An engaging narrative revealing the life of one of the most eccentric and enthusasitic zoologists of the Victorian era
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families in the world, Walter Rothschild became the best known zoologist of his day—and one of Britain's great eccentrics. A benign and enigmatic figure with a boundless enthusiasm for nature, he amassed the largest single accumulation of zoological specimens ever collected by one man, establishing his own private Museum in 1892, now the Natural History Museum at Tring. Walter's extraordinary life traversed the fields of politics and finance as well as zoology and it was packed with achievements and incident. From his involvement with the Balfour Declaration to a prodigious personal scientific output, Walter's life was anything but commonplace. He went up to Cambridge accompanied by a flock of kiwi, drove a team of zebra down Piccadilly and into the forecourt of Buckingham Palace, and was a victim of blackmail for many years. With the help of evocative photographs Miriam Rothschild has produced a compelling narrative which, while demonstrating her personal admiration and affection for her uncle, does not shy away from the complexities and conflicts this remarkable man faced during his life.

Walter Rothschild: The Man, the Museum and the Menagerie

Biographies & Memoirs

ROTHSCHILD, Miriam

Leaders & Notable People

Natural History Museum, London

The Natural History Museum, London is home to one of the world’s most important and comprehensive collections of natural history specimens, literature and artworks. This book is a celebration of over 200 of the Museum’s most exceptional possessions including world-famous specimens and little-known curiosities. The treasures are selected both from objects on display and those stored behind the scenes. Each one is chosen for its scientific importance, striking beauty or intriguing story—and sometimes all three. Among the many exceptional natural wonders featured are: a rare meteorite from Mars; Darwin’s celebrated finch specimens; a lethal claw from the dinosaur Baryonyx; one of the first forms of life on Earth; and some immaculately dressed fleas. The book also includes the magnificent Museum building itself with its many architectural treasures. With intriguing stories behind each entry, Treasures of the Natural History Museum is a fascinating insight into the best of the Museum’s unrivaled collections.

Treasures of the Natural History Museum

Paterson, Vicky

Reference

An up-to-date introduction to the changing surface of the Earth, from the solid crust to the waters, atmosphere, and living things that interact with it
How do natural forces erode and sculpt the Earth's landscape? How are solid rocks worn away and how are they recycled? What influences climate change and what effect does this have on our natural environment? This book explains in accessible language how the planet is being constantly remodeled by powerful natural forces such as wind, water, and ice. It recreates past landscapes and explains how studying the evidence of past climates is a vital part of learning about the Earth's climate system, and how and why change comes about. Packed with color photographs and diagrams, the book reveals how to recognize past events recorded in rocks and considers the challenge of predicting the Earth's future.

Earth's Restless Surface

Science & Math

Janson-Smith, Deirdre

Cressey, Gordon

Fleet, Andrew

Earth Sciences

A collection of arresting images from past years of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition—the international showcase for the very best photography featuring natural subjects
This beautiful book includes 80 specially selected photographs with extended captions that explain where and how each image was taken. The images include previous winning entries and other highly commended photographs and they feature a wide range of natural subjects—from vivid scenes of animal behavior to breathtaking landscapes—that show just how wonderful, dramatic, and awe-inspiring wildlife on Earth is. The book ties in with a major touring photography exhibition, Wild Planet. A panel from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition judge and select the most innovative and imaginative photographic images. The chosen images form an exhibition at the Natural History Museum that tours worldwide throughout the year. The competition is owned by two UK institutions that pride themselves on revealing and championing the diversity of life on Earth: the Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide.

Wild Planet: Celebrating Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Visit the Natural History Museum 100 years ago. Featuring a wealth of stunning black-and-white photographs from the Museum's archives, this book offers a real flavor of life at one of London's oldest and most famous visitor attractions, from Victorian times until just after World War II. The book focuses on the unusual events that have taken place over the years, the characters working at and visiting the Museum, and of course the remarkable specimens. The photographs go back as far as the 1880s, the earliest years of the Museum, when only a few horse-drawn carriages plied the streets of South Kensington and elephants and gorillas from distant parts of the British Empire were exhibited for the first time. In later years the Museum gardens were to be dug over for vegetable production during World War II and whale carcasses were buried in the grounds to allow the flesh to rot away. Ranging from the amazing to the amusing, the images are evocative and brimming with period detail. The authors are senior archivists and well placed to share their knowledge of the stories that lie behind the silver-nitrate surface of the old photographic prints.

Museum Through a Lens: Photographs from the Natural History Museum 1880 to 1950

Snell, Susan

Parry, Polly

History & Criticism

A fun and informative introduction to life in the world’s oceans, packed with fascinating facts, puzzles, games, and 100 reusable stickers
Written and designed for younger readers, this book contains stickers of fish, mammals, amphibians, and invertebrates, from the great white shark to the tiny seahorse. The stickers are accompanied by fun learning pages on the behavior and habitats of the different animals, which explain what they look like, where they live, how they move, and what they eat. There are also some exciting puzzles and games, including a spot-the-difference puzzle, and readers can create their own underwater scene by adding stickers to a colorful double-page landscape spread. Perfect for kids who want to know more about the amazing array of creatures that live underwater, the book is fully checked and approved by the department of zoology at theNatural History Museum, London.

Ocean Sticker Book (Natural History Museum Sticker Books)

Children's Books

Natural History Museum

Animals

Meet Dippy, one of the world's most famous dinosaur replicas 
At over 85 feet long and over 100 years old, Diplodocus has fascinated and enthralled visitors since it was first revealed to an astonished public at the Natural History Museum in London in 1905. The story of how Dippy came to the Museum is one that involves danger and adventure in the harsh environment of the American Wild West, the generosity of an eccentric millionaire, and the involvement of the British royal family. With details of key dinosaur fossil finds and the latest research on Diplodocus anatomy and behaviour, Dippy the tale of a museum icon is both an engaging tale of discovery and a guide to one of the longest land animals ever to walk the Earth. 
 Dippy is an exact plaster replica of the fossilized bones found in the badlands of Wyoming, USA.

Dippy: The Tale of a Museum Icon

Barrett, Dr. Paul

Chapman, Sandra

Unique insight into life at one of the world's favorite museumsHow can the growth of insects help to solve crimes? What did the world look like in the time of the dinosaurs? How do shark experts help Olympic athletes swim faster? Based on the major six-part BBC TV series, this book offers a unique insight into the innovative, dramatic, and often surprising work of this world renowned institution. Many aspects of Museum life are investigated as vaults are opened, world-leading scientists observed, and the public spaces explored. The book also reveals how the Museum maintains, studies, and adds to the ever-growing collections, and why they are such a valuable resource. The book follows Museum scientists in the laboratory and out into the field to find out how they are trying to conserve and catalogue the natural world, and help solve global problems in agriculture, medical, and forensic science. Join botanists in the hunt for the original British bluebell in Spain, discover how Museum experts are tackling disease in Uganda, find out how to spring clean a 100-year-old, 80 foot dinosaur model, and get a glimpse of many of the Museum's amazing treasures along the way.

Museum of Life

Parker,Steve

A unique collection of botanical, zoological, and entomological drawings depicting the natural history of ChinaThis collection is a selection of some of the finest examples of Chinese natural history drawings from the 18th and 19th centuries, many of which have never been published before. Commissioned and collected during the early 19th century by John Reeves and his son, and now housed in the Natural History Museum in London, these outstanding images are important not only for their striking beauty but also for their scientific significance. Sent to China in 1812, John Reeves was a tea inspector for the East India Company and a keen amateur naturalist who commissioned hundreds of scientific drawings from local artists, which were then sent to Britain. Despite often being highly stylized, the images helped to further European knowledge of Chinese natural history during a time when access to the country was severely restricted. Through their dedicated and enthusiastic work, Reeves and his son helped pave the way for some of the great explorers and collectors that followed.

Chinese Art and the Reeves Collection (Images of Nature)

Magee, Judith

A celebration of country living and how to get involved with the land and the food that you eatAs well as more than 80 recipes for traditional British farmhouse dishes, this collection also offers information about gathering wild food, keeping chickens, growing salads, pickling, preserving, and much more. Jimmy takes you from the farmyard and back garden, into the fields, hedgerows, and woods and back to the kitchen, barbeque, or open fire to prepare a feast of wild foods, home-grown produce, and quality local ingredients. Recipes include Pork Scratchings, Shepherd's Pie, Dandelion and Bacon Salad, Trout with Rosemary, Elderflower Fritters, Foil-Baked Camembert, Baked Oranges in Rum, Lavender and Honey Lamb, and Ginger Rice Pudding. Whether you live in the town or in the countryside, the lifestyle captured here guarantees your very own taste of the good life. Includes dual measurements.

A Taste of the Country: A Traditional Farmhouse Cookbook By a Very Twenty-first-century Farmer

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Doherty, Jimmy

Regional & International

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