Erin McCloskey Libros

The British Columbia Nature Guide lets you discover the wondrous diversity of nature that lies right outside your front door. Whether you live in the city or the country, hundreds of species of plants and animals share your living space. Why not get to know the neighbors? Covering every inch of BC's incredibly varied landscape, this book teaches you to identify 406 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses and ferns: * Colour illustrations of each species * Native uses of plants * Animal behaviour * Ecology and range * Similar species cross-referenced * Colour maps showing ecoregions, parks and nature areas across BC.

This easy-to-use field guide will help even the novice birder identify the species encountered in backyards and along wilderness trails across North Carolina. Over 80 different birds are featured, complete with color illustrations, photographs of eggs, and extensive natural history. The author is the mountain area biologist for the Audubon Society in North Carolina and a life-long birder.

The World Volunteers Guide lists nearly 200 organizations worldwide for people who want to work in international humanitarian projects but don't know where to begin. Opportunities are from 2 weeks to 2 years or more. The guide lists projects suitable for students or people with no professional experience and projects for experts in their professional field. The guide offers explanations of the different kinds of work and job duration according to age, experience, and time availability. An extended annotated list of Internet resources allows the reader to find hundreds of additional volunteer organizations, beyond what is listed in the guidebook. Two indexes allow the reader to select organizations according to geographical area and aid sector. For each organization, the guide offers a brief description of the work, a list of countries where it operates, the skills and languages required and/or previous training required, the cost and benefits for the volunteer, the minimum and maximum duration of the volunteering period, and the application procedure. The Green Volunteers Guide lists over 200 projects worldwide for those who want to experience active conservation work as a volunteer. Projects are yearround in a variety of habitats and countries. Lasting from one week to one year or more, these projects involve research on wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation centers, volunteer work in national parks and protected areas, as well as general conservation work with a variety of species, both marine and terrestrial. The guide offers 3 indexes that help prospective volunteers easily choose their favorite project, and are indexed by geographical location, animal species, or project cost. Most projects are open to anyone, despite experience or language requirements. As an added feature, anyone who purchases a Volunteers guide can receive free updates via the Internet through an individual password distributed inside each guidebook.

Atemberaubende Panoramen und beeindruckende Detailansichten dieses umfangreichen Bildbandes formen ein begeisterndes Porträt der wilden Schönheit Kanadas und seiner unterschiedlichen Landschaften. Zwischen der stürmischen Küste Neufundlands, den eisigen Landstrichen am Polarmeer und den zerklüfteten Ufern am Pazifik breitet sich ein Kontinent aus, der sowohl die Einsamkeit unberührter, nahezu menschenleerer Landschaften wie auch pulsierende Städte und hoch entwickelte Industriezentren aufweist. Die Flying High Serie bietet Luftbildaufnahmen höchster Qualität von international renommierten Fotografen. Aus der Luft entdeckt der Leser die verborgene Vielfalt der Länder und erblickt überwältigende Horizonte, die erst die ungewöhnliche Perspektive sichtbar macht.