A Polar Affair - Antarctica's Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins by Lloyd Spencer Davis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A captivating blend of true adventure and natural history by one of today's leading penguin experts and Antarctic explorers George Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott's tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time by becoming the first ...Show more
Astounding Mushrooms by Jaroslav Maly (Photographer); Alain Bellocq
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Beautiful ... we're given a glimpse into the wild world of mushrooms that exists like another realm beneath our feet. With over one million species of mushrooms said to exist worldwide, this book shows us some of the world's most diverse.... There is much in nature that goes unnoticed on a leisurely af ...Show more
Australian Wildlife in Pictures: Celebrating the unique nature of the island continent, from kangaroos to sea dragons by New Holland
$26.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Australia has some of the world's most beautiful and unique wildlife. From our rare birds and reptiles to our furry and sometime mysterious diverse range of animals that appear in this beautiful book with eye-catching photos. Covering our most popular species.
Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction by Michelle Nijhuis
$29.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
In the late nineteenth century, humans came at long last to a devastating realization: their rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving scores of animal species to extinction. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the history of the movement to prote ...Show more
Dingo Bold: The Life and Death of K’gari Dingoes by Rowena Lennox
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
Dingo Bold is a thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between people and dingoes. At its heart is Rowena Lennox's encounter with a dingo on the beach on K'gari (Fraser Island), a young male she nicknames Bold. Struck by this experience, and by the intense, often polarised opinions expressed ...Show more
Dinosaurs - Profiles from a Lost World by Riley Black; Riccardo Frapicinni (Illustrator)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Who isn’t fascinated by dinosaurs?These strange reptiles have awed us ever since their fossils were first identified as the bones of creatures from the distant past.For millions of years, dinosaurs ruled the prehistoric world. And now, millions of years after their mass extinction, they continue to rule ...Show more
Europe: The First 100 Million Years by Tim Flannery
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
It is hard to overstate just how unusual Europe was towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs. It was a dynamic island arc whose individual landmasses were made up of diverse geological types, including ancient continental fragments, raised segments of oceanic crust, and land newly minted by volcanic ...Show more
Extraordinary Leaves by Stephen Green-Armytage (By (photographer)); Dennis Schrader
$34.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
A collaboration between a master nature photographer and a botanist that celebrates the astonishing varieties of leaves. Leaves are everywhere, appearing in an abundant variety of shapes, colors and textures. They are the unappreciated gifts of nature, worthy of far more extensive study by all. Extrao ...Show more
Fungipedia - A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore by Lawrence Millman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Pedia Bks.
An illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage and Terrence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy ringsFungipedia presents a delightful A-Z treasury of mushroom lore. With more than 180 entries--on topics as varied as Alice in Wonderland, chestnut blight, medicinal mushrooms, poisonings, Sa ...Show more
History of the World in 100 Animals by Simon Barnes
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A powerful and fascinating insight into the 100 animals - from the blue whale to the mosquito - that have had the biggest influence on humanity through the ages. We are not alone. We are not alone on the planet. We are not alone in the countryside. We are not alone in cities. We are not alone in our ho ...Show more
Joseph Banks' Florilegium - Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage by David Mabberley; Mel Gooding; Joe Studholme; Anon
$120.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Botanical Treasures from Cook's 1st Voyage
Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300 species that had never ...Show more
Jungle Spirits by CHRISTIAN ZIEGLER
$79.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
With their breathtaking range of flora and fauna, rain forests are veritable treasures in the world of wildlife. Photographed by the award-winning photojournalist and conservationist, Christian Ziegler, Jungle Spirits is an ode to the tropical splendor of the planet's most diverse ecosystems, while also ...Show more