Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet by Colin Butfield, Jonnie Hughes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
With an introduction from HRH Prince William After 100,000 years of human history, we stand at a tipping point where the next decade will determine the future for our species, and our planet. Between human population growth, overconsumption, climate change, pollution and industrialisation, the world we ...Show more
Living Planet by David Attenborough
$34.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt t ...Show more
Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
$25.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science | Reading Level: very good
"Proust and the Squid" was in "Publishers Weekly's"'Best Books of 2007' - described as 'a pathbreaking look at the reading brain'.How the brain learned to read is a startling reminder of the amazing achievements of humankind.'We were never born to read', says Maryanne Wolf. 'No specific genes ever dicta ...Show more
For The Love of Birds by Steytler Georgina
$59.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Award-winning photographer Georgina Steytler collects some of her most phenomenal images of Australian birds.
A Most Interesting Problem - What Darwin's Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution by Jeremy DeSilva (Editor); Janet Browne (Introduction by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Leading scholars take stock of Darwin's ideas about human evolution in the light of modern science In 1871, Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, a companion to Origin of Species in which he attempted to explain human evolution, a topic he called the highest and most interesting problem for the n ...Show more
Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment (3ed) by Allan Savory; Jody Butterfield (Contribution by)
$72.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. The bigger problem, he warns, is our mismanagement of resources. Livestock grazing is not the problem; it's how we graze ...Show more
Eclipse Chasers by Nick Lomb, Toner Stevenson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Witnessing a total solar eclipse is a wondrous and unforgettable event! Eclipse Chasers is a guide to past and future Australian total solar eclipses, exploring historical and cultural knowledge, as well as featuring five upcoming eclipses that will be visible in Australia.The science of eclipses is exp ...Show more
Rethinking Our World: an invitation to rescue our future by David Shaw, Maja Gopel
$29.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science | Reading Level: near fine
A compelling and persuasive look at the social transformations needed to cope with our environmental crises.Our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. On the one hand, we have never been so well off; on the other hand, we find destruction and crisis everywhere we look. Whether throughout ...Show more
The Gene Keys: Embracing Your Higher Purpose by Richard Rudd
$64.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Is our destiny written inside our very DNA? Richard Rudd suggests that humanity is on the verge of a major shift in consciousness rooted in a new understanding of how our genes operate. He introduces this fantastic possibility, showing how the "gene keys" are an inner language designed to transform our ...Show more
Complete Guide to Reptiles of Aust 6th E: Sixth Edition by Wilson Steve; Swan Gerry
$59.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia has been the most comprehensive field guide available on the subject since the first edition was published in 2003. As new species are discovered, known ranges extended and higher quality images become available, updated editions of the book have been written to ...Show more
Bird Minds: Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native Birds by Gisela Kaplan
$45.00 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Bird Minds is the first attempt to shine a critical and scientific light on the cognitive behaviour of Australian land birds. Following on from Kaplan's well-received books on the Australian Magpie and the Tawny Frogmouth, Bird Minds demonstrates how intelligent and emotional Australian birds can be. Sh ...Show more
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg
$55.00 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
It seems like an impossible task - secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed that the world has never seen, in the face of vast and powerful forces -not just oil tycoons and governments, but the changing climate system itself. The odds are against us, and we are running out of time. B ...Show more