From spotting Britain's five kinds of owl to gardening by the phases of the moon, and from curing a cold to brewing your own ale, this book features instructions and lists, ancient customs and old wives tales.

Features facts, practical diagrams and explanations about weather phenomena and why they form. This title includes: weather systems - electrical storms, cyclones and the good-old British drizzle; weather tales - from raining frogs in Sussex, to ball lightning and sand storms in the East Midlands; and, weather forecasts.

A runaway Top Ten hardback bestseller becomes a must-have non-fiction paperback for summer 2007.

From the author of the bestselling THE CLOUDSPOTTER'S GUIDE comes the essential aid for everyday cloudspotting

New Naturalist Dartmoor explores the complex and fascinating history of one of southern England's greatest National Parks, an area of enormous interest to naturalists and tourists alike.

Features nature activities, ideas and information. This book tells how you can go pishing for birds; become a bat detective; take a city safari; find snakes and lizards; identify spiders and their webs; look for owl pellets; make nettle soup or itching powder from rosehips; and, make a bark rubbing, and an elder-stem peashooter.

There is so much to know about the ever changing natural world, but it's impossible to remember what we have ever learnt about the range of subjects encompassed by the term 'nature'. This guide to the natural world is suitable for those who want to relearn the most important and interesting facts about our fascinating environment.

Showcases some of our planet's most spectacular natural events and the global climatic phenomena which transform entire landscapes, drawing in millions of animals and determining their fate. This work shows how powerful natural forces can drive chain reactions involving everything from microscopic organisms to entire tracts of rainforest.

From the middle of the last Ice Age and the arrival of Scotland's first settlers around 9,000 years ago, this title traces the fascinating story of the often dramatic changes in weather and climate that have played an important role in shaping Scotland's history to the present day.

From the Thames to the Telford, the Wear to the Wellsbourne; from canoe adventures to ice-skating, from angling to day-dreaming, this work offers a fresh take on nature writing.

A brand new, fully-illustrated insight into 191 UNESCO Natural Heritage sites, combining absorbing text with full-page, colour photography, to place a revealing spotlight on endangered species and their diverse natural habitats. You will find fact files for each site and a selection of special treks exploring the last sanctuaries of many species.

The Royal Collection, held at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and Holyroodhouse, has been shaped by royal taste over five hundred years. This title introduces the collection's natural history artworks. It represents a period when European knowledge of the world was transformed by voyages of discovery to the farthest reaches of Africa and Asia.

Features twenty episodes about some of the strangest plants and creatures from around the world. This title includes stories that help to find out the real reason why animals sing, the story behind a 150-million-year-old feather and what it is about snakes that really unnerves Sir David.

This journal takes the reader from the coasts and interiors of South America to the South Sea Islands. It displays Darwin's speculative mind at work, posing searching questions about the complex relations between the Earth's structure, animal forms, anthropology and the origins of life itself.

Tells how scientists who were seeking to understand the past arrived at the ingenious techniques they now use to determine the age of objects and organisms. This book shows how scientists used ingenuity and inspiration to construct one of modern science's most significant accomplishments: a timescale for the earth's evolution and human prehistory.

A celebration of British geology - the most varied of any country in the world - from the perspective of a climber and hillwalker.

Featuring full colour photographs, this book displays the sheer beauty of the sky. It covers different aspects from diverse cloud formations, the golden colours of dawn and dusk, spectacular storms and unique weather, and a wide range of meteorological phenomena.

Brings together a collection of aerial photographs of volcanoes around the world. This title features photographs that reveal how volcanic activity shapes the landscape of our planet, explaining the formations and phenomena shown in the photographs.

Teach Yourself Geology is a comprehensive guide to the nature and history of the Earth, covering many key areas such as rocks, minerals and fossils, the implications of limited natural resources and climate change.