Fw: NEW by Sean Dooley "Anoraks to Zitting Cisticola" plus others from Andrew I sles Books [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Forwarding info I've  received
 that may be of interest to some,
Muriel


 
> Hello from Andrew Isles Natural History Books.
> 
> FORTHCOMING - Following the success of "The big twitch",
Sean 
> Dooley presents a  
> guide to the secret world of birdwatching - "Anoraks to 
> Zitting Cisticola: a  
> whole lot of stuff about birdwatching". Due for release in 
> October this book  
> offers, often amusing, insights into the language, behaviour, 
> haunts and habits  
> of both birders and birds. Sean will be signing copies for 
> us, so order now to  
> secure a signed copy. Signed copies of "The big twitch"
will 
> also be available.  
> 
> 
> Another great bird book due for release this year is Les 
> Christidis and Walter  
> Boles long awaited "Systematics and taxonomy of Australian 
> birds". This book is  
> due to arrive in November.
> 
> JUST ARRIVED - Two quality publications are now in stock, 
> "Speciation in birds"  
> by Trevor Price and "Remarkable birds: 100 of the world's 
> most unmissable birds"  
> by Stephen Moss.
> 
> More details of the books can be found below and in the 
> attached list, which  
> includes links to our website. If you wish to place an order 
> please use our  
> convenient and secure shopping cart.
> 
> Kind regards
> Andrew Isles
> 
> *** FORTHCOMING BIRD BOOKS ***
> 
> [26439] Dooley, Sean. Anoraks to Zitting Cisticola: a whole 
> lot of stuff about  
> birdwatching. Crows Nest: 2007. Octavo, paperback, 192 pp.  
> AU$25.00 FORTHCOMING, due October 2007. Following the success 
> of <I>The big twitch</I>,  
> Sean Dooley presents a guide to the secret world of 
> birdwatching from how to  
> look cool in binoculars to how not to get stuck with a bird 
> bore. Some signed  
> copies will be available
> 
> [23921] Dooley, Sean. The big twitch: one man, one continent, 
> a race against  
> time - a true story about birdwatching. Crows Nest: 2005. 
> Octavo, paperback, 322  
> pp.  AU$27.00
> This is the story of a quest to see 700 Australian birds in a 
> year. A must read  
> for any birdwatcher.
> 
> [26493] Christidis, Les and Walter Boles. Systematics and 
> taxonomy of  
> Australian birds. Collingwood: 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, 248 
> pp.  AU$60.00 FORTHCOMING, due November 2007. Based on the 
> authors' original book <I>The  
> taxonomy and species of birds of Australia and its 
> territories</I>, it includes  
> any new species for which records have been accepted by the 
> Records Appraisal  
> Committee of Birds Australia. It also includes all extant and 
> recently extinct  
> (post-1800) native species, as well as new species, accepted 
> vagrants and  
> introduced species that have become established and continue 
> to survive in the  
> wild.
> 
> *** BIRD BOOKS JUST ARRIVED ***
> 
> [26117] Moss, Stephen. Remarkable birds: 100 of the world's 
> most unmissable  
> birds. London: 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, 208 pp., colour 
> photographs.  
> AU$55.00
> Published in association with BirdLife International. 
> Beautiful photographs  
> support fascinating text which explores the cultural 
> associations of our  
> favourite species and what exactly makes them species. There 
> are also some less  
> well-known species included with interesting conservation 
> stories. The author  
> has been an active birdwatcher all his life and has written 
> several books on the  
> subject.
> 
> [25550] Price, Trevor. Speciation in birds. Greenwood: 
> [2008]. Quarto,  
> paperback, 470 pp., colour illustrations. AU$89.00
> In 1990 Sibley and Monroe compiled a list of the world's 
> birds. On that list were  
> 9,672 species. In what has been something of a taxonomic 
> revolution more have  
> been added as vocalizations have been studied and DNA 
> sequenced. Now there are  
> likely to be close to 10,000 recognized extant species of 
> birds, and many times  
> that number that have gone extinct over the past 145 million 
> years or so since  
> the first known fossil bird, <I>Archeopteryx</I>. This
book 
> summarizes what is  
> known about the origin of these species.
> 
> *** SELECTION OF OTHER BIRDWATCHING BOOKS ***
> 
> [24242] Barnes, Simon. A bad birdwatcher's companion: 50 
> intimate portraits of  
> Britain's best loved birds. London: 2005. Octavo, 
> dustwrapper, 290 pp.   
> AU$30.00
> 
> [24241] Barnes, Simon. How to be a bad birdwatcher. London: 
> 2004. Octavo,  
> dustwrapper, 198 pp.  AU$30.00
> 
> [25996] Cocker, Mark. Birders: tales of a tribe. New York: 
> 2001. Octavo,  
> paperback, 230 pp., remainder mark. AU$12.00 WAS $25 
> 
> [15585] Cocker, Mark. Birders: tales of a tribe. London: 
> 2001. Octavo,  
> dustwrapper, 230 pp.  AU$50.00
> 
> [24373] Koeppel, Dan. To see every bird on earth: a father, a 
> son and a  
> lifelong obsession. London: 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, 278 
> pp.  AU$35.00
> 
> [20503] Moss, Stephen. A bird in the bush: a social history 
> of birdwatching.  
> London: 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, 375 pp.  AU$55.00
> 
> [26423] Obmascik, Mark. The big year: a tale of man, nature, 
> and fowl  
> obsession. New York: 2004. Octavo, paperback, 268 pp. 
> AU$15.00 WAS $25.00 
> 
> [24177] Snetsinger, Phoebe and Douglas H. Pratt. Birding on 
> borrowed time.  
> Colorado Springs: 2003. Octavo, paperback, 307 pp., colour 
> illustrations.  
> AU$35.00
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	[24242] Barnes, Simon. A bad birdwatcher's companion: 50 intimate portraits of Britain's best loved birds. London: 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, 290 pp. AU$30.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 24242]
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	[24241] Barnes, Simon. How to be a bad birdwatcher. London: 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, 198 pp. AU$30.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 24241]
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	[15585] Cocker, Mark. Birders: tales of a tribe. London: 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, 230 pp. AU$50.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 15585]
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	[25996] Cocker, Mark. Birders: tales of a tribe. New York: 2001. Octavo, paperback, 230 pp., remainder mark.AU$12.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 25996]
|Click to display full details and optionally purchase via our secure online Shopping Cart |

	[23921] Dooley, Sean. The big twitch: one man, one continent, a race against time - a true story about birdwatching. Crows Nest: 2005. Octavo, paperback, 322 pp. AU$27.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 23921]
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	[24373] Koeppel, Dan. To see every bird on earth: a father, a son and a lifelong obsession. London: 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, 278 pp. AU$35.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 24373]
|Click to display full details and optionally purchase via our secure online Shopping Cart |

	[20503] Moss, Stephen. A bird in the bush: a social history of birdwatching. London: 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, 375 pp. AU$55.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 20503]
|Click to display full details and optionally purchase via our secure online Shopping Cart |

[26117] Moss, Stephen. Remarkable birds: 100 of the world's most unmissable birds. London: 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, 208 pp., colour photographs.AU$55.00

[When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 26117]

|Click to display full details and optionally purchase via our secure online Shopping Cart |

	[26423] Obmascik, Mark. The big year: a tale of man, nature, and fowl obsession. New York: 2004. Octavo, paperback, 268 pp. AU$15.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 26423]
|Click to display full details and optionally purchase via our secure online Shopping Cart |

	[25550] Price, Trevor. Speciation in birds. Greenwood: [2008]. Quarto, paperback, 470 pp., colour illustrations.AU$89.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 25550]
|Click to display full details and optionally purchase via our secure online Shopping Cart |

	[24177] Snetsinger, Phoebe and Douglas H. Pratt. Birding on borrowed time. Colorado Springs: 2003. Octavo, paperback, 307 pp., colour illustrations.AU$35.00 [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 24177]
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