A reference guide to beetles, this text provides a look at these poorly understood creatures and highlights the absolutely essential role they play in the dynamics of nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. It also demonstrates the amazing aesthetics of beetle design. schovat popis
His Majesty's destroyers had a long and costly war. Some eight thousand destroyer men did not survive. At the height of the war the Royal navy was commissioning four new vessels a month, which was only sufficient to replace those which had been sunk or severely damaged. This outstanding book contains the details of the majority of the sinkings that occurred throughout World War II and includes many firsthand accounts from the officers and crew involved.
"Art Evans was a sports car racer in the 1950s on the West Coast who raced against, and became close friends with, Carroll Shelby. Their intense competition on the track became a lifelong friendship off the track. He and Shelby collaborated on many business projects over the years, including books, marketing projects, projects for the Shelby Foundation, and so on. In his later years, Shelby loved the books about his cars and similar topics, but his eyesight was failing to the point where he had difficulty reading, and really preferred the books that were heavy with photos. It was from that realization that Shelby and Evans decided to work on one last book together. They both combed through the Shelby archives and selected Shelby's favorite images from his racing career. That is almost the entirety of this book. It is packed with photos selected by Shelby himself, and the captions are quotes from Shelby's commentary on the action in the photo, as well as his memories. Unfortunately, Carroll Shelby passed away before the book was fully completed, but Evans, following Shelby's instructions, carried this final project through to completion. Filled with images that have never been seen in print, as well as images not published since the 1950s and 1960s, this final work from Shelby is a personally curated collection by the legend himself."--Book description, Amazon.com
Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplement 10: An Illustrated Summary of the Higher Classification of the Superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). This classification presents data from superfamily to subgenus giving all synonyms, type genera for all family-group names, type species for all genus-group names, a brief assessment of the number of species for each genus and known geographical distribution. Information is presented for 2 families, 7 subfamilies, 42 tribes, 87 subtribes, 491 genera and 172 non-nominate subgenera and their respective synonyms. The plates feature photographs of 453 taxa.