Collection: Reference

Biographical Dictionary of Republican China is a biographical dictionary in four-volumes, often abbreviated as BDRC or referred to as "Boorman." It was published from 1967 to 1971 by Columbia University Press, edited by Howard L. Boorman, Director of the Research Project on Men and Politics in Mo...

Offers a holistic view of biological science.

Andrew Zuckerman turns his camera lens upon winged creatures. Containing more than 160 photographs of nearly 75 different bird species from swallows to endangered penguins, each bird is depicted with rare sensitivity, insight, humour, and wonder

To create this edition of Audubon's masterpiece, the Natural History Museum's own original edition was disbound and each of the 435 beautiful hand-coloured prints was specially photographed. The artworks are accompanied by scientific descriptions