Nature and Wildlife

The culmination of more than 30 years of cultural, anthropological and scientific research, this encyclopaedia examines the botany, pharmacology, history, preparation, dosage and practical use of more than 400 erotically stimulating substances from antiquity to the present day.

As millions of dog owners worldwide will attest, there's something about the presence of a dog that inspires confidence, nurtures emotional well-being and brings out the best in ourselves. But for some people, the presence of a dog can do even more.

Before primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright became the world's foremost expert on lemurs, she was enchanted by another primate—Aotus, the owl monkey, or "monkey of the night." But along her journey to discover the behaviour of these unique nocturnal creatures, Wright finds more than she expected about family, human nature, and herself.

For decades, pit bulls have been demonised by society and portrayed as hellhounds. They've become the most feared, hated and abused of all companion animals. Some cities and, even entire countries, ban them while the media persist in associating them with viciousness.

With the growing consensus that global warming is a fact, comes the realisation that the increasingly violent weather we are experiencing is its chief manifestation. Each storm, each flood, each blizzard seems to break 100-year-old records for both intensity and damage. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases may be too little, too late.

In SHAPESHIFTING WITH OUR ANIMAL COMPANIONS, Dawn Baumann Brunke moves beyond the “how” and “why” of animal communication presented in her earlier books to a profound journey of shared spiritual awareness.

Beautiful rarities of nature, all-white animals are held sacred by many indigenous cultures and offer deep wisdom to all who will listen. In addition to the White Buffalo, there are other revered white animals, such as the White Wolf, White Lion, White Elephant and White Bear.

Theoretical physicist Hammond (U. of North Carolina) explains some of the most perplexing concepts from contemporary theoretical physics to the general reader.

In 1986, primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright was given a seemingly impossible task: to travel to the rainforests of Madagascar and find the greater bamboo lemur, a species that hadn't been seen in the wild for thirty years. Not only did Wright discover that the primate still existed but that it lived alongside a completely new species.

Because of You, I Am is an exploration into the nature of the spiritual world. With courage, insight and humor, Mary Ann Bumbera reveals a deeper unseen reality that we are all part of but rarely consider. Faced with the illness of her dog, Charlie, Mary Ann races to understand the nature of death. Is death really the end? Is this all there is? Do we have a spirit?

Did you know the type of flowers you give can speak volumes? The Secret Language ofFlowersis a fascinating insight into the Victorian tradition of using flowers to convey secretmessages, in a society where feelings often had to be suppressed.

A beautifully illustrated journal and guidebook to unleash the enchanted explorer in you and help you embark on a magical night journey to find the wonder and wisdom of nature and creativity.

Vibrational medicine offers a natural, effective and hands-on response to animal ailments and disturbances. In the absence of a shared language of “words,” energetic healing can connect a human more closely to an animal while at the same time working on the physical body, the chakras and the different layers of the animal's aura or energy field.

Since the beginning of time, animals have played an important role in each of our lives. Early humans were almost entirely dependent on the animal kingdom for survival. Shamans both ancient and modern merged in trance with their animal allies for spiritual guidance. Native Americans learned their personal totem animal in childhood and viewed them as life-long companions.