Vegetarian Books
Bookmark the site !
Select Country
UK Vegetarians
US Vegetarians
DE Vegetarier
FR Végétariens
Books : Search
page 1 of 8
 |
Consider the Birds: Who They are and What They Do: Who They Are and What They Doby: Colin Tudge November 06, 2008 |
List Price: £25.00 Vegetarian Books Price: £15.00 You Save: £10.00 (40%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £15.89 |
|
|
>>More Details |
|||
| Average Rating:   |
The Secret Life of Trees: How They Live and Why They Matter (Penguin Press Science)by: Colin Tudge July 06, 2006 |
List Price: £9.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £6.99 You Save: £3.00 (30%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £4.18 |
|
|
I've just finished reading this book, and it took me a long time. I like trees, and was looking forward to read the book to improve my knowledge about them, but the way the subject is presented really makes it a difficult and ponderous book.
The book is divided in three parts, the second being a long review of all the tree families. This is the longest and heaviest going section of the book. You are bombarded for about 150 pages with a constant barrage of facts, latin names and anedoctes about an enormous range of trees, most of which you probably never heard about. The erudition and passion of the author is never in doubt, but the presentation is numbing. The final part of the book is the most interesting, it deals with the ... Read More: >>More Details |
|||
| Average Rating:   |
The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever Livedby: Colin Tudge March 07, 2002 |
List Price: £21.00 Vegetarian Books Price: £17.99 You Save: £3.01 (14%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £16.00 |
|
|
An imposing book by a major science writer, Tudge rightly subtitles this work "a celebration." Although at first glance the book seems overwhelming, Tudge has broken down his feast of life into easily consumed portions. After an excellent overview of the history of classifying life, he allows the reader to choose among the many types of animals and plants. One can jump to insects, birds, fish or reptiles for more detailed evolutionary accounts and modern examples. Unable to resist, i skimmed over a few more esoteric examples to settle down to Primates and Hominids. This section provides a superb overview of current knowledge, distinguishing clearly what is known and what is supposed. This was familiar territory but delving in the other sections proved ... Read More:
>>More Details |
|||
| Average Rating:  |
So Shall We Reap: What's Gone Wrong with the World's Food - and How to Fix it: What's Gone Wrong with the World's Food - and How to Fix Itby: Colin Tudge August 26, 2004 |
List Price: £10.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £7.69 You Save: £3.30 (30%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £3.99 |
|
|
If you are are interested in food, or farming, or the environment, you have to read this book. But my feeling is that EVERYONE should read this book, and then pass on their copy to their MP to read. Colin Tudge covers an extraordinary breadth of topics and is entertaining, thought-provoking and refuses to be bound by established thinking. Far from being blinkered - as claimed by another reviewer - his approach is open and wide-ranging. But while acknowledging the benefits we have gained from modern science and technology he powerfully exposes the flaws in how that knowledge has been applied. Compelling and convincing, and educational in the best sense, I highly recommend this book.
>>More Details |
|||
| Average Rating:   |
Feeding People is Easyby: Colin Tudge 2007-04 |
List Price: £9.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £7.49 You Save: £2.50 (25%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £6.15 |
|
|
This book is brilliant. The other review complains about the lack of solutions, but the point of this book is clear, to state the problems. The writing is sharp, the descriptions are shocking, and the conclusion leaves things finely poised between a desire to rush out and change the world, and the sad reflection that we are so far away from where we need to be.
This book is something of a summary of work to date. For more detail, see his others books, especially "So shall we reap." >>More Details |
|||
| Average Rating:  |
The Secret Life of Trees: How They Live and Why They Matterby: Colin Tudge November 03, 2005 |
||
|
I've just finished reading this book, and it took me a long time. I like trees, and was looking forward to read the book to improve my knowledge about them, but the way the subject is presented really makes it a difficult and ponderous book.
The book is divided in three parts, the second being a long review of all the tree families. This is the longest and heaviest going section of the book. You are bombarded for about 150 pages with a constant barrage of facts, latin names and anedoctes about an enormous range of trees, most of which you probably never heard about. The erudition and passion of the author is never in doubt, but the presentation is numbing. The final part of the book is the most interesting, it deals with the evolution and the ... Read More: >>More Details |
|||
| Average Rating:  |
Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can be Stopped: How Mass Extinction Can Be Stoppedby: Colin Tudge September 05, 1991 |
||
|
I've just finished reading this book, and it took me a long time. I like trees, and was looking forward to read the book to improve my knowledge about them, but the way the subject is presented really makes it a difficult and ponderous book.
The book is divided in three parts, the second being a long review of all the tree families. This is the longest and heaviest going section of the book. You are bombarded for about 150 pages with a constant barrage of facts, latin names and anedoctes about an enormous range of trees, most of which you probably never heard about. The erudition and passion of the author is never in doubt, but the presentation is numbing. The final part of the book is the most interesting, it deals with the evolution and the ... Read More: >>More Details |
|||
| Average Rating:  |
The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matterby: Colin Tudge October 23, 2007 |
List Price: £10.39 Vegetarian Books Price: £9.65 You Save: £0.74 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £5.56 |
|
|
I've just finished reading this book, and it took me a long time. I like trees, and was looking forward to read the book to improve my knowledge about them, but the way the subject is presented really makes it a difficult and ponderous book.
The book is divided in three parts, the second being a long review of all the tree families. This is the longest and heaviest going section of the book. You are bombarded for about 150 pages with a constant barrage of facts, latin names and anedoctes about an enormous range of trees, most of which you probably never heard about. The erudition and passion of the author is never in doubt, but the presentation is numbing. The final part of the book is the most interesting, it deals with the evolution and the ... Read More: >>More Details |
|||
| Average Rating:   |
The Time Before History: 5 Million Years of Human Impactby: Colin Tudge January 25, 1996 |
||
|
Colin Tudge is a very concerned man. Here, he constructs one of the most complete pictures of human evolution's course. Drawing on geology, meteorology and biology in setting a framework, Tudge explains how and to what extent Homo sapiens emerged from Africa to override the planet. That's a hefty task, particularly in less than four hundred pages. Especially given that he allocates ten per cent of those pages to assessing the future. Tudge's concern about human impact on the environment is the theme of his other works, but this one rests on a solid foundation of evolutionary biology. Tudge Dances Through Time in explaining the movements of continents and the impact of that mobility on life forms. Movement, an adventure life normally avoids, is forced by changes ... Read More: >>More Details |
|||
| Average Rating:  |
In Mendel's Footnotesby: Colin Tudge January 03, 2002 |
List Price: £8.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £7.19 You Save: £1.80 (20%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £0.20 |
|
|
I haven't finished this book yet, but wanted to review it, because it ahs made a big impression on me! Colin Tudge's writing style is good, but he strays from the actual point a lot and describes things that are not relevant to his original meaning. Although this can be confusing, it is also brilliant! Although it hasn't given me much more information on DNA etc (go for Steve Jones' "The Language of the Genes") it has given me more information about the history of the discovery of certain aspects of Genetics. I would reccomend buying it, @ all costs! I am deeply enthralled and can't put it down! One last bit of advice, don't be put off by his writing style, you soon get used to it! >>More Details |
|||
