A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of Bali is a photographic identification guide to all 89 reptile and amphibian species of Bali.
High-quality photographs from the region’s top nature photographers, are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits, occurrence and whether they are dangerous. The user-friendly introduction covers conservation, how to deal with snake bites, identification of body parts and a glossary. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the reptiles of Bali encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific names.
Dr Ruchira Somaweera is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia. His research work broadly focuses on the ecology and conservation of tropical reptiles, especially crocodilians and sea snakes. He is also a managing director of Aaranya Wilderness Odysseys that conducts specialized wildlife expeditions in Indonesia.
Specification • 180 x 128 mm (7 x 5”) • 176 pages • 40,000 words approx. • 200–300 photographs • ISBN 978-1-912081-25-7 • £12.99 paperback • Available
A Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka is a fully comprehensive field guide to the 462 bird species seen in Sri Lanka. With photographs from the author and the region’s other top-quality nature photographers, each species is illustrated, including variants where relevant. The guide is focused on field use to help beginners and experts identify species.
The main identifying features of each species are described and key facts cover size, habitat, distribution, voice and status in the country. Distribution maps provide an at-a-glance view of where the birds can be found. The book also includes information on climate and topography, orders and families, residents, migrants, endemics, vagrants and highly scarce migrants, topography and the key birdwatching sites. The checklist provides complete information on the local status of each species.
Specifications • 210 x 148 mm (8¼ x 6”) • 296 pages • 65,000 words approx. • 650 photographs
• ISBN 978-1-909612-83-9 • £19.99 paperback • Publication (2nd edition) September 2019
The plant world of the Mediterranean region is remarkable for its great diversity of species and forms. This user-friendly pocket nature guide is organized by colour to help identify over 500 commonly seen flowers, shrubs, trees, grasses and ferns. Detailed descriptions give the common and scientific names as well as the flowering time. They also provide information on characteristic features, occurrence and distribution.
As an extra at-a-glance aid over 45 eye-catching ornamental plants are featured on the flaps.
The book covers every country with a Mediterranean coastline, including France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Morocco.
Ingrid and Peter Schönfelder are a husband-and-wife team: Ingrid studied pharmacy and Peter biology and geography. Peter Schönfelder lectures in botany at the University of Regensburg in Germany.
• 180 x 110 mm (7″ x 4 1/3″) • 320 pages
• 870 photos • 40,000 words
• ISBN 978-1-912081-70-7 • £16.99 paperback
• Available
The Indo-Pacific region is the dream destination for all SCUBA divers and snorkellers. The coral reefs in this region are bursting with marine life and are home to more animal species than any other diving spot in the world – more than 40 per cent of all coral reef fishes known worldwide. Added to this, the waters are crystal-clear, giving the best chance of viewing the underwater stars.
Top-quality, close-up photographs of each species (in some cases including juvenile or sub-adult variants) are accompanied by detailed information listing identifying features, size, biology and distribution. The introductory section focuses on specific types of behaviour, such as mimicry, cleaning stations and the symbiotic relationships between various species. The species descriptions that follow are grouped in three chapters on fishes, invertebrates, and reptiles and sea mammals. Covering Mauritius, Seychelles, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia and describing over 800 species, this book is an invaluable identification guide.
Dr Matthias Bergbauer is an ocean biologist and works at Munich University. Manuela Kirschner is a successful underwater photographer with awards from national and international photography competitions. Together, they co-authored the bestselling Diving & Snorkelling Guide to Tropical Marine Life, also published by John Beaufoy Publishing.
Specifications • 213 x 150 mm (81/2 x 6”) • 352 pages • 60,000 words
• ISBN 978-1-912081-34-9 • £19.99 paperback • Available
“The Golden Chersonese”, named after the ancient name given to the Malay Peninsula by the Greek scholar, Ptolemy, is a collection of 23 letters written by Isabella Bird to her sister Hennie in Scotland
Isabella Bird, an Englishwoman whose extensive travels and writings earned her the first female membership of the Royal Geographical Society, visited Malaya, Singapore, Indo-China and Hong Kong in 1879. Her detailed descriptions of the Malay Peninsula in the 1870s are in startling contrast to present-day Malaysia and Singapore, and provide a fascinating account of many aspects of the region, including the people, culture, landscapes, and wildlife, all described with the Victorian stiff upper lip typical of her time.
Stanfords Travel Classics feature some of the finest historical travel writing in the English language, with authors hailing from both sides of the Atlantic. Every title has been reset in a contemporary typeface to create a series that every lover of fine travel literature will want to collect and keep.
Specifications: 198 x 129 mm (7 3/4 x 5”) • 320 pages
• ISBN 978-1-912081-71-4 • £9.99 paperback • Available
“Following the Equator” the fifth and arguably the most interesting of Mark Twain’s travel narratives, is the one that most bears out the declaration that he once wrote to his mother: “I am wild with impatience to move – move – Move!”
Mark Twain enjoyed immense public popularity during his lifetime, and was already one the best-known authors in America when, in 1895, he set out on a worldwide lecture tour, undertaken to help him recover from bankruptcy following the failure of his publishing company. Starting in Paris, he journeyed across America to Vancouver, and thence, via Hawaii and Fiji, to Australia and New Zealand, in both of which countries he travelled widely. At the end of the year, he sailed from Sydney to Colombo, and became captivated by the Indian sub-continent, its people and their customs. Arriving in South Africa four months after the Jameson Raid, he had ample opportunity to employ his acerbic wit on the deteriorating relationship between the British and the Afrikaaners.
Stanfords Travel Classics feature some of the finest historical travel writing in the English language. Each title has been reset in a contemporary typeface to create a series that every lover of fine travel literature will want to collect and keep.
Specifications: 198 x 129 mm (7 3/4 x 5”) • 560 pages
• ISBN 978-1-912081-72-1 • £14.99 paperback • Available
This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 tree and shrub species most commonly seen in India is perfect for resident and visitor alike.
High quality photographs from India’s top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the trees and shrubs of India encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, its status in each state as well as its global IUCN status as at 2015.
Pradeep Sachdeva is an eminent architect. He specialises in landscape projects indulging his passion for trees, which he has extensively researched and photographed. His colleague, Vidya Tongbram is an enthusiastic tree-spotter and photographed.
• 180 x 128 mm (7 x 5”) • 176 pages • 40,000 words approx. • 200–300 photographs
• ISBN 978-1-909612-82-2 • £9.99 paperback • Available
A photographic identification guide to the 280 butterfly species most commonly seen in India.
High quality photographs from India’s top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the butterflies of India encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, its status in the country as well as its global IUCN status as at 2015.
Peter Smetacek has studied butterflies all his life. He founded the Butterfly Research Centre at Bhimtal, Uttarakhand and recently published a Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (edited together with R.K. Varshney), the first publication to list all of the butterfly species occurring in India.
• 180 x 128 mm (7 x 5”) • 176 pages
• 40,000 words approx. • 200–300 photographs
• ISBN 978-1-909612-79-2
• £9.99 paperback • Available
A Naturalist’s Guide to the Mammals of India is an introductory photographic identification guide to 280 mammal species most commonly seen in India.
High quality photographs from India’s top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the mammals of India encompassing, for each species, its common
and scientific name, its status in the country as well as its global IUCN status as at 2015.
Bikram Grewel grew up in the dense evergreen forests of India’s north-east where he first developed his love for nature. He gave up his full-time publishing career to devote his time to the conservation of Indian wildlife, especially working on rare birds. He also acts as a consultant on eco-tourism. He is a trustee of the Wildlife Preservation Society of India (WPSI). He was awarded the Lifetime Award for spreading awareness about birds and conservation in India.
• 180 x 128 mm (7 x 5”) • 176 pages • 40,000 words approx. • 200–300 photographs
• ISBN 978-1-913679-20-0 • £12.99 paperback • Publication October 2022
“A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains” gives a fascinating description of life in the untamed Colorado Territory at a time when it was only notionally under the control of the American authorities, having been brutally seized from the Indians. Her intrepid journeys through remote areas are relayed in the form of fluent, achingly beautiful, highly spirited letters written to her sister.
They tell of magnificent unspoiled landscapes, of small remote townships, of her encounters with rattlesnakes, wolves, pumas and grizzly bears and her reactions to the volatile pioneer settlers as they came to terms with their isolation, poverty and difficulties as immigrants in the wake of the Civil War. These letters, first published in 1879, were enormously popular in Bird’s own lifetime and remain as wonderfully vivid and powerful as ever.
Isabella Bird, an Englishwoman whose extensive travels and writings earned her the first female membership of the Royal Geographic Society, visited the Rocky Mountains alone during the autumn of 1873.
Stanfords Travel Classics feature some of the finest historical travel writing in the English language. Each title has been reset in a contemporary typeface to create a series that every lover of fine travel literature will want to collect and keep.
Specifications: • 198 x 129 mm (7 3/4 x 5”) • 192 pages
• ISBN 978-1-912081-00-4 • £7.99 paperback • Available