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Looking for Darwin

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

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An award-winning zoologist travels in Charles Darwin's footsteps, and in search of the meaning of life. In one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, zoologist Lloyd Spencer Davis comes face to face with an enraged leopard seal. Towering ice cliffs, a ferocious creature of the deep, and the extreme Antarctic environment all turn Davis's world view on its head. 'What the hell am I doing here?' This question sets Davis on a quest for insight and meaning in a world that still pitches theories of evolution against belief in a Creator; the science of natural selection against a faith that asserts our world was crafted by Intelligent Design. With a self-deprecating grin packed along with his cabin baggage - even when his passport isn't - Davis decides to follow the travels of the eminent nineteenth-century naturalist, Charles Darwin: the man who did more to change our understanding of this planet than any other biologist. Looking for Darwin gives us a personal and intimate insight into Darwin and what drove the man. It is also an attempt to resolve that initially panicked — and then far-reaching — question, that first hit Davis on the big ice. With a wealth of research and vivid imagery — along with a disarming honesty —Lloyd Spencer Davis takes the reader on an unforgettable world tour.

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Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

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1775530795

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9781775530794

Penguins

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis,Martin Renner

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Penguins

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis,Martin Renner

This book looks at the penguins - an enduringly popular and fascinating group of birds. Penguins are associated in the public consciousness with the icecap of the south pole, and we are all familiar with images of male Emperor Penguins clustered together through the long night of the Antarctic winter as they incubate the single egg on their feet. However, several species occur in warmer regions further north, in southern Africa, South America, Australia, New Zealand and even the Galapagos. All are flightless but are beautifully adapted swimmers and divers, and many are able to travel at high speeds on dry land by means of spectacular leaps and belly-slides. Most species breed in close-knit colonies and exhibit a complex system of social behaviour. This book looks at all aspects of penguin evolution, biology, ecology and sociobiology, as well as conservation issues affecting the group. It is illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs, and has a full-colour photographic section.

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A&C Black

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1408128209

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9781408128206

A Polar Affair

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

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A Polar Affair

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

A captivating blend of true adventure and natural history by one of today’s leading penguin experts and Antarctic explorers. George Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott’s tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time by becoming the first man to study penguins up close. His findings were so shocking to Victorian morals that they were quickly suppressed and seemingly lost to history. A century later, Lloyd Spencer Davis rediscovers Levick and his findings during the course of his own scientific adventures in Antarctica. Levick’s long-suppressed manuscript reveals not only an incredible survival story, but one that will change our understanding of an entire species. A Polar Affair reveals the last untold tale from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. It is perhaps the greatest of all of those stories—but why was it hidden to begin with? The ever-fascinating and charming penguin holds the key. Moving deftly between both Levick’s and Davis’s explorations, observations, and comparisons in biology over the course of a century, A Polar Affair reveals cutting-edge findings about ornithology, in which the sex lives of penguins are the jumping-off point for major new insights into the underpinnings of evolutionary biology itself.

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Simon and Schuster

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1643131710

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9781643131719

Professor Penguin

Discovery and Adventure With Penguins

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

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Professor Penguin

Discovery and Adventure With Penguins

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

Meet ‘Bill Bryson in Antarctica’ in this engaging book by one of the world's authority on penguins. Part memoir, partly the research of a field biologist, Professor Penguin could be called ‘How Penguins Shaped My Life’. Based on journals kept during Davis’s years of working with penguins in the wild, the story takes readers to remote locations: Antarctica, the Galapagos, the deserts of Chile and Peru, the Falkland Islands, the wild coasts of Argentina and South Africa, and New Zealand. Davis, a world authority on penguins, reveals that these box-office favourites are not the cute ‘mate for life’ animals we’ve been led to believe. He also reveals that penguins are a lot like humans — sometimes disturbingly so — when it comes to their basic needs: sex, food, shelter, marriage, family and travel. Over the years that Davis studies penguins, he realises that they are far more complex and nuanced than he imagines at his first encounter. 'They really don’t deserve to be seen as so black and white.’ He expertly marries scientific knowledge with his own anecdotes — told with humour, hard-earned knowledge and insight. He also includes stories about those who have helped advance our knowledge of penguins —other 'Professor Penguins'. Implicit throughout is Davis’s philosophy – the more we learn about the natural world, and specifically penguins, the more we learn about ourselves. And he asks: Is the isolation of Antarctica sufficient to protect penguins from us?

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Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

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1775537269

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9781775537267

A Polar Affair

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

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Smithsonian Q & A: Penguins

The Ultimate Question & Answer Book

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

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Smithsonian Q & A: Penguins

The Ultimate Question & Answer Book

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

There is a whole lot more to these adorable tuxedo adorned birds than meets the eye. Penguins are remarkable creatures with fascinating behaviors. SMITHSONIAN Q & A: PENGUINS refutes common myths and reveals often–unknown facts as it answers hundreds of unusual and fascinating questions about the complex courting, breeding, and eating habits of penguins. Why can't penguins fly? Do penguins make nests like other birds? Why do penguins fast annually? Do mates remain faithful for just one season, or for a lifetime? Hundreds of full–color photographs and illustrations enhance and illustrate the text. Published in association with the Smithsonian.

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Harper Collins

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0060891262

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9780060891268

Looking for Darwin

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

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1775530795

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This is Reggae Music

The Story of Jamaica's Music

By: Lloyd Bradley

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This is Reggae Music

The Story of Jamaica's Music

By: Lloyd Bradley

A history of Jamaica's contribution to world culture--reggae--traces the history of the form from African rhythms to the slums of Kingston and the international recording industry.

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606

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Grove Press

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0802138284

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9780802138286

Bundu, the Beat & Beyond

John LLOYD

By: John LLOYD

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Bundu, the Beat & Beyond

John LLOYD

By: John LLOYD

Follow the author's journey through life from a Central African childhood in the mid 1950's to boarding at a High School in Apartheid South Africa in the early 1960's. From joining the British Police in 1969 and various adventures in Uniform before progressing through to the CID by 1978 and international criminal investigations into Frauds against Airlines during the 1980's. Then explore the world of international criminal investigations with Interpol from 1991 through to the formation of the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) until its demise in 2006. Be introduced to the world of the Serious & Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) and the many trials and tribulations which followed. Finally retirement in 2011 followed by the revelations of a personal unforeseen bombshell that has changed the dynamics of the author's life. This autobiography provides a clear " warts and all " account of the author's professional and private life, so fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the trip.

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Author House

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1491800399

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9781491800393

A Polar Affair

Antarctica's Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

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A Polar Affair

Antarctica's Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins

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Pegasus Books

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164313602X

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9781643136028

Professor Penguin

Discovery and Adventure With Penguins

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis

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Discovery and Adventure With Penguins

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Penguins

By: Lloyd Spencer Davis,Martin Renner

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1408128209

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Start the Clock and Cue the Band

A Life in Television

By: David Lloyd

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Start the Clock and Cue the Band

A Life in Television

By: David Lloyd

Start the Clock and Cue the Band - A Life in Television is the autobiography of David Lloyd who spent his career as the director of television programmes. His career took him to many places, from Aberystwyth to London, from Norwich to Aberdeen, from Cardiff to Europe, America, Israel, Africa and Japan. He is now settled in his retirement back home in Ceredigion.

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Y Lolfa

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1784610674

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9781784610678

The Business Of Documentary Filmmaking

By: Claudia Babirat,Lloyd Spencer Davis

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The Business Of Documentary Filmmaking

By: Claudia Babirat,Lloyd Spencer Davis

How to make successful documentary films, a resource book for novice and experienced filmmakers Caudia Babirat and Lloyd Spencer Davis pool their considerable experience to provide this clearly written, practical how-to manual on running a successful business in documentary filmmaking. This comprehensive, no-nonsense guidebook gives step-by-step advice on how to become an independent filmmaker of the future. The Business of Documentary Filmmaking examines the role of the independent filmmaker, and explains how you get a foot in the door, form an independent production company, write budgets and business plans, access funding and market your business. This book is brimming with helpful advice and important industry contacts as well as essential information provided by industry professionals – from filmmakers and broadcasters to entertainment lawyers and accountants. The fascinating case studies of practising filmmakers inspire with their originality and energy.

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1775530566

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9781775530565

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Looking for Darwin

Looking for Darwin

Penguins

Penguins

A Polar Affair

A Polar Affair

Professor Penguin

Professor Penguin

A Polar Affair

A Polar Affair

Smithsonian Q & A: Penguins

Smithsonian Q & A: Penguins

Looking for Darwin

Looking for Darwin

This is Reggae Music

This is Reggae Music

Bundu, the Beat & Beyond

Bundu, the Beat & Beyond

A Polar Affair

A Polar Affair

Professor Penguin

Professor Penguin

Penguins

Penguins

Start the Clock and Cue the Band

Start the Clock and Cue the Band

The Business Of Documentary Filmmaking

The Business Of Documentary Filmmaking

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