features of each species, from its shape, size and colour to behaviour and diving patterns, range, conservation and population. Find out where to watch cetaceans live, when to go and how to get there. 160 large paperback pages, colour, list of useful addresses. £12.99 NOW £2


69147 KEEPING BEES: A Complete Practical Guide


by Paul Peacock


Beekeeping is a wonderfully relaxing and rewarding pursuit. We learn about the ecology, biology, classification, nutrition and behaviour of bees, the history of beekeeping and, most importantly, equipment you will require and how to avoid - and deal with - stings. Next we look at all the different types of hive and hive siting, how hives work, how to set them up and colonise them, before moving on to bee health issues and checking that your queen is doing her job properly. How to collect, store and use your hive’s products and a selection of honey recipes. 144pp, colour photos. £10.99 NOW £4


69769 WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS: BRITAIN


by Simon Harrap and Nigel Redman


Lindisfarne, North Teeside, Morecambe Bay, Hilbre and Red Rocks, Newborough Warren, Kenfig, Seaforth and Crosby Marina, Cotswold Water Parks, Ibrook Reservoir, Messingham Sand Quarries, Dungeness, Pagham Harbour, the New Forest to the Tamar Estuary and Lundy,


illustrated with local maps, line art and some beautiful colour plates of the Bearded Tit, Dartford Warbler, Bittern and Water Pipit among many others, this is a tremendous compendium. Covers habitat, access, maps, the birds you will see and information about property managers and ferry operators if needed. With OS Land Ranger and OS Explorer map references, and a key to the maps, 440 sites. Colour artwork and wash drawings. 624pp in sturdy softback. £24 NOW £5


69588 TROUBLED WATERS:


The Changing Fortunes of Whales and Dolphins by Sarah Lazarus


A beautifully produced book, published by the Natural History Museum. Whales and dolphins are enduringly popular, yet our relationship with them has been as exploitative as it has appreciative. Lazarus explains cetacean evolution before moving on to early whaling, the explosion of whaling in the 18th and 19th centuries, then the developments in ships’ capacity and propulsion and harpoon technology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which saw whaling move onto an industrial scale and a catastrophic decline in whale numbers. Modern whaling versus conservation movements and the effects of fishing and noise pollution, climate change and water quality follow, then she takes a long, hard look at dolphins in captivity, claims for the “intelligence” of cetaceans, the extinction of the great whales and what the future holds for the man-cetacean relationship. Eight pages of superb colour plates plus a wealth of b/w photos and other illus. 210pp. £12.99 NOW £6


69072 JAMES AND OTHER APES by James Mollison


On every single full page are other characterful faces of bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. Each character has a biography giving his age and background, where he was confiscated, his condition, and where he was photographed, many of them at the Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund. Meet these characters like Simon, Kudel, the very pretty Haidar with her long lashes or the scary very, very black Matoko and Koto. 50 marvellous new faces. Essay by Jane Goodall. 120pp.


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70125 BRITISH SEASHELLS: A Guide for Conchologists and Beachcombers by Paul Chambers


Did readers think that the most beautiful shells were only to be found on beaches in various far-flung exotic locations? We did! It is also a must-have book for all shell collectors - naturalists and beachcombers alike. As well as providing an identification guide to over 400 species, this volume offers a cultural, historical and scientific insight into our marine shells and the people that have been associated with them. Superbly researched and detailed, here is a perfect guide to the British seaside. Britain’s smallest seashell is just 0.06 cm long, while the largest can reach nearly half a metre. Visualise the excitement of toting either of those home. For centuries, there was a thriving European market in seashells. A wentletrap specimen once fetched 200 gold pieces, while the five shilling shell is so called because of its monetary value in Victorian times. And they have such intriguing names. Ponder on the Bean Horse Mussel, the Blunt Gaper, the European Sting Winkle and the Warty Venus. From now on our eyes will be skinned, in the hope of finding a Humpback Scallop. With original Victorian illustrations by George Sowerby. 233 pages 18cm x 26cm illustrated in colour and b/w with glossary, a list of useful associations and institutions, and indices of species names and common names.


£25 NOW £8.50 69188 YORKSHIRE COAST AND NORTH YORK


MOORS LANDSCAPES by John Potter Yorkshire’s Heritage Coast stretches from Staithes in the north to Spurn Point in the south - the long finger of land which forms the northern bank of the dramatic Humber estuary. The long-distance footpath of Cleveland Way hugs the coast from the old smuggling village of Saltburn and finishes south of Scarborough at Filey, on the way passing through some of England’s most beautiful countryside. Here are extensive colonies of wading birds including Curlew, Golden Plover and Lapwings and on the moors are found peregrines and the rarely seen Merlin, once the hunting bird of noblewomen in the Middle Ages. To the west, the national park is bounded by both the Hambleton and the Cleveland Hills. Here too is the magnificent Rievaulx Abbey. Potter takes us on a breathtaking journey through every season. 128pp with glorious colour photos, plus map. £20 NOW £6.50


69565 FLORILEGIUM IMPERIALE:


Botanical Illustrations for Francis I of Austria by Walter Lack


Rightly known as the ‘Emperor of Flowers’, Francis I of Austria, Napoleon’s toughest opponent, spent huge sums of money over the decades on botany and horticulture. He had the Court Palace or Imperial


Garden in Vienna laid out as well as the Public Garden, while the Botanical Garden at Schönbrunn, his summer residence, enjoyed its heyday during his reign. Still unknown even to scholars today, a selection of the botanical illustrations created for the Emperor by Mathias Schmutzer over a period of 30 years has now been assembled in ‘Florilegium Imperiale’ for the first time ever. In all, Schmutzer painted 1,314 naturalistic plant illustrations in watercolour or gouache which depict the contents of the famous imperial gardens and greenhouses of Vienna. Presented in a cloth binding and with protective cardboard wrapper, this Prestel publication is of the highest quality, stitched and sturdily bound and with magenta red satin bookmark, measuring 13" x 9" and 1½” deep. May even be detachable from the book for framing. Colour photos, maps and plans. Features 120 of the most outstanding watercolours painted with extraordinary precision. Collectable first edition, 2006. 336pp and weighing 6lb. £99 NOW £58


69583 SEABIRDS: A Natural History by Anthony Gaston


The ornithologist author has worked on the ecology of seabirds for the Canadian Wildlife Service for nearly 30 years. From albatrosses to whales, masked boobies to imperial shags, and auks to turkey vultures, here they are in all their glory, together with irresistible chicks, plus every possible type of info about them: adaptation and plumage, distribution into communities, feeding behaviour, migration, breeding and the consequences of coloniality. As a bonus, there is a thoughtful analysis and discussion of their population dynamics and life- history strategy. With anecdotes at the start of each chapter. 222 large pages illustrated in colour and b/w with remarkable photos, line drawings, paintings, graphs, diagrams, tables, maps. Water colours. £44 NOW £8.50


69575 WORLD OF KOI: Mini Encyclopedia by Keith Holmes, Tony Pitham and Nick Fletcher


Every step of lining the pond, fibre glassing the walls, maintaining a gravity-fed system, to buying and introducing the Koi themselves are covered. Then we look at healthcare, breeding, colour varieties and Sanke patterns (tricoloured) which are so closely linked with Kohaku. The black and white Shiro Bekko have fallen out of favour but they are equally beautiful as the Koromo or a stunning golden Doitsu Kin Matsuba. Prized exhibits, attention to their anatomy, nutritional needs, breeding and showing and many examples beautifully photographed in colour. Diagrams. 208pp in softback. $14.95 NOW £4


69707 ANTARCTICA


by Yves Paccalet and Patrick de Wilde You may not have expected to find geese in Antarctica, but here they are with their fluffy chicks exploring the long fronds of kelp. Enjoy the symmetry of the cormorants’ nests in the Falklands, always two outstretched birds’ necks apart so that there are no fights over territory, and wonder at the size of the whales and sea lions. The plankton that multiplies at an incredible


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rate in the summer feeds vast banks of krill, that is tiny shrimps, and they attract squid, crab eater seals, fish and an amazing variety of birds of all different colours, habits and sizes. The author describes Antarctica as ‘a dazzling treasure chamber straight from the Arabian Nights’ and, after perusing this volume, we are inclined to agree with him. 144 pages 27cm square in scintillating colour with maps.


£19.95 NOW £7 69752 THE BIRD: A Natural


History of Who Birds Are by Colin Tudge


...Where they came from, and how they live. Colin Tudge sets out to answer a million-dollar question: what it is like to be a bird? He goes into the science of taxonomy and the revolutionary effect DNA studies are having on classification. The central section looks at the details of a bird’s life including


feeding, migration, and reproduction. The author asks what goes on in the heads of birds and the book ends with a section on the relationships of humans and birds, with a serious plea for environmental damage limitation. 462pp, line drawings. $30 NOW £5


69782 WISDOM OF BIRDS: An Illustrated


History of Ornithology by Tim Birkhead


Here are all birds rare and small and their entire lives from the moment the egg is fertilized, through hatching, growing up, maturing, acquiring a territory, finding a partner and so on. The book covers sexual reproduction, territory, song acquisition, migration and clutch size, all beautifully written by a leading ornithologist. By weaving in lore about genetics, bird-keeping and the people involved in the quest, this is beautiful natural science writing. 23cm x 18cm, 433pp, hundreds of colour artworks, some double page spreads, line art, diagrams. £25 NOW £7


69873 WORLD OF KEW by Caroline Fry


Takes us behind the scenes to show the extraordinary range of work carried out at Kew Gardens, at Wakehurst Place, home to the Millennium Seed Bank and by Kew staff overseas. Were you aware that Kew is not only a World Heritage Site but is also a globally important scientific and historical organisation, as well as being a world-famous centre for decorative landscape and building design, where the greatest gardeners and architects, from William Chambers to Capability Brown, have worked? From using forensic botany to help solve murders to micro-propagating plants facing extinction, this volume shows us aspects of Kew’s work that are largely hidden from view, introducing such topical and very relevant subjects as biodiversity, practical conservation and economic botany. 224 large pages, colour. £18.99 NOW £8


NEW AGE AND OCCULT


That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.


- Cotton Mather


70840 GHOSTS CAUGHT ON FILM 2


by Jim Eaton


Some ghosts illustrated here are genuine photos from which the imagination can reach its own conclusions: the famous alien


trapped in a Dyson vacuum cleaner, a girl’s face imprinted on a pair of jeans, figures of Jesus in the skies of Ohio, in a UK cathedral gleaming against the organ pipes or on a crucifix outside a church in Nebraska. The grilled cheese sandwich revealing the face of the Virgin Mary is widely regarded as a case of “pareidolia”, seeing what we want to see, but apparent manifestations of ectoplasm swirling round a sleeping boy, rushing away from a mangled car after an accident or floating above Bobbi Myers’ hot tub were unexpected features of photos taken by people who were not ghost-hunting. Misty figures in doors and windows and on stairs are frequent unsettling features of family photograph albums. The collection is organised into different categories of manifestation, not forgetting a final intriguing section on spotting a fake. Each of over 100 examples comes with one or more photos, mostly in colour, and a full discussion of the apparition. 160pp. £12.99 NOW £4


70843 MONSTERS CAUGHT ON FILM


by Dr. Melvyn Willin Open-minded in its approach, this beautifully produced book discusses over 100 photos of monsters, aliens, and strange hybrids, with each


double spread featuring one or more photos accompanied by a history and assessment on the facing page. Nessie and the Yeti are here, along with more recent phenomena such as the Puerto Rican Chupacabra, which since 1975 has regularly been accused of sucking the blood out of its victims. Explanations include feral dogs, coyotes, government cover-ups and occult rituals. The Yorkshire Alien, photographed on Ilkley Moor in 1987, was said to have descended from flying saucers, but the photographer’s wife revealed after their divorce that he had constructed it from chicken wire. The Kasai Rex sighted in the Congo in the 1930s has been discredited for lack of physical evidence, but where did the rather convincing photos come from? The North American Thunderbird and Sub-Saharan Kongamato are said the be descendants of the Pterodactyl, but no photos have been taken. As for the Surrey Puma, the Fen Tiger and the Helensburgh Beast, regular silly-season sightings may lead to scepticism, but it is claimed that zoologists are increasingly convinced. 141pp, colour and archive photos.


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70531 BOOK OF DRUIDRY: A Comprehensive Study of the Druids from their Earliest History


to the Present-Day Renaissance by Ross Nichols


In an attempt to reconnect with their roots and heritage, but also to find a living spirituality that can lead them out of the psychological wasteland that has been created by industrial society, many people nowadays are turning to such diverse cultures as the Siberian, Tibetan and Australian aborigine. Less attention has been given to a tradition which lies closer to the ancestral roots of most European, and hence many North American people - the Celtic tradition, whose spirituality is epitomised in the path of the Druid. From 1964-1975 the author was the Chosen Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, during which time he worked on this definitive account of the history and practice of Druidry. Here are their principal deities, their myths, their wisdom and social organisation. The book also explores their relationship with Arthur and the Grail, and the mystery of the Druid Egg and the Serpent, as well as the significance of dolmens, barrows and stone circles. A selection from the early source texts, and the entire text of the Order’s Beltane ritual complete this extensive volume. 319 pages with b/w photos and diagrams. ONLY £8


70836 ANGELS AMONG US by Skye Alexander


Subtitled ‘Incredible Photographs of Angels in Everyday Life’, here is an astounding compendium of unexplained photographs of shining lights, winged figures and celestial


visions. Author, astrologer and tarot reader Skye Alexander looks for the messages of hope and love that they may represent. In 2001 the Sunday Times announced the making of a Hollywood movie starring Marlon Brando, based on mysterious old film footage that reportedly featured an angel. According to the article, Danny Sullivan discovered a black and white film in an antique shop in Monmouth. Musician John Reynolds said he too had purchased some old film at the same antique shop and that it depicted the same angel and even used the picture on the cover of his album ‘Interview with an Angel’. Hoax? We may never know the truth. Dozens of similar stories are recounted opposite the most curious pictures you are ever likely to see like the angel who appears in Peterborough Cathedral and the wishing well angel. 144pp with colour photos.


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68853 VOODOO TALES: The Ghost Stories of Henry S. Whitehead


by Henry S. Whitehead ‘And behind him, like a misshapen black frog, bounded the Thing, its red tongue lolling out of its gash of a mouth, its diminutive blubbery lips drawn back in a murderous snarl…’ Let Henry S. Whitehead take you into the mysterious and macabre world of voodoo where beasts


invade the mind of man and where lives of the living are racked by the spirits of the dead. In this collection of rare and out of print stories you will encounter the curses of the great Guinea-Snake, the Sheen, the weredog whose very touch means certain death, the curious tale of the ‘magicked’ mirror, and fiendish manikins who make life a living hell. Included in this festival of shivering fear is the remarkable narrative ‘Williamson’ which every editor who read the story shied away from publishing. With deceptive simplicity and chilling realism, Whitehead’s Voodoo Tales are amongst the most frightening ever written. 691 page paperback from Wordsworth. ONLY £3


70314 LABYRINTH OF TIME: The Illusion of Past, Present and Future


by Anthony Peake


The author of this intriguing book has postulated a theory which he calls ‘cheating the ferryman’ or CTF. This refers to the ancient belief that, after death, the soul is ferried in a boat to the underworld. It is possible that some of us can ‘remember’ an event that is yet to


take place in this world but has already been experienced in another. We are actually predicting the future by remembering the past. Drawing on a remarkable breadth of philosophy, quantum physics, theology, cosmology, neurology, psychiatry and popular culture, to explore the relationship between consciousness and our subjective experiences of time, the author sets out an amazing theory that could change forever the way you view your life. 336 paperback pages. £9.99 NOW £5


69852 PARKERS’


ASTROLOGY: The Definitive Guide to Using Astrology in


Every Aspect of Your Life by Julia and Derek Parker In this updated edition of the Parkers’ classic practical guide to astrology, all the info and advice you need to interpret a horoscope in depth are provided in one volume.


It instructs you, in easy stages, how to calculate a full and detailed birth chart and then explains how to ‘progress’ it so that you can identify future trends in your life. You will also find useful clarification of the effects of planetary relationships within a birth chart as well as easy-to-follow ephemeris to the year 2020, and sections on the ancient art of horary astrology, the influence of midpoints, the effect of the comet/asteroid Chiron, the significance of eclipses, comets and fixed stars and location astrology. 496 pages 22 x 29mm, illus in colour and b/w.


£25 NOW £8


27398 COMPLETE GHOST STORIES by Charles Dickens


Dickens always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to the test, the existence of spirits. His natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales, and in the 12 stories presented here, which include


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