50 de mest populära böckerna i Sverige●Natur

The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the planet. For centuries, myth-makers and storytellers have concocted imaginary monsters of the deep, and now scientists are looking there to find bizarre, unknown species, chemicals to make new medicines, and to gain a greater understanding of how this world of ours works. With an average depth of 12,000 feet and chasms that plunge much deeper, it forms a frontier for new discoveries. The Brilliant Abyss tells the story of our relationship with the ...

Releasedatum: 2021-03-18 109,00 kr

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. Emphasizing joy in the world, human cooperation and the value of all living things, this selection of Arne Naess' philosophical writings is filled with wit, learning and an intense connection with nature. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our pla...

Releasedatum: 2021-08-26 55,00 kr

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. No One is Too Small to Make a Difference collects Greta Thunberg's history-making speeches, from addresses at climate rallies around the world audiences at the UN, the World Economic Forum, and the British Parliament. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and a...

Releasedatum: 2019-05-30 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 55,00 kr

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. In the book, Darwin introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through the process of natural selection.

Releasedatum: 2012-08-05 5,00 kr

**SUNDAY TIMES AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'An epoch-defining book' Matt Haig 'If you read just one work of non-fiction this year, it should probably be this' David Sexton, Evening Standard Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times, Spectator and New Statesman A Waterstones Paperback of the Year and shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year 2019 Longlisted for the PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of cli...

Releasedatum: 2019-02-19 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 115,00 kr

How do trees live? Do they feel pain, or have awareness of their surroundings? Research is now suggesting trees are capable of much more than we have ever known. In The Hidden Life of Trees, forester Peter Wohlleben puts groundbreaking scientific discoveries into a language everyone can relate to. In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland and the amazin...

Releasedatum: 2017-08-24 59,00 kr

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devast...

Releasedatum: 2014-02-11 105,00 kr

Discover the number one bestselling phenomenon that is a powerful and profound mediation on grief expressed through the trials of training a goshawk. **WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR** ** WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION** As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her o...

Releasedatum: 2014-07-31 115,00 kr

Vart åker bajset när vi spolar ? Hur kan en teve bli solglasögon ? Varför blommar det i havet ?  Miljöns mysterier är den fjärde boken i Mysterieserien, men den första e-boken i serien. På ett enkelt och roligt sätt berättas om allt från klimatförändringar, övergödning till fossilt bränsle - saker som kan vara svåra att förstå. Boken vänder sig till åldersgruppen 8-14 år och tar upp ämnen som vårt behov av rent vatten , hur hus kan spara värme eller hur vi bäst tr...

Releasedatum: 2012-09-13 99,00 kr

This great book comes with advice and guidance as to the best way to teach these tricks. It offers more than one method which the reader can choose depending upon their own situation. There is also advice to using treats and shows you how to not end up with a treat junkie! This books is from the desk of Susan Day, a canine behaviourist. Susan teaches obedience, agility and puppy courses. She is a great advocate of trick training because she knows that tricks have the same effect on the dog's min...

Releasedatum: 2011-10-30 9,00 kr

Tillhör du dem som tror att hundar inte kan tänka i flera steg och att de inte har någon tidsuppfattning? Att de är färgblinda och måste ha en stark ledare för att må bra? Eller att hunden lyssnar mer på ditt tonfall än på själva orden när du pratar med den? Då har den nya forskningen en del överraskningar i beredskap. Mycket av det man trott om hur hundar fungerar har visat sig vara helt fel. I Den missförstådda hunden berättar Per Jensen med saklighet, humor och värme om hur...

Releasedatum: 2017-10-10 189,00 kr

The only ebook you need for snorkelling and diving in the Maldives. Over 300 pages of stunning fish photography, concise expert information, diagrams and easy to reference icons. Written by a Marine Biologist Tim Godfrey and and Marine Expert, Rudi Kuiter. This new edition now features Sharks and Rays. Applicable to Central and Western Indian Ocean East Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Chagos, Laccadives, Cocos Keeling Islands. A REFERENCE FOR RESEARCHERS, DIVERS AN...

Releasedatum: 2019-04-15 95,00 kr

Cichlids of the genus Tropheus have fascinated aquarists since they were first exported from Lake Tanganyika in the late 1950s, and they are still some of the most popular cichlids kept in aquaria. The information in this book is based on observations in the wild and almost all photographs were taken in the lake and show the fishes in their natural habitat.

Releasedatum: 2013-05-07 149,00 kr

This book explores a highly successful group of mammals—the carnivores—in stunning visual detail. A comprehensive introduction places carnivores in the context of other living things, and an extensive catalog showcases the incredible variety of these animals. Every group of carnivores is covered, including dogs, weasels, seals, and civets. Many individual specimens are also profiled, each accompanied by clear, concise text and key data. More extensive features focus on key species, such as t...

Releasedatum: 2012-01-19 119,00 kr

‘Descriptive writing of a high order… this is an extremely intelligent book’ The Times Join Douglas Adams, bestselling and beloved author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , and zoologist Mark Carwardine on an adventure in search of the world’s most endangered and exotic creatures. In this book, Adams’ self-proclaimed favourite of his own works, the pair encounter animals in imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the lovable kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river...

Releasedatum: 2013-07-31 129,00 kr

This book explores a group of animals that first appeared on land more than 400 million years ago—insects. A comprehensive introduction places insects in the context of other living things, and an extensive catalog showcases the amazing variety of earth’s most abundant—and often bizarre—animals. From butterflies and moths to dragonflies and grasshoppers, from beetles and bees to ants and earwigs, hundreds of individual specimens are profiled in incredible detail, each accompanied by clea...

Releasedatum: 2012-01-19 119,00 kr

When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them. In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to te...

Releasedatum: 2009-11-10 105,00 kr

SURVIVAL: A “proven” comprehensive survival manual with concise explanations, pictures, and detailed illustrations; this is an essential book for anyone.   The content of this manual is unmatched in depth; knowledge is drawn from hundreds of years, thousands of man hours, and first hand operational experience.  If you are a trainer this manual is the corner stone which to build a survival training program.  Learning survival skills will reduce fear of the unknown and give you ...

Releasedatum: 2011-05-01 35,00 kr

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson’s passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It...

Releasedatum: 2021-02-05 5,00 kr

With one famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere and it is everything. In this newly updated and engaging introduction, renowned scientist Vaclav Smil explores energy in all its facets – from the inner workings of the human body to what we eat, the car we drive and the race for more efficient and eco-friendly fuels. Energy: A Beginner's Guide highlights the importance of energy in both past and present societies, by shedding light on the ...

Releasedatum: 2017-01-05 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 75,00 kr

Vi nygamla odlare är snåla, envisa, skeptiska, nyfikna och bryr oss inte så mycket om vad andra tycker. Vi odlar för att äta och för att känna oss oberoende men även för att grönsaker är fascinerande och vackra, och att dra stenhårda gränser mellan det vackra och det funktionella är ändå ointressant eftersom de flesta blommor är ätliga och dessutom har medicinska egenskaper. När du väl blivit odlingsintresserad – vilket inträffar, utan undantag, första gången ett frö du...

Releasedatum: 2014-03-25 109,00 kr

The Lions of Londolozi tracks the lives of a particular pride of lions over the last 14 years. It proposes a fascinating interpretation of events, lying somewhere between academic and anthropomorphic, offering an un-obscured view into the secretive lives of Africa’s most majestic cat. Combined with glorious full-page colour photographs, maps and family trees this book touches on numerous aspects of lion behaviour and design: prides, coalitions, territories, hunting, breeding, communication, in...

Releasedatum: 2012-11-21 99,00 kr

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1. A Book of Magic! - Adam Bannister has written a book that is truly magic! In this book he combines a wonderfully personal point of view, unique insights and world-class photography. The reader gains a brief insight into the life of a special group of lions - The Tsalala Pride - and their triumphs and tribulations. As the author says ... its a tough life! The book adds so many dimensions to an understanding of a few years of a pride of lionesses and what can happen - because what can happen will happen to this group. The author chronicles all this in a loving and deeply personal style - yet one where he recognizes his role as a chronicler and observer. The Tsalala Pride live their lives on their own terms. As it should be. It is a priviledge to join the ride!
2012-11-27

J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands – peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them. Including original diaries from which The Peregrine was written an...

Releasedatum: 2011-06-09 59,00 kr

A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that huma...

Releasedatum: 2010-03-01 139,00 kr

This book must not be ignored. It really is our final warning. Mark Lynas delivers a vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist. And it’s only looking worse. We are living in a climate emergency. But how much worse could it get? Will civilisation collapse? Are we already past the point of no return? What kind of future can our children expect? Rigorously cataloguing the very latest climate science, Mark Lynas explores the course w...

Releasedatum: 2020-04-16 149,00 kr

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. “A meditation on solitude, wildness and survival.” — The Wall Street Journal In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation w...

Releasedatum: 2017-03-07 109,00 kr

Follow Robert Macfarlane to the furthest corners of the globe.... A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019 WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020 'You'd be crazy not to read this book' The Sunday Times A Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century In Underland , Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age...

Releasedatum: 2019-05-02 115,00 kr

This third, revised, edition of the definitive study of Lake Tanganyika cichlids discusses and illustrates more species than any previous publication. Basing his study on more than 1000 hours of underwater observations all over the lake, the author characterizes the species by their habitat preferences, distribution, feeding and breeding behavior, and coloration.  For more than a century the cichlids of Lake Tanganyika have been a focus of scientific attention, and many interesting facts re...

Releasedatum: 2015-03-15 269,00 kr

Revised Edition with New Afterword from the Author Time #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Over 3 million copies sold in 35 Languages "On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. Cleans them right off the face of the earth. They all go." What if mankind disappeared right now, forever... what would happen to the Earth in a week, a year, a millennium? Could the planet's climate ever...

Releasedatum: 2012-08-31 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 129,00 kr

This Fixed Format comprehensive eBook is the essential companion to bird-watching for use in the field or at home. The guide features 500 species of birds found in Britain, and also includes Europe's resident birds and regular migrants and key vagrants from North America and Asia. Background information on bird structure and topography, fieldcraft, habitats, bird orders and families is provided and each species entry includes at least one full-colour illustration, beautifully presented by leadin...

Releasedatum: 2009-07-31 55,00 kr

This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies. First published as a lavish colour coffeetable book, this new expanded paperback edition has double the o...

Releasedatum: 2010-04-07 115,00 kr

An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of ‘High Tide’. Picture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are now. On the edge of Greenland, rivers ten times the size of the Amazon are gushing off the ice sheet into the north Atlantic. Displaced victims of North Africa's drought establish a new colony on Greenla...

Releasedatum: 2009-04-03 59,00 kr

*A Times, Financial Times, Observer and Nature Book of the Year* We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope - but only if we listen to the science before it's too late. In The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg has gathered the wisdom of over one hu...

Releasedatum: 2022-10-27 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 209,00 kr

How should we treat non-human animals? In this immensely powerful and influential book (now with a new introduction by Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari), the renowned moral philosopher Peter Singer addresses this simple question with trenchant, dispassionate reasoning. Accompanied by the disturbing evidence of factory farms and laboratories, his answers triggered the birth of the animal rights movement. 'An extraordinary book which has had extraordinary effects... Widely known as the bible of th...

Releasedatum: 2015-10-01 159,00 kr

I wanted to know what they were experiencing, and why to us they feel so compelling, and so-close. This time I allowed myself to ask them the question that for a scientist was forbidden fruit: Who are you? Weaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about the brain, Carl Safina's landmark book offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and nonhuman animals. In Beyond Words , readers travel to Amboseli National Park in the thr...

Releasedatum: 2015-07-14 115,00 kr

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass , Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert). Drawing on her life as an indigenous sci...

Releasedatum: 2013-09-16 95,00 kr

Read all about the fascinating world of sharks. There are over 500 species of sharks, and there is a great deal of diversity among them. Sharks include the world's largest fish, the Whale Shark, as well as some as small as a few inches. Most are predators, but a few filter plankton from the seawater.

Releasedatum: 2012-05-12 35,00 kr

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. This is the perfect pocket guide for nature enthusiasts keen to identify the most commonly seen trees, whether they are out on the town or strolling through the countryside. Authoritative text, beautiful photographs and detailed illustrations show not only the overall shape of the tree but also details of leaf shape, flowers, fruits and bark. Features both deciduous and evergre...

Releasedatum: 2012-04-12 35,00 kr

Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.   The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells called “mycelium”--the fruit of which are mushrooms--recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other essential elements as they break down plant and animal debris in the creation of rich new s...

Releasedatum: 2005-10-01 129,00 kr

Richard Feynman Collection 4 Books: "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character, Six Easy Pieces, QED, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. - "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character. A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimi...

Releasedatum: 2018-05-11 249,00 kr

Vandring ger dig naturupplevelser du aldrig kommer attglömma. På ett enkelt och roligt sätt visar Vandra vägen uti naturen. Det behöver inte vara dyrt, långväga eller kräva massor av förberedelser om det inte är så du vill ha det. Med den här boken kommer du snabbt igång och får denkunskap som behövs för att ta första steget mot drömvandringen, oavsett om det är en första övernattning i tält eller att bestiga Kebnekaise. Boken inspirerar till kortare och längre vandringar,...

Releasedatum: 2018-06-08 115,00 kr

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time ever, an international coalition of leading researchers, scientists and policymakers has come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. All of the techniques described here - some well-known, some you may have never heard of - are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are already enacting them. From revolutionizing how we produce and consume food to educating girls in lower-income countries, these a...

Releasedatum: 2018-02-22 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 159,00 kr

The Times Science Book of the Year. A Sunday Times Bestseller. 66 million years ago the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the earth. Today, Dr. Steve Brusatte, one of the leading scientists of a new generation of dinosaur hunters, armed with cutting edge technology, is piecing together the complete story of how the dinosaurs ruled the earth for 150 million years. The world of the dinosaurs has fascinated on book and screen for decades – from early science fiction classics like The Lost Wor...

Releasedatum: 2018-05-03 59,00 kr

Two Groundbreaking Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future of Our Planet 'Does the earth’s finite carrying capacity mean economic growth has to stop? That momentous question is the subject of Charles Mann’s brilliant book.' Wall Street Journal In forty years, the population of the Earth will reach ten billion. Can our world support so many people? What kind of world will it be? In this unique, original and important book, Charles C. Mann illuminates the four great challenges w...

Releasedatum: 2018-01-25 85,00 kr

*Now a New York Times Best Seller* Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were killed by orcas in marine parks, Hargrove decided that SeaWorld's wildly popular programs were both detr...

Releasedatum: 2015-03-24 105,00 kr

Each year, hundreds of people set out across North America determined to set a new record in a spectacularly competitive event. Is it tennis? Golf? Racing? Poker perhaps? No, it's bird-watching, and a contest known as the Big Year - a grand, gruelling, expensive (and occasionally vicious) 365-day marathon to identify the most species. THE BIG YEAR is the rollicking chronicle of the 275,000-mile odyssey of three unlikely adventurers who take their bird-watching so seriously it nearly kills them. ...

Releasedatum: 2011-12-08 159,00 kr

“Each new page [is] more spellbinding than the one before—this is surely one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read.”—Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs When Bernd Heinrich decided to write a memoir of his ultramarathon running experience he realized that the preparation for the race was as important, if not more so, than the race itself. Considering the physiology and motivation of running from a scientific point of view, he wondered what he could learn...

Releasedatum: 2009-10-06 115,00 kr

Philosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that "man" is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position, Kelly Oliver proves that, in fact, it is the animal that teaches us to be human. Through their sex, their habits, and our perception of their purpose, animals show us how not to be them. This kinship plays out in a number of ways. We sacrifice animals to establish human kinship, but without the animal, the bonds of "brotherhood" fall apart. Either kinship wi...

Releasedatum: 2009-10-08 309,00 kr

Kan du äta röksvamp och går det att smaksätta glass med rödgul trumpetsvamp? Vilken vildplockad svamp är nästan omöjlig att skilja från tillagad kyckling? Var kan du plocka världens dyraste matsvamp i Sverige och hur kokar du egentligen en hummersoppa utan att använda några skaldjur? Och kanske det viktigaste av allt: Hur gör du den perfekta svamptoasten? I uppföljaren till succéboken Vildplockat ger Niki Sjölund svar på dessa frågor samtidigt som han inspirerar oss att gå ut ...

Releasedatum: 2021-04-30 109,00 kr

Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown. Now you can become part of the movement - and together, we can make history. It's time. This is our last chance to do anything about the global climate and ecological emergency. Our last chance to save the world as we know it. Now or never, we need to be radical. We need to rise up. And we need to rebel. Extinction Rebellion is a global activist movement of ordinary people, demanding action from Government...

Releasedatum: 2019-06-13 Genre:Vetenskap och natur 85,00 kr