The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession (HB) by Amy Stewart
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Fifty gorgeously illustrated vignettes of remarkable people whose lives have been transformed by their passion for trees, from Amy Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of The Drunken Botanist. When Amy Stewart discovered a community of tree collectors, she expected to meet horticultural fanatics ...Show more
Unearthing the Underworld A Natural History of Rocks by Ken McNamara
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A geological saga that digs deep, revealing how even the most ordinary rocks can be stepping stones to the hidden history of our planet. Unearthing the Underworld reveals the hidden world of rocks--the keepers of secrets of past environments, changing climates, and the pulse of life over billions of yea ...Show more
Insects of the World: A fully illustrated guide to the planet's most populous group of animals by Zborowski Paul
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Insects are quite literally the largest subjects in the natural world, with more than 1 million species known. Using the simple observation that every picture is worth a thousand words, the 1,000+ photographs in this book are all presented with a caption that starts the process of discovery. When so ma ...Show more
Birds - Deluxe Series: Deluxe Series by Simon Papps
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Deluxe Ser.
The second title in the new and lavish ‘Deluxe’ natural history series from Reed New Holland, this book is packed with sumptuous photography of more than one hundred of the world’s most amazing bird species. So many people watch birds, perhaps because they can be seen almost anywhere. Look out of any wi ...Show more
Beetles of the World - A Natural History by Maxwell V. L. Barclay; Patrice Bouchard
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: A\Guide to Every Family Ser.
A richly illustrated guide to the astonishing variety of beetles around the world Beetles make up about a quarter of known animal species and are arguably the most diverse group of organisms on Earth: almost 400,000 species have been formally described so far, and it is likely that this number merely sc ...Show more
One Medicine: How understanding animals can save our lives by Matt Morgan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
It all started with a Hob Nob. As Dr Matt Morgan, an intensive care consultant, examined a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest after inhaling some biscuit crumbs, he saw a flock of birds fly past the window. They must inhale objects all the time when flying, how do they survive? he thought to hims ...Show more
Every Dog: A Book of 450 Breeds by NANCY HAJESKI
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Every Dog: A Book of Over 450 Breeds packs in a lot of information. Illustrations, text, charts, tables and icons make it an ideal reference for all dog lovers, who will enjoy flipping through the pages. The over 450 breeds are thoroughly researched and represent canines from around the world. They ran ...Show more
The Allure of Fungi by Alison Pouliot
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Although relatively little known, fungi provide the links between the terrestrial organisms and ecosystems that underpin our functioning planet.The Allure of Fungi presents fungi through multiple perspectives - those of mycologists and ecologists, foragers and forayers, naturalists and farmers, aesthete ...Show more
A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia by Tony Young; Kay Smith (Illustrator)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
This beautiful book highlights an often overlooked, but remarkable, aspect of our natural world: Australia's fungi. Many are brightly coloured, some fluorescent, some are elegant, others squat, some fragrant, more still are highly toxic. This field guide showcases many of these species in all their sple ...Show more
What the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia by Dave Witty
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The trees around us - some we may walk past every day - tell a story. The mallee box by the twelfth hole of North Adelaide Golf Course evokes a time when Adelaide was clothed in mallee scrub and desert senna. Brisbane' s remnant blue gum, growing by the botanic gardens, indicates a time when the city wa ...Show more
Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build by Peter Goodfellow
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The essential illustrated guide to how birds design and build their nests--now fully revised and expanded Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, d ...Show more
Frogs of Victoria - A Guide to Identification, Ecology and Conservation by Nick Clemann; Michael Swan
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Amphibians are one of the world's most rapidly declining fauna groups. In an era of devastating climate change, habitat destruction and irreplaceable loss of biological diversity, it has never been more important to have effective resources for identifying and managing wildlife. Tapping into the deep k ...Show more