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This popular series of pocket guides is designed to take visitors away from the tourist centres and out into the countryside, exploring by private or public transport, or on foot.

The Living World, illustrated with over 1,100 full-color photographs, is an account of the Earth's eleven major habitat types, each of which is described in terms of its climate and vegetation, with a brief explanation of its natural formation and later modification at the hands of humankind. The main thrust of the book concerns the characteristic animals of each habitat, and the physical and biochemical adaptations that enable them to survive in the extremes of freezing polar regions, scorching deserts, or fathomless depths of the oceans.

This guide to Malta, Gozo and Comina includes: topographical walking maps; fold-out touring maps; many short walks and picnic suggestions - suitable for hot summer days and for those with young children; and an update service with specific route-change information.

Part of the Landscapes Countryside Guides series, this pocket guide book to the Picos de Europa and Northern Spain is designed to take visitors away from the tourist centres and out into the countryside, exploring by private or public transport, or on foot. The book is divided into three sections: car tours (with a full colour pull-out touring map), picnics, and walks for all ages and abilities. It contains up-to-date timetables for public transport and is illustrated in colour. All walks are mapped out in full colour, in the style of British Ordnance Survey maps.

Grunfeld writes here with style and perception about the mountains, the deserts, the wild Mediterranean coasts and the remote green valleys of Galicia, bringing alive the beauty of the country and the glorious diversity of its wildlife from eagles to flamingos, from chamois to wild cats and wolves. Maps and indexes. 210 photos, 110 in color.

Describes shark behavior and different kinds of sharks.

This guide conveys a knowledge of the remotest regions of Spain, which stands unique in the range of its natural and physical features, the extremes of its scenery and climate, and the variety and size of its wilderness areas. Douglas Botting is the author of Wild Britain and Wild France.

This is a compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide for any birdwatcher visiting China and Hong Kong.This area is one of the world's top destinations for birdwatchers. A total of 252 species is described here in detail, from the magestic Black-crowned Night Heron to the striking Large Niltava. All of these birds are clearly illustrated in a collection of specially commissioned colour photographs.With almost 300 full-colour photographs, easy-to-use thumbnail family silhouettes, a regional distribution map and handy tips on the best birding localities, this guide is an invaluable aid for any birdwatcher visiting the region.