Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution's Creativity and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction by David George Haskell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
The Earth's sounds are wonderfully diverse, complex and beautiful - but they are under threat. A lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of our planet, the creative processes that produced these marvels, and the perils that sonic diversity now faces. We live on a planet alive with song, music and sp ...Show more
How to Speak Whale - A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication by Tom Mustill
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
'Fascinating' Greta Thunberg'Extraordinary' Merlin Sheldrake'A must-read' New Scientist'Enthralling' George Monbiot'Brilliant' Philip HoareWildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill had always liked whales. But when one breached onto his kayak, nearly killing him, he became obsessed.This book traces his extraordina ...Show more
The Mind of a Bee by Lars Chittka
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Category: Natural History and Environment
Most of us are aware of the hive mind--the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities ...Show more
The Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition: Afterword By Robert Macfarlane by J. A. Baker
$27.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Reading Level: very good
Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing, with an exclusive new afterword by Robert Macfarlane. Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a lo ...Show more
The Darkness Manifesto: How Light Pollution Threatens the Ancient Rhythms of Life by Johan Eklöf; Elizabeth DeNoma (Translator)
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Category: Natural History and Environment
The Darkness Manifesto urges us to cherish darkness for the sake of the environment, our own wellbeing, and all life on earth. Entire ecosystems rely on natural darkness to flourish, from bats and keen-eyed owls capering across the starry sky to the bioluminescent creatures of the deep. But constant ill ...Show more
The Museum of the Wood Age by Max Adams
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood - the material that shaped human history. As a material, wood has no equal in strength, resilience, adaptability and availability. It has been our partner in the cultural evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny. Tracing that p ...Show more
Riverman: An American Odyssey by Ben McGrath
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Category: Natural History and Environment
‘Brilliant, clear, and humane’ Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love ‘Miraculous and hopeful’ Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here ‘Quietly profound … belongs on the shelf next to Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild’ New York Times Riverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary m ...Show more
A Year of Garden Bees and Bugs by Dominic Couzens, Gail Ashton
$37.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
A fascinating journey into the secret life of insects, experts Dominic Couzens and Gail Ashton discover 52 minibeasts from around the world, every week of the year. Just as birds have yearly rhythms, so do insects, bees, beetles and butterflies, and they tell the story of what is happening week-by-week ...Show more
Tasmanian Gardens by Meg Bignell, Alice Bennett
$79.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Tasmanian Gardens reimagines the very definition of a garden. It goes beyond perfect lawns and beautiful borders to the people, places and stories that inhabit this contrasting island state. From vast coastal headlands and kelp forests to gorgeous flower farms and gnome collections, the gardens of lutru ...Show more
Tree Spirits Grass Spirits by Hiromi Ito
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Category: Natural History and Environment
A collected series of intertwined poetic essays written by acclaimed Japanese poet Hiromi Ito—part nature writing, part travelogue, part existential philosophy. Written between April 2012 and November 2013, Tree Spirits Grass Spirits adopts a non-linear narrative flow that mimics the growth of plants, a ...Show more
Carnivorous Plants by Dan Torre
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical Ser.
An exploration of the science and cultural significance of carnivorous plants, now in paperback. Carnivorous plants are a unique botanical group, possessing modified leaves to trap, kill, and consume small creatures. As a result, they are often depicted as killers in films and literature--from Audre ...Show more
The Golden Mole: and Other Vanishing Treasure by Katherine Rundell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
A gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary of the world's most extraordinary endangered animals. The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. 'Rare and magical book.' - Bill Bryson 'A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth's most wondrous creatures.' ...Show more