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Author : Adrian Henry Wardle Robinson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Shell Book of the British Coast written by Adrian Henry Wardle Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Whatmore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780715388105
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (881 download)
Download or read book The Shell Book of British Walks written by John Whatmore and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Shell Book of Undiscovered Britain and Ireland written by Anthony Burton and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Oppel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Tales of the New England Coast written by Frank Oppel and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tom Fort
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471129721
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)
Download or read book Channel Shore written by Tom Fort and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous, discursive, utterly absorbing journey from Dover to Land's End, along the English Channel shore, the busiest waterway in the world.
Author : P. Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135794936
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)
Download or read book British Sources of Information written by P. Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and versatile reference source will be a most important tool for anyone wishing to seek out information on virtually any aspect of British affairs, life and culture. The resources of a detailed bibliography, directory and journals listing are combined in this single volume, forming a unique guide to a multitude of diverse topics - British politics, government, society, literature, thought, arts, economics, history and geography. Academic subjects as taught in British colleges and universities are covered, with extensive reading lists of books and journals and sources of information for each discipline, making this an invaluable manual.
Author : Sue Clifford And Angela King
Publisher : Saltyard Books
ISBN 13 : 1444789643
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)
Download or read book Journeys Through England in Particular: Coasting written by Sue Clifford And Angela King and published by Saltyard Books. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from the critically acclaimed book England in Particular, this delightful book, the first in a new series, is a celebration of English local distinctiveness.
Author : Katherine S. Orr
Publisher : Stemmer House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780880450973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Shells of North American Shores written by Katherine S. Orr and published by Stemmer House Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents descriptions of East Coast shells with drawings suitable for coloring.
Author : Paul Chambers
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783408618
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book British Seashells written by Paul Chambers and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using original Victorian prints, by collectable artist George Sowerby, marine biologist and author Paul Chambers has produced the first comprehensive guide to shells for over a century. The original prints are intricately detailed (much better than photographs which lack the exact detail of these drawings) and are a selling point in themselves but will be complemented by informative but accessible text, including families and to show what's edible, dangerous or belongs to mollusc families and in what part of the country they can be discovered. A delightful study by the leading expert and a must for anyone interested in learning more about shells - or who just enjoys beachcombing with the family.
Author : Fiona Reynolds
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780748760
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)
Download or read book The Fight for Beauty written by Fiona Reynolds and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a world where the drive for economic growth is crowding out everything that can’t be given a monetary value. We’re stuck on a treadmill where only the material things in life gain traction and it’s getting harder to find space for the things that really matter but money can’t buy, including our future. Fiona Reynolds proposes a solution that is at once radical and simple – to inspire us through the beauty of the world around us. Delving into our past, examining landscapes, nature, farming and urbanisation, she shows how ideas about beauty have arisen and evolved, been shaped by public policy, been knocked back and inched forward until they arrived lost in the economically-driven spirit of today. A passionate, polemical call to arms, The Fight for Beauty presents an alternative path forward: one that, if adopted, could take us all to a better future.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1022 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Country Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rosamunde Pilcher
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250032199
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Shell Seekers written by Rosamunde Pilcher and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-03-23 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart, in this beloved Cornwall novel from Rosamunde Pilcher.
Author : William Henry Harvey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Sea-side Book written by William Henry Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this popular work appeared in 1849, but there were other editions in the same year and many that followed. The author had previously written the highly respected A Manual of the British Alae, and Phycologia Britannica. The author describes in some detail all the natural objects one can find at the sea shore, marine animals, sea weeds, plants, including microscopic, etc, the work feeding the great interest in marine topics and collections of the British public, which resulted in the aquarium hobby developing in the latter part of the 18th century -- Abe books website.
Author : Julia Ellen Rogers
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Shell Book written by Julia Ellen Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M.G. Harasewych
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022617705X
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book The Book of Shells written by M.G. Harasewych and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who among us hasn’t marveled at the diversity and beauty of shells? Or picked one up, held it to our ear, and then gazed in wonder at its shape and hue? Many a lifelong shell collector has cut teeth (and toes) on the beaches of the Jersey Shore, the Outer Banks, or the coasts of Sanibel Island. Some have even dived to the depths of the ocean. But most of us are not familiar with the biological origin of shells, their role in explaining evolutionary history, and the incredible variety of forms in which they come. Shells are the external skeletons of mollusks, an ancient and diverse phylum of invertebrates that are in the earliest fossil record of multicellular life over 500 million years ago. There are over 100,000 kinds of recorded mollusks, and some estimate that there are over amillion more that have yet to be discovered. Some breathe air, others live in fresh water, but most live in the ocean. They range in size from a grain of sand to a beach ball and in weight from a few grams to several hundred pounds. And in this lavishly illustrated volume, they finally get their full due. The Book of Shells offers a visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most intriguing mollusk shells, each chosen to convey the range of shapes and sizes that occur across a range of species. Each shell is reproduced here at its actual size, in full color, and is accompanied by an explanation of the shell’s range, distribution, abundance, habitat, and operculum—the piece that protects the mollusk when it’s in the shell. Brief scientific and historical accounts of each shell and related species include fun-filled facts and anecdotes that broaden its portrait. The Matchless Cone, for instance, or Conus cedonulli, was one of the rarest shells collected during the eighteenth century. So much so, in fact, that a specimen in 1796 was sold for more than six times as much as a painting by Vermeer at the same auction. But since the advent of scuba diving, this shell has become far more accessible to collectors—though not without certain risks. Some species of Conus produce venom that has caused more than thirty known human deaths. The Zebra Nerite, the Heart Cockle, the Indian Babylon, the Junonia, the Atlantic Thorny Oyster—shells from habitats spanning the poles and the tropics, from the highest mountains to the ocean’s deepest recesses, are all on display in this definitive work.
Author : William Henry Harvey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The sea-side book; an introduction to the natural history of the British coasts. Yarrell written by William Henry Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Helen Scales
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472911377
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Spirals in Time written by Helen Scales and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautifully written story of shells and their makers, and our relationships with them. Seashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most ancient and successful animals on the planet. But watch out. Some molluscs can kill you if you eat them. Some will kill you if you stand too close. That hasn't stopped people using shells in many ways over thousands of years. They became the first jewelry and oldest currencies; they've been used as potent symbols of sex and death, prestige and war, not to mention a nutritious (and tasty) source of food. Spirals in Time is an exuberant aquatic romp, revealing amazing tales of these undersea marvels. Helen Scales leads us on a journey into their realm, as she goes in search of everything from snails that 'fly' underwater on tiny wings to octopuses accused of stealing shells and giant mussels with golden beards that were supposedly the source of Jason's golden fleece, and learns how shells have been exchanged for human lives, tapped for mind-bending drugs and inspired advances in medical technology. Weaving through these stories are the remarkable animals that build them, creatures with fascinating tales to tell, a myriad of spiralling shells following just a few simple rules of mathematics and evolution. Shells are also bellwethers of our impact on the natural world. Some species have been overfished, others poisoned by polluted seas; perhaps most worryingly of all, molluscs are expected to fall victim to ocean acidification, a side-effect of climate change that may soon cause shells to simply melt away. But rather than dwelling on what we risk losing, Spirals in Time urges you to ponder how seashells can reconnect us with nature, and heal the rift between ourselves and the living world.
