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New Life Sciences books

New books for Life Sciences in the University of Otago Library.

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Cooked : a natural history of transformation by Michael Pollan.

Science Library: TX652 .P646 2013

"In this book the author, a food expert recounts the story of his culinary education in this book the author explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements, fire, water, air, and earth, to transform the stuff of..." BOOK JACKET.

High Country legacy : four generations of Aspinalls at Mt. Aspiring Station by Alex Hedley.

Hocken Library: SF375.5.N58 H42 2012

"Tells the story of this stunningly beautiful part of New Zealand through the personalities entwined with the valley: mountaineers, hunters, possumers, conservationists, shepherds and the Aspinall family members themselves--Back cover..." BOOK JACKET.

Imperial nature : Joseph Hooker and the practices of Victorian science by Jim Endersby.

Hocken Library: QK31.H75 EJ7

"Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the first - and most successful - British men of science to become a full-time professional. He was also, Jim Endersby argues, the perfect embodiment of Victorian science. A vivid..." BOOK JACKET.

Marine geochemistry by Roy Chester and Tim Jickells.

Science Library: GC111.2 .C47 2012

Microwave menus by Alison M. Holst.

Hocken Library: TX832 HR33 1989

New Zealand fishes by P.J. McMillan ... [et al.].

Hocken Library: SH318.5.A1 NH332 no.68

Pediatric chest pain by guest editors, Guy D. Eslick, Steven M. Selbst.

Canterbury Medical Library: Shelved with the journals

To hound a hog by Brett Huddleston.

Hocken Library: SK305.W5 H82 2013

"Pig Hunting: an emotional sport. Pride: When one witnesses a pup that one's reared catching his first pig. Adrenaline rush: When one leaps into battle between dogs and an angry boar to despatch it with a knife or sneaking to a bailed pig in dense scrub. Despair: When one loses..." BOOK JACKET.

Velvet and Elvis : a mother and son story of New Zealand's longfin eels by written and eelustrated by Stephanie Bowman.

Hocken Library: QL638.A55 B694 2013

"Uses a story format to describe the life cycle and migration of the New Zealand longfin eel, and the threats eels face from commercial fishing. Suggested level: junior, primary..." BOOK JACKET.

Vineyard virgins by Kim Goldwater.

Hocken Library: TP547.G64 A3 2013

"When Kim and Jeanette Goldwater planted their first tiny vineyard on a couple of hillside acres on the magical little island of Waiheke in 1978, just 15 miles East of Auckland City, all the leading experts warned them that grapes would not grow in that salt laden island environment. The..." BOOK JACKET.

William Swainson of Fern Grove by Sheila Natusch.

Hocken Library: QH31.S93 N878 1998

Wines of the southern hemisphere : the complete guide by Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen ; foreword by Michel Rolland.

Hocken Library: TP548 .D397 2012

"Provides the latest information on the best wineries in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa, and Uruguay. Recipes and interviews with top winemakers are included..." BOOK JACKET.