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British Poisonous Plants - A.A. Forsyth
Large format paperback. HMSO (1968) 132pp. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. NZD: 6.50 / P & P: B Over fifty different poisonous plants are individually described in detail, some with photographs. This book is written primarily for the stockowner and country reader in as simple language as possible but as technicalities have inevitably crept in, a glossary has been appended to help in the better understanding of them. A selection of suitable references is also given at the end of each botanical family for those who wish to read further on any plant or poison. 
Alpine Flowers - Prof. Dr. Carl Schroeter
Large soft cover with colour d/w in VG+ condition as it was protected by its original clear sleeve. Published in 1945 by Batsford (Iris Colour Books). 11pp of text and eighteen full-page (near A4) spectacular Colour Plates from watercolours by Paul A. Robert. NZD: 9.50 / P & P : B 
Honorary Dog - Dora Wright
Paperback in excellent condition. Published by W.H.Allen (1984). 4240pp. NZD: 5.50 / P & P : A This book is for crazy dog people and, especially, crazy dog people who are crazy about Airedale Terriers. If you fit those categories, I believe you will enjoy Honorary Dog.... a lot. If you are or have been a professional dog groomer, you will also enjoy the trials Ms. Wright undergoes with her various clients. No surprises, it usually isn't the dog who is the issue, it's the owner. 
Every Living Thing - James Herriot
Bantam Books (1993). 502pp. Paperback in excellent condition. Some light fading of page edges and cover. NZD: 4.50 / P & P : A James Herriot has captivated millions of readers and television viewers with tales of the triumphs, disasters, pride and sometimes heartache that filled his life as a vet in the Yorkshire Dales. Here is a book for all those who find laughter and joy in animals, and who know and understand the magic of wild places and beautiful countryside. 
Water Birds with Webbed Feet - Paul Geroudet.
Hardback with light blue cloth boards (& coloured illustrated d/j) in excellent condition. Published by Blandford Press Ltd. (1965). 318 pages. 48 illustrations (24 in colour), by Robert Hainard and 59 line drawings. NZD: 6.50 / P & P : B Paul Geroudet is one of the leading Swiss ornithologists and this book was originally published in Switzerland. In this book the author has the original idea of grouping together the birds with webbed feet, irrespective of their scientific classification, though this is clearly explained in each species dealt with. The majority of web-footed birds which occur in the British Isles and Western Europe are described, and detailed information given in a way that has not previously been attempted. With increasing travel facilities more and more bird-watchers are looking for a book which includes coverage of the bird life of the continent and Geroudet amply fulfils this need so far as the many groups he describes are concerned. A valuable addition to the book are the detailed references given as to sources of information concerning each species. It is not only a handy guide to identification in the field but also a useful aid to more detailed and profound study. 
Scratching for a Living - Ruud Kleinpaste
Large paperback in excellent, near new condition. Published by Random House - NZ (1997). 248pp. NZD: 5.50 / P & P : A A mixture of fun and facts about bugs, this text uncovers the secrets of the insect world, from the gory to the intimate, the creepy to the slimy, from the ones that live in out houses to the ones that live on us. Contents: Vermin united - why invertebrates have a bad reputation; entomomyths - my first attempt at a story; the name of the game - nomenclature; suck it them - bloodsuckers; a lousy story - lice; jumping for joy - fleas; strange bedfellows - dust mites; designer insects - cockroaches; switched on - ants; kind lice of a different kind - booklice; slowly starving in the fridge - hibernation; so cosy in the winter - cluster flies; cover the compost - lesser houseflies; spots on the ceiling - facts about houseflies; fly, turkey fly! - blowflies; silver threads - pantrymoths; of mummies, dog biscuits and carpets - carpet beetles and their rellies; right up to the paint layer - termites; glorious isolation - quarantine; oh, Ariadne - spiders; reds under the bed and blacks out the back - redbacks and black widows; golden orb-webs - golden-orb-weaving spiders; black and yellow - bad news - wasps; slimy slithery do-gooders - worms; silent suckers with a Mexican wave - aphids; mysterious creeps - raiders of the night - bronze beetles and greasy cutworms; frothing in the rain - snails and slugs; woody wood vectors - Dutch elm disease; dainty little hoppers - passionvine hoppers and fluffybums; how to build your own monarch butterfly - metamorphosis; singing for your life - cicadas; a lawn full of cracks and a paddock full of noise - crickets; I quite fancy raptorial legs! - praying mantis; gods of ugly things - weta; what's cookin', babe - entomophagy; long may they live! - longevity. 
Marley and Me - John Grogan
Life and love with the world's worst dog... Large paperback in excellent condition. Hachette Books (2006). 292pp. NZD: 5.00 / P & P : B This is a heart-warming book about a lovable but incorrigible Labrador named Marley and the family that loves him. Grogan shares a very personal story about his life and how a certain dog came along and changed everything. Marley & Me tells a beautiful tale that most dog owners can truly relate to. This is a book for dog lovers, and for those who have been loved by a dog. The Grogans may not have been the best dog trainers in the world, and they may have made a common mistake of buying their dog from a backyard breeder, but what they did right was they loved their dog, and stayed devoted to him through his whole life, from puppyhood to old age. In this throwaway society, where many people consider pets to be "disposable", to be dumped at the pound when they are no longer a cute puppy, or when they start misbehaving, the Grogans did what all responsible pet owners should do. They stuck with Marley, they tried to learn, they tried obedience classes, they worked with their vet to help control Marley's issues, and they actually considered their dog a part of their family, through good and through bad. Marley was one lucky dog, to have been owned by a family who loved him for who he was, and loved him for his whole life. Every dog should be so lucky. 
Beagles - Beverly Pisano
Hardback in excellent, near new condition. Published by T.F.H. Publications (1976). 192pp. NZD: 6.00 / P & P :B Illustrated with more than 175 full-colour photos and drawings, presents sensible, easy-to-follow recommendations about selecting and caring for a Beagle. It concentrates on providing readers with the information they need and want-all given in an interesting and easy-to-read style. Contents: - History of the Beagle. - Description of the Beagle - Grooming - Selecting Your Dog - The New Family Member - Feeding Requirements - Accommodations - Housebreaking and Training - Behaviour Modification - Health Care - Preventive Dental Care - Breeding. - Dogs and the Law - Index 
Cat Calls - Janice Anderson Hardback with pictorial laminated boards in excellent condition. Numerous B & W plates and illustrations. Published by Guinness (1991). 128pp. NZD: 5.50 / P & P :B A completely new collection of furry feats and feline facts. Also contains a practical section on kittens, common ailments and likes and dislikes and includes topics such as the psychology of cat ownership and cats and the law. A must-read for all cat lovers if you want to really understand your pet... 
Tortoises, Terrapins & Turtles - Ivor Noel-Hume
Small hardback booklet with d/w in good used condition. A few rubs/small stains on covers, mostly on back. Numerous B & W photos and Illustrations. Published by Foyles (1958). 113pp inc. index. NZD: 5.00 / P&P: NZD 2.00 The keeping of Tortoises has become extremely popular in this country in recent years, yet some owners are unaware of the elementary principles of making the most of their pets or of keeping them happy and in good health. This book sets out to give a complete guidance on the housing, feeding, breeding and general management of Tortoises, Terrapins & Turtles and is written by a popular broadcaster/archaeologist and well-known writer on the subject. 
The Tulip - Anna Pavord
Paperback in excellent condition. Bloomsbury Publishing (2000). 296pp. NZD: 6.50 / P&P: B In an auction held in Holland in February 1637, 99 lots of tulip bulbs fetched a staggering 90,000 guilders, more than $3.5 million in today's money. Tulipomania had reached its height, and its story is told in just one of the fascinating sections of Anna Pavord's wonderful book on this most seductive of flowers. Pavord's passion for the flower is evident from the opening pages of the book, where she tells of scrambling across the hillsides of Crete in search of an obscure, indigenous purple tulip. The story of the discovery of this tulip leads into Pavord's extraordinary history of this beautiful, enigmatic flower. As with all the best love stories, Pavord's is told from the perspective of the object of affection--in this case, the tulip--from its adoption by the Ottoman sultans of Istanbul in the 18th century to its present cultivation by the Wakefield Tulip Society. Along the way, incredible stories of people's investments in the flower emerge, the result, as Pavord explains, of a unique feature of the tulip. Its variegated colours are produced by a small parasitic aphid, which weakens the plant but produces its gorgeous hues. The tulipomania that gripped 17th-century Europe was a form of futures trading, as people purchased tulip bulbs at increasingly inflated prices with the hope that they would flower into the most beautiful and kaleidoscopic colours imaginable. An extraordinary book, beautifully illustrated and offering a fascinating story of our obsession with the most ephemeral of objects. Buying tulip bulbs will never be the same again. Greed, desire, anguish, and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip from a wild flower of the Asian steppes to the worldwide phenomenon it is today. No other flower has ever carried so much cultural baggage: it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behaviour, mirrors economic booms and busts, and plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. 
Red Ice - Brian Davies
My Fight to Save the Seals NZD: 5.50 / P&P: B Hardback with d/w, red cloth boards & silver lettering on spine, in excellent condition. D/w spine lightly sun faded. Published by Methuen (1989). 230pp inc. index. The author's account of his one-man crusade to stop the annual Canadian seal hunt traces his 20-year battle with the European Parliament to put an end to the trade of seal fur. Brian Davies is the founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the Political Animal Lobby (PAL). He is a photographer, documentary filmmaker and the author of many articles and three books dealing with the seal hunt. He is also a helicopter and fixed-wing pilot and flew the media and parliamentarians to the blood soaked ice floes (the key to ending the killings) year after year. But most of all he is a dedicated champion of animal welfare causes. 
Cleo - Helen Brown
How a small black cat helped heal a family... Paperback in excellent NEW condition. Allen & Unwin (2010). 316pp. NZD: 6.00 / P&P: A Helen Brown wasn't a cat person, but her nine-year-old son Sam was. So when Sam heard a woman telling his mum that her cat had just had kittens, he pleaded to go and see them. Helen's heart melted as Sam held one of the kittens in his hands, with a look of total adoration. In a trice the deal was done - the kitten would be delivered when she was big enough to leave her mother. A week later, Sam was dead. Not long after, a little black kitten was delivered to the grieving family. Totally traumatised by Sam's death, Helen had forgotten all about the new arrival. She was ready to send the kitten back, but Sam's younger brother wanted to keep her. There was no choice: Cleo had to stay. Kitten or not, there seemed no hope of becoming a normal family. But Cleo's zest for life slowly taught the traumatised family to laugh. She went on to become the uppity high priestess of Helen's household, vetoing her new men, terrifying visiting dogs and building a special bond with Rob, his sister Lydia, Helen - and later a baby daughter. 
Whale Watching - Peter Gill & C. Burke
Illustrations by P. Folkens Paperback in excellent, as NEW condition. Published by New Holland Pub. (1999). 148 pp. Numerous colour and B & W photos, maps etc.... NZD: 9.50 / P&P: B Whale Watching in Australia & New Zealand Waters, by scientist PETER GILL & photojournalist CECILIA BURKE, is a comprehensive and well illustrated guide to observation of this unique group of cetaceans, from land sea, or air. Topics covered include whale biology and behaviour, ethics of whale watching, best viewing sites as well as notes on each species and how to recognise them. A compact reference, complete with stunning colour photographs, maps, details of tourist organisations, conservation & research groups, further reading, a glossary and a detailed index. Whale watching is fast becoming a passion in Australia and New Zealand, both home to numerous species of whales and dolphins. This is the definitive guide for all adventurous holiday makers, amateur naturalists and students who want to take a closer and well-informed look at these fascinating mammals. 
Yorkshire Terriers - Kerry Donnelly
Hardback with pictorial laminated covers in excellent used condition. Over 175 colour photographs and illustrations. Published by T.H.F. (1991). 192pp. NZD 5.50/ P&P: B Most of us have a library of books for each aspect of one particular subject. This book is for Yorkie owners. It touches on the history of the breed but gets into the things you need to know, from choosing a breeder all the way to the puppy's adulthood and beyond. It's very detailed, full of options and compares products and brands specifically for Yorkies. This book is worth more than the asking price too...! It is one book that will not just sit and collect dust on any shelf after one reading! |