John Beaufoy Publishing

NATURAL HISTORY · DIVING & UNDERWATER · HISTORY · TRAVEL

Jbp logoJohn Beaufoy Publishing is an independent non-fiction book publisher based in Oxford, England, specialising in the fields of natural history, history and travel. Within these categories, we have a strong subsidiary focus on publishing books about the Indo-Pacific region, including South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia. Our books are available from good booksellers around the world.

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A Field Guide to the Snakes of Australia

Tie Eipper & Scott Eipper

A Field Guide to the Snakes of Australia is a fully comprehensive field guide to all 241 species and subspecies of snake found in Australia; covering file snakes, pythons, colubrids, natracids, elapids, marine elapids, homalopsids and blindsnakes. With photographs from the authors and other top nature photographers, each species is illustrated, some with multiple images, […]

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A Naturalist’s Guide to the Birds of Australia (4th)

Dean Ingwersen

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Birds of Australia is an easy-to-use introductory photographic guide to 280 bird species seen in Australia, including the most commonly seen and rare endemic species. High quality photographs from the author and other top Australian nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and […]

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A Naturalist’s Guide to Dangerous Creatures of Australia (2nd)

Scott Eipper & Peter Rowland

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Dangerous Creatures of Australia is an easy-to-use introductory photographic guide to 280 species of dangerous creature commonly encountered in Australia. The species include terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, snakes and other reptiles, birds and mammals. High quality photographs are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, […]

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A Naturalist’s Guide to the Butterflies & Moths of Aotearoa NZ

Carey Knox

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Butterflies & Moths of Aotearoa New Zealand is an easy-to-use introductory identification guide to 361 species of butterfly and moth found in Aotearoa New Zealand High-quality photographs from the author and the regions’ top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitats, […]

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A Naturalist’s Guide to the Butterflies of Hong Kong

Jason Mann

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Butterflies of Hong Kong is a photographic identification guide to 235 butterfly species found in Hong Kong (99.9% coverage), and is perfect for resident and visitor alike. There is much to enjoy, whether an armchair reader, casual hiker or long-time expert. The swallowtails of Hong Kong, for example, are widespread […]

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A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Sri Lanka

Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Sri Lanka begins with an overview of Sri Lanka’s climate and geography, its wildlife habitats, and phylogenetic groups. Key mammal watching sites are listed. The main part of the book contains concise species descriptions of 450 birds, 122 mammals, 330 butterflies and other insects, 72 reptiles and amphibians, […]

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A Naturalist’s Guide to the Mammals of Southeast Asia (3rd)

Chris R. Shepherd and Loretta Ann Shepherd

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Mammals of Southeast Asia is a photographic identification guide to 129 species of mammal commonly found in Southeast Asia (covering Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam). High quality photographs from some of the region’s top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which […]

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Exploring the Philippines

Nigel Hicks

Exploring the Philippines presents an ideal itinerary through 30 locations across the country, running roughly north to south. All of the country’s most famous locations are included, not only Manila and Cebu City of course, but also the island resort of Boracay, the famous rice terraces of Banaue and Baguio, the mountain capital. Other locations […]

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Blue Skies Guide: Philippines (2nd)

Nigel Hicks

Blue Skies Guide: Philippines is a brand new pocket-sized guidebook for the modern traveller, with the added bonus of information about natural and wildlife, and where to find them. In three parts, the first section describes the major highlights and the natural environment, with details on where and how to explore nature and the wildlife […]

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