A Fragile Eden, Portraits of the Endemic Flowering Plants of the Granitic Seychelles  •  Rosemary Wise NATURAL HISTORY •  1998 •  HARD COVER  • 200 PAGES • COMING IN A beautifully illustrated overview of the endemic plants of Seychelles. The author/illustrator, a botanical artist who devoted ten years to the project, presents the unique plants of the central islands in 79 stunning color plates, each accompanied by detailed description. The book includes a chapter on the biogeography of the archipelago, chronology and brief overview of habitats and key collecting sites. (SEY13, $95.00)
Seychelles  •  Peter Vine NATURAL HISTORY •  1996 •  HARD COVER  • 208 PAGES • COMING IN Focusing on natural history, culture and society, this large-format illustrated book is an excellent introduction to the Seychelles. Imported from Great Britain, with 197 color photographs and a number of maps. (SEY11, $51.95)
Seychelles Map  •  Freytag & Berndt MAP • COMING IN A colorful overview of the Seychelles, with detailed maps of individual islands at a scale of 1:50,000. (SEY08, $12.95)
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison FIELD GUIDE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES • COMING IN A field edition of Harrison's definitive seabird identification guide, featuring 740 color photographs. It illustrates all the world's seabirds, many in a variety of plumages. The book also contains a convenient key to identifying the confusing albatrosses, petrels and other tubenoses, as well as range maps and information about habitats and distribution. This is the book that you'd carry on any sea voyage; our ten-year-old edition has been everywhere. (FG16, $29.95)