Nature Watch

from UniPress Books Autumn 2022

by UniPressBooks

Planet Earth

Ferns

A 350-Million-Year Story of Adaptation, Migration & Survival

Ferns are the most remarkable of plants, and their science is both complex and beautiful. They have a unique way of reproducing; they represent 80 percent of living species; and they reveal much about Earth’s evolution. Ferns tells a remarkable science story by tracing their origins to over 350 million years ago. It explores how ferns migrated on to land; how they sought light and interacted within ecosystems; how they survived mass extinctions; and what their ability to adapt can tell us about our warming planet. Written by scientists with a passion for communicating research that is attracting media and social media attention, and illustrated with jewel-like details by an award-winning botanical artist, Ferns has much to say about our world’s botanical past, present, and future.

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About the Authors and illustrator

246 x 190 mm (71/2 x 9¾ in) 192pp four color throughout 100 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 35,000 Fay-Wei Li grew up in Taiwan, and studied for his PhD at Duke University, where he and his advisor, Kathleen Pryer, named a new fern genus Gaga after Lady Gaga. Jacob S. Suissa completed his PhD in Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. As a classically trained botanist and evolutionary biologist, Jacob asks how plants build their bodies, how they function, and how they have evolved across geologic time, with a focus on ferns. Laura Silburn is a botanical artist who has been contributing to the Eden Project Florilegium Society archive since 2010.

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228 x 165 mm (61/2 x 9 in) 192pp four color throughout 100 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 35,000

The Geometry of Clouds

Measuring the Unmeasurable

The wonder of clouds makes children of us all. Their mystery has captivated artists and scientists in equal measure, and appreciation societies are devoted to them. The Geometry of Clouds invents the science of nephology, applying the laws of geometry in an attempt to quantify and measure such wonderfully unmeasurable shapes. It explores the science of clouds, their classification into species, and a geometric approach to defining their forms. It then captures, curates, classifies, and measures every species—arranged in their four familes (low, medium, high, special)—by considering the height, size, shape, arrangement, and movement of their many magical forms. Featuring commissioned illustrations, masterpieces from the past, and math-minded essays, this is an essential addition to every cloud-spotter’s book collection.

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228 x 165 mm (61/2 x 9 in) 224pp four color throughout 120 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

Subterranean

Exploring the World Beneath

Subterranean draws on our imagination and epic quests with the rocks, resources, and engineering that lie beneath our feet. Featuring specially commissioned artwork plates, the book travels to the depths of the Earth to reveal hidden rocks, gems, and precious minerals and the human effort to mine, shape, or tunnel through them. Leading with a narrative flow, the book is full of fascinating insights on subjects from tunnel construction and diamond mining, to earthquakes and shifting sands. Subterranean is a beautifully crafted presentation with high production values that firmly position the book as the ideal buy for underground-lovers everywhere.

About THE AUTHOR

From childhood fossil collecting to science writing, Martin Redfern has always had a passion for our planet and its inner workings. Martin holds a geology degree from University College London and spent more than thirty years as an awardwinning senior producer in the BBC Radio Science Unit. He is the author of several books about Earth Systems science and is a contributor to many other books and magazines. He now lives in the Silurian hills of Radnorshire, UK.

The Lives of Butterflies

A Natural History of Our Planet’s Butterfly Life

Amazing and beautiful, butterflies are not just pretty insects, but have a fascinating life history and play an important role in our planet’s ecosystem, as this book reveals. As well as showcasing their extraordinary range of colors and patterns, The Lives of Butterflies explores such topics as life cycles, behavior, habitat and migration, methods of communication, ecology, and the links between humans and butterflies. With stunning photographs and illustrations as well as profiles of selected species, this comprehensive look at the life and natural history of the butterfly will appeal to nature lovers everywhere.

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

About THE AUTHOR

Dr. David G. James is associate professor of entomology at Washington State University, and developed a passion for the subject at the age of eight, rearing caterpillars in his bedroom. He studied zoology at the University of Salford, UK and then migrated to Australia and completed a PhD on the winter biology of Monarch butterflies. David has published almost 180 peer-reviewed scientific papers on a wide range of entomological subjects, focusing on insect biology and management.

PILOBOLUS CRYSTALLINUS

Hat Thrower

Explosive reproduction

SCIENTIFIC NAME PHYLUM ORDER FAMILY HABITAT Pilobolus crystallinus Zygomycota Mucorales Pilobolaceae Decomposer of animal dung

The dung of grazing mammals is prime habitat for many fungi known collectively as coprophilous. Likewise, the dung of grazing mammals is an excellent place to view a microcosm of many different fungi that will come and go in quick succession. Pilobolus, known as the Hat Thrower, often is the first to colonize and the first to sporulate—usually within just a few days.

This rich cellulosic substrate—poop—is already mechanically broken down, moistened, and the perfect temperature. Fresh dung is quickly colonized by fungi, and just as quickly the nutrition is used up. To be the rst to colonize, this tiny fungus has evolved a fascinating trick. Pilobolus makes sure its spores are already inside the dung when it leaves the animal—they are consumed by grazing animals. This fascinating fungus launches its spores in melanized packets called sporangia, and makes sure to squirt them well outside the “zone of repugnance”—the lush ungrazed grass in the near vicinity of dung. The question remains: how do they do it?

DRAWN TO THE LIGHT

Pilobolus is phototropic and produces tiny stalked fruitbodies (sporangiophores) that support a single apical sporangium spore packet that grow towards light. How they do this is ingenious. The end of the sporangiophore is a bulbous vesicle that lls with liquid, causing it to swell in size. This squirt gun acts as a lens; light shines through the outer wall and is focused on the interior wall, opposite. A photoreceptor transmits a stimulus down the stalk below the vesicle, which reacts by growing more quickly on the side opposite the light source. The result is the sporangiophore bends to take aim in the direction of the light and … the vesicle bursts, hurling the black sporangium towards the light. The tiny Hat Thrower, only an inch tall, can launch a sporangium 8 feet horizontally.

Pilobolus is easy to culture on Petri plates of rabbit dung. When they are nearly mature, remove the top plate and cover with a box to keep them in the dark. If a tiny hole is poked through the box, you can witness the Hat Thrower’s accuracy at hitting a target placed on the table just outside the hole.

Sporangium

Sporangiophore vesicle � Sporangiophores of the Hat Thrower (Pilobolus crystallinus) glisten with droplets of moisture in this macrophotograph. Although the stalk is only a few millimeters in length, the black sporangia can be shot 2 meters away from the substrate.

Form follows function A single sporangiophore is bulbous-shaped and acts as a lens to focus sunlight, causing the sporangiophore to throw its “hat” into a clearing. The black sporangium is a packet of spores, built to withstand the digestive enzymes of herbivorous mammals.

Sporangiophore stalk

SAPROBES AND PARASITES

Beech Orange Fungus

Otherworldly reproductive forms

SCIENTIFIC NAME PHYLUM ORDER FAMILY HABITAT Cyttaria gunnii Ascomycota Cyttariales Cyttariaceae Obligate biotroph of Nothofagus trees

The strange ascomycete Cyttaria are obligate biotrophs of trees in the genus Nothofagus, known as “Southern Beech” (the trees are relatives to witch hazels). Cyttaria species are restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, inhabiting southern South America (Argentina and Chile) and southeastern Australasia (southeastern Australia including Tasmania, and New Zealand). The relationship of this fungus with its host remains unclear; if truly parasitic, it’s only weakly so—maybe it’s beneficial in some way. And it’s hardly the only strange aspect of this fungus.

It was Charles Darwin who rst brought this peculiar fungus to the mycological world’s attention. In 1839 he collected fruitbodies from large cankers on Nothofagus trees during a stop at the southern tip of South America (Tierra del Fuego), during his voyage on the Beagle. Darwin sent his collections to the esteemed mycologist Reverend Miles Berkeley who described the new genus Cyttaria in 1842. Field notes about the ascocarp fruitbodies noted that the indigenous people there collected them as food and even made wine from them. They may resemble alien life forms, but those brightly colored fruitbodies are relatives of morels. Indeed both are apothecia, a sort of cup-shaped ascocarp, with sterile ridges separating the fertile areas.

Since it was discovered, everything about this fungus has been an enigma—its physiology, lifecycle, and what it’s doing inside the host tree. Furthermore, how has Cyttaria spread all across the vast oceans of Southern Hemisphere? To answer this question we need to turn to the eld of study known as phylogeography. It was not until 2010 that Harvard researchers Kristin Peterson and Don P ster found that species of Cyttaria had coevolved—and been geographically isolated on landmasses—with their respective host species of Nothofagus. Thus, species of Cyttaria and Nothofagus have not actually moved anywhere at all… they’ve been stuck with each other since the breakup of Gondwanaland, more than 200 million years ago.

� Most of the year, the fungus resides hidden away inside its tree host. During reproduction, large colorful fruitbodies emerge from gnarly burls on the trunk and branches.

A network of cavities The young fruitbodies are smooth and rm, later developing numerous fertile pits once the membrane bursts. These pits are initially visible as pale areas on the stroma surface, but open at maturity and can be exposed by peeling o the surface layer.

Cross-section of the fruitbody showing the fertile pits

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

The Lives of Fungi

A Natural History of Our Planet’s Decomposers

A mushroom poking up through leaf litter is a find, and a truffle shaving is a sensational hit of umami. Alexander Fleming cured infection with mold and spiritual guides have long used psychedelic mushrooms to enhance understanding. Recently we read of the mycelium strands that network the natural world, decomposing organic matter, and carrying messages for other life forms. We know fungi to be important, both to us and our environment, but how fungi lives, and what it can do, is mysterious and surprising. The Lives of Fungi uses thoughtful graphics, engaging and accessible text, and beautiful photos to lay out the facts. A primer in mycological science, this title is an attractive companion to anyone interested in what makes fungi tick.

About the Author

Britt Bunyard, PhD, is the founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of the mycology journal Fungi. Britt has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, PBS’s NOVA and Wisconsin Foodie television programs; and has been interviewed or quoted in Discover magazine, The Atlantic, Vogue, Forbes, Saveur, Hobby Farm, Women’s World, and other magazines and newspapers. He serves as Executive Director of the Telluride Mushroom Festival. He has coauthored Amanitas of North America, The Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms, and Mushrooms and Macrofungi of Ohio and Midwestern States.

The Lives of Beetles

A Natural History of Our Planet’s Beetle Life

The sheer variety of beetle life is astounding. With over 400,000 known species, beetles alone make up more than a quarter of the world’s animals. Evolved to fit complex ecologies, beetles are ingenious participants in food webs and symbiotic relationships, their appearance the result of evolution’s painstaking response to habitat and other life. This lavishly illustrated book, packed with the latest scientific findings, explains the rich world of beetle behavior, as told by preeminent beetle expert Arthur Evans. He explains their odd-looking anatomies; their unexpected life cycles; and how they feed, reproduce, and parent. Species profiles support each chapter, with stunning imagery of beetle life in situ.

Viruses: A Natural History

As parasites that are often hundreds of times smaller than a bacteria, viruses exist in and on everything, everywhere. Some viruses are agents of disease, but others can be beneficial, helping to protect their hosts from other microbes, or allowing the hosts to function in ways impossible otherwise. Rapidly evolving, viruses are rightly known to be highly opportunistic and relentlessly efficient. To understand viruses, knowledge of their diversity, behaviors, and life cycles is key. Virus/host relationships are varied, and the effects of viral intereactions drive entire ecosystems. Viruses examines these themes and more, using lively text, clear graphics, and beautiful imagery. Each chapter is completed by a series of virus profiles to reflect that section’s focus.

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

About THE AUTHOR

Entomologist Arthur V. Evans, D.Sc., is an author, photographer, lecturer, and radio broadcaster. He teaches at Randolph-Macon College and the University of Richmond, and is also a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution, Virginia Natural History Museum, and California State Collection of Arthropods. He has published forty scientific papers on the systematics and biology of beetles, as well as over 100 popular articles and books on insects and spiders.

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

About THE AUTHOR

Marilyn Roossinck is an Emeritus Professor of Virus Ecology at Penn State University. She received her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and spent nearly thirty-five years in academic settings teaching and studying the ecology and evolution of plant and fungal viruses. Marilyn has authored more than 100 research articles and a similar number of scientific review articles, and is the author of Virus: An Illustrated Guide to 101 Incredible Microbes.

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

The Lives of Seaweed

A Natural History of Our Planet’s Seaweed and Other Algae

As the most photosynthetic organisms on earth, seaweeds and algae provide seventy percent of the world’s oxygen. They also form the base of most marine food webs and are found in almost all moist environments on the planet. With graphics, photos, and accessible text outlining the evolution, morphology, life histories, contexts, and uses of seaweed and algae, this book grants a rare insight into this fascinating algal world.

About the Author

Dr. Julie Phillips is an environmental consultant expert in aquatic ecosystem health, algal blooms, and seaweed communities. An eminent and experienced phycologist, Dr. Phillips’ research is internationally recognized. She has investigated a diverse range of algal projects on reproduction, life histories (in laboratory culture and wild populations), ultrastructure of motile cells, chemical composition of pheromones (sex attractants), taxonomy (describing taxa new to science), biogeography, invasive species, ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

The Lives of Bees

A Natural History of Our Planet’s Bee Life

A beautifully illustrated guide to the diverse and fascinating world of bees from leading experts in the field, The Lives of Bees explores their physiology, behavior, ecology, and evolution, as well as conservation efforts and the impact of human activity on global bee populations. With stunning photographs and illustrations, together with profiles of selected species, this comprehensive look at the life and natural history of bees will appeal to nature lovers everywhere.

About the Authors

Dr. Christina M. Grozinger is the Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology and the Director for the Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State. Dr. Harland Patch is an assistant research professor in the Department of Entomology and director of pollinator programming at the Pollinator and Bird Garden at Penn State.

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

The Lives of Lichens

Successful Miniature Ecosystems

Existing at the intricate margins of life, the 20,000-plus lichen species are generally the result of symbiotic relationships between two entire kingdoms– the algae and the fungi. The fungi offer a moist, sheltered habitat in return for food from the algae and lichens are the evidence of this union. The Lives of Lichens explores the fascinating details of this peculiar organism. Stunning macro-photography and graphics support profiled species and an in-depth exploration of lichen life.

About the Authors

Dr. Robert Lücking is Curator at the Botanic Garden of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, in charge of nearly one million collections of lichens, fungi, and bryophytes. Prof Dr. Toby Spribille is Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Alberta, Canada.

The Lives of Snakes

A Natural History of the World’s Snakes

Descended from prehistoric lizards, snakes have been slithering across the Earth for 100,000 years. They have a remarkably different view of the world, seeing in just two colors, smelling the air with their tongues, and relying on signs of movement for orientation. The Lives of Snakes offers a unique view of this fascinating species, exploring their life cycles, diets, defences ,and locomotive strategies, as well as examining how snakes coexist with humanity.

About the Author

Mark O’Shea MBE has conducted herpetological fieldwork in over thirty countries and is the host of O’Shea’s Big Adventure for Animal Planet, which has aired worldwide since 2003. In 2002 he received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Wolverhampton, UK, where he was appointed Professor of Herpetology in 2018. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorer’s Club of New York.

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

The Lives of Sharks

A Natural History of Shark Life

Ancient and diverse, sharks are the apex predators of the marine world. As notorious hunters, tales of their killer instincts and fiercesomely sharp senses can obscure their full life histories. In fact, sharks are characterful and intelligent, and lead secretive lives full of interest in every type of marine habitat. The Lives of Sharks is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated guide to these iconic marine creatures from two world-renowned experts in this field.

About the Authors

Dr. Daniel C. Abel is Professor of Marine Science at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. His research focuses on the physiology and ecology of sharks and rays. Dr. R. Dean Grubbs is Associate Director of Research of the Coastal and Marine Laboratory at Florida State University.

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246 x 190 mm (73/4 x 91/2 in) 288pp four color throughout 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

The Lives of Octopuses

A Natural History of Our Planet’s Octopus, Squid and Cuttlefish

Dive deep into the fascinating world of cephalopods —octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and the mysterious nautilus —and discover the diverse range of this unique group of intelligent invertebrates and their role in the marine ecosystem. Grouped according to their marine habitat, this book features an extraordinary range of these smart and colorful marine creatures, exploring their life cycles, behavior, methods of communication, adaptations, ecology, links to humans, and much more.

About the Author

Danna Staaf is a freelance science communicator with a PhD in marine biology. Her writing has appeared in Science, KQED, Earther, and io9, and her first book, Squid Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods (now reprinted as Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods), was named one of the best science books of 2017 by NPR. She created the science outreach program Squids4Kids and visits schools at every grade level, as well as venues from museums to libraries to tech companies.

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The Little Book Series

Form, Function & Folklore

The Little Book of Butterflies is one of the first titles in a stunning new series of beautifully illustrated and expertly written books for the natural history enthusiast. Other editions cover trees, spiders, and beetles. Structured in a miscellany style, each book is packed with facts, myths, and folklore to provide an accessible and enjoyable reference. Each spread covers a range of topics from anatomy and diversity, to habitat and conservation, to reproduction and ways of life. With high production values including tactile covers and foil blocking, this charming series is perfectly positioned as the ideal gift or self-purchase for all admirers of the natural world.

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152 x 95 mm (33/4 x 6 in) 160pp four color throughout 140 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 25,000

About the Authors and Illustrator

Tugce Okay works with watercolors and made it her commitment to bring the unique characteristics and personalities of flora and fauna to paper to let them tell their own tales. She currently lives and works from the calm countryside of Linköping, Sweden.

Also available in this series:

THE LITTLE BOOK OF TREES

THE LITTLE BOOK OF SPIDERS

THE LITTLE BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES

THE LITTLE BOOK OF BEETLES

FORM, FUNCTION & FOLKLORE

1. Evolution

UNIQUE TRAITS

The taxonomic class Insecta is formed of about 24 distinct groupings or orders of insects. These orders include Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and sawflies), and Lepidoptera – the butterflies and moths. Scientists have described about 180,000 living species of Lepidoptera worldwide, and 90% of them are moths.

BUTTERFLY OR MOTH? There are several ways in which butterflies generally differ from moths. Most butterflies are active by day while most moths are nocturnal. Butterflies are usually more colourful than moths, and butterflies typically have club-tipped antennae while those of most moths do not. Also, most moths have a structure called a frenulum, which anchors the forewing to the hindwing on each side during flight. Exceptions exist to all of these rules, but studies of moth and butterfly DNA reveal that all butterflies belong to the same distinct evolutionary lineage within Lepidoptera, while moths, which are much more diverse, make up several separate lineages. Although they are greatly outnumbered by moths, butterflies are more familiar to us as a group, because of their more showy appearance as well as their day-flying habits.

BELOW: Butterflies usually hold their wings fully open or closed above their backs when resting. BELOW: Most moths rest with the forewings swept back, covering the hindwings.

14 OPPOSITE. Birdsfoot Trefoil is a widespread European plant of grassland areas, on which Common Blue butterflies and Six-spot Burnet moths will both lay their eggs. 1) Common Blue male (underside) ; 2)Common Blue male (upperside); 3) Caterpillar of Common Blue butterfly; 4)Six-spot Burnet (upperside); 5) Six-spot Burnet (side view); 6) Caterpillar of Six-spot Burnet.

6. Distribution

WORLD DIVERSITY

Butterflies might seem frail creatures to us, but between them they occupy virtually every habitat and land mass on the planet, including some very inhospitable places. Almost all butterfly caterpillars eat plants, and many can only eat the foliage of a single plant species. Therefore it makes sense that butterfly species diversity is highest in the tropics, where plant diversity is also highest. Well-vegetated natural temperate habitats are also butterfly-rich.

In polar and desert regions, where plants are less varied and grow very slowly, you will find a much more limited range of butterflies. However, every species, whether it lives the life of luxury in rainforest or savannah, or endures -40°C winters on the Siberian tundra, is beautifully adapted to its particular way of life.

MAINLAND EUROPE Some 450 butterfly species have been recorded in the continent of Europe as a whole (with a third of them occuring nowhere else). This is only about 2.4% of the world’s total, reflecting Europe’s relatively small size, and its position well north of the tropics. However, certain parts of Europe do have rich butterfly populations. In the Alps, for example, the mountain ringlets, (genus Erebia) show great diversity, with numerous species and subspecies isolated in specific different areas.

Alpine meadows and other natural grassland habitats, as well as open, mature deciduous woodland, are very rich butterfly habitats in Europe. Sadly, in western Europe butterfly numbers have crashed dramatically through the late 20th and early 21st centuries, due primarily to habitat loss. Other factors include ecological disruption caused by the scarcity or absence of large predatory mammals such as wolves and lynxes, which have ‘keystone’ roles in supporting the biodiversity that has evolved in these habitats. EUROPEAN ISLANDS Island groups such as the Canaries and Balearics are home to their own range of unique butterflies, as well as providing refuges for long-distance migratory species such as the Painted Lady and Monarch.

THE BRITISH ISLES The British archipelago has fewer butterfly species than the mainland, with about 60 either resident or occurring regularly. With its high human population density, the British Isles has lost a lot of good butterfly habitat, but conservation bodies are hard at work to protect what remains. Additionally, some species, such as the Large Blue and Chequered Skipper, have been returned to regions where they had become extinct.

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BELOW: The last English Chequered Skipper butterflies disappeared in 1977, due to habitat loss. The species survived in Scotland, and a habitat restoration and reintroduction project in England began in 2018.

Paul Jepson is Nature Recovery Lead with Ecosulis Ltd and was until recently a director of Oxford University’s MSc course in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management. He has Rewilding published a number of scientific and popular articles on rewilding The Illustrated Edition policy and action philosophy, and is a regular contributor The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery to television and radio. He is currently a member of Rewilding Europe’s supervisory board.

With its sense of hope and purpose, rewilding is breathing new life into the conservation movement, blending radical scientific insights with practical innovations to revive essential ecological processes. Rewilding reveals the ways in which ecologists are restoring the lost interactions between animals, plants, and natural disturbances that are the essence of thriving ecosystems. It looks into a past in which industrialization and globalization have downgraded our grasslands; at present projects restoring plants and animals to their natural, untamed state; and into the future, with ten predictions for a rewilded planet. This illustrated edition combines beautiful natural history images with infographic flow-charts depicting the ‘trophic cascades’ of biodiverse ecosystems, to explore a brave new world repopulated with wild horses and cattle, beavers, rhinos, and wolves.

Cain Blythe is Managing Director of Ecosulis Ltd and specializes in habitat restoration, particularly through the adoption of natural regeneration techniques, nature recovery, and the use of technology in conservation. He is currently contributing to a number of monitoring trials relating to beaver releases in England and Wales. With its sense of hope and purpose, rewilding is SPECIFICATIONS breathing new life into the conservation movement, blending radical scientific insights with practical 228 x 165mm (9 x 6.5in) innovations to revive essential ecological processes. 224pp four color throughout Rewilding reveals the ways in which ecologists are 110 Illustrations approx restoring the lost interactions between animals, plants, and natural disturbances that are the essence Estimated word count: 50,000 of thriving ecosystems. It looks into a past in which industrialization and globalization have downgraded our grasslands; at present projects restoring plants and animals to their natural, untamed state; and into the future, with ten predictions for a rewilded planet. This illustrated edition combines beautiful natural history images with infographic flow-charts depicting the ‘trophic cascades’ of biodiverse ecosystems, to explore a brave new world repopulated with wild horses and cattle, beavers, rhinos, and wolves.

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??? x ??? mm (? x ?.? in) The Brodgar isthmus separates the lochs of Stephen Darby: Nature Recovery Lead with Ecosulis Ltd and was until recently Stenness (left) and Harray ??? pp four color throughout (right), with the location of the Ness of Brodgar a director of Oxford University’s MSc course in Biodiversity, Conservation, and excavations in its south-east ??? photographs approx part. The Ring of Brodgar can be seen in the distance Management. He has published a number of scientific and popular articles on Estimated word count: ??,??? at the far end as the isthmus broadens out. rewilding policy and action philosophy. below A night-time view of Cain Blythe: Cain is Managing Director of Ecosulis Ltd and specializes in habitat excavations at the Ness of Brodgar shows the communal Structure 10 lit restoration, particularly through the adoption of natural regeneration techniques, up, revealing its vast size. © UniPress Books Limited. nature recovery, and the use of technology in conservation. All Rights Reserved

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An aerial view of the Ness of Brodgar, looking south-eastwards, showing the massive Structure 10 in the foreground, and the earlier large sub-rectangular piered buildings, Structure 1 (right) and Structure 12 (left), behind it.

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The Ring of Brodgar is a huge stone circle surrounded by a deep, rockcut ditch, with two opposed entrances situated at the north-west and south-east sections. It was most likely erected c. 2,600–2,500 bce, before the great feast at the Ness of Brodgar.

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234 x 156 mm (6 x 91/4 in) 288pp two-color with four-color plates and tipped-in gatefold maps 200 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 55,000

The Story of Humanity in Forty Sites

How Homo Sapiens Shaped Our Lives

Formerly presented as a progression toward a sophisticated present, the story of how people have occupied their place in the world is now known to be far more complicated. The Story of Humanity in Forty Sites takes a storytelling approach to unraveling this complexity by exploring a selection of ancient locations chosen by one of the world’s leading archaeologists. Illustrated essays consider each site’s unique place in prehistory, while also revealing their common needs—not just the necessities of food and shelter, but also an urge toward art and ritual. Drone photography reveals earthworks and artefacts, and gatefold “time-slice” maps depict the global picture of contemporary sites. While many accounts of ancient societies exist, few offer an accessible guide to the main developments in humanity’s past and, in doing so, The Story of Humanity in Forty Sites breaks exciting new ground.

About the Author

Dr. Alison Sheridan is an eminent archaeologist who recently retired from her role as Principal Archaeological Research Curator at National Museums Scotland. She was named Archaeologist of the Year at the 2020 Current Archaeology awards, having the previous year won the Prehistoric Society’s Europa Award and been made a Fellow of the British Academy. Alison was President of the Prehistoric Society between 2010 and 2014, and co-Chair of the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework’s Neolithic panel. Her research spans the Neolithic, Chalcolithic (“Copper Age”), and Bronze Age in Britain and Ireland.

A is for Abecedarium

An Illuminated Journey Through the Medieval Alphabet

The lavishly illuminated initials of medieval manuscripts reveal extraordinary complexity and diversity in the design and decoration of their letterforms. A is for Abecedarium takes this as the setting-off point for an illuminating journey through the letters of the Latin alphabet, with illustrations drawn from the finest examples of European manuscript art. En route, it elevates the “A is for Apple” approach to consider the evolution of our language, while exploring the anatomy and iconography of initials painted with gold and populated by dragons, demons, flora, fauna, and biblical scenes. Written by a leading authority on medieval literature, this is a uniquely engaging study of letters and literature—celebrating both the artists who elevated writing to an expression of the divine, and the language in which they wrote.

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280 x 215 mm (81/2 x 11 in) 224pp four color throughout plus metallic gold 200 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

About the Author

Jonathan Evans is a professor in the Department of English and the Department of Linguistics, and Director of the Medieval Studies undergraduate program, at the University of Georgia. He has lectured and taught Old English language and literature, Beowulf, medieval literature, and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien since 1984, and has published articles and essays on these topics. He is the author of the published books Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien (with Matthew Dickerson) and An Introduction to Old English.

initial s: the crucifixion

e letter S is almost obscured here by the scene of the Cruci xion and the Virgin Mary with her heart pierced by a sword. e page is taken from a richly illuminated prayer book commissioned by Simon de Varie after his rise to noble rank. Books of hours were popular in the 1400s, with the rise in literacy of nobles who wished to express their piety in veneration of the Virgin. Four di erent artists worked on this book, most notably the internationally sought-after Jean Fouquet, who provided six artworks for a frontispiece.

DATE 1455

PLACE Tours, France

BOOK Hours of Simon de Varie

MEDIUM Tempera colours, gold leaf, gold paint, ink

SIZE 114 × 83 mm (4 ½ × 3¼ in.) (right) In this closely cropped detail from an Italian gradual of about 1450, depicting a key event in the conversion of St Paul, the artist uses the shape of the letter S to integrate the armoured soldiers and the imposing physical presence of their mounts.

162 a is for abecedarium

� IS FOR O�

Each Phoenician letter was a word that began with the sound of that letter. This is alep, meaning ox. Rewilding The Illustrated Edition The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery With its sense of hope and purpose, rewilding is breathing new life into the conservation movement, blending radical scientific insights with practical innovations to revive essential ecological processes. Rewilding reveals the ways in which ecologists are restoring the lost interactions between animals, plants, and natural disturbances that are the essence of thriving ecosystems. It looks into a past in which industrialization and globalization have downgraded our grasslands; at present projects restoring plants and animals to their natural, untamed state; and into the future, with ten predictions for a rewilded planet. This illustrated edition combines beautiful natural history images with infographic flow-charts depicting the ‘trophic cascades’ of biodiverse ecosystems, to explore a brave new world repopulated with wild horses and cattle, beavers, rhinos, and wolves.

Paul Jepson is Nature Recovery Lead with Ecosulis Ltd and was until recently a director of Oxford University’s MSc course in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management. He has published a number of scientific and popular articles on rewilding policy and action philosophy, and is a regular contributor to television and radio. He is currently a member of Rewilding Europe’s supervisory board. Cain Blythe is Managing Director of Ecosulis Ltd and specializes in habitat restoration, particularly through the adoption of natural regeneration techniques, nature recovery, and the use of technology in conservation. He is currently contributing to a number of monitoring trials relating to beaver releases in England and Wales. With its sense of hope and purpose, rewilding is SPECIFICATIONS breathing new life into the conservation movement, blending radical scientific insights with practical 228 x 165mm (9 x 6.5in) innovations to revive essential ecological processes. 224pp four color throughout Rewilding reveals the ways in which ecologists are 110 Illustrations approx restoring the lost interactions between animals, plants, and natural disturbances that are the essence Estimated word count: 50,000 of thriving ecosystems. It looks into a past in which industrialization and globalization have downgraded our grasslands; at present projects restoring plants and animals to their natural, untamed state; and into the future, with ten predictions for a rewilded planet. This illustrated edition combines beautiful natural history images with infographic flow-charts depicting the ‘trophic cascades’ of biodiverse ecosystems, to explore a brave new world repopulated with wild horses and cattle, beavers, rhinos, and wolves. © UniPress Books Limited. All Rights Reserved

Specifications About the Authors ??? x ??? mm (? x ?.? in) Stephen Darby: Nature Recovery Lead with Ecosulis Ltd and was until recently ??? pp four color throughout a director of Oxford University’s MSc course in Biodiversity, Conservation, and ??? photographs approx Management. He has published a number of scientific and popular articles on Estimated word count: ??,??? rewilding policy and action philosophy. Cain Blythe: Cain is Managing Director of Ecosulis Ltd and specializes in habitat restoration, particularly through the adoption of natural regeneration techniques, nature recovery, and the use of technology in conservation.

16 Greek for Geeks 17

Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and therefore, by descent through Etruscan and Latin systems, has become ours. Big A is a strong, confident, thrusting affair, striking the wide-legged power stance beloved of alpha males everywhere. Just who you want to lead your alphabet. The Greeks did not invent A. They adapted it from the Phoenicians, who themselves finessed it from an early Egyptian hieroglyph that was, literally, an image of the head of an ox. The Hebrew letter A follows the same route, with a detour via Aramaic. Little alpha arrived a couple of millennia after its parent A, and was devised by medieval scholars; if you squint, it does look a bit like the bulge of a bull’s eye.

No one knows why the Phoenicians, who started all this, put their A at the front of their alphabet system (although it does make sense to put the ox in front of the plough). The Greeks, along with everybody else, followed on behind. Alpha is used in maths, astronomy, biology and the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is synonymous with the first and best in every class and category. Odysseus was an undisputed alpha male: warrior, king, tactician, inventor of the Trojan Horse – a modern, flawed hero. He didn’t want to fight the Trojan War, so pretended he was mad by hitching his plough to an ox and a donkey instead of two oxen, indicating insanity. It didn’t work. The Hebrew letter aleph, also meaning ox, blended the Phoenician letterform with Aramaic alaph (meaning, need it be said, ox) to produce this elegant version.

90° A pattern is emerging. This Observe that all versions riff is fehu, the first rune of the on the basic ‘three sticks’ Futhark alphabet, devised in construction. The Phoenician northern Europe around the and Runic versions look a bit 3rd century CE. It means, of like K or F and as if they would course, ox. wobble in a high wind. The Greeks, being of practical and scientific turn, heaved the symbol 90 degrees over to produce an inverted V that stood stolidly on its own two feet, and braced it for good measure with a cross bar. It’s still three sticks but now strong, stable and practically immobile. A bit like an ox. A is for Ox THE EUCLIDEAN �LPH�BET

The Greeks did not invent the alphabet. They adapted it from the Phoenician model, first developed around 1850 BCE, and the Greek version was not in full production until the 8th century BCE. It had 24 letters, and still does, but the Ancient Greeks did not use lower case, probably because they scratched away with styli on rather unforgiving material such as stone, wood, ivory, parchment, wax tablets or thick papyrus. It’s not easy to be cursive with nothing but a sharp stick. The lower case or minuscule script, for both Greek and Roman letters, was developed in the 11th century to make it easier for medieval scholars to write faster and hit scriptorium deadlines.

14 Greek for Geeks The Euclidean Alphabet 15

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Greek for Geeks

An Odyssey Through Letters, Language, and Myth

In the age of Wordle and other online games of wit and wordplay, there is huge popular interest in the origins and meanings of our words and language. Greek for Geeks presents an etymological odyssey for word nerds that sets off in pursuit of the Greek letters, language, and mythology hidden within our modern vocabulary and our literature, philosophy, astronomy, and geometry. From omicron to polygon, from ecology to tragedy, and in the letterforms of our alphabet, the Greek language is at the center of (and describes) our universe. Proceeding through topics linked by word connections, punctuated by episodes from The Odyssey, and adorned with a myriad of illustrations, this is a joyous linguistic journey that shows how discovering your Greek roots can metamorphose your vocabulary... and your wordplay.

About the Author

Viv Croot is the author of Troy: Homer’s Iliad Retold, and many other published titles, and a writer with particular interest in popularizing specialist subjects through a distinctive blend of humor and scholarly research. Her fascination with the literature of classical Greece focuses on The Iliad and The Odyssey, and their influence on the Western literary tradition. Viv has a degree in English Literature and Language, and a lifelong passion for words, wordplay, crosswords, and word games, which is currently finding expression in a Wordle addiction. She lives in Suffolk, England.

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260 x 180 mm (7 x 101/4 in) 208pp four color throughout plus metallic gold 120 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 25,000

Unspoken

Breathing New Life into Endangered Languages

A fundamental transformation in the history of language reclamation is upon us. Around the world, communities are proactively reclaiming ancestral languages and rebuilding their cultures. Unspoken narrates the journeys of fifteen new revitalization programs launched to support activists fighting to reawaken their languages for the next generation. Telling the human story behind each language, the book defines key words personally selected by activists and uses dazzling commissioned artworks of speakers, the natural world, and the wordforms themselves to highlight their beauty, meaning, and deep significance. Exploring the ways in which language connects us to our ecology, Unspoken paints a vivid and optimistic picture of the vital part linguistic diversity continues to play in guiding our place upon the planet.

About the Authors and artist

Daniel Bögre Udell is cofounder and executive director of Wikitongues, which supports language documentation and revitalization on a global scale. Kristen Tcherneshoff is programs director at Wikitongues, supporting language diversity around the world. Naledi Tshegofatso Modupi is a South African multidimensional visual artist known for her semi-abstract portraiture. Her work is heavily inspired by the beauty of blackness and characteristics associated with women.

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??? x ??? mm (? x ?.? in) Stephen Darby: Nature Recovery Lead with Ecosulis Ltd and was until recently ??? pp four color throughout a director of Oxford University’s MSc course in Biodiversity, Conservation, and ??? photographs approx Management. He has published a number of scientific and popular articles on Estimated word count: ??,??? rewilding policy and action philosophy. Cain Blythe: Cain is Managing Director of Ecosulis Ltd and specializes in habitat restoration, particularly through the adoption of natural regeneration techniques, © UniPress Books Limited. nature recovery, and the use of technology in conservation. All Rights Reserved

Timeline of World History

Chart the Course of History Through the Ages

Timeline of World History is a stunning work of visual reference that reveals the hidden origins and dynasties of our global history. It includes one giant wall chart that shows the timeline and context of key events for each region of the world. In addition, four fold-outs act as chapter openers, revealing intricate regional detail for the history of the Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and Africa/Middle East. Together with an introductory chapter on Early History, Timeline of World History is full of maps, images, and diagrams that capture the very essence of our shared history.

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305 x 229 mm (9 x 12 in) 80pp four color throughout Wallchart: 857 x 629 mm (243/4 x 333/4 in) 4 x fold-outs: 895 x 432 mm (17 x 351/4 in) 200 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 20,000

About the Authors

Matt Baker is the founder of UsefulCharts and based in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a PhD in Education and is a passionate advocate of visual learning. The UsefulCharts YouTube channel has over 55,000 subscribers and more than 12,000 followers on social media. John Andrews has a long history of his own, editing and contributing to dozens of books on food, travel, health, science, nature, and a host of other subjects. He has written on history, sport, music, and popular culture for various publishers.

Timeline of the British Monarchy

Chart the History of the Royal Family

Timeline of the British Monarchy is a stunning work of visual reference that reveals the hidden origins and dynasties of the British Royal Family. It includes one giant wall chart that shows the timeline and context of key events throughout the histories of British Kings and Queens, including the historic reign of Queen Elizabeth II. In addition, four fold-outs act as chapter openers, revealing intricate detail for the chronology of the Anglo Saxon period; the Normans and Plantagenets; the Tudors, Stuarts, and Georgians, and from Queen Victoria to King Charles III. Together with additional sections on the royal palaces, Timeline of the British Monarchy provides a wealth of regal history.

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305 x 229 mm (9 x 12 in) 80pp four color throughout Wallchart: 857 x 629 mm (243/4 x 333/4 in) 4 x fold-outs: 895 x 432 mm (17 x 351/4 in) 200 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 30,000

About the Authors

Matt Baker is the founder of UsefulCharts and based in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a PhD in Education and is a passionate advocate of visual learning. The UsefulCharts YouTube channel has over 55,000 subscribers and more than 12,000 followers on social media. Antony Mason is the author of a wide range of books on history, art, and travel, for both adults and children. They include Kings & Queens of Great Britain: A Very Peculiar History, Ancient Civilizations of the Americas, A History of Western Art: From Prehistory to the Twentieth Century.

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Treaty of Verdun (843) splits the Frankish Empire into three parts

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Kenneth McAlpin 843-58

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Ermengard

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Louis the

German King 843-76 Gisela St. Eberhard, Duke of Friuli Liudolf, Duke of Saxony

Ingeltrude Henry of Franconia

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Henry the Fowler King of Germany 919-36

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

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Sancho I 956-58, 60-66

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King Berengar II of Italy 950-61

Adalbert II, Margrave of Ivrea

HOUSE OF JIMENEZ

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King García Sánchez III of Pamplona 1035-54

Sancho Garcés K. OF ARAGON

King

Ramiro I 1035-63

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William, Count of Burgundy Emma

Hugh the Great, Count of Paris Hedwige of Saxony

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Robert I, Duke Of Burgundy

Jimena Muñoz Henry of Burgundy

Anne of Kiev

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Otto the Great

King 936-62 HRE 962-73

Saint Adelaide of Italy

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Fulk IV, Count of Anjou

Fulk, King of Jerusalem HOUSE OF NORMANDY

William the Conqueror

(William I) 1066-1086

King Edmund II 1016

Edward the Exile

Edgar the Æthling HOUSE OF GORM

Malcolm II King of Scots 1005-1034 Liutgarde Conrad, Duke of Lorraine

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King Edward the Martyr 975-78

King Æthelred the Unready 978-1016 Emma of Normandy Godwin, Earl of Wessex

Edward the Confessor 1042-66

Sven Forkbeard 1013-14 Crínán of Dunkeld Bethoc Dovada ? Otto of Worms Findláech of Moray

Henry of Speyer

HRE Otto III 983-1002

Edith of Wessex

Cnut the Great 1016-35 Aelfifu

King Harthacnut 1040-42 King Harold Harefoot 1035-40 HOUSE OF DUNKELD

King Duncan I 1034-1040

King Macbeth 1040-57

Harold Godwinson 1066

Saint Margaret of Scotland

King Malcolm III 1058-93 Ingibiorg Finnsdottir

King Lulach 1057-58

HRE Conrad II 1024-39 1

2 Gisela of

Swabia 3 Ernest I Duke of Swabia

HRE Henry III 1039-56

HRE Henry IV 1056-1105

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Ramiro Sánchez

King Peter I 1094-1104

King Alfonso I 1104-34

King Ramiro II 1134-37 Empress Urraca 1109-26 Raymond of Burgundy

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Henry, Count of Portugal HOUSE OF BURGUNDY

King Louis VI 1108-37

Ramon Berenguer I

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Queen Petronilla 1137-64 Emperor Alfonso VII 1126-57

K. OF NAVARRE

King García Ramírez 1134-50 K. OF ARAGON

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Ferdinand II 1157-88 Alfonso VIII 1158-1214

King Peter II 1196-1213

King James I 1213-76 Alfonso IX 1188-1230

Violant of Hungary

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Queen Berengaria 1217 KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL King Afonso I 1139-85

Constance of Castile 2

King Louis VII 1137-80

Eleanor of England

King Henry I 1214-17

King Sancho I 1185-1211

King Afonso II 1211-23 Blanche of Castile

King Louis IX (Saint Louis) 1226-70

King Peter III 1276-85 Violant of Aragon Alfonso X 1252-84 Sancho II 1223-47 Afonso III 1248-79 Isabella of Aragon Philip III 1270-85 1

3 Stephen, Count of Blois

Theobald II, Count of Champagne

Adela of Champagne Adela of Normandy

HOUSE OF BLOIS

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou

King Stephen 1135-54

1 Eleanor of 2 Aquitaine

King William II 1087-1100

King Henry I 1100-35 Matilda of Scotland

HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET 2 Matilda of 1 England

King Edgar 1097-1107

King Alexander I 1107-24

King David I 1124-53

Prince Henry of Scotland

King Henry II 1154-89 1st Lord of Ireland

King Malcolm IV 1153-65 King William the Lion 1165-1214

King Duncan II 1094

King Donald III 1093-97

David, Earl of Huntingdon

HRE Henry V 1111-25 1105-25 Agnes of Germany

Frederick II, Duke of Swabia

HRE Frederick Barbarossa

1152-1190 Frederick I Duke of Swabia

King Conrad III 1138-52

Philip II 1180-1223

Louis VIII 1223-26

King Charles I of Sicily

House of Capet-Anjou

Isabella of Hainault

Henry the Young King King Richard “the Lionheart” 1189-99

Tangwystl Llywelyn the Great Clemence

Joan, Lady of Wales

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr Dafydd ap Llywelyn Prince of Wales King John 1199-1216

King Henry III 1216-72 Isabella of Angoulême

Richard 1st Earl of Cornwall King of Germany 1257-72

King Alexander II 1214-49

Charles, Count of Valois Robert, Count of Clermont

Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Prince of Wales Eleanor of Castile

King Edward I 1272-1307 Margaret of England

King Alexander III 1249-86

King Eric II of Norway

Margaret of Scotland Margaret of Huntingdon

Dervorguilla of Galloway

King John Balliol 1292-96

Isobel of Huntingdon Constance, Queen of Sicily

HRE Henry VI 1190-97

Matilda of England

Robert the Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale

HRE Frederick II 1215-50

Robert the Bruce, 6th Lord of Annandale

HOUSE OF BRUCE

HOUSE OF LUXEMBOURG Philip of Swabia 1198-1208

HOUSE OF WITTELSBACH Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine Welf I, Duke of Bavaria

Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria

Henry X, Duke of Bavaria

Henry XII “the Lion” Duke of Bavaria

HRE Otto IV 1208-15

HOUSE OF NASSAU

King Alfonso III 1285-91

King James II 1291-1327

King Alfonso IV 1327-36

King Peter IV 1336-87 Sancho IV 1284-95 King Denis 1279-1325

Ferdinand IV 1295-1312

Eleanor de Guzmán Constance of Portugal

Alfonso XI 1313-50 Maria of Portugal Afonso IV 1325-57

HOUSE OF TRASTAMARA

Henry II 1369-79

King Peter 1350-69 Constanza Manuel

King Pedro I 1357-67

King Philip IV 1285-1314

Louis X 1314-16

John I 1316

Teresa Lourenço Philip V 1316-22 HOUSE OF VALOIS

Charles IV 1322-28 Philip VI 1328-50

John II 1350-64

Charles V 1364-80

John I 1387-96 Eleanor of Aragon

Queen Blanche I of Navarre

Martin 1396-1410

ARAGON

King Ferdinand I 1412-1416

Juana Enríquez

King John II 1458-79

King Alfonso V 1416-1458 John I 1379-90

CASTILE Henry III 1390-1406

John II 1406-54

Henry IV 1454-74

King Ferdinand II 1479-1516 UNION OF THE CROWNS (CATHOLIC MONARCHS)

Queen Isabella I 1474-1504

King Fernando I 1367-83 HOUSE OF AVIZ

King John the Good 1385-1433

King Charles VI 1380-1422 Louis I Duke of Orléans

King Duarte 1433-38

King Charles VII 1422-61

King Afonso V 1432-81

King John II 1481-95 Fernando Duke of Viseu King Louis XI 1461-83

King Charles VIII 1483-98 1 Saint Joan of France

Anne, 2 Duchess of Brittany Charles Duke of Orléans

John Count of Angoulême

1

2 King Louis XII 1498-1515

Charles Count of Angoulême

3 Joan of Valois

Philippa of Hainault Isabella of France

King Edward III 1327-77

King Edward II 1307-27

1st English Prince of Wales

Queen Margaret 1286-90

Joan of England Elizabeth de Burgh

Isabella of Mar 2 1

Robert the Bruce (King Robert I) 1306-29

King David II 1329-71 Marjorie Bruce Walter Stewart

HOUSE OF STEWART

Edward ‘the Black Prince’

King Richard II 1377-99 Lionel, Duke of Clarence

Philippa of Ulster

Roger Mortimer YORK BRANCH

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York LANCASTER BRANCH

Blanche of Lancaster 1 John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster

King Henry IV 1399-1413 3

King Robert II 1371-90

Catherine Swynford

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset

King Robert III 1390-1406

Anne Mortimer

Richard of Conisburgh Richard of York

King Edward IV 1461-70 1471-83 Elizabeth Woodville

King Richard III 1483-85

King Henry V 1413-22 1 Catherine 2 of France Owen Tudor

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset

King Henry VI 1422-61 1470-71 Edmund Tudor

Lady Margaret Beaufort HOUSE OF TUDOR

Joan Beaufort

King James II 1437-60

King James I 1406-37

Edward V 1483 Princess Elizabeth of York

King Henry VII 1485-1509

King James III 1460-88

Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg

HRE Henry VII 1308-13 Margaret of Brabant Otto II, Duke of Bavaria

Agnes of the Palatinate Henry II Count of Nassau

Ludwig II, Duke of Bavaria

Walram

King John the Blind

Rudolph I, Duke of Bavaria

King Adolph 1292-98 Otto

HRE Charles IV 1347-78

HRE Louis IV 1314-47

King Wenceslaus 1378-1400

HRE Sigismund 1410-37

Elizabeth of Luxembourg

King Rupert 1400-10

HOUSE OF WETTIN

Frederick II Elector of Saxony

Margaret of Denmark

Ernest Elector of Saxony Albert III Duke of Saxony

Joanna the Mad Queen of Castile 1504-16

Philip I King of Castile 1506

AUSTRIAN HABSBURGS

HRE Ferdinand I 1556-64 Isabella of Aragon

SPANISH HABSBURGS KINGDOM OF SPAIN King Manuel I 1495-1521

King John III 1521-57 Maria of Aragon

King Henry 1578-80 Duarte of Portugal Claude of France

King Francis I 1515-47

HRE Charles V

1519-1556 Charles I of Spain 1516-1556 John Manuel

Isabella of Portugal

King Sebastian 1557-78 IBERIAN UNION 1581-1640

King Henry II 1547-59 Catherine de’ Medici Catherine of Aragon 1 Mary of 2 England Charles Brandon

Anne Boleyn 1 2

King Henry VIII

1509-47

1st English King of Ireland

6 Catherine Parr Margaret of England

5 Catherine Howard 4 Anne of Cleves 3 Jane Seymour

King James V 1513-42

King James IV 1488-1513

E N L I

Archduke Charles II of Austria

HRE Maximilian II 1564-76 Lady Frances Brandon

Maria of Spain

HRE Ferdinand II 1619-37

HRE Rudolph II 1576-1612

HRE Matthias 1612-19 Margaret of Austria

Maria Anna of Austria

HRE Ferdinand III 1637-57 Maria Anna of Spain

HRE Leopold I 1657-1705 DUTCH REPUBLIC

Mariana of Austria

Eleonora of Austria

HRE Charles VII 1742-1745

HRE Joseph I 1705-1711

Maria Amalia of Austria

HRE Charles VI 1711-40

Empress Maria Theresa 1745-65

HOUSE OF HABSBURGLORRAINE

HRE Joseph II 1765-90

HRE Leopold II 1790-92 King Louis I 1724

Maria Luisa

HRE Francis II 1792-1806 Emperor Francis I of Austria 1806-35 Archduke Rainer Joseph

END OF HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA FORMED Anna of Austria

King Edward VI 1547-53

L D E F N E

4 4

King Philip II 1556-98

1 2 3 King of Portugal 1581-98

King Philip III 1598-1621 King of Portugal 1598-1621 Teodósio II Duke of Braganza

Maria Manuela

King Francis II 1559-60

Catarina

King Charles IX 1560-74

King Henry III 1574-89 HOUSE OF BOURBON

Elisabeth of France

HOUSE OF ORANGE-NASSAU

Lady Jane Grey 1553

Philip was King of England from 1554-58 (by right of his wife) while married to Mary

Margaret of France Marie de’ Medici 1 2

King Henry IV 1589-1610 Prince William the Silent of Orange

Queen Mary I 1553-58 “Bloody Mary”

Queen Elizabeth I 1558-1603 Henry Stuart Lord Darnley

HOUSE OF STUART

Mary, Queen of Scots 1542-67

UNION OF THE CROWNS OF ENGLAND & SCOTLAND

Anne of Denmark

King James VI & I 1603-25

HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN

R K I B H C A B L S E T I T W

King Philip IV 1621-65 King of Portugal 1621-40

Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

King Charles II 1665-1700

Leopold, Duke of Lorraine HOUSE OF BOURBON

HRE Francis I 1745-65

King Philip V 1700-46 HOUSE OF BRAGANZA

King John IV 1640-56

King Afonso IV 1656-83

King Pedro II 1683-1706

King John V 1706-50

King Ferdinand VI 1746-59

King Charles III 1759-88 Philip, Duke of Parma

King José I 1750-77

House of BourbonTwo Sicilies House of BourbonParma

Queen Maria I 1777-1816

King Charles IV 1788-1808

Archduchess Marie Louise King Joseph of Spain 1808-13

Napoleon II

King Consort Pedro III Elisabeth of France

Anne of Spain

Maria Theresa of Spain

Louis Le Grand Dauphin

King Louis XIV

“The Sun King” 1643-1715

King Louis XIII 1610-43

Prince Frederick Henry of Orange

Philippe I, Duke of Orléans Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau

Prince William II of Orange Henrietta Maria of France

King Charles II 1660-85

Princess Mary

King Charles I 1625-49

Anne Hyde 1 Elizabeth Stuart

Frederick V Elector Palatine of the Rhine

King James II & VII 1685-88 2 Sophia of the Palatinate

Mary of Modena

Ernest Augustus Elector of BrunswickLuneburg Frederick William “The Great Elector”

HOUSE OF HANOVER KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA

Louis Le Petit Dauphin HOUSE OF ORLÉANS

King Louis XV 1715-74

Marie Leszczyńska of Poland

Louis, Dauphin of France

Marie Antoinette of Austria

HOUSE OF BONAPARTE IMPERIAL FRANCE Louis XVII

King Louis XVI 1774-92

King Charles X 1824-30

King Louis XVIII 1814-24

Napoléon Bonaparte

Emperor of the French 1804-14, 15 King Louis I of Holland 1806-10

Louis II King Jérôme of Westphalia 1807-13

King Louis Philippe I 1830-48 Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia Prince Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz King William III & II 1689-1702

Marriage & Joint Reign

Prince of Orange Queen Mary II 1689-94 Queen Anne 1702-14

Prince George of Denmark

James “The Old Pretender” KINGDOM OF

GREAT BRITAIN

King George I 1714-27

King Frederick I 1701-13

Prince John William Friso of Orange

Prince William IV of Orange Princess Anne

King George II 1727-60 Caroline of Ansbach

Prince Frederick UNITED KINGDOM

Prince William V of Orange

King George III

1760-1820

Charlotte of Mecklenburg “Bonnie Prince Charlie” Princess Sophia

King Frederick William I 1713-40

Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg & Saafeld Frederick the Great

(Frederick II) 1740-86

British kings were Kings of Hanover 1814-37

Prince Augustus William

King Frederick William II 1786-97

KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

King William I 1815-40

King George IV 1820-30

King William IV 1830-37 HOUSE OF SAXECOBURG & GOTHA Ernest Augustus of Hanover 1837-51

King Frederick William III 1797-1840

Kings of Bavaria 18051916 E I N L N E I T S E R N E N I T E T W E N L I E I N R T E L B A N I T E T W

Kings of Saxony 18061916

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Tsar Michael I 1613-45

Tsar Alexis 1645-76

Tsar Feodor III 1676-82 Tsar

Ivan V

Joint ruler with Peter the Great

Tsarevna Catherine

Anna Carlovna Emperor Ivan VI 1740-41

Empress Catherine I 1725-27 Empress Anna 1730-40

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Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna

Emperor Peter III 1762

Emperor Paul I 1796-1801

Emperor Alexander I 1801-25

Emperor Ferdinand I 1835-1848 Archduke Franz Karl

Austria forced out of the German Confederation in 1866

King Ferdinand VII of Spain 1808, 13-33 Carlos Count of Molina

Queen Isabella II of Spain 1833-1868

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Emperor Franz Joseph I

1848-1916 Archduke Karl Ludwig

Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico 1863-1867

Crown Prince Rudolf Archduchess Adelaide HOUSE OF SAVOY

King Victor Emmanuel II 1861-1878 Francisco Duke of Cádiz Carlota Joaquina

King John VI 1816-26

Francis, King Consort Pedro I Emperor of Brazil 1822-31

King Miguel 1828-34

Prince Ferdinand KINGDOM OF BEL GIUM King Leopold I 1831-65 1 2

Queen Maria II 1834-53

Pedro II Emperor of Brazil 1831-89

King Pedro V 1853-61

King Consort Fernando II Prince August

King Louis 1861-89

Kings of Bulgaria

Emperor Napoléon III 1852-70

END OF THE FRENCH MONARCHY Princess Louise of Orleans

Grand Duchess Anna Pavlona Princess Charlotte Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha

King William II 1840-49 Prince Alexander of Hesse

Countess Julia Von Hauke

BATTENBERGS & MOUNTBATTENS Prince Albert Edward Duke of Kent

King William III 1849-90 Princess Beatrice

Prince Henry of Battenberg

King Edward VII 1901-10 Princess Alexandra

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Otto

Emperor Charles I 1916-18

King Umberto I 1878-1900

King Victor Emmanuel III 1900-1946

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King Umberto II 1946

King Amadeo I of Spain 1870-73

King Alfonso XII 1874-85

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King Alfonso XIII 1886-1931

Infant Juan of Spain

Princess Victoria Eugenie Of Battenberg

King Carlos 1889-1908

King Manuel II 1908-10

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King Leopold II 1865-1909 Prince Philippe

King Albert I 1909-34

King Leopold III 1934-51

Queen Wilhelmina 1890-1948

Princess Astrid of Sweden Queen Juliana 1948-80 HOUSE OF WINDSOR

King George V 1910-36 Prince

Louis of Battenberg Mary of Teck

Wallis Simpson

King Edward VIII 1936

King George VI 1936-52 Princess Victoria of Hesse

Lord Louis Mountbatten

Elizabeth BowesLyon Princess Alice of Battenberg Queen Victoria

1837-1901 Princess Victoria George V of Hanover 1851-66

King Frederick William IV 1840-1861

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GERMAN EMPIRE Kaiser Wilhelm I 1861-88 KINGDOM OF DENMARK King Christian IX 1863-1906 Emperor Nicholas I 1825-55

Grand Duke Constantine

KINGDOM OF GREECE King George I 1863-1913 Grand Duchess Olga

Kaiser Frederick III 1888 Princess Victoria

King Frederick VIII 1906-12 Princess Alice Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse Princess Dagmar

Princess Alix of Hesse

King Constantine I 1913-17, 20-22

Prince Andrew of Greece & Denmark

King Alexander I 1917-20 Princess Sophia

King George II 1935-47

Kaiser Wilhelm II 1888-1918

King Christian X 1912-47

END OF GERMAN MONARCHY Princess Maud

King Haakon VII 1905-57

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HOUSE OF BERNADOTTE KINGDOM OF NORWAY KINGDOM OF SWEDEN King Gustaf VI Adolf 1950-73

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Name See North / East chart Agnatic line (male only) Cognatic line (male or female) Illegitimate line Multiple generations

King Juan Carlos I 1975-2014

Princess Sofia of Greece & Denmark

Jean, Grand Duke of

Luxembourg Princess Joséphine

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano King Felipe VI of Spain 2014-

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz

King Baudouin 1951-93

King Albert II 1993-2013

King Philippe 2013-

Queen Beatrix 1980-2013 Prince Claus

Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti

King WillemAlexander 2013-

Catherine Middleton

Queen Elizabeth II

1952-

Prince Philip of Greece & Denmark

Lady Diana Spencer 1

Charles, Prince of Wales

Heir Apparent

2 Camilla ParkerBowles

Prince William Duke of Cambridge

Prince Harry Duke of Sussex Meghan Markle

King Paul I 1947-64

King Frederick IX 1947-72 Princess Ingrid

King Constantine II 1964-73 Princess AnneMarie

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Queen Margrethe II 1972-

Prince Frederik Heir Apparent

King Olav V 1957-91

King Harald V 1991-

Prince Haakon Heir Apparent

Timeline of the Bible

Chart the People and Places of the Bible

Timeline of the Bible is a stunning work of visual reference that reveals the events, origins, people, and places of the Bible. It includes one giant wall chart that shows the timeline and context of key events throughout Bibical history. In addition, four fold-outs act as chapter openers, revealing the intricate detail for the chronology of the Beginnings, the Ancient Israelite Kings, the Second Temple Period, and the Birth of Christianity. Together with additional sections on the translations, canon and geography, Timeline of the Bible reveals the riches of religious history.

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305 x 229 mm (9 x 12 in) 80pp four color throughout Wallchart: 857 x 629 mm (243/4 x 333/4 in) 4 x fold-outs: 895 x 432 mm (17 x 351/4 in) 200 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 30,000

About the Author

Matt Baker is the founder of UsefulCharts and based in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a PhD in Education and is a passionate advocate of visual learning, and has a special interest in the history of religion. The UsefulCharts YouTube channel has over 55,000 subscribers and more than 12,000 followers on social media. As well as featuring in the Timeline series, his charts have appeared in BBC Focus Magazine and on NASA’s JPL website.

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220 x 170 mm (63/4 x 83/4 in) 320pp two color with metallic ink 150 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 66,000 Rights available upon request

The Etymologicon 10th Anniversary Edition

A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

The clues hidden in words, and the secret connections they reveal, can lead us on the most compelling of historical treasure hunts, transporting us on a grand tour of the linguistic landscapes of the past that we might return with an entirely new view on the world. In his bestselling The Etymologicon, renowned wordsmith Mark Forsyth leads us through the labyrinth of our own language, dropping words and names like breadcrumbs that we might pick up en route through a collection of idiosyncratic, irreverent, and irresistible facts. This 10th anniversary edition is illuminated by lavish typography and metallic ink, with playful collage illustrations and a trail of visual clues to celebrate the wit and wordplay with which this much-loved classic joins the dots in our language.

About the Author

Mark Forsyth is a London-based blogger and author whose books have made him one of the UK’s best-known commentators on words. He was given a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary as a christening present and, whether as a proofreader or copywriter, he has always worked and played with words. Mark started his blog, The Inky Fool, in 2009 and today it receives an average of 4,000 hits per week. It spawned The Etymologicon, a Sunday Times Number One bestseller.

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246 x 190 mm (93/4 x 71/2 in) 224pp four color throughout 100 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 50,000 Rights available upon request

Astroquizzical The Illustrated Edition

Solving the Cosmic Puzzles of our Planets, Stars, and Galaxies

Looking up at the night sky, it is almost impossible to imagine that we can trace our common ancestry with the distant stars and galaxies back over 13.8 billion years. Astroquizzical explores this connection by traveling back through the generations of the cosmic family tree, from Earth (parent) to the stars (grandparents), galaxies (greatgrandparents), and the first atoms of the Big Bang (great-great grandparents). On the journey, the reader is invited to become “astroquizzical” by asking the questions and investigating the many scientific mysteries of how the universe was formed and how it works. This updated and illustrated edition combines beautifully curated space images with ten sketchbook “thought experiments” to create a uniquely accessible guide to the science of Earth’s place among the planets, stars, and galaxies.

About the Author

Jillian Scudder is an astrophysicist and Assistant Professor of Physics at Oberlin College, Ohio, where she has worked with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Herschel Space Observatory to understand more distant galaxies. She hosts and writes the popular Astroquizzical blog, in which she tackles some of the mysteries of the universe by answering space-related questions from the public. Jillian gained a BA in Physics with Astronomy Emphasis from Macalester College, St. Paul, and a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Victoria, Canada.

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234 x 156 mm (61/4 x 91/4 in) 256pp four color throughout 160 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

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234 x 156 mm (61/4 x 91/4 in) 224pp four color throughout 160 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 45,000

Everyday Chaos

The Math of Unpredictability, from the Stockmarket to the Weather

Trying to understand a system with multiple interacting components—the weather, the human body, the stock market— means dealing with two factors, chaos and complexity. These fascinating topics are essential to understand the real world—yet very few are aware of them. Everyday Chaos brings chaos and complexity alive for the general reader, with a combination of approachable text and impressive illustrations.

About the Author

Popular science writer Brian Clegg (www.brianclegg.net) is respected for making the hard science subjects not only accessible but tempting as well. Clegg has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge and a Masters in Operational Research (OR)—mathematical problem solving—from Lancaster. He worked in OR and computing at British Airways before leaving to write.

Ten Patterns that Explain the Universe

Our universe might appear chaotic, but deep down it’s simply a myriad of rules working independently to create patterns of action, force, and consequence. Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe offers a key selection of repeated behaviors to explore the forces that make up the very fabric of our world. From diagrams to show the deep relationships between space and time to the quantum behaviors that rule how matter and light interact, these patterns stake out an overview of our physical world and how it works at a fundamental level.

About the Author

Popular-science writer Brian Clegg is respected for making hard science subjects not only accessible but tempting as well. Clegg has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge and a Masters in Operational Research (OR)—mathematical problem solving—from Lancaster. He worked in OR and computing at British Airways before leaving to write full time. He specializes in making the exotic aspects of mathematics and physics approachable for the general public.

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228 x 165 mm (61/2 x 9 in) 256pp four color throughout 100 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 60,000

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246 x 190 mm (93/4x 71/2 in) 320pp four color throughout 155 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 55,000

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How Science Can Save Our Planet

We are on track for 2˚C warmer in twelve years, but more likely it will now be 4˚C. Reality is biting among the early adopters, and the rest of us are waking up to the urgency. Brave Green World is an unblinkered look ahead to a realistic and positive vision of the future, where we combine biology and manufacturing to solve our central problems of waste and pollution. This book boldly addresses the large-scale issues of global warming, outlining how the fusion of cutting-edge manufacturing and biology will provide the answers.

About the Authors

Dr. Chris Forman is a biophysicist at Northwestern University, Chicago, conducting research in Molecular Biology, Polymer Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, and Computational Physics. Dr. Claire Asher is a research fellow in Evolutionary Biology at UCL. She is also a successful science writer for New Scientist, BBCEarth, ScienceNOW, Nature, The Scientist, and Mongabay.

Fire, Storm & Flood

The Violence of Climate Change

Fire, Storm & Flood is an unflinching photographic record of the epic effects of a violent climate, from the earliest extinction events to the present, in which we witness climate chaos forced by unnatural global warming. It uses often emotional and moving imagery to drive home the enormity of climatic events, offering a sweeping acknowledgment of our crowded planet’s heartbreaking vulnerability and show-stopping beauty.

About the Author

Dr. James Dyke is Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute and Program Director of the MSc “Global Sustainability Solutions” at the University of Exeter, UK. He is Visiting Fellow in the School of Geography & Environmental Science at the University of Southampton, UK, where previous to his Exeter appointment, he was an Associate Professor of Sustainability Science.

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260 x 180mm (7 x 101/4 in) 192pp four color throughout 430 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 40,000

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260 x 180mm (7 x 101/4 in) 192pp four color throughout 430 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 40,000

Chemistry in Graphics

Visual Learning for Students and Grown Ups

A bright, new, colorful series of “visual learning” books that will cover science, humanities, and technology subjects. Featuring a huge range of specially-commissioned graphics that work with expertly written text to provide a clear sense and understanding of a subject. Suitable for teenagers looking to support their studies and revision as well as adults seeking a primer or refresher course of key elements.

About the Author

Dr. Ali Sezer is Professor of Chemistry at California University of Pennsylvania, teaching various courses across the chemistry discipline with primary focus on physical chemistry, general chemistry, and undergraduate research. Dr. Sezer is a big supporter of active learning and believes that students learn more and have a better experience in the process if they are involved in their own education.

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260 x 180mm (7 x 101/4 in) 192pp four color throughout 430 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 40,000

Physics in Graphics

Visual Learning for Students and Grown Ups

About the Author

Kurt Baker holds a degree in Astrophysics from Cardiff University, UK, and a PhD in Astrophysics from Bristol University, UK, during which time he authored several astrophysics papers published in the NASA astrophysics journals. He has taught physics in schools for over fourteen years, primarily delivering advanced level content. During this time he has written a huge range of questions in all areas of physics to stretch and challenge students.

Human Anatomy in Graphics

Visual Learning for Students and Grown Ups

About the Author

Ken Ashwell, BMedSc, MBBS, PhD, is Professor of Anatomy in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Ken has been teaching anatomy to medical, healthcare, excercise, and science students since 1984, and maintains an active involvement in research on brain development and brain evolution. He has written several books including Pocket Anatomy and Physiology, and acted as consultant editor for The Student’s Anatomy of Excercise Manual.

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260 x 180mm (7 x 101/4 in) 192pp four color throughout 430 illustrations approx Estimated word count: 40,000

Biology in Graphics

Visual Learning for Students and Grown Ups

A bright, new, colorful series of “visual learning” books that will cover science, humanities and technology subjects. Featuring a huge range of specially-commissioned graphics that work with expertly written text to provide a clear sense and understanding of a subject. Suitable for teenagers looking to support their studies and revision as well as adults seeking a primer or refresher course of key elements.

About the Authors

Dr. Helen Pilcher is a science writer, presenter, and performer based in the UK. She has written for Nature, the Guardian, BBC Science Focus, and the New Scientist. She has a PhD in Cell Biology from the London Institute of Psychiatry and ran the Royal Society’s Science in Society Programme before becoming a full time writer. Her previous books include Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-extinction, Mind Maps: Biology, and The Pocket Book of Backyard Experiments.

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